The road to recovery from alcoholism
Cincinnati.com
It is true alcoholism is a fearful word. We assume that the person is uneducated, poor or homeless. In reality they are our next door neighbors, our coaches, our friends, our teachers, loved ones, high school and college friends. An alcoholic has a ...
Talking about addiction, recovery, and writing with David Carr, Mary Karr ...
Capital New York
By Miranda Popkey What an addict means when they talk about hitting bottom is indicative; it's the worst part standing in for a lousy whole. And so it was appropriate that the first thing professor and journalist Susan Shapiro asked the four authors at ...
Capital New York
Country should boost anti-narcotic drive to tackle drug addiction
Financial Express Bangladesh
Bangladesh should further intensify its anti-narcotic drive to successfully tackle the problem of drugaddiction as addicts yearly spend at least Tk 50 billion for taking various types of narcotics, a study said. Association for Preventing Drug Abuse ...
ACTION ON ADDICTION: Kate Middleton
Xperedon Charity News
Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge, recently announced her patronage of Action onAddiction which resulted in unprecedented world-wide attention for the UK charity. The Duchess of Cambridge publically accepted an honorary position as patron of ...
NJ Attorney General announces new prescription drug addiction program
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Health care providers will have real-time access to the information generated by the program so they can check a patient's prescription history and detect possibleaddiction or abuse, as well as to determine what drugs might be responsible for medical ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
New treatments for addiction come closer to reality
Newstrack India
London, Jan 19 (ANI): Researchers have now shed new light on how neuron interaction in brain reinforces behaviours, thus opening doors to possible breakthroughs in theories or treatments foraddiction. The finding is the result of a year-long effort by ...
Drug addict jailed over stolen jewellery
Stourbridge News
A 31-YEAR-OLD drug addict caught selling jewellery stolen in a £7000 raid on a house in Kingswinford has been jailed for a year. Wayne Timmins from Brierley Hill was spotted acting "sheepishly" at a gold buying shop in Stourbridge by a member of the ...
Internet, Cocaine Addiction Cause Similar Changes in Brain
NBC Bay Area
Researchers in China recently conducted brain scans of 17 men and women diagnosed with Internetaddiction disorder, which, according to Forbes, is diagnosed by answering "yes" to five of eight questions. Some examples: "Do you feel nervous, ...
Addiction Update: The seventh day
Mercury-Register
And who is immune, regardless of race, creed, religion or socio-economic status, from the possibility of substance abuse becoming substance addiction? Addiction is the great equalizer, like gravity in its multi-cultural willingness to keep anyone down. ...
Drug Addiction Fuels Uptick In Valley Burglaries
Valley Independent Sentinel
Eventually, the addict starts burglarizing houses to feed the addiction. The addictmay switch to heroin, which has a similar high and isn't as expensive. But the cycle repeats itself as the addict's body builds a tolerance to heroin, police said. ...
Valley Independent Sentinel
Alcoholic jailed after forcing car off road
Skegness Standard
Alcoholic James Grogan, 41, grabbed the steering wheel of his estranged wife's car after shouting out “prepare to die.” Lincoln Crown Court heard Mrs Grogan and the couple's two children, aged 11 and 14, all suffered cuts and bruises after the vehicle ...
Angels at Risk: Stand Up to Addiction
Huffington Post (blog)
Angels at Risk, a new cutting edge, nonprofit organization highlighting prevention education for drug and alcohol use and abuse with teens and their families, is excited about having our Second Annual Event "Stand Up to Addiction in the Name of ...
Martin: Crashing conclusion to addict's troubles
Calgary Sun
She became one of society's lost souls — a drug addict destined to be found dead in a ditch or dingy crackhouse. But for awhile, Chamakese was able to turn her life around with the assistance of drug treatment court. She remained sober for nearly two ...
Fame and Addiction
TheFix.com
He continues, “Famous or not, people in the midst of their addiction will behave in a narcissistic, selfish way: they'll be anti-social and have a disregard for rules and regulations. But that is part of who they as an addict—not necessarily who they ...
TheFix.com
Ex-drug addict Peter Ferentzy lauds "progressive" Vancouver
Straight.com
To that end, he's penned and self-published a rapid-fire, soul-baring 90-page book called Dealing With Addiction: Why the 20th Century Was Wrong. On Sunday (January 22) at 6:30 pm, noted Vancouver author Dr. Gabor Maté will introduce Ferentzy at SFU ...
Straight.com
Jefferson Award Winner Helps Loved Ones Cope With Addiction ...
By bdisbrow
Carol Kahm's support group helps people heal from the pain of addiction. But the groups aren't for substance abusers - They're for the ... Kahm founded the Adapt Foundation in 2009 when her husband reverted back to alcoholism and she found there was no support for families like her. “There's nothing out there to help these people deal with the trauma of just loving somebody who is an addict, alcoholic,” Kahm said. Kahm hosted the first Adapt group in her dining room. Today, she...
CBS San Francisco
My Husband Has an Alcohol Addiction
By admin
Later on this afternoon, I am going to drive down to the county jail and visit my husband. He was thrown in jail for drinking and driving. He is very fortunate.
Pasadena Society & News Pages
New NIDA Resource Helps Families Navigate Addiction Treatment ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Psychiatric News Alert)
A new resource, Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask, will help individuals and families struggling with addiction ask the right questions before choosing a drug treatment program. It was developed by the National Institute on ...
Psychiatric News Alert
Utah family sues over heroin addict's jail death | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
Utah family sues over heroin addict's jail death. By: The Associated Press | 01/18/12 12:38 PM The Associated Press. A Utah woman's family is suing the Salt Lake County jail in federal court, claiming she died in custody because medical staff ...
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The Most Recommended Treatment Center for Drugs and Alcohol ...
By admin
The Most Recommended Treatment Center for Drugs and Alcohol Addiction. It is really pathetic to know that there are so many people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol and it seems that it is really hard for them to get rid of such addiction.
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Cincinnati.com
It is true alcoholism is a fearful word. We assume that the person is uneducated, poor or homeless. In reality they are our next door neighbors, our coaches, our friends, our teachers, loved ones, high school and college friends. An alcoholic has a ...
Talking about addiction, recovery, and writing with David Carr, Mary Karr ...
Capital New York
By Miranda Popkey What an addict means when they talk about hitting bottom is indicative; it's the worst part standing in for a lousy whole. And so it was appropriate that the first thing professor and journalist Susan Shapiro asked the four authors at ...
Capital New York
Country should boost anti-narcotic drive to tackle drug addiction
Financial Express Bangladesh
Bangladesh should further intensify its anti-narcotic drive to successfully tackle the problem of drugaddiction as addicts yearly spend at least Tk 50 billion for taking various types of narcotics, a study said. Association for Preventing Drug Abuse ...
ACTION ON ADDICTION: Kate Middleton
Xperedon Charity News
Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge, recently announced her patronage of Action onAddiction which resulted in unprecedented world-wide attention for the UK charity. The Duchess of Cambridge publically accepted an honorary position as patron of ...
NJ Attorney General announces new prescription drug addiction program
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Health care providers will have real-time access to the information generated by the program so they can check a patient's prescription history and detect possibleaddiction or abuse, as well as to determine what drugs might be responsible for medical ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
New treatments for addiction come closer to reality
Newstrack India
London, Jan 19 (ANI): Researchers have now shed new light on how neuron interaction in brain reinforces behaviours, thus opening doors to possible breakthroughs in theories or treatments foraddiction. The finding is the result of a year-long effort by ...
Drug addict jailed over stolen jewellery
Stourbridge News
A 31-YEAR-OLD drug addict caught selling jewellery stolen in a £7000 raid on a house in Kingswinford has been jailed for a year. Wayne Timmins from Brierley Hill was spotted acting "sheepishly" at a gold buying shop in Stourbridge by a member of the ...
Internet, Cocaine Addiction Cause Similar Changes in Brain
NBC Bay Area
Researchers in China recently conducted brain scans of 17 men and women diagnosed with Internetaddiction disorder, which, according to Forbes, is diagnosed by answering "yes" to five of eight questions. Some examples: "Do you feel nervous, ...
Addiction Update: The seventh day
Mercury-Register
And who is immune, regardless of race, creed, religion or socio-economic status, from the possibility of substance abuse becoming substance addiction? Addiction is the great equalizer, like gravity in its multi-cultural willingness to keep anyone down. ...
Drug Addiction Fuels Uptick In Valley Burglaries
Valley Independent Sentinel
Eventually, the addict starts burglarizing houses to feed the addiction. The addictmay switch to heroin, which has a similar high and isn't as expensive. But the cycle repeats itself as the addict's body builds a tolerance to heroin, police said. ...
Valley Independent Sentinel
Alcoholic jailed after forcing car off road
Skegness Standard
Alcoholic James Grogan, 41, grabbed the steering wheel of his estranged wife's car after shouting out “prepare to die.” Lincoln Crown Court heard Mrs Grogan and the couple's two children, aged 11 and 14, all suffered cuts and bruises after the vehicle ...
Angels at Risk: Stand Up to Addiction
Huffington Post (blog)
Angels at Risk, a new cutting edge, nonprofit organization highlighting prevention education for drug and alcohol use and abuse with teens and their families, is excited about having our Second Annual Event "Stand Up to Addiction in the Name of ...
Martin: Crashing conclusion to addict's troubles
Calgary Sun
She became one of society's lost souls — a drug addict destined to be found dead in a ditch or dingy crackhouse. But for awhile, Chamakese was able to turn her life around with the assistance of drug treatment court. She remained sober for nearly two ...
Fame and Addiction
TheFix.com
He continues, “Famous or not, people in the midst of their addiction will behave in a narcissistic, selfish way: they'll be anti-social and have a disregard for rules and regulations. But that is part of who they as an addict—not necessarily who they ...
TheFix.com
Ex-drug addict Peter Ferentzy lauds "progressive" Vancouver
Straight.com
To that end, he's penned and self-published a rapid-fire, soul-baring 90-page book called Dealing With Addiction: Why the 20th Century Was Wrong. On Sunday (January 22) at 6:30 pm, noted Vancouver author Dr. Gabor Maté will introduce Ferentzy at SFU ...
Straight.com
Jefferson Award Winner Helps Loved Ones Cope With Addiction ...
By bdisbrow
Carol Kahm's support group helps people heal from the pain of addiction. But the groups aren't for substance abusers - They're for the ... Kahm founded the Adapt Foundation in 2009 when her husband reverted back to alcoholism and she found there was no support for families like her. “There's nothing out there to help these people deal with the trauma of just loving somebody who is an addict, alcoholic,” Kahm said. Kahm hosted the first Adapt group in her dining room. Today, she...
CBS San Francisco
My Husband Has an Alcohol Addiction
By admin
Later on this afternoon, I am going to drive down to the county jail and visit my husband. He was thrown in jail for drinking and driving. He is very fortunate.
Pasadena Society & News Pages
New NIDA Resource Helps Families Navigate Addiction Treatment ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Psychiatric News Alert)
A new resource, Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask, will help individuals and families struggling with addiction ask the right questions before choosing a drug treatment program. It was developed by the National Institute on ...
Psychiatric News Alert
Utah family sues over heroin addict's jail death | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
Utah family sues over heroin addict's jail death. By: The Associated Press | 01/18/12 12:38 PM The Associated Press. A Utah woman's family is suing the Salt Lake County jail in federal court, claiming she died in custody because medical staff ...
Examiner AP RSS
The Most Recommended Treatment Center for Drugs and Alcohol ...
By admin
The Most Recommended Treatment Center for Drugs and Alcohol Addiction. It is really pathetic to know that there are so many people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol and it seems that it is really hard for them to get rid of such addiction.
Healthy Living News
The Way Out
