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Judy Collins's New Book: Suicide, Alcoholism, Nude Photos, and More
Daily Beast
But unlike Joplin's famously self-destructive, Southern Comfort reputation, Judy's alcoholism wasn't apparent. “I was a much more covered-up drunk,” she says. “My cover story was different. It was fine for me to say I was an alcoholic. ...
Parents reach out to those battling drug addiction
Citizens Voice
His parents, Mark and Theresa, are sharing his battle with drug addiction to help save others. Branden Metzo grew up eating with his family at the dinner table seven days a week. His parents, Theresa and Mark, were there at every turn in his life. ...
Former Judge Richard Baumgartner's problems with addiction evident around Knox ...
The Republic
Former Judge Richard Baumgartner's addiction to prescription painkillers was not a secret around the Knox County courthouse, 155 pages from a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released Friday show. Records obtained by the Knoxville News Sentinel ...
Alcoholic Liver Disease Epidemic Among Youth
MedIndia
The number of men and women being treated for alcoholic liver disease caused by heavy drinking in their youth is increasing sharply. The figures demanded serious action on alcohol misuse. Hospital admissions due to alcohol-induced liver problems for ...
Recovering addict shares his story
Mississauga
He told them it wasn't an easy promise to make, but after struggling with addiction on and off for 29 years, it was the push he needed to succeed. Harvey added that it was their encouragement that got him through the trying year. ...
Drug addiction
PakistanToday.com.pk
Drug addiction is multi-faceted problem. It has now cut across national boundaries and international barriers. Once the habit of using drugs is formed it cannot be overcome. Clinical studies have shown that by the time the addict is undergoing the ...
Chiefs vs. Bears: Arrowhead Addict Staff Picks
Arrowhead Addict
The Kansas City Chiefs will try to keep their extremely slim playoff hopes alive today by beating the Chicago Bears on the road. The AA staff is weighing in with their weekly picks. I'm sick of picking the Chiefs to lose and the fact that Orton will at ...
Emerging from isolation to embrace community
Calgary Herald
The descent into isolation varies for each person, but generally it happens within a couple years for gambling, about a decade for drug addicts and as long as 15 or 20 years for alcoholism, given its much greater social acceptance. ...
'This is not me; I'm meant to do great things'
The Hudson Reporter
But his addiction had him trapped. He was arrested several times. More than once, a judge sent him to Giant Steps, a special program at Hoboken University Medical Center that deals with juvenile substance abuse. The program did not stick. ...
Turn on, tune in and get better?
The Republic
Scientists believe these agents have the potential to help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, drug or alcohol addiction, unremitting pain or depression and the existential anxiety of terminal illness. “Scientifically, these compounds are way ...
Married to a Sex Addict | Psychology Today
By Frances Cohen Praver, Ph.D.
Sex addiction is big news these days. Chris Lee of the Daily Beast wrote The Sex AddictionEpidemic on November 25 which Newsweek featured. Whereas Lee's story followed a female sexaddict, the new movie Shame follows a male sex ...
Psychology Today Blogs
Fayetteville, AR Rehab Programs – Drug and Alcohol Addiction ...
By Kristin
What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is classified as a treatable disease, it is an addiction to or dependency on drinking large amounts of alcoholic beverages. The alcoholic is compulsive and unable to control their “need” to consume alcohol. ...
Rehab Programs
An Addict In Our Son's Bedroom: It's Only A Little Weed
By Dad and Mom
During these talks I don't hold back on my experiences as the parent of an addict or what I observed happens to a young person that makes that initial choice to use drugs and then become addicted. This 14 year old student began his comments as, "What's wrong with ... Our youngest is troubled with an addiction to drugs but is currently clean and in recovery working at a company principally involved in foam and foam fabrication. Our blog is about his addiction and parenting an addict. ...
An Addict In Our Son's Bedroom
Opioid Epidemic in Canada | An Epidemic of Addiction
By J.T. Junig, MD, PhD
The article also refers to a podcast of a Town Hall even featuring Dr. Andrea Furlan, a pain specialist from Toronto, Christine Bois from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada), and Detective Shawn White, an expert in opioid ...
An Epidemic of Addiction
Addiction therapist pulls from life experiences to help his patients
Coming from a family devastated by drugs, and with alcoholic father, I had no choice to live on this kind of reality. I lived in one of the most drug addiction disease ...
learn.latpro.com/drug-abuse-counselor/
Labour backs calls for children to be taught about gambling
The Guardian
Gamcare, a gambling addiction support service, has proposed that pupils should be taught about fruit machines, how to study sports teams to improve chances of winning and how to calculate odds. The organisation, which reportedly receives £3m annual ...
Addict guilty of drug deal murder
The West Australian
A Supreme Court jury deliberated for three days to find Andrei Peter Hedgeland, who was described by his own defence team as a heroin addict and "wannabe" drug dealer, guilty of the double murder in Greenmount in February last year. ...
Alcoholic drug user given 'last chance' to avoid jail
Burton Mail
After his arrest he admitted he was an alcoholic and heroin user and that he took the cider because he 'wanted a drink'. His conditional discharge had been imposed after he stole eight cans of beer. During the adjournment of his case, Bywater was given ...
Addict swapped anti-psychotic drugs for painkillers in chemists, court hears
Scottish Daily Record
A PSYCHIATRIC patient swapped his powerful drugs for painkillers in chemists' shops to feed an addiction, a court heard yesterday. Christopher McGuire, 30, took Nurofen Plus tablets - containing addictive codeine - from packets and replaced them with ...
Mission closes men's addiction program
CBC.ca
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission in Regina will be shutting down its men's addiction program at the end of the year. The Mission is forced to sell its church because it doesn't have the money to renovate it. Since the women's addiction programs take place ...
Lil Boosie Fighting His Drug Addiction (Recap)
antiMUSIC.com
On Wednesday Lil Boosie Fighting His Drug Addiction was a top story. Here is the recap: (TMZ) Lil Boosie tells TMZ ... he's finally realized he's a hardcore drug addict ... and now that he's been sentenced to prison, he wants to focus on kicking the ...
A new smile for Christmas: former drug addict gets new teeth
KGET 17
A former drug addict says his addiction cost him his family, his freedom and even his teeth. But, for the first time in eleven years, he has his smile back thanks to an anonymous donor. It has been a long time since Thomas Pasillas had something to ...
Gambling addict stole 21 blocks of cheese from Aberdeen shop
Aberdeen Evening Express
Mr Sutherland added after the death of Williamson's brother from an overdose, gambling had replaced his drug addiction. Sheriff Scott Pattison jailed Williamson, whose address was given in court papers as 33b Jamaica Street, Aberdeen, for seven months.
Heroin addict tried to burgle nan's neighbour, 98
Liverpool Echo
by Gary Stewart, Liverpool Echo Richie Waite, 29, had gone to visit his grandmother in her sheltered accommodation, on Freshfield Road, Southport, when he noticed her neighbour's door was open. The career criminal, who has 18 convictions for theft, ...
Huge rise in young alcoholics in UK
Indian Express
In fact, hospital admissions for alcoholic liver disease among the early 30s age group in the northeast have increased by more than 400 per cent since 2002. The northeast also has the highest rate of 11 to 15-year-olds who drink in England and the ...
Addict who stole kit from garage sent to jail
Saltash People
Mr Parlby said he had confessed to all the other offences where he stole food for himself because most of his benefits were going on drugs. He added Field was determined to beat his addiction and had been offered a place at a rehabilitation centre to ...
Drug addict will get help
Portsmouth News
Wilson was caught stealing three bottles of wine, worth £18, from the Co-op in Gosport on November 24. The 25-year-old also took perfume, worth £52, from Boots at Westbury Mall, Fareham, on November 3 and other items from the Co-op in September. ...
Sunderland addict’s threat to stab her ex
Sunderland Echo
A DRUG addict rang police and threatened to kill her ex-partner, a court heard. Laura Mulvaney called police and claimed she was going to stab the man. But when officers arrested the 24-year-old, she claimed it was a hoax to stop her spending more ...
Loopholes for addiction
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
With about 90% of current tobacco users starting their addiction as teenagers; prevention efforts such as education, activities, and policies have become more widespread. Many schools have implemented tobacco-free policies attempting to limit the use ...
Pastor aims to help addictions at city's largest church
San Antonio Express
By Abe Levy/alevy@express-news.net For five years, Community Bible Church searched for a full-time pastor specializing in addiction recovery. Gerald Thomas, 46, was a nod to the growing problem of addiction and emotional imbalance wreaking havoc on ...
THE GOOD WORD: Dealing with alcholism, addiction and sobriety during this ...
Dearborn Press and Guide
Those who care about the alcoholic and/or addict need to encourage him or her to call AA, NA or another community mental health agency. or to talk to an identified person who has “been there” and now has quality sobriety, however obtained. ...
Rutgers Lands $10M for Alcoholism Genetics and Behavior Study ...
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Rutgers University has reeled in a $10 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to handle genomic and biorepository services for a research effort aimed at determining the ...
The Age Of Sex Addiction? Ctd - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan ...
By Andrew Sullivan
People can be "sex addict" skeptics if they choose to be. I suppose we can all look at empirical data and deny its existence, instead chalking it up to conscience decisions, poor judgement, poor character, and low moral standards - but that ...
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Addiction by Region: Where Temptation Lives (Infographic) - Care2 ...
By Rowan S.
An infographic showing the percentage of drugs used by region and state; percentage of teenage residents who have used drugs in the past year.
Care2 News Network
North Little Rock, AR Rehab Programs – Drug and Alcohol Addiction ...
By Kristin
North Little Rock is the third largest city in the state of Arkansas with a population of 62304 according to the 2010 United States Census. The city is located in central Arkansas, across the river from Little Rock, in Pulaski.
Rehab Programs
Nar-Anon meetings ? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
By kay11
I'm really curious as to how to go about finding Nar-anon family group meetings I have been trying google it but whenever I search Nar-Anon groups/meetings it always comes up with the Nar-Anon meeting for the addict themselves. I would ...
SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...
After the DSK Affair, France Discovers Sex Addiction - TIME
"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, ...
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2100428,00.html

Prescription addiction
Palladium-Item
Abuse of prescription drugs can produce serious health effects, including addiction. Commonly abused classes of prescription medications include opioids (for pain), central nervous system depressants (for anxiety and sleep disorders), and stimulants ...
Motley Crue Discuss Heroin Addiction, Jack Daniels With 'Piers Morgan'
Ultimate Classic Rock
Video clips from Friday's Motley Crue appearance on CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight' have surfaced online, showing the band in fine form as they discuss a wide variety of topics, from heroin addictionand an incident that somehow involved IVing Jack ...
Step in to help grandson who has alcoholic dad
The Province
A: When you talk to your son, you are talking to the alcohol addiction, not to him. He's in there somewhere but the addiction takes over everything, even his love for his son. Contact Al-Anon (alanon.ca) in your area as they deal with family members of ...
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