Drug Facts Week: Those Who Struggle Daily and Those Left Behind

As part of drug facts week I am ending this week with the memories of those who are gone too soon from this disease. We have to always remember those are gone too soon from the disease of addiction. And always remember to speak their names.

To them, I light a candle.

Those who love them and are left behind struggle daily with this. Most keep their loved ones memories alive with a daily note. One has created a foundation

Drug Facts Week: A Harsh Reality

Billy Before Overdose

Remember I said a few weeks ago that I have saved bits of stories and ideas for posts just setting in my draft folder?

I found this among them. It was saved from a Facebook Group post some months back and is definitely worth mentioning and of course they said share it.

This is National Drug Facts Week.

What better way to end the week than to tell you that this addiction isn't a fairy tale and to share something that is real about heroin and addiction.

Heroin addiction can and will kill you and if it doesn't it can

National Drug Facts Week: To Love An Addict

One of the things we on this side wish is that not one other person would be affected by the disease of addiction. And, not one other family would suffer. Sadly, I don't see that happening as the numbers of our local statistics continues to climb.

We wish not one other parent would ever have to stand back and watch their loved one struggling with this disease and unable to do anything but watch as their life is destroyed.

We wish not one other family would know the stigmas associated with the disease of addiction.

This pretty much says it all about loving someone with the disease of addiction.

Throughout this blog I have shared some of my own personal journey and the struggles of loving a son with the disease of addiction.

Sent to me on Facebook

Drug Facts Week: Some Facts and Stats

This post is part of the National Drug Week. What better way to start the week then to provide you with some of the facts. The heroin epidemic affects every state in this country. It affects every town and every city in the U.S. of A.

The most devastating are those like here in West Virginia. West Virginia isn't a large state. The counties in the Eastern Panhandle

National Drug Facts Week: Early Prevention Starts With Awareness

Last week I received an email from Jackie Cortez of Prevention Coalition.  What a great way to start the National Drug Facts Week off than to share some valuable links? It starts with prevention. It starts with more parental awareness. Prevention starts in the home, in the schools, in the churches, in the clubs.

Jackie says:

Did You Know That Next Week Is National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week?

National Drug Facts Week starts in two days. I am planning a series of posts next week for this. I looked through my draft folder and found some really good bits and pieces of postings I started and didn't finish. Hopefully I can use next week to get some of these out of the draft folder.

As parents, start the week out by opening up the discussion to your child about drugs and alcohol. Have a heart to heart talk with them.

Just in case you haven't heard....

National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW), January 23-29, 2017 is a national health observance for teens to promote local events that uses the scientific facts from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to shatter the myths about drugs and alcohol.

Read more @ National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week(SM) is January 23-29 | Get Smart About Drugs