Becky Bernhardt vividly remembers bawling on the phone years ago as she spoke with her son, who was struggling with homelessness and addiction. On Wednesday evening, she stood in front of a room full ...

For years, Caroline Beidler has been on both sides of addiction — first as someone struggling to survive it, and now as a ...

He has turned his past issues into a nationwide quest to set a world record and get attention for people struggling with mental health issues and addiction.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Todd Crandell didn't have a picturesque upbringing. When he was 3 years old, his mother took her own life. Years later, his uncle ...

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Laqhakaza Iphara Recovery founder, Mbongiseni Emmanuel Msomi Photo: supplied. Following over a decade of addiction, the founder of Laqhakaza Iphara Recovery (LIR), Mbongiseni Emmanuel Msomi, says more ...

Todd Crandell didn't have a picturesque upbringing. When he was 3 years old, his mother took her own life. Years later, his uncle would also kill himself. At 13, he had his first drink of alcohol and ...