Author helping to fight alcoholism among seniors
My father was a drinker. A “heavy drinker,” my mother would acknowledge.

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Faith in Memphis: John Kilzer is helping others find their Way out of addiction
In the 1970s, John Kilzer was a shooting guard for Memphis State who became known for draining more tequila shots than jump shots.

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TreatmentUSA.com Celebrates it’s 3rd Anniversary in Their Mission of Helping People Find Alcohol Treatment
Toll Free Hotline Increases Capability To Help Find Alcohol Treatment

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Brain scans helping fight addiction
A South Florida rehabilitation center adds a new weapon to its arsenal in the fight against addiction.  

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Treatment center recognized for helping military
In honor of National Recovery Month, Gen. Barry McCaffrey recognized the success of the Wilmington Treatment Center and said it serves as a national model in how its workers help military members recover from alcohol addiction and substance abuse.

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Is technology helping drunk drivers avoid arrest?
If you have a smart-phone, there’s a free app that you can download that will tell you if there are any DWI checkpoints on the way home.

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Helping others relax with reiki
SYCAMORE – Alysa Radtke used to have a fear of flying, among other anxieties. But then she started practicing reiki. “I had anxiety issues for 10 years, and I came to Jim (Fatz, of Integrative BodyWork in Sycamore), and I said, ‘I’m fed up. I’ve tried everything.

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Helping female alcoholics find ‘New Life’
QUAKERTOWN – Women for Sobriety, a self-help program born in Quakertown, is designed specifically for women battling alcohol and other substance abuse addiction.

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Helping alcoholics becomes personal issue
Former Hampton councilman supports foundation for treatment – Randy Gilliland describes his father as the strongest person he has ever met.

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Ex-con wins battle against drugs, alcohol; now helping prisoners fight their own battle
HUNTSVILLE — As David Battle walked onto the Butler High School football practice field Wednesday afternoon, a bright rainbow appeared over the eastern mountains of Huntsville. It may not have had any personal significance to most in Huntsville, but for Battle, it means a new beginning in his life – a life filled with problems that landed him in the Limestone and Atmore prisons and the Madison …

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Man remembered for 62 years of helping alcoholics out of the depths of despair
Carl Demoray died April 14 at age 91. For 62 of those years, he walked the Earth as a recovering alcoholic and made it his mission to help hundreds of others

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AA marks 75 years of helping alcoholics ‘rise from the depths of hell’
75 years ago, two men started what is now a 2-million-member organization — Alcoholics Anonymous. AA members from throughout the Northwest are gathering Sunday in Bellevue for a celebratory conference.

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OCO’s Arbor House Helping To Change Lives
For more than 20 years, Oswego County Opportunities’ Arbor House Community Residence has been helping individuals regain control of their lives by providing them with a supportive living program helps them maintain their goal of abstinence.

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Report: MRI, Medication Helping Fight Addiction to Alcohol
Just like addicts battle their dependency on alcohol, doctors have been grappling with ways to treat substance abuse. And now new technology and medication are making their jobs easier.

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Former addicts dedicate selves to helping others
Mercilessly beaten and left for dead 30 years ago, Rochelle Patterson made a bargain with God: let me live and I vow to turn my life around. To fulfill her part of the bargain, Patterson stopped using heroin and started the journey to overcome addiction.

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South Lakeland ex-addict helping alcoholics recover
A MAN who battled with a severe alcohol addiction for five years plans to lead the South Lakeland group that helped him recover.

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PSL police officer suspended for helping bond homicide suspect out of jail
PORT ST. LUCIE — A police officer received a three-day suspension following a relationship with an adult entertainment business employee with an arrest history and after helping with efforts to bond a homicide suspect out of jail, according to internal affairs records released Friday and a spokesman.

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New Empirical Model Quantifies And Gauges An Alcohol Addict’s Level Of Engagement In AA-Related Helping
Maria Pagano, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has established an empirical model to quantify and gauge an alcohol addicts’ level of engagement in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)-related helping (AAH). The instrument validity study, “Running Head: Service to Others in Sobriety,” is published in the spring 2010 issue of Alcoholism Treatment …

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Researchers prove validated instrument to measure AA-related helping
Maria Pagano, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has established an empirical model to quantify and gauge an alcohol addicts’ level of engagement in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)-related helping (AAH). The instrument validity study, “Running Head: Service to Others in Sobriety,” is published in the spring 2010 issue of Alcoholism Treatment …

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Case Western Reserve first to prove validated instrument to measure AA-related helping
( Case Western Reserve University ) Maria Pagano, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has established an empirical model to quantify and gauge an alcohol addicts’ level of engagement in Alcoholics Anonymous-related helping. The instrument validity study, “Running Head: Service to Others in Sobriety,” is published in the spring 2010 …

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