National Safety Council Shares Nadine Machkovech’s Story of Recovery to Bring Hope Across the U.S.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXxR5-Y0es[/embed] Nadine started using drugs as a young teen. her addiction led to a dark path faster than she ever could imagine, eventually turning to pills, then heroin. Nadine, who is celebrating four years of recovery, shares her story with thousands of people to let them know they can…
Bringing Hope to People Battling Addiction
This week on CW 14 Focus host Robert Hornacek will be joined by the co-founder of an organization dedicated to educating youth about addiction. (WATCH FULL STORY HERE) Anthony Alvarado, co-founder of Rise Together, will appear on the show. During the interview, Alvarado will talk about his own journey through addiction…
Area schools spark conversation on the need for mental health care for students
We need to provide access in all ways that we possibly can to reach every student we possibly can," said Ty Breitlow, Chilton High School Principal. Recent school shootings have opened up a dialogue here in Northeast Wisconsin and all around the country about why access to mental health care…
Teen Deals With Loss of Both Parents to Overdoses
He was 7 years old when he lost his mother to an overdose. At 12, he lost his father, too. Clark Hutcherson was just 7 years old when he was called to the school office and told that his mother had passed away. He was so young he didn't really understand what…
Chilton students take ‘Mohawk Challenge’
Some area students are making a difference for those struggling with mental health issues. Students at Chilton High School promoted awareness of mental health by getting their hair cut or braided into mohawks during their lunch breaks Monday. It's all part of the national 1 Million Mohawks for mental health challenge. Chilton…
1 Million Mohawks Challenge Kicks Off Mental Health Awareness Month
The goal of the campaign is to open up a dialogue about mental health issues and knock down the walls of stigma. The 1 Million Mohawks challenge is officially underway for the month of May, aka Mental Health Awareness Month, to spark dialogue about mental health. The unique campaign challenges people to…
Rise Together Speaks With Local Parents
More than fifty people gathered to listen to Nadine Machkovech and Anthony Alvarado share their experiences with substance abuse and the need for open dialog as a way to combat addiction at the Rise Together event held recently in the Chilton High School library. READ FULL STORY (click here) Rise…
Mother marks third anniversary of daughter’s heroin overdose death
KAUKAUNA - It's been three years since Megan Kelley lost her life to heroin. It's also been three years since Bev Kelley-Miller was forced to start describing her daughter not as 22 years old, but as Forever 22. In that time, Kelley-Miller has become a forceful voice on addiction and recovery, collecting and recounting stories…
THESE ARE THE VOICES OF AMERICA’S OPIOID ADDICTION
“We don’t know who will become addicted,” says Dr. Clayton Chau, a substance abuse expert at Providence St. Joseph Health’s Institute for Mental Health and Wellness in California. For this very reason, opioid addiction remains rampant and dangerously hard to pin down. An estimated 1 million people in the…
Cap Times Idea Fest: Panel takes on Wisconsin’s far-reaching opioid addiction crisis
[caption id="attachment_3695" align="aligncenter" width="640"] From left, Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette; Sen. Janet Bewley, D-Ashland; Cap Times reporter Jessie Opoien, Wisconsin Voices for Recovery Director Caroline Miller and Rise Together Project Manager Nadine Machkovech at the Cap Times Idea Fest Saturday.[/caption] READ FULL STORY BY (clicking here) Prevention and treatment…