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. ...
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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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