Breeding Alcoholic Mice
Science 2.0
With respect to alcoholism, however, these animal models show one big difference with 'real' alcoholics: when given the choice, the animals (often mice) still prefer non-alcoholic drinks, such as water. So, unless alcohol is the only choice, ...

Prescription Addiction: For Pain, Pleasure, And Profit
Patch.com
Prescription drugs are at the center of a growing problem according to Norwalk Police officials. By Paul Devlin Drug enforcement officials say they're casting a wider net over Norwalk when it comes to the sale and use of illegal substances. ...

Coping With Addiction and a Mood Disorder
New York Times (blog)
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR Damon Winter/The New York TimesAntonio Lambert has overcome battles with addiction and a violent history. In the latest installment of the Lives Restored series, about people coping with mental illness, Benedict Carey reports the ...

New York Times (blog)

Townshend to discuss addiction clinic tonight at Town Hall
Brattleboro Reformer
"I don't think anyone enjoys being an opium addict," he said. "It's a living nightmare. It destroys people, their families and takes everything away from them." Those who wish to use the clinic will have to undergo a rigorous screening process, ...

Silent night, lonely night
Chicago Tribune
... with an addiction. Simms, sober 13 years, helps others in recovery. He said he drank "anything and everything" to escape his pain. He said the holidays are worse for the older addict and alcoholic because the season magnifies the loneliness. ...

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Downtoearthvideo.com Has Just Appointed an Alcoholism Statistics Manager
PR Web (press release)
Downtoearthvideo.com has just appointed an alcoholism statistics manager. Comments on related alcohol niche sites are welcoming the news. Many of the comments are reflecting the fact that they do not trust the alcohol statistics they see on some sites ...

300000 bets of addict thief
Herald.ie
Zhao was the manager of the Centra shop and pocketed money from customers to pay for his bettingaddiction. Judge Patricia Ryan sentenced Zhao to four years imprisonment with the last three suspended and ordered that Zhao then leave the country for 10 ...

'That money is addiction,' former Mobile dealer says of time selling crack
Press-Register - al.com (blog)
“That money is addiction,” she said. “Once they see how easy they can get that money, they're going to want it. And they're going to need to know the trouble behind it.” Nodd ended up serving some 21 years in prison, not for those street sales but for ...

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Leading Psychologist Arthur Janov Suggests Heart Disease, Depression, Anxiety ...
PR Web (press release)
His research has shown patients can dramatically reduce such medical problems as depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, alcoholism, drug addiction and heart disease by returning to the neurological origin of early trauma. At his clinic, every patient, ...

PR Web (press release)

Alcoholic jailed for booze theft
Plymouth Herald
AN ALCOHOLIC who stole a bottle of drink from a shop has been jailed for just over a month. Craig Wiles, aged 38, will spend Christmas behind bars after being sentenced to 35 days in prison. Wiles, of Hamoaze Place, Devonport, admitted theft of the ...

Holidays means there's booze everywhere
Chicago Sun-Times
“One of the most difficult times is the Christmas season,” says Patsy Hillard of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. “The holiday season is one of the most stressful for everybody.” Hillard, who has been in recovery for 25 years, ...

Holiday Survival Guide for Those in Recovery Provided by Mountainside Drug ...
Emailwire (press release)
If the person has a loved one who is struggling with alcoholism and who will be attending a holiday gathering at the home, commit to making it a safe environment for their recovery by serving non-alcoholic drinks only. For those who are just starting ...

Signs of possible relapse
Reading Eagle
The recovering addict has started going to bars or parties, thinking he can stay sober in those settings. • The person is struggling in or with a relationship. • He is exhibiting behaviors that are not open and honest. • He is spending time with people ...

Bail for young drug addict
Times of Malta
A young man who misled the police for a whole week during investigations this morning pleaded not guilty to being in possession of cocaine and mephedrone in Paceville and seriously injuring a man. The 17-year-old man from St Julian's also pleaded not ...

Holiday Loneliness May Intensify Love and Sex Addictions Warns The Ranch ...
PR Web (press release)
When the holidays fall short of their high expectations, people struggling with love and sex addictions may feel a greater need to escape or act out, warn the sex addiction experts at The Center for Relationship and Sexual Recovery at The Ranch in ...

33 medics getting help for addiction
Irish Independent
A special health committee set up to support Irish doctors who are going through difficult times is helping 33 medics who are receiving treatment for alcohol and drug addictions. Another 19 are receiving care for other psychiatric conditions, ...

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. Announces FDA Designation of CPP-115 as ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Catalyst is planning to develop CPP-115 for several indications, including drug addiction, epilepsy and other selected CNS diseases, and recently initiated a Phase I(a) safety study in 48 healthy subjects. CPP-115 has also been granted orphan-drug ...

Problem gamblers, alcoholics may get same drug
Sydney Morning Herald
''There are clear parallels between addiction to gambling and addiction to other substances,'' the paper says. Pokies reform is a condition of the independent MP Andrew Wilkie's support for the Gillard government, with a plan to force punters to preset ...

Inpatient drug rehab and the best drug addiction treatment ...
By Admin
The problem of drug addiction is posing a major threat to the modern society these days. In fact, the point is that these days the problem of drug addiction has increased to such an extent that there is no certainty who would be the next victim to ...
Prescription Drug Abuse

Townshend to discuss addiction clinic tonight at Town Hall ...
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Townshend to discuss addiction clinic tonight at Town Hall Brattleboro Reformer He completed his residency at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center ...
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newbie here and struggling with addict lies - SoberRecovery ...
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Go Back · SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information > Friends and Family > Friends and Family of Substance Abusers. newbie here and struggling with addict lies ... I also found out from one of his party friends that he's been running around making up alot of lies about me, including calling me an alcoholic, crazy bi--ch and a whole boat load of other hurtful, crazy lies. He's also told me that his mom was bipolar and so many other things that in the end I found out ...
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Is addiction really a disease? And if not, what is it? | Psychology Today
For many decades it's been widely accepted that alcoholism (or addiction) is a disease. The "disease concept" is taught in addiction training programs and told ...
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A young woman struggles with oxy addiction and recovery - Tampa ...
"Everyone knows someone who has gone through this addiction and you just feel so ... Theaddict's values shift to justify whatever it takes to get more oxys. ...
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