May 31, 2019
Justin Luke Riley serves as president and CEO of Young People in Recovery (YPR). YPR is a national grassroots organization focused on peer-to-peer services for young people in, or seeking, recovery from substance use disorder. YPR aims to improve access to treatment educational resources, employment opportunities...
May 30, 2019
Alan would wake up late and show up for work late, all because he was high on cocaine the night before. He worked at a deli restaurant, and would stay at his job each day as long as it would take him to earn enough money to buy his cocaine for the night from his dealer. That’s how each day for him played out. Alan’s...
May 29, 2019
Roberto was born in Peru and claims his family was full of drinkers. Alcohol was around at all times, at every activity. He often felt distanced from his family as a child because he was the lone boy in a house full of sisters. His family had him placed in a special school in which he was the lone Peruvian; his...
May 28, 2019
Giovanni distinctly remembers why he started drinking. The day he took his first drink, he felt good. All his inhibitions, insecurities and precognition disappeared. In his own words, Giovanni needed the alcohol to “get rid of a feeling, or to get a feeling.” But after a time, alcohol would no longer fill that...
May 27, 2019
Aaron was raised in a very upscale Jewish neighborhood, with parents who provided a loving home as best they could – they tried to hide pain by buying whatever their children wanted. But home wasn’t a happy place for Aaron or his two sisters. His parents sent him to boarding school, where he learned he could find...