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Mobile MORE Field Guide to Life App Keeps Addict On Road to Recovery
LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
With so many mobile apps to get your drink on — from Hello Vino to Mixology — Hazelden, one of the largest operators of alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers, has released a mobile app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad to help people stay ...

LAPTOP Magazine (blog) 

Addict speaks about the burden of gambling
ABC Online
But beyond the politics, there is of course the very real issue of problem gambling addiction and the damage that can cause to families and finances. According to a Productivity Commission report on gambling, between 80000 and 160000 Australians suffer ...

'Intervention': Alcoholic's Boyfriend Locked Her In Spare Room To Detox (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
However, Kimberly is also an alcoholic. And she is in dire need of an "Intervention" (Mon., 10 pm EST on A&E). Kimberly's drinking had gotten so bad that her father had written her off, and her boyfriend even went as far as locking her in the spare ...

Sober College: Where Addiction Means Opportunity
PR Web (press release)
When in addiction, many young adults lose sight of their goals. Here at Sober College, we reignite their passion for life and learning. Sober College, young adult drug rehab, is proud to announce that three of our alumni have been officially accepted ...

PR Web (press release)

Winning the battle for power over addiction
phillyBurbs.com (blog)
If addiction can get you to believe all of these lies, addiction can separate you from everyone else. If addiction can separate you from everyone else then it can convince you that your drug of choice, the one that keeps you an addict, is all you need.

Killer priest was a ganja addict, say villagers
Daily News & Analysis
... Gagdekar | Place: Sanand (Gujarat) | Agency: DNA Residents of Iyova village and even some eyewitnesses insist that the temple priest, Dharamnath, was addicted to charas and ganja but the police apparently had no knowledge of the priest's addiction.

Addict jailed for BMW blaze
Warrington Guardian
Since being arrested he had sought help for his drug addiction. She added he had no knowledge of other incidents carried out against his victim and his family. Sentencing him for the attack, which caused £6810 worth of damage, Judge Nicholas Woodward ...

Kim Richards Rehab for Drugs, Alcoholism Prompts RHOBH Return Uncertain
LALATE
BEVERLY HILLS (LALATE) – A Kim Richards rehab entry for drugs and alcoholism darkened a RHOBH finale last night. Kim Richards was on drugs and was battling alcoholism in season two of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Bravo revealed to viewers last ...

When sex becomes an addiction
Vail Daily News
He is a recovering drug addict, alcoholic and sex addict. For years he was encaptured by what he describes as a “hijacked mind” — falling into patterns of self-destructive behaviors to cope with deeply-rooted emotional pain. Raised by alcoholic ...

Addiction: Breaking Free from the Next Fix
PsychCentral.com (blog)
In the addiction field specifically, the late Dr. Alan Marlatt, Sarah Bowen, and Neha Chawla, Psychologists and researchers at the University of Washington, have created a promising new approach toward addiction based on the Mindfulness-based ...

Bradley Cooper Could Have Died from Crazy Alcohol Addiction
Gather Celebs News Channel
It wasn't his friends that got together with written letters to explain to him how his addiction has ruined friendships. In fact, Bradley Cooper just decided one day that he wanted to live. "You know what? I've got to stop," Cooper explains about his ...

United Insurance Co. Rescinds Job Offer to Recovering Drug Addict Because of ...
Jobmouse
According to the lawsuit, Craig Burns is a recovering drug addict who has been enrolled in a methadone treatment program since 2004. In January 2010, United Insurance offered Burns a position as an insurance agent in its Raleigh office, ...

Intervene This
Huffington Post
The Labeling Trap: Forcing someone to accept a label (ie addict, alcoholic) before they are ready to do so -- or when they don't really need to. The Premature Focus Trap: Deciding for the person what the problem issue is.

Site organizes addiction recovery at home
Palm Beach Daily News
Personally, I think anything that an addict will agree to and can pay for is a good path to take. But, keeping someone in the environment that may have led to addiction in the first place, sounds risky.

Big Alcohol Dominates Alcohol Regulator Meeting
MarketWatch (press release)
24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- New Addiction Article Documents Unhealthy Influence of Alcohol Industry over State Regulators In a peer-reviewed article in the February 2012 issue ofAddiction, Sarah Mart, director of research at Alcohol Justice, ...

“Dear Jesse, I'm an atheistic porn addict.”
Scientific American (blog)
I was surprised to see the SAA has modified the traditional 12 steps of the AlcoholicAnonymous pledges to suit its own domain of carnal overindulgence. This means that half of these steps inform sex addicts that, before they can ever hope to reel in ...

Scientific American (blog)

Alcoholic offender directed to get help
Wanganui Chronicle
He noted that McGregor's father was an alcoholic and there was a strong hereditary factor inalcoholism. Among McGregor's supervision conditions are that he attend an alcohol and drug assessment and complete any domestic violence counselling.

Kelly Osbourne opens up about painkiller addiction: 'It was either sort myself ...
OMG! Canada (blog)
By Leigh McEachran By Leigh McEachran | The Juice – 4 minutes 46 seconds ago With a painkiller addiction and stints in rehab played out in the public eye, Kelly Osbourne has had some tough times. But Ozzy's little girl is proud that, through it all,...

OMG! Canada (blog)

My husband is an addict I think - Sex Addiction Support Groups
By BlondeLegal
I need someone to talk to who will understand what is going on and maybe help me understand it. I have just found more porn/web cams/ live chats on my husbands computer.
Support Groups

What Alcoholism Is? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
By BackToSquareOne
This is a topic I've often thought about because there are so many different schools of thought out there, to start I'll list some of the more common.
SoberFeed...Live!

Trauma and Chemical Use and Addiction (Jan. 31) | UMHS Headlines
By admin
Current research highlights the relationship between chemical use, addiction and trauma. This presentation by an award-winning trauma expert will review events involved with trauma exposure, trauma specific symptomology, the impact ...
UMHS Headlines

The Rise and Fall of a “Miracle Cure” for Drug Addiction « The ...
By Keith Humphreys
Dr. Walter Ling, one of the world's most respected addiction treatment researchers, has completed the first long-term placebo-controlled trial of PROMETA. This alleged miracle cure for methamphetamine addiction proved completely ineffective ...
The Reality-Based Community

Addiction: Breaking Free from the Next Fix | A Mindfulness-Based ...
By admin
Addictive behaviors are universal. According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, one in eight Americans suffers with.
A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction...

Study finds internet addiction causes changes in brain development ...
News. Is Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) real? ... houses and stealing their jars of quarters to restore your internet service, You just might be an Internet addict.
news.yahoo.com/.../study-finds-internet-addiction-causes-chan...

Addiction - PsyPost
In substance use disorders (SUD), alexithymia rates of up to 67% have been reported, but evaluations of therapy in alexithymic SUD patients are scarce.
www.psypost.org/.../does-inability-to-express-emotions-affect-...

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