ELIZABETH EVERSON BLOG, PEOPLE FACING ADDICTION I am lucky. My son is alive. It is important for me to say that first, so you know that there is hope. There is always hope. And hope is so important. It will get you through some of the darkest times. As a parent of an addicted child, you learn...Read More
My son, in his late 20’s, is a wonderful young man. He is the kind of son every mother dreams of — caring, loving, always doing the right thing. He would do everything and anything to help you. Then, without any type of warning, he misuses drugs and alcohol. When he is under the influence,...Read More
…a movement is afoot that is seeking to put recovery in the wind so that it can penetrate even the most shadowed corners of the richest and poorest communities. The faces and voices of the individuals and families riding this wind are offering a simple but powerful testimony: “We are the evidence that addiction recovery...Read More
Stigma has many targets. It reaches beyond people addicted to various drugs to affect family members and those providing addiction treatment and recovery support services. Such secondary stigma, for example, is the source of the peculiar pecking order within the addictions field through which status (or stigma) is bestowed across varied settings based on one’s...Read More
*** FILE IMAGE ***US rapper Mac Miller has been found dead at his California home on September 7, 2018. Reports say the 26-year-old, died from an apparent overdose. File Image: Mac Miller performs during the Rock in Rio Lisboa 2014 music festival in Portugal. ( Photo by Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto via Getty Images) On Friday afternoon,...Read More
Based on the true story of Bill W., James Woods – in an Emmy award-winning performance – plays the successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 1920’s. As a result Bill W. and his loving wife Lois (Jo Beth Williams) must come to grips with hisRead More
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