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Finding the path from homelessness
"I think my refrigerator's broken," Sonia Rebkowitz said with a perplexed frown. She was getting ready to go to work at a nearby Tuesday Morning store Monday afternoon. The door of the motel room was wide open and she was blasting a contemporary...
Tags: Family, Heroin, Methadone (drug), The Grinch (fictional character), Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Commentary: How to tell if you're a 'dependent'
Promos are everywhere for the new fall TV shows, with their big stars (Matthew Perry, Kevin Bacon!) and amazing supporting casts (Ellen Barkin, Bill Pullman!). But what happens when a cast isn't helping the star of the show, but instead contributing to...Tags: Ellen Barkin, Substance Abuse, Matthew Perry, Behavioral Conditions, Bill Pullman
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Clothes to be comfortable in
COSTA MESA — Like most people, Shannon Stoveken wasn't thrilled by the prospect of having to make a trip to the post office last week to mail off a holiday package, especially because she would have to pay extra to ship it internationally to London....Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Newport Beach, Behavioral Conditions, Holiday Vacations, Health
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Catering to hearts and minds
COSTA MESA — For owners of The Latest Thing Specialty Gift and Bookstore, the latest thing is never just one thing.
Rather, it's a thousand different things representative of personal growth and spirituality — whatever your beliefs may be...Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Music, Minority Groups, Entertainment, Behavioral Conditions
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Sounding Off: I need to add my two cents
Recently I've learned something about addiction. I've learned how easy it is to become hooked on something and how painful it can be when that is taken from you. My addiction is the "comments" feature on the Daily Pilot online. Last week, in the...Tags: Costa Mesa, Behavioral Conditions, Los Angeles Times, Health
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Organization lights the path to recovery
COSTA MESA — They're a long way from the Hawaiian beaches of Oahu, where, they said, their addiction to meth eventually made them homeless, forcing them to live out of a tent in a place called Barbers Point.
They used to stay up all night...Tags: Rentals, Methamphetamine (drug), Hotels and Accommodations, Hawaii, Family
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Lyssa Chapman on her new book, her new show and life beyond Dog the Bounty Hunter
Channel Guide MagazineDog the Bounty Hunter fans know Lyssa Chapman as “Baby Lyssa,” the petite and beautiful blond daughter of Duane Dog Chapman, stepdaughter of Beth Chapman and half sister to the show’s other stars, Leland and Duane Lee Chapman —... -
Rob Roberge weighs in on addiction lit
I tried your steps And stumbled down your stairs My only problem with drugs Is that they always run out These lyrics are from "The Problem With Drugs" by The Popular Mechanics, a Replacements-meets-Steve-Earle quartet. But the band does not...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Music, Book, Authors, Entertainment
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Luxury drug-rehab center in Umatilla to offer recovery in style
Troubled celebs struggling to overcome addictions might start pointing their limos in an unlikely direction: the remote Lake County town of Umatilla. The former Florida Elks Children's Hospital in Umatilla is being reborn as a luxury drug-rehab center...
Tags: Tampa, Celebrities, Personal Service, Conservation, Lake County (Florida)
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Letters: Addiction treatment that works
Re "Felons allowed to help addicts, a report finds," May 14 The fact that addiction counselors in California who are sex offenders and other types of felons are allowed to provide addiction treatment is just the tip of the iceberg in a fundamentally...Tags: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions
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Addiction Bistro serves gluten-free fried chicken, cupcakes and more
This year I think we’ll break our Father's Day habit of staying close to home and take my husband to the Addiction Bistro, a little café on La Cienega Boulevard that serves burgers and sausages, chili and ice cream. I found the Addiction Bistro...
Tags: Father's Day, Chili, Chicken, Ice Cream, Mustard
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Lax oversight allows felons to counsel addicts, report finds
California's lax rules governing who can work as substance abuse counselors have allowed sex offenders and other felons to treat addicts with little to no scrutiny by the state, according to a report by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes released...Tags: Substance Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Behavioral Conditions, Criminals
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