Addiction Symposium explores impact, treatment

Addiction Symposium explores impact, treatment options
Beckley Register-Herald
BECKLEY — A free Mountain State University lecture series on addiction continues Tuesday with an examination of the physiological and emotional impact of substance abuse. Cynthia Parsons, program manager for behavioral health services for the Bureau ...

Vital Signs: Start young to prevent substance abuse
The Daily Progress
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), children who begin drinking before the age of 15 are seven times more likely to developsubstance abuse problems as adults. Postponing or preventing children and ...

Overcoming addiction
The Advocate
BY ELLYN COUVILLION “I was numbing the pain, is what set off the addiction. I didn't have to feel nothing; I had this baby to care for. I had a salon to run.” shelley collins, former addict PORT ALLEN — Shelley Moses Collins, 47, had an extraordinary ...

Hypersexuality: Symptoms of Sexual Addiction
PsychCentral.com
By Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S Sexual addiction or hypersexuality is defined as a dysfunctional preoccupation with sexual fantasy, often in combination with the obsessive pursuit of casual or non-intimate sex; pornography; compulsive masturbation; ...

PsychCentral.com

'Next Right Thing' sets crime among addiction, recovery
Tribune Review
Barden taps into the world of Alcoholics Anonymous for a story about an ex-police officer, Randy Chalmers, investigating the heroin overdose of his sponsor, Terry, a legend in local AA circles The inspiration for "The Next Right Thing," it turns out, ...

Tribune Review

Winning battle against drug addiction
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA The Bangalore chapter of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) on Saturday held a press conference to clear the air regarding misconceptions about the group and the issue of drug addiction.

Drug addict jailed for three years for stabbing girlfriend in stomach
This is Plymouth
A DRUG addict who stabbed his girlfriend in the stomach with a kitchen knife has been jailed for three years at Plymouth Crown Court. But Steven Ritchie could soon be released because he has served almost half his sentence on remand.

Prescription drug abuse a big problem in Ohio
SalemNews.net
LISBON - Ohio Governor John Kasich has made prescription drug abuse and addiction a project he has taken to heart. The recent death of pop superstar Whitney Houston, and the overdose deaths of other celebrities like Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, ...

'3rd Rock From the Sun' actress spills her 'Guts'
Foster's Daily Democrat
But that character's toughness has nothing on Johnston, who discusses her lonely childhood, rise as an actress and battles with addiction in a candid new memoir. In "Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster," Johnston reveals ...

New group fighting substance abuse
WPTV
The South Florida Coalition Against Substance Abuse is a new organization, comprising the medical community and rehabilitation centers — aims to tackle awareness, education and the lack of funding for treatment. It's sponsoring golf/banquet fundraiser ...

WPTV

Rampant drug addiction: Whitener sniffers not easily detected
Daily Bhaskar
Some have even lost their lives due to this addiction. These are some observations made by NGOs while demanding immediate attention of the state govt towards the issue. City coordinator of National Institute of Women, Child and Youth Development ...

Daily Bhaskar

Pill mills' effects showing up in neonatal units, doctors say
Bradenton Herald
Their mothers have passed the curse of substance abuse to their newborns. In their cribs, the infants suffer from withdrawal. They shake with jitters, they cry inconsolably. They fight skin rashes, vomiting and diarrhea.The number of newborns in ...

Bradenton Herald

Drug rehab clinic for Besut
New Straits Times
KUALA TERENGGANU: A clinic to treat drug addiction is to be built at a cost of RM23 million in Kampung Raja, Besut, soon, Terengganu Anti-Drug Agency director Abdul Mutalib Abdullah said today. He said construction of the Cure and Care Clinic (CNC) was ...

New Straits Times

Donovan talks about Kylie love affair
Sky News Australia
Also during the interview, Donovan - now a father of three with wife Angela - spoke of his former cocaine addiction. 'I took about three grams a day, maybe more. That's 20 to 30 lines. That's a proper addiction.' He also admitted that on at least one ...

I don't think I will ever overcome this addiction
By kitechick74
So I have never reached out to anyone like this before, but I've been binging/purging on a daily basis for 21 years (16-37) and I need to start somewhere. I was married for 5 years and even hid it from my husband. I feel like I have a great life, ...
Support Groups

Buprenorphine Maintenance and Health Care Professionals ...
By Jason Schwartz
When considering all of the aforementioned issues with buprenorphine diversion, it does not seem reasonable to prescribe this medication to an HCP (Health Care Professional) with a history of opioid addiction. ... Individual and large collaborative studies of state PHPs have demonstrated that under ideal circumstances, 80% of physicians being monitored for the 5 years after abstinence-based, 12-step treatment do not have a single relapse.12 Will an institutional review board ever ...
Addiction & Recovery News

30 days today..baffled - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
By autumn4
I have been a problem drinker/alcoholic? for about 30 years. I have had consequences from my drinking such as blackouts,(after just 1 bottle wine) shocking hangovers, driving under influence, depression/anxiety..all from a relatively small ...
SoberFeed...Live!

Brother's addiction spurs senator's support for changes to drug laws ...
A state senator revealed his brother s decade-long addiction to meth today when ... But for the personal users, the addict, the person trapped in this destructive ...
www.denverpost.com/.../brothers-addiction-spurs-senators-sup...

New book offers help for gambling addiction - Harvard Health ...
By Julie Silver, M.D.
"Change Your Gambling, Change Your Life," a new book from Harvard Health Publications, offers a guide for anyone looking to take a self-help approach to recovery from gamblingaddiction. The book offers a series of self-help tests to ...
Harvard Health Blog

 

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