When I was a social worker in Queens NY years back

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…

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 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…

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,…