Sunset Park drug counseling center expanding its mission
Donna Mae DePola (seated) and Dona Pagan are two of the friendly faces recovering drug addicts and alcoholics will find at The Resource Training and Counseling Center in Sunset Park. … The center, headquartered in a five-story brick building at 449 …
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Screening for Mental Health's Annual National Alcohol Screening Day Highlights …
WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., April 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (SMH), the pioneer in large-scale mental health screenings for the public, is focusing attention on the particular health consequences of alcohol abuse …
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Why Do Some People Become Alcoholics but Not Others? Blame the Brain
It offers euphoria, boosts mood if someone is feeling depressed, and soothes fear if someone is feeling anxious. But new research has found another important component of developing a substance-abuse problem: the inability to learn from the …
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How Substance Abuse and Alcoholism Affects the Family – Reach Recovery — http://reachrecovery.org There is a common misconception that substance abusers believe. They often think “I am only hurting myself.” This is not a true beli…

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