Parents often wait for “something” to happen before they seek help or treatment for their child. This article can help when you’re feeling decision paralysis yet know you need to take action.

No community is safe from the deadly force of fentanyl, including ours.

There’s a time for you to take care of everything and everyone else, but right now, prioritizing yourself and your self-care is more important than upholding unrealistic expectations. You can still conquer the world; it just might not be right now.

With all the substances parents read about online and see on TV shows, it might be surprising to find out the ones most commonly abused by young people are the ones most commonly used by adults and are easily accessible.

Parents may not give much thought to fentanyl because their son or daughter is only using pot and alcohol,” and say they don't take pills or smoke other drugs. This is a common misperception and can leave parents in the dark about the dangers of fentanyl.

If there’s a nagging feeling in the pit of your stomach, a feeling that something’s just not right with your teenage son or daughter, you’re smart to pay attention and try to learn what might be going on. It’s a confusing time because adolescents go through so many changes and when their behavior veers from normal, how do you know if it’s just teenage ‘stuff’ or something more serious like drugs or alcohol?

If a mother’s love could cure the disease of addiction our country wouldn’t be losing nearly 200 people each day from overdoses. 

From the outside, it looks so simple to fix, from the inside it’s an agonizing cycle of trying to figure out why someone you love to their most inner-being is hurting you, and themselves, repeatedly.

If a mother’s love could cure the disease of addiction our country wouldn’t be losing nearly 200 people each day from overdoses. 

As a mom whose son battled an addiction to drugs and lived an exceptionally high-risk lifestyle, I understand the need for information, self-care, and coping mechanisms during these trying times.

My oldest son battled a 5-year addiction to drugs and led an exceptionally high-risk lifestyle which had me feeling perhaps I’d stepped on the wrong universal toe and my normal, happy life was over. When he overdosed twice in a period of 3 days and was on life support in the ICU, my world came to a devastating, screeching halt.