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...
WASHINGTON — Kids who demonstrate so-called pro-social skills at a young age are less likely to end up in juvenile detention, be...
I sold a lot of stuff at school: candy, soda, bike parts, fireworks, pocket knives and, of course, marijuana.
Conversations with young people in recovery unearth a common thread: the missed opportunities where a caring adult could have intervened before life...
Children need to hear messages about the dangers of drinking as early as age 9, says a new report from the American...
Adam struggled to overcome — only to be pulled back into a deadly embrace.
He’s old friends with weed, painkillers, heroin and their sometime companion, psychosis.
Meet Adam Abramowitz, a 27-year-old who lives near the edge of death.
Drugs tear families apart — it did to mine. I was just 12 years old when I realized that my mother was...
Cutting is dangerous and deadly, and it seems like the norm for coping with internal pain among my peers.
Every day is a struggle for us addicts, and, yet, despite our failures and relapses, every day is a new day to...
Ever-improving brain science validates that addiction is a brain disorder, but the current behavioral-health system is not set up to work. It...
Tony Sanchez and James Guffey hit the road to marshal local organizations, community leaders and state resources to address former addicts' needs,...
A new approach to the problem of resuming something like a normal life after breaking free of a substance addiction is taking...
The pull of crack cocaine, heroin or alcohol can drive the mortal into the abyss of addiction. So, what exactly does that...
Ellen Cool, board-certified music therapist, uses a drum response exercise when she's working with young students in recovery. “I haven’t met anyone...
“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...
Youth Today spoke to six young recovering alcoholics July 2 at the 2015 International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous in Atlanta.
“I was living a secret life that was all about maintaining my addiction. It was miserable … and I lost everything.” These...