Judge Doesn't Sugarcoat Addicts' Battle to Survive

Judge doesn't sugarcoat addicts' battle to survive

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Then it's on to outpatient treatment. “You're never going to recover from this disease unless you are constantly working on it,” O'Neill told the new participants. “Priority number one, not family, not job, not relationship. Your disease and the …
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Internet Use Disorder: What Do Parents Need to Know?

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It doesn't necessarily help parents to argue about the cause of a disorder, when for a struggling family the most important question is "how do I deal with this?" Regardless of whether it's called an addiction, whether it's focused on the Internet or …
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Volunteers sought to help “Raise a Village” on Fremont Street

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Success stories include that of a Marysville family that recovered from drug addiction in a homeless shelter before moving to transitional housing and finally helping construct their own self-help home. A woman abandoned with her three children by her …
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The Cart Before the Horse – genealogy rather than mental health is a better …

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Here's is what the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has to say in their Principles of Effective Drug Treatment #11, about treatment coercion: 11. Treatment does not need to be voluntary to be effective. Sanctions or enticements from family …
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