Addiction Interventions

Promises Treatment Centers Finds Addiction Interventions Particularly Powerful ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Do they ban the addict from the holiday festivities? Should they allow the addict to ruin another get-together? Fortunately, there is another option. Staging an addiction intervention confronts the problem head-on, helping the addict get the treatment ...
'Addict' hits school stage
El Dorado Hills Telegraph
By Eileen Wilson, Telegraph Correspondent By Eileen Wilson Addiction is nothing new. Since man discovered mind-altering properties of various plants and herbs thousands of years ago, addiction has been part of the culture. And, while the drug of choice ...
From alcoholism to homelessness [Delaware Online News Video]
delawareonline.com
Bryan Harrison is confident he could find a solid white-collar job again tomorrow...as long as he can keep his alcohol addiction in the past. For now, he's employed at the Sunday Breakfast Mission. (11/27/11) Camera: Suchat Pederson Editor: Ashley ...
Sick, alcoholic husband weighing her down
Chicago Sun-Times
She says John is an alcoholic. “Fifteen years ago, he was caught driving under the influence with our son in the car. The Department of Children and Family Services became involved, and he had to leave our home for a week. It was so embarrassing. ...
Drug Addict Overcomes 20 Years of Substance Abuse
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Reflections in Recovery will encourage and inspire those suffering from alcoholism and drug abuse that they too can find an escape. Ten years ago, Ed Houston was homeless and a full-time heroin addict with a hundred-dollar-a-day habit. ...
Alcoholic teen hit passer-by
Plymouth Herald
AN ALCOHOLIC teenager, who was part of a gang of youths, punched a passer-by in an unprovoked attack, a court heard. Gemma Baker, aged 19, hit the man after her friend snatched his headphones, Plymouth Magistrates' Court was told. ...
Alcoholic died day after she gave up vodka
Cambridge News
An alcoholic who decided it was time to “come off the vodka” died just a day after going cold turkey, an inquest heard. Sandra Moulton, 63, was staying with a friend, Kevin O'Donovan, who is also analcoholic, when she died. ...
Could a new game violence study and potential game addiction disorder affect ...
VentureBeat
At the same time, News.com Australia reported that mental health professionals in Australia are considering video game addiction and internet addition as official mental disorders. These studies are far from definitive, given the large volume of game ...
TI Salutes Eminem for Helping Him Overcome Drug Addiction
Billboard
Unfortunately, what started out as medical aid quickly turned into an addiction. Fearing he had a developed drug problem, TI reached out Eminem (who has famously dealt with addiction himself), for advice. "I asked him how he knew he was an addict," TI ...
Priests and Porn Addiction - A Full Scale Farce
Huffington Post (blog)
I've grown weary of the latest catch-all phrases such as porn addiction and sex addict. All too often when the reality of a person's private life begins to unravel and the truth begins to shine through, we allow them to hide behind contemporary ...
MORANO: Drug addiction needs attention
Yale Daily News
Perhaps someday soon at Yale we may no longer walk the streets in constant fear, and our neighbors living the nightmare of addiction in adjacent impoverished communities may also be able finally to breathe a sigh of relief as they welcome the ...
PTSD in Military Women Can Put Them at Risk For Eating Disorders And Addiction
PR Newswire (press release)
29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often leads to other mental health disorders, namely eating disorders, addiction and even suicide. Recently, one of the highest ranking officials in the Army, Gen. ...
Girl kidnapped by drug addict mom
News24
Her mother is a drug addict and a prostitute, said Nicole Siffing, a friend of the family. The little girl was snatched from her classroom by her mother after sneaking past teachers. Raynard has a dark complexion, between 1.4-5m tall and was last seen ...
'Cowardly' drug addict who threatened to rape elderly woman jailed
stv.tv
The 22-year-old drug addict attacked the pensioner, grabbing her round the throat and leaving her struggling for breath, before pushing her over the arm of a chair. Green stole £300 from his victim but then handed back £10 when she asked him to leave ...
Heroine addict burglar left his name at crime scene
Sunderland Echo
A HAPLESS burglar with an “appalling record” was caught red-handed when he dropped personal documents while raiding a student house. Paul McGill was caught after he dropped the documents, which had his name written on them, at the property in Gilesgate ...
Firewood fund-raiser supports local addiction recovery program
Canada.com
By Lise Broadley, Comox Valley Echo November 29, 2011 Comox Valley residents can now heat their homes while providing care, shelter and treatment for women recovering from drug and alcoholaddiction. Staff at Dove Creek Timber have partnered with ...
Fewer teens smoking, but binge drinking still a concern
Toronto Star
By Megan Ogilvie Health Reporter Fewer Ontario teens are getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol and teen smoking is at an all-time low in the province, according to new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. ...
Losing Control
CullmanSense
Drug addiction and alcoholism seem to be the most recognized addictions. Never forget though that prescription drugs, sex, relationships, food, work and even religion can be addictive. Any substance or behavior that one uses to medicate unwelcome ...
Peeling the Layers of Confidentiality in Addiction Treatment | The ...
By Cynthia M. Tuohy
In some treatment centers, the intake, screening and evaluation process is performed by new or inexperienced interns and addiction professionals due to the economics of the facility and treatment budgets. With more complex clients/patients ...
The Partnership at Drugfree.org
Hooked: A Christian Response to Porn Addiction (1-Hour Training ...
By Luke Gilkerson
Hooked: A Christian Response to Porn Addiction (1-Hour Training Video). You can now see the complete recording of our recent webinar, “Hooked: A Christian Response to Porn Addiction.” This webinar was designed for anyone who is ...
Covenant Eyes
10 Days As a Skyrim Widow: The Dark Side of Gaming Addiction ...
Furthermore, I found out the so-called "experts" have refused to classify video game addiction as a real addiction, so I decided to keep a daily journal of Mike's actions, hoping to capture a real case study of a descent into video game addiction that would finally wake them up, and maybe win me some kind of science prize. ... If he can't even notice something that fat jumping on his lap, soon enough he will be just like those gaming addict couples that neglect their starving kids. It's scary ...
Cracked: All Posts
After the DSK Affair, France Discovers Sex Addiction « News Hub ...
By NewsHubToday
“This addiction means that the addict will prefer sexual behavior to any other form of social behavior or other activity. As with addictions to alcohol or cigarettes, an addict can't stop,” Professor Thibaut explains. Every time the addict is overcome ...
News Hub Today
Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment | Recovery Connection
Addiction treatment for substance abuse provides the foundation to live drug free, ... and drugaddiction provides the addict with the foundation, the information, .... specializes in the treatment of drug addiction, alcoholism and dual diagnosis. ...
www.recoveryconnection.org/substance-abuse-addiction-treat...
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Families are the silent victims of addiction

Families are the silent victims of addiction
Private Healthcare UK
Anyone who has lived with an alcoholic or drug addict knows what a terrible impact the addiction can have on the integrity of the family. Unfortunately, most family members do not get the opportunity to access “family therapy”. ...
Drug addict beats, threatens to kill, throws mother out of home
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 27: The Jahra police have arrested an unidentified youth for beating his mother, threatening to kill her and throwing her out of the house. The incident happened in the early hours of the cold winter morning, reports Al-Rai daily. ...
DA honored for support of addiction programs
Reading Eagle
Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams said he is humbled that the Council on Chemical Abuse awarded him the 2011 President's Award for implementing and supporting drug-and-alcohol addiction-treatment programs. "This award should go to my entire ...
Handle your addictions
Times of India
Addiction is a kind of dependency our mind seeks to resolve its conflicts . For those addicted to something, addiction works like a support system. In reality , it negatively affects an addict's physical and emotional health. ...
Why patients get addicted to pain medicine, and how to get help
MLive.com
Dr. Bruce Springer, an expert in addiction, unfolds the scenario from there: “If you have 100 people with physical pain, a percentage will find they can't stand the side effects of their prescription pain medicine — the nausea, dry mouth, constipation ...
Harmful patterns of painkiller prescriptions seen among methadone patients
Science Codex
November 24, 2011 (Toronto) - A new study has shown harmful prescription patterns of powerful painkillers among a substantial number of Ontario patients who received methadone therapy to treat their opioid addiction. Methadone, which is a type of ...
UNLV falls behind in substance abuse aid
UNLV The Rebel Yell
Universities around the country have started launching recovery programs for students seeking resistance from alcoholism and drug addiction. Some universities have even awarded recovering students scholarships just for staying sober and keeping good ...
Man jailed for raid on post office
Irish Examiner
A drug addict who took part in a violent raid on a post office which left staff and customers terrified has today been sentenced to eight years for robbery and possession of firearms. The court heard there were a number of people in the post office in ...
Doctor, patients speak out on Suboxone controversy
Elizabethton Star
By Jason Mullins Recent headlines concerning a federal raid at an area doctor's office has prompted one area doctor and his patients to speak out in support of a controversial treatment option for people suffering from addiction to prescription pain ...
Khan: Female addiction on the rise
Trinidad Guardian
“Depression and addictions are on the rise, especially teenage depression and teenage alcoholism,” he said. “In T&T, research has indicated that there are approximately 3000 people admitted to the hospital each year with mental health problems – 65 per ...
New Directory Features Sources of Help for Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment
Newswise (press release)
Its members are behavioral healthcare provider organizations that own or manage more than 700 specialty psychiatric hospitals, general hospital psychiatric and addiction treatment units and behavioral healthcare divisions, residential treatment ...
Is the Four Loko/FTC Settlement on the Rocks?
OpenMarket.org
Considering that there are already laws preventing minors from purchasing alcoholic beverages, we simply don't see a need for some nanny-state bureaucrat to step between this trade and tell us we are too dumb to understand how harmful it is to drink ...
Centre critics 'deeply ignorant' says councillor
Shields Gazette
They are in control, and the addict quickly learns who's boss. “I am one of the lucky ones. I am in successful recovery thanks largely to a loving and supporting family. “Alcoholism is an evil disease, it destroys lives.” Work on the Deneside site ...
Mum refuses to have a dry Christmas for recovering alcoholic dad
Mirror.co.uk
by Coleen Nolan, Daily Mirror 28/11/2011 My dad's an alcoholic and has recently come out of rehab. He's doing well with everyone's support, but we're a bit worried about Christmas and all the drinking that'll be going on at home. ...
Addicted to Addicts: Survival 101 – Another Perspective of Addiction ...
By billschiffler
... the 5 master key formula to an alcohol and addiction free life. Today Denise speaks with Mr. Hayes about how his martial arts background and self discipline play a big part in what he believes can be an answer to addiction and alcoholism. ...
WebTalkRadio.net
Big Questions, Free Will, and Addiction | Points: The Blog of the ...
By ronroizen9
Let me begin by suggesting that although addiction may be defined and operationalized in a number of different ways, the heart and core of the concept lies in the loss of the ability to choose – that is, the loss of free will – respecting the use of ...
Points: The Blog of the Alcohol...
3 Celebrities Who Came Back from Drug and Alcohol Addiction ...
By Valeria W.
As the arrests and trips to drug rehab piled up, people began to write off Downey as a has-been and a washed out addict. He certainly proved the naysayers wrong. After years of fighting hard against hisaddiction issues, he has successfully ...
Michaels House Blog
Precisely why Begging Your own Alcohol addiction Spouse to ...
By messymac
Sarita Uhr is often a mental health expert that specializes in alcoholism/addiction. If you believe your better half will be consuming too much, follow the link alcoholic partner to sign up for the girl FREE report on, “The 5 Proven Strategies to a ...
torque-india.com
Stop Ingesting Right now * Your How-To Help guide Stopping ...
By Mark Hole
Education and learning along with psychological assist are important whenever you end drinking, specifically if you abuse alcoholic beverages or even are alcohol-dependent. There are many resources designed for support when selecting to ...
arizonaflightworks.com
alcoholic father and end stage liver disease
By daughter of an alcoholic
A little history: my step dad has been an alcoholic for as long as I can remember (20 years). He has been to rehab and even ... Click on the following links to learn more about Alcohol Addiction and Alcohol Addiction Treatment information. ...
Support Groups
Question about Recovering Alcoholic Girlfriend. Please help ...
By LovingYoungMan
Words can't describe what it means to have support. My alcoholic girlfriend with 4 years of recovery just up and broke up with me out of the blue the day before Thanksgiving. I was absolutely devastated. I am 30 years old and she is almost 28, ...
SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...
Local principal thanks former hoops star and recovering addict ...
By Cristina Kumka
Sadly, his promising career was marred from the start with an increasingly serious drug addictionthat lasted well past his playing days. Mr. Herren never met the enormous potential he had in basketball; worse, he almost lost his life to drugs ...
Vermont Today

Addiction treatment after jail not available
CBC.ca
A PEI addict who just finished a jail sentence is angry he was unable to continue addiction treatment immediately after leaving jail. 'I wanted to go straight from incarceration,' says Kyle Kenny.'I wanted to go straight from incarceration,' says Kyle...
Chris Herren speaks to teens at SSTAR about drug addiction
Fall River Herald News
22 to a group of teenagers about the heroin/oxytocin addiction which led him from a $5 million NBA career to rock bottom in record time. A six-foot-three point guard, Herren really started his career on the courts of Durfee High School where he drew ...
Movie review: Shame
Huffington Post
Brandon is a sex addict who needs sex in one form or the other the same way an alcoholic needs a drink or a heroin addict needs a fix: often, as often as possible, several times a day. It's not a question of satisfaction or pleasure; like any true ...
Woman breaks addiction, abuse cycle
Charleston Gazette
Threece Clements-Townsend, 49, has been homeless twice in her life because of an addiction to crack cocaine. Today, she lives on Jackson Street with her granddaughter. By Zac Taylor CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A drug addiction forced Threece Clements-Townsend ...
Addiction treatment centre to get the go ahead?
Bedford Today
PLANS to open a drug and alcohol treatment one-stop-shop in The Crescent are set to be approved by council chiefs tonight. The proposals have met with a number of complaints from residents who claim that the Addiction centre will spoil one of the ...
CAMH gets $30-million donation for new research institute
Globe and Mail
Cutting-edge work investigating new ways to treat mental illness and provide better care for patients will soon be one step closer to reality because of a massive $30-million donation to create a new research institute at Toronto's Centre for Addiction ...
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Addiction is really slow suicide

Downtown dilemma: Many resources readily available to help alcoholism
Juneau Empire
“But the main one is that alcohol abuse and addiction is really slow suicide. It's like every single organ in your body is ultimately impacted in a negative way. It leads to death.” Hood said her mother was an alcoholic and was in recovery in her 50s. ...
From med school to crack addict, an ex-con works his way back to sobriety
Winston-Salem Journal
Moore, 54, is an ex-con who has spent much of his adult life in and out of prison, paying society's price for his cocaine addiction. He missed his mother's funeral and nearly lost his brothers and sister. Still, while Moore's is a cautionary tale, ...
Dealing with An Addiction to Opium
WSAW
We've heard of addictions to drugs like oxycontin and heroin, but a small percentage of our area is dealing with an addiction to opium. And for some, the problem has existed for decades. The Wausau Health Services Clinic near downtown treats patients ...
Asheville vet Tony Nimmons: Overcoming 'functional addiction'
Asheville Citizen-Times
“I had a functional addiction,” Nimmons said recently, sitting in the cafeteria of the Veterans Restoration Quarters where he now lives. Nimmons spent two years in the Army from 1970-72, serving in the signal corps. He got out and moved to Charlotte, ...
Addict's opinion
The Province
By Bob Duggan, The Province November 27, 2011 I am an addict in recovery. My drug of choice was marijuana. I am not informed enough to weigh in on whether marijuana should or should not be legalized. I am, however, qualified through years of abuse to ...
Army Alcoholics, Alcoholism and Addicts of all sorts.
Salem-News.Com
Sadly, after the war alcoholism and tobacco killed far more than battle itself. The Korean War was much the same as WWII, and alcohol and tobacco were still widely used. The Vietnam War brought a real explosion in drug use. Many Americans had had some ...
Inside the Sex Addiction Crisis
Newser
sex addicts are often survivors of childhood abuse. They are repeating childhood trauma in an attempt to find ...
Push to recognise 'pathological internet misuse' as a mental health disorder
NEWS.com.au
International mental health experts are considering including "video game addiction and internetaddiction" in the next edition of globally recognised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders "to encourage further study". ...
Program already provides detoxification services for people
The Newark Advocate
As the executive director of Licking County Alcoholism Prevention Program, I would like to respond to Patricia Perry's letter to the editor stating there is not enough help for drug addicts in Licking County. While I agree that more help is needed, ...
Old drug, new hope for addicts
The Witness
This enables the addict to finally break the addictive cycle. But an addict has to commit to taking the naltrexone regularly. Naltrexone has also proved to be very effective in treating alcoholism and some forms of over-the-counter medicines that have ...
The Salvation Army Mercer County offers a hand up, not a hand out
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
His body was enslaved to drug addiction and he suffered from alcoholism. He was homeless, sleeping in abandoned buildings. He had run from everything and everyone for a long time and finally had enough. He didn't know who he was anymore and was looking ...
'Intervention' Specialist Honored On Palm Springs Walk Of Stars
KESQ
Seeley was featured on the television series ``Intervention'' and is a media contributor on addictionand intervention. He is the author of ``Face It and Fix It'' and founder of Intervention-911, a service specializing in interventions but and finding ...
Opinion: How America's prison epidemic spread to New Jersey
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Times of Trenton guest opinion column By Ronald Fraser How did America's addiction to prisons and mass incarceration get its start, and how did it spread from state to state? Of the many attempts to answer this question, none make as much sense as ...
Elder Substance Abuse: Be Careful!
Huffington Post (blog)
Gladys became a drug addict at the age of 82 when the pain of arthritis got to be too much for her and she became dependent on opiates to get through the day and to sleep at night. Frank became a dangerous, problem drinker at 66 after he retired from ...
Former Drug Addict Helps People with Drug Addiction | Prescription ...
By Admin
A former drug addict in England wants to give hope to other people struggling with drug addiction. Chris Sullivan became addicted to a variety of drugs at the age of sixteen. When he lost his mother and brother because of drugs, Sullivan felt ...
Prescription Drug Abuse
Sex Addiction or an Excuse for Bad Behavior - A Moment of Change
By sherrygaba
This type of hypersexuality, where the behavior actually begins to be harmful or damaging to the person, may cross the line into an addiction. However, there are some people that are simply impulsive or lack the socially appropriate inhibitions ...
A Moment of Change
Wife of a heroin addict - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
By kblock0401
This is my first post on here and I'm not really sure where to begin. As the title states, I'm married to a heroin addict. I just found out about my.
SoberFeed...Live!
CFP: Addiction: What is the Added Value of the Concept Today ...
By ttravis
Background: Addiction is a concept that has relatively recently – within two or three decades – become a common expression that covers no longer only traditional substance use but a wide and growing range of behaviours like gambling, ...
Points: The Blog of the Alcohol...
Los Angeles, CA Rehab Programs – Drug and Alcohol Addiction ...
By Kristin
Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest city in the United states. According to the 2010 United States Census the city has a total population of 3792621 people. Located in the southern.
Rehab Programs
Inside The Sex Addiction Epidemic - Digg
The fact that we label it a "sex" addiction seems to place the blame on sex, but ... If you are reading this and you are a "sex-addict" I just want you to know that ...
digg.com/news/science/inside_the_sex_addiction_epidemic

20-year meth addict turns life around, becomes professor
Tulsa World
Through tremendous effort and the help of a lot of people, Moreau overcame her meth addiction and got her life back on track. She first injected drugs - cocaine - when she was 16, about the same time she dropped out of high school. ...
Cairns boy's video game addiction is ruining his family's life
The Cairns Post
The Cairns Post has learned that international mental health experts are considering including "video game addiction and internet addiction" in the next edition of the globally recognised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) ...

The Sex Addiction Epidemic
Huffington Post
Valerie realized that sex was wrecking her life right around the time her second marriage disintegrated. At 30, and employed as a human-resources administrator in Phoenix, she had serially cheated on both her husbands—often with their subordinates and ...
One addict tells his story
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Bucyrus native Jason Brown is in rehab for heroin addiction at CROSSWAEH, a community-based correctional treatment facility in Tiffin. TIFFIN -- I was exposed to drugs at a very young age. They came in the forms of alcohol and cocaine. ...
Russian president urges media, bloggers to combat addiction
RIA Novosti
GORKI (Moscow region) November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called on the media and social network denizens to focus on the fight against alcoholism and drug addiction. “Drugs are spreading via the Internet so there should ...
Addict stole from Good Samaritans
Stoke & Staffordshire
A DRUG addict who won the trust of a couple who paid him to do a range of jobs around their house robbed them while they were on holiday. Christel Hughes and her late husband Jeffrey returned from a week-long trip to Germany to find heroin addict Damon ...
A New Day Rehab in Florida
AddPR.com (press release)
A New Day Rehab understands the needs of the addict and works to ensure that each addict is accommodated. The rehab understands the severity of drug addiction and alcohol addiction and provides extensive service to each of their clients using innovated ...
'The truth about Elle and me'
The Guardian
Mary-Ellen Field is recalling the moment the supermodel Elle Macpherson accused her of being an alcoholic. "I remember it well because it was six years ago this morning," she tells me as we sit in the boardroom of Brand Finance, her brand valuation ...
Most docs return to work after addiction treatment: MedlinePlus
Most docs return to work after addiction treatment. (*this news item will not be available after 02/20/2012). Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Related MedlinePlus ...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_119010.html
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Sex Addiction and the City

Sex Addiction and the City
Newsweek
“It's not like alcoholism or drug addiction, where there's some built-in sympathy. It's almost like the AIDS epidemic in the early days. No one wants to deal with you. You're weird. You're a fiend. That stigma is still attached. ...
After years of addiction, a former inmate gives thanks for jail support services
Peninsula Press
“She'd been a drug addict over 30 years.” Diane Joiner is 53 and lives in East Palo Alto. She has a light brown complexion, an expressive face and an infectious laugh. She did not always radiate such vibrant energy, however. Three decades of addiction ...
Matt Gurney: Alcoholism is a disease, but drunk driving is a crime
National Post (blog)
But while alcoholism is a disease, drunk driving is a crime, and an extremely dangerous one. Fougere has already had his second chance — he's alive and not in jail. That's second chance enough. I don't pretend to understand the forces of addiction. ...
Were you alcoholic from birth?
Hindustan Times
"Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that there's a genetic component to addiction," said geneticist Laura Almasy. "We know that there are biological components to risk of addiction, some have to do with how you metabolize alcohol," she said. ...
Southwest Florida Addiction Services Awarded $13475 From Foulds Foundation
Naples Daily News
The Claiborne and Ned Foulds Foundation has awarded a $13675 grant to Southwest FloridaAddiction Services to purchase new technology that will enable SWFAS to treat more people in need of substance abuse treatment. The grant will be used to purchase ...
A former addict looks at the neural chemistry of addiction
Vancouver Sun
By BRETT JOSEF GRUBISIC November 24, 2011 Opponents of addiction memoirs complain that the attention-grabbing genre is tapped out. They argue that the formulaic structure — epic downward spiral, soul-searching at rock bottom, long and difficult road ...
Alcoholic who robbed Stortford schoolboy avoids jail
Herts and Essex Observer
Defence barrister Charles Corbett said Sanford was an alcoholic and had been diagnosed with depression and bi-polar disorder. “At the time of this robbery his alcohol addiction had got the better of him,” he said. “He had been drinking excessively. ...
Speed addict sent to prison
Sunshine Coast Daily
A MOTHER of three was jailed yesterday for taking advantage of the generosity of a car crash victim she was caring for to feed a drug habit. Anne Maria Horvat, 44, used the man's bank card to make 41 unauthorised withdrawals, about $1000 a day over two ...
After Strauss-Kahn Affaire, France Discovers Sex Addiction
Worldcrunch
“This addiction means that the addict will prefer sexual behavior to any other form of social behavior or other activity. As with addictions to alcohol or cigarettes, an addict can't stop,” Professor Thibaut explains. Every time the addict is overcome ...
Drug addict's burglary terrified OAP victims
Driffield Today
He fell into addiction. He had tried to quit in February but then began to take Valium. He said: “This is a sad story of the affect class A drugs can have on a positive member of society. Hague's mother wept in the public gallery as Judge Sampson said ...
This Man Is Addicted to Sex
Newsweek
Severe depression can also follow after an addict starts to confront the condition. “I realized I was not comfortable in my own skin,” says Valerie, who checked herself into four months of treatment for sex addiction at Del Amo, ...
A son's choice to not drink after an alcoholic father
Journal Times
He said his lifestyle choice was influenced by his father, an episodic alcoholic who would sometimes be drunk once a year for as long as two weeks at a time.
Former addict kicks heroin reluctantly
The Daily Star
Khaled says that he really decided to stop using after jail, mostly because his parents discovered hisaddiction. “They went crazy. They took everything I had away from me; they took my car, my money, my computer,” he says. After that, he used heroin ...
Man defrauded his employer of thousands to feed drug addiction, police say
ABC Action News
A New Port Richey man is accused of using his former job's credit account to help feed his drug addiction, according to a police department report. Joseph Williams Jr., 30, was arrested Wednesday for fraudulently obtaining $38000 worth of copper piping ...
Province Letters: Marijuana legalization, addiction, mammograms and polygamy
The Province (blog)
Marijuana enthusiasts pass out free joints to light up at precisely 4:20 pm to celebrate Cannabis Day at the Vancouver Art Gallery on July 1. LES BAZSO/PNG FILES I have met Sam Sullivan several times and found him to be an intelligent and compassionate ...
Batya: Portrait of a Recovering Alcoholic
OpEdNews
I think probably [it was] the change of crossing the invisible line to alcoholism. At some point, it wasn't fun anymore. I was doing things nice Jewish girls from Highland Park don't do. I was holding onto my friends, my life, by a string. ...
Addicts find life and hope in innovative new program
Canada.com
By Dustin Walker, Daily News November 25, 2011 At some point, Cody Higbee convinced himself that being dead was better than being an addict. His family had disowned him and he started living on the streets of Campbell River, focused on little else than ...
Addict admits HIV threat to guard
Irish Times
A drug addict with 221 convictions who bit a security guard and threatened to infect him with HIV is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Denise McNulty (33), St Mary's Mansions, Railway Street, pleaded guilty to assault and theft on ...
Calne addict stole a poppy box
The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
“The problem he has, that overtook his common sense, is that he is suffering from a severe drug addiction.” Magistrates asked for a report from probation before sentencing Webb and said he could expect a high-level community order. ...
Drug addict was caught shoplifting
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“He has a heroin addiction but he is really making efforts to kick the habit,” said his solicitor, Sanchia Wheeler. “There was a marked period in his life of three years when there were no offences. That was when he kicked the habit but unfortunately ...

Alcohol has dizzyingly different effects on women and men
Toronto Star
Edith Sullivan, a researcher at Stanford University's School of Medicine, says women and men seem to fare equally well in the recovery stage of alcoholism. This is your brain on alcohol. If you are adolescent and female: consume four drinks at one ...
Black Friday Shopping: 8 Tips To Curb Overspending
Huffington Post
"We used to think that [addiction comes] only [from] chemicals," Roberts told HuffPost. "We thought it had to be nicotine, alcohol, but we're finding that anything that produces pleasure in your brain has the potential to be addictive. ...
'Alcohol filling our A/E slots'
The Corkman
Catherine Fitzgerald, a counsellor at Cork's Cuan Mhuire centre, said that "addictionand alcoholism is an illness which effects all walks of life and a wide variety of professions and backgrounds." "We treat alcohol-related addiction with both ...
Charlize Theron says she smoked 'to die'
Times of India
Charlize Theron has overcome her nicotine addiction but she doesn't talk about it for fear of a jinx. The South African actress admits that the smoking habit had become a deadly obsession but she doesn't like to talk about how she overcame the ...
For Teens Troubled by Alcohol
The Sag Harbor Express
Patty started going to Al-anon meetings three years ago because she said her family has a history of alcoholism and she had developed damaging coping mechanisms. But she took a special interest in Alateen a year and a half ago in the wake of a ...
South Korea's "Shutdown Law" Takes Effect
Escapist Magazine
South Korea's government has long been worried about the prevalence of online gaming addiction in its tech-savvy country. Fearing the effects that high levels of addiction could have on its future (specifically, everyone failing school), the government ...
As a society, we must tackle addiction
Local Government Chronicle
LGC, local government's leading news and jobs brand, . . .an audience of senior local government professionals via a variety of media solutions. Every week LGC brings you key information from local government in the UK: insight on ...
Alcohol addiction and Alcohol Treatment | FC Safe Kids
By thenewb
This is how alcoholism holds the force as well as why it really is so crucial that you seek support from an alcohol treatment center. An alcoholic has no power over their lives, their actions as well as their need for drinks. Is Alcohol Treatment the ...
FC Safe Kids
Need help understanding the alcoholic - SoberRecovery ...
By MsGrace
I made the mistake thinking the alcoholic. ... I feel like I've been robbed of the whole 6 years as I can never look back on any of it without wondering if the sweet moments we had were just another part of the alcoholic lie. ... I can tell you what goes on in the mind of an A, you won't really "get it" unless you are an A. Even though I KNEW, without a doubt, what went on in MY mind when I was using, I still had difficulty calling it quits with the last addict bf, and wondering why he didn't get it? ...
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The Fear of Addiction Leads to a Call for Tighter Monitoring of ...
By Drug Addiction
While prescription drug addiction is skyrocketing around the globe, officials of the Department of Health are looking for ways to monitor the increasing.
Drug Addiction Treatment
Is alcoholism in your genes?
Is alcoholism in your genes?...Researchers studying the brainwaves of problem dri...In a study, the researchers carried out a brain sc...It was found that children of problem drinkers had...The team from the Texas Biomedical Research Instit... ... In a study, the researchers carried out a brain scan of people who are alcoholic, and discovered patterns common to those at risk of dependence. It was found that children of problem drinkers had the same patterns of brain activity -- apparently ...
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ALCOHOL REPORTS: Genetic determinants of alcoholic liver disease
By Loran Archer
An international website dedicated to providing current information on news, reports, publications,and peer-reviewed research articles concerning alcoholism and alcohol-related problems throughout the world. Postings are provided by ...
ALCOHOL REPORTS
Addiction – Treatable or Not | iisfa.org
By admin
Many people these days think and consider that addiction is a kind of condition that has no solution. This fact has been proven wrong because with the help of.
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Limits of Confidentiality in Drug Rehab Treatment | Addiction
By Everything Addiction
When treating patients for drug and alcohol addiction, drug rehab treatment facilities must always balance the privacy rights of the patient against the. ... The very act of seeking treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism is protected from disclosure under federal law and exceptions are few. Even when disclosure that a patient is a danger to others is required under State ... Celebrity Addiction · Jim Carroll, Former Heroin Addict and Author of “The Basketball Diaries,” Dies · Video Game ...
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Gaddafi son a sex addict: Ex-wife - The Times of India
Saif al-Islam was a womanizer who often indulged in domestic violence, according to a Ukrainian woman who claims to be a former wife of the captured son of ...
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