Painesville pastor, wife fight drug, alcohol addiction in community
After that, The Iowa-native turned to his faith in God to help him drop drinking cold turkey. … For the last four years, he and his wife, Pat, have organized programs in Ashtabula and Lake counties for people seeking to stop their addiction to drugs …
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Virginia Ironside's dilemmas: How can I help my son with his alcohol addiction?
While he refused to believe he was an alcoholic for years, now he's admitted it, but says he can't help it because it's a disease and can be inherited. I see this is confirmed by a lot of literature on the subject. But how can he be helped? We've …
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