Shelter residents get help with addictions
On Thursday, Amarillo Recovery from Alcohol and Drugs began an intensive outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program that is geared toward the area's homeless shelter residents who are dealing with addiction. The free program, the first of its kind …
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Understanding addiction, helping others
Since then, she's become a certified recovery specialist helping others with their addictions. "This is not just a moral weakness. People who choose help are strong individuals," she said. "And addiction is not something a person chooses, but treatment …
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Sobriety requires support
Marion K. Watson is administrative director and owner of Archway Recovery Center alcohol and drug abuse treatment center, and they will be moving in about a month to become a new tenant of the renovated Schreiner Building downtown. Watson said she's …
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RICH JAMES: What welfare recipient can afford drug treatment?
He added that free programs are much less effective. I can't imagine there are many drug-addicted welfare recipients with the financial wherewithal to pay for a top-shelf drug treatment program. And I can't envision the Republican-controlled General …
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Free Program Helps Teens, Parents Open Up About Substance Abuse
A new, free program at Torrance Memorial Hospital is helping parents intervene in teen substance use before the problem becomes serious. Father-daughter duo Geoff and Lauren Scheuber have been attending the sessions as a part of Lauren's probation …
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Senator DeSaulnier Introduces Legislation to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
“Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic that, frankly, has been swept under the rug for too long,” DeSaulnier said. “People are dying—and something must be done. The CURES program should not only be maintained, it must be strengthened. Families …
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Porter County Substance Abuse Council continue their fight for the safety of …
From alcohol to tobacco to drugs, the Porter County SAC and its Treatment sub-committee, headed by Jennifer Harkel, provide countless evidence-based substance abuse programs throughout the community to assist all of those dealing with the challenges …
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New Adolescent Substance Abuse Programs
This month's speaker was Sarah Bernard, Counselor at the new treatment facility in Porter County, New Beginnings Counseling, Inc. Treating adolescents, specifically 13 to 17 year olds, with substance abuse issues is the focus of the practice. The …
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