Teen Stories: On The Other Side of Addiction
Parenting Today's Teens
03/28/23
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Drugs are more accessible for teens than ever before. And when there's strife at home and kids start looking for relief, it can be easy for them to start down a dark path and end up in the throes of addiction. In today's episode, Mark Gregston sits down with a couple more Heartlight teens, including a young man who has struggled with drug addiction throughout high school but is looking toward graduation with hope and gratitude for how far he's come.
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