Helaina Hovitz

I had one day sober when I went to my first sober party. It was about 9:30pm, and suddenly the girl who danced on the black leather couch at the club ...

I have a confession: I’ve never watched an episode of Intervention. I’ve also never been the subject of one. However, the need to conduct a proper int...

We typically say that an alcoholic, or food addict, or codependent, or what have you, is in recovery always. We can slip up - all it takes is picking ...

When I headed out to my first meeting six years ago, my dad told me “Be careful. When I arrived, it was to a plush church basement with a fireplace, c...

As the nation continues to discuss and push forth the legalization of marijuana, it’s probably safe to say that parents of both adult children and kid...

Since the emergence of pink knitted hats first flooded The Women’s March in early 2017, there has been an uptick in ladies - and some men - of all age...

Few people know that there were direct child survivors of 9/11, and I am looking to change that...because I am one of them. As a teenager looking for ...

Some consequences of drinking too much are more harmless than others - bumping a leg and bruising it, kissing a friend and complicating things, drunk ...

When I was 11, my friend and I made a pact: we were going to have virgin piña coladas at our weddings.

Well, you’re sober now. You may as well write a farewell letter to your friends, dust off your public library card, and get ready to spend your Friday...

Let’s get right to the point: you need a guide to the do’s and don’ts of how to handle it when a friend or even passerby seems to have “partied too ha...

According to recent data, the rate of teen drug overdose deaths in the United States is on the rise. A huge perpetrator? Opioids. Because young people...