Youth/Young Adults

The High on Life Challenge provides information in the following ways:

• finding healthy alternatives to drugs
• learning drug awareness
• managing emotions
• developing healthy self-esteem and self-image
• coping with stress
• building resiliency
• managing the inevitability of change
• strengthening personal identity
• setting and maintaining healthy lifestyle goals

What to expect:

• 6 sessions at your school during class time.
• Meeting once per week in a in a group setting (10-12 students).
• Provides a safe and supportive environment to share experiences, thoughts, and ideas.
• Focuses on group activities and discussion.
• Opportunity to ask questions and learn more information about drugs.
• Free gift at the completion of the program.

Where can I sign-up:

• Contact the youth care worker at your school to get more information (available in 21 high schools in Waterloo Region until 2011).
• Coming Soon – registration on Facebook.

Participant Testimonials:

• “Taught me how to look at the important things in life…without drugs.”
• “Two things I learned that will help me are how to deal with stress and how to refuse drugs.”
• “Now I know the side effects of some drugs, so I can warn others.”
• “Helped me avoid drugs. It was awesome.”