By her early 40s, Sonia Milne's life had shrunk to the four walls of her small apartment and the bottle of vodka she reached for every single day.

Filmmaker J.J. Anderson is grateful. She was trusted with witnessing deeply personal and vulnerable storytelling from an early age. As a young kid, her parents were committed to their sobriety in a ...

Let's Go Bingo will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays at the Aiken Senior Life Services, 1310 E. Pine Log Road. There is a $5 ...

"I said a prayer that [first] night and I was crying and I talked aloud and I said, 'Lord, I'm scared.' Because it was frightening," Huger says in a new interview ...

Dry January doesn’t have to end in February. From alcohol-removed wine to functional spirits, these alternatives make FebFast easier to stick with.

Drew Hansen, a state senator for Washington State who introduced a comprehensive bill on body-cam footage in 2016, tells me it was “by far one of the most complex pieces of legislation that I’ve ...

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Community Notes FRIDAY Senior Lunch — Dining hall opens at 11 a.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside.

He was a gentle person, so helpful, kind and compassionate whenever a family suffered a loss. He was the epitome of ...

Ray J is fighting for his life after being told his heart is on the line — and has seemingly told fans he expects to die next year. “This is black. This is, like, done,” the 45-year-old R&B singer ...

Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative targets addiction crisis affecting 48.4 million Americans. Like AA, it recognizes the importance of community, health and faith ...