My life was saved by a baby. I was an addict for as long as I can remember. Drugs, booze, sex. I was addicted to all of them. For years,...

Loneliness. It can break a person. Maybe that's why solitary confinement is such a terrifying punishment. I was never alone, but I was...

How would you respond to terror? On September 11, 2001, terrorists from Al Qaida hijacked airplanes and carried out the deadliest attack...

Each year, Chabad Lifeline sends a delegation to the world’s largest rabbinical conference - the International Conference of...

It was comical. 572 rabbis in a zoom call and he was sitting in his chair, asleep. His head kept slowly rolling down in his sleep and...

Peter Bailey grew up with an informed world view. Being that his aunt is a world expert on sex addiction, he always knew how damaging...

It began with a sandwich. About a year ago, I took a midday break from work to grab corned beef on rye with a friend. As I drove past a...

When we opened our annual raffle this year, we worried that due to the economic crisis associated with the pandemic, we would have...

I was sexually molested as a kid. Growing up, I shut the incidents out of my memory. In my mind, I moved on. I had no idea how much pain...

Back to school, particularly this year, is a period of stressful transition and uncertainty for students and for parents. Addiction...

Important decisions were made at a recent emergency meeting with Chabad Lifeline's Executive Committee. For the past five years, Chabad...

I love my son more than anything in the world. My little boy. Seven years ago, I wasn't sleeping at night. My days were filled with...

Karen Bresinger is Chabad Lifeline's Family Counsellor and Clinical Director. A week before the Coronavirus arrived in Quebec, she was...

Vomit. Rock bottom. Waking up in a downtown alley. My name is Joe and I am an alcoholic. Six years ago, I felt something tapping my back....

I found out about Chabad Lifeline from my Rabbi. Before I share my story, you need to understand that I'm a religious Jewish woman....

This story starts with a radio ad. I was driving to a potential sale, going over the pitch in my head, when a CJAD jingle caught my...

I don't get blown away often. I rarely get nostalgic. I don't believe anything is by chance. An extraordinary encounter cemented that...

The day started off with me feeling "less than." That weekend, there had been for an International Chabad Conference of over 5,000 Rabbis...

Chabad Lifeline is delighted to announce that Howard Dermer has joined our Executive Committee. Mr. Dermer has spent 45 years at...