Many years ago, not long after I discovered that my daughter was addicted to heroin, I joined a support group for families of people with substance use disorder. I was desperately looking for ways to ...

Financial stress, family interactions, and facing often unrealistic expectations can be a volatile mix. Many families will face the challenges of responding healthfully when our loved ones – ...

NEWARK – A question about helping or enabling family members with substance abuse addictions brought contrasting answers from a social service provider and a parent at a United Way forum on Wednesday.

Upon reading Debbie Kelly’s article about the expansion of the “sit-lie” ordinance, once again, I noticed that “the homeless” were referred to as a homogeneous group. This gives the reader the ...

“We all do things for people we love, and that’s OK. But if you’re doing it consistently and all the time, you’re enabling them not to be responsible.” – Aaron Miles “A friend loves at all times, and ...

So, the various nonprofits that make up our thriving homeless industry are holding an “Expo” to show the citizens of Colorado Springs how good they are. The agencies do perform a real service to the ...

We see so much of financial enabling around us. Many of us are guilty of it even if we resent it, and wish we knew how to stop it. To protect another adult from the consequences of their actions is ...

Harm reduction is controversial — and in the wake of a legislator’s bill to ban needle exchange programs, debate has been swirling over the practice. The idea of harm reduction is to keep people safe ...