A teenage kid is struggling with bullying, fitting in, and feelings of depression. He scavenges his parents’ medicine cabinet to help ease his pain. He…
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It’s likely that when someone mentions the name “van Gogh,” you picture his paintings. Perhaps it’s the blue swirls of The Starry Night that come…
My body has been viscerally seized by the news of a suicide twice in my life. The first was a Thursday almost twenty years ago…
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There’s no doubt that addiction takes a hold of every aspect of a person’s life. You probably watched it destroy your relationships, eat up your…
When you hear about someone with a drinking problem, you’re anticipating a crazy story about shots of Fireball and rounds of drinks at the bar.…
Many people still have a hard time accepting that marijuana has some medical benefits. And those debates and studies have been going on for decades.…