Addiction-recovery stories serve a purpose in the real world, forging a point of connection between individuals who have gone through—or are going through—the hell of crawling their way out of ...

July 19 -- FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Of the more than 1 million Americans who join Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), almost all drink coffee and close to 60 percent smoke, Vanderbilt University ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I were together for 11 years, married for six of them. I had an alcohol addiction for the last few years, which led to my being unfaithful. He never drank, so he had a hard ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Over Thanksgiving, a relative brought a recovering alcoholic (several years sober) as a guest. He brought a bottle of grape juice as his beverage for the evening, in lieu of wine.

A sunny afternoon in Florida. I’m on holiday with my wife, Annie, and our two young ­children, visiting friends. The weather is warm and I am sitting outside my friend’s house. I am alone. Or to be ...

Mike Moore wasn't living under a bridge wearing tattered clothes, passed out with an empty alcohol bottle in his hand. Nor was he panhandling on any corner. Nevertheless, his problem was costing him ...

Jul. 26—LOUISA, Ky. — Around the office at Addiction Recovery Care, Vanessa Keeton is still known as "Client One" — marking her status as the first client of the first recovery center ARC opened as a ...

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