How a Lost Purse Got a Heroin Addict on the Path to Recovery
Aeric might have spent the rest of his days on the streets of Baltimore if he had not found a purse belonging to Kaitlyn Smith—and toiled to find her.
Aeric might have spent the rest of his days on the streets of Baltimore if he had not found a purse belonging to Kaitlyn Smith—and toiled to find her.
I was an addict the last time I walked in this California beach town. Now, I devised a way to transform the bad memories with good karma—and it worked!
Steve Hicks, a telecommunications pioneer has donated what might be the largest ever gift for higher education in the field of social work.
This former drug addict has done everything to turn her life around – and even though the bar denied her, the Supreme Court backed her up.
These prescription pill bottles, which feature built-in stopwatches, could deter possible opioid addiction and misuse in households.
It has been five years since Tiffany Hall and Lieutenant Jim Foster first met – but the Long Beach woman has changed a lot in that time, and she credits her transformation to the police officer's kindness.
This gym owner spent ten years struggling with addiction – and because she achieved sobriety through fitness, she wants to help others do the same.
Robert Morris called 911 six months after his encounter with a deputy to thank him for saving his life on one rainy night in South Carolina.
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Acres of Hope in Northern California is breaking the cycle of homelessness for addicted single moms, reuniting them with kids in a tiny home community.
The pharmaceutical company announced this week that in addition to providing schools with Narcan kits, they would be giving them to libraries and YMCAs too.
A pilot study of the program has already shown success in treating drug-addicted homeless people who are eager to achieve recovery.
These researchers are trying to find practical ways to curb opioid abuse in America - and they recently found success through letters.
When a distressed homeless woman asked him to adopt her newborn daughter, this compassionate cop did not hesitate to oblige.
Travel guide guru Rick Steves just gave a $4 million apartment complex to homeless women and kids who need housing.
According to the captain of the first aid squad, a hush fell over their "boisterous bunch" of EMTs after they got the note.
In less than a year since they implemented their "compassion-based" followup initiative, this town is experiencing fewer overdoses than ever.
Mark Trocchio admits that he wasn't always so compassionate, but today he's glad he had the chance to do the right thing for a mother in distress.
Cigarette smokers who experienced pleasant smells before being offered a ciagerette were less likely to want to smoke.
Auburn Sandstrom was in dire straits when she made a phone call to an unlikely person who would change her life.
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