Good News Notes: “Preslee Scott spent more than one afternoon in her early teen years picking up her dad’s empty beer cans and dumping them in the outside trash can after he’d fallen asleep on the couch. So in December, when the Utah teen was asked by her 10th-grade English teacher to write an essay…
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How Triathlon Helped Kyle Roberts Turn his Life Around
Good News Notes: “Kyle Roberts knows the power triathlon has to transform lives. He’s experienced it himself. The sport helped him emerge from the darkest point of his life a changed man, with newfound joy and a healthy outlet to escape from the pain of his past. Roberts’ life changed for good when his mother…
Two Vancouver recovery centers want sobriety to have its fun moments
Good News Notes: “About a dozen people are gathered inside Recovery Cafe Clark County in Vancouver, eating sandwiches and chips and playing darts. There’s a small putting green rolled out on the floor. Conversation flows, and then William O’Connor, 51, steps to the microphone. He looks to his friend Charles Hanset, who’s playing darts. ‘Hey…
Two Rescue Dogs Change Lives of Grateful Vietnam Veterans
Good News Notes: “Two Vietnam War veterans are having an extra special Christmas after being paired with two service dogs to help them cope with PTSD and day-to-day life. Larry Keating was 19 when he served in the army in Vietnam. Bill Thumm was 21. What they saw and experienced has haunted their lives. ‘I…
FSU researchers suggest ketamine could curb alcoholism
Good News Notes: “Could an addictive drug be the key to curbing alcoholism?” “Neuroscience researchers at Florida State University published a study this month suggesting ketamine might reduce an alcoholic’s desire to drink.” “For around three years, the team tested lab rats finding ketamine, commonly used as an anesthetic, dropped alcohol use by 70 to…
Dream Center offers recovery, redemption
Good News Notes: “The life of addiction is one many people can’t relate to. But, the founder of an organization in Vidalia can.” “Through the door women have found help at the Dream Center. Help that has brought them out of the dark world of addiction.” “For eight years, the Dream Center in Vidalia has…
Ben Affleck Opens Up About Giving Back Amid His Recovery, Jokingly Says ‘I’m Dating’
Good News Notes: “Ben Affleck is using the spotlight on his dating life to support a good cause.” “Affleck entered rehab for the third time last year on Aug. 22, PEOPLE previously confirmed. He stayed at the center, with only brief breaks to work out at home and attend business meetings, until October when he broke his silence about his…
Shia LaBeouf says a costar with Down syndrome saved him after problems with alcohol resulted in his arrest
Good News Notes: “In an interview with the UK’s Channel 4 on Friday, Shia LaBeouf told the presenter Cathy Newman that his latest film, “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” saved him after a string of embarrassing incidents that culminated in his arrest in July 2017.” “LaBeouf said it was Gottsagen’s brutal honesty that brought him back from what he has described as…