My struggles with addiction Brockville Recorder and Times Editor's note: This personal story is written by an anonymous drug addict from the Leeds-Grenville area and was submitted to the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit. Each addict'sjourney is different. That's why addiction is such a hard ... | ||
Former meth addict admits drug was destroying his life kwgn.com Experts say just one use is all it takes to get hooked and start down a dangerous path of addiction. Justin Sessions said the highs were high, but the lows were the lowest in his life for the 15 years he was hooked on meth. He committed crimes and hurt ... | ||
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Woman claims sexploitation by addiction therapist Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel A 51-year-old Milwaukee woman has sued an addiction therapist, claiming he improperly started and carried on a years-long sexual relationship with her. The woman, identified only as JD in the complaint, ... | ||
Addiction Update: On balance Mercury-Register Addiction is like having a brick on one platform of a scale and a grain of sand on the other. It is the antithesis of balance. Early recovery is like standing up in a small rowboat; you aren't sinking, but neither are you on sound footing. ... | ||
Glass art exhibit at Franklin Pierce University confronts the topic of addiction The Keene Sentinel An exhibit of Korsen's work, “Passion, Addiction, Dedication,” opens Friday at Franklin Pierce University's Thoreau Art Gallery in Rindge. Korsen first worked with hot glass in 1989 as a fine art student at Franklin Pierce College, where she has worked ... | ||
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Former drug addict speaks to local students Minto Express A former drug addict, Jason Roorda, recounted his experience as a drug addict in a morning assembly. Following the assembly, the Community Committee Focused on Drug Prevention Strategies had various workshops arranged where students were taught healthy ... | ||
Coventry alcoholic admits texting death threats Coventry Telegraph The court heard Croke had been unemployed for some time and had struggled with an alcohol addiction for which he had been receiving help. Judge Trevor Faber handed him a community order and a curfew ordering him to stay at home between 9pm and 6am for ... | ||
After battling years of addiction, Ivery finds his strength back where he started Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 15 overall) of the Packers in the 1979 NFL draft, it's been a long and sometimes tumultuous journey from drug and alcohol addiction to a man at peace. "I wake up every day with a simple goal: to help student athletes and put a smile on their face," ... | ||
Dumbarton addict sold white goods for tenth of the price Lennox Herald A DRUG addict sold on white goods from a homeless unit he was put up in for a tenth of their price to feed his habit. William Brown got £45 from a group of travellers for the fridge/freezer and washing machine he nicked from the West Dunbartonshire ... | ||
LOUIE TODAY: Ending addiction, V-Grip, Jimbo film, World AIDS Day Youngstown Vindicator French cardiologist Oliver Ameisen will update Louie, Vindy.com's news radio partner, on his successful use of baclofen, an inexpensive generic drug, in the treatment of addiction. His riveting memoir, "The End of My Addiction," details the physician's ... | ||
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Back 2 Basics, a Treatment Center for Young Adults Takes Clients Surfing San Francisco Chronicle (press release) For a six month period for three-to-four days a week residents of Back 2 Basics live in the natural elements creating a connection that removes the Addict/Alcoholic completely from all the previous detrimental distractions that have contributed to ... | ||
Vintners help fight addiction Napa Valley Register During this holiday season, it is important to count our blessings. Wolfe Center, Napa County's only substance abuse agency for teenagers, is surely blessed by the continuing support of the Napa Valley Vintners. This year's generous award for $125000 ... | ||
Don't blame doctors for painkiller addiction Bloomington Pantagraph It's very strange to me that someone would blame doctors for painkiller addiction, since I have been on the other side as a pain physician's assistant as well as a current pre-medical student. In the state of Illinois, there is a system in place for ... | ||
Seek help for drug addiction and report it: Our View Rocky Mountain Collegian By Collegian Editorial Board | RMSMC This week, Fort Collins lost three people to suspected drug-related deaths, including a CSU freshman. We offer our deepest condolences to the friends and families who are left to make sense of these tragedies. ... | ||
To Help People Stop Drinking Excessive Alcohol, The Last Call Program Treats ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The Last Call Program offers a new form of treatment for people suffering from overdrinking and even severe alcoholism, specifically targeting the chemical imbalance in the brain that is found when people abuse alcohol. A proprietary compound called ... | ||
Drug Addiction: Top 4 Ways To Treat Drug Addicts | Prescription ... By Admin Drug addiction treatment is a methodical procedure which needs to be followed step by step. Whenever you happen to try and aid a drug addict, you need to ensure that you do not do so with haste. This is so as drug addiction treatment calls ... Prescription Drug Abuse | ||
Lil Boosie Admits To Drug Addiction But Sees A Silver Lining ... By Ms_Toni Boosie admitted to being a drug addict in a statement to TMZ, but he's seeing the silver lining in this dark cloud… “Don't worry about me,” he said in a statement to TMZ. “I am getting help with my drug addiction and I accept full responsibility for ... MrsGrapevine.com | ||
The Right Coast: The Sex Addiction Epidemic - The Daily Beast By Tom Smith Reliable figures for the number of diagnosed sex addicts are difficult to come by, but the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, an education and sex-addiction treatment organization, estimates that between 3 and 5 percent of the U.S. ... The Right Coast | ||
Big Questions, Free Will, and Addiction | Points: The Blog of the ... By ronroizen9 Although addiction may be defined and operationalized in a number of different ways, the heart and core of the concept lies in its implication of the loss of the ability to choose – that is, the loss of free will. Hence, and logically, the concept of ... Points: The Blog of the Alcohol... | ||
Xanax Detox: Can I Do It Myself? | Drug Addiction Treatment By Drug Addiction However, this unsupervised tapering method has many risks and a very low chance of success due to the intense nature of cravings and the many ways an addict can obtain the drug regardless of how well friends and family can monitor them. ... Drug Addiction Treatment | ||
Married to a Sex Addict: Dealing with Your Anger - Porn Addiction ... By Kay Jones It is true that addiction is a disease which alters the brain's chemical pathways in a manner that often limits the addict's control over his or her own behavior and choices, but accountability is a key component of recovery from addiction- and of ... Feed The Right Wolf | ||
The Great Sex Addiction Epidemic | BlogHer By avflox While the piece does a decent job of describing hypersexuality -- thereby destroying the ability of those caught red handed to claim sex addiction as a way to get off scot-free -- it discredits itself by being so quick to point to the internet as a main cause ... In a television interview on Tuesday, Lee confessed to MSNBC news anchor Thomas Roberts that experts still can't seem to agree on what actually classifies someone as a sex addict, though he was quick to point out that everyone who ... | ||
Is Addiction the Result of Brain Evolution? | Psychology Today Brains that evolved for goal-pursuit easily end up addicted. By Marc Lewis, Ph.D.. .. www.psychologytoday.com/.../is-addiction-the-result-brain-ev... A Sex Addict in the City That Never Sleeps New York Times By AO SCOTT The cruel paradox of addiction is that it transforms a source of pleasure into an inescapable, insatiable need. An abundance — an overdose — of movies and books explores the logic of this condition, mostly with respect to drugs or alcohol ... |
My struggles with addiction
