A First-Person Account by Gabriel Julien I did a lot of drugs when I was a teen, and it made my mental health fragile. In 2007, I was on the French language TV reality show Occupation Double. In 2009, I was called in to do […] See more
Can someone ever stop being an addict? Can a former addict limit their drug taking to simply recreational use? After you’ve stopped using, do you spend the rest of your life still craving your drug? By Delphine Caubet I met with Sylvain, a former addict […] See more
There is nothing new under the sun: boys have always learned to repress their emotions in order to live up to gender stereotypes. “A boy never cries. Be strong!” is an example given by journalist Liz Plank in her book For the Love of Men. […] See more
Sophie is disinterested with all that surrounds her. She doesn’t want to go out with her friends. All she wants to do is sleep all day. Let’s face it, Sophie is sad. By Delphine Caubet Her doctor diagnoses her as depressed. This dynamic young woman, […] See more
When you’ve been sexually assaulted by your own father and sold off by your own mother, it’s tough to say that prostitution is a choice. It’s just a continuation. By Martine Letarte According to the Council on the Status of Women, no less than 80% […] See more
How happy kids are to be on vacation! More time to have fun, to draw, to read, to play outside and to… sit in front of a screen! Now there’s a fight parents hate to engage in each summer… By Julie Fortier, editorial manager, Naître […] See more
Among the factors that accelerate the aging process, we find stress. By Raymond Viger Studies present stress in different forms and in different contexts. We say that students are stressed. Men are too. Parents are stressed. Women too… everyone is stressed at some point in […] See more
Alcohol and tobacco are the substances consumed around the world that do the most damage to human health. That, according to a report on the usage of illicit and licit (illegal and legal) drugs published in the scientific journal Addiction. By Alexandra Bachot The substance […] See more
Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, LinkedIn. These names are now part of our daily lives. By Sarah Langot And yet there are people who are fighting their own cyber-addiction by trying to get off these social media sites. Alice studies contemporary dance. She is in her […] See more
For over a quarter of a century, interveners like myself have walked the lengths of the streets they serve in order to exchange, with addicts, dirty needles for clean drug paraphernalia. By Raymond Viger It’s all part of a strategy of reducing negative outcomes, both […] See more
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