By David Palmer With her blonde bob and a big smile, recovering drug addict Stephenie Drake, a 35-year old ex GI from Pansy, Ark., looks happy in her sobriety. Drake has been clean and sober nine years now, she said in a recent interview, and lives in a small trailer with her son, Skyler, while […]
New Court Helps Veterans get a Fresh Start
December 30, 2010 By
On a mid-December afternoon, Sixth Circuit Judge Mary S. McGowan convened Little Rock’s new Veteran’s Treatment Court (VTC) on the third floor of the Pulaski County courthouse, the second of its kind in Arkansas and one of about 40 nationwide. The mission of the VTC program is to promote recovery and rehabilitation from substance abuse […]
Our creative writing class on recovery for teenagers
December 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We, at One Day at a Time, a Little Rock based non-profit company, have a special interest in addressing the problem of teen substance abuse. This is partly owing to the fact that, the U.S. Department of Health and Human has identified Arkansas as among states with the highest rates of non-medical use of pain relievers […]
A conversation with Bobby Ward, clinical supervisor at UAMS
December 30, 2010 By
By David Palmer I’ve known Bobby Ward for most of his 20 years of sobriety and have been entertained and enlightened at recovery meetings over the years by his story, which he delivers with self-deprecating humor illuminated by a megawatt smile. So it was with great anticipation that I drove over to the UAMS Psychiatric […]
