The majority of Surry County residents view addiction as a disease, a 2025 survey found — yet that same research showed ...

Kathleen Ratcliff, executive director for Upstream Prevention, discusses substance use disorder during the “Responding to Addiction” workshop in 2024 at the Greenwood Public Library. Upstream ...

Throughout the pandemic, the lives of so many people have been turned sideways and upside down. For some, the challenges are overwhelming. AHM Youth and Family Services’ Clinical Director Megan ...

Douglas County SMART Program participants and facilitators are pictured at the end of their Zoom meeting on Dec. 30. Two years ago, Matt J. desperately wanted to stop drinking alcohol. His wife had ...

SMART Recovery is a self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Participants learn tools for addiction recovery from the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community ...

People looking for help in reducing their alcohol and other substance use often turn to 12-step programs. But while research shows that LGBTQ individuals are more likely to struggle with substance use ...

SCC held its second-ever SMART meeting on Wednesday. Since the program is still new, and promotional material had yet to be approved by the college, the meeting had only two attendees: Bolin and Brian ...

The SMART Recovery program, which has only been in existence nationwide for less than a decade, was brought to Mankato because Blue Earth County was looking for other referral options for alcohol, ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — When Donny Roberts left the Army a few years ago after several deployments, he wasn’t in the best frame of mind. “I was troubled and had some problems readjusting,” he said. After ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A local program that supports Spanish-speaking individuals recovering from addiction, has been awarded ...