The cost of addiction on Cape Cod
According to the report, a combined $ 56.7 million is spent on the Cape each year on arresting, prosecuting, and charging abusers of just the two most categories of substances, alcohol and opioids (including heroin). Treatment and recovery costs … Read more on Wicked Local Bourne

Residents have to be sober for 30 days before they are accepted
The Eagle's Nest Recovery House, a new long-term addiction-recovery facility for adult men, is up and running on Kensington Avenue on the former Cafaro Hospital campus on Youngstown's North Side. Operated by Flying High Inc, which took possession of … Read more on Youngstown Vindicator

Spirituality vs. Science? A Rebuttal to The Atlantic Article, 'The …
I can remember the day in my recovery where I woke up to realize that I no longer thought about using drugs and alcohol. It was not a problem any longer. This is a big moment for someone who has really struggled around addiction. The irony is that had … Read more on Huffington Post

Opiate use on rise
FRS Counseling, then known as Family Recovery Services, was formed in 1982 to provide primarily drug and alcohol abuse treatment. Adray, who joined FRS in 1997, said that in the 1980s and most of the '90s FRS provided mainly alcohol treatment services … Read more on Hillsboro Times Gazette