Crucial to any effective policy or treatment is a comprehensive understanding of what’s really going on. Here are the first-person accounts of people who have lived, and are still living, with the struggles of addiction.
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Those in recovery share their doubts and fears on Blog sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
“Is This Recovery?” by Gabrielle Szynski
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How do people become homeless? Read their stories here.
By Jill Cowan and Marie Tae McDermott of the New York Times
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A lost decade and $200,000: One dad’s crusade to save his daughters from addiction.
by German Lopez of vox.com
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Ryan Rogers was a 28-year-old alcoholic who entered a posh rehab facility to stop drinking; 17 days later he was dead.
By John Hill of Mother Jones magazine
The Rehab Racket
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