Huffington Post
Mariah Haberman, recently crowned "Miss Wisconsin" is using her platform as a pageant winner to talk about what it is like to grow up in an alcoholic family. And she is speaking out about the "protective relationships" that helped her to build ...
Alcoholic inflicted fatal injuries: judge
Sydney Morning Herald
An alcoholic man was responsible for the horrific death of a woman who was "violated and denigrated" after rejecting his sexual advances, a judge has ruled. Justice Christine Adamson said the victim appeared to have been staying in disused railway ...
Scientists Identify Potential Target for Treating Cocaine Addiction
Genetic Engineering News
Scientists report new insights into the mechanism by which repeated exposure to cocaine inducesaddiction. The studies in mice demonstrate that cocaine downregulates the active form of Rac1, a small GTPase known to control actin remodelling, ...
Specific Protein Triggers Changes in Neurons in Brain Reward Center Linked to ...
Newswise (press release)
Investigators were also able to block the ability of repeated cocaine exposure, to induce addiction. The findings, published online April 22 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, provide the first evidence of how cocaine changes the shape and size of ...
Recovering Addict Finds Sobriety In Running
WLWT Cincinnati
She's also in the home stretch of her recovery from a serious addiction. "It took over my life. I lost my identity. My identity became a heroin addict," Mills said. Mills said she was raped at a young age and turned to drugs and alcohol to cope.
Tri-state consortium on substance abuse to host 'Addiction Is Bad For Business ...
Ironton Tribune
The Tri-State Regional Consortium on Substance Abuse will host “Addiction Is Bad Ashland Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, Ashland, Ky. Substance Abuse is comprised of Pathways, Inc. (Kentucky), The Counseling Center (Ohio), Family Guidance Center ...
Drug Treatments for Heroin Addiction Heighten Pain Sensitivity
Newswise (press release)
Previous research has shown that patients taking methadone for heroin addiction are significantly more sensitive to pain than drug-free individuals. For this study, researchers from UCLA compared the pain responses of treatment seeking, heroin-addicted ...
Director Matthew Bonifacio back at Tribeca
New York Daily News
A recovering addict, he's struck by a splitting headache and asks a hotel concierge he has insulted for the address of a 12-step group. The concierge sends him to a meeting of transgender drug abusers, and his eyes are opened.
New York Daily News
Ipswich: Bailiff stole £4500 to fund gambling addiction
East Anglian Daily Times
BY COLIN ADWENT Crime correspondent Monday, April 23, 2012 A DISGRACED court bailiff has been spared jail after he stole nearly £4500 from Her Majesty's Court Service to fund his gambling addiction. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter ...
East Anglian Daily Times
Activists campaign against alcoholism
Daily News
ACTIVISTS have started advocating against alcoholism, saying it was high time communities started debating effects of abusing alcohol and take measures. They said alcoholism was a major cause of Gender-based Violence (GBV) and other forms of social ...
Woman followed in her alcoholic father's footsteps
Standard Freeholder
By CHERYL BRINK cheryl.brink@sunmedia.ca CORNWALL — Recovering alcoholics from across the region converged in Cornwall on Saturday to share stories of sobriety and encourage each other in their battle against addiction. The second annual spring ...
Southwest Florida addicts can take their help home
The News-Press
A patient at Southwest Florida Addiction Services takes a dose of Suboxone. SWFAS has started an outpatient detox program. / Amanda Inscore/news-press.com Nurse Molly Jones takes the pulse of a patient at Southwest Florida Addiction Services in Fort ...
Police Say Substance Abuse Caused Overnight Death
KTUU.com
By Matthew Simon Channel 2 News Drugs are thought to have played a role in causing 29-year-old Diana Knapp of Anchorage to intentionally jump to her death from a moving vehicle she had been riding in, according to Anchorage Police Spokesperson Lt. Dave ...
Comedian Russell Brand called to drugs inquiry by Leicester MP Keith Vaz
This is Leicestershire
The former heroin addict will appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee, chaired by Leicester East MP Keith Vaz, tomorrow. Brand is to talk about his battle against addiction to the committee. It is due to make recommendations to the Government ...
Heroin Addict Found Dead in Car
BeritaJakarta.com
However, the deceased family refused the autopsy and brought the corpse to their house to be burried. “His parents explained that the deceased was heroin addict. They have surrender this fate and refused their son's body to be performed autopsy,” ...
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Experts Expect Dramatic Rise in Addiction Among Older Adults ...
By CRC Health Group
This drug history, coupled with the increased health problems and reliance on medication that comes with age, has led experts with the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predict that addiction among ...
CRC Health Group Blog
Self Anaysis For Everyone: Life Inventory App: 12-Step Moral ...
By admin
Indie developer James Hollender today announces Life Inventory iPad 2.0, an update to his Lifestyle app that guides users in creating their own Moral Inven...
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Harsh enforcement has failed | Addiction & Recovery News
By Jason Schwartz
Based on my knowledge of the UK system, would I rather be a heroin addict in the US or the UK? Easy call—the ... Tagged as addiction, Drug-related crime, Drugs, Global Commission on Drug Policy, HIV, Needle-exchange programme, policy ...
Addiction & Recovery News
Evan Jarschauer: Fighting Addiction
The most important thing for families battling with substance abuse and mental ... Master AddictionCounselor and President, The Treatment Solution ... Samuel Wesley, OxyContin Addict, Still Craves Drug After Losing Children ... Amazon. com: Integrating the 12 Steps into Addiction Therapy: A Resource Collection and ...
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The Truth About Food Addiction « Thought Catalog
In that kitchen, I finally understood the mantra of an addict: I am my own destroyer . I am my own savior. Food addiction is often ascribed as a female problem.
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12-Step Meetings May Help Teens Beat Alcohol ... - Yahoo! News
The new study included 127 teen substance abuse-treatment outpatients (95 males, ... in the July print issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. ... associate director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts ... in my time, and have the 12 steps to guide me through what life throws at me, ...
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