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.
You may or many not have heard about the importance of creating boundaries in relationships We talk a lot about creating boundaries in recovery because they can be so helpful for people who are new to navigating recovery. You see, creating boundaries is the key to healthy relationships. But what does that mean to you? […]
Do You Wonder: Why Am I Fighting With Everyone Are you fighting with everyone, and you don’t know why? Fighting with everyone about everything can be a habit, a form of manipulation or a sign of perpetual frustration that you’re not getting what you want. How’s it going for you? Some people get a kick […]
Family Addiction In The Workplace From Newsweek When someone has an alcohol or substance use disorder (addiction), they aren’t the only one who suffers from the illness. Addiction is a family disease that affects and changes family behavior through generations, whether they know it or not. It’s also a community and national disease because we […]
Teen Guide To Health, By Leslie Glass, is now updated for 2022 with new content from NIDA, NAMI, and NIH. The easy roadmap for healthy living is the resource used for the Rotary Club Of Sarasota Bay’s Teen Mental Initiative, the High School Art/Media Contest with $8000 in Scholarships for best positive mental health messaging […]
Sober curious benefits go far beyond wondering what you’d feel like not hung over on a workday morning, or not so very reactive when you’re drinking and arguing about politics, relationships, sports, or anything at all. Alcohol brings out the worst in many of us, but you probably already know that. What Is Sober Curious […]
Do you suffer from family resentments? We all do. Seriously, there is no one who doesn’t have feelings around their family. Siblings have feelings about each other, maybe they’re competitive, maybe there is jealousy. Issues with parents or cousins or anyone can cause bad feelings and rifts for years. And the holidays don’t help with […]
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