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Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcia's high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didn't have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression, and addiction, Garcia said she found hope and help through an unlikely source: a peer support spe...

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcia's high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didn't have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression, and addiction, Garcia said she found hope and help through an unlikely source: a peer support spe...

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcia's high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didn't have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression, and addiction, Garcia said she found hope and help through an unlikely source: a peer support spe...

The Ottawa Public Library is exploring additional security supports in library branches across the city, as the number of reported incidents continues to rise.

Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center (HVMHC) is excited to invite the Winona community to its ice cream social and open house on Tuesday, May 30, from 4-6 p.m. at its