Are you interested in helping the children of addicted families this year? There are many opportunities during the holidays as well as year-round. Addiction is a Family Disease Addiction affects a person’s mind, body, and spirit. Of course, it affects the people who love them as well. Sometimes it is hard to know how a
In Salt Lake City, Utah, a new program has launched to help addicted parents re-unite with their child housed by social services in Odyssey House’s “Parents with Children Program.” The program, which focuses on keeping families together, has provided a lifeline for those with drug problems. Instead of separating children from parents completely, participants still
A “quit smoking aid” named JUUL is being used by young people to get their “nic fix” in junior high schools, high schools and colleges around the country, but few parents, counselors and other authority figures understand the phenomenon or just how common it is. JUULing is when you use a vaporizer to inhale nicotine
With the opiate epidemic running rampant all over America, children are often bear the burden of their parent's addiction. Yet there are rarely talks in the media about addiction and children other than horror stories. Children of addicts are more likely to be abused or neglected than other children. They're also the ones often most
