Goldberg lost her son, 23-year-old Isaac, a decade ago to an accidental drug overdose. She read Perry's memoir, "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing." She founded a nonprofit that supports young adults struggling with addictions and living in recovery.

"Everybody also felt like, 'OK, I can get through this. I can survive it also,'" Goldberg said.

After Eve Goldberg’s son Isaac Goldberg Volkmar passed away from an accidental drug overdose in 2014, she made it her mission to help young adults who are struggling with addiction maintain their sobriety.

As Goldberg experienced firsthand, addiction treatment programs aren’t enough. People need to learn how to live a happy and social life that is substance free.

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Lost in the weeds of our city’s marijuana legalization and the accompanying proliferation of cannabis shops are the on-going, heroic efforts by tens of thousands of young, recovering New Yorkers to stay substance-free.

The smell of marijuana seems to be everywhere these days, and at all times. A morning rush hour wait on a Manhattan subway platform, for example, was recently interrupted by giggling high school students taunting each other with whoops of, “Skunk! Skunk,” a reference to the pungent scent of the pot they’d just smoked.

NOHO, Manhattan (PIX11) — A New York City program called BIGVISION is helping hundreds of people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction maintain their sobriety.

BIGVISION offers free classes and events to help create friendships and community. A workshop in NoHo is helping young people who are in recovery learn how to live a healthy lifestyle, with lessons from a top chef who also dealt with addiction.

My son Isaac was one of these kids who was adorable and smart and funny, but he never felt comfortable in his own skin.

The first time he smoked weed, he came home and said to me, “I just want to tell you mom I am never doing this again. I hated the way it made me feel. I was in my friend's apartment, I was out on their terrace and I was afraid I was going to jump off. I got so paranoid.”

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A nonprofit group is pushing to give New Yorkers who have gotten sober a fighting chance at finding and maintaining a new social life, which can be one of the most difficult challenges.

Seven years later, I am haunted by the questions: Was I complicit in the death of my child? Was I guilty of not being a good parent? People always tell me what a great parent I was. But was I? Why did I give birth to two children and now have only one?

Since its inception six years ago, BIGVISION has helped countless people struggling with substance abuse overcome their addictions by engaging them in meaningful meetings and events. Eve Goldberg, who started the organization following the death of her son, Isaac, wanted to help other young people realize that they can live a happy life free of addictive substances. Goldberg is both shocked and gratified that her big vision just keeps on getting bigger.

Eve founded BIGVISION in January 2015, a year after her 23-year-old son, Isaac, died of an accidental drug overdose. She was motivated to do something to help young adults in recovery in New York City learn to live fun, meaningful, sober lives.

We help young adults live a sober life through fun and engaging events and giving them the tools to get back to life post- treatment. “We are the authority on what a sober lifestyle can look like.”- Eve Goldberg

On this episode of the Sober Vibes Podcast, Courtney Andersen chats with Eve Goldberg about losing a child to the disease of addiction, why she founded BIGVISION, and she shares her tips of a sober lifestyle.

Eve Goldberg, the Founder of the non-profit BIGVISION, designed to help sustain the recovery from addiction in young adult ages joins eHealth Radio and the Addiction Prevention and Health News Channels. Listen to the interview with host Eric Michaels here.

Following the tragic death of her son Isaac to the opioid epidemic, Eve Goldberg had big dreams to keep his legacy alive while helping other young people struggling with addiction, and hence, BIGVISION was born.

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Eve Goldberg. She's an amazing entrepreneur with a huge heart.