Advocates & Activists

James Brown has his own addiction story. It's not dissimilar to stories we've told about children starting on alcohol or marijuana. But James' story h...

Running a rehab center might not be first and foremost on your list of professions you want to pursue. However, Fabian Padro - with a background of en...

Philip Markoff is an online influencer and thought leader on addiction education; he is known as his alias “CG Kid” and obtained a large audience prim...

From selling his first business at age 19 to building a multimillion-dollar A- list talent agency, Darren Prince has experienced what life is like in ...

Michael is an ex-offender and former addict and gang member. After 12 years in prison he finally had his "point of no return", he became determined to...

Marshall Faulk was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons, both for the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams. In 201...

Dr. Cali Estes has her own history with addiction involving food. But dealing with that and studying the whole area of addiction made her much more a...

IIn 2002, Marianne Skolek Perez’s daughter Jill died at the age of 29 after being prescribed OxyContin for back pain. As a nurse employed at a large m...

Jonathan Goyer began his addiction journey with pot at age 7. He, like so many others, worked his way up to pretty much all drugs - heroin, coke, met...

Ed Kressy was bullied had many childhood issues. As a teen he became a meth addict for 11 years. Stealing, after being arrested, he was shown compassi...

Drew's addiction began before the 7th grade with prescription drugs for "ADHD". Add an abusive father, anger issues and add pot, meth, coke, ecstasy,...

Jam Alker is a songwriter who spins his experiences into stories. These stories, told through music, often touch on life’s dark, gritty underbelly, wi...