Imagine this scenario: You have an illness, you go to your doctor, and the two of you together decide the best course of treatment, which may include medication. You feel relieved to have a plan, see a way out …
My name is Laura, and I’m a survivor of many things, including incest, domestic violence, rape, mental illness, and cancer. Throughout my life, I have thrived through and with my traumas. I have felt tremendous support during all of …
My son, Cole, began experimenting with drugs in his very early teens. What started as a pure curiosity to feel a buzz after drinking a beer or smoking marijuana broadened into the use of a long list of drugs. None …
My story of healing begins in July 2016 in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.
At the age of 22, I was living life as an active heroin user at the deepest of downs in my addiction…again. I had been …
The FDA’s decision has been met with a lot of criticism due to the addiction and overdose crisis we currently …
October 26, 2017
The White House
c/o President Donald J. Trump
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
We cannot thank you enough for declaring the opioid epidemic a public health crisis …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Chelsea Laliberte
Phone: 844.584.5254 x802
Email: [email protected]
September 26, 2017
LIVE4LALI AND TASC PARTNER TO OFFER WEEKLY RECOVERY NIGHTS FOR CHICAGO LOCALS AFFECTED BY ADDICTION
(Chicago, IL) – Motivated by the devastating …
Drug-Induced Homicide Laws: Doing More Harm Than Good
By Chelsea Laliberte
Over the past ten years Americans have been engaged in a harrowing but necessary conversation about the opioid crisis that begs the question “how did we get here?” …
Harm Reduction Outreach
In an effort to reduce overdose deaths, HIV and Hepatitis C transmissions, and barriers to treatment, Live4Lali and the Lake County Health Department are teaming up to offer a new local strategy. Motivated by the …
The following is an email that our son, Jared, prepared for his “Sober Coach” after he agreed to accept our help and try to change. He had just confessed to us that he had graduated to using heroin. I found …