'Bowling for the Mob' Author Shares Tale of Highs, Lows and Redemption

'Bowling for the Mob' author shares tale of highs, lows and redemption

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"If you're addicted to drugs and alcohol like I was, and you're lucky, you die," said Perry, who now lives in Charlottesville and has been sober for 21 years. "I wasn't lucky. … A documentary film, "High Roller," had been made about the legendary …
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Inslee seeks more health privatization

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In the long run, Inslee aims to integrate the treatment of both physical and mental ailments covered by Medicaid. In the somewhat shorter term — April 2016 — he would combine mental health treatment with drug and alcohol treatment, no easy task in …
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Bossier has rare substance abuse treatment center for pregnant women

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The Bossier Treatment Center's Family Success Institute helps mothers stay off drugs, while still caring for their children. … The women have to get the drugs or alcohol out of their system and have Medicaid before they can enter the program. There's …
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James Bond's licence to booze: UK doctors say he imbibes 92 drinks a week

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(A unit is defined as about 10 ml, or 0.3 ounces, of pure alcohol.) That's more than four times the safe amount of recommended alcohol by the British government. The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, for example, advises Canadians to limit their …
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