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Empty Stage With Chairs On Itstefano stacchini/Unsplash. When you quit drinking, it can be hard to go out because drinking is a big part of a lot of events. Generally, if you just tell people you don't want to drink they will leave you alone about it so you don't have to think about drinking any further.

Today’s Mental Health Spotlight is on an organization, My Sisters’ Keeper of Northeast Ohio, that is based in Cleveland, Ohio. This organization is a peer run organization, which means that services or activities that are planned, developed, administered, delivered, and evaluated mainly by people with direct lived experience of a mental health and/or substance use disorder.

This is a nonfiction recollection of events as experienced by me; used with permission. When I used to live in a large city, I used to see all kinds of weird thing happen. At one point I was walking with a man who asked me for money. I told him I didn't have anything and he kept following me around. Eventually, the police had to come get him off of the ground in the middle of a crosswalk.

Substance abuse is a serious problem that can have a devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities. Despite the dangers, many people continue to abuse substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.

(Denver, Colo.) Caring for Denver has made great strides in combatting substance abuse and mental health problems for Denverites, according to its 2021 annual report. Created by a city ordinance, Caring for Denver launched in 2019. Sales tax dollars fund the foundation.

We often hear people discussing their addictions to food, exercise, and the internet. Addiction affects millions of people in the United States. Addiction can be defined as a chronic brain disorder marked by obsessive alcohol/drug-seeking behaviors and prolonged use in the face of adverse effects. It is not a decision, and it has nothing to do with a person’s character flaws or the amount of love a person has for someone. It is a complex disease influenced by genetics, brain chemistry, family history of alcoholism, substance misuse, trauma, and a person’s surroundings. Addiction is comparable to other chronic illnesses in that it impairs healthy functioning, has major effects, is avoidable or treatable, and, if left untreated, progresses to death.

Denver's Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee decided Wednesday to spend $250,000 to take the pulse of the city's mental health. The full City Council still must approve the expenditure. The contract with Insights Matter LLC will run through the end of this year.

Apartments in Buffalo, New York.Photo by J.M. Lesinski. New York State Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced the allocation of more than $100 million in funding for 12 brand-new New York state Intensive Crisis Stabilization Centers that will offer immediate care to individuals undergoing a behavioral health crisis, while also off-setting behavioral crises being treated in overcrowded local emergency rooms. The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), both aim to be directly involved in the development of the centers.

Officers from Porter County police departments teach young people about the dangers of drunk driving.PCSAC. What might seem like a silly game on the surface can actually make a strong impression among young people about the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Porter County Substance Abuse Council (PCSAC) has been providing an eye-opening experience in the form of “beer goggles” that distort the vision of a person as they drive a golf cart on a prepared course.