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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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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Drug Rehab Center Rockville Promotes Family Support During Addiction …
Drug Rehab Center Rockville Promotes Family Support During Addiction Treatment. New therapy and counseling sessions at Drug Rehab Center Rockville encourage family members of patients to support their loved ones while in treatment. Share on Twitter …
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Red Ribbon Week provides information for people who are addicted and their …
To help bring awareness to Red Ribbon Week, several different support groups came out to Saddleback College to provide information to family members and people dealing with alcoholism and narcotic abuse on Oct. 23. Red Ribbon Week was started by …
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Question by steel9maiden: What exactly is a therapeutic community?
Could you go into some detail please; the stuff that I found on Google gave one-sentence answers and were not very enlightening.

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Answer by soyabeanlover
support group ? ? Not sure myself :p

Answer by trackhunni08
a place that people with problems go kind of like a mental hospital lol

Question by Meghan W.: General addiction support?
I have what I believe to be an addiction, but it does not fall into the regular “groups” (Drugs, Alcohol, Sex/Porn, etc). Are there any general addiction support groups where I could seek peer aid?

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Answer by kim s
It’s kinda hard to help if we don’t know what the addiction is. But there might be a support group for it. Maybe try googling it instead.

Answer by orchidmg
www.NAMI.org

National Alliance of Mental Illness

They have support groups in many cities. See if your city has a group. They meet 1-3 a month for an hour and a half. Talking helps. You will be surprised that you aren’t alone.

I use to be addicted to beer and cigarettes and sex. After my divorce and having a child I stopped all that. But I’m now addicted to spending money on crap. Purses, pens, lighthouses, books, food. I’m also addicted to food. Big time! My health isn’t good because of it. I’m also addicted to Yahoo Answers 🙂

Good luck

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 …
Read more on Capecodonline

Local Group Aims to Stop Growing Drug Problem in Mid-Michigan
Tuesday night a local group started working on ways to help stop it as News 10's Josh Sidorowicz sat down with the family of a recovering addict that joined the group so other families don't have to go through what they did. Mason resident Aaron …
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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 …
Read more on Lansing State Journal

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 …
Read more on Capecodonline

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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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.

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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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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 …
Read more on NorthJersey.com