Kate Middleton chooses addiction charity as one of her charity projects
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
According to its website, Action on Addiction is the only addiction charity in the United Kingdom that works on not just one facet of addiction, but several: research, prevention, treatment, professional workforce development, and family support. The charity has treatment centers throughout England. ABC reports that Kate Middleton “sees addiction as the source of a number of the social issues she is concerned with.” In a press release, the organization’s chief executive, Nick Barton, said “It is a great honour for the Charity that Her Royal Highness has chosen to become our patron. We are very grateful to the Duchess whose support will enable us to keep the issue of addiction in the spotlight. Addiction is a consuming condition that results in a great deal of harm to individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole. Yet, it is not always well understood or responded to effectively. We are thrilled that the Duchess will be supporting us in our mission to free people from addiction and its effects.”...
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Kate Middleton Chooses Arts, Addiction Charities To Champion
By The Huffington Post News Editors
LONDON — She's married into the royal family, and now the former Kate Middleton is moving to define her new role by choosing the charities she will support. The Duchess of Cambridge has accepted honorary positions with charities that ...
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Diary of An Alcoholic Housewife Writer to Speak at Cook Park Library
Patch.com
After Wilhelmson learned Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife would be published, she sent an email to everyone on her email list, informing them about the book and the story it tells. Most of them had no idea she was struggling with an addiction. ...
Heroin addict jailed for burgling his own mum's home
WalesOnline
Mr Parry said that the defendant's mother had reported the matter in the hope that he would get help with her heroin addiction. She told how she and her family were quite devastated that her son had broken into her home and had taken the television, ...
A familiar tale of drug addiction and denial
Ottawa Citizen
It has worked with researchers, doctors and addiction experts to come up with a reasonable solution to help get addicts - who make up 80 per cent of adults in some First Nations communities - off the drug. All it needs now is better federal government ...
Addict jailed for raid on Cantonese takeaway
Burton Mail
Sukhi Ark, defending, said: “He accepts that he entered the premises and took cash and the laptop computer. “He takes a realistic view and he has asked to be sentenced today.” the breaching of the community order imposed on ...
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Former Wolfeboro cop says addiction drove him to steal Oxycodone from evidence ...
The Republic
AP OSSIPEE, NH — A former New Hampshire police officer who says addiction to pain medication drove him to steal pills from his department's evidence room will spend three days behind bars. Martel told the judge he had lost his career as a result of ...
What did heroin addiction during the Vietnam war teach us about breaking bad ...
Business Insider
According to her research, the number of soldiers who continued their heroin addiction once they returned to the US was shockingly low. "I believe the number of people who actually relapsed to heroin use in the first year was about 5 percent," Jaffe ...
Addiction treatment 'lifeline' losing major funding
Hamilton Spectator
Danielle, a recovering drug addict, is clean and back on track caring for her baby thanks to New Choices, a program facing possible closure. The annual Salvation Army luncheon celebrates the success of women in its programs. The event, planned to. ...
The Psychology of Compulsive Gambling
Fox News
They may have had alcoholic parents who were sometimes sober and loving, but sometimes drunk and punishing. They may have had parents who could be kind to one another and to them, but could also become verbally or physically abusive. ...
Alcoholic Painter Robs Elderly Woman For More Booze
Pattaya People
He confessed that he sold the chain to a lady in Tesco Lotus Sattahip for 20000 Baht, to buy a I phone and a bottle of 30 Degrees Thai made whiskey to drink, as he was analcoholic, and couldn't live without the booze. More legal proceedings will ...
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Long Sleeved Summers, a Timely, Must-read Memoir About Addiction and Recovery...
PR Web (press release)
The stigmas keep the disease hidden when an addict needs help the most. His story is raw and unnerving at times, it is a stark portrayal of reality, and one society must come to realize. http://www.createspace.com/3709148 "I wake up in the bathroom, ...
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Heroin addict thief in custody
Kilmarnock Standard
It is all fuelled by her addiction to heroin.” Hughes, she said, was awaiting being accepted onto a methadone programme. He told Hughes: “You are stealing to feed your habit. If I released you, I'm pretty sure that you would find that you had no choice ...
Demi Lovato opens up about addiction, eating disorders, and feuding with Miley ...
OMG! Canada (blog)
By Soraya Roberts By Soraya Roberts | Crush – 4 minutes 50 seconds ago Demi Lovato may think "sober is sexy" today, but that wasn't the case a year ago. The 19-year-old singer shocked fans when she entered rehab in November 2010, later coming clean to ...
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'Safety' helps addiction
The Province
Having an environment where addicts are "safer" in their addiction only helps them to stay addicted. If we make it easy to be a crack-head, what's the motivation to quit? "Harm reduction" is a joke. Put the money into helping people quit, ...
Man gets prison for heroin overdose death
La Crosse Tribune
He died before his daughter could tell him he would soon be a grandfather. “Mr. Hall was an addict. But Mr. Hall, like so many others in his position, does not deserve to die because of that addiction,” Deputy District Attorney Brian Barton said. ...
A new approach to fighting addiction
The National
Starting next week, eight state schools in Abu Dhabi will begin teaching pupils, teachers and parents about the hazards of addiction. As The National reported yesterday, this pilot programme is an attempt to combat an alarming increase in the number of ...
Karluk Manor man who died derailed by alcoholism | Washington ...
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Kort had friends and a loving family, but suffered from addiction and mental health problems that kept him on the street instead of with them, his family said. Kort was born in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area. As a child ... Jobs dried up as he got older and his alcoholism worsened. He tried rehab several times but ended up living mostly in ... By the time Kenny Petersen met Kort, he looked like the stereotype of a homeless alcoholic. His hair was long and gray, his face reddened by booze. ...
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7 Signs You're A Relationship Addict - Madame Noire
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... the moment they are unattached. You know you're an addict if you do this: ... Only a true relationship addict goes into panic mode the moment they are unattached—that's where the addiction comes from. You know you're an addict if you do ...
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Short Film “Addict” to Screen at the 2012 Idyllwild Film Festival | IFP ...
By IFP Phoenix Admin
The short film, Addict, is a chaotic ride through the world of meth through a user's eyes. Following the main characters, Amy and Harry, the audience will question the way in which they look at their own lives and others around them. The story ...
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