Understanding Addiction & Recovery

This message of #WeeklyWisdom is brought to you by Alcohol & Drug Council of Tompkins County, a proud partner of the Community Coalition for Healthy Youth. This week’s message focuses on recovery from substance use disorder. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 3.7 million people in the US aged…

Back to School

This message of #WeeklyWisdom is brought to you by Bridgette Nugent from the Tompkins County Youth Services Department, and highlights ways in which parents and caregivers can support their children during this very unusual back-to-school season. With the temperatures already cooling at night and in the mornings, we can feel fall on its way.  For…

Employment in Recovery

This message of #WeeklyWisdom is brought to you by Alcohol & Drug Council of Tompkins County, a proud partner of the Community Coalition for Healthy Youth. This week’s message focuses on the importance of employment in recovery from substance use disorder. Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing mental health disorder and disease. For many, the…