Stuck on booze?

Stuck on booze?

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Addiction is a coping mechanism. Treatment might include 12-step meetings, finding a sponsor, seeing a therapist. Our founder used to say he wanted people to transfer their dependency from chemicals to people. We use stress management, relaxation …
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Treating drug abuse and mental health simultaneously

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Depression, PTDS, bi-polar disorder and other mental health issues can be a cause and an effect of drug or alcohol abuse. Studies show that nearly 9 million people have co-occurring disorders, but only about 7 percent receive proper treatment. In …
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One Woman's Journey With Advanced Breast Cancer

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"But the most important thing I've learned throughout my journey with the disease is that we are the beneficiaries of 21st-century medicine, and there are a lot of treatment options out there." A clinical trial found that adding Afinitor to the drug …
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Report shows one-third of Oregon inmates are sex offenders

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Mental health problems and addictions are prevalent, even more so among the women than among the men, and most inmates need treatment for at least one. More than half of inmates (59 percent) are addicted to at least one substance, and 72 percent have …
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