Actress Meredith Baxter is an iconic television star, best known as mom, Elise Keaton on the award-winning “Family Ties” show. Behind the bright smile and seemingly perfect life however, she dealt with alcoholism, breast cancer, an abusive relationship with former husband, actor David Birney, and when it was all over, picked up the pieces to move on. Baxter, who authored “Untied: A Memoir of ...

Karrie Bick walked a long road to recovery.

Dan Lynch graduated from Casa Grande High School in 1992. Like a lot of 18-year olds, he wasn't sure what he wanted for his future. He partied and worked various odd-jobs, including the old Toys & Hobbies shop on North McDowell Boulevard. He took classes at Santa Rosa Junior College, and eventually married. He had a daughter. But drug addiction, alcoholism and an inability to find a direction ...

FOR most of the 46 years of his married life, Jim Tilley has studied his wife Maggie like a yachtsman reads the wind - for signs of change or storm.