Hope

From heartbreak to hope

From heartbreak to hope

Filed under: cocaine rehabilitation

PACKED PAC – At least 1800 people turned out to hear former Boston Celtics player Chris Herren recount his struggles with drug addiction and his path to recovery during a talk at Barnstable High School Jan. 12. When Chris Herren tried cocaine… Continue reading

Recovering addicts have hope for holiday

Recovering addicts have hope for holiday
Filed under: recovering from meth

"I was selling and using everything I could get my hands on, mostly weed and meth," she said in an earlier interview. For the next several years she was in and out of jail and prison for drug offenses,… Continue reading

Risen from the gutter, he whispers hope to Hollywood's junkies

Risen from the gutter, he whispers hope to Hollywood's junkies
Filed under: meth detox

Detox is a hell unlike any other, like a terrible flu combined with panic and fear and hate." During detox, addicts don't sleep and can't eat. They have stomach cramps and throw up. "You're exhausted, suicidal,… Continue reading

Nature's love drug offers hope to addicts

 

Nature's love drug offers hope to addicts
Filed under: withdrawal symptoms of methamphetamine

The trials follow earlier studies in rats who were quite partial to drinking alcohol and getting high on methamphetamines. However, when given oxytocin injections, their interest in alcohol and drugs plummeted. Oxytocin has anti-stress effects when… Continue reading

How To Take Crack Cocaine: Arkansas city finds quiet, hope after drug arrests

How To Take Crack Cocaine in the News

How To Take Crack Cocaine: Arkansas city finds quiet, hope after drug arrests
The main indictment alleges a drug trafficking operation directed out of Helena-West Helena "was responsible for the distribution of large quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana" and other… Continue reading

Methamphetamine Recovery: Stories of Hope

Methamphetamine Recovery in the News

Methamphetamine Recovery: Stories of Hope
By ERIN MATHEWS The "glimpses of God" she gets now that methamphetamine no longer clouds her vision have Tracy Reeves hoping for a brighter future for herself and her children. "I call them 'glimpses of God' — the fact that… Continue reading