Identifying details have been altered to respect the confidentiality of the client. This month, I wanted to share the kind of intimate...

When I turned fourteen, my life took a turn for the worse. My mom was drinking so much that she had to go away to rehab for three weeks....

My name is Sarah, and I am a single mother and recovering alcoholic. Life has a funny way of bringing unexpected blessings, and for me,...

Lifeline Director Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger (left) and Youth Coordinator Bill Yong welcome our guests. As part of our Youth Outreach...

In my 20s, life was a warm blur spent alongside a group of friends who partied as hard as I did. Those years, every weekend was a...

BACK ROW: Lew Abrams, Willam Carney, Ian Cid Descallar, Bill Yong, Andy MacDonald, Jason Stein, Rabbi Mendel Fine MIDDLE ROW: Dr. Rachel...

“Let me ask you a question: where is your son right now?” I had just called Chabad Lifeline to ask for help for my 35-year-old son, who...

Looking back on the journey that took me from the depths of marijuana addiction to a place of sanity, hope and healing, a wave of...

I’ll start by being as open as I can about my situation. For years, I have battled a demon that slowly consumed me: marijuana. It all...

Pictured left to right: Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger, Stan Zack, Vicki Zack, and Karen Bresinger When my wife Karen and I came to Montreal to...

From adolescence into my 20s, I found it truly challenging to summon the enthusiasm to be around other people. The anxiety seemed like...

Thanks to supporters like you, we have so far raised a remarkable $870,000 (and we are still open with matching funds available for...

This year's campaign is our more ambitious and critical yet, as we aim to find children living in homes ravaged by addiction and mental...

This month’s story comes from Lifeline Director Rabbi Benyamin Bresinger, who shares it with the permission of the parties involved. At...

Lifeline's Youth Outreach Initiative is a two-year plan to provide urgently needed support to kids living in homes ravaged by addiction...

When you’re a kid, you don’t really have an idea of what addiction is. Maybe you know that people drink for fun and certain “bad” people...

Led by Chairman Edward Wiltzer, the Lifeline Executive Committee is pleased to welcome Shaun Shahin as its newest member. Already a...