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…

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,…

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…