Recovery Month: Why It Matters
Recovery Month is an international observance held each September to celebrate the millions of people in recovery from mental health and substance use. The purpose of Recovery Month is to spread the message [...]
September is National Suicide Awareness Month
Make a Commitment to #BETHERE. During these unprecedented times suicide continues to be the 2nd leading cause of death among youth and young adults ages 10-24 in the United States. ‘The Trends in [...]
Resilience
Vulnerability to disasters, crises, such as the unforeseeable pandemic we are facing, social isolation, among others, causes an impact on the physical and mental health of its people. According to scholars, human beings [...]
Remembering Loved Ones
International Overdose Awareness Day. It's held every August 31st to remember all the lives lost to an overdose. It's also the start of Recovery Month. IOAD is the one day that we remember all the [...]
International Overdose Awareness Day
As August 31st and 2020 International Overdose Awareness Day approaches, I hope that you will all join me with the message that overdose death is a preventable misfortune that continues to plague our community. [...]
Ministry During COVID-19: Embracing Faith, Peace, and Love
Do to COVID-19, I noticed from the faith community that there was a need to focus on messages dealing with fear, anxiety, worry, sickness, lack of finance and death. As a Pastor I [...]
Building a Sturdy Foundation for Children: 10 Principles of a Responsive Community
A responsive community works to read and interpret the signals of stress in children, their parents, and other caregivers. These signals might be very different from family to family depending on the upbringing [...]
Loving an Addict
It’s hard to watch someone you love struggle with drug abuse. You want them to overcome the addiction. You want their struggle to end. You want to see them take control of their [...]
Childhood Anxiety in the Summer of 2020
Last year, there was an article in the Washington Post about how the loss of school-year routines, increased screen time, overscheduled activities- and boredom in between, travel stress, and changes in eating and [...]
A Mother’s Thoughts on Sobriety
My son has chosen to get sober. I’m not sure I’ll ever really know exactly what all he’s taken, or dabbled in, where drugs are concerned. I don’t think he’s tried anything really [...]