My name is Debra. Although I didn’t think of it in those terms at the time, I grew up with a father who was a rageaholic. His usual...

I was born in 1929. A Jew in Eastern Europe. I witnessed horrors. Experienced years of trauma. And somehow survived the Nazis and their...

My name is Joel. I'm here to tell you my story. It's very difficult for me to share it, but it's something I need to do because if anyone...

The click of a button, and a weight is released. 11 years. 11 awful years carrying a load on my shoulders. I just paid off my final...

It was the first day of Montreal's spring thaw. Safely distanced reunions were taking place among friends. The winter hibernation was...

When this pandemic is over, the world will be facing another crisis: a flood of mental health and addiction issues that were exacerbated...

It happened at the end of a long shift. With under a minute left to the game. A game that was deadlocked in a 3-3 tie. My son JJ probably...

Some people are born leaders. Others give of their time. And then there are those who inspire others by leading and yet finding time to...

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...