Teen Stories: Numbing the Pain

Parenting Today's Teens

English - November 14, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 279 ratings
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Drug use in teens often starts because it seems like a way to relax, but often, they begin to rely on substances just to get through the day. For many, it becomes a way to silence inner turmoil. In today's show, Mark sits down with some Heartlight teens, including a young lady who felt isolated and overlooked, so she turned to drugs to take the pain away. Eventually, this behavior got her expelled from school. Listen in to hear her story!

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