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Addiction & Recovery

dixiegrrrrl

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2. I worked in several treatment centers for a few years

Reply to irisblue (Reply #1)

Wed May 24, 2017, 03:00 PM

May 2017

back in late '80's.
They hired mostly recovering staff, including docs, and I have to say, more than a few of the staff, while "clean", were no way "sober" in their behavior and thinking. Several relapsed, quite predictably.

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