October 25, 2019
Friends and Family make a difference. This is not an idle statement or empty promise, they are words filled with power to help people we love. Like many things in life, in the field of mental health and addiction, change Read more…
October 18, 2019
This weeks featured image is called “Ripples”. It is a self-portrait by artist Brooke Shaden. On her Instagram post about the image she extols the potential of everyone: every artist, every creative, every person to leave ripples on in the Read more…
October 11, 2019
The other day I happened to be in a school working with young people of a wide range of ages, from K all the way to grade 11. One of the things that kept catching my attention was seeing young Read more…
October 4, 2019
Lauren attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting the night we got home. Eventually I learned she bought heroin at that meeting. Lauren’s pained words still echo in my mind, “…repeating this cycle of saying, ‘I’m going to stop using’ and the very next day, or even hours later, doing that drug.”
September 27, 2019
On July 6, 2017, as I walked beside my daughter for the final time, the strangest thought hit my mind. I stood with her as she entered the world, breach and in crisis. Her doctor had once said, “That’s my Read more…
September 20, 2019
One of the things I often wonder and struggle with is why I should say anything to anyone about addiction and trying to help your loved one. Sadly, my daughter died of a fentanyl and car-fentanyl laced heroin overdose. What Read more…
September 13, 2019
This week I had the privilege to be on a cruise. It has been an enjoyable and relaxing time. It has also been a week where I seem to be thinking of my daughter quite a bit. The boat correctly Read more…
September 6, 2019
I live in a small, rural community of just about 10,000 people. In 2016 our town hit the radar in the ongoing Opioid Crisis in America. Oxford, CT became the number 1 per capita death by overdose town in Connecticut Read more…
August 30, 2019
A father holds his little girl for the first time. Instantly his heart is owned by her. He wants to cherish her, protect her, and fill her life with only joy. Soon she grows, she courageously walked, then ran, then Read more…
August 23, 2019
It happened again. I stood at the front of a strange room designed to be comforting but never quite hitting the mark. For some reason these rooms always feel old and out of style. People are huddled in tiny pockets Read more…
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