Author: Leslie Glass

Leslie Glass became a recovery advocate and co-founder of Reach Out Recovery in 2011, encouraged by her daughter Lindsey who had struggled with substances as a teen and young adult. Learning how to manage the family disease of addiction with no roadmap to follow inspired the mother and daughter to create Reach Out Recovery's website to help others experiencing the same life-threatening problems. Together they produced the the 2016 ASAM Media Award winning documentary, The Secret World of Recovery, and the teen prevention documentary, The Silent Majority, distributed by American Public Television. In her career, Leslie has worked in advertising, publishing, and magazines as a writer of both fiction and non fiction. She is the author of 9 bestselling crime novels, featuring NYPD Dt.Sgt. April Woo. Leslie has has served as a Public Member of the Middle States Commission of Higher Education and as a Trustee of the New York City Police Foundation. For from 1990 to 2017, Leslie was the Trustee of the Leslie Glass Foundation. Leslie is a proud member of Rotary International.

Is Addiction Curable: Know What Recovery Really Means

If You Think Addiction Can’t Be Managed Or Wonder Is Addiction Curable, Listen Up Wondering is addiction curable is like asking if diabetes is curable. You may see many people not getting well and think recovery is not possible, but 23 million Americans are in some form of recovery. Do you know someone who is […]

When An Empath Falls For A Narcissist

How Dangerous Is It When An Empath Falls For A Narcissist What is an empath and why is it a very risky business when an empath falls for a narcissist. Does the empath have a chance for the survival of independence and happiness? Nope. Guess whose world turns upside down. Right, it’s not the narcissist. […]

Why Mental Health And Behavioral Health Confuse You

Mental Health And Behavioral Health Shouldn’t Have To Confuse You Since Covid we’ve gotten even more confused about the difference between Mental Health and Behavioral Health. But the terms shouldn’t drive us crazy. Mental health, behavioral health, and mental illness are not taught the way physical health is. It means you probably know your family […]

Tips For Managing Difficult Personality Styles

Personality Styles Are What Make People Easy Or Difficult To Get Along with How do your personality styles affect your relationships? How do you even know how you seem to others? Last week I took the Difficult Person Test to measure my personality style and determine how hard I am to get along with. It […]

Who Should We Call Difficult People

Difficult People May Not Be What You Think Do you feel surrounded, or tortured by, difficult people? If you’re a designated easy-going person, like me, you may attract controlling and manipulative people who constantly put you down and try to dominate you. If you’re agreeable and accommodating, you may feel unappreciated, put upon, and hurt […]

Rethinking the Johnny Depp Amber Heard Trial

How Can We Ever Trust Savannah Guthrie After Her Appalling Amber Heard Interview I saw the Amber Heard Interview by Savannah Guthrie, and it changed my mind about everything. Lindsey’s article about celebrity madness had covered the subject for me, and I wasn’t that interested in the issue of Johnny Depp and defamation. Lindsey pointed […]