September 10th, 2022 marks 26 years since my son Ian Eaccarino died from a drug overdose. He was just 20 years old. It still feels like yesterday and my emotions are still raw, especially this time of the year. I am reposting an article I wrote in the Principal Leadership Magazine below, to remind our…
This blog is dedicated in Memory of Ian. No more families should have to experience this devastating tragedy. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) drug-related deaths have more than doubled since the early 1980s. There are more deaths, illness, and disabilities from substance abuse than from any other preventable health condition. Today,…
By Kristen Bahler Kim Humphrey was sitting in a sea of chairs, surrounded by about 40 people he had never met, when the Phoenix police officer finally realized what a train wreck his life was. He didn’t want to talk about it. Especially to a bunch of strangers. But his wife, Michelle, had researched addiction…