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Spoke for "Learn To Cope" today on recovery for Heroin Addiction in Raynham, MA. It is absolutely devastating to see the amount of youth that are using, addicted to, and overdosing from heroin. These are absolutely beautiful and young people who are dying. I believe if we change the stigma over addicts they might get help sooner because it will remove some of the guilt and shame that comes with addiction. Keep in mind: addiction is a disease.

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Ruben Castaneda recalls covering D.C.'s crack wars while an addict himself in new book

The former Washington Post reporter's new book 'S Street Rising: Crack, Murder and Redemption in D.C.' covers the city's war on crack cocaine-related crimes during the 80s and 90s, when he became addicted to the drug himself.

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Addiction Battled Ambition For Reporter Caught In D.C.'s Crack Epidemic

In the early '90s, Ruben Castaneda was a crime reporter for The Washington Post, and an addict who bought crack on the very streets he wrote about. His new book is called S Street Rising.

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Ernst Hemingway

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10 Great Writers Who Battled Alcohol Addiction - Social Work Degree Guide

Ernest Hemingway Pinned by the You Are Linked to Resources for Families of People with Substance Use Disorder cell phone / tablet app September 16, 2014; Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandcodes.urlinked.lite iPhone - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/you-are-linked-to-resources/id743245884?mt=8co

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Breakfast At Tiffany's

10 Great Writers Who Battled Alcohol Addiction - Social Work Degree Guide

Truman Capote Pinned by the You Are Linked to Resources for Families of People with Substance Use Disorder cell phone / tablet app September 16, 2014; Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandcodes.urlinked.lite iPhone - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/you-are-linked-to-resources/id743245884?mt=8co

25 Great Writers Who Battled Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

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Allen Ginsberg Poetry

10 Literary Figures With Crippling Drug Addictions - Listverse

Allen Ginsberg Pinned by the You Are Linked to Resources for Families of People with Substance Use Disorder cell phone / tablet app September 16, 2014; Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandcodes.urlinked.lite iPhone - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/you-are-linked-to-resources/id743245884?mt=8co

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Anne Lamott author interview

Anne Lamott

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Stephen King's Story: Why Recovery is Worth Your Career | Duffy's Napa Valley Rehab

Stephen King: Pinned by the You Are Linked to Resources for Families of People Seeking Recovery from Substance Abuse cell phone / tablet app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandcodes.urlinkedlite

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Stephen King evokes horrors of history in '11/22/63'

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Ruben Castaneda recalls covering D.C.'s crack wars while an addict himself in new book

Public Housing

Early 90s

The Washington Post

Addiction Battled Ambition For Reporter Caught In D.C.'s Crack Epidemic

In the early '90s, Ruben Castaneda was a crime reporter for The Washington Post, and an addict who bought crack on the very streets he wrote about. His new book is called S Street Rising.

Ernst Hemingway

Famous Portrait Photographers

10 Great Writers Who Battled Alcohol Addiction - Social Work Degree Guide