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.
My 16th Sober Birthday: Our Triumph Over Dysfunction My daughter Lindsey and I got sober, launched a website, produced documentaries, broke up for 4 horrible years and when we got back together, we wrote some books. What a spring and summer we have had in my 16th sober birthday year. Our book, The Mother Daughter […]
Family Estrangement: Keeping Secrets That Hurt Family estrangement comes in many forms, and it always feels terrible. Often we don’t even know where it started or have different memories about what happened. For example, I have never met thousands of relatives on my father’s side because of estrangement that began before I was even born. […]
How did do you restore relationships in recovery? Boy, that was a question that stumped me and my daughter for years. People’s behaviors change when family members are using, and our relationship was destroyed almost beyond repair. Lindsey thought I was a terribly controlling and mean mother. I thought she was controlling and even meaner. […]
Frequently Asked Questions About Developing a Sense of Self What does it mean to have a sense of self?A sense of self means knowing who you are, what you value, where you find meaning and purpose, and what you’re all about. It literally applies to how you value yourself and your behaviors. Why is it […]
Mood Disorders And Wondering If You Have One Can Be Confusing Anyone can indeed get knocked off the beam because of stress or unexpected changes in their routine. Right now, you may feel you’ve lost your mojo due to any number of reasons. And that may be true. There are so many reasons to feel […]
Signs And Symptoms Of Emotional Abuse Emotional abuse is learned. When you grow up in dysfunction, it’s easy to fall into unhealthy relationships as an adult. So, in many cases, emotional abuse is an unwelcome member of every family. Particularly for families experiencing substance abuse disorder in a loved one. Did you know there are […]
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