Toothbrush Therapy: A Treatment for Alcoholism – Toothbrush Therapy is a method taught at the Beachcomber which gives one a daily routine that helps a recovering alcoholic or drug addict stay sober. Toothbrush Therapy is named that way because it is designed in a way that it is used as you would use a toothbrush to brush your teeth. You get in a routine for personal grooming and so, Toothbrush Therapy establishes a routine. It takes into account that alcoholics and drug addicts are creatures of habit, usually bad ones. But if we really want to be sober Toothbrush Therapy makes it pretty simple.

 

Saginaw's Butman-Fish Library hosts alcoholism survivor and author John S

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As the cover notes say, his nine months at the Hazelden addiction treatment center led him to a metamorphosis from alcoholic insanity to a life filled with friends, music and service to others. It was more than 20 years later, after moving to Saginaw …
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Man who started van fire gets prison

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First In Trouble read a long letter to Judge Kathleen Caldwell in which he described his struggles with alcohol and the treatment program he's completed in jail. He blamed himself for not taking responsibility for his problems earlier on. “I brought it …
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Heroin: Small cities, even rural towns face growing problems

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The National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse – St. Louis Area (NCADA), which offers emergency counseling and other services, has seen a dramatic shift in heroin-related calls. … “The problem is getting the kids into treatment quickly,” Duncan says.
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