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Families in Recovery to hold additional weekly support meeting in Middleburg MIDDLEBURG — The Susquehanna Valley Mediation’s Families in Recovery program is adding a second location for weekly support group meetings in Snyder County. The program, supported with funding from Snyder and Union counties, is open to anyone in recovery from addiction and their family members. Beginning Thursday, weekly meetings will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Walking Free Clubhouse, 8183 Route 522, Middleburg. Meetings will also continue every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at 18 Market St., Lewisburg. ...

Good father makes for bad husband

Dear Annie: I have been married for more than 24 years, and we have three wonderful daughters. My husband has always been a wonderful father and an OK husband. However, he has always treated me with a lot of disrespect, and over the years, I always brushed it off because he was such a great dad to my daughters and because he provided everything for me. But as we all get older, he is treating our youngest daughter in the same way as he has treated me. This is upsetting her every day, and I have told him numerous times to stop, and he just continues to do this. I am ready to leave ...

Use of gabapentin causes great concern

DEAR DR. ROACH: Am I a doomed man? When I was 25, I survived a battle with testicular cancer. The good news is that 45 years later, after two kids and three grandkids, I’m in good health. The only medicine I take is gabapentin for peripheral neuropathy that was caused by the chemotherapy drugs I received during the cancer treatment. One or more of these drugs caused neuropathy in my feet. A neurologist prescribed 800 mg three times a day, and I took this for about 15 years. As I got older, it became 800 mg four times a day. As I talk to people, they seem shocked that I’m still ...

Wearing yellow lenses could help with driving

Dear Heloise: After having cataract surgery, I was about ready to give up driving at night because of bright headlights. I happened upon yellow lens glasses in a drugstore and bought a pair. Problem solved! I wouldn’t think of driving at night without them. They are also amazing when driving on busy highways in the rain. –– H.C., Lafayette, La. SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise@Heloise.com Dear Heloise: I read with interest the advice about protecting one’s toothbrush from the dreadful splash of toilet flushes, but who flushes their toilet with an open lid? The toilet is a ...

Horoscope

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Rewards will be dispersed. Because you enjoy being a witness to the thriving of those who clearly deserve their rewards, your heart will be full. You’re also well aware that it is impossible to really know who deserves what. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your self-criticism is an indicator of how much you hold yourself to impossibly high standards. Please remember, your value isn’t diminished by a bad habit or a tough day. You are so much more than the sum of your self-assessment. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When it comes to positivity, some people thrive on ...

Today in History

Today is Monday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2025. There are 352 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House over the violent Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol, becoming the only president to be twice impeached; ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection.” (Trump would again be acquitted by the Senate in a vote after his term was over.) Also on this date: In 1733, James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, while ...