High Cost of Low Livin’ Darryl Turpin examines the high cost of low livin’ by addressing not only the financial cost of addiction, but the loss of family, lack of education, no employment skills, emotional and spiritual bankruptcy and in some cases criminality. This thought provoking video will make the addict think about the price they have paid for their addiction and urge them to make positive changes in their life.

Kids, Chemicals and America : Delbert Boone gives an overview of adolescent drug use, with emphasis on peer pressure and peer acceptance. He discusses lifestyles and value systems and the problems associated with experimenting with drugs. Boone focuses on solutions for change and gives adolescents the tools to help make positive choices in their life.

Performance: The impact of alcohol/drug use on athletic skills and development is explained by Dr. David Ohlms. A must video for sports programs.

Surviving the Absent Father During this fast paced two-part video, Wheeler makes it a point to recognize that even when a father is in the home, he can still be emotionally and physically absent.

Surviving the Absent Father addresses substance abuse and emphasizes that an important part of recovery is learning to recognize and confront the feelings of anger, resentment and frustration towards the father who abandoned you during childhood. In talking about the “absent father”, Wheeler discusses how the family structure is disrupted and how children seek love and attention from others, often seeking street attention by joining street gangs, and how girls often get involved in different relationships seeking a father figure.

Teens, Tobacco, & Drugs: Taking Positive A.C.T.I.O.N.: Discusses some of the problems of tobacco and drugs with an A.C.T.I.O.N. Team, a group of teenagers who have joined together to be positive role models for other students • The team discusses: • How to deal with peer pressure from adults as well as from other teens • Positive ways to handle stress • Grades 6-12 * Closed Captioned

When I Was Nine: The Silent Victims of Sexual Abuse Many female inmates were the victims of child abuse, and have found themselves caught in a downward spiral of violence and addiction. Dwight Bradford addresses childhood sexual abuse and victimization, opening the door for discussion that will lead to making healthy choices for a life without the use of drugs to dull the pain of the past. Filmed at Albion Correctional Facility in New York, it features open, honest and candid interviews with women who have suffered the pain of childhood abuse.