#Drug Counseling Services

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Addictions Counseling Sacramento | Drug Counseling Services

Alcohol and other drug addiction is a disease. Sadly, this disease often convinces its victim that he or she does not need help. It can also convince the family that trying to help is futile. Although there is no question this is a life-threatening illness, difficult to treat, without guarantees of success, there is also no doubt that an individual can recover. In my experience, the difference is often as simple as a willingness to try something new. Honesty, openness, and willingness are key ingredients to success.

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The Benefits of Seeking Help at a Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Austell

Seeking help at a substance abuse treatment center in Austell can provide numerous benefits for individuals struggling with addiction. One of the main benefits is the professional guidance and support available at these facilities. Trained therapists and counselors can help individuals navigate their addiction and develop coping mechanisms to overcome cravings and triggers. The structured environment of a treatment center also provides a safe and supportive space for individuals to focus on their recovery journey without the distractions and temptations of the outside world.

Another benefit of seeking help at a substance abuse treatment center in Austell is the opportunity for peer support. Being surrounded by others who are facing similar challenges can provide a sense of community and understanding that can be crucial for maintaining motivation and accountability in recovery. Group therapy sessions and support groups allow individuals to share their experiences, gain insights from others, and build a network of support that can continue long after leaving the treatment center.

Additionally, treatment centers in Austell often offer a range of holistic therapies and activities that can complement traditional therapy approaches. These may include mindfulness practices, art therapy, yoga, and recreational activities that can help individuals explore new ways of coping with stress and improving their overall well-being. These holistic approaches can help individuals address the underlying issues contributing to their addiction and develop healthier habits that support long-term recovery.

Finally, seeking help at a substance abuse treatment center in Austell can provide individuals with the tools and resources they need to maintain their recovery in the long run. Treatment centers often offer relapse prevention strategies, aftercare planning, and connections to community resources that can support individuals as they transition back into their everyday lives. By investing in professional treatment and support, individuals can increase their chances of successfully overcoming addiction and leading fulfilling, sober lives.

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Residential Rehabilitation: A Haven for Healing

Have you or someone you care about been struggling with addiction, feeling like there's no way out? Residential Rehabilitation, often referred to as inpatient treatment, offers a sanctuary for individuals seeking to break free from the chains of addiction and embark on a journey of healing and renewal. In the United States, where substance abuse continues to exact a heavy toll on individuals and communities, residential rehab centers serve as beacons of hope, providing comprehensive support and resources to guide individuals toward lasting recovery. Let's delve into the world of residential rehabilitation and explore how it can be a transformative step towards a brighter future.

Understanding Residential Rehabilitation

Residential rehabilitation is a comprehensive form of addiction treatment that provides individuals with a supportive and structured environment to focus solely on their recovery. Unlike outpatient programs where individuals return home after treatment sessions, residential rehab requires participants to reside at the treatment facility for the duration of their program, typically ranging from 30 to 90 days or longer.

The Immersive Experience

Residential rehab offers an immersive experience that allows individuals to immerse themselves fully in the recovery process. By residing at the facility 24/7, participants are removed from the triggers and temptations of their everyday environment, creating a safe and supportive space where they can focus on their healing journey without distractions.

Structured Schedule: Residential rehab programs follow a structured daily schedule, incorporating a combination of therapy sessions, educational workshops, recreational activities, and downtime for reflection and self-care. This structured approach helps individuals establish healthy routines and habits conducive to sobriety.

Round-the-Clock Support: One of the key advantages of residential rehab is access to round-the-clock support from trained professionals who are available to provide guidance, encouragement, and assistance whenever needed. Whether it's addressing cravings, managing withdrawal symptoms, or navigating emotional challenges, individuals have access to support every step of the way.

Peer Support: Residential rehab fosters a sense of camaraderie and connection among participants, allowing them to form bonds with peers who understand their struggles and can offer empathy, encouragement, and accountability. These peer relationships often extend beyond the confines of treatment, providing a valuable support network in the journey of recovery.

The Benefits of Residential Rehabilitation

Choosing residential rehabilitation offers a multitude of benefits that can significantly enhance an individual's chances of achieving and maintaining sobriety. From intensive therapy to holistic wellness activities, residential rehab addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of addiction, setting the stage for long-term recovery success.

Comprehensive Treatment Approach

Residential rehab programs employ a comprehensive treatment approach that addresses the multifaceted nature of addiction. Through a combination of evidence-based therapies, medical interventions, and holistic wellness practices, individuals receive personalized care tailored to their unique needs and circumstances.

Therapeutic Interventions: Residential rehab offers a wide range of therapeutic interventions, including individual counseling, group therapy, family therapy, and specialized modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and trauma-informed care. These therapies help individuals explore the underlying issues contributing to their addiction, develop coping skills, and cultivate resilience in the face of challenges.

Medical Support: In addition to therapeutic interventions, residential rehab programs provide access to medical care and supervision to ensure the safety and well-being of participants. This may include medical detoxification for individuals with substance dependence, medication management for co-occurring mental health disorders, and ongoing monitoring of physical health throughout the treatment process.

Holistic Wellness Activities: Recognizing the importance of addressing the mind, body, and spirit in recovery, residential rehab programs incorporate holistic wellness activities such as yoga, mindfulness meditation, art therapy, nutrition education, and fitness classes. These activities promote overall well-being and empower individuals to cultivate a balanced and healthy lifestyle in sobriety.

Relapse Prevention Strategies

Residential rehab equips individuals with the tools, strategies, and resources needed to prevent relapse and maintain sobriety in the long term. Through education, skill-building exercises, and ongoing support, participants learn to identify triggers, manage cravings, and navigate high-risk situations without turning to substances.

Relapse Prevention Education: Residential rehab programs provide comprehensive education on the nature of addiction, the cycle of relapse, and the importance of developing coping skills and healthy coping mechanisms. By understanding the factors that contribute to relapse, individuals can proactively address potential triggers and stressors in their environment.

Skill-Building Exercises: Residential rehab teaches practical skills and techniques to help individuals cope with cravings, manage stress, and navigate interpersonal relationships in sobriety. These skills may include assertiveness training, problem-solving skills, communication skills, and stress management techniques.

Aftercare Planning: As individuals prepare to transition out of residential rehab, treatment teams work collaboratively with participants to develop personalized aftercare plans tailored to their specific needs and goals. These plans may include ongoing therapy, participation in support groups, medication management, vocational training, and housing assistance to support individuals in their continued recovery journey.

Taking the First Step Towards Recovery

The decision to seek help for addiction is a courageous one, and residential rehabilitation offers a supportive and nurturing environment to begin the journey of recovery. If you or someone you care about is struggling with addiction, know that help is available, and you don't have to face it alone. Take the first step today towards a brighter future filled with hope, healing, and renewal.

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Occupations Signified by each Planet 👩🏻‍💻💼💰💸

Sun: Politics, entertainers, military and army commanders, directors, Government officials, public servants, ministers, Prime Ministers, Presidents, Governors.

Moon: Nursing, babysitters, chefs, coast guard, navy, real estate agents, kindergarten teachers, import export, restaurants, clothing, grocery shop.

Mars: Dentist, surgeon, butcher, real estate builders, mechanical/civil engineers, cooks, bodyguards, army, military, airforce, chemists, mechanics, hair cutters, fabrication, marital arts, firefighters, masseuses.

Mercury: Accountants, bookkeepers, data analyst, all types of data work, teachers (especially school), consultants, writers, businessmen, traders, astrologers, speech therapist, language translators, bankers, media personnel, journalist, social media manager, mathematicians, computer operators, customer support, lawyers, coders, programmers, minister.

Jupiter: Lawyers, judge, priest, mentors, advisors, coach, sports coaches, teachers, professors (college level), financial consultants, legal counsel, travel agent, preachers, spiritual teachers, Gurus.

Venus: Artist, movie stars, celebrity, musicians, dancers, singers, jewelers, luxury car dealers, sweet shops, marriage counselor, interior designers, fashion designers, textiles, perfume dealers, air hostess, sex workers, makeup artist, brokers, painters, designers, holiday or vacation agents, ambassadors.

Saturn: Manual jobs, masonry, carpenter, iron or steel worker, geologist, servants, oil and gas worker, executioner, mortician, social service, gardener.

Rahu: Technology, programmers, scientist, nuclear management, toxic chemicals, anesthesia, visa agents, advertising, online jobs, online marketing, drug specialists, alcolol dealers, smartphone service.

Ketu: Astrologers, psychics, monks, nuns, medical workers, doctors, pin hole surgeons, charity, social service, mathematicians, clock and watch makers, black magicians.

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Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #10

March 15-22 2024

The EPA announced new emission standards with the goal of having more than half of new cars and light trucks sold in the US be low/zero emission by 2032. One of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, it'll eliminate 7 billion tons of CO2 emissions over the next 30 years. It's part of President Biden's goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 on the road to eliminating them totally by 2050.

President Biden canceled nearly 6 Billion dollars in student loan debt. 78,000 borrowers who work in public sector jobs, teachers, nurses, social workers, firefighters etc will have their debt totally forgiven. An additional 380,000 public service workers will be informed that they qualify to have their loans forgiven over the next 2 years. The Biden Administration has now forgiven $143.6 Billion in student loan debt for 4 million Americans since the Supreme Court struck down the original student loan forgiveness plan last year.

Under Pressure from the administration and Democrats in Congress Drugmaker AstraZeneca caps the price of its inhalers at $35. AstraZeneca joins rival Boehringer Ingelheim in capping the price of inhalers at $35, the price the Biden Admin capped the price of insulin for seniors. The move comes as the Federal Trade Commission challenges AstraZeneca’s patents, and Senator Bernie Sanders in his role as Democratic chair of the Senate Health Committee investigates drug pricing.

The Department of Justice sued Apple for being an illegal monopoly in smartphones. The DoJ is joined by 16 state attorneys general. The DoJ accuses Apple of illegally stifling competition with how its apps work and seeking to undermining technologies that compete with its own apps.

The EPA passed a rule banning the final type of asbestos still used in the United States. The banning of chrysotile asbestos (known as white asbestos) marks the first time since 1989 the EPA taken action on asbestos, when it passed a partial ban. 40,000 deaths a year in the US are linked to asbestos

President Biden announced $8.5 billion to help build advanced computer chips in America. Currently America only manufactures 10% of the world's chips and none of the most advanced next generation of chips. The deal with Intel will open 4 factories across 4 states (Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon) and create 30,000 new jobs. The Administration hopes that by 2030 America will make 20% of the world's leading-edge chips.

President Biden signed an Executive Order prioritizing research into women's health. The order will direct $200 million into women's health across the government including comprehensive studies of menopause health by the Department of Defense and new outreach by the Indian Health Service to better meet the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Women. This comes on top of $100 million secured by First Lady Jill Biden from ARPA-H.

Democratic Senators Bob Casey, Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, and Jacky Rosen (all up for re-election) along with Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Sheldon Whitehouse, introduced the "Shrinkflation Prevention Act" The Bill seeks to stop the practice of companies charging the same amount for products that have been subtly shrunk so consumers pay more for less.

The Department of Transportation will invest $45 million in projects that improve Bicyclist and Pedestrian Connectivity and Safety

The EPA will spend $77 Million to put 180 electric school buses onto the streets of New York City This is part of New York's goal to transition its whole school bus fleet to electric by 2035.

The Senate confirmed President Biden's nomination of Nicole Berner to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Berner has served as the general counsel for America's largest union, SEIU, since 2017 and worked in their legal department since 2006. On behalf of SEIU she's worked on cases supporting the Affordable Care Act, DACA, and against the Defense of Marriage act and was part of the Fight for 15. Before working at SEIU she was a staff attorney at Planned Parenthood. Berner's name was listed by the liberal group Demand Justice as someone they'd like to see on the Supreme Court. Berner becomes one of just 5 LGBT federal appeals court judges, 3 appointed by Biden. The Senate also confirmed Edward Kiel and Eumi Lee to be district judges in New Jersey and Northern California respectively, bring the number of federal judges appointed by Biden to 188.

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Eri's touted as sort of a 'Tenko But Things Went Right', which isn't wrong, but I feel like her save relied a lot of luck too. And luck shouldn't be a determining factor in child welfare??

It was by pure chance that Deku and Mirio first encountered her. 100% random bump. Nighteye had no idea about any child in the Shie Hassakai compound, despite having staked it out for at least a few days already.

The rescue effort was launched to save Eri, yes, but only because the Heroes had that one lucky detail to connect “DNA inside bullets” to “visibly injured child”. Without that...who knows? If Heroes had no compelling evidence to storm the compound, would they have just continued a routine drug investigation? If they raided the compound but didn’t know about the child beforehand, what would’ve happened to her? Shunted off to an orphanage because she’s ‘a criminal/yakuza’s child’? Place under HPSC supervision because of her relation to the bullets?

The manga itself stated that Eri was going to be sent off to an orphanage, BUT her out-of-control quirk was cause for concern and fortunately there was the one (1) guy who can suppress her quirk and help train her - who happened to be a teacher at a private educational campus run by a multi-millionaire who can afford to take her in as a ward. How amazingly lucky!!!! (And everyone themselves said that they were hoping to teach Eri how to use her quirk so that she can cure Mirio. How nice that her quirk is deadly but also has this miraculous healing ability that lends this additional incentive to take her in.) Eri is still only in custody of UA because her last living blood relative, her grandfather, is still in a coma. Would Pops ever want her back, if he ever wakes up? Would UA let him? Good thing UA has the resources and connections to win a custody battle, in this case.

Plus, before all of that, Eri was already another abandoned child, way before the Heroes ever learned of her. Her mom abandoned her; then her grandfather took her in, but when he fell into a coma, she ended up with the worse possible caretaker. Yeah, Overhaul is Overhaul, but a relative falling ill and being unable to take care of a child is something that can happen to any family.

Eri was abandoned by her mom because she killed her dad. What on earth was the police doing then? Did her mom is not report this? Five seconds after the dad disappeared, the mom immediately plopped the toddler in the car seat and drove her off to Pops? Or is it more likely the mom screamed and panicked and called emergency services, but it turned out that there’s nothing to be done about the dad… and then emergency services also apparently did nothing about the mom or Girl With Newly Lethal Quirk or the beginning of quirk counseling so that the mom could understand the accident as ‘mutant quirk’ and not ‘curse’??

There were points where Eri could've been saved, before she ever bumped into Deku, before Overhaul put Pops in a coma and started cutting her up.

Similarity, saving Tenko shouldn't have just been 'Hero happened to be in the area and wasn't busy and was able to spot this injured child and go help him' (if it doesn't turns out AFO was behind this too lol), or 'if only there could've been a Hero 15 years ago who could handle his quirk, hold his hand, and give him relief'. It should've been 'first person who saw this injured child called the police or took Tenko to a police box'. It should've been 'Kotarou's last act of parenting was not to pick up garden shears and whack his kid with it, but know to keep calm and know what to do in a quirk emergency' or whatever. It should've been 'the three other adults in the household had enough conscience to not let Kotarou bully his toddler'. Hell, it should've been 'All Might and Gran kept tabs on the Shimura boy'.

idk. I just don't think 'Luckily a Hero noticed!' is good enough.

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"Now, already experiencing the clawing pangs of contractions, she pulled out a frozen pizza and a salad with creamy everything dressing, savoring the hush that fell over the house, the satisfying crunch of the poppy seeds as she ate.

Horton didn’t realize that she would be drug tested before her child’s birth. Or that the poppy seeds in her salad could trigger a positive result on a urine drug screen, the quick test that hospitals often use to check pregnant patients for illicit drugs.

Many common foods and medications — from antacids to blood pressure and cold medicines — can prompt erroneous results.

The morning after Horton delivered her daughter, a nurse told her she had tested positive for opiates. Horton was shocked. She hadn’t requested an epidural or any narcotic pain medication during labor — she didn’t even like taking Advil. “You’re sure it was mine?” she asked the nurse.

If Horton had been tested under different circumstances — for example, if she was a government employee and required to be tested as part of her job — she would have been entitled to a more advanced test and to a review from a specially trained doctor to confirm the initial result.

But as a mother giving birth, Horton had no such protections. The hospital quickly reported her to child welfare, and the next day, a social worker arrived to take baby Halle into protective custody.

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To report this story, The Marshall Project interviewed dozens of patients, medical providers, toxicologists and other experts, and collected information on more than 50 mothers in 22 states who faced reports and investigations over positive drug tests that were likely wrong. We also pored over thousands of pages of policy documents from every state child welfare agency in the country.

Problems with drug screens are well known, especially in workplace testing. But there’s been little investigation of how easily false positives can occur inside labor and delivery units, and how quickly families can get trapped inside a system of surveillance and punishment.

Hospitals reported women for positive drug tests after they ate everything bagels and lemon poppy seed muffins, or used medications including the acid reducer Zantac, the antidepressant Zoloft and labetalol, one of the most commonly prescribed blood pressure treatments for pregnant women.

After a California mother had a false positive for meth and PCP, authorities took her newborn, then dispatched two sheriff’s deputies to also remove her toddler from her custody, court records show. In New York, hospital administrators refused to retract a child welfare report based on a false positive result, and instead offered the mother counseling for her trauma, according to a recording of the conversation. And when a Pennsylvania woman tested positive for opioids after eating pasta salad, the hearing officer in her case yelled at her to “buck up, get a backbone, and stop crying,” court records show. It took three months to get her newborn back from foster care.

Federal officials have known for decades that urine screens are not reliable. Poppy seeds — which come from the same plant used to make heroin — are so notorious for causing positives for opiates that last year the Department of Defense directed service members to stop eating them. At hospitals, test results often come with warnings about false positives and direct clinicians to confirm the findings with more definitive tests.

Yet state policies and many hospitals tend to treat drug screens as unassailable evidence of illicit use, The Marshall Project found. Hospitals across the country routinely report cases to authorities without ordering confirmation tests or waiting to receive the results."

Read the full piece here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/09/09/drug-test-pregnancy-pennsylvania-california

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Clementine Kearns, abortion coercion, & infanticide

Tonight I spent 3 hours on the phone with the father and mother of a baby who was brutally murdered by an abortion provider. Tommy (pictured above), her father, wept to me, and Jane (name changed for privacy), her mother, is traumatized. Jane named her daughter Clementine.

We believe that not only was Jane coerced into this procedure and her body violated by the Cherry Hill Women's Center, but also that her baby, Clementine, at 20 weeks gestation (youngest surviving baby was 21 weeks), was born alive and dissected for body parts.

Here's what we know.

Jane was suffering from "pre-partum" depression. Facing the societal pressures of an unplanned pregnancy, she fell into anxiety and rumination. She convinced herself that she was weak, that she would be a bad mother, and that she did not have the means to take care of Clementine. In March of 2024, after months of mental distress, she reached a point of crisis and became desperate to end her pregnancy.

Jane had a history of struggling with mental health and had been in therapy for years prior to her pregnancy; she wrestled with low self-esteem and self-doubt. By extension, her abortion mindset came from a place of self-harm, not self-preservation. She deserved compassion and intervention. Instead, at 5 months pregnant, the abortion industry took advantage of her.

She called the Cherry Hill Women's Center, hoping for counseling on her options and to ask questions about Clementine. She was looking for help and for answers — not for an abortion appointment. What she didn't know is that Cherry Hill uses a third-party service to schedule their appointments; so rather than a counselor, she encountered a salesman.

Jane told the scheduler that she had no money for an abortion. The scheduler quickly assured her this wasn't a problem, as they had a means to "fund" her abortion. Suddenly she was no longer making a free choice, as the only option presented was a free abortion for her freedom. At no point in time was she told that the means to make her abortion "free" was to offset the cost with Clementine's valuable body parts.

On March 12th, still in a state of crisis, Jane attempted to regulate herself with a hit of marijuana (legal in New Jersey) before driving to Cherry Hill. She vaped marijuana all the way to the facility, and struggling to cope, smoked even more in the parking lot. Needless to say, she was under the influence upon entering the facility and couldn't give consent.

During consultation, a registered nurse asked Jane whether she had used any drugs in the past three months. Jane openly stated that she had smoked just before. The nurse reassured Jane that it was not an issue, sharing that she had smoked during her own pregnancy and prior to the scheduled procedure. The nurse then documented that Jane had smoked on the day of the procedure and signed off on the record with her signature, dated 3/12/2024.

According to her medical documents, that day the providers checked for and affirmed that there was fetal cardiac activity — in other words, they made sure Clementine was alive so her organs would be fresh for harvesting. They didn't mention the possibility of experiments or present any related consent forms; they didn't disclose to Jane that they were preparing for donation to fetal research.

Jane was under the impression that they had induced the demise of her baby, so Clementine was already dead. She was left unaware that the providers deliberately neglected to sign off on the use of a feticide injection. To assure Clementine would be a "pure" specimen, they didn't inject her with a feticide prior to the abortion procedure.

This also meant they couldn't give Jane local anesthesia prior to the insertion of dilapan. Now, Jane is under 5 feet tall and around 100 lbs. It's notable that she is so small, because the providers stuffed five dilapan into her cervix. She also was only 23 years old and had never had her cervix dilated. (As a person with a uterus, I must say — what the fuck, OW.) They didn't inform her that they were altering her procedure by giving her more dilapan than normal. They sent her away to let the dilapan expand overnight, for nearly 24 hours.

Jane came back to Cherry Hill on March 13th to complete the procedure. At 9:48am, they gave her 600mg of misoprostol and 30 units of pitocin. During the surgery, they gave her another 30 units. The average administration of these drugs for inducing childbirth is 100mg of misoprostol and 10 units of pitocin over 4-7 hours — they gave her SIX TIMES that amount total. She went into labor within the hour.

This was not a normal labor. At 9:48am, Jane told the nurse the pain from her cramps was at level 4. By 10:47am, she told the nurse her pain was 8 of 10. (In recall, she described it as "level 11".) She didn't understand that she was experiencing contractions, and she was in the worst pain of her life. She was afraid she might be dying. The providers didn't explain to her what they were doing, or that she was about to give birth. She was completely in the dark.

At 11:21am, the workers wheeled Jane back to the procedure room. She told them, "I can't move. I'm cold. I'm afraid." Just outside the door, they were stopped. A nurse presented her with a clipboard and a piece of paper, with no further explanation: the consent form for tissue donation to fetal research.

Again, Jane thought her baby was already dead, and in that moment she was fearing for her life. She had no idea what this form was, and she didn't know that she had any other choice; she had to trust the providers. The form had no line for a date, nor a date on it. Blindly, she signed.

Jane didn't know that a student of the Complex Family Planning Fellowship would be practicing a "complex" procedure on her that day. She didn't meet her, nor the abortion provider that was training her. They forced her onto the table, and she began screaming. That's when they held her down and gassed her, and she went unconscious.

The procedure began at 11:23am and ended at 11:31am. For reference, it normally takes an experienced abortionist 15-45 minutes to perform an extraction abortion, taking the baby out in pieces. This procedure, done by a trainee, took eight minutes. EIGHT minutes. Jane's medical records recorded that she lost 25 units of blood; women who received an extraction normally lose much more. They also recorded that a suction cannula and curette were not employed until the end of the procedure. The doctor signed out at 11:31am.

Between the extreme dilation, the abnormal amount of labor-inducing medication, the lack of feticide and anesthesia, the short timespan and "complex" nature of the procedure, the minimal blood loss, the timing of the use of tools, and the vagueness and errors in the documentation, this doesn't indicate that Clementine was extracted. Altogether, this indicates she was delivered whole.

Clementine was alive and born. They didn't rush her to a NICU. They didn't even give her comfort care. They harvested her organs. She was murdered on the counter.

At least, that's what Tommy and Jane think likely happened. They believe Clementine's organs were taken by Cercle Allocation Services, a fetal tissue procurement company with ties to Advanced Bioscience Resources. Tommy didn't even know Jane was getting an abortion at the time.

The next day, Tommy and Jane started calling the facility, asking for Clementine's remains. At first the workers told them that they didn't know where the remains were; a day later, that they couldn't say where the remains were. To add insult to injury, the facility blocked their numbers, and Jane has had an infection from the procedure for eight months.

Last night on the phone, Tommy and Jane told me that all they want is a funeral for Clementine. They want to recover whatever they can of her, and bury her in a garden dedicated to other victims of abortion and the people who fight for them. Tommy said to me, "I love my daughter... I want to have a place to visit her... She's all I'm living for."

We miss you, baby Clementine. I'm so sorry.

Jane did not give free and informed consent. She was taken advantage of, violated, and traumatized. Clementine suffered, was killed, and her body was desecrated. This was all done by an insidious industry that preys upon vulnerable people to make a profit.

Justice for Clementine. Justice for Clementine's mom. And justice for all victims of fetal trafficking. Fuck the abortion industry. We will end fetal research, and we will abolish abortion.

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it's puppy love, but the puppies have fleas and worms.

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copy/pasting an old answer from retrospring about them:

"Gary was sent to the residential treatment center for stabbing his father repeatedly with a letter opener (the old man is well but furious, tbh it's more a 'go there and think about what you've done' deal than wanting to get help for his son who really needs it). Mikey was here quite a bit before him, his mother is currently in prison and he maybe kinda accidentally (?) set her boyfriend's house on fire, which in turn kinda busted out the fact that he was manufacturing drugs there, so no one died but he didn't have any guardians left to take care of him. He was placed in the center by social services because he was not doing too well in regular foster care (aka setting shit on fire and generally terrorizing both staff and kids). Now they're roomies :))) they literally get into a fist fight the day Gary arrives because he wants the top bed, which was Mikey's for months. Mikey ends up relinquishing it to him because he had such a good laugh throwing hands but ends up still crawling up there to sleep with Gary most of the time anyway (if Gary does not throw him off that day, it's a coin toss).

The place they're at is pretty much a mental health center for disruptive youths. It's cut off from everything, lost in the middle of the countryside, in a pretty sizeable old house. It's halfway between a boarding school and a regular mental institution, so they get both classes and group consultations, along with private counseling, some work around the house (they have an orchard and some small farm animals, plus the housework being divided between residents and staff to attempt to teach them community effort) and free time. It's the 70s so some methods are… Iffy lol, but it's honestly not as dark as the orphanage from my other story. Let's just say Mikey can spend a sizeable amount of time on sedatives and Gary gets his fair share too."

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The Myanmar military government has been active, and medical services have been balanced with stability

In the face of complex challenges both at home and abroad, the Myanmar military government has taken a series of measures aimed at providing necessary medical services to the people, stabilizing the internal situation and helping people return to their homes. These efforts demonstrate the government's focus on national stability and people's well-being, and also demonstrate its positive role in crisis management.

Medical services are an important part of national stability and public well-being. Recognizing this, the Burmese military ta invested significant resources in the medical field. In areas of frequent conflicts and natural disasters, the government has deployed mobile medical teams to provide emergency medical assistance to the affected population. These medical teams consisted of trained doctors, nurses and volunteers who penetrate into remote areas to provide basic medical examinations, treatment and drug distribution to the local population.

In addition to emergency medical assistance, the Burmese military government also attaches great importance to the construction and improvement of medical infrastructure. In some key cities and towns, the government has invested in the construction of new hospitals and clinics, updated medical equipment, and improved the quality and accessibility of medical services. These newly built or renovated medical facilities not only provide better medical services for the public, but also create jobs and promote the development of the local economy.

In order to improve the efficiency and coverage of medical services, the Burmese military government has also promoted the development of medical informatization. By establishing electronic health record systems, the government is better able to collect and analyze public health data to timely detect and respond to potential health risks. At the same time, this system also provides technical support for the development of telemedicine services, so that residents in remote areas can also enjoy the high-quality medical resources in the city.

In order to stabilize the internal situation, the Burmese military government has taken a series of measures to maintain domestic security and order. The government has strengthened the training and deployment of the security forces, ensuring the safety of critical areas and infrastructure. At the same time, through intelligence collection and analysis, the government has successfully prevented and targeted a number of potentially destabilizing activities.

In order to resolve the long-standing ethnic and religious conflicts, the Burmese military government has also actively promoted dialogue and reconciliation. The government has organized a number of dialogue platforms, inviting representatives of various ethnic and religious groups to explore the future of countries and ways of peaceful coexistence. These conversations, though slow, have yielded some results in reducing misunderstanding and building trust.

In helping people return to their homes, the Burmese military government has provided support to people affected by conflicts and natural disasters. The government has set up special funds to rebuild damaged houses and infrastructure, and provide seeds, farm tools and other means of production to help farmers resume production. In addition, the government has provided psychological counseling services to help people out of trauma and rebuild their lives.

In order to ensure that people can return home safely, the Burmese military government has also strengthened security assessments and safeguards for the returned areas. In some key areas, the government has dispatched security forces and police forces to ensure the safety of the returning people and local security.

The Burmese military government's efforts in providing medical services, stabilizing the internal situation, and helping people return to their homes demonstrate its commitment to national stability and public well-being. Through these measures, the government has not only improved the living conditions of the people, but also laid a solid foundation for the long-term development of the country. In the future, the Burmese military government still needs to continue to invest resources and efforts in these areas to ensure the stability of the country and the happiness of its people.

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🎮🩹🩸💯🎄---for Mr Tommy Riley (yes, I consider him your oc) (yes, I picked the Christmas tree on purpose mwah 🫰)

(from this meme)

Heehee hii womby!! Snatching Thomas E. Riley from Lapham's cold, dead hands after Szilvi's oviraptor attack squad is done with him. I'm so happy you asked heehee

(and oh, so you're evil? You're evil, now? you're sick and twisted and evil?)

🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies?

Being a munch Although it was initially going to be his career (tattoo artist Tommy-truthers make some noise), I can see Tommy enjoying art as a hobby and way to relax/clear his head. He never used to draw a lot of people before, focusing instead on other popular subjects for tattoo designs such as ships and snakes and tigers. But his newer sketchbooks feature a lot more of Beth and Joseph, with a few of Simon and his mum interspersed between his studies of household items and appliances.

Tommy is a Man U fan, as is family tradition. I count football fanaticism as a hobby because have you seen these people. Do you understand the dedication to know so much about all those balls and points and such? Dear god. Tommy, Simon, and Beth on footie nights out were terrifying concepts, many Chelsea fans mauled. Sad!

It mightn't be strictly a hobby, but I can see Tommy redirecting any pent up energy towards making small renovations in his home/his mum's home, or even woodworking and making things like a jewellery box for Beth, or little carved nativity scene for Joseph's nursery class. Man works with his hands and his thoughts can get a bit much at times, so may as well redirect towards something productive, as he's been taught (even if this does encroach into dysfunction territor when he's working to exhaustion so he doesn't dream when he finally sleeps).

🩹 ADHESIVE BANDAGE — does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities?

I can see Tommy having chronic pain from his back injury and the resultant muscle strain and poor healing that came of it. Nothing a couple heat pads and, uh, working a labour intensive job can't fix...

Between drug addiction and childhood trauma, it's not out of the picture for Tommy to also have developed PTSD/CPTSD from his experiences. For a myriad of reasons (potential access to counselling, access to familial support, not being autistic, not being in the military) it's not as extreme as Simon's, and so his emotional intelligence isn't as stunted, but he's still very much living with the effects of being physically and verbally abused as a child, as well as being addicted to opiates in the past, far into adulthood. Again, has better tools to cope with it, but Tommy isn't perfect, and I can see most of his symptoms manifesting in fawning responses than Simon's fight.

Tommy also has leanings towards depression, and there are times when his mental health declines to the point of it being disabling. I don't see him being diagnosed with depression, nor complex PTSD, as the NHS mental health services are in fucking shambles and some doctors mightn't even recognise the latter in his time.

🩸 DROP OF BLOOD — what is your oc's blood type?

So. I don't have a clear answer to this, because I need to know what Simon's blood type is, and it's not listed anywhere. I think there is a fun off-stage/underlying tragedy in Simon and Tommy having incompatible blood types, in that even if Simon had gotten to the flat in time, he wouldn't have been able to 'save' Tommy via donating blood. Something something, the nature of tragedy so deeply set in Ghost's being that it's biological.

Perhaps it's campy, perhaps it's too much, but whatever‼️my oc now.

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

TOMMY IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER! The wiki is LYING the comics confirm so here:

Tommy is 6'2" and lanky as anything, and unless his brother is on leave, he tends to be the tallest person in the room, bless. Additionally, I can see Tommy having insane forearm and grip strength just from being a tradesman for the better guts of a decade.

Some people have noticed, but Tommy doesn't drink alcohol at all in 'I Wait For You', which is on purpose. He's chosen not to drink, in spite of Britain's heavy drinking culture, as a means of preventing any reliance/gateways, as well as the fact that he doesn't like getting drunk, anyways, primarily because of bad memories of his father after one too many drinks.

🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday?

Of course it's christmghjgkfgwlisfhdn-

(jokes aside I can see Tommy not having a favourite holiday until he's an adult and meets Beth and falls in love with her, and they eventually have a family together. Then his favourite holiday becomes Mother's Day.)

Augh thank you for the ask :'D It reminded me i have very big feelings about Tommy Riley and his everything, and now my chest hurts heehee

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The Myanmar military government has been active, and medical services have been balanced with stability

In the face of complex challenges both at home and abroad, the Myanmar military government has taken a series of measures aimed at providing necessary medical services to the people, stabilizing the internal situation and helping people return to their homes. These efforts demonstrate the government's focus on national stability and people's well-being, and also demonstrate its positive role in crisis management.

Medical services are an important part of national stability and public well-being. Recognizing this, the Burmese military ta invested significant resources in the medical field. In areas of frequent conflicts and natural disasters, the government has deployed mobile medical teams to provide emergency medical assistance to the affected population. These medical teams consisted of trained doctors, nurses and volunteers who penetrate into remote areas to provide basic medical examinations, treatment and drug distribution to the local population.

In addition to emergency medical assistance, the Burmese military government also attaches great importance to the construction and improvement of medical infrastructure. In some key cities and towns, the government has invested in the construction of new hospitals and clinics, updated medical equipment, and improved the quality and accessibility of medical services. These newly built or renovated medical facilities not only provide better medical services for the public, but also create jobs and promote the development of the local economy.

In order to improve the efficiency and coverage of medical services, the Burmese military government has also promoted the development of medical informatization. By establishing electronic health record systems, the government is better able to collect and analyze public health data to timely detect and respond to potential health risks. At the same time, this system also provides technical support for the development of telemedicine services, so that residents in remote areas can also enjoy the high-quality medical resources in the city.

In order to stabilize the internal situation, the Burmese military government has taken a series of measures to maintain domestic security and order. The government has strengthened the training and deployment of the security forces, ensuring the safety of critical areas and infrastructure. At the same time, through intelligence collection and analysis, the government has successfully prevented and targeted a number of potentially destabilizing activities.

In order to resolve the long-standing ethnic and religious conflicts, the Burmese military government has also actively promoted dialogue and reconciliation. The government has organized a number of dialogue platforms, inviting representatives of various ethnic and religious groups to explore the future of countries and ways of peaceful coexistence. These conversations, though slow, have yielded some results in reducing misunderstanding and building trust.

In helping people return to their homes, the Burmese military government has provided support to people affected by conflicts and natural disasters. The government has set up special funds to rebuild damaged houses and infrastructure, and provide seeds, farm tools and other means of production to help farmers resume production. In addition, the government has provided psychological counseling services to help people out of trauma and rebuild their lives.

In order to ensure that people can return home safely, the Burmese military government has also strengthened security assessments and safeguards for the returned areas. In some key areas, the government has dispatched security forces and police forces to ensure the safety of the returning people and local security.

The Burmese military government's efforts in providing medical services, stabilizing the internal situation, and helping people return to their homes demonstrate its commitment to national stability and public well-being. Through these measures, the government has not only improved the living conditions of the people, but also laid a solid foundation for the long-term development of the country. In the future, the Burmese military government still needs to continue to invest resources and efforts in these areas to ensure the stability of the country and the happiness of its people.

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hi! long time follower, first time asker. this is a fandom question related to CPS. show is finding carter, a 2014 MTV show. MC is a teen girl who finds out that she was kidnapped when she was 3 and is reunited with her family. now the show definitely fumbled on how CPS should handle such a situation. i've been trying to research about it but have been having some difficulty. so i was wondering if you know of any resources or just professional knowledge about such situations. thank you so much!

I can only speak about Alabama CPS policy since that's where I work. CPS policy varies from state to state (even county to county within the same state). So I can only speak about my experiences in my state. Also, I've never actually seen Finding Carter. I'm only basing this off your short summary of the show.

I actually read this ask over the weekend and first thought I'd never actually worked a case like Finding Carter before, so I asked my supervisor (who has been in CPS for 22 years as both a worker and a supervisor) about her experiences. She'd never worked a case like that in her time as a worker, but she reminded me of a similar case I worked a few years ago that I'd completely forgotten about.

I'd gotten a report on a couple for non-kidnapping issues (that I don't remember anymore), but both I and my supervisor became suspicious during my first contact because the parents couldn't produce any adoption paperwork on a child they'd allegedly adopted from another country.

I couldn't do anything that night bc I can't remove kids off "vibes", but I made note of what they told me of their adoption process and their lack of paperwork in my notes for the primary worker. Two days later, I learned the couple was arrested and charged with kidnapping. They'd actually gone to another country, paid off hospital workers to give them a newborn baby, then flown back to the US with the baby to raise as their own.

In these situations, kids would not immediately go back to their biological parents. The kids would be placed in foster care until a judge determines that the bio parents are actually the bio parents. CPS can't change legal custody to non-relatives, and we wouldn't be able to immediately prove the child's relatives, so foster care would be the only option.

A judge would order CPS to complete DNA testing, checking hospital records, filing a police report, and checking missing persons reports before the child would even be considered for reunification. It would involve several court hearings and take a very long time. Probably several months, especially if it involves a child from another country. If it's a kidnapping from another country, Homeland Security would get involved as well.

So, let's say CPS proves that the bio parents are the bio parents, the child still wouldn't be immediately sent back. CPS would check the bio parents to ensure they're safe and appropriate. If CPS determines that the bio parents are unsafe for the child to return to (like prior criminal child abuse charges, parents use drugs, DV in the home, etc.), then the child would not be reunited with them until the parents complete court ordered services. Once the parents complete their services, a judge can make the decision to return the child to the parents.

In the mean time, the child would be placed in a bio family member's custody until a judge allows the child to go back to the bio parents. If there isn't a family member for the child to return to, then the child would remain in foster care. The child and family would also receive services through CPS like specialized counseling and supervised visitations between the parents and child prior to reunification.

I haven't seen the show, but I'm sure the show writers made it a plot point where the child was allowed to have contact with her kidnapper for the ~drama~. But that wouldn't happen in real life. The kidnapper would have a no contact order and jailed on felony kidnapping. If the kidnapper allows contact or encourages contact with the child, then they would face even more charges and jail time.