Darryl Strawberry is opening a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Florida
Jan. 27 (UPI) — Former Major League Baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry is planning to open a drug rehabilitation center in Florida. Strawberry, who famously struggled with alcohol and drug addiction during his playing career, will open the center in …
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Tea party-backed Florida congressman resigns after drug conviction, rehab
US Rep. Trey Radel, a conservative Republican elected with backing from tea party activists in 2012, resigned from Congress Monday, following a drug scandal. Radel, 37, who admitted to cocaine possession in November, took a leave of absence from …
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Rep. Radel: Substance Abuse Never Interfered With My Work
Trey Radel of Florida says he plans to return to work after completing drug and alcohol rehabilitation, but emphasizes that his substance abuse never interfered with his work in Congress. "It never interfered with my congressional obligations," Radel …
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Regulate gambling 'before it's too late'
Castle Craig is a residential rehabilitation hospital established in 1988 that treats alcohol and drug addiction sufferers. Its treatment expertise includes therapy for gambling addiction, stress and burnout, sexual compulsivity and eating disorders.
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Lakeview Health, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehab center, has hired Chef …
Chef Marco is a recognized expert in this expanding culinary discipline and has worked to develop other recovery-focused menus for addiction treatment centers nationally. This marks the latest expansion by Lakeview Health under its new leadership in 2013.
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Florida Congressman Trey Radel Leaves Rehab Facility, Says He'll Stay in Office
Radel entered the Hazelden addiction treatment facility in Naples on Nov. 21 after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor cocaine possession charge. But he said Thursday that he is working to recover one day at a time as he is treated for alcoholism.
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Monday Morning Skeptic: Sex, Drugs and Political Heads That Rolled
Newt Gingrich suggested the other day that U.S. Representative Trey Radel, the congressman from Fort Myers, Florida, had not necessarily blown his political career up his nose when he tried to buy cocaine from a federal agent in October. …. Foley …
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The road ahead for Radel's treatment
Radel made it clear he will return to Washington and continue his duties on Capitol Hill as well as his addiction treatment. … The difference between "a handful" and "several" is still unclear but Radel maintains it never happened in southwest Florida.
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Trey Radel says alcohol was his downfall, but didn't affect his work in Congress
The news conference was the first time Southwest Florida has seen Radel's wife, Amy Radel, since he entered rehabilitation. She didn't attend a Nov. 20 press conference and issued a written statement when her husband entered Hazelden. Thursday, she …
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Steve Smith: Christine McVie wants to rejoin Fleetwood Mac, Willie Nelson's …
The Mac's world tour is currently on hold as founding bassist John McVie, who was married to Christine from 1968-1976, undergoes cancer treatment. … On the evening George Jones scheduled as his final show, a star-studded group of his friends gathered …
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Along comes new contemporary romances …
Defiant in the Desert and The Sheikh's Undoing by Sharon Kendrick (Harlequin Presents). Two in … Seeking closure she falls, like an addict, straight back into his arms, and out again equally quickly. Not only …. Working under the notoriously …
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Buckwild Star Anna Davis Arrested… Rep. Trey Radel to Enter Rehab… More. …. I work with an addiction treatment center near Sacramento and it is indeed true that many people “in the middle” who need help are getting squeezed. I'd like to see much …
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Josh Brolin entering rehab for substance abuse struggles
The Gangster Squad actor Josh Brolin, 45, is officially entering a rehab center to address his substance abuse, according to Us Weekly. Earlier this month, Brolin got in a drunken fight with someone at O'Brien's Irish Pub in Santa Monica, Calif. He is …
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Mr. Radel's questionable rehab
Then came the requisite apology, contrition to family, announcement of a “leave of absence,” donation of his salary to a charity and entry into rehab for substance abuse. Too bad there is no clinic that treats abuse of the public trust. Read more: Dana …
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Florida Congressman Radel checks self into rehab facility
Florida Congressman Radel checks self into rehab facility. Updated: Thursday, November 21 2013, 11:28 AM CST Florida congressman, Trey Radel, is taking a leave of absence from congress to seek treatment for substance abuse. Radel was caught buying …
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