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… recovering from drug addiction, and had even considered suicide. But he entered a treatment center and then a homeless shelter and, eventually, enrolled in an associates paralegal studies program. Meade graduated at the top of his class and …
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September is National Recovery Month
For the last 40 years, the Broward Addiction Recovery Centers has often been the only hope for those folks who are willing to turn their lives around on their way to recovery and become productive members of our society. The program treats more than 4 …
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Sex Addiction & Recovery Inspiration From Hollywood
If sex addiction is a problem in your life, ask yourself if it's time for recovery. Thanks for Sharing, a new movie that opens September 20 and stars Gwenyth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo, lets us inside the world of sex addiction recovery. We meet four …
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Addiction Recovery Center Adds Space For Patients
For 30 days, the addiction recovery center treats patients who are addicted to things like shopping, gambling, the internet, substances, and even food. Hospital officials say the upgrade will help patients work together to get better, and it will make …
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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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