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MedicineNet.com, August 7, 2015 Traditional face-to-face support groups are better than increasingly popular online support groups at helping people with substance abuse problems stay sober, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed 141 women and 55 men, aged 18 to over 60, who used both types of support groups. More than 90 percent of the participants […]
MedicineNet.com, June 3, 2015 Nearly 30 percent of Americans have a problem with alcohol at some point in their lives, ranging from binge drinking to full-blown alcoholism, but less than 20 percent are ever treated, a new study found. Alcohol use disorders are among the most common mental health problems worldwide and result in disability, […]
Portland Tribune, June 6, 2014 Tiare Mathews, 36, spent 20 years addicted to drugs and alcohol. She committed property crimes, sold drugs, and was in and out of prison. “I did bad things, I was a bad kid. It was my identity,” said Mathews. But on May 19, Mathews graduated from Washington County Drug Court […]
The Desert Sun, May 28, 2014 Chris Tate, 50, grew up as a straight-A student, raised Catholic in a blue-collar neighborhood near the docks of Long Beach and Los Angeles, with a brother, a sister and a cousin on “almost every block.” He was active in a church youth group. But he always felt different […]
By Jeff Baker, The Oregonian, April 6, 2013 Reading: Sheff discusses his new book “Clean” at 7 p.m. April 12 at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton. It started when David Sheff wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine called “My Addicted Son” in 2005, and it’s […]
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