The Cost of Addiction in Maine
Despite the facts that science and research have proven addiction is a disease ever since the American Medical Association declared so in 1955, the shame and stigma of addiction and recovery continues. In 2014, recent policy changes are going to deny …
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How to Save a Life leads addicts to recovery resources
In 2007, on June 21 — her son's birthday — Hottenstein replaced the scholarship fund with How To Save a Life, a foundation dedicated to helping place addicts in recovery facilities, mental health clinics, halfway houses and rehabilitation centers.
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Brother Benno's recovery leader has a success story of her own
Jan Roberts, who once recovered from addiction in a Brother Benno's sober living house, now oversees the organization's two transitional homes for women in Oceanside. — Tom Pfingsten. Share Photo. ? · ?; ?. Jan Roberts, who once recovered from …
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Domestic Violence, Addiction & How We Perpetuate Them
There is a world of difference between reading the words, “wife beater” or “partner abuse” as opposed to seeing the phrase, “perpetrator of domestic assault. … Jim LaPierre LCSW CCS is a Recovery Ally, mental health therapist and addictions counselor.
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