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ADDICTION: a compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance;
also persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be
h..
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We exited
the freeway and followed the directions to Turning Point. It was a nicely fenced complex, inside a
square city block; all the buildings we..
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During the course of the last year
my brother Patrick hadasked me to help him get his family
straight. Patrick worked for us, he was
an over th..
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We had to lay Patrick off because he couldn't keep his mind on his
work. He wouldn't take care of his
truck; he couldn't be bothered with the time..
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In September on Labor Day weekend we
got the call. At three a.m. the phone
rang.
"Mom I'm in jail," Mike stammered.
I called out to Big ..
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When we got to court our attorney
wasn't there, so we sat and listened to the drug court counselor explain the
program. We listened to the public
d..
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November came and Mike disappeared,
thirty days clean, and nowhere to be found!
I beeped him! It was the night before Amy's tenth birthday, he had t..
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Amy's school had a winter pageant,
the children in each grade put on a wonderful show, and they sang Christmas
carols and religious hymns.This was
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In
Mid-February we went to Disney, Mike had to getpermission from his counselor, and
he did, we had a great time. Mike was
happy! He drank a lot of..
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Nine months had passed since Mike said he could stop doing this drug
whenever he wanted. Actually though he
had this monkey on his back for at leas..
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