Informed Families Blog
Understanding connections between mental health, diseases, and social problems are the underlying icebergs (frequently created by our own behavior) that stop us from seeing the problem correctly and taking appropriate action.
Topics: President's Message, marijuana legalization, marijuana, Informed Families, cannabis
President's Message - February 2023
How Do You Show Love to Your Brain and Heart? By Staying Drug-Free!
Topics: President's Message, alcohol, Informed Families, alcohol use, alcohol abuse
Try Dry January . . . or Dry February . . . or Dry March . . .
Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on January 9, 2023 at 11:32 AM
President's Message - January 2023
Let me start by wishing all of you a happy and healthy new year! And to thank you all for the work you’ve done over the last year to help keep our children safe from drugs of all kinds. We’ve accomplished some good things together, and I want to urge you to keep up the fight.
Topics: President's Message, alcohol, Informed Families, alcohol use, alcohol abuse
President's Message - December 2022
As we enter the “official” season of giving, we all start to think about appropriate gifts for each of our loved ones. We may forget, however, that the gift of ourselves is the best gift of all. The following essay is one which we have published before, many times, but it never fails to touch my heart and helps me realize anew how important its message is. I hope you enjoy it too. Happy Holidays!
Topics: President's Message, holidays, Informed Families
NY Governor Signs Red Ribbon Week Measure
Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on November 9, 2022 at 3:20 PM
President's Message - November 2022
I had intended my article to be about an Attitude of Gratitude, Thankfulness, and Celebration but the news media doesn’t cover any of those topics only Death, Destruction, and Debacle. Maybe that is why we have just a large drug problem we focus on the negative and forget how to Live a Healthy Life.
Topics: President's Message, college students, teenagers, Informed Families, teens, drugs
Red Ribbon Week Helps to Create Herd Immunity
Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on October 9, 2022 at 7:00 AM
President's Message - October 2022
Red Ribbon is about creating herd or community immunity to the alcohol and drug problems America is facing.
Topics: President's Message, teenagers, alcohol, Informed Families, teens, drugs
President's Message - August 2022
Over the years, it has been interesting to me that parents consistently think Informed Families is not talking to them but to some other family with problems. Denial is a trademark of addiction!
Topics: Family Day, President's Message, teenagers, Informed Families, teens, Family Table Time
How Do We Reach Across and Communicate Through the Generational Divide?
Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on August 9, 2022 at 7:00 AM
President's Message - August 2022
We deal with this daily – we use different words to describe the same things.
Topics: President's Message, teenagers, teens, hope
How to Solve America’s Drug and Destructive Behaviors Problem
Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on July 11, 2022 at 5:00 AM
President's Message - July 2022
Recent legislation addressing the mass shooting problem in America may be a step in the right direction but all the recommended solutions start way too late in the process to actually change anything.
Topics: President's Message, teenagers, teens, hope
President's Message - June 2022
What if, tomorrow, some magical being came and took away your hope? Hope that things will get better, hope that you can accomplish your goals, hope that you can achieve the life you dreamed of?
Topics: President's Message, teenagers, teens, hope