Generation S.O.S. is a nonprofit organization that brings critically important peer-to-peer mental health support to teens and young adults at middle schools, high schools, colleges, places of worship, and community organizations nationwide.
Having a routine really changed my life.
I just need to be able to ask for help.
You don't have to put pressure on yourself.
I have so much time in the day now because I'm not hungover or drunk.
My drinking and drug use continued to get worse.
It's about sharing my story so that maybe it can help someone else.
We had one thing in common — we all knew someone who was struggling with addiction and overdosed. We were terrified we could be next.
Generation S.O.S. was born several years ago in New York City. Six high school students died of accidental overdoses within a few weeks. The schools’ lack of response was shocking, a sad example of the shame and stigma surrounding addiction and overdose.
A group of high school students met to talk honestly about the drug epidemic that was devastating their world. They urgently needed help navigating this crisis. Society had failed them, so they turned to each other and started the conversation.
I found Generation S.O.S. through a friend and wished it existed when I was younger. It might have spared me the years of pain and suffering.
Generation S.O.S. invites a young adult speaker to share his or her addiction and recovery story at our meetings. Their stories are raw; their anxiety and loneliness familiar. Substance misuse has damaged everything in this young life. Yet, each speaker’s story is one of courage and hope.
Their message is simple and powerful: “We all feel anxious and isolated from time-to-time. Talk to a friend, get help if you’re struggling. But don’t make the same mistake I did.”
Generation S.O.S. has given me a support system I never had. We are all facing the same challenges, but we’re talking about it, and I don’t feel so alone.
People often ask if substance misuse/addiction is a big problem in our country. The answer is, emphatically, yes.
One in every seven people will experience a substance use disorder in his or her lifetime. And someone — usually a young adult — dies from addiction/overdose every four minutes in our country.
The only way to turn the tide on this crisis is through greater awareness and more effective prevention efforts. Generation S.O.S.’s goal is to empower a movement of youth who will support and educate each other.
We are deeply committed to taking the hope, optimism, and peer support of Generation S.O.S. nationwide so that youth everywhere can become a part of our community.
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