Stopping Youth Opioid Abuse – Early Prevention Reduces Misuse
An estimated 2 million Americans will suffer from addiction to prescription opioids or illegal opioids in 2018. About two thirds of deadly drug overdoses in 2016 were due to opioids and 75 percent of drug overdoses among 15-24 year olds were related to opioids. Prevention is the best hope of slowing …Read More »
The Lifelong Quest For Sobriety…The Ultimate Hero’s Journey—Part 33
Guest Blogger and long-time Council friend, Bob W. presents Part 33 of a series dealing with Alcoholism and Addiction from a Mystical, Mythological Perspective, reflecting Bob’s scholarly work as a Ph.D. in mythological studies. In the years up to the Civil War, the young American Nation struggled mightily over the …Read More »
The Council to Host 2018 Houston Opioid Summit
Major July 25-27 Summit to Gather Multi-Sector Experts to Confront Opioid Crisis & Forge Solutions The Council on Recovery and the Prevention Resource Center, Region 6, announce the 2018 Houston Opioid Summit, July 25-27, the first summit of its kind to bring together leaders from Houston’s medical, legal, prevention, treatment, legislative, and media …Read More »
The Lifelong Quest For Sobriety…The Ultimate Hero’s Journey—Part 34
Guest Blogger and long-time Council friend, Bob W. presents Part 34 of a series dealing with Alcoholism and Addiction from a Mystical, Mythological Perspective, reflecting Bob’s scholarly work as a Ph.D. in mythological studies. In 1994, the movie Stargate premiered. It is the fictitious story about the discovery, in the …Read More »The Lifelong Quest For Sobriety…The Ultimate Hero’s Journey—Part 32
Guest Blogger and long-time Council friend, Bob W. presents Part 32 of a series dealing with Alcoholism and Addiction from a Mystical, Mythological Perspective, reflecting Bob’s scholarly work as a Ph.D. in mythological studies. In the mythos of the Greek experience in history, the fundamental tragic flaw was hubris, debilitating …Read More »