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12-steps

Step it up

Steps 1 to 3: Give it up. Steps 4 to 7: Clean it up. Steps 8 to 9: Make it up. Steps 10 to 12: Keep it up. * borrowed from my friend JB >> Read 12 Steps with Bible verses Find a program: Alcoholics Anonymous: “Alcoholics Anonymous® is a  … > read more

DayMark replaces Bridgeway for county rehab

DayMark Recovery Services has been contracted to run the 56-bed Guilford County Substance Abuse Treatment Center on West Wendover Avenue — formerly run by Bridgeway Behavioral Health. From DayMark’s web site: Daymark® Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse  … > read more

Bottle vs. rock = Slide vs. slam

Addiction develops much more rapidly with cocaine than alcohol, often within a few weeks or months, and especially when smoked as freebase (crack). Thus, the dynamics of cocaine addiction are different from those of alcoholism, including its impact on the individual and the family. Cocaine addiction can be likened to  … > read more