May is Mental Health Awareness Month. There is plenty of info out there on this topic, so I’m switching up the focus to talk about mental...

I wrote this 11 years ago today: “I am grieving. I am grieving the loss of the years we lost to drugs, to the person he once was, to the...

I’m taking a break from writing on my usual topics today. This one is purely for fun and may not interest you if you’re not into music. I...

I've had depression since early childhood. Before I started taking meds for it, it could be very severe, and I thought about ending my...

Stigma is any attitude, belief or behavior that discriminates against people There’s been a stigma toward substance abuse and mental...

I’m grateful for the “awareness movement” because its brought attention to all the various causes out there. I looked at a list and there...

I often wonder, what if Keven stayed on his meds and never started using heroin, meth, fentanyl? Would he still be here today? Keven...