Broke and Alone: “Coming Up Short”

Broke and Alone: “Coming Up Short”

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This new pathway relies heavily on therapeutic culture: You become an adult by overcoming the trauma of your past, whether that involved abusive parents, drug addiction, mental illness, or less flamboyant hardships. Young adults who take on this new …
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Baby Shroomers and the Heroin Spike: 6 Surprising Trends in Americans' Drug

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The number of meth users in 2012 fell to 440,000, down from 731,000 in 2006. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, which conducted the survey, attributed the drop to states restricting the sale of key ingredients, like pseudoephedrine …
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5 Ways Yoga is Changing the World

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As most prisoners suffer from various forms of trauma such as abandonment, hunger, homelessness, domestic violence, sexual abuse, bullying, discrimination, drug and alcohol abuse and much more, yoga provides transformative benefits for prisoners to …
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Understanding the foundations of recovery from addiction

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But if you or someone you love has made or considered the decision to quit using drugs or alcohol, now what? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has outlined four major dimensions that support a life in recovery: health, home, …
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