Nerd, interrupted: Inside a smartphone addiction treatment center
September 17, 2013, 1:23 PM — Ashley loved her fiancé, Dave, but he was committed to another–his phone. Sharing her story with an online support group for cell phone addicts, she explained that their problems started out innocently enough. (Names …
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Recovery Facility Prepares for Addiction Awareness Walk
PEORIA – Addictions have the potential to control a person's life but Phil Scherer says recovery is possible for anyone. Scherer spent years addicted to alcohol and drugs. On Christmas Eve in 1987, he was taken to jail after driving under the influence …
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Addiction recovery center opens in RI prison
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – A new addiction recovery center is opening for imprisoned women in Rhode Island. The Anchor Recovery Community Center was scheduled to open Monday at the women's facility at the Adult Correction Institutions. It will provide …
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Now There's A Hospital-Based Treatment Facility for Internet Addicts
Young and her colleagues treat Internet addiction like a real physical and mental affliction, on a par with alcoholism and drug abuse, and aim to assist people in recovery as they would with someone struggling with other substances. But is Internet …
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