Video: Coping with Alcoholic Parents
Calum Best, whose footballer father George Best died from alcohol related issues in 2005, and Josh Connolly, who is a recovering alcoholic and father to four children, discuss how families cope with alcoholism.
Perspective: The Children of Addiction
by Jowita Bydlowska “You make my mom go away. You make me feel hatred,” a kid read out loud from his letter to addiction, a part of an exercise in the Children’s Program at the Renascent Treatment Centre in Toronto. He hugged his mom afterwards with such intensity, it was as if he wanted to get … Continued
Video: One Day I Will
20 Stories High Theatre Company and Children of Addicted Parents and People present One Day I Will, a short film working with the real life experiences and poetry of young people who have been affected by an addiction in their family.
Perspective: A second chance with my kids
Since sobriety (and a whole lot of work on my own spirituality), they seem to have become more confident, they have not gotten in trouble at school, and are much less likely to fly off the handle and react to challenges with fits of anger. This change, I believe, is due to them no longer having to deal with a toxic environment. They are learning to live life in a much healthier way.
Video: Stages of Family Recovery
What happens for every member of a family when one or more people stop their active addiction? A counsellor goes through the four stages of family recovery, from the family being organized around the addiction to ongoing recovery.
Video: Preventing Opioid Deaths Among Young People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Tm8yCdKh8 Greg Williams on Preventing Opioid Deaths Among Young People”>Greg Williams speaks on preventing opioid deaths among young people at a Capitol Hill symposium.
Perspective: The Elephant in the Living Room
As my dad chased the bottle, my mom chased my dad and we kids took on the roles of hero, scapegoat and adjuster. Everyone was, in fact, taking care of the bottle and no one was taking care of themselves.
Video: How to Surrender, and Win
Kyle Krieger shares his raw, haunting story of addiction, struggles with sexuality, and growing up in his sister’s shadow. Krieger, now a successful hairstylist, uses his online influence to discuss addiction, health and fitness, and being comfortable in your own skin.
Video: Father’s Day Surprise
Ronald McDonald House in Edmonton and WestJet got together to make Father’s Day incredibly special for one Saskatoon family.
Perspective: My Mom, My Sobriety and Me
My mother always knew when I was lying or trying to hide the truth, even when I didn’t know myself. Uncanny, really, how she could coax things out of me. As a matter of fact, she was the one who sent me a copy of our Twelve and Twelve with the inscription “Maybe this will help you, Love and Good Luck, Mom.”