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Documentary on boxer's struggle with addiction to be screened for free in Port Huron

A movie poster for "We Can Be Heroes." Meridian Health Services will be hosting a free screening of a Michigan filmmaker's documentary about a boxer's struggle with heroin addiction on Wednesday in ...
Post-Bulletin

How a Rochester ALC teacher and a former drug addict teamed up to write a book and spread a message of hope

Since it went on sale in January, "Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a crack addict who broke free," has sold nearly a 1,000 copies. Rory Londer and Sweta Patel. Londer was a drug addict for 17 years, ...
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Recovered Crack Addict, Tonier Cain, Hopes Drug Treatment Success Stories Stop Senators From Making Drug Epidemic Worse

*Annapolis, MD – During her 19-year crack addiction, Tonier Cain racked up 83 arrests and 66 convictions. She turned to prostitution to pay for drugs, lost custody of four children, and, when she wasn ...
The Heights

Newton Screening of Local Film ‘Recovery City’ Highlights Women’s Journeys Through Addiction and Recovery

At the Newton Free Library on Wednesday evening, filmmaker Lisa Olivieri screened her award-winning documentary, Recovery ...
WBUR

'Inheritance' documentary explores generations of poverty, trauma and addiction

A new documentary looks at one family in Appalachian Ohio suffering from generations of poverty, trauma and addiction. They are not alone. One in eight children in the U.S. reportedly live in homes ...

Charlie Sheen did seven grams of crack-cocaine, shoved ice cube in his butt to stay awake; his drug supplier helped him get sober

In his new documentary, actor Charlie Sheen opened up about his troubles with drug and alcohol addiction and how he received help from an unexpected source.