I’m back again with more anti-drug events for teens! This event inAugust featured a member of Alcoholics Anonymous named Daniela. Daniela was a heavy opioid user for about 10 years. She stated that shestarted with marijuana, went on to alcohol and cocaine, and also wentthrough a period where she would try anything and everything. Danielawas…
I had a small event in Costa Mesa yesterday where I joined with 2 members of alcoholics anonymous, and we spoke to about 20 teenagers who are struggling with mental illness. The other 2 speakers were quite excellent. Ricky (on the right side of the photo) has an incredible 5 years of sobriety! He has…
I am currently doing some work with teens in the Orange County CA area. While drug abuse prevention remains my primary message, school assemblies are few and far between since the pandemic. I have turned some of my attention to other areas of concern for teens in 2023. The first is suicide prevention, and the…
When I was a social worker in Queens NY years back, part of my job was to help kids who were just starting to get into music stay focused and avoid substance abuse. I had an open mic for them, a drum class, and a few guitar lessons. Now the kids are all grown up…
Internet addiction isn’t what it used to be. When the topic first started getting tossed around about 5 years ago, the focus was on how it was affecting millennials. People of this generation experienced negative side effects of social media, such as- Teenagers in 2022 have overcome some of these issues. They’ve gotten the idea…
Here’s a pictures that shows the massive toll that alcohol takes on ordinary people. The top line goes from nearly 90% recovery all the way down to the red zone after one night of drinking. This graphic is from the Whoop community of Reddit. Whoop is a fitness tracker that tracks your sleep, exercise, strain,…
I have been saying for years that alcohol consumption causes brain damage, even in small amounts. Even weekend drinkers have undergone substantial brain damage that results in them falling behind in life as compared to non- drinkers. Now, in Mayb 2021, the research is finally in and the results are conclusive. A study in the…
Do You Know Why do kids try drugs? If you read up around the internet on why kids do drugs, you’ll read a lot of stuff about peer pressure. But think back, do you remember anyone directly telling you do drugs when you were a kid? I sure don’t. I remember everyone being totally OK…
Here’s a few more higher res pics from the anti drug speech last weekend. I think it was pretty entertaining for everyone, and left people with something to think about. It’s not every day that someone suggests it might be a good idea to never do drugs or drink alcohol, and it might lead to…