Michelle Perkins, director of AOD in Los Angeles, openly shares her challenging early life experiences without any hesitation ...

Taking the first step to start addiction treatment is an uphill battle, but what can prove to be harder is keeping on a regimen that works.

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Strode’s step-dad was an alcoholic, he says. Strode says his own path to addiction started when he had his first beer at 11.

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