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

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Vigil held for drug addicts, family members
Loos is the mother of a recovering addict herself and is a member of SOLACE, which provides support for family members of addicts. The vigil began with the lighting of a single candle in honor of “active addicts” — those who are not yet in recovery …
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Drug Rehab Center Warren Supports Recovering Addicts
By incorporating family members and close friends into the treatment process, Drug Rehab Center Warren helps recovering addicts feel accepted and supported by the people who matter the most to them. Patients at Drug Rehab Center Warren are also …
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LA PARKER: Beating addiction takes support from family, community
We have brothers who can't kick whatever they need to, aunts hooked on prescription pills, and a litany of other relatives who found their drug of choice and stuck with it. A moment of clarity touched with God's grace makes recovery possible … “By …
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Into Action Treatment Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Announces Weekly Al …
Al-Anon is a 12-step mutual support group for anyone who is now or has been affected by another person's drug addiction or drinking. The meetings are designed to help loved ones and family members of addicts and alcoholics to recover and to feel better …
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Program helps recovering addicts
To accomplish that, she's reaching out to churches, doctors' offices, probation officers and people in the substance abuse prevention field to rally support for starting new 12-step recovery programs throughout the Upper Cumberland, particularly in …
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Doctor raises alarm about Lubec clinic, patients in recovery from drug addiction
Newman ran the clinic's drug addiction program, which has about 20 patients in various stages of recovery from opiates. He was the only physician authorized to prescribe Suboxone — a narcotic analgesic used to treat opiate addiction — to the patients …
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Rallying for Recovery says recovery is working for addicts
Frederick said she worked with the Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force, which invited a growing number of support groups — an apparent confirmation that drug and alcohol problems in …
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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.

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Support group brings students into the light
A new support group on campus is aiming to help former drug addicts with the recovery process and prevent others from falling into addiction. Out of the Dark is a non-profit advocacy group located in Craighead County whose goal is to bring awareness to …
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Nashua group to get grant to combat teen binge drinking, drug use
The coalition plans to use the funding to target binge drinking and prescription drug and marijuana abuse. That includes work to help parents learn to discuss drugs and alcohol with their children. The Nashua Prevention Coalition joins groups in 146 …
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Support group brings students into the light
Out of the Dark is a non-profit advocacy group located in Craighead County whose goal is to bring awareness to prescription drug addiction in the area. It was founded in September 2008 by Skip Mooney after noticing a major outbreak of heroin use among …
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Tippecanoe group gets 5864 to fight youth substance abuse
The Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County plans to increase strategies to prevent alcohol and drug abuse among those 18 and younger with the help of a national grant. The coalition will receive $ 115,864 for the next year as part of a Drug-Free …
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Falmouth anti-substance abuse group loses 0K grant
FALMOUTH – The loss of a federal grant has left a substance abuse prevention program looking for other ways to finance its teen-focused projects. The Falmouth Prevention Partnership did not get its five-year, $ 650,000 Drug Free Communities Support …
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Methadone 'should continue to be central drug addict treatment'
Methadone should continue to be a central treatment for recovering heroin addicts, a Scottish Government-commissioned panel has found. The group had been gathering evidence on the effectiveness of opioid replacement therapies in treating people with …
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