Havre de Grace NewsLocal news for Havre de Grace, MD continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.At 83, Father Martin still speaking to pain of addiction- July 1, 2008 His comeback was the worst-kept secret at Ashley.After a six-month absence, an ailing Father Joseph Martin returned recently to what has been called the Betty Ford Clinic of the East Coast - Father Martin's Ashley. Arriving in his wheelchair, he waited for the applause and standing ovation to yield before speaking to 80 patients at the addiction treatment center he co-founded near Havre de Grace.One more time, the 83-year-old priest spoke of the symptoms of sobriety - the ways patients know...http://www.topix.net/city/havre-de-grace-md/2008/06/at-83-father-martin-still-speaking-to-... |