Kathleen Ratcliff, executive director for Upstream Prevention, discusses substance use disorder during the “Responding to Addiction” workshop in 2024 at the Greenwood Public Library. Upstream ...

Throughout the pandemic, the lives of so many people have been turned sideways and upside down. For some, the challenges are overwhelming. AHM Youth and Family Services’ Clinical Director Megan ...

Douglas County SMART Program participants and facilitators are pictured at the end of their Zoom meeting on Dec. 30. Two years ago, Matt J. desperately wanted to stop drinking alcohol. His wife had ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — When Donny Roberts left the Army a few years ago after several deployments, he wasn’t in the best frame of mind. “I was troubled and had some problems readjusting,” he said. After ...

The SMART Recovery program, which has only been in existence nationwide for less than a decade, was brought to Mankato because Blue Earth County was looking for other referral options for alcohol, ...

SCC held its second-ever SMART meeting on Wednesday. Since the program is still new, and promotional material had yet to be approved by the college, the meeting had only two attendees: Bolin and Brian ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A local program that supports Spanish-speaking individuals recovering from addiction, has been awarded $50,000 from the state. New York State Senator Samra Brouk (SD-55), ...

The cycle of addiction remains untreated for a large group of Americans due to lack of awareness that recovery is possible and that there are multiple avenues to get there. The good news is that ...