Coping With Addiction and a Mood Disorder - NYTimes.com
Antonio Lambert, a self-taught ex-convict turned mental health educator, has relapsed into crime and drug use before. But now, he says, "I know when it's time to ...
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Antonio Lambert, a self-taught ex-convict turned mental health educator, has relapsed into crime and drug use before. But now, he says, "I know when it's time to ...
well.blogs.nytimes.com/.../coping-with-addiction-and-a-mood...
Russell Brand visits addiction centre
Zee News
The former addict dropped into the recovery facility, which focuses on drug and alcohol addiction, in an attempt to lift the spirits of guests at the charity. Brand has been magnanimous and donated more than 100000 pounds to Focus 12 over the last two ...
Zee News
'Intervention' returns, addiction horrors and all
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
“Intervention” succeeds mainly on its unflinching focus on the drama of addiction and recovery. But that's only part of it. Watching Christina's troubles unfold (her mother was a meth addict; her father ignored her), I am again reminded how ...
Heroin addict is jailed for stealing
Plymouth Herald
A HEROIN addict has been jailed for nearly five months for stealing from staff areas in shops. Gary Coleman, aged 27, sneaked into private rooms to take personal belongings. He has five previous convictions for stealing from commercial premises, ...
Conroe man wages war on substance abuse, addiction
Your Houston News
Family and peer support are key components to helping individuals break the cycle ofaddiction. Patterson, a recovered alcoholic, was a well-paid oilfield tool specialist until the industry declined in 1983. Faced with economic cutbacks, ...
What Vietnam Taught Us About Breaking Bad Habits
NPR (blog)
It was thought to be the most addictive substance ever produced, a narcotic so powerful that once addiction claimed you, it was nearly impossible to escape. In response to this report, President Richard Nixon took action. In June of 1971 he announced ...
NCPR Regional News Archives
North Country Public Radio
Cuomo convinced state lawmakers in early December to approve the changes. more (12/30/11) We hear from one woman who struggled with prescription drug addiction for 20 years: It's part two of Chris Knight's report on prescription drug abuse in the North ...
North Country Public Radio
Warning over repeat drug offenders
The Press Association
Mrs McInnes has called on the Scottish Government to improve rehabilitation, saying: "We need to improve rehabilitation and tackle addiction if we are to break this cycle of reoffending. We need to make sure that offenders who want to change their ...
Catholic priest's defense to target gambling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
13, the Catholic priest's addiction to gambling will be used as an argument for leniency in his sentencing for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his Summerlin parish. His attorney, Margaret Stanish, has hired an expert who will offer ...
Understanding of problem gambling lags in Wash.
TheNewsTribune.com
As the gambling business has grown in Washington state, some industry watchers say Washington has not kept a close enough eye on gambling addiction. The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. — As the gambling business has grown in Washington state, ...
Driver paralysed in car crash SUES the bar that served her alcohol as a minor
Daily Mail
Miss Hess said she ordered an alcoholic drink at the bar in August 2009 and was served without being asked for identification, ABC News reported. The legal drinking age in South Carolina is 21. Miss Hess then left the bar at around 1.05am driving her ...
Daily Mail
Helping Veterans
Martinsburg Journal
"Deaths from (post-traumatic stress disorder) and addiction-caused suicides have killed more vets than combat casualties," Gant said. "Though lingering brain and mind injuries are invisible, they are more disabling than a limb amputation. ...
Bristol man fined for rant against Queen
Bristol Evening Post
AN ALCOHOLIC who branded the queen a "fascist" had been handed a 12-month conditional discharge. Michael Hellard unleashed the drunken rant at police at Clifton Down railway station on December 5, Bristol magistrates heard. The 45-year-old, ...
Elderly drinkers on the rise
Stuff.co.nz
Both the Alcohol Advisory Council and National Addiction Centre director Doug Sellman confirmed that it is an increasing issue, and extra alcohol treatment services are specifically catering to older people. "Although the official data shows that fewer ...
Microsoft kills 'culture of heavy drinking'
TECH.BLORGE.com
During a court battle last year a string of allegations emerged suggesting Microsoft was a little too generous when it came to providing alcoholic drinks at sponsorship events. Under particular scrutiny was a party at the Microsoft Global Exchange ...
Zee News
The former addict dropped into the recovery facility, which focuses on drug and alcohol addiction, in an attempt to lift the spirits of guests at the charity. Brand has been magnanimous and donated more than 100000 pounds to Focus 12 over the last two ...
Zee News
'Intervention' returns, addiction horrors and all
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
“Intervention” succeeds mainly on its unflinching focus on the drama of addiction and recovery. But that's only part of it. Watching Christina's troubles unfold (her mother was a meth addict; her father ignored her), I am again reminded how ...
Heroin addict is jailed for stealing
Plymouth Herald
A HEROIN addict has been jailed for nearly five months for stealing from staff areas in shops. Gary Coleman, aged 27, sneaked into private rooms to take personal belongings. He has five previous convictions for stealing from commercial premises, ...
Conroe man wages war on substance abuse, addiction
Your Houston News
Family and peer support are key components to helping individuals break the cycle ofaddiction. Patterson, a recovered alcoholic, was a well-paid oilfield tool specialist until the industry declined in 1983. Faced with economic cutbacks, ...
What Vietnam Taught Us About Breaking Bad Habits
NPR (blog)
It was thought to be the most addictive substance ever produced, a narcotic so powerful that once addiction claimed you, it was nearly impossible to escape. In response to this report, President Richard Nixon took action. In June of 1971 he announced ...
NCPR Regional News Archives
North Country Public Radio
Cuomo convinced state lawmakers in early December to approve the changes. more (12/30/11) We hear from one woman who struggled with prescription drug addiction for 20 years: It's part two of Chris Knight's report on prescription drug abuse in the North ...
North Country Public Radio
Warning over repeat drug offenders
The Press Association
Mrs McInnes has called on the Scottish Government to improve rehabilitation, saying: "We need to improve rehabilitation and tackle addiction if we are to break this cycle of reoffending. We need to make sure that offenders who want to change their ...
Catholic priest's defense to target gambling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
13, the Catholic priest's addiction to gambling will be used as an argument for leniency in his sentencing for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his Summerlin parish. His attorney, Margaret Stanish, has hired an expert who will offer ...
Understanding of problem gambling lags in Wash.
TheNewsTribune.com
As the gambling business has grown in Washington state, some industry watchers say Washington has not kept a close enough eye on gambling addiction. The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. — As the gambling business has grown in Washington state, ...
Driver paralysed in car crash SUES the bar that served her alcohol as a minor
Daily Mail
Miss Hess said she ordered an alcoholic drink at the bar in August 2009 and was served without being asked for identification, ABC News reported. The legal drinking age in South Carolina is 21. Miss Hess then left the bar at around 1.05am driving her ...
Daily Mail
Helping Veterans
Martinsburg Journal
"Deaths from (post-traumatic stress disorder) and addiction-caused suicides have killed more vets than combat casualties," Gant said. "Though lingering brain and mind injuries are invisible, they are more disabling than a limb amputation. ...
Bristol man fined for rant against Queen
Bristol Evening Post
AN ALCOHOLIC who branded the queen a "fascist" had been handed a 12-month conditional discharge. Michael Hellard unleashed the drunken rant at police at Clifton Down railway station on December 5, Bristol magistrates heard. The 45-year-old, ...
Elderly drinkers on the rise
Stuff.co.nz
Both the Alcohol Advisory Council and National Addiction Centre director Doug Sellman confirmed that it is an increasing issue, and extra alcohol treatment services are specifically catering to older people. "Although the official data shows that fewer ...
Microsoft kills 'culture of heavy drinking'
TECH.BLORGE.com
During a court battle last year a string of allegations emerged suggesting Microsoft was a little too generous when it came to providing alcoholic drinks at sponsorship events. Under particular scrutiny was a party at the Microsoft Global Exchange ...
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Wants End To Binge Drinking
StocksandShares.TV
They have said that any participant who becomes inebriated should be prevented from consuming further alcoholic beverages and from operating a vehicle. In an official note to staff Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), said that, “Even in the absence of ...
New York was the source of an incarceration 'epidemic'
Buffalo News
By Ronald Fraser How did America's addiction to prisons and mass incarceration get its start and spread from state to state? Perhaps the best explanation is found in a new book titled “A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in ...
Sober-living facilities on the rise in Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
In January, the home just east of Tunbridge will open as Balance House, a sober-living facility for young men recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Tunbridge, and many of her neighbors, support the sober-living ideal, but wish the facility was ...
StocksandShares.TV
They have said that any participant who becomes inebriated should be prevented from consuming further alcoholic beverages and from operating a vehicle. In an official note to staff Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), said that, “Even in the absence of ...
New York was the source of an incarceration 'epidemic'
Buffalo News
By Ronald Fraser How did America's addiction to prisons and mass incarceration get its start and spread from state to state? Perhaps the best explanation is found in a new book titled “A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in ...
Sober-living facilities on the rise in Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
In January, the home just east of Tunbridge will open as Balance House, a sober-living facility for young men recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Tunbridge, and many of her neighbors, support the sober-living ideal, but wish the facility was ...
What Is A Functioning Alcoholic? - Addiction Treatment
By Addiction Treatment
by Addiction Treatment on January 2, 2012. A functioning alcoholic, also known as a “functional alcoholic” or a “high functioning alcoholic” (HFA), is a person who meets the criteria for alcoholism, but still is able to function in society financially, ...
What Vietnam Taught Us | Addiction & Recovery News
By Jason Schwartz
I seem to have noticed an uptick in book, news and blog references to heroin addiction among returning Vietnam vets. (A Google news search suggests that this perception is accurate.) I suspect it's because it offers a narrative that's consistent ...
Addiction & Recovery News
By Addiction Treatment
by Addiction Treatment on January 2, 2012. A functioning alcoholic, also known as a “functional alcoholic” or a “high functioning alcoholic” (HFA), is a person who meets the criteria for alcoholism, but still is able to function in society financially, ...
What Vietnam Taught Us | Addiction & Recovery News
By Jason Schwartz
I seem to have noticed an uptick in book, news and blog references to heroin addiction among returning Vietnam vets. (A Google news search suggests that this perception is accurate.) I suspect it's because it offers a narrative that's consistent ...
Addiction & Recovery News
When to stop treatment? Why? | An Epidemic of Addiction
By J.T. Junig, MD, PhD
My husband had a SEVERE opioid addiction. He was taking 10-15 Oxycontin 80mgs a day and then ended up switching to 400mgs of methadone before he switched to Suboxone. He has found that he is comfortable with 4 of the 8mg pills per ...
An Epidemic of Addiction
Painkiller 10 times stronger than Vicodin worries addiction experts ...
Pure hydrocodone opioid painkiller could be on market as early as 2013 Read more by CBS News Staff on CBS News' HealthPop.
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Powerful New Painkillers Have Addiction Experts Worried ...
Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it ...
healthland.time.com/.../powerful-new-painkiller-has-addiction...
Reviled alcoholic seeks to rebound - Local - Ohio
Along the way, his addiction helped him amass a state-record 20 ... to talk with the Akron Beacon Journal about his lifelong battle with alcoholism so that others ...
www.ohio.com/.../reviled-alcoholic-seeks-to-rebound-1.25293...
Sacha Scoblic: My Alcoholic Holiday Season | The New Republic
... this Author. The Insidious Response to Amy Winehouse's Addiction and Death ...And, really, unless you're an alcoholic (like me, hi there!), why should you ...
www.tnr.com/article/.../sober-holidays-drinking-party-cocktail...
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