Families in Recovery (Part 1): Explaining Addiction

Families in Recovery (Part 1): Explaining Addiction – This video presents ways family members can support loved ones during treatment and early recovery. Because the people in the video are in recovery themselves or are family members of people in recovery, listening to their experiences may help others understand the role of family in recovery. (SMA) 4637

The Medicine Abuse Project Launches Initiative to Curb Growing Epidemic

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The launch week will kick start a multi-year effort to help educate parents, teens and the public about the dangers of medicine abuse and unite parents, educators, health care providers, coaches, government officials, law enforcement officers and other …
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Fearing addiction, Iowan asked for help before dying

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Musich shared her concerns in a 2008 letter to Dr. Timothy Brelje, her family practitioner in Harlan. “I believe I either am or soon will be addicted to pain killers,” she wrote. “… It seems I have to ask for more & higher scripts, and I can't spend …
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