Anna Laszlo is the creator of the West Side Story Project (WSSP), which began in Seattle and is now being implemented at six Phoenix House locations. This week, Anna will visit the WSSP at our Phoenix House Career Academy. She will be joined by Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Artist Roger Dolin shares his experience working with teens at the Phoenix House Academy of Los Angeles to create a beautiful new mural.

“I believed that it was this monster, my father, who turned my mother into the sunken-faced, toothless addict she was when she died. I blamed him for her going to prison, for the syringes I found in the bathroom after she had been clean for so long—I even blamed him for her death.”

A recent article praised New England for managing to avoid the meth epidemic. In a nation where meth use and production are on the rise, have New Englanders hit upon some sort of magic meth repellant that frees citizens from this terrible drug?

Pinterest is a particularly exciting venture because of its tremendous and unprecedented growth rate; since the beginning of 2012, the site has already become 145% larger, with 10.4 million users to date. We hope you’ll join us and the rest of that 10.4 million as we share stories, lessen the stigma surrounding addiction treatment, and make our online recovery community even stronger.