5 Tips for Talking to Teens About Drugs and Alcohol

Parents often worry about their child’s well-being — especially as he or she becomes a teenager. Who does my son hang out with? What does my daughter talk about with her friends? ...

4 months ago Addiction37
 
1 year ago1,219

Athletes Speak Up About Female Coaches Who Bully

Bullying as an acceptable method to motivate athletes is apparently on the wane. Like their male counterparts, female athletes are speaking up about the women who bully...

 
1 year ago3,923

10 Signs That Your Child’s Teacher or Coach May Be a Bully

If a kid knows that there’s a price to pay for speaking up, then emotional abuse is at work. Fourteen kids gave testimonies about the abusive coaches at the school and many of them said that they wanted to stop what was happening...

 
1 year ago485

Monica Lewinsky on CyberBullying (INFOGRAPHIC)

Cyberbullying is one of the most pressing issues of our time. In this TED Talk, "The Price of Shame," Monica Lewinsky speaks out as the first very public victim of cyberbullying. The speech is so effective at raising awareness that I've created this infographic of Monica Lewinsky's top 10 quotes on cyberbullying. If you have been affected at all by cyberbullying, please stop by our new Bullying Wall and leave an anonymous post to let others know they're not alone.

 
1 year ago233

The Dangers of Waiting for “Rock Bottom”

It’s a popular theme for movies and books dealing with addiction and substance abuse: the moment of sudden clarity which leads to the decision to leave drugs and alcohol behind...

 
1 year ago570

3 Ways My Brother’s Suicide Changed Me

This November 12th marks the fifth year my brother has been missing from my life because he took his life. To say that his death changed me is an understatement. It seems like another life...

 
1 year ago175

Explaining My Depression to My Mother (AUDIO)

In this live spoken word performance, Sabrina Benaim uses poetry and expression in an emotional appeal to her mother to help her understand just how difficult depression is for her to overcome. As the conversation progresses, we learn that her mother has really addressed Sabrina's depression either by minimizing or underestimating its grip on her daughter.

 
1 year ago252

Recovery – The First 30 Days

I reached levels of pain that I never knew existed and certainly that I didn’t know I was capable of handling...

 
1 year ago261

Long-Term Effects of Morphine (INFOGRAPHIC)

Morphine is an opioid, or narcotic drug derived from opium. It is an effective pain killer, but long-term use causes dependency.

 
1 year ago225

Depression and the Brain – What We’ve Learned

A 2015 joint ENIGMA/BMRI/University of Sydney study showed that depressed people have a smaller than average hippocampus - the region of the brain responsible for memory and emotion.