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What a Father Learned After Losing Both Sons to Drug Overdoses
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The police subjected me to a process that I am adamant wouldn’t even be appropriate for suspects.My name is Madison and when I was just 15 years old I started using crack and heroin. By 20 I was on the streets homeless. In my active addiction I went through a lot. I overdosed nineteen times, and escaped situations on the street that I still don’t have words for. Drug court saved my life, and helped me get to where I am today. My family was the first thing to go to my addiction. Today, they’re back in my life and support me. There’s a lot of people out there who don’t support us. There’s a lot of posts out there knocking us. Let them see this. Let them see my picture. I’ll stand up for us. We are the forgotten ones. The ones nobody thought would make it. Look at us now. Never count out an addict.
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🙏My name is Madison and when I was just 15 years old I started using crack and heroin. By 20 I was on the streets homeless. In my active addiction I went through a lot. I overdosed nineteen times, and escaped situations on the street that I still don’t have words for. Drug court saved my life, and helped me get to where I am today. My family was the first thing to go to my addiction. Today, they’re back in my life and support me. There’s a lot of people out there who don’t support us. There’s a lot of posts out there knocking us. Let them see this. Let them see my picture. I’ll stand up for us. We are the forgotten ones. The ones nobody thought would make it. Look at us now. Never count out an addict.
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The Link Between Alcohol Abuse and Mental Health
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The Link Between Alcohol Abuse and Mental Health
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Excessive alcohol use can lead to mental health issues.
Call to review 'criminal abuse' of mobile phones
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'I've lost my eldest son... for £10 and an iPhone'
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The murder of a small-time cannabis dealer illustrates how drugs can fuel violence.
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Fentanyl deaths on rise in UK, drug report warns
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'I lost a decade of my life to prescription drugs'
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Struggling to come off antidepressants and tranquillisers, and battling withdrawal effects, writer M...After a year and a half of letting a cocaine and heroin addiction control my life on 12/31/2018, I decided it was time to get clean. I fought hard and two months after getting clean I got pregnant. After that, I had to fight not only for myself but for my baby too. Today I am celebrating 1 year clean with my 7-week old son by my side!
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