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An Evening of Hope Film Festival
Staff reporter"An Evening of HOPE: Films on Addiction and Recovery" featured films on addiction and recovery to inform addicts about recovery and hope - letting them know that there is better and happier way to live without using drugs and also to inform people who...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Entertainment, Behavioral Conditions, Movies, Diseases and Illnesses
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Janine
In Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Demetria McKinney plays Janine Payne, the ex-wife of CJ Payne and mother to Malik and Jazmine. Janine hit a rough patch when she became a drug addict. Not only did her addiction burn down her family's house, but it...Tags: Tyler Perry
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Recovery Weekends help sober fight new enemy: boredom
He was once a proud member of the "Cocaine Cowboys" —nickname by which the most indulgent players on the hard-partying Dallas Cowboys football team were known in the early 1990s. And throughout his entire adult life, Lincoln Coleman lived up to...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Behavioral Conditions, Tobacco Addiction, Awards and Prizes, Super Bowl
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Support groups in Howard County
These groups meet regularly. Abusive relationships — Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, 5457 Twin Knolls Road, Suite 310, Columbia. Free child care. 410-997-0304. Adult Children of Alcoholics — Wednesdays, 7 p.m....Tags: Ellicott City, Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, Abusive Behavior, Divorce
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Both sides now: Judy Collins on life after alcoholism
It was April 1978, and singer Judy Collins hadn't had an inspirational thought in four years.
She'd been an alcoholic for 23 years — "and I was proud of it." She'd toured and made records, but she knew the ride she was on — her father had...Tags: Suicide, Prescription Drugs, Alcohol Addiction, Drugs and Medicines, Behavioral Conditions
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Intersections: Finding a way out is a lifelong struggle
This is the third in a four part series exploring the impacts of heroin use on the greater Glendale area. On a Friday morning at the New Way Foundation rehab facility in Burbank, 20 men slowly crowd into a room. The stark white walls are covered in...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Behavioral Conditions, Heart Attack, Heroin, Methamphetamine (drug)
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In support
Al-Anon is a support group comprised of persons whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. It’s sole purpose is to help the families and friends of problem drinkers. For information in St. Joseph, LaPorte, Marshall and Starke...Tags: Autism, Alcohol Addiction, Stevensville, Abusive Behavior, Multiple Myeloma
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In Support
Al-Anon is a support group for people who are affected by someone else's drinking. For information, call (574) 236-5736. Web: www.michianaalanon.org. A group meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Madison Center's Quiet Care, 533 N. Niles Ave., South Bend. Call...Tags: Autism, Stevensville, Social Media, Abusive Behavior, Multiple Myeloma
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Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Behavioral Conditions, Methadone (drug), Oncology, Economy, Business and Finance
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Dr Steve Talks Addiction
Are non-drug and non-alcohol addictions really addictions? For example: addicted to tanning, sex, shopping, internet, facebook.
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Health
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Gregory's motto: Life is what you make of it
Daily American Staff WriterAfter spending the past two years in Somerset, Michael Gregory is ready to take the next step in his life. Gregory, 49, is heading home to Frederick, Md., to start what he calls a new beginning with his wife and family. He is not ashamed to describe the...Tags: Michael Gregory, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), The Salvation Army, Somerset County (Maryland), Satellite and Cable Service
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Indie Focus: A different take on addiction in 'Oslo, August 31st'
Amid the bumper-car hothouse atmosphere of the Cannes Film Festival, a small, serious film like "Oslo, August 31st" is easy to miss. Even director and cowriter Joachim Trier understands why his quiet study of addiction was met with a muted response when...
Tags: Festive Events, Autism, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Behavioral Conditions
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