Family drug use: Women turn to support group
IT'S four days after Mother's Day on a chilly Thursday night in Darley, and four women have come together in a nondescript council building to talk about drug addiction in their families, and their own emotional and physical retreat. New support group …
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Attendance Growing At Support Meetings For Parents Of Teen Drug Addicts
… opioid drug addicts on Cape Cod are stepping forward for help. At least five new parents of teenagers between 16 and 18 years old from various Cape Cod towns have started attending meetings of Parents Supporting Parents, a weekly support group held …
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Dealing with drug addiction
Drug addicts literally lose the ability to make rational decisions and getting the next 'hit' takes precedence over everything else – career, family, loved ones, friends and even laws. … Support groups – Join a support group and attend the meetings …
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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?

Best answer:

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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Recovery Focused Drug Rehab Center Reacts to Dangerous New Drug Called …
Recovery Focused Drug Rehab Center Reacts to Dangerous New Drug Called “N-Bomb” a Synthetic Hallucinogenic. The latest in a series of new synthetic drugs has already been linked to the deaths of several teens across the country. Recovery Associates …
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Christian Drug Rehab Center Announces New Program to Provide Clients with …
Thirty days at an inpatient treatment center is rarely enough time to truly treat the physical, emotional and mental trauma that addiction can create. For many, they are only starting to reach a point of physical stability after 30 days. Recovery …
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Local Support Groups, July 2013
Cardiac support group, 7 p.m. third Tuesdays in February, June and October, Cardiac Rehabilitation Wellness Center, second floor Kiser Medical Building, Rowan Regional Medical Center. Information 704-210-5412. • Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered 12 …
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St. Clair County implodes
The Pike County coroner, Paul Petty, confirmed Friday that Christ died of cocaine intoxication, and that traces of cocaine and drug paraphernalia were found near his body. Christ, 49, a longtime St. Clair … The St. Clair County Circuit judge at the …
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Ministry to help families of addicts
“For the past three years I have felt led in my heart to start a support group for families going through what I went through,” Wade said. “There are programs for the addicts and for the addicts and family members combined, but none for the families …
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Help for local families dealing with drug addiction
Nearly a decade after it started in Randolph as a support group for families struggling with a relative's drug addiction, Learn to Cope is opening its first new suburban chapter on the South Shore. The new chapter, the 10th started by the organization …
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Help for local families dealing with drug addiction
Nearly a decade after it started in Randolph as a support group for families struggling with a relative's drug addiction, Learn to Cope is opening its first new suburban chapter on the South Shore. The new chapter, the 10th started by the organization …
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Drug forum in Avon Lake draws crowd
Kathy, whose family was directly affected by a loved one suffering through drug abuse, said it is just as important for family members to support the addict, but also to find support for themselves. “If someone is addicted, it takes courage and inner …
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Smack is back in Liverpool – but at least the approach to treating drug …
A whole generation who reached adulthood during the 1980s in urban Merseyside will probably have a family member who is still addicted, is in treatment or who is now in recovery. Last week, members of the notorious Liverpool crime family, the …
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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?

Best answer:

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.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!