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Sober living houses (SLHs) are "alcohol- and drug-free living environments for individuals attempting to maintain abstinence from alcohol and drugs". [4] They are typically structured around 12-step programs or other recovery methodologies. Residents are often required to take drug tests and demonstrate efforts toward long-term recovery.
Boca Grande. On the Gulf side of the state, just northwest of Fort Myers, you’ll find Boca Grande, which about 1,000 people call home — and the typical home they live in costs $4 million.
The first Industrial Revolution had a profound effect on labor in the U.S. Companies from the era, such as the Boston Associates, would recruit thousands of New England farm girls to work in textile mills. These girls often received much lower wages than men, though the work and pay gave young women a sense of independence that they did not ...
The Florida Photographic Collection is a nationally recognized component of the State Archives of Florida and contains over a million images, and over 6,000 movies and video tapes. Over 200,000 of the photographs are available through the Florida Memory Program web site.
The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in history, comparable only to humanity's adoption of agriculture with respect to material advancement. [11] The Industrial Revolution influenced in some way almost every aspect of daily life. In particular, average income and population began to exhibit unprecedented sustained growth.
But there’s a human cost to maintaining a status quo in which perpetual relapse is considered a natural part of a heroin addict’s journey to recovery. Relapse for a heroin addict is no mere setback. It can be deadly. A sober addict leaves a treatment program with the physical cravings still strong but his tolerance gone.
A South Florida doctor who served as the medical director of two substance-abuse facilities was sentenced Thursday to four and a half years in prison after being convicted of conspiring to bill ...
The Florida shuffle or shuffle describes the recruitment of a drug user with health insurance to repeatedly attend various rehab centers and sober living houses, which allows the facilities to bill the patient's insurance company repeatedly. The treatment centers that participate in this may have little regard for the actual needs of the patient.