The Shatterproof Blog

Shatterproof's Biggest DIY Fundrasing Event Is Back! 

While participating in a Rise Up Against Addiction Walk, Colleen was blown away by the support she received from families, educators, and friends. 

Stigma is one of those concepts that most people know about but that, when asked, it is hard to explain.

A new horror film explores how the hardest person to learn to love is sometimes yourself.

National Fentanyl Awareness Day is a day of action to raise public awareness about an urgent problem: people dying at alarming rates due to illegally made fentanyl (FEN-ta-nyl), a dangerous synthetic opioid.

We survive because we must, whether it is for our children who are living, to honor our loved ones in some unique way, or because there is no other choice.

My father has severe mental illness and a substance use disorder. People assume I resent him for it. They couldn't be more wrong.

At first glance, I doubted I’d have much in common with anyone at the AA meeting in a two-room clubhouse. But I pulled up a chair at one of the long folding tables and tried

The steps work. They really do. How we apply them might be different. 

You think you are the only one with these thoughts and problems, but others have the same thoughts. Going to meetings, and listening, will help.

This Alcohol Awareness Month, find out if it's time to seek help.

This Alcohol Awareness Month, learn about alcohol's impact on our bodies and communities.

Meetings can be an invaluable resource for people in recovery. Find out what they're like from people who've been there.

There are several effective medications that can ease symptoms and help enable long-term recovery. Why aren't they more well known?

Recent innovations such as long-acting non-opioid numbing medications have become available for patients ages six and older that can help reduce, or in some cases, eliminate the need to take opioids following surgery.