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Staying sober through the higher power of hope, and friends

I will have been sober for exactly 32 years this week. It’s a joyful anniversary, one that I’m sharing only to inspire others who may need to quit drinking but don’t think they can. more

8/30/19

At the seminar, John Faulhaber displayed enlarged photos of his son, of the drug that took his life and of Theo in his casket.

Learning from a family’s tragedy

fter John Faulhaber’s son, Theo, died at age 35 of a heroin overdose at his desk in his Manhattan office, Faulhaber, an Atlantic Beach resident, realized he had to do something to help prevent this from happening to others. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/16/16

Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center sponsoring Narcan training

Opioid-based medications and heroin are being abused in epidemic proportions. To combat the large number of Long Islanders dying of heroin and other opioid-related overdoses, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center; the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; the Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary school districts; and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will host a free Narcan training for parents, families and community members. more

3/9/15

LICADD receives prevention grants

One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/21/15

Help a boy or girl by becoming a mentor

School-aged children can use someone to talk to. Someone they can share their thoughts, goals and fears with who genuinely cares and wants what’s best for them. more

1/15/15

Steve Chassman, a former Bellmore resident who graduated from Kennedy High School in 1988, was named executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. on Nov. 3.

Kennedy alumnus named LICADD director

A former Bellmore resident and Kennedy High School alumnus was recently named executive director of one of Long Island’s largest non-profit drug- and alcohol-treatment agencies. Steve Chassman, … more

By Julie Mansmann | 11/13/14

RipLB founder Jenn Lebowitz welcomed the audience at the group’s July 25 event.

RipLB unites residents in the fight against addiction

“How many people here know someone who has died of a drug overdose?” More than half of the people in the Long Beach Middle School auditorium raised their hands, a chilling reminder of just how … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 8/7/14

Atlantic Beach resident Oliver Miller, who suffers from daily seizures, could benefit from the state’s new medical marijuana law.

Getting a ‘yes’ on medical marijuana

Missy Miller watched the State Senate debate on June 20 from her Atlantic Beach home for the same reason she has been advocating for medical marijuana: her 14-year-old son Oliver was having severe seizures, and instead of staying in Albany where they had traveled to see the debate in person, they had to return a day earlier. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/25/14

Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, LICADD’s director since 2009, said Long Island has “not even turned a corner” in fighting its increasing opiate crisis.

LICADD director to step down

Jeffrey Reynolds, the executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, said he will be resigning from the organization at the end of June to become the president and chief executive officer of the Family and Children’s Association, a move that Reynolds said was “the most difficult decision I’ve made in my life.” more

By David Weingrad | 5/28/14

Teens must learn that they shouldn't drink

It’s impossible to know what cure will go undiscovered, what useful invention never devised, what art uncreated, what science unimagined, what wisdom unuttered because a boy’s or girl’s potential was submerged in vodka bottles or drowned in cans of beer. more

4/18/13

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