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New recovery facility opens doors in Point Breeze Center that gets drug users back on their feet the brainchild of One Day At A Time and Yesha Ministries By Grace Maiorano 6287+ 3+,//< 5(9,(:
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Last week, Mel Wells, president of addiction recovery program One Day At A Time, along with Bishop James Darrell Robinson, pastor and founder of Yesha Ministries, officially commemorated the opening of their collective project, Recovered Dormitories â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a newly renovated co-ed recovery facility located at 1712 Point Breeze Ave.
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