M remodeling to turn decrepit Park Crest into substance abuse treatment …
The solid structure of the remaining five-story, 45-unit building made it a good candidate for the Family Works program, which provides substance abuse treatment for pregnant women and mothers, Heartland Family Service officials said. “We knew we …
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community wall links: Home of New Vision receives 000 grant to fund …
Home of New Vision, a substance abuse treatment program in Ann Arbor and Jackson, Michigan, received a $ 20,000.00 grant from the UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS. By: Miss Michigan: Local Woman Wins Miss Michigan United States. The new …
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Question by Nick: Volunteering on the Salvation Army Website?
I was hoping to offer my time to volunteer somewhere. I’ve been looking to volunteer anywhere in downtown Chicago (I’ll take the train but I don’t mind walking since I like being in Chicago).

Anyways, what I did was put the zip code in at the top (one of the Chicago zips – 60602) and I got to this:

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ndos/app/zipcode.jsf?zip=60602

Looking at this page, my best guess would be that I need to Email the people involved and ask them when volunteers are needed? So, I guess my question is just to confirm that. What do you guys think?

Also, what does “Adult Rehabilitation” refer to? Is that detox.

Best answer:

Answer by Salvation Army Chicago
Hello,

The Salvation Army has many volunteer opportunities in the Chicagoland area. To get started visit our website at www.salarmychicago.org/volunteer.

The closest volunteer opportunities in the downtown area are here:

Chicago Harbor Light: http://www.salarmychicago.org/volunteer/redirects/harborlight.htm

Chicago Temple Corps: http://www.salarmychicago.org/volunteer/redirects/temple.htm

Adult Rehabilitation is our substance abuse, corrections/half-way house programs. More info can be found at: http://www.salarmychicago.org/services/rehabilitation.htm

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California Pushes For More Thorough Background Checks for Substance Abuse …
“Obviously we enthusiastically support tough regulations for substance abuse counselors here in California,” said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. “Internally, we strictly adhere to state requirements when considering …
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Lawsuit accuses drug treatment center of fraud
The parents of five former Narconon of Georgia patients on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking class action against the Norcross drug treatment center alleging fraud, negligence and breach of contract, among other claims. The suit is just the latest in a …
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DRUG REHAB: Counselors include sex offenders, embezzlers
He works for a substance-abuse treatment program in Murrieta. Bob Dorris, chairman of the certification board for the California Association of Drinking Driver Treatment Programs, a certifying organization, said he was still reviewing the Senate office …
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Author tells story of founders of Georgia's first drug and alcohol treatment …
A handsome, heroic young doctor from Statesboro marries a beautiful young woman who loves to party. What follows is a story about passion, alcoholism, addiction, turmoil and redemption that has so many twists and turns it could be the basis of a …
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Pioneers in substance abuse treatment discuss working together
Hazelden, founded in a rural Minnesota farmhouse in 1949, is the larger of the two organizations, which share a similar, abstinence-based approach to treating drug and alcohol issues. Headquartered in Center City, Minn., Hazelden operates facilities in …
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Betty Ford Center and Hazelden Foundation eye alliance
Both drug and alcohol treatment centers — widely considered the industry's leaders — confirmed through a news release that their respective boards approved the general concept. It was not clear Wednesday whether any "alliance" would translate into a …
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Question by Luna M: Is there any help for poor women without children?
I have a friend who is struggling financially. She has worked most of her life. She did not have any children. She has never had a substance abuse issue. Her crime was marrying an abusive man. Now when she needs help the system tells her she is on her own. Other than food stamps what is there? The wait for low income housing is so long she will probably never get in. She doesn’t fall into a “special category”.
BTW, I have to jobs to make ends meet.

Best answer:

Answer by ANTI EVERY THING
Why can’t YOU get a job. My friend, lol

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Question by Willy: (Here’s an old 1 updated) HOW TO SING THE BLUES?
Willys cynical thought for the day;

People always say, ‘the Blues are simple.’ Well, that’s true ‘the Blues are simple’ if you ignore the freaking complexities!’

HOW TO SING THE BLUES  

1. Most blues begin “woke up this morning.”  
2. “I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line. Like;

“I got a good woman with the meanest dog in town.”  

3. Blues are simple. After you have the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes. Sort of.  

“Got a good woman with the meanest dog in town. He got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and he weighs about 500 pounds.”  

4. The blues are not about limitless choice. Blues cars are Chevies and Cadillacs. Other acceptable blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Walkin’ plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin’ to die.  

6. Teenagers cant sing the blues. Adults sing the blues. Blues adulthood means old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.  

7. You can have the blues in New York City, but not in Brooklyn or Queens. Hard times in Vermont or North Dakota are just a depression. Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City are still the best places to have the blues.  

8. The following colors do not belong in the blues:   
a. violet  
b. beige  
c. mauve  
d. magenta

9. You cant have the blues in an office or a shopping mall, the lighting is wrong.  

10. Good places for the Blues:   
a. the highway  
b. the jailhouse  
c. the empty bed  
d. the corner of Elm St. & Vine

Bad places:   
a. Ashrams  
b. Gallery openings  
c. weekend in the Hamptons  
d. on a trip to disney world

11. No one will believe it’s the blues if you wear a suit, unless you happen to be an old black man. Especially if you spent the night in the suit and it shows the fruppiness!

12. Do you have the right to sing the blues?   
Yes, if:   
a. your first name is a southern state, like Georgia  
b. you’re blind  
c. you shot a man in Memphis.  
d. you cant be satisfied.  

No, if:   
a. you were once blind but now can see.  
b. you’re deaf  
c. you have a trust fund.  
d. you’re a teen-ager it don’t matter how many men you kill in Memphis

13. Neither Julio Iglesias nor Barbara Streisand can sing the blues.  

14. If you ask for water and your baby gives you gasoline, it’s the blues. Other blues beverages are:   
a. cheap wine not Chateau whatever
b. Irish whiskey or Jack
c. Muddy water
d. water down-stream from a toxic waste dump

Blues beverages are NOT:   
a. Any mixed drink  
b. Any wine kosher for Passover  
c. Yoo Hoo (all flavors)   
d. bottles water (Blues people drink from the freaking hose!)

15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it’s a blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is a blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse or being denied treatment in an emergency room. It is not a blues death, if you die during a liposuction treatment.  

16. Some Blues names for Women  
a. Sadie  
b. Big Mama  
c. Bessie  
d. Little Girl

17. Some Blues Names for Men  
a. Joe  
b. Willy 
c. Little Willie  
d. Lightning  

Persons with names like Sierra or Sequoia will not be permitted to sing the blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.  

17B. Other Blues Names (Starter Kit)   
a. Name of Physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Asthmatic)   
b. First name (see above) or name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi)   
c. Last Name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)  

Okay let me try this; “One-armed tattooed Willy Cantelope Clinton…” Now let me know how that ‘rolls off the tongue?’

http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
From; Willys Jokes archies!

Best answer:

Answer by andrew
u need to snap yur fingers

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