What Is the Role of Family in a Person’s Addiction?

What is the role of family in a person’s addiction? – We can go so far to say that there are actually schools of thought that say that addictions do not lay within the individual, they lay within the family. It …

Time to celebrate sobriety

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Telling the truth of your situation to someone else means coming out of the isolation that feeds addiction. Find resources. The Jewish Center for Addiction has recently been established at Jewish Child and Family Services of Chicago. We are here to …
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Scholarships Made Available For Students Affected By Prescription Drug Abuse

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“I have been fighting alongside General Conway to help make sure other parents across the Commonwealth don't have to experience the reality of losing a child to prescription drug overdose,” Shay said. “There is a hole in my heart that will never heal …
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US funds new tobacco regulation research centers

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… with job-based coverage. The Obama administration's sweeping health reform law known as the Affordable Care Act goes well beyond helping America's uninsured. It also affects roughly 159 million workers and family members.More >> …. Researchers …
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