Victory Lodge
The Basics Victory Lodge is comprised of two comfortable, up-scale sober living residences for men in Nanaimo, British Columbia, approximately 37 miles west of Vancouver. Founded in 2010 by Patrick F....
View ArticleWestern Pacific Med Corp
The Basics Western Pacific Med Corp is a mental health facility with a network of 11 locations throughout the Los Angeles basin, Orange County and Ventura County. The program includes...
View ArticleTree of Peace Friendship Centre
The Basics The Tree of Peace Friendship Centre is in its 44th year of providing counseling and educational services to residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Tree...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland Shore Regional Health
The Basics Since 1992, University of Maryland Shore Regional Health has been providing outpatient treatment for substance abuse in its Addiction Services program. Treatment is available at its clinic...
View ArticleLife Recovery
The Basics Life Recovery’s mission is to provide women seeking substance abuse treatment with a structured environment conducive to recovery with a foundation in the Christian faith. The non-profit...
View ArticleWhy Women Are More Likely to Become Addicted to Cocaine Than Men
When I was a young hooligan, every bad-ass I ever got into major trouble with was a woman. From smoking and ditching class, to taking acid and shoplifting, me and the girls were always up to no good....
View ArticleThe Day I Was Pardoned for Committing Armed Robberies
Wednesday was like any other day; I was running late to work, scrambling for a parking place, had five back-to-back meetings with difficult clients and a staff meeting that went on for entirely too...
View ArticleSteppingstone, Inc. Fall River
The Basics Steppingstone, Inc. is an addiction and recovery network serving the communities of southeastern Massachusetts. It hosts two of its residential treatment programs in the town of Fall River....
View ArticleVisionQuest Recovery Society Women’s Residential
The Basics VisionQuest Recovery Society was founded in 1996 in British Columbia, Canada to provide long-term residential treatment to women ages 19 and up. Treatment at VisionQuest is focused on the...
View ArticleSouthwest Behavioral Health Center Desert Haven
The Basics Located in St. George, Utah, Desert Haven is a residential treatment facility for women struggling with chemical dependency. Operating under the Southwest Behavioral Health Center network,...
View ArticleSouthwest Behavioral Health Center Outpatient
The Basics Southwest Behavioral Health Center provides outpatient substance abuse and addiction treatment throughout five counties in Utah; including Beaver, Kane, Iron, Garfield and Washington. It...
View ArticleSouth Middlesex Opportunity Council: Rhodes House
The Basics Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, the South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) is a non-profit social services agency that provides family and nutrition programs, housing, employment,...
View ArticleBig Pharma Bribing Docs to Prescribe a Drug 100 Times Stronger Than Morphine
The eighth of December 2016 was a bad day for former employees of an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company called Insys Therapeutics. According to a press release from the US Attorney’s Office in...
View ArticleActing Your Way to Self Esteem
It starts young. For me, it was at recess—that chaotic period of the school day when children run free and chaos reigns. Certain rules develop during this unstructured time—not the least of which being...
View ArticlePhoenix House Keene Center
The Basics Operating out of Keene, New Hampshire since 1972, the Phoenix House Keene Center offers substance abuse treatment with Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) using Suboxone, as well as...
View ArticleWestern Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Residential
The Basics Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic is a psychiatric hospital located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has assisted the local communities for 60 years, and joined the University of...
View ArticleSun Ray Addiction
The Basics Based out of Hemet, California, Sun Ray Addiction is a multi-faceted organization that provides inpatient treatment and a range of other services to clients in recovery from addiction....
View ArticleHeritage Treatment Foundation
The Basics Heritage Treatment Foundation offers adult residential substance abuse treatment with luxury accommodations in rural Quebec, Canada. It provides clients with a holistic approach to recovery...
View ArticleClearview Clinic
The Basics Set in lush, subtropical gardens in the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa, Clearview Clinic is a private residential treatment facility for men and women suffering from chemical dependency...
View ArticleDoes the Trainspotting Sequel Deliver the Same Rush?
All summer, my friend Keith kept nervously whispering: “Trainspotting is coming.” Back in the summer of 1996, I had no idea what he was talking about. I’d scored a full-time job working at a rickety...
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