5 Steps To a Strong (Sober) Social Support System | Addiction ...
By David Sack, M.D.
This is where one tried and true component of addiction treatment – a strong social support system – can bolster long-term recovery. ... Here are five steps that will lead the recovering addict to the support they need: 1. Ask for Help. It is never a ...
Addiction Recovery
By David Sack, M.D.
This is where one tried and true component of addiction treatment – a strong social support system – can bolster long-term recovery. ... Here are five steps that will lead the recovering addict to the support they need: 1. Ask for Help. It is never a ...
Addiction Recovery
Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Discovered
Voice of America
February 06, 2012 Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Discovered Brain abnormalities found in addicts and their non-addicted siblings Jessica Berman Scientists have discovered structural abnormalities in the brains of drug addicts and their ...
Demi Moore Enters Addiction Treatment Center
ThirdAge
Demi Moore has entered the Cirque Lodge addiction treatment center in Sundance, Utah following a personal health crisis, according to reports. Speculation about 49-year-old actress has been brewing in the tabloids ever since she was rushed to the ...
ThirdAge
Chooper's Guide is Preferred Vendor for Addiction Treatment Resources
MarketWatch (press release)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NAADAC, the Association for AddictionProfessionals, and Chooper's Guide, the Internet's most comprehensive substance abuse resource directory, announced today that Chooper's Guide has been selected as a ...
Siblings share susceptibility to addiction
Times LIVE
Researchers who scanned the brains of 50 pairs of brothers and sisters, of whom one sibling was a cocaine addict, found that both had brain abnormalities that made it more difficult for them to exercise self-control. The findings increase the ...
Times LIVE
Addict duped pensioners in New Milton to fund habit
Bournemouth Echo
A DRUG addict conned thousands of pounds out of vulnerable pensioners by telling them she could not afford food while using the money to fund her habit. Laura Crowhurst, 29, targeted five victims who in total handed out £4050 because they felt sorry ...
New Jersey's approach to drug addiction, and how policy priorities will be ...
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
By George Amick/For The Times New Jersey is making progress, at last, toward adopting more enlightened policies on drug addiction. But the yawning hole in the public purse remains a huge impediment. Reformers were gratified last month when Gov.
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
Sony Pictures Classics Picking Up Alcoholic Sundance Hit 'Smashed'
First Showing
The Wrap is reporting that distributor Sony Pictures Classics is "about to buy" the film Smashed, directed by James Ponsoldt and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an alcoholic, which topped quite a few "best of" lists. I'm glad to see this finally ...
Duchess of Cambridge pays secret visit to Action on Addiction center
Examiner.com
The Duchess of Cambridge recently revealed plans to visit two of her new charities, Action onAddiction and the National Portrait Gallery, but it emerged yesterday that she'd already secretly put a jump-start on her royal career.
Pain patients rebuild lives wrecked by addiction
The Columbian
Stories of the ashamed and embarrassed who will forever be labeled “addict” in the eyes of their family and friends. Stories of the angry and disappointed, who put trust in their physician and felt betrayed. Stories of the remorseful and apologetic, ...
Fighting drug addiction in the midst of war
Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from the streets of Kabul on Afghanistan's spiralling drug addiction - and the difficulty of tackling it in the middle of a war. Every city in every country has an issue with abusing one substance ...
Channel 4 News
Drug addict caught after leaving DNA
Peterborough Today
A WOULD-BE burglar who got away empty-handed from a house he broke into has been jailed after he left a drinks carton with his DNA at the scene. Mark Cooke (37) of Pipe Lane, Eastgate, Peterborough, was locked up for four months at Peterborough ...
Ad campaign targets Ohio painkiller abuse
Canton Repository
By Anonymous AP A new public service ad campaign is targeting prescription painkiller abuse in Ohio using stories of people affected by addiction. The initiative features ads on websites and social media networks, posters in convenience stores and ...
Dr. Scott Morris: Look around, offer hand to those battling addiction
Memphis Commercial Appeal
And he succumbed to the stereotypical lifestyle of a rock star and became an alcoholic and drug addict. Nine times, his disease -- and resulting actions -- thrust him into the legal system. Most judges would have written off John Kilzer long ago.
North American Punjabi Association stresses on drug de-addiction in Punjab
Times of India
AMRITSAR: A delegation of North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) who is presently visiting Punjab have expressed serious concern about the wide spread increase in the use of harmful drugs and hard liqueur by the youth population of Punjab.
Should We Intervene?
PsychCentral.com (blog)
That doesn't mean, necessarily, that interventions never work—but the intervention should be set up in such a way that the addict or alcoholic—him or herself– comes to the realization that getting clean is the only option. For example… let's say ...
Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Dual Diagnosis in the Gay and ...
By Admin
Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Dual Diagnosis in the Gay and Lesbian Community. Studies have found that 35% of lesbians had a history of excessive drinking, compared to only 5% of the heterosexual women in the sample (Saghir, 1970; ...
Prescription Drug Abuse
Voice of America
February 06, 2012 Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Discovered Brain abnormalities found in addicts and their non-addicted siblings Jessica Berman Scientists have discovered structural abnormalities in the brains of drug addicts and their ...
Demi Moore Enters Addiction Treatment Center
ThirdAge
Demi Moore has entered the Cirque Lodge addiction treatment center in Sundance, Utah following a personal health crisis, according to reports. Speculation about 49-year-old actress has been brewing in the tabloids ever since she was rushed to the ...
ThirdAge
Chooper's Guide is Preferred Vendor for Addiction Treatment Resources
MarketWatch (press release)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NAADAC, the Association for AddictionProfessionals, and Chooper's Guide, the Internet's most comprehensive substance abuse resource directory, announced today that Chooper's Guide has been selected as a ...
Siblings share susceptibility to addiction
Times LIVE
Researchers who scanned the brains of 50 pairs of brothers and sisters, of whom one sibling was a cocaine addict, found that both had brain abnormalities that made it more difficult for them to exercise self-control. The findings increase the ...
Times LIVE
Addict duped pensioners in New Milton to fund habit
Bournemouth Echo
A DRUG addict conned thousands of pounds out of vulnerable pensioners by telling them she could not afford food while using the money to fund her habit. Laura Crowhurst, 29, targeted five victims who in total handed out £4050 because they felt sorry ...
New Jersey's approach to drug addiction, and how policy priorities will be ...
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
By George Amick/For The Times New Jersey is making progress, at last, toward adopting more enlightened policies on drug addiction. But the yawning hole in the public purse remains a huge impediment. Reformers were gratified last month when Gov.
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
Sony Pictures Classics Picking Up Alcoholic Sundance Hit 'Smashed'
First Showing
The Wrap is reporting that distributor Sony Pictures Classics is "about to buy" the film Smashed, directed by James Ponsoldt and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an alcoholic, which topped quite a few "best of" lists. I'm glad to see this finally ...
Duchess of Cambridge pays secret visit to Action on Addiction center
Examiner.com
The Duchess of Cambridge recently revealed plans to visit two of her new charities, Action onAddiction and the National Portrait Gallery, but it emerged yesterday that she'd already secretly put a jump-start on her royal career.
Pain patients rebuild lives wrecked by addiction
The Columbian
Stories of the ashamed and embarrassed who will forever be labeled “addict” in the eyes of their family and friends. Stories of the angry and disappointed, who put trust in their physician and felt betrayed. Stories of the remorseful and apologetic, ...
Fighting drug addiction in the midst of war
Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from the streets of Kabul on Afghanistan's spiralling drug addiction - and the difficulty of tackling it in the middle of a war. Every city in every country has an issue with abusing one substance ...
Channel 4 News
Drug addict caught after leaving DNA
Peterborough Today
A WOULD-BE burglar who got away empty-handed from a house he broke into has been jailed after he left a drinks carton with his DNA at the scene. Mark Cooke (37) of Pipe Lane, Eastgate, Peterborough, was locked up for four months at Peterborough ...
Ad campaign targets Ohio painkiller abuse
Canton Repository
By Anonymous AP A new public service ad campaign is targeting prescription painkiller abuse in Ohio using stories of people affected by addiction. The initiative features ads on websites and social media networks, posters in convenience stores and ...
Dr. Scott Morris: Look around, offer hand to those battling addiction
Memphis Commercial Appeal
And he succumbed to the stereotypical lifestyle of a rock star and became an alcoholic and drug addict. Nine times, his disease -- and resulting actions -- thrust him into the legal system. Most judges would have written off John Kilzer long ago.
North American Punjabi Association stresses on drug de-addiction in Punjab
Times of India
AMRITSAR: A delegation of North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) who is presently visiting Punjab have expressed serious concern about the wide spread increase in the use of harmful drugs and hard liqueur by the youth population of Punjab.
Should We Intervene?
PsychCentral.com (blog)
That doesn't mean, necessarily, that interventions never work—but the intervention should be set up in such a way that the addict or alcoholic—him or herself– comes to the realization that getting clean is the only option. For example… let's say ...
Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Dual Diagnosis in the Gay and ...
By Admin
Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Dual Diagnosis in the Gay and Lesbian Community. Studies have found that 35% of lesbians had a history of excessive drinking, compared to only 5% of the heterosexual women in the sample (Saghir, 1970; ...
Prescription Drug Abuse
An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the ...
By Tamar Schwartz
Click Here to Read: Review of: An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine by Howard Markel, Reviewed by Elizabeth on the Elizabeth Books's blog on January 30, 2012. Explore posts in the ...
International Psychoanalysis
By Tamar Schwartz
Click Here to Read: Review of: An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine by Howard Markel, Reviewed by Elizabeth on the Elizabeth Books's blog on January 30, 2012. Explore posts in the ...
International Psychoanalysis
1 year, 3 months today - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
By sunrise1
And then, thank you God, the spiritual and rational me clubbed the alcoholic me with a wooden Louisville Slugger (the best for internal self-clubbing), reminding myself how extraordinarily stupid that would be and I would no sooner be able to ...
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Police Want Help to Spot Drugged Drivers - Alcoholism - About.com
With prescription drug abuse increasing at epidemic levels, a corresponding rise in the number of drugged drivers on the highways has resulted. The problem ...
alcoholism.about.com/.../police-want-help-to-spot-drugged-dri...
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