Kristie Auman-Bauer January 23, 2018 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Opioid overdose deaths in Pennsylvania increased 37 percent in 2016, ranking the state fourth in the nation. Coming on the heels of Gov. Tom Wolf’s declaration of the opioid crisis as a disaster emergency, Penn State recently held its first University-wide summit on the opioid epidemic. The summit drew together almost 200 researchers, practitioners and educators from across the Penn State system with the goal of deve

By Kelly Burch, 02/09/18 "For most people in recovery, getting sober isn’t the end of the story—it’s the beginning of the story." The CBS sitcom Mom isn’t just a show about life in recovery, but living sober is a major theme, since the two main characters, Christy (Anna Faris) and Bonnie (Allison Janney), are both in recovery. The show creators say that they make an effort to honestly show the struggles and rewards of sober living, creating a realistic picture of recovery for