#addiction-recovery

#addiction-recovery

In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union connect with a recovery coach after completing addiction treatment, receiving daily check-ins and support for a year.

To go home and know you've left them - we've had to tuck women into foil blankets and just say 'see you later' - that can be heartbreaking sometimes.

Many executives and professionals use alcohol not out of recklessness, but as a quiet coping mechanism—the after-hours drink that takes the edge off, the glass that settles nerves before a presentation, all rationalized by continued success.

"Sharma, a former leader in the recovery industry, is accused of submitting $149 million in fraudulent insurance claims, along with conducting unnecessary tests and paying illegal kickbacks."

May is National Treatment Court Month, a time to highlight how treatment courts can reduce crime, save taxpayer dollars, and enhance community safety.

"I am where I need to be, and that's first with God. Before, I had a good understanding of God, but I didn't have an understanding of God's will."

"We always say 'Playboy' will always be a part of our lives. We were 'Playboy' fans and we still are 'Playboy' fans. Even though it turned out to be very traumatic for us, there were also a lot of high points."

Even while the hotel was operating, Trudeau said, it was home to drug dens and prostitution. Now the overt substance use has proliferated on the street, he said, along with overdoses and the occasional fire.

The nine sites that agreed to become new homelessness and addiction recovery treatment hubs, or HART hubs as the province calls them, will receive about four times as much money as they did under a previous funding model.

A Reddit user overcame addiction and improved her credit score from 417 to 555 by repaying $20,000, removing most collections, and seeking financial guidance.

The pilot program in Marin County that rewards meth users with gift cards has shown remarkable success, offering a new approach to tackle stimulant addiction.

I became a drug addict when I was 15 years old... During that time, when you're an addict, you're living against conscience... I pushed God to the peripheries of my life.

"I like getting older. It's like a great excuse to finally go, 'OK, just mellow out, you don't need to constantly spin.'"

"It's like a relief," said Mulaney. "I like to be able to not even have that be a question in her or anyone else's mind. Something about peeing in that cup is like, I'm walking this walk. It gives me confidence."

"When I woke up in the hospital, they didn't tell me I was going to be blind for a while. The reality of his total blindness took years to fully sink in, and the loss of driving and target shooting hit him particularly hard."