Addiction: Recovering addicts reach out to others
Addictions can run the gamut from gambling, shopping and overeating, to alcohol and drug abuse. Three recovering addicts share their stories of addiction and recovery here in their own words, in the hopes of inspiring others to start anew in the coming …
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Anonymity Of Addiction Hurts More Than It Helps
"When people hear that a person is in 'recovery,' they think someone is struggling with addiction, or still using," when such is not the case, said Patricia A. Taylor, executive director of the grass-roots nonprofit Faces and Voices of Recovery. Her …
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Watching out for one another saves us all
… brothers, cousins, and family friends. We tell sad stories, happy stories, stories about being lost, stories about being found. A few weeks ago Kelli, the mother of a teenager who spent two months in treatment for opiate addiction, told a “pay it …
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