SMU Student Reflects on Addiction and Getting Sober
Senior Charlie Grant writes a letter to the Daily Campus to celebrate being six months sober.
Tag: addictions
Flavored smoke and mirrors: young adults and vaping
One in five young adults are turning to e-cigarettes to deal with daily stress, but it could lead to a new generation of smokers.
The Realities of Addiction
I live a very clean life, but in my extended family, we have a lot of problems with drugs and alcohol. I feel very lucky to have been raised the way I was and to be free of those sorts of problems. But this also makes it difficult for me to understand why people like my relatives would do the things they do, or how they could allow themselves to fall into such terrible habits.
What can the experts tell me about addiction that might make me a little more open-minded, and help me be more loving and understanding toward those struggling with addiction?
WATCH The Daily Update, Wednesday, April 27, 2016
On today’s Daily Update the Women’s Interest Network responds to Mustangs for Life, the truth about Opiod addiction at SMU, and three SMU students are competing in the Olympics.
Confessions of a real-life shopaholic
A Gucci travel bag topples off the top shelf of Leroy Poignant’s overwhelmed closet. The 6-foot-5 sometimes model tosses ties over his shoulder while shouting their designer labels.