Subject: Addiction and Recovery

• Josh Hamilton

  March 26, 2009

• Alkaline Trio Slideshow

  September 27, 2008

• CLEAN, SOBER AND STANGE

  A NORTHERN ARIZONA FOLK ARTIST REVEALS HIS ALTER EGO

  November 3, 1993

• Staying Power

  The Chimeras are the Tempe band that would not die

  January 4, 1996

• Locked in Masquerade

  The Department of Juvenile Corrections helped create an overcrowding crisis in state juvenile facilities--to the benefit of a private contractor that employs two former state officials

  May 16, 1996

• Waiting to Inhale

  Luis Sharpe led a double life. In public, he was an admired NFL star. In private, he was a crackhead hell-bent on self-destruction.

  June 6, 1996

• Children of Synanon

  An acclaimed Tucson drug-treatment program went suddenly, mysteriouly bankrupt. Administrators blame the board of directors. But others are questioning the administrators and their history at the notorious drug-treatment empire known as Synanon.

  October 10, 1996

• Methology - Part I

  Arizona is awash in crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that makes the weak strong, the lazy motivated, the fat thin, the trivial profound. Abuse it enough, and it can also make you psychotic.

  December 18, 1997

• Methology - Part II

  Arizona is awash in crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that makes the weak strong, the lazy motivated, the fat thin, the trivial profound. Abuse it enough, and it can also make you psychotic.

  December 18, 1997

• Lloyd's Bridges

  April 30, 1998

• A Capitol Idea

  Phoenix Community Alliance's new plan for the Capitol Mall sends the homeless scrambling while the city looks the other way

  November 5, 1998

• Shooting Star

  Three years ago, at the pinnacle of their 15-year career, local rock heroes the Meat Puppets vanished from view, after bass player Cris Kirkwood became addicted to cocaine and heroin. The story only gets worse from there.

  November 12, 1998

• Halfway to Sanity

  Ben Wallis survives the chemical abyss to establish a place where others can heal

  December 31, 1998

• Grant's Doom

  State misspent $350,000 of federal funds earmarked for HIV and substance-abuse services

  April 1, 1999

• Street Without Hope

  On Madison Street, crowds of crack-addicted homeless are plaguing police and downtown businesses. But no one seems to be doing much about it.

  May 6, 1999

• Shape Up or Sharpe Out

  Trouble-plagued NFL vet faces stint in Valley rehab

  May 3, 2001

• Surfing the Tiber

  April 2, 2009

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 22, 2005

  December 22, 2005

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 5, 2006

  January 5, 2006

• Readers respond to the Mexican's views on Chihuahuas, drinking, and Catholic rituals

  January 31, 2008

• Cowboy Junkies

  May 29, 2008

• Craig Ferguson Could Read Me the Phonebook

  As Americans, there are a lot of things we don't agree on. But if there's one thing I think we can all get behind, it's this: British/Irish/Scottish accents make everything better. You could call my mother a dirty slut in your boring old American accent and I'd want to punch you in the face, but say the same thing about dear old Ma in an Irish brogue, and I'm putty in your hands. Late-night talk-show phenom Craig Ferguson (who recently beat stalwart Conan O'Brien in the ratings for the firs

  January 12, 2009

• Sedona Treatment Center Owners Addicted to Cheating on Taxes, Feds Say

  The owners of the Desert Canyon Treatment Center in Sedona may have helped people kick the habit, but they were hiding their own sins at the same time, according to a federal indictment released today. William and Diane Steiniger (pictured) cheated on their taxes for more than 10 years by hiding income in other business entities, the feds say. In some years, they allegedly blew off filing a tax return altogether. The center's Web site states that William Steiniger has 29 years in the busi

  January 20, 2009

• Benoit Denizet-Lewis

  January 15, 2009

• Arizona Medical Board's hands-off approach to relapsed addict physicians is endangering patients

  March 6, 2008

• There's no good explanation for the link between Mexican-Americans and drunken-driving incidents

  January 17, 2008

• Don't Know Smack

  Down from the mountain, a softly lit Heath Ledger can't save this by-the-numbers Aussie drug flick

  December 14, 2006

• It Girl

  Welcome to the Cult of Katie Rose. Hope your liver can handle it

  May 25, 2006

• Hey, Hey, We're the Junkies

  The heroin of our story

  May 18, 2006

• Meth Madness

  For $5 million, Arizona can grow its population of meth users -- just like Montana

  April 27, 2006

• Yo Mama

  Amaré Stoudemire's troubled mother walks out of a rehab center again. A judge allows her to return again, but she faces probable prison time

  April 6, 2006

• Get Out of the Chronic Rescue Rut . . .

  And accept that you can't always save the people you love

  January 19, 2006

• Fast Times at Westwind junior high

  Any way you add it up, kids at one Valley middle school were dealing meth out of their backpacks

  December 15, 2005

• Meth Treatment

  Meth addiction isn't impossible to beat -- but the treatment's not cheap. And good luck finding it

  December 8, 2005

• Bad Medicine

  Locking up cold medicine makes the politicians feel good -- but it won't put a dent in Arizona's meth habit

  December 8, 2005

• Ice, Ice, Baby

  Arizona moms are abusing meth more than any other drug. Want to get them clean, save the family and save tax dollars? Try dangling their kids as the carrot

  November 24, 2005

• Take Two Bottles of These. Call Me When You're Dead

  Dr. Willard Hunter's repeated misprescription of dangerous drugs has contributed to two deaths. But the state medical board doesn't see any reason to revoke his doctor's license.

  February 15, 1996

• Shot At Redemption

  Twelve years ago, Gordon Lederer got away with murder. But he couldn't escape his conscience

  March 31, 2005

• Moment of Truth

  A Goonie no more, Corey Feldman is searching for his soul as a rock musician

  December 7, 2000

• C Notes

  There's nothing hep about hepatitis C -- as too many friends can attest

  April 27, 2000

• Concealed Weapons

  Despite some misfires, The Pistoleros keep looking for a break and say that rumors of their demise are greatly exaggerated

  April 8, 1999

• The OD Couple

  Gridlock'd's Shakur and Roth kick detox thriller into high gear

  January 30, 1997

• Just the Fix, Ma'am

  July 25, 1996

• WELCOME TO ALLINTOWNWRETCHED PUNK GG ALLIN IS DEAD, BUT HIS BAND MURDER JUNKIES IS STILL SLAYIN' 'EM

  April 27, 1995

• Opiate for the Mrs.

  When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

  September 8, 1994

• USING SLEDGEHAMMERS TO SWAT FLIES

  THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTES FELONY CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. EVEN WHEN NO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABUSED.

  March 23, 1994

• ALONE IN THE DARK

  September 22, 1993

• Son Volt

  July 9, 2009

• Phoenix Police See Spike in Heroin Use

  www.motivatedphoto.com​Just when we though crystal meth reigned supreme as the drug of choice among hard dopers, here's this blast from the past. Remember heroin? Well drug addicts sure do, and according to Phoenix police, "smack" is coming back in a big way."Between January 2006 and January 2008, we confiscated a little less than three kilos of heroin off the streets," says Detective James Holmes of the Phoenix Police Department. "Between January 2008 and August 2009 alone, we confiscat

  August 7, 2009

• Three-Week-Old Girl Not Expected to Survive Injuries Police Say Were Caused by Her Father

  Brian Mark Hopf​The 3-week-old girl, who police say suffered some gruesome injuries at the hands of her father, 25-year-old Brian Mark Hopf, is not expected to survive. Hopf poked the girl in the eyes,police say, and dropped her on the floor, leaving her with several skull fractures, broken ribs, and other serious injuries. According to authorities, there is evidence that the girl was sexually abused. Hopf, an admitted meth addict, says he accidentally dropped the girl and poked h

  September 9, 2009