1.   And her heroin use had lasted only six months, compared with a decade or more for most recovering addicts taking methadone.

2.   For newly recovering addicts, the daily structure of receiving methadone -- a drug that eliminates withdrawal and lowers the craving for heroin -- is necessary.

3.   Like Strawberry, they are recovering drug addicts.

4.   Recent triple-drug treatments to suppress HIV, which are getting to a sizable fraction of addicts and recovering addicts, may increase that lag.

5.   San Francisco officials took the unusual step of turning to a former prostitute and recovering heroin addict to design a program to combat prostitution-related crimes.

6.   The neighborhood had reached its own bottom six years ago when recovering addicts moved into this unlikely haven, where legions of crack and heroin dealers choked the streets.

7.   The plaintiffs are individual landlords, The Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington and Oxford House Inc., which provides housing for recovering drug addicts.

8.   Thus the city agencies that take on workfare clients will have to contend with many more recovering addicts like Banchieri.

9.   Many researchers believe it is the best hope for recovering heroin addicts, allowing them to hold down jobs and contribute to society.

10.   The researchers said this pathway in the brain might offer one explanation into the biochemistry of how recovering drug addicts can relapse easily.