Brother: Painter Thomas Kinkade Relapsed

Brother: Painter Kinkade Relapsed Into Alcoholism
ABC News
A family member says painter Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his death at his home in Santa Clara County. Kinkade's brother, Patrick, tells the San Jose Mercury News (http://bit.ly/IxRfr0) ...

Brother says painter Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism
Boston Herald
He turned to the bottle, battling alcoholism over the past four or five years, Patrick Kinkade said of his brother in an exclusive interview with the San Jose Mercury News. Even though he had sobered up and had been "in his studio painting religiously" ...

Eating Disorder Sufferers Often Turn to Drugs and Alcohol, Require Substance ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Treating substance abuse has historically been given a higher priority among mental health professionals than treatment for eating disorders. A patient's anorexia or bulimia was often a secondary consideration to be dealt with after her addiction ...

Additional Coverage for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Won't Hurt Employers ...
Sacramento Bee
By Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON, April 12, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) is unlikely to have a large effect on the growth rate of employer healthcare expenditures, according to two new studies ...

'My struggle with alcoholism helped my career': says Edie Falco who plays a ...
Daily Mail
By Amelia Proud Edie Falco has admitted that her own battle with alcoholism has helped her immeasurably in her current role. The Emmy winning Nurse Jackie star told Anderson Cooper that her own addiction helped her portray her character's struggle with ...

Daily Mail

Drug addiction didn't prevent Pickton attack victim from testifying years later
Winnipeg Free Press
VANCOUVER - A sex worker's heroin addiction that prompted prosecutors to effectively drop an attempted murder case against Robert Pickton in the late 1990s didn't prevent the woman from testifying five years later as the serial killer faced multiple ...

Addict: It's never too late to get help
Joliet Herald News
He is a recovering heroin addict currently participating in a drug court program to rebuild his life. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media JOLIET — One year ago today, Casey Koesling was due to appear in court as a condition of his bond from a heroin bust ...

Final Call for Houston Revealed; an Echo of Cocaine Addiction Tragedies
PR Web (press release)
The call echoes what Orange County drug and alcohol treatment center 449 Recovery hears often as a results of prescription pill addiction. The most disturbing part about the recording for me as a drug and alcohol treatment counselor is that almost ...

Waiting for mental health parity
Washington Post
Every day across the United States, families struggle with the challenges of mental illness or substance abuse. The 68 million Americans with these issues include people of all income levels, all races and all political affiliations.

ReThink Review: Hit So Hard -- Drummer, Addict, Witness, Survivor
Huffington Post
While Hit So Hard often feels scattered and a bit like an ambitious student project, the main through line is Schemel's struggles with addiction, which started as a child when she had her first drink at 13. Despite numerous trips to rehab, ...

Can a hallucinogen from Africa cure addiction?
BBC News
By Stephanie Hegarty BBC World Service Since the 1960s a disparate group of scientists and former drug addicts have been advocating a radical treatment for addiction - a hallucinogen called ibogaine, derived from an African plant, that in some cases ...

BBC News

Road to recovery from heroin addiction includes relapses
Joliet Herald News
Patrianakos, who was an addict, has been sober for 2 years. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media HOMER GLEN — Addicted to opiates, Bill Patrianakos was working for a tyrant. He felt compelled to steal and make counterfeit money to satisfy his drug habit.

Survivors Workshop Offered Week of April 23 at The Meadows
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Survivors Workshop, pioneered by The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center, is a five-day concentrated workshop that investigates the origins of adult dysfunctional behaviors by exploring early childhood trauma. Early childhood trauma can ...

Drug-free therapy makes addicts 'forget' addiction
New Scientist
Exposing people to these accompanying addition cues without supplying the reward can curbaddiction, says a group of researchers in China and the US, but only if memory of the addictionis retrieved first. Therapists have long known that continually ...

Now Casting "How Drugs Work" A new Documentary Series Offering Free Treatment ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Drug addiction affects the body and the mind and has grave impact on an addict's family members and loved ones... This series dives deeper into the devastating effect that drugs have on the world of an addict and the medical and psychological aspects ...

Research Links Exercise and Addiction
33 KDAF-TV
People who exercise a lot may be more prone to drug addiction. That's the finding of a new study out of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Regular runners on the Trinity Trail in Fort Worth know, exercise can be addictive.

Teen 'talk' event focuses on substance abuse, bullying
Bradenton Herald
Martini, 25, was the keynote speaker at "Let's Talk," an event held at Pirate City sponsored by the Manatee Coalition Against Substance Abuse, the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, and the Manatee Youth Commission. He told the group how he first dabbled ...

Bradenton Herald

Addiction carers can get support
This is Lincolnshire
DRUG and alcohol addiction support services are holding an advice session in Gainsborough next week. Parents and carers who look after people with an addiction will be given help at the event organised by the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation ...

Manipulating memory to treat addiction
The Guardian (blog)
As I explain in this news story for Nature, the procedure involves manipulating addicts' memories of past drug use, and could lead to non-pharmacological therapy for addiction, as well as psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder ...

The Guardian (blog)

Teenage Carlisle alcoholic sent down for stealing booze
News & Star
Nick Kennon, defending, said: “Mr Patterson would class himself as an alcoholic, which is quite strange for someone so young, but he does depend entirely on alcohol. He drinks it everyday.” He said that Patterson had also told police where the ...

Locally made drug may curb overdoses
Springfield News Sun
Chris Stewart/Staff Photographer Alkermes, a Wilmington company, is the sole producer of a new FDA-approved drug, Vivitrol, used to treat substance abuse. Staff photo by Chris Stewart Chris Stewart/Staff Photographer Manufacturing associates Andrew ...

Drug addict pleads not guilty to theft
Times of Malta
A 22-year-old drug addict was remanded in custody today after he pleaded not guilty to stealing gold from a 69-year-old woman in a snatch and grab incident. Kersten Camilleri of Valletta, was charged with stealing a gold chain, a gold cross, ...

Photos Of Addiction And The Implications Of Blogging About Them
NPR (blog)
by Claire O'Neill Chris Arnade is somewhat wary of journalists, which makes this somewhat tricky to write. I don't really blame him. Certain click-hungry headlines have misconstrued what his photos are about. For one, he argues that the photos aren't ...

Palmer's 'Spider Web' examines addiction and beauty
NorthJersey.com (press release)
Boonton author Rob Palmer's fifth novel, "Spider Web," set in Parsippany, differs from his first four books in one significant way. Rob Palmer of Boonton has released his fifth novel. "Spider Web" is darker, a tragic tale of self-delusion that examines ...

NorthJersey.com (press release)

Edie Falco Discusses Her Battle With Alcoholism, How It Helps With ...
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Entertainment Editor Edie Falco is a straight shooting actress who doesn't hide the fact that her own battle with alcoholism helps with her current role. The Emmy winning ... The Emmy winning Nurse Jackie star opens up to Anderson Cooper about how her own addiction helped her portray her character's struggle with drug abuse, but says it doesn't hit too close to home anymore, and RadarOnline.com has a clip of her candid interview. PHOTOS: Celebs ...
Radar Online

Aetna Substance Abuse Insurance and Mental Health Parity ...
By russbarnstein
However, the medical community's growing understanding of addiction and other mental health problems caused Congress to take action. In order to get affordable care, it is crucial that addicts with Aetna insurance understand their rights ...
Recovery First

Jury Deliberations Begin in Trial of Meth Addict Accused of ...
By editor@myvalleynews.com()
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - The Valley News - MURRIETA - Jury deliberations got under way today in the murder trial of a 20-year-old Temecula gang member accused of gunning down an associate's girlfriend in an unprovoked attack.
The Temecula Valley News

Exercise May Make it Harder to Break an Addiction, Animal Study ...
By Join Together Staff
The researchers stopped giving the mice cocaine, and watched how long it took them to stop returning to the spot where they had received the cocaine, a sign thought to indicate that an animal has overcome its addiction. The mice that had ...
The Partnership at Drugfree.org

Manipulating memory to treat addiction | The Raw Story
Drug addict smokes crack via AFP ... involves manipulating addicts' memories of past drug use, and could lead to non-pharmacological therapy for addiction, ...
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Health | Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction | Seattle ...
Sales are also being driven by addiction, as users become physically ... said John Harsany, medical director of Riverside County's substance abuse program.
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Holy Family program offers gambling addiction treatment ...
Program officials say gambling addiction is an increasing problem in the area. ... 12-stepprograms, halfway houses, and sometimes refers clients to treatment ...
www.dailyherald.com/article/20120409/news/704099673/

Locking a door to drug addiction
JIM MERKEL / JOURNAL Madison County State's Attorney Thomas D. Gibbons holds a prescription bottle. Gibbons and Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn ...
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