Author, Recovering Addict Aims to Break Stigma of Addiction

Published October 2, 2012

Author, recovering addict aims to break stigma of addiction

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He replied, Hazelden, an addiction treatment center in Minnesota. The patron said, "That's where they fix those crooked people." The Hazelden employee corrected him, "They're not crooked and I'm one of them." "I wasn't crooked," he explained further.
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DNT investigation: Former patient says methadone treatment was 'just another …

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“I'm thinking, 'This is treatment? Holy cow.'” Bergstedt, 29, said he wanted to get higher, so he told his counselor he was having withdrawal symptoms to get stronger doses. “I wasn't being honest with them,” he said. “But we're drug addicts. This is …
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Report: Methadone tradeoff comes at high price

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(AP) — Nearly 400 people in Minnesota have died in the past 12 years of overdoses involving methadone, which is used to treat opiate addiction, the Duluth News Tribune reported. Methadone has been used to break the cycle of … Methadone works by …
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