Ketamine – how to quit your child from starting
How can you help protect your child from ketamine? Discover practical ways to talk openly, build their confidence and make sure they know they can come to you for support.
Scare tactics and bans rarely work on their own. Young people who understand the trap are far better protected than those who are simply told “don’t”.
1. Talk early and often
Start before you think it is needed, from around 11 or 12. Little, relaxed conversations work better than one big talk.
2. Remove the illusion, not just the drug
Help them see that ketamine gives nothing. The “fun” is anaesthesia, the “calm” is numbness, and the “escape” leads straight back to a worse place.
3. Share the facts they won’t hear from friends
Bladder damage, incontinence and memory loss are not what young people expect. These facts land because they are about everyday life, not a distant danger.
4. Practise saying no
Help them find words that feel natural, such as “Nah, I’m good” or “I’ve seen what it does to people’s bladders.” Let them know they can always use you as the excuse: “My mum would kill me.”
5. Build real confidence
Sport, music, drama, part-time work and friendships give young people genuine highs that ketamine only pretends to offer.
6. Help with stress and low mood
Many young people use ketamine to cope. If your child is anxious or low, get them support early.
7. Agree a safety rule
Make it clear they can always call you for a lift or help, at any time, with no telling-off on the night. This one promise can save a life.
8. Model it
Children notice how adults use alcohol and other substances to “unwind”. Show them that you don’t need a substance to cope or have fun.
9. Know their world
Get to know their friends, where they go and what they watch online, without spying.
What program is right for you?
Both programs are a form of spoken therapy delivered in simple English with no scare stories or images.
Both cover the illusions of the addiction/issue, question your beliefs, provide insights into why you think as you do, shows you how to gain freedom and changes the way you will think about the addiction/issue so that you can leave free without any feeling of loss or battle of wills.
The 1-2-1 seminars are a live one-day course delivered by trained facilitators, all of whom quitted with the method. They are delivered either online via Zoom or at a center and are one to one seminars. There are shorter booster seminars that are different to the first seminar for the few that require them. There is also a money-back guarantee.
The online video is a pre-recorded program that can be streamed to your device. There are version for quitting cannabis or cocaine and are all presented by a facilitator who has helped thousands of people to freedom. They can be accessed anywhere and at anytime.
