Former Boston Celtics player talks about addiction

Former Boston Celtics player talks about addiction with Old Rochester students
Sippican Week
Mattapoisett — Fall River native Chris Herren lived his dream of playing basketball for the Boston Celtics, then lost it over 15 years of drug addiction. Now Herren works to educate students on the dangers of substance abuse, as well as to pass along ...

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Ohio attorney general: Last pain management clinic closed down in county hit ...
Washington Post
The numbers are particularly bad in Scioto County in Appalachia, where high unemployment rates and a profusion of pill mills have led to growing addiction rates. ___ Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached at. ...

My Alcoholic Holiday Season
New Republic
And, really, unless you're an alcoholic (like me, hi there!), why should you resist? Liquor stems the intense drudgery of office-party discussions about other people's children and their inevitable gluten allergies, honor roll triumphs, and pediatric ...

New Republic

Indicted detective asks judge for drug addiction treatment
Middletown Journal
By Denise G. Callahan, Staff Writer Updated 11:03 AM Wednesday, December 21, 2011 HAMILTON — The Butler County prosecutor opposes a motion by the West Chester Twp. detective accused of tipping off a drug dealer to a sting and revealing a confidential ...

Coventry drug addict guilty of "degrading and humiliating" sex attack
Coventry Telegraph
A COVENTRY drug addict subjected a woman to a “degrading and humiliating” assault, a court heard. Luke Koltun, of Sadler Road, Radford, was given a 12-month suspended sentence when he appeared in Coventry Crown Court after pleading guilty to sexual ...

EndNotes: Answers to questions about illness, death and grief
Bellingham Herald
Q: Knowing that alcoholism is considered an illness, and you'd like to support alcoholic friends the way you would someone with a physical illness, what are some appropriate gestures to acknowledge their recovery journey? A: An estimated 1.2 million ...

Greens push addiction drug for problem gamblers
ABC Online
PETER CAVE: The Greens are pushing for the anti-addiction drug naltrexone to be used in the treatment of problem gamblers. Naltrexone is currently used to deter alcoholics and heroin users. Some preliminary research shows it could also work to block ...

'X Factor' finalist Chris Rene's mom talks about his addiction
TheCelebrityCafe.com
“I wanted to cry all the time," she said of the time of his addiction. "He was this darling, fun, happy little boy...he really has a sensitive, kind heart. But he had become unrecognizable. I just never knew if I was going to get a call in the middle ...

Disgraced Bishop Lahey apologizes for his Internet porn addiction
Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Disgraced Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey apologized in court Tuesday for possessing child pornography, telling a judge he had an “indiscriminate” addiction to online pornography but didn't seek help because of his high-ranking position in the ...

Downtoearthvideo.com Appoints an Alcoholism Expert
PR Web (press release)
He has also worked with alcoholics in a variety of different addiction settings and is very capable of dealing with any issue that arises on the site. He will be posting various different articles onAlcoholism on a weekly basis and will be answering ...

Meth Addict Convicted of Murdering Woman
Valley News
RIVERSIDE - A methamphetamine addict who beat, strangled and fatally slashed a woman with whom he was partying was convicted today of first- degree murder. A Riverside jury deliberated five hours before finding Nikolaus Ryan Meske guilty in the July ...

Covered in the cloud of addiction
Times of India
LUDHIANA: Rajesh Kumar (name changed), 21, a college student from a posh locality in Model Town, was recently discharged from a de-addiction centre. From a time when his life was dependent on his opium habit to the detoxification course at de-addiction ...

Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center Provides Professional ...
Emailwire (press release)
And, once an individual is willing to accept the invitation for help, our drug rehab program works diligently on making their transition into residential treatment comfortable so as to enhance their recovery from alcoholism or any other substance abuse ...

Capital Health partners with shelter to tackle addiction issues
TheChronicleHerald.ca
A Capital Health pilot project aims to help clients of the Metro Turning Point shelter deal withaddiction issues. The health authority's addiction prevention and treatment services will partner with Shelter Nova Scotia in the project, which will begin ...

After kicking pill addiction, Stanford competent for trial, psychologist says
Bizjournals.com (blog)
He was deemed incompetent in January due to an addiction to anti-anxiety medication he developed while in a Houston prison. But several medical experts disagree with the Cochrane's findings. Those experts, who plan to testify for Stanford, ...

IHOB to offer non-alcoholic alternative for New Year's Eve
International Falls Daily Journal
For the non-alcoholic New Year's Eve party starting at 7 pm Dec. 31, Droba and his staff will clear the bar area of liquor and beer, and replace it with an Italian soda bar and a non-alcoholic daiquiri bar. “It will be set up just like a bar, ...

Asking Alexandria's Danny Worsnop on Kicking His Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Noisecreep
It's been a wild year for Asking Alexandria's Danny Worsnop. The 21-year-old singer's infamous battles with booze and drugs have produced headlines that have sometimes overshadowed the fact that their 2011 album, 'Reckless & Relentless,' has catapulted ...

Con Banega Crorepati? An ex-alcoholic in Bangalore
Daily News & Analysis
He had designed the centre — “Star Life De-Addiction Centre”, located in Gulakamale village, Kaggalipura Cross, on Kanakapura Road — on the lines of CARE Rehab Centre which had rehabilitated him earlier, with the difference that Srinivas (who has ...

Now, a Drug to Curb Gambling Addiction
TopNews United States
Addiction of anything is hard to get rid of. However, the Australian Greens have claimed that through medication the ill habits of gambling can be curbed. It has been informed by the Greens gambling Spokesman, Richard Di Natale, that the anti-addiction ...

TopNews United States

NIMS Institute to launch campaign on liver care
Hindu Business Line
Aimed at creating a comprehensive understanding of all disorders including those related with Hepatitis alcoholism, it will be undertaken in association with Government and non-governmental agencies. Dr D. Jayakumar, Hepatologist and consultant ...

Lenny Kravitz on his drug addiction: "I would just smoke weed all ...
By elisabethbrubaker
Lenny Kravitz sits down with Piers Morgan this evening to talk about love, life and music. Kravitz talks to Piers about his days as a heavy marijuana user. “I would just smoke weed all day and all night,” says Kravitz. “I would wake up, yawn, and ...
Piers Morgan
Drug Rehab for Heroin Addiction | Beneficial Function
By jeremylmmm
Detoxification is a crucial first step for most people attending inpatient addiction treatment. Addicts develop physical dependencies on drugs which consume their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Only a successful detox can remove these ...
Beneficial Function

Three Stages of Alcoholism - MySahana
By MySahana
For these reasons, many South Asians do not recognize the signs and symptoms of beginning, middle and end stage alcoholism, brushing off alcohol intake as a social activity that they are in control of. Alcoholism is mistakenly assumed by South ... Over time, the alcoholic begins to increase their tolerance, requiring more alcohol to maintain a buzz. Middle Stage. Anywhere from a few months ... Drinking is no longer a habit but an addiction. There is a feeling of a loss of control where ...
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Drug Rehab – Can You Cure Your Addiction? | internetsources.info
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However, many people question whether addiction is actually curable. Substance abuse is a neurological disorder by which addicts' brains actually undergo permanent physical changes. These changes are responsible for the constant ...

Townshend to discuss addiction clinic tonight at Town Hall ...
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