The Shatterproof Blog

I once read that forgiveness is “giving up the hope that the past could be different.”

Turning Pain into Purpose

How to Help Providers, Patients and Families

How to Live a Meaningful Life Coupled with Science-Based Treatment

Advice from a Mom on Finding the Right Care

When first you were gone, I was adrift. 

So many things unite us, including our perception of drug addiction and substance use disorders (SUD). Those are topics we don’t talk much about.

Addiction is so hard for everyone, no matter where you live, but perhaps for those of us who speak a foreign language, there is an element of insecurity and a culture barrier.

If stigma has silenced you, please know that you are not alone. It's time for us to speak louder than stigma.

Everyone can help change the world, even it it's only a little.

Shatterproof Ambassador Dave Laws shares how he lost his daughter to an opioid addiction.

There will always be a hole in my heart, in my life, and in our family.  But along with that pain, there is a little band-aid.

I still avoid the greeting card aisle around Father's Day. I still cry just because.

When I heard about St. Louis county’s stay-at-home orders to contain COVID-19, my kneejerk reaction was trepidation.

Twenty-five years ago, I was eight months pregnant with my first baby girl. Not quite a mother, but my protruding belly was proof that in just a few weeks I would qualify for that title