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by: Jeffrey Rose The importance that exercise plays in the health of the individual is now universally recognized. Everyone should be incorporating exercise into their life as a regular part of their life routine. As true as this is, there are special reasons why regular exercise helps those in recovery lead a healthier life. |
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by David Palmer  Within the past six months we have started four projects aimed at reducing substance abuse. Our projects focus on: addiction in children, prison behavior and recidivism, high-risk communities and lack of treatment availability. They have the potential to save a lot of people a lot of heartache and money.
We have entered a new phase. We’re not just talking about recovery, although this too is crucial, we’re investing in it. First, the children. |
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By Michael Gates Gill
(Gotham Books, 265 pages $23)
Review by BARBARA D. PHILLIPS
Deputy leisure and arts features editor
The Wall Street Journal
It could be the plot off an uplifting movie starring say, Tom Hanks. The fortunes of a man from a privileged background take a sharp downward turn when he loses a high-powered corporate position and destroys his marriage in middle age.
Unemployed and unhappy he has a chance encounter with a young black manager at a coffee bar and a job offer follows. The result? Our hero, now in his 60’s, finds happiness while toiling at Starbucks with people far younger than himself.
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Read more... [How Starbucks Saved My Life]
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It’s no secret. Prison inmates have a tough time staying out of prison after they have been released. Estimates vary but one, accepted by many, says about three out of four commit another crime or break parole and end up behind bars again. They call this “recidivism.”
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Read more... [Get out and stay out! Help for prison inmates grows]
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 By Greg Brewer
I used to be an over-the-road truck driver.
Have you ever found yourself driving at night on a long unfamiliar stretch of highway in a place you’ve never been?
After miles and miles, the reality that you’re lost sets in; by then, you’ve been lost for so long you can’t recall how many miles and how much time has passed.
You start to wonder where you made your mistake, where you made your wrong turn. You ask yourself, “How can I turn around and find my way home?
This is my story of a lost man finding his way home.
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Read more... [Faced with five life sentences, inmate finds redemption]
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A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
How to heal the underlying causes
How to end relapse
How to end suffering
By Chris Prentiss
Power Press, $15.95
Review by David Palmer
Chris Prentiss, who operates a pricey treatment center in Malibu called Passages, has been running numerous spots on TV urging people to buy his book, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure.
Concerned about what seemed to be extravagant claims inherent in the title, I bought the book on Amazon and settled down for a read.
My conclusion? It’s definitely not for me and probably not for you.
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By Suzi Parker
In the 1990s, transitional housing began, well, transitioning out of fashion.
 According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, transitional housing is defined as a project that has as its purpose facilitating the movement of homeless individuals and families to permanent housing within a reasonable amount of time — usually 24 months.
Such transitional programs — often known as half-way houses — are aimed at subgroups of the homeless population thought to need special assistance in making the transition to permanent housing.
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Read more... [Half-Way houses: A neglected piece in the recovery process]
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