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How my life dramatically changed in six months

How my life dramatically changed in six months

🕔14:47, 22.Oct 2021

What I learned from hitting rock bottom  Fear of the unknown can be a crutch that holds an individual back. But for Brian Jacques, his leap of faith came with a significant risk that would have been daunting to handle

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Downtown homeless centre needs help after cold weather hits

Downtown homeless centre needs help after cold weather hits

🕔13:10, 14.Feb 2020

  People who are homeless look for help at Street Help Homeless Centre during the winter.  Staff at Street Help on Wyandotte Street East give warm meals, clothing and a bed to those in need during the colder months. Street

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‘Spiritual Soldiers’ wage war against addiction

‘Spiritual Soldiers’ wage war against addiction

🕔00:25, 7.Dec 2018

By Julianna Bonnett “Grabbing a coffee” has purpose and value at Spiritual Soldiers, a cafe that offers “Coffee with a Cause.” The cafe, which opened in early June, is known as a safe place for recovering addicts to drink java

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Spiritual Soldiers bringing strength and hope through storytelling

Spiritual Soldiers bringing strength and hope through storytelling

🕔15:39, 3.Dec 2018

By Amos Johnson Spiritual Soldiers are on the front lines in the fight against addiction The organization, which started two years ago as a clothing company with a charitable component, has opened a coffee shop in Windsor catering to recovering addicts. “What we wanted

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Life in the time of opioid addiction in Windsor, Ont.

Life in the time of opioid addiction in Windsor, Ont.

🕔07:23, 17.Feb 2018

  The front door of a middle-class Canadian suburban home yawns open, late on a weekday morning. The frail figure of a woman beckons me in. Clinging to her leg in the musty smelling hallway is a redheaded toddler who

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Sweet addiction

Sweet addiction

🕔13:06, 26.Jan 2018

  By Alyssa Leonard   It is the twitch. The calling, the craving. It begs you for more. Your body wants it. Needs it. Now. It has become instinct to reach for it. The taste so gratifying. Thirst-quenching, hunger-satisfying —

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Brentwood lottery announces winners

Brentwood lottery announces winners

🕔10:28, 16.Jan 2018

By Angelica Haggert More than $600,000 in prizes was up for grabs as part of the Brentwood Lottery program. In its 26th year, the lottery supports Brentwood Recovery Home, an addiction treatment and support centre in Windsor. Three brand new

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Digital dependency

Digital dependency

🕔11:33, 24.Mar 2017

By Alyssa Horrobin In a time where technology is advancing and being consumed more than ever, it is important for people to set limits for themselves to avoid negative effects. Some see too much of this consumption becoming an issue of mental

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