In the Cave: Philosophy and Addiction
New York Times (blog)
They engage in faulty yet persuasive alcoholic reasoning, willing to take anything as evidence that they do not have a problem; no amount of reasoning will persuade them otherwise. Each time the addict makes a promise to cut down or stop but does not, ...
New York Times (blog)
New York Times (blog)
They engage in faulty yet persuasive alcoholic reasoning, willing to take anything as evidence that they do not have a problem; no amount of reasoning will persuade them otherwise. Each time the addict makes a promise to cut down or stop but does not, ...
New York Times (blog)
Kate Middleton Becomes Patron Of Action On Addiction
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Her Royal Highness recently paid a private visit to one of Action on Addiction'streatment centres and spoke at length to a number of clients about their addictionand personal journeys to recovery. What say YOU, readers? What kind of work do you hope ...
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Alcoholic man aged 26 needs liver transplant
BBC News
Mr Maden, who works as a carer, said he is no longer ashamed to admit he is analcoholic. But when he woke up in hospital in 2006, after being in an alcohol-induced coma for two weeks, he said he was in "total denial". "My immediate thought was, ...
BBC News
Addiction Detox Is Important For Those Trying To Get Clean
Present tense Magazine
If you are looking to get help with your addiction so that you can retake control of your life,addiction detox centers are a great place for you to visit. These centers help your body get freed from the dependence on the substance. ...
Net addiction could be a mental disorder
Times of India
Addiction to internet and online games or 'internet misuse' soon to be classified as a mental disorder. The condition of pathological internet misuse (read spending hours surfing or playing games) has prompted international mental health experts to ...
New Providence program unites community members to fight smoking addiction
95.5 WBRU News
By Ethan Hammerman ⋅ January 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment Addiction is a horrible thing, but for smokers, there may be a local solution that could change lives. I'm Ethan Hammerman and today, for the first Pulse of the New Year, here's a new program that ...
Drug addict's spending spree on stolen plastic
Newcastle Herald
BY STEPHEN RYAN A DRUG addict who went on a Christmas Eve spending spree that included a room at The Sebel was jailed for at least six months yesterday after telling police that she withdrew thousands of dollars from a stolen credit card and ''blew it ...
Prescription Drug Addiction Problems
KYTX
"I've got some family members that have been on pain pills for so long that the dosage they're having to take anymore would classify them as an addict, but they just have to have it for the level of pain," said Morman. Doctor Luis Haro oversees all the ...
Bringing alcoholism and AIDS to the forefront
Times of India
Franky excels in his character of an alcoholic. Justin wins the sympathy of the audience in his role as Nisha's father. Comic interludes by Ambe, Aurelio and Agnelo provide a laughter riot, but some of them could have been toned down. ...
Paying for addiction
Toledo Blade
Before the General Assembly's Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review signs off on the new rules, it should acknowledge the increase in gambling addiction that is likely to attend the sudden availability of tens of thousands of slot machines, ...
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Her Royal Highness recently paid a private visit to one of Action on Addiction'streatment centres and spoke at length to a number of clients about their addictionand personal journeys to recovery. What say YOU, readers? What kind of work do you hope ...
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Alcoholic man aged 26 needs liver transplant
BBC News
Mr Maden, who works as a carer, said he is no longer ashamed to admit he is analcoholic. But when he woke up in hospital in 2006, after being in an alcohol-induced coma for two weeks, he said he was in "total denial". "My immediate thought was, ...
BBC News
Addiction Detox Is Important For Those Trying To Get Clean
Present tense Magazine
If you are looking to get help with your addiction so that you can retake control of your life,addiction detox centers are a great place for you to visit. These centers help your body get freed from the dependence on the substance. ...
Net addiction could be a mental disorder
Times of India
Addiction to internet and online games or 'internet misuse' soon to be classified as a mental disorder. The condition of pathological internet misuse (read spending hours surfing or playing games) has prompted international mental health experts to ...
New Providence program unites community members to fight smoking addiction
95.5 WBRU News
By Ethan Hammerman ⋅ January 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment Addiction is a horrible thing, but for smokers, there may be a local solution that could change lives. I'm Ethan Hammerman and today, for the first Pulse of the New Year, here's a new program that ...
Drug addict's spending spree on stolen plastic
Newcastle Herald
BY STEPHEN RYAN A DRUG addict who went on a Christmas Eve spending spree that included a room at The Sebel was jailed for at least six months yesterday after telling police that she withdrew thousands of dollars from a stolen credit card and ''blew it ...
Prescription Drug Addiction Problems
KYTX
"I've got some family members that have been on pain pills for so long that the dosage they're having to take anymore would classify them as an addict, but they just have to have it for the level of pain," said Morman. Doctor Luis Haro oversees all the ...
Bringing alcoholism and AIDS to the forefront
Times of India
Franky excels in his character of an alcoholic. Justin wins the sympathy of the audience in his role as Nisha's father. Comic interludes by Ambe, Aurelio and Agnelo provide a laughter riot, but some of them could have been toned down. ...
Paying for addiction
Toledo Blade
Before the General Assembly's Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review signs off on the new rules, it should acknowledge the increase in gambling addiction that is likely to attend the sudden availability of tens of thousands of slot machines, ...
Addiction a possibility with pain medications
Daytona Beach News-Journal
While most people with addiction experience physical dependence, addiction itself is different. When the patient stops taking the drug, the physical dependence gradually ends, yet the addict'sbrain never forgets the pleasure, or the "high," which is ...
Alcoholic stole whisky
Plymouth Herald
AN ALCOHOLIC who stole whisky has been given a court order to tackle his addiction. Matthew Tonkiss, aged 20, twice took bottles of booze from shops, Plymouth magistrates were told. Tonkiss, of Wordsworth Crescent, North Prospect, admitted theft of ...
Addiction and recovery lecture series comes to HGTC
TheDigitel
Horry Georgetown Technical College is hosting its annual addiction and recovery lecture series in February and March, featuring Jeff Van Vonderen of A&E's Intervention. Thursday, February 16: Jeff Van Vonderen, will share highlights of hisaddiction ...
TheDigitel
Serial burglar heroin addict jailed again
Cambridge News
A heroin addict with a long criminal history has been jailed after burgling a student who lived in his street. Prolific thief Lee Wilson, 34, smashed his way into a property in Elizabeth Way, Cambridge, through a rear window and stole a Toshiba laptop, ...
Cambridge News
'Private Practice' Amelia's addiction: Minute by minute
Examiner.com
Addiction recovery is not only an adjustment for the addict, but also for the addict's family members and friends. Frederiksen emphasized how important it is for an addict's friends and family members to get help for themselves during an addict's ...
Bollards stolen to feed morphine addiction
The Press
City Care will hopefully get back a little of the money it lost while drug addict David John McGrath disposed of some of Christchurch's stainless steel bollards as scrap metal to buy morphine. The 50-year-old was today sent to do a drug rehabilitation ...
Young alcoholic's wait for liver transplant
BBC News
Matt Maden from Bournemouth was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis as a result of alcohol abuse when he was 21. He started drinking alcohol when he was just 10, but his teenage years of excessive drinking caught up with him when he woke up from an ...
BBC News
Tears in Support: Hundreds Attend Addiction Recovery Service
Patch.com
Calvary Church Senior Pastor Howard Hoekstra joined those in sorrow as he expressed his fight against past addiction and those of a family member. Pastor Ovitt and Pastor Hoekstra began lighting candles of the visiting clergy, and the lights spread ...
McNamee: 'I can't handle my addiction to gambling'
Herald.ie
By Frank Roche OFFALY's leading footballer, Niall McNamee, has bared his soul about a gamblingaddiction that has cost him an estimated €200000 over the years and left him with outstanding debts of around €80000. The free-scoring forward recently ...
Sarah Harding's 'Sleeping Pill Addiction': What are its Dangers?
International Business Times AU
By Lord Jorrel Polintan | January 9, 2012 2:08 PM EST British singer-song writer, Sarah Harding who is best known for being a member of Girls Aloud, admitted to having battled an addiction to sleeping pills over the last four years. ...
International Business Times AU
Drug dealer with 14-year addiction jailed for selling heroin cut with laxatives
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Richard Holloway, mitigating, said Franks has been an addict since 1998 and had been selling small amounts to other users on a small scale. Sentencing, Judge Mayo said: “It would appear from the fact you had established a fairly small scale enterprise...
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
The Prescription Opiate Arms Race
Huffington Post
The unfortunate reality was that its introduction led to a rapid escalation in overdoses, emergency room visits and drug addiction as a result of the inevitable misuse of this super-potent prescription narcotic. Nonetheless, or maybe for the same ...
Consumption of alcoholic beverages is known to be a human carcinogen ...
Food Consumer
1996. Epidemiologic data on alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of cancer. NIAAA. 1997. Ninth Special Report to Congress on Alcohol and Health. NIH Publication No. 97-4017. Washington, DC: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 420 pp. ...
Chris Herren's shift from an addict to an activist
allvoices
By sarah1 Former basketball player Christopher Albert Herren has shared his story of falling into drugaddiction and then coming back to normal life after a long period of rehabilitation on a number of occasions. He has made his aim to help players ...
High time we tackled State's heroin problem
Irish Times
ANALYSIS: EUROPEAN UNION figures out last November articulated clearly what many frontline addiction and healthcare workers have been noticing in Ireland for several years. Heroin use and addiction in Ireland are rising at an alarming rate. ...
Irish Times
Depressed alcoholic stole goods from store
Eastbourne Today
AN ALCOHOLIC waiting to go in to detox was caught stealing food and drink from Marks and Spencer. Terence Baker, 63, of Cavendish Place, Eastbourne, appeared before the town's magistrates on Friday (December 30) and admitted the shoplifting offence ...
Daytona Beach News-Journal
While most people with addiction experience physical dependence, addiction itself is different. When the patient stops taking the drug, the physical dependence gradually ends, yet the addict'sbrain never forgets the pleasure, or the "high," which is ...
Alcoholic stole whisky
Plymouth Herald
AN ALCOHOLIC who stole whisky has been given a court order to tackle his addiction. Matthew Tonkiss, aged 20, twice took bottles of booze from shops, Plymouth magistrates were told. Tonkiss, of Wordsworth Crescent, North Prospect, admitted theft of ...
Addiction and recovery lecture series comes to HGTC
TheDigitel
Horry Georgetown Technical College is hosting its annual addiction and recovery lecture series in February and March, featuring Jeff Van Vonderen of A&E's Intervention. Thursday, February 16: Jeff Van Vonderen, will share highlights of hisaddiction ...
TheDigitel
Serial burglar heroin addict jailed again
Cambridge News
A heroin addict with a long criminal history has been jailed after burgling a student who lived in his street. Prolific thief Lee Wilson, 34, smashed his way into a property in Elizabeth Way, Cambridge, through a rear window and stole a Toshiba laptop, ...
Cambridge News
'Private Practice' Amelia's addiction: Minute by minute
Examiner.com
Addiction recovery is not only an adjustment for the addict, but also for the addict's family members and friends. Frederiksen emphasized how important it is for an addict's friends and family members to get help for themselves during an addict's ...
Bollards stolen to feed morphine addiction
The Press
City Care will hopefully get back a little of the money it lost while drug addict David John McGrath disposed of some of Christchurch's stainless steel bollards as scrap metal to buy morphine. The 50-year-old was today sent to do a drug rehabilitation ...
Young alcoholic's wait for liver transplant
BBC News
Matt Maden from Bournemouth was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis as a result of alcohol abuse when he was 21. He started drinking alcohol when he was just 10, but his teenage years of excessive drinking caught up with him when he woke up from an ...
BBC News
Tears in Support: Hundreds Attend Addiction Recovery Service
Patch.com
Calvary Church Senior Pastor Howard Hoekstra joined those in sorrow as he expressed his fight against past addiction and those of a family member. Pastor Ovitt and Pastor Hoekstra began lighting candles of the visiting clergy, and the lights spread ...
McNamee: 'I can't handle my addiction to gambling'
Herald.ie
By Frank Roche OFFALY's leading footballer, Niall McNamee, has bared his soul about a gamblingaddiction that has cost him an estimated €200000 over the years and left him with outstanding debts of around €80000. The free-scoring forward recently ...
Sarah Harding's 'Sleeping Pill Addiction': What are its Dangers?
International Business Times AU
By Lord Jorrel Polintan | January 9, 2012 2:08 PM EST British singer-song writer, Sarah Harding who is best known for being a member of Girls Aloud, admitted to having battled an addiction to sleeping pills over the last four years. ...
International Business Times AU
Drug dealer with 14-year addiction jailed for selling heroin cut with laxatives
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Richard Holloway, mitigating, said Franks has been an addict since 1998 and had been selling small amounts to other users on a small scale. Sentencing, Judge Mayo said: “It would appear from the fact you had established a fairly small scale enterprise...
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
The Prescription Opiate Arms Race
Huffington Post
The unfortunate reality was that its introduction led to a rapid escalation in overdoses, emergency room visits and drug addiction as a result of the inevitable misuse of this super-potent prescription narcotic. Nonetheless, or maybe for the same ...
Consumption of alcoholic beverages is known to be a human carcinogen ...
Food Consumer
1996. Epidemiologic data on alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of cancer. NIAAA. 1997. Ninth Special Report to Congress on Alcohol and Health. NIH Publication No. 97-4017. Washington, DC: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 420 pp. ...
Chris Herren's shift from an addict to an activist
allvoices
By sarah1 Former basketball player Christopher Albert Herren has shared his story of falling into drugaddiction and then coming back to normal life after a long period of rehabilitation on a number of occasions. He has made his aim to help players ...
High time we tackled State's heroin problem
Irish Times
ANALYSIS: EUROPEAN UNION figures out last November articulated clearly what many frontline addiction and healthcare workers have been noticing in Ireland for several years. Heroin use and addiction in Ireland are rising at an alarming rate. ...
Irish Times
Depressed alcoholic stole goods from store
Eastbourne Today
AN ALCOHOLIC waiting to go in to detox was caught stealing food and drink from Marks and Spencer. Terence Baker, 63, of Cavendish Place, Eastbourne, appeared before the town's magistrates on Friday (December 30) and admitted the shoplifting offence ...
Drug Rehab: Understanding Drug Addiction Treatment Types ...
By russbarnstein
Each drug rehab program is designed to address addiction and alcoholism at different levels, although most programs use similar therapies in order to achieve results. ... These types of drugaddiction treatment were specifically designed to offer a gradual approach to treatment that allows a recovering addict or alcoholic to progressively reintegrate with their communities while still having immediate access to the tools and resources that are made available by these programs. This is ...
Recovery First
FML: as a recovering alcoholic, I called my brother to share the news ...
By Jonny
Health : Today, as a recovering alcoholic, I called my brother to share the news that I've been sober for a month. He invited me to a bar to celebrate. ... Read more.
FMyLife
By russbarnstein
Each drug rehab program is designed to address addiction and alcoholism at different levels, although most programs use similar therapies in order to achieve results. ... These types of drugaddiction treatment were specifically designed to offer a gradual approach to treatment that allows a recovering addict or alcoholic to progressively reintegrate with their communities while still having immediate access to the tools and resources that are made available by these programs. This is ...
Recovery First
FML: as a recovering alcoholic, I called my brother to share the news ...
By Jonny
Health : Today, as a recovering alcoholic, I called my brother to share the news that I've been sober for a month. He invited me to a bar to celebrate. ... Read more.
FMyLife
Facing Addiction – Could You Be Addicted? | inthewake.org
Facing Addiction – Could You Be Addicted? Posted on January 9, 2012 by. It can be so scary to think you might be addicted to drugs or alcohol. Just having to admit it can be stressful and terrifying. Sometimes, people are addicted and might ...
inthewake.org
Prescription Drug Abuse in the Elderly | Drug Addiction Treatment
By Drug Addiction
Whether abuse or addiction occurs also depends on other factors, including their overall physical and emotional health as well as the types of medications prescribed for them. In addition to the normal aches and pains associated with aging, ...
Drug Addiction Treatment
The Way Out
