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USA Today, May 11 WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan package of bills to battle America’s growing epidemic of painkiller abuse and heroin addiction, but the White House [...]

Recent research offers compelling support for the effectiveness of Twelve Step-based treatment When academics and members of Alcoholics Anonymous meet, they tend to confirm how much they differ. [...]

Addiction treatment centers are struggling to find enough qualified personnel as the opioid crisis worsens, The Wall Street Journal reports. (April 28, 2016) Retention of addiction treatment [...]

Received May 13th, 2016 from a family A Way Out worked with.   This letter is directed to the Executive Director and the Board of Directors at A Way Out.  We made a desperate call to you for [...]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — When a Manchester police officer arrived on the scene, the middle-school age boy was calm. His mother, shut in the bathroom, had just overdosed on heroin, and he had been doing [...]

Good Morning A Way Out! Yesterday marked 5 months sobriety and it was also Mothers Day. What a beautiful gift that I can give my mom and one that I can keep on giving. It’s a miracle. I [...]

Mental illness is a frequent partner of substance abuse and addiction, although the cause-and-effect between the two isn’t always clear. However, the issue is a prevalent one that needs to be [...]

Marijuana legalization continues to spread nationwide, despite concerns by adolescent drug rehabilitation centers and others that this process is posing a serious danger to younger drug users. [...]

Dear A Way Out, About two years ago I started to become aware of the possibility that my daughter, XXXXXX, may have a drinking problem. Not being very knowledgeable about alcoholism as a disease, [...]

Adolescents encounter many challenges as they navigate their journey into adulthood. The Internet and other forms of digital media have only increased the intensity of these challenges. In [...]