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

By TARA HAELLE OCT 5, 2015 — 7:00 AM EST Alcohol is a drug. And every day, more than 4,750 American kids aged 15 and younger take their first full drink of this drug. That’s according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA. And the problem is not just that this consumption...Read More

By By Mary Elizabeth Dallas, HealthDay Reporter   Sept. 23, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Both drinking and getting drunk at an early age are key risk factors for alcohol abuse by high school students, a new study suggests. The conclusions, based on a survey of high school students who drink, could...Read More

A memorial for Prince in Minneapolis near a venue he often performed at. The singer died last month at the age of 57. The pop superstar Prince may have lived an outsize life, but emerging details about his long struggle with pain and reliance on opioids will resonate with thousands of patients who have stumbled down that...Read More

Prince appears to have had a problem with pain pills, one that grew soacute that his friends turned to an addiction doctor just before his death. CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Prince Rogers Nelson had an unflinching reputation among those close to him for leading an assiduously clean lifestyle. He ate vegan and preferred to avoid the...Read More

The Aerosmith frontman says he’s holding onto hope that the iconic singer didn’t die from “the same disease I have.” Photo via Shutterstock/Feature Flash Agency  Prince’s death last week left millions of fans mourning around the world, including Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Though the cause of death is still unknown, there is some speculation that the iconic...Read More