Stanley: Making her recovery from drug addiction count
She and Dave Carey had been together for 14 years before he overdosed on heroin in March 2011. Michelle was behind bars for breaking into a liquor store — the result of drug use that began by looking for thrills in high school and had progressed to …
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Jefferson Awards: A homeless drug addict finds her way to recovery
Ms. Zellous, 58, is a formerly homeless drug addict who found her way to recovery at a comprehensive rehabilitation program run by Bethlehem Haven, Uptown, and she's spent the past dozen years of her sobriety helping other homeless women get back on …
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