'I feel beautiful': How teenage girl beat addiction to food and lost 85lb

'I feel beautiful': How teenage girl beat addiction to food and lost 85lb in ...
Daily Mail
By Daisy Dumas Battling with drug and alcohol addiction, eating seemed a benign distraction, helping her to overcome her dependent grip. But as drugs and alcohol receded from her life, food took over. The latest star of MTV's I Used to be Fat, Maddy,...
Treating alcoholism difficult but not impossible
The State Journal-Register
“(AA) gives people hope they can have a normal life without the impact of alcoholism andaddiction.” For meeting information in Springfield and central Illinois, visit www.aaspringfield.org. For people who acknowledge Jesus Christ as their higher power ...
Addict mom dumps baby after 'shoplifting'
Independent Online
By Genevieve Serra Monique Manuel tried to steal these shoes from a chinese shop before running away and leaving her baby in the shop. Photo: Phandulwazi Jikelo A tik-addicted mom left her six-month-old baby behind in a shop after she tried to steal a ...
Parents Share Story of Son's Suicide After Prescription Drug Addiction
WGRZ-TV
But over the last two years of his life, Michael Israel was also something else: a drugaddict. Michael Israel got his drugs from his doctors legally. Michael had Crohn's disease - a painful condition of the gastro-intestinal system. ...
Addiction Update: Thanks Jon
Mercury-Register
30: "Understanding and Intervening in Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Abuse andAddiction." This is presented by Jon Daily, LCSW, CADC II who has taught this for over 15 years. To view the presentation, go to www.recoveryhappens.com/ Parents ...
America's Secret Addiction: Sex Addicts Seek Help
NBC Los Angeles
The leader of this recent session was Jason Martinkus, therapist who lives in Colorado and who identifies himself as a recovering sex addict. Martinkus calls his addiction “a hellish prison” and says his goal is to help others facing the same ...
Hospitals rush to open addiction clinics
The Korea Herald
Seeing therapists or doctors to get treatment for addiction or mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. According to the Health Ministry, about 680000 people have been diagnosed with depression or other forms of mental illness as of 2010. ...
Crisis causes increase in Americans' addiction to psychiatric drugs
The Voice of Russia
According to data provided by pharmacy manufacturers, the treatment of Americans for mental illnesses has significantly risen over the past decade. As The Wall Street Journal reports, one in five adults is now taking at least one form of psychiatric ...
Chronic Drinking May Weaken Brain Connections
MedPage Today
The connectivity between prefrontal and premotor cortex and several non-cerebellar control regions was not different between the alcoholic patients and controls, the researchers reported in the February 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and ...
Former Libyan Dictator Gaddafi was a 'Sex Addict': Reveals Aide
allvoices
By Nina Rai In a shocking revelation a close aide of Muammar Gaddafi has disclosed that the former Libyan dictator was a sex addict who had a weakness for young women, several of whom were in-fact his bodyguards. Faisal, Gaddafi's chef for past seven ...
Addiction facts not getting through
Gold Coast Mail
DESPITE numerous education campaigns and health warnings, new research reveals 67% of Australians believe the treatment of addiction is not taken seriously enough in Australia. Yet some still believe there is a safe level of cigarette smoking and ...
Man Wearing “I'm Not An Alcoholic” T-Shirt Arrested, Of Course, For Drunk Driving
The Smoking Gun
A New York motorist wearing an “I'm Not An Alcoholic, I'm A Drunk” t-shirt was arrested early today for drunk driving after he crashed into a police car. Kevin Daly, 22, was nabbed after plowing his 2000 Saturn into the police vehicle on County Road 83 ...
20 Secret Signs of Addiction
Care2.com
Despite the stereotypes of the staggering drunk or the emaciated addict, most people who overuse alcohol and drugs become adept at disguising their behavior. Shame, embarrassment, and fear of consequences are powerful motivators. And in many cases, ...
Former addict to speak out against meth
Cookeville Herald Citizen
After 23 years of addiction, he attempted suicide by shooting himself in the face with an SKS assault rifle. Miraculouslyn he survived. Now he is dedicating his life to warning others about the effects drugs can have on a life and a family. ...
Woman sold drugs to fund 'terrible addiction'
Dinnington Today
Danielle Pryor, 26, of Cannon Mews, was selling amphetamine to fund her own 'terrible addiction,' Nottingham Crown Court was told. Judge Joan Butler said it was a serious offence but at the lower end of the scale and Pryor needed help. ...
Woman's addiction causes heartache for desperate Dad
Dundalk Argus
THE father of a young woman who continues to struggle with a heroin addiction has spoken about his heartbreak over his daughter battle with heroin. Joe Sullivan was in court last week to support his daughter, Rachel, who was before Judge Flann Brennan ...
Events in Indian River to raise money for addiction treatment
TCPalm
VERO BEACH — The cost of recovery from substance addiction is proving too much for many residents. Gate Lodge Hanley Center turns away two to three people a week who are seeking treatment at its facility at 3395 11th Court, southwest of Indian River ...
HealthE Gambling app fights gaming addiction
Las Vegas Weekly
(A true addict would pawn his iPhone anyway.) Still, that's the basic idea here. Just as people use calorie counters and exercise diaries to effectively monitor their health, this device would help people monitor their gambling habits. ...
US man claims Parkinson's medication turned him into sex addict
Newstrack India
London, Nov 17 (ANI): A former US politician who denied three child sex charges told the police that he developed an addiction to sex because of medication he was taking for Parkinson's Disease. Terence Lewis Martin of Claremont pleaded not guilty to ...
Addiction treatment methods | Addiction Blog
By SMART Recovery
... the language of the meeting is different. Although participants are free to use any language and terms they like, the facilitator will emphasize that SMART Recovery does not include the terms alcoholic, addict, higher power or disease. ...
Addiction Blog
Female Archetypes of Love & Sex Addiction: Dora Danger Girl | Sex ...
By Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S
Female Archetypes of Love & Sex Addiction: Dora Danger Girl. By Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S. This is the friend you worry about. You wonder how she doesn't end up in the hospital or on the late-night news. She doesn't seem the least bit ...
Sex and Intimacy
Drug Addiction: The Secret Liar | FC Safe Kids
By thenewb
Addiction can be remedied through intensive drug rehab clinic programs and emotional support as well as counseling. But to better know how these programs can direct an addict to the road of recovery, it is important to know how drugs ...
FC Safe Kids
Addiction Inbox: End of the Line for Prometa?
By Dirk Hanson
Addiction Inbox. The Science of Substance Abuse. Dirk Hanson. Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings. ...
Addiction Inbox
'Sex addict' Gaddafi slept with 4-5 women daily: Aide - The Times of ...
Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was a sex addict who had a penchant for young women -- many of whom were his bodyguards, his close aide has ...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/...4.../10727770.cms
Amy Winehouse death: Mother Janis says Amy was ashamed of ...
'Amy was so ashamed of being an alcoholic, she wouldn't even drink in front of ... seemingly single-handedly conquered her life-threatening addiction to drugs, ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Amy-Winehouse-death-Mother-Janis-...
The Profit in Sex Addiction | Psychology Today
Treating sex addiction is a VERY lucrative business. By David J. Ley, Ph.D.... ... You may be a sexaddict if you see something funny in this cactus. In the Arizona ...
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/.../the-profit-in-sex-addictio...
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