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Our signature program, “It’s Not You Until It Is You,” is a powerful interactive presentation that opens eyes and helps communities confront the stigma of substance use disorder. Already reaching schools and communities, it gives students, parents, and leaders the tools to face this crisis with honesty and hope.
Right before the President’s winter break I gave my latest presentation at a high school in the New York City metropolitan area. I am not the type of person to toot my own horn, but this time has forced me to do so. As I waited for the principal to introduce me, my “pregame” jitters weren’t firing nearly as much as in the past. I sized up the students and
Right before the President’s winter break I gave my latest presentation at a high school in the New York City metropolitan area. I am not the type of person to toot my own horn, but this time has forced me to do so. As I waited for the principal to introduce me, my “pregame” jitters weren’t firing nearly as much as in the past. I
Funny, irreverent, talented, Jesus loving, rhyme spinning Joel – I’ll see you again. “I love you in a place where there’s no space and time.”
I would give anything for a do over. To rewind time knowing what I know now. I would have held on tighter and never let him go.
“Once her addiction took hold, she went to detox multiple times, rehab more times than I can count, jail, and was Baker Acted here in Florida.”
