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Families affected by alcohol and drugs coping with extraordinary difficulties
Marsali Taylor finds ordinary people coping with extraordinary difficulties when she meets members of the support group Families Affected By alcohol and drugs. The women I’ve come to meet could be a...
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Theater Program Helps Treat Addiction?
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is trying an innovative approach to dealing with addiction — a theater-like program called the “Addiction Performance Project.” According to a news release from the...
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Recovery in Scotland: a fading dream? – A Best guest blog on Binge Inking
In January 2009, I moved back to Scotland after 14 years of living in England. I was full of hope based in part on the warmth of the welcome I received, in part because of the opportunities I felt...
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Council draws up battle plan to tackle drink and drug addiction in Lincolnshire
DRINKERS and drug addicts are to be targeted separately after a revision of harm reduction services available in the county. After an almost year-long process, a task and finishing group has prepared...
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Help for Substance Misuse in Clitheroe
Two new treatment groups have been launched in Clitheroe to help support recovery from substance misuse. RAMP (reduction and motivation programme) and SMART (self management and recovery training) are...
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Lottery grant for Huddersfield drink and drugs scheme
A SCHEME to help alcoholics and drug addicts in Huddersfield is a Lottery winner. The Basement Recovery Project has scooped almost £200,000 in grants, announced today. The money will be used to fund a...
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£100,000 for emergency docs to give junkie daily methadone fix at home
A drug user injects their fix A DRUG addict has cost taxpayers £100,000 by calling out emergency doctors 1,000 times for a daily methadone fix at home. A furious patients’ group said the out-of-hours...
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New centre will revolutionise treatment for addicts
THE WAY people with drug and alcohol problems across Redditch are dealt with is set to be transformed with the opening of a new treatment centre. Pathways to Recovery, based in Alcester Street, was...
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Duchess of Cambridge Royal Patronages: Action on Addiction
The Duchess of Cambridge became Royal Patron of Action on Addiction on January 5, 2012. Action on Addiction was one of the Duchess’ first four solo royal patronages. Unlike organisations that focus on...
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Recovery is possible – and here is the proof says group from Halifax
A group calling themselves “Better than Well” are promoting that people can and do recover from drug and alcohol addiction in Calderdale through their second publication of “RecoveryTimes”. Community...
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