“What is your ACES score?” This question sometimes gets bandied around the internet along with other popular quiz questions like “What color is your aura?” or “Which Disney princess are you?” Indeed, the first time I heard about the ACES study, I was quick to look up the questions and get my number. I wanted […]
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Alishia Topper knows what it’s like to be a hungry student with no place to call home. “Homelessness, hunger, domestic violence, drug abuse,” said Topper, who is also a Vancouver city councilor. “Every barrier a kid might have, I have experienced. It makes me more empathetic.” For a closer look at the challenges Alishia experienced […]
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Lifeline Connections has been providing services for many decades, supporting individuals and families with mental health, drug, alcohol, adult residential, court, youth, detoxification and sobering programs. People who have had adverse childhood experiences are at greater risk of substance use as teens and adults. Here are some stories of former Lifeline patients who have struggled […]
Read MoreJohn Deeder’s journey from childhood poverty to professional success as an adult is a great example of how the challenges that shape your early years don’t need to limit you later in life. John was born to 16-year-old parents. His sister was born 10 months later. John’s father found work in a lead smelter in […]
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About the time Heather began acquiring language, around age two, her father started making her perform oral sex on him. He’d grab her from behind and take her into the bedroom. Her response to this trauma was to retreat. “As a child, I would often crawl into the closet under the stairs, as far as […]
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