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1.2KMothers and Fathers on Losing Children to Drugs
Two mothers and a father talk about what it's like to be the parent of a substance user in this affecting piece...
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1.0KLogan’s Story
As a child, Logan Karr, 18, never felt accepted by his affluent peers. He turned to self-mutilation, then inhalants and psychedelics in...
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1.4KHow to Talk to Kids about Drugs — and How Not to
"How to Talk to Kids about Drugs — and How Not to" From their own experiences, young adults in recovery share what...
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997Jason’s Story
"When I got high for the first time, I felt like: 'Wow, this is what I've been looking for, like I can...
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1.1KIf They Had Asked: Young People in Recovery Reflect on What Could Have Been
Three young men in recovery reflect on their youth and how their addictions were mishandled by their mentors, teachers and coaches. They...
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2.5KSoldier in War Against AIDS Will Be Missed
"One of the soldiers has gone on home," said Ronnie Bass, executive director of Someone Cares of Atlanta. Filling the shoes of...
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2.9KSissy’s Story
"I'm good enough just the way I am," says Sissy Weldon, as she contemplates on her struggles with addiction and lessons in...
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2.5KMany Paths to Recovery, Reducing Shame, Increasing Self-Advocacy
For the past five years, Young People in Recovery has worked within the youth and young adult recovery advocacy space to normalize...
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1.2KWhat Is Wrong With the Recovery Movement?
Justin Luke Riley's candid approach to recovery from opioid and other addictions: "I should have a mission every day to make sure...
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1.1KVideo: Life is Short
Spoken word artist Joseph Green says spoken word poetry is a youth development tool.
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1.2KVideo: Talk Ugly
"The last time I saw you alive, I wish I would have talked ugly to you." Through spoken word, recovering addict Joseph...
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1.4KYouth Leaders and Kids Keep Dream Alive on MLK Day
Kids from the Gresham Park Recreation Center in DeKalb County, Georgia., have been marching in Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Day parade for...
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1.1KFriends
Six stories of losing friends to overdose are woven into one tale of drugs and loss.
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1.6KLuke: Abuse in Foster Care as Trans Youth
"Every time I went to a new group home, it was like: 'you're a girl; you have to have girl things,'" said...
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1.8KWounded Teen Activist Returns to City Where He Was Shot
Semaj Clark is a determined young man. The Los Angeles teenager’s steadfastness helped him emerge from a childhood punctuated by a string...
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1.1KAll the Kalief Browders Out There Deserve the Help I Got
I am Kalief Browder. No, seriously. I am him and he is me. We’re each other. In fact, saying that I’m Mr....
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1.6KUnspoken Truths: Young People in Recovery
We're proud to partner with Upworthy to share this video, produced last summer when the Alcoholic Anonymous convention was in Atlanta. If...
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998The Recovery Diaries: Jessica
Meet 24-year-old Jessica McDaniel: The woman who couldn't go without a drink before 11 in the morning is now helping other young...
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1.6KAging Out, Stepping Up
James Milan entered foster care at age 4. “My childhood wasn’t the greatest,” he says wryly. “I was trying to figure out...
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1.2KBrothers & Sisters
Hurt. Frustration. Grief. Anger. Guilt. Three sisters and one brother reflect on their dead siblings' drug addictions.
