A Former Hedge Fund Trader Says Wall Street Is Like 'the Wire'

A former hedge fund trader says Wall Street is like 'The Wire'
My experience with drugs and alcohol allowed me to recognize my pursuit of wealth as an addiction. The years of work I did with my counselor helped me heal the parts of myself that felt damaged and inadequate, so that I had enough of a core sense of …
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Taunton to review pot dispensary proposal
"There will be rooms with contracted massage therapists, acupuncturists, reiki practitioners, nutritional counselors." Greene, who has a background in herbal … Methadone is a prescription drug used to treat heroin addiction. Many in city government …
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Johnson Park program helps moms, kids stay together
But it's hard to stay sober in the same environment in which she used drugs, and child protective services might intervene, she said. "Some of them still end up losing their children," she said. Since November, Johnson … The women receive substance …
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faith project offers prostitutes housing, hope
This year, the Peacemakers are bringing that ministry indoors with a new program offering two years of housing, life and job skills, intensive counseling and other services aimed at extricating women from the sex trade. "We were … The shared housing …
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