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Drug Addiction: Supportive housing: cure for homelessness or community burden? – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Supportive housing: cure for homelessness or community burden? San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Social workers like Buckley are available in every one of the Tenderloin's 40 SROs, helping tenants with anything from finding a job to dealing with drug use. Buckley has worked with supportive housing since 2002, and he's seen exactly what it can mean … and more »

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Drug Addiction: Ted Williams / The Golden Voice: homeless man finds job

‘Golden Voice’ homeless man finds job, home after viral video success . Two days ago, Ted Williams was panhandling on the streets of Columbus, Ohio, holding a cardboard sign that declared: “I have a God-given voice.” Now, Williams, 53, is reaping the rewards of being a viral sensation on YouTube. After being filmed demonstrating his rich, radio-announcer delivery, he’s answering to a new name: the homeless man with a golden voice. His smooth, suave sound has become an overnight commodity, and Williams is already fielding offers from Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and the Cleveland Cavaliers. “They said they were going to give me LeBron’s old house,” Williams joked about the former Cavaliers player on Thursday morning’s Today show. Williams’s second chance comes more than 15 years after he began struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction and petty crime. The aspiring program director says he’s now clean and ready to leave the streets for good. “My life just went to the pits,” he says. “In spite of all the flames that went down my throat, my voice still retains some type of resonance.” Inspired by his mother and the dream he has had since falling in love with broadcasting as a teen, Williams says he’s showing his gratitude by “acknowledging the Lord” for his second shot. As the father of seven girls and two boys, he’s hoping his story will encourage others to reach out to more people like him. “Don’t judge a book by its cover — everyone has their own little story,” he says. “If …
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Drug Addiction: Clayton County Drug Court holds first graduation
Jaime Iraheta’s arrest record speaks for itself — another intoxicated night in the Clayton County Jail, another sober morning and another vow to stop the cycle.
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Drug Addiction: Matteson, McNeill share lead in rainy Mississippi
The star of the Discovery Channel show Storm Chasers is in West Michigan … Wildlife rehabilitator Peg Markle joins Lee Van Ameyde on WZZM 13 News at 5:30 …
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