In the first episode of Of Substance’s three-part series, Elliott Driscoll, LCSW-C, and Katie McCabe, LCPC, go inside the mind to talk about how it works, what substance use does to it, and what recovery looks like with a mental addiction.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, so make sure you’re recognizing where bullying may be showing up in your life and the role it plays in your attitude around substance use. What are some healthier ways to cope? What’s the difference between peer pressure to drink and bullying that leads to drinking? Join Paris Bienert, LMSW, and Maria Karolenko, LCPC, to learn all about it!

Prescription stimulants have a complex relationship with college campuses — especially as finals week looms large. Sit down with Katie McCabe, LCPC, and Sarah Cummings, ADT, for a look at how prescription drug abuse has made its way into student life and how you can confront it this semester!

What is good stress vs bad stress? Where do they both come from? And when we’re constantly on the move, are they just necessary parts of life? Cryssy Andrews, LGPC, walks us through some ways we may be stressing ourselves out more than necessary and what we can do about it.

Mark Whitaker, LCPC, covers how drinking has changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, how to start a conversation about it, and what warning signs to be on the lookout for now that normal rules are out the window.

As kids become teens, there’s almost always likely to be some changes in how they act. But how do you tell the difference between “teens being teens” and when there’s something else there? Join Katie McCabe, LCPC, for a talk about adolescent substance use, what it looks like, and how to talk about it with your teen.