Prevention | Intervention
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month | 3 Things You Can Do
Annually, the President of the United States issues a Proclamation declaring December as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. In the past, it’s also been known as National Drunk Driving Prevention Month and National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. This year, President Obama issued his 2014 Proclamation, from which I quote: “Reducing impaired driving and…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking Impacts on Children
Unless you’ve been a child in a home with untreated, unhealthily discussed alcohol (or drug) misuse or addiction, it’s difficult to image what it’s like to be a child in such a home. Devastating. Scary. Shame-filled. Life-robbing. Sadness. It’s a set-up for a “rest of your life” that NONE of us would ever wish on a child.…
Read MoreBlackouts – Are They Real or Just an Excuse?
Alcohol-induced blackouts – how can they possibly not know what they did? How many times have you found yourself uttering incredulous gasps, “What do you mean you don’t remember?” or engaging in an argument with someone you care about because of something they said or did while they were drunk? Have you ever had them just…
Read MoreAlcohol and Drug Abuse in Domestic Violence | Karen Corcoran Walsh
The correlation between alcohol and drug abuse in domestic violence is the topic of today’s post by guest author, Karen Corcoran Walsh. Karen Corcoran Walsh is the owner and co-founder of Inspirations for Youth and Families, a premier teen rehab. Karen also owns and runs the Cove Center for Recovery, an adult addiction treatment center. Karen…
Read MoreFirst Responders and Addictions | Guest Author Dan Willis
First Responders and Addictions – we don’t often put these two together, yet the reality of what it’s like for police officers, firefighters, EMTs, ER nurses or soldiers (and those who love them) day in and day out makes today’s guest post by Dan Willis a must read. Addictions develop (a person is not born an…
Read MoreDomestic Violence and the Substance Abuse Connection | Guest Author Karen Ogden
Domestic violence and the substance abuse connection is the subject of today’s guest post by Karen Ogden. Karen Ogden is a part-time writer who works within a variety of communities as part of domestic violence outreach programs. She can be reached via email at Kareniogden@outlook.com. Domestic Violence Belongs in the Substance Abuse Conversation by Karen Ogden…
Read MoreStop Teen Medicine Abuse
Approximately one in 25 teens reports abusing excessive amounts of DXM to get high making teen medicine abuse a critical issue for parents and communities. The following is a guest post by Peggy McKibbin, one of The Five Moms working to raise awareness about this issue and the fight to stop it. Peggy is a mother…
Read MoreChildhood Trauma – Breaking The Cycles
Childhood trauma has a profound impact on the neural circuitry of a child’s brain (meaning how or if brain cells “talk” to one another). It includes verbal, physical and emotional abuse; ongoing exposure to secondhand drinking or secondhand drugging, such as that which occurs in a family with untreated or unhealthily discussed addiction or substance misuse;…
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