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.

Rotary Healthy Teens Art/Media Competition

Rotary healthy teens

Rotary healthy teens art/media competition launches unique addiction prevention initiative from Sarasota, Florida. By teens and for teens, this local project opens the door to teen voices for mental health mentoring and change. Do you know what makes you healthy? That’s the challenge of this Rotary Interact Competition. The contest is open to all high […]

5 Ways Counseling Improves Your Life

Counseling improves Your life

Counseling Improves Your Life In More Ways Than You Think Have ever considered that counseling improves your life? Just think about the arguments you have with loved ones. Are you bickering over the same things for years and don’t know how to stop? What about communicating your needs? How good are you at telling others […]

Recovery Literacy Light Helps You Heal

Recovery literacy

Recovery literacy halts destructive conditioning of addiction and helps you heal What is recovery literacy and how can you get it? We made up the term because so many people think recovery is for the other guy and not for them. Did you know that more than 23 million Americans are in some form of […]

Family Addiction Dysfunction: Cleaning Up The Mess

Addiction dysfunction

Addiction dysfunction and chaos are the legacy adult children of alcoholics. We’re going to give the laundry list of traits you may have inherited. Nothing is normal in a family where there is substance or alcohol use because those those substances change behavior and brain function. You already know that, right? You can’t have order […]