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.
Brain Breaks Are Time-outs That Everyone Needs If you are an over-thinker, or a compulsive worker, like me, the computer in your head needs a nap. Every day, and maybe more than once a day. I’ve been known to work on a writing or editing project for hours and hours every day without taking a […]
You May Be Addicted To Weed And Not Know It If you are addicted to weed, (or anything else) you may may think your use is perfectly normal and have no idea it might be harmful. I am addicted to coffee, for example. I get a headache without it. Others in our group are addicted […]
You’re Not Imagining It: Covid-19 cases are on the rise again. Covid is back, or did it never leave? I thought the rising number of cases around me was a fluke at first. Neighbors in my little community in Sarasota were getting Covid this summer. Some of them got it for the first time, and some are […]
Buddhist Chants Are A Great Way To Start The Day I started today with a buddhist chants. I have some favorites. Some are Indian and some are Japanese. Today I chanted the heart sutra which has its roots in Mahayana Buddhism. The heart sutra supposed to remove obstacles and promote peace. It doesn’t always take […]
Is Sugar A Carcinogen? Maybe There are been so many myths about sugar it is hard to know what’s true and what isn’t. Yes, sugar is addictive. It stokes the feel-good hormone, serotonin, in our brain and encourages us to re-up our intake every few hours giving us the rollercoaster highs and lows of blood […]
Addicts’ moms need support, not stigma Updated 8/6/23 Addict’s moms suffer from the stigma of having children who aren’t perfect, worse that their children suffer from a disease that only they can cure. Moms can’t fix it. Addiction is a disease of brain reward that is chronic and progressive. It can’t be cured, but can […]
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