Aging Baby Boomers Bring Drug Habits Into Middle Age
“If you have a trigger, and your youth is caught up in that Woodstock mentality, you're going to revert back,” said Jamie Huysman, 60, clinical adviser to the senior program at Caron Treatment Centers, a residential drug treatment organization that … Read more on Wall Street Journal

Ex-Boxing Champ Steps Back Into Spotlight As A Face Of Addiction
But that hasn't stopped him from telling his story or from helping out addicts. At Clinica Bajo del Sol in Tijuana, a rehab center Chavez opened, some 40 men and women say a prayer before dinner. The spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean contrasts with … Read more on WGBH NEWS

Christie could find agreement with rivals over drug abuse
The center, which Oberman estimates is one of perhaps two centers in southern New Jersey, is affected by Atlantic City's broader economic woes and needs an additional $ 6 million appropriation or grant to keep the long-term treatment operation going. Read more on Vineland Daily Journal

Drug addicts struggling to reintegrate after rehab
Official figures estimate that one out of every hundred Chinese is a drug user. In the run-up to the "Two Sessions", CCTV is reporting on different aspects of Chinese society. Reporter Han Peng has spoken with drug addicts at a state-run rehab center … Read more on CCTV

Council approves recommendations for Rehab and Care Center property
Sovereign Health could be one step closer to turning the now empty Rehab & Care Center of Jackson County into a rehab center for drug and alcohol abuse. At its meeting Tuesday night, March 10, the Murphysboro City Council approved by an 9-1 vote a … Read more on Murphysboro American

Reaction swift after treatment center planned on school site
An addiction treatment company is planning to open a rehabilitation center in one of southern New Jersey's wealthy towns, and some locals are not happy about the idea. The 19-acre site in Haddonfield now used as a school for students with intellectual … Read more on News & Observer

Best Drug Rehab Center Awards Issued by 10 Best Rehab
10 Best Rehab, which is a professionally-regarded ranking system, has released its latest listing of the Best Drug Rehab Centers. The organization recently provided details on the top three drug rehab centers nationwide and information on why these … Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Couple's son seeks treatment, then wanders into tragedy
A Kearney, Neb., couple, Kim and Ted Jacques, were awarded $ 10.25 million wrongful death suit, the largest settlement against a California rehabilitation center, after their son died in an Orange County residential treatment facility in 2011. Brandon … Read more on La Crosse Tribune

Giving the tools to kick heroin
The influx of cheap heroin caused many in the community to become addicted to the drug. Whether for possession or trafficking or other crimes committed in an effort to obtain more heroin, the vast majority of cases since 2013 have been rooted in heroin … Read more on Times Bulletin

Sycamore City Council could revisit sober house vote
… their vote against granting a special-use permit to allow the county to operate the group home in a house at 491 E. State St. The facility would house male alcoholics and drug addicts who are working to rehabilitate themselves through the county's … Read more on DeKalb Daily Chronicle

Formerly incarcerated activist fights to give people a chance to change
Clean for eight years now, he was coaxed into a new life by the rehab center that Nunn also co-founded — just after kicking his own crack habit a quarter-century ago. …. Drug use in his teen years mixed with feelings of "extreme indignation over … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Fort Myers orders rehab center to cease drug treatment
Sovereign Health, a for-profit substance abuse treatment provider with facilities in California, Utah and Arizona, advertises that it provides “diagnosis and treatment of substance abuse, mental health disorders and co-occurring conditions for adults … Read more on The News-Press

2 new board members at Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program
Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program, a substance abuse treatment and prevention education provider with offices in Flemington, has two new members on its Board of Directors. They are James Eodice, with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and David … Read more on NJ.com

PROGRESS: Council offers plan to fill addiction treatment gap
Our treatment and prevention programs have assisted countless individuals to live free from the dangers of alcohol and drug addiction. Our mission is to save lives and create healthier communities. We are the only long-term, noncriminal-justice … Read more on San Angelo Standard Times

As Breakers Building Faces Possible Loss of Elder Care License, Plans to Lease …
Placing a rehab treatment facility in the same building that houses the Sky Room and the Sky Bar, both of which serve alcohol, raises additional questions, especially given that the Sky Bar was just renovated in June of last year. Calls placed to … Read more on Long Beach Post

Federal judge dismisses legal action to block high-end Camden rehab center
CAMDEN, Maine — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by neighbors and other opponents to a high-end alcohol rehabilitation center. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen ruled that since the plaintiffs in the lawsuit were not challenging the fact … Read more on Bangor Daily News

HEALTH BRIEFS: Week of March 9, 2015
4 in Classroom B at the Center for Health and Wellness, 8050 E. Highway 191. Registration is required. Class size is limited. To register or for more information, call 640-1160. >> A.C.T.S (Alcohol Chemical Treatment Series) The 12-step recovery group … Read more on Odessa American

Pastors urged to embrace addicts
The faith community has failed miserably in this drug war,” Bennett, of Mount Pleasant Church in Kingston, told more than 300 people gathered Wednesday at Ohio Christian University. “The church should … That advice included starting recovery groups … Read more on Columbus Dispatch

Jail minister goes from inmate to helping inmates
I've had 22 years of sobriety — no drugs, no alcohol, no nicotine.” When he got out of jail he did three years probation and 10 months of house arrest and was accepted into a Christian rehab center in North Carolina. “I was blessed. I never saw one … Read more on Akron Beacon Journal

You are here
Christians in Recovery: Faith-based support group meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Rye Hill Baptist Church, 11512 Old U.S. 71 South; 646-1044. Course in Miracles: Support group meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal … Drug and … Read more on Times Record