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Recently I received a request for help from a young person. They provided all the required information we need to award a scholarship, and ended their message with, “Thanx for the listen, Imma gonna die out here anyway, so if you can’t help, thx for...
Aug 26, 2015 | Addict, Addiction, Ask for help, Behavior, Behavioral Health, Counter-productive, Disease, Prison, STOP
What is addiction? Well, it’s almost certainly not what you expect. Addictions are counter-productive, you typically get exactly the opposite of what you wanted. And addictions are persistent, you think you can walk away but they follow right along. Additionally,...
Feb 9, 2015 | Addict, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Ask for help, Community, Friends, Life, Live Again, Make the Call, Recovery, Sobriety, Treatment, Trust, Truth
We recently posted a generic comment on Facebook about addicts, reminding us, basically, that “addicts are us” – and asked the following question: What Does An Addict Look Like? The answer is, of course, you and me. Addicts look like you and me. Look across the...
