"The last time I saw you alive, I wish I would have talked ugly to you." Through spoken word, recovering addict Joseph...
Kids from the Gresham Park Recreation Center in DeKalb County, Georgia., have been marching in Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Day parade for...
Six stories of losing friends to overdose are woven into one tale of drugs and loss.
"Every time I went to a new group home, it was like: 'you're a girl; you have to have girl things,'" said...
Semaj Clark is a determined young man. The Los Angeles teenager’s steadfastness helped him emerge from a childhood punctuated by a string...
I am Kalief Browder. No, seriously. I am him and he is me. We’re each other. In fact, saying that I’m Mr....
We're proud to partner with Upworthy to share this video, produced last summer when the Alcoholic Anonymous convention was in Atlanta. If...
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...
James Milan entered foster care at age 4. “My childhood wasn’t the greatest,” he says wryly. “I was trying to figure out...
Hurt. Frustration. Grief. Anger. Guilt. Three sisters and one brother reflect on their dead siblings' drug addictions.
The International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol & Other Drugs (INEBRIA) held its 12th conference in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 23-25.
Thousands gathered at the Unite to Face Addiction Rally in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, to fight the stigma of addiction and...
Doctors, social workers and other professionals spoke up about the most pressing problems they see among adolescents and addiction — and shared...
The premature loss of her younger sister, then 20, sent Gabrielle into a world of deep depression and painkillers, where she battled...
The premature loss of her younger sister, then 20, sent Gabrielle into a world of deep depression and painkillers, where she battled...
The wraparound model, a structured, creative and individualized team planning process, is far more accommodating to struggling foster youth than the traditional...
When Executive Director Sally Hindman founded YSA in 2007, she was aware of the need for a space for local homeless youth...
“I wasn’t fighting with the insurance company” over the 30-day limit for her son's treatment, Missy Owen says. “We were following what...
“I was living a secret life that was all about maintaining my addiction. It was miserable … and I lost everything.” These...
Think being a teenager was tough? Imagine going through that period without a steady roof over your head. That’s the tale that...