Grow Through It: Substance Abuse
Chris Willard, psychologist, teacher, and author of How We Grow Through What We Go Through, tells his story of growing through drug addiction.
When he went to college, Chris started to struggle with depression, anxiety, and addiction. He decided to take a few... Read More »
Grow Through It: Substance Abuse
Gregory Pardlo, poet and author of Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America, describes his family history of alcoholism and believing that he was above it, which wasn't true. It wasn't until his early 40s that he hit bottom and started going to... Read More »
Grow Through It: Substance Abuse, Opioid Crisis
Stephanie Malia Krauss, mom, educator, social worker has been sober for more than two decades. She describes growing up in a home with an alcoholic parent and drinking at the age of 14 to escape the reality of her home life, the community's judg... Read More »
Grow Through It: Adoption, Child Abuse, Substance Abuse, Opiod
Kevin Barhydt, author of Dear Stephen Michael's Mother, describes the primal wound he experienced being adopted when he was born. He recounts being molested as a child, raped as a teen, and becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol a... Read More »
Grow Through It: Substance Abuse and Opioid Crisis Jim Brown describes his journey from narcotics addiction to alcoholism to recovery. Over the years, he experimented with therapy, medication, hypnosis, and even a 12-step program to stop drinking. After he took his last drink, he st... Read More »
Grow Through It: Substance Abuse, Opioid Crisis Darren Prince, President and CEO of Prince Marketing Group, tells his story of chasing an opiate high from the time he was 14 until addiction brought him to his knees 23 years later. He mentions five A's that got him through it: attitude adjust... Read More »
Grow Through It: Substance Abuse, Opioid Crisis Leslie Jamison, author of "The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath," on the process of getting sober by joining a fellowship-based recovery program. She describes recovery as an ongoing process with lessons applicable to other areas of ... Read More »
