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You have reached the official site of Young, Sober, & Free. Here you can connect with others who are from the YES crowd,  

Follow the links to lots of recovery tools, listen to songs, send us your story or send in your clean and sober photos. For the young in recovery (even the young at heart), this is your recovery connection.

Young People in Recovery-Face Book page!!!!

Young People In Recovery Radio is for all the young people suffering with addiction issues like drugs, alcohol ,eating disorders, sex, money, gambling, and cutting.

This radio show airs every Saturday at 3PM EST on The Holistic Lifestyles Radio Network broadcasting on WWNN AM 1470 and the WWNN Streamer at:
http://radio.securenetsystems.net/radio_player_large.cfm?stationCallSign=WWNN

In the Spotlight 

Here is a project that might help young peole in reocvery.
                  Reclaiming Futures

On Monday, December 13, 2010, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), along with many other partners, sponsored 38 young people from around the country to be part of “The Young People’s Networking Dialogue on Recovery (YPNDR).” All of the young recovery advocates volunteered their time to travel to Baltimore and have a very important dialogue.

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Recovery High Schools

On the right hand side we have links under "Cool sites." One of those links is for Recovery schools. If you  haven't checked it out, now is a good time. It doesn't matter if you are in High School, college, or a trade school--they have contacts for you. Why go it alone? See what might work for you.

This week's Recovery School in the spotlight is Horizon High. Here is their mission statement:

Our hope is that more schools like this create opportunities for those of use who want to do it sober!

Holiday Special:

Buy anything from our store and get 10% off entire order! Just write in coupon code "sober" at checkout or call us at 888 447 1683 and give us the code.  Expires January1, 2012.

Produts include:

FREE Recovery TASK ANALYSIS--download and fill out this free form--see if you are doing enough to keep yourself in the Recovery Safty Zone!

FREE BOOK: Real-World Advice on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along

by Annie Fox, M.Ed.

Free Spirit Publishing

This book was first published as Can You Relate? in 2000. In 2005 it was re-released as The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating. It went out of print in 2008. That’s the way things go sometimes. Instead of letting all this truly great relationship information vanish forever, I decided to give it away for FREE. No strings attached. So here it is. Everything you need to know about getting along better with yourself and everyone else. This book is for you. It’s a gift. Yours to read wherever you want.

Drug Overdose Killed Michael Jackson

The Los Angeles County Coroner has ruled that singer Michael
Jackson died of a fatal overdose of the anesthetic propofol,
reportedly administered by his personal physician. Read about it at JTO

August 26, 2009: Get some great recovery music from one of our favorite clean and sober guys! Out of the Rain

Archives: past stories and weird alcoholism info, click here.

The 'Big Book' For Young People

This is a 'we' program just as Young, Sober, & Free is a "we' book. Because none of us get clean and sober alone, we didn't write the book alone, either.  Young people from all over the country contributed their storeis, designed the chapters, and shared how getting clean and sober works in their lives.

SEND US YOUR STORY

Now we want you to share, too. Everyone who submits a story will receive a FREE Pocket Sponsor book. Tell us your story today

Check Out the Winners

(Guidelines: Up to 1000 words. All stories become the  non-exclusive property of this site. That means you can do whatever you want with it, like submit it elsewhere or sell it.  But we get to use it too! Please give us the name you want to be used with this story when you submit it.)

Check Out the Cool things on this Site

On the left you'll find links that help us stay clean and sober, one day at a time. From the drop down menus you'll find:

• MP3 recovery songs
• Personal stories of recovery
• Recovery Freebies
• Young, Sober, & Free wearables and gifts
• Tools of Recovery
• Downloadables

On the right are the resources you might want to use in your recovery. 

• 12 Step Links will give you quick access to the fellowships.
• Cool Sites will take you to some great sober activities, meetings, temporary sponsors, and program help.
• Resources is full of things you should know about, including financial aid for school and accurate drug information

Most Sexual Assaults Are Drug Facilitated

A study at the University of Illinois at Chicago by Adam Negrusz found that of all of the sexual assaults that were "drug facilitated," the classic date-rape drugs were used in only a small percentage. Read more from Buddy T's About.com site

Fun Stuff for the letter "W"

www.AlcoholicsAnonymous.org - where sober people click.

www.CDAweb.org - where clean and sober people click.

www.NA.org - where clean people click.

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Due to increasing product liability litigation, American liquor manufacturers have accepted the FDA's suggestion to add more warning labels to their products. Just as the warnings on cigarette packs "rotate" through a variety of cautions, alcohol products will also get one of the following warning notices:

• WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties.
• WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
• WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning.

Read more from the the Jumbo Joke site