Addiction: Helping a Loved One

Addiction: helping a loved one – Looking after someone who has a drug or alcohol addiction can be daunting and frustrating, and it can damage your own health. Get expert advice on what to do to help your loved ones and find out how to look after yourself at the same time. Learn more about addictions visit www.nhs.uk

Mom beats addiction, gets kids back

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Speirs, who has 21 years of experience in the field, worked with Robinson throughout 2011 and has kept in contact with the family ever since. The caseworker's job was to help Robinson maintain her sobriety and to help her parent the children on her own …
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Christmas support for families

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Their donations will help feed 100 families and provide toys for 300 children who would otherwise go without. Greenock Salvation … "There are also former drug addicts who have beaten addiction and are trying very hard to rebuild their lives." But …
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America's Failing Mental Health System: Families Struggle to Find Quality Care

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Experts agree that “system” isn't even an appropriate descriptor for the state of services designed to treat mental illness: there is little coordination of care and various agencies in health, education, mental health, addiction, disability, child …
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