Substance Abuse Episodes

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism did a survey showing that 1 in 4 college students experience academic difficulties from drinking, such as missing class or getting behind in school work. In a national survey, college students that binge drank alcohol at least 3 times per week were roughly 6 times more likely to perform poorly on a test or a project as a result of drinking (40% vs 7%) than students who did not binge drink. Now this episode is not to deter you away from...

This is part ONE to a multiple part series that we will be doing on mental health within the military. There is so much we can cover on this topic as well as a lot of work we can do to support the mental health of our service members and veterans. Part one will only be the beginning of this. On episode ten we will be talking to Chris, a Navy veteran that talks about the mindset he has instilled with himself once he got out of the service. He dives into how he struggled with his mental health ...

Dependency (aka addiction) is something that will affect 1 out of 10 people in their lifetime. It can come in many different forms, along with affecting people in many different ways. Some more extreme than others. The tricky thing about dependency is that it can affect an individual for so long and they will not realize the detrimental aftershock until they are in ruins. Our cohost this week, Jackson will help us dive more into this topic with some of his personal experiences and obstacle...