Generation Found (the film)
From the creators of the groundbreaking film, THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE, comes GENERATION FOUND, a powerful story about one community coming together to ignite a youth addiction recovery revolution in their hometown.
Devastated by an epidemic of addiction, Houston faced the reality of burying and locking up its young people at an alarming rate. And so in one of the largest cities in America, visionary counselors, law school dropouts, aspiring rock musicians, retired football players, oil industry executives, and church leaders came together to build the world’s largest peer-driven youth and family recovery community.
Independently filmed over the course of two years, GENERATION FOUND takes an unprecedented and intimate look at how a system of treatment centers, sober high schools, alternative peer groups, and collegiate recovery programs can exist in concert to intervene early and provide a real and tested long-term alternative to the “War on Drugs.” It is not only a deeply personal story, but one with real-world utility for communities struggling with addiction worldwide.
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Lifeway International, Teen and Family Services, Hope For Today Counseling Services, Palmer Drug Abuse Program and Cornerstone Recovery worked together to complete a video highlighting the Alternative Peer Group model of drug abuse recovery for teens.
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Recovering Our Children: A Handbook for Parents of Young People in Early Recovery
by John C Cates
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From Monsters to Miracles: ParentDriven Recovery Tools that Work
by Anette Edens
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Studies Related to Alternative Peer Groups
From the Association for Alternative Peer Groups
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Local Resources for Struggling Youth
Where to find youth behavioral health resources in Oregon - OregonLive.com
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Article Featuring Collective Roots APG
How these Oregon high schools aim to help teens recover from drug addiction - Axios Portland
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Know Your Neuro by Dr. Crystal Collier
Free videos and activity guides for parents and educators to use for prevention education and understanding high-risk behaviors.
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Neuroscience of Addiction/Alcoholic Psyche
Watch to learn how the brain becomes addicted to alcohol, drugs, and other high-risk behavior. This presentation will review the effects of substance and process addictions on the brain, how the disease of addiction creates an alcoholic psyche, and strategies for healing.
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The teen brain is especially susceptible to the harms of THC
Beginning cannabis use as a teen is more likely to lead to dependence than starting as an adult, just like alcohol, cocaine and nicotine.
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Wasted: Exposing the Family Effect of Addiction | Sam Fowler | TEDxFurmanU
After her brother was diagnosed with the disease of addiction, Sam Fowler and her family had to change the way they lived their lives. In her talk, she tells about her experiences suffering from “the family disease."