Lansing-area group targeting drug addiction
The group's goals include prevention and providing information about addiction. It's also a way for families to network, meet each other, share information and “help each other help their kids,” Pavona said. “We felt like we were the only parents in …
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Opiate addiction support group coming to Cape
What: Learn to Cope, a statewide support group for parents and family members dealing with a loved one addicted to heroin, OxyContin and other drugs. When: Meetings will be held every Tuesday evening, beginning Tuesday, at 7 p.m. in the training room …
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Prescription drug abuse group proposed
PEPPERELL — A Pepperell woman is asking the Board of Health for support in starting a subcommittee to raise awareness about prescription drug abuse. Therese LaRose, who works with the Lowell Health Department, said at the Oct. 1 Board of Health …
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Drug treatment options in Bennington County falling short
Editor's note: This is the first of three stories about drug addiction treatment options available in Bennington County. BENNINGTON — Local officials and doctors are recognizing the need for more accessible drug addiction treatment options in …
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NJ lawmakers eye treatment options for heroin abuse
But he and other experts said there also are fundamental flaws in New Jersey's treatment options and access to them, which they suggested is an indictment of the nation's approach to substance abuse. Drug addiction is not about drugs, it's about brains …
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Treatment options needed to fight addiction, officials say
It was that striking explanation that made Trayah realize that more than enforcement was going to be needed to treat the drug problem that exists in Bennington County and throughout the state; rehabilitation would be critical. State Senator Richard …
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Question by .: How can parents find a group home to put a young adult in? They are not sure of the disability, but the young?
adult isn’t intelligent, and can’t hold a job or learn how to drive.

Best answer:

Answer by oilfeild trash
dont put them in a group home leave them in ur home since they are a part of youre family my aunt and uncle put their daughter in one and she was beaten severly they brought her home and have never looked back. Leave them in youre home and love them having a special child is special belive it or not they do have feelings even if they can not express it

Answer by a_mom
Isn’t your child assigned a social service worker? My sister has Down’s Syndrome and shortly after she turned 19 or 20 the state began checking up on her every year. The worker will ask both my parents and my sister what they want. They always ask if she would like to move out. They will help find a suitable home for the young adult. I would ask other parents what the group homes are like. I have worked at some that are great and some that are horrible places. It all depends on the workers. Good luck I know this is a difficult decision.

New court program lends helping hand to parents addicted to drugs
The court partners with River Edge Behavioral Health Center and the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services to offer drug treatment, parenting support and other services. Family Treatment Dependency Courts first started cropping up across the …
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Pompton Lakes support group for parents
"So many parents have suffered the same type of loss as we have (from substance abuse, alcohol and drug addiction), especially in this area. In New Jersey there are only two support groups for parents who have lost a loved one to addiction, one in …
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Violence against parents by children a growing problem
Children's violent abuse of their parents is a “growing and under-researched problem” a conference in Dublin was told today. … He said it was one of the fastest growing issues in calls to parent-support organisations, such as Parent Line. … He gave …
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Recovering drug addict beat his mum with rolled-up newspaper
ARECOVERING drug addict has been banned from contacting his mum after he assaulted and stole from her. Richard Gallinari, 28, took an internet modem from Doreen Gallinari's house in Whitchurch before hitting her around the head with a rolled-up …
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New recovery program targets drug addiction in Unicoi County
But Aldrich decided that she could no longer be a part of the problem by doing nothing. She said that with a broken heart due to drug problems in her own family, a $ 5,000 donation and a promise, she opened Recover Appalachia, a drug recovery support …
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Addiction, mental illness recovery stories, options shared at Huntingtown forum
Before the forum began, Simpson shared with the attendees struggles of his own personal experiences with addiction and his familiarity with drug abuse and mental illnesses through family members. “… I was able to recover and overcome through God, and …
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Question by John Matthew: How do you find drug rehabs?
I will be moving and was looking for a toll free number or something that could forward me to local drug rehabs, my sister has an addiction problem.

Best answer:

Answer by Rome
888-880-1138 Owls Nest Recovery Community. This place really works. You can also listen to testimonials on that same number of some amazing stories. Leave a message is an option also. They all went thru the program and are listed also here: www.recoverfromaddictionnow.com

Answer by Mr Richard
“Nationwide Rehab”, its a toll free public service that locates local drug rehabs in your city or state.

(855)-GET REHAB or (855)-438-7342

Good luck!

Alibaug 'rehab centre' has no licence, experts to treat drug addicts
As the news of the alleged abuse at Living Free Foundation spread, many people rushed to the centre to take their children and relatives home. But the centre has not shut down as a group of people decided to continue their family members' treatment.
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Yarmouth police host substance abuse support group
The Yarmouth Police Department will host weekly meetings for family members of those dealing with substance abuse and addiction, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. The 90-minute meetings, run by the non-profit group Learn to Cope, are free and open …
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Pompton Lakes support group for parents
POMPTON LAKES — Donna Andelora knows first hand the anguish and heartache associated with losing a child to drug addiction. As a result, she has formed the Lost Angels Bereavement Support Group in memory of her son to help other parents, siblings …
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