CONWAY — A new training program offered at Memorial Hospital offers up-to-date information from experts in the field about addiction and methods to help people successfully recover from the disease.
On Monday, about 15 people attended the first of two Responding to Addiction training sessions at Memorial's Whitaker Education Room.
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Robin Eldridge Hain (left) listens Trisha Jacobson talks about what to say to a person when you think they may have an addiction during a workshop on Responding to Addiction at Memorial Hospital in North Conway on Monday. (TERRY LEAVITT PHOTO)
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