Author Offers Help for Families Dealing With Addiction

Author Offers Help For Families Dealing With Addiction

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William C. Moyers, the eldest son of television journalist Bill Moyers and his wife, Judith, is known for his 2006 bestseller, Broken which describes his near-fatal addiction to alcohol and other drugs. In his new book, Now What?, Moyers uses his …
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10 Ways You Can Help Children of Alcoholics

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Whenever possible, get the addict out of the home and into treatment until they are firmly grounded in their recovery. Continuing to subject a child to the unpredictability and despair that an … Only with some form of (preferably long-term) help …
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Recovering heroin addicts may lose their inner voice

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Faulkner and Cherie Marvel, also of Johns Hopkins, recruited six people who had never used drugs and six recovering from a heroin addiction who were taking methadone to help. They showed the volunteers an image, either of a word, a Chinese character, …
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Overcoming Drug Addiction: Darren’s Recovery Story – The Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS) has been transforming lives for more than 25 years. Here is one true story about Darren, a young man from Grimsby, who has battled back from addictions to drugs to reclaim his life and rebuild relationships with family. Darren was supported in his recovery by The Junction, a service which The Alcohol & Drug Service delivers in partnership with Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. If you have been affected by the issues raised in Darren’s Story, call our confidential helpline on 01482 320 606. Or visit www.ads-uk.org.

 

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