Best-selling author works to help public understand addiction

Living the solution; Best-selling author works to help public understand addiction
Pueblo Chieftain
Author William Moyers, a recovering alcoholic and addict, is vice president of public affairs and community relations at Minnesota-based Hazelden treatment centers. WHAT IS ALCOHOLISM?Alcoholism has been recognized for many years by professional ...

Big changes for mental health, substance abuse
TucsonSentinel.com
Some of these trends were spurred several years ago by the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; together with the Affordable Care Act, it will require us to treat mental disorders and substance abuse at resource levels comparable to other ...

A New Drug for Alcohol Addiction and How it Works
Counsel & Heal
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the University of Gothenburg claim to have found a new drug that could help deal people with alcohol addiction. Apparently, the drug OSU6162 is a monoamine stabilizer and it works by blunting the rewarding effect ...

Counsel & Heal

Jail for addict who 'pestered' gran for cash
Halifax Evening Courier
Published on Monday 30 July 2012 14:16. A drug addict has been jailed for breaching an order which banned him from visiting his grandmother - after he repeatedly took cash from her to feed his habit. Neil Greenwood, 25, of Redcar Street, Pellon, had been ...

Halifax Evening Courier

Brains of teens who smoke cigarettes reveal early signs of addiction
Medical Xpress
A new study by UCSF's Mark Rubinstein, MD, finds that the threshold for nicotine addiction in teenagers might be much lower than is commonly believed. “Most smoking cessation programs require that you smoke at least ten cigarettes per day,” says ...

Drug addict tried to snatch money from mum at Halifax supermarket cash point
Halifax Evening Courier
Bradford Crown Court heard the woman had gone to Asda in Thrum Hall with her one-year daughter where heroin and cocaine addict Wayne Martin was hanging about near the cash machine. Prosecutor Bashir Ahmed said the woman had withdrawn £300 ...

Internet addiction to become actual medical disorder
Fudzilla
... found across the countries, although we doubt shock therapy treatments were really called for. Additionally, a simple search on “internet addiction treatment centre” shows plenty of groups and organizations dealing with this sort of problem across the globe.

Steven McGovern | Ex-senator's son, 60
Philadelphia Inquirer
A family statement released Saturday by a local funeral home said that Mr. McGovern died on his birthday in hospice care. His sister, Ann McGovern, said in the statement: "Steve had a long struggle with alcoholism. We will all miss him deeply, but are grateful ...

The dangers of political addiction
Royal Gazette
Let's be clear up front. The word addiction in this article has nothing to do with illegal drugs or any other substances. Political addiction occurs when those who support a particular party in a democratic setting are unable to accept anything that is not ...

Letting the Cat Guy Out of the Bag
TheFix.com
What you may not have known about him—at least until the recent release of his memoir, Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love and Coming Clean—is that even more than a Cat Guy, Jackson Galaxy is an addict. While the book examines his relationship with Benny, Galaxy's “original cat from hell,” it is also his own addiction-leading-to-sobriety memoir (it's got to be the only tale of redemption that also includes information on how to get a kitty to go in her litter box). Now over ...

TheFix.com

Iowa Gets Funds to Stop Drug Abuse Before it Starts
KCRG
DES MOINES, Iowa - The White House's announcement last week of a new drug control policy puts Iowa at the forefront of a decades-long debate over how to treat substance abuse and crime — and may affect the case for legalizing medical marijuana in the ...

KCRG

AA's all-encompassing approach
Tbo.com
Chelsea Carmona's properly entitled article, "Why AA's one-sided approach doesn't fit all" (Other Views, July 16) reminds us that many things aren't for everyone, but fails to report AlcoholicAnonymous' all-encompassing approach, and its support of any type ...

Chris Herren brings anti-drug message to Wareham High Aug. 1
Wicked Local
He has been drug free since 2008 and continues to share his story with audiences to educate at-risk populations on addiction. Herren is known for speaking openly and candidly about his rise and fall during his struggle with substance abuse while playing ...

Letter: 'Thanks to Middleton BOH'
Wicked Local
We at the Tri-Town Council Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition are grateful to the Middleton Board of Health, who recently unanimously passed revisions to the regulations "Sale of Tobacco Products to Minors" which "Restrict the Sale of Tobacco ... Research demonstrates the harmful effects nicotine can have on the teenage brain, and statistics connect early onset of use to a higher likelihood of addiction; in addition, research shows connections between early tobacco use and the potential for future alcohol ...

Drunk's appeal over racial abuse rejected
Swindon Advertiser
Michael Redpath, who insists he is not an alcoholic, then turned his vile abuse to a police community support officer calling him a 'Scottish git' along with assorted swear words. The 60-year-old had been drinking heavily when he was in Havelock Square, ...

77650 on welfare because of addiction
Public Service
77650 on welfare because of addiction. 30 July 2012. Around 77650 people are on welfare because they can't work due to being addicted to alcohol or drugs, according to data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – but there could be more.

Public Service

New Jersey Governor Wants All Low-Level Offenders in Drug Rehab ...
By Treatment Centers
Addiction is a disease, and that disease needs treatment and management, says Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey. As a result, hundreds and potentially thousands of offenders who may have been headed for jail time will now be headed ...
Treatment Centers | Drug Rehab...

Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse « The Ranch | Drug Rehab ...
By Vera
These individuals, as well as men who have the disorder, have a greater risk substance abuseand alcoholism than other bipolar individuals.[1]. Complications in Diagnosis. When bipolar disorder manifests in an individual, they may start to ...
The Ranch | Drug Rehab Eating...

Fellowship Hall grows to fight addiction « Philanthropy North Carolina
By toddcohen49
GREENSBORO, N.C. — When it opened its residential addiction-treatment program in 1971, Fellowship Hall in Greensboro became the first specialty alcohol-and-drug-treatment hospital in North Carolina to receive a license from the state ...
Philanthropy North Carolina

NIH Record: Addiction Incorporated Plays to Full House in Lipsett
By john
On June 1, NIDA hosted a free screening of the film Addiction Incorporated in Lipsett Ampitheater, Bldg. 10. It tells how Dr. Victor DeNoble, a former Philip Morris research scientist, became one of the most influential whistleblowers in history, ...
Addiction Incorporated

Review: 'Pass it On' offers illuminating look at AA

Review: 'Pass it On' offers illuminating look at AA
The News-Press
If you're not a recovering alcoholic or addict, "Pass It On" probably won't reach as deeply into your soul as it apparently did for many audience members Friday night. True, the Alcoholics Anonymous play offers an informative, often engrossing peek at "Bill W.

Steven McGovern, son of former S.D. senator, dies
Politico
The statement said McGovern died on his birthday in hospice care. His sister, Ann McGovern, said in the statement, "Steve had a long struggle with alcoholism. We will all miss him deeply, but are grateful that he is now at peace." Funeral arrangements are ...

Internet addiction even worries Silicon Valley
The Guardian
Although the idea of a clinical disorder of internet addiction was first mooted in the 90s and is now regularly treated by doctors on both sides of the Atlantic, attention is shifting from compulsive surfing to the effects of the all-pervasive demands that our phones, ...

The Guardian

Recovering from addiction
Suffolk News-Herald
One of the first faith-based addiction recovery programs in Suffolk is now up and running. After a year and a half of training, ... MacMillan said the program is based on a traditional 12-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. But unlike those programs, it guides participants using the Bible along with the 12 steps. It also encourages them to ... “In some families, you might have an alcoholic parent, and you might also need a place for their kids to come,” he said. “It's intended to be a whole ...

50 Shades of Grey: What's the Addiction?
Patch.com
50 Shades of Grey: What's the Addiction? Everyone (and their mother) seems to be reading it. So what is all the fuss about? By Korey Fratus; Email the author; 6:00 am. Tweet. Email. Print. Comment. ‹ Back to Article. new Video_thumb. Embed | Share. context ...

Wis. substance-abuse charity named after late comedian Chris Farley shuts down
The Republic
A Wisconsin charity named after the late comedian Chris Farley has shut down after more than a decade of helping others fight substance abuse. Farley's brother, Tom Farley, announced Tuesday that The Chris Farley Foundation would immediately cease ...

Female alcoholics on the rise in Japan
AsiaOne
JAPAN - Diagnosed as an alcoholic 20 years ago, Yoko Kojima has managed to stay off the bottle, partially through the help of an alcoholics support group, and now works to help women suffering from the same addiction at an all-female alcohol treatment ...

AsiaOne

Steven McGovern, son of former SD senator, dies
WGME
... by Miller Funeral Home of Sioux Falls said Steven McGovern died Friday after a lengthy illness. The statement said McGovern died on his birthday in hospice care. His sister, Ann McGovern, said in the statement, "Steve had a long struggle with alcoholism.

Family of Aloha man killed by deputies speaks of his struggle with alcoholism ...
OregonLive.com
Anderson, who loved camping, trips to the coast and music, was battling depression and alcoholism, his family said. "Get off the ... Jeffery Anderson was a severely depressed alcoholic who began pulling away from his wife and family during the past year.

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Can Internet addiction be a real disorder?
VR-Zone
China, Korea, and Taiwan have accepted Internet addiction as a psychiatric problem, and treatment centers are established to treat people who are considered to have such problems. Even America's Diagnostic and ... Constantly checking an ex's Facebook status doesn't mean that you're an Internet addict, and it's not unordinary for many people to strongly associate Facebook with the Internet—Facebook is, after all, one of the most widely surfed social networking site. Although there are people who feel that Internet ...

VR-Zone

Cyrus Gray Will Contribute In 2012
Arrowhead Addict
“With the 182nd pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select Cyrus Gray, runningback, Texas A&M.” Those words were music to my ears on that overcast Saturday evening in Kansas City. Veterans Jackie Battle and Thomas Jones were both on ...

Behavioral Health Group Announces Appointment of Kelly Clark, MD, MBA as ...
PR.com (press release)
She has practiced addiction medicine and psychiatry throughout the continuum of care, and taught addiction treatment as a faulty member of the University of Massachusetts. She comes to BHG having most recently worked to integrate medical and behavioral ...

Naperville heroin victim's mom vows to help others
Chicago Daily Herald
Less than a week after losing her 20-year-old son to the addiction he fought for nearly a year, she's determined to never let another parent feel the same way. Advertisement. “Addiction is a disease that we are ashamed to ... Ultimately, it was the longtime friends, recovering addicts from his Narcotics Anonymous program and others who attended Thursday night's memorial service for John that inspired her to not let anyone else's son or daughter get hijacked. “This is the turning point. We need to stop sweeping this ...

I was enslaved to sex and alcohol for 10 years
The Citizen Daily
Not many people would be courageous enough to freely talk about their tainted past, especially if this past has to do with alcoholism and sex addiction, taboo subjects in our society. And yet 32-year-old Titus Ndiritu has done exactly this. His troubling past is ...

Arkansas drug court offers faith-based options
NECN
Battling an addiction to crack cocaine, Lisa Washington said she wandered in that day in 2006, not because she had a pending case but because Ohm had been one of her instructors at a community college, and she thought he might be able to help her. "If you don't help me, I'm going... as well as the Quapaw House. Defendants with less severe addictions are given the option of attending support group meetings, including the Bible based Celebrate Recovery and 12-stepprograms such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

Bathsalts: Why would anyone abuse plant food?
SalemNews.net
Everyone knows what happens in addiction, don't they? Still, every day numbers of youth and adults pick up a bottle of alcohol or consume drugs for whatever their reasons. Too many become addicted. And worse yet, too many don't get the help they need for ...

Substance abuse at village park
Epworth Bells
POLICE are investigating reports of young people drinking alcohol and engaging in substance abuse at Westwoodside Park. A spokesman for the Local Neighbourhood Team said they were encouraging anyone with information about this to contact ...

New Addiction Treatment Drug Could Be Alternative to Suboxone
American News Report
A Swedish pharmaceutical company says it will soon seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new medication to treat opioid dependency. Two clinical trials have been completed on the drug, called OX219, and Orexo says it received ...

American News Report

Ex-banker gets 2 years in Indiana molest case
San Francisco Chronicle
The South Bend Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/PWauvM ) that 44-year-old William C. Peterson of Granger pleaded with St. Joseph County Judge Jane Woodward Miller Friday to allow him to remain in treatment for alcoholism. But Miller found that Peterson had ...

Balancing Act: Smartphones can crimp vacations, relationships
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
While smartphone addiction has been difficult to track, in a survey by mobile-services provider iPass, 91 percent of mobile users said they use their free time, both day and night, to check their smartphones. Among those, almost 30 percent check their ...

Nelson enters guilty, no contest pleas • Sentences suspended
Alva Review-Courier
The case of kidnapping, soliciting a minor for sexual purposes and providing alcoholic beverage to a minor against Duane T. Nelson ended Tuesday with both guilty and no contest pleas. Assistant District Attorney Westline Ritter presented motions to the court to dismiss the ...Hickman said Nelson will continue working with the counselor in Enid on substance abuseissues and any other issues until the counselor dismisses him. She said the defendant had seen numerous doctors at Alva, Enid and the Oklahoma ...

Are you addicted?
Inquirer.net
“The incredible array of pornography that is available to young men is creating an addiction to arousal and habituating young men to similarity,” Zimbardo tells the paper The Stanford Daily. “They are thus unable to perceive reality as it is and are much less ...

Relocation rather than closure
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
Narcotics And Alcoholics Anonymous Centre: The one-month old narcotics and alcoholics anonymous centre located in Tshongdue, Paro will not suffer an early shutdown, according to the Chithuen Phendhey association. The association is a civil society organisation ...Additionally, Tshewang Tenzin said that some clients may require confidentiality, given the “stigma” associated with alcoholism and drugs in Bhutan, and so a location outside town may be preferable. He also pointed out that the monthly rent of Nu ...

Death by sugar
Irish Independent
The surge in diabetic death between 1900 and 1920 coincided with the sweeties and fizzy drinks industries properly taking off The cycle of addiction -- obsession and craving, caving in and using, remorse and shame, passage of time, more obsession and craving, more caving in and using -- happens with sugar too .... While being a drug addict is socially unacceptable, and being an alcoholic less so -- because booze is a legal social drug -- being a sugar addict is not only acceptable but positively encouraged. Go on ...

Son Of Former Senator George McGovern Dies
KELOLAND TV
"Steve had a long struggle with alcoholism. We will all miss him deeply, but are grateful that he is now at peace," Ann McGovern, sister of Steven McGovern, said. Funeral arrangements are pending. © 2012 KELOLAND TV. All Rights Reserved. Previous Story ...

Florida House Experience is Celebrating Its Staff's Achievement of Over 500 ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Florida addiction treatment is highly sought after due to the extensive recovery community in certain areas of the state and its addiction treatment facilities with very high success rates. There are twelve step meetings every day of the week and in a wide variety ...

Not just alcoholics, diabetics and obese too prone to liver diseases
India.Com Health
Hindi cinema's first true superstar Rajesh Khanna could have lived more had he abstained fromalcoholism. Kaka's excessive drinking habit caused him liver problems resulting in his untimely death. On the ... While excessive alcohol is said to traditionally result in liver diseases, it is the emergence of non alcoholic category that has come up to be a major cause of concern given the relative lack of awareness about the trend. The Non–Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is becoming a major factor for chronic liver ...

The 6th Sense...Intuition and the Alcoholic... - SoberRecovery ...
By Alucard
The continual daily drinking of a 12 pack plus, the sleeping in until 11am, the am tremors, the needing to go back to it's drug addled and alcoholic roots, and then recently I heard the bombshell from a pal who talked to the big mouthed sister ...
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Does Your Loved One Abuse Alcohol?
By Challenges Addiction Treatment
If you or a loved one abuses alcohol, there are programs available for them to overcome thataddiction. Get your loved one into an alcohol abuse program today.
Challenges Program

Internet addiction even worries Silicon Valley | The Raw Story
Although the idea of a clinical disorder of internet addiction was first mooted in the 90s and is now regularly treated by doctors on both sides of the Atlantic, ...
www.rawstory.com/.../internet-addiction-even-worries-silicon-...

Muse's Chris Wolstenholme Opens Up About Alcoholism

Muse's Chris Wolstenholme Opens Up About Alcoholism
Audio Ink Radio
In an interview with NME, the musician divulged that his alcoholism was so crippling that it was common for him to ditch his band mates to work on their own when penning 2009′s “The Resistance. Finally, he had to make a very serious decision: “die in a few years or stop.” Thankfully, he ... When it eventually came time to nix the bad habit for good, he says he went to a cognitive behavioral therapist to help stop the addiction. He also stated that Muse's new album, “The 2nd Law,” features two tracks Wolstenholme ...

Audio Ink Radio

New Mexicans Beating Heroin Addiction With Help of Drug Dealer
Reason Online (blog)
As the state with the highest level of overall drug overdoses, New Mexico has its fair share of substance abuse woes. Yet addicts trying to ditch habits may have a hard time getting medical treatment they need. According to NPR's Planet Money, drug users are ...

Reason Online (blog)

How to Overcome Sex Addiction
Daily Beast
Was there a specific moment during shooting Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew that it clicked for you that it was real and you embraced being a sex addict? How did you know that you had to quit porn as a result? ... Your recovery process for sex addiction included not masturbating, and making a masturbation trigger list. Why was that one of your rules? It's about ... I started to make an effort to be emotionally available to the women I met at work, in 12-step meetings, yoga, etc. Because I used masturbation as a way to escape ...

Getting help for addiction by confronting it
Gloucester Daily Times
This week, I am beginning a three-part series about dealing with and treating substance abuse addiction. I will share with you an interview I did a few years ... SUSAN BRITT: Aside from the physical evidence, such as alcohol bottles, drug paraphernalia and any obvious symptoms like slurred speech, what are some of the signs of chemical addiction? ADDICTION THERAPIST: Some major symptoms ... are off the “if only I ...” hook, and it forces the addict to be accountable for his actions. And that can be a beginning.

Man describes addiction to synthetic drugs
Alton Telegraph
The man said he is an engineer by trade and was granted a leave of absence from work because of his growing addiction. Even with treatment, he said the addiction has become unmanageable. He is undergoing personality changes and not able to see or ...

Substance abuse topic of SAFE meeting
Midlothian Exchange
“Our mission is to engage all sectors of the community in preventing substance abuse or reducing substance abuse,” Frith said. “We reach out to everyone to help us understand the nature of the areas that make up Chesterfield County, and we then work on ...

Alcohol addiction trickles down to youngsters still in school
Times of India
While not everyone who drinks liquor turns alcoholic, the lower the age of consumption, higher the chance of a person becoming addicted to alcohol," socio psychologist Nandini Chatterjee said on the sidelines of a meet organized by Alcoholics Anonymous ...

'RHONY' Aviva Drescher attacks Sonja Morgan for talking about sex-addict father
Examiner.com
Not only was it an insult because Aviva's father was much older than Sonja, but Aviva also revealed that her father was a sex addict. It all sounded very inappropriate. And while Sonja laughed it off when Aviva shared the news of her plans to set her father up ...

Examiner.com

Arizona gets $7.6M from Obama health reform for substance abuse testing
Upstart
Arizona is one of three states that have received $7.6 million as part of the Affordable Care Act to provide early screening for substance abuse. It will take place in Northern Arizona and could eventually be a statewide program. New Jersey and Iowa were the ...

Muse's Chris Wolstenholme speaks candidly about his alcoholism
Entertainment.ie
Muse bass player Chris Wolstenholme has been speaking out about his ongoing battle with alcoholism. His problem, according to Wolstenholme himself, was so all-encompassing around the time of Muse's 2009 record The Resistance that his bandmates ...

Entertainment.ie

Studies of Substance Abuse with Interventions for the Youth of Native American ...
Democratic Underground
Deaths from alcoholism are almost six times higher, with deaths specifically caused by chronic liver disease and cirrhosis averaging five to six times higher than the U.S. averages. Death rates from pneumonia and influenza are more than double the national ...

12 more steps taken toward debunking AA myths
The News-Press
So Kimble attends 12-step recovery meetings every day. ... “Bill W. and Dr. Bob's” creators, Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, have gotten behind both projects, as have high-profile groups such as The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. ... and tell often-humorous stories, and the actors also flash back to dramatic scenes portraying the characters' own battles with alcoholism and key moments in the development of AA, including publishing “The Big Book” and writing the famous “12 Steps.” ...

Alcoholism on the rise among under 30s
The Asian Age
With actor Aamir Khan's popular show Satyamev Jayate speaking extensively about alcoholism, a city-based NGO has come up with a starling finding that there has been an alarming rise in the number of alcoholics, both men and women, in the state under the age group of 30 years. “Around 40 per cent of alcoholics are within the age group of 25 to 30 years and 20 per cent of them are women,” said Priyo, a councillor at Alcoholic Anonymous. Previously it was seen that the affluent classes indulged in alcoholism but ...

Synthetic marijuana abuse growing, officials say
Times Herald-Record
The drug is a combination of herbs, spices and cannabanoids, chemically related to cannabis, according to the New York state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). It's commonly called K2 or Spice, among other names, and is ...

The Neurocritic: Online Gaming Addiction, Dysfunctional Families ...
By The Neurocritic
The authors cited studies on the similarities in brain activity in response to cues of affection andaddiction (e.g. Fisher et al., 2005; Frascella et al., 2010), in which the striatum figures prominently. No wonder we see so ... (2004) reported that 14% of students met the criteria of problematic internet addiction using a standard of IAD > 50; and 3) impaired behaviors or distress due to excessive on-line game play which are modified from DSM-IV criteria forsubstance abuse. There were no ...
The Neurocritic

Researcher Developing Vaccine to Treat Heroin Addiction and Protect
By Join Together Staff
A researcher at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to develop a vaccine that would treat heroin addictionand protect against HIV. Dr. Gary R. Matyas has ...
The Partnership

Herbs to Help Heal from Addiction
By MindBodyGreen
Addiction can take many forms, from drug and alcohol abuse to eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and chronic... ... are tonic for a heart weakened by eating disorders or from chemical substance abuse. As a heart tonic, they're pretty ...
MindBodyGreen
Dealing with alcoholic roommates - NeuroTalk Support Groups
By Samantha11
Dealing with alcoholic roommates Alcoholism, Addiction and Recovery. ... Unfortunately, my son also became an alcoholic, and right now he is in the critical care unit in the hospital on life support due to alcohol. His organs shut down, his liver ...
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You're Addicted to What? Challenging the Myth of Sex Addiction ...
By SC&A
Within hours, my email starts buzzing, as media vultures circle the fresh carcass and want my expert opinion: Is Tiger Woods a sex addict? Was Katharine Hepburn? How about Eliot Spitzer, David Duchovny, Charlie Sheen, John Edwards?
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred

Keeping your Shopping Addiction in Check | Sincere Ladies in ...
By admin
While there is nothing wrong with splurging once in a while if your wallet can handle it, learning to keep a shopping addiction in check will really pay off in the long run by allowing you to save for financial emergencies. If you need a new ...
Sincere Ladies in Metropolis

Addictions : Sexual Addiction Forum
By leeaun
I have an addiction to porn but I used it to compensate for my insecurities besides periods when I was horny. I had just come out of a relationship which lasted 6 years until about 2 years ago when I discovered that my partner was cheating on ...
Psychforums : Psychology and...

Elton John on drug addiction, debauchery in '80s

Elton John on drug addiction, debauchery in '80s - New York Daily ...
Says John, " I was a drug addict and self-absorbed. ... also admits he feels "guilty" about his past, which included struggles with bulimia and alcoholism. The pair ...
articles.nydailynews.com/.../32667082_1_zachary-jackson-lev...

Petition Combating Opioid Addiction Could Hurt Patients
ABC News
The petition follows a wave of reports of increased addiction to opioid pain drugs. Although pain management and addiction specialists agreed with the sentiment behind the petition, several doctors told ABC News it takes a step too far by limiting opioid ...

ABC News

Substance abuse ahead of curve
Albany Times Union
FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, containers of bath salts, synthetic stimulants that mimic the effects of traditional drugs like cocaine and speed, sit on a counter at Hemp's Above in Mechanicsburg, Pa. On July 10, 2012, President Obama signed a law ...

Sports digest: South Bay native AJ Allmendinger will participate in NASCAR's ...
San Jose Mercury News
Suspended driver AJ Allmendinger said Wednesday that he'll participate in NASCAR'ssubstance-abuse recovery program. His business manager, Tara Ragan, confirmed media reports Wednesday that an amphetamine triggered the positive test. Ragan said ...

NASCAR driver Allmendinger agrees to substance-abuse recovery program
Whittier Daily News
Suspended driver A.J. Allmendinger said Wednesday that he will participate in NASCAR'ssubstance-abuse recovery program, a sign that he wants to get back to racing as soon as possible and avoid a fight over the accuracy of his failed drug test.

Road to Recovery: AJ Allmendinger agrees to enter NASCAR substance abuse ...
SportingNews.com
INDIANAPOLIS — Suspended driver AJ Allmendinger will enter NASCAR's Road to Recovery program, where he will be prescribed a path to reinstatement by a substance abuseprofessional after he tested positive for amphetamines, his business manager ...

Suspended for substance abuse violation, NASCAR driver Allmendinger agrees ...
Newser
Allmendinger said he will participate in NASCAR's anti-drug program, which includes an evaluation by a substance abuse professional, counseling and rehabilitation. "While we await further information from testing to determine the cause, we have notified ...

Addict jailed for good Samaritan stabbing
The Australian
A MELBOURNE drug addict who terrorised several women before stabbing a good Samaritan who stopped to help him has been jailed for nine and a half years. Leno Peter Yammouni had been on a four-day methamphetamine binge and was experiencing a ...

People in Progress, longtime substance abuse program, may close its doors
Los Angeles Daily News
One of the city's leading providers of substance-abuse treatment plans to shut its doors after nearly 40 years, barring an 11th-hour influx of funding. People in Progress, which opened in 1974 and helps individuals struggling with drug abuse, alcohol addiction, ...

Chris Herren speaks to BPS students about drug addiction
Boston.com (blog)
Former Boston College basketball guard Chris Herren returned to campus on Wednesday afternoon to speak to students from the Boston Scholar Athlete program about his long battle with substance abuse. (Justin A. Rice / For the Globe). By Justin A. Rice, ...

For overeaters, fighting food addiction can be a struggle
Sacramento Bee
While the 12 steps of OA are directed toward binge eating – replacing the words "alcoholism" and "alcohol" in the AA literature with "compulsive overeating" and "food" – the program also helps individuals with other eating disorders, including anorexia and ...

Admitted drug addict charged with stealing from employer
Standard Speaker
Handcuffed during his preliminary arraignment Tuesday, McNelis told Magisterial District Judge Daniel O'Donnell that he has a heroin addiction and already had contacted two drug rehabilitation centers to seek help but was waiting on the availability of a bed.

Crystal Methamphetamine: The Other Sexual Addiction
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Individuals who are cross-addicted are people who switch from one addiction to another—for instance, Suzanne stops drinking alcohol, then gains 40 pounds in three months, replacing booze with compulsive eating. People with co-occurring addictions struggle with ... I didn't realize that I was a drug and sex addict until one of my inevitable meth relapses (all related to sex) landed me (along with my professional license) in jail for doing drugs with prostitutes. It was only when facing the loss of my marriage and career ...

PsychCentral.com (blog)

Drug addict jailed for stabbing good samaritan
ABC Online
A drug addict who stabbed a woman during a violent carjacking at Northcote has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years jail. Lenpo Yammouni, 37, of Alphington, pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to five charges including intentionally causing ...

Alcoholic banned from driving after crashing mobility scooter in Wallington
Your Local Guardian
An alcoholic who took a six miles per hour mobility scooter on a trip to the shops has been banned from driving. Able-bodied Darren Wells, 37, had been at a friend's funeral wake the night before and had woken up a little worse for wear. Wells told Croydon ...

Jeremy Mayfield defends suspended driver AJ Allmendinger, blasts NASCAR
SportingNews.com
INDIANAPOLIS — Jeremy Mayfield tried to fight his way back into NASCAR after being suspended for violating the sport's substance abuse policy. But his legal battle ultimately failed and, three years later, Mayfield remains suspended. So when Mayfield ...

White House Unveils New Program To Detect Substance Abuse
RTT News
Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy - the administration's so-called 'drug czar' and a former Seattle police chief, made the announcement with Pamela Hyde, administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental ...

RTT News

Meet The Drug Dealer Who Helps Addicts Quit
NPR (blog)
"People who are treated with Suboxone are able to go back to school, they're able to go back to work, they're able to start paying taxes and taking care of their children," says Dr. Miriam Komaromy, who directs a state-funded addiction treatment hospital in ...

Supervisors support Substance Abuse Walk
Chronicle Times
At their weekly meeting Tuesday, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors heard a report from Ashley Christiansen and Melony Storm on plans for the 3rd Annual Substance Abuse Recovery Walk, which is a day of fun and celebration for recovering ...

Drug addiction rising in Egypt: Report
Ahram Online
There has been a market increase in the number of people seeking treatment for drug addiction in Egypt over the last year, according to the official Egyptian drugaddiction body. In a report published Wednesday, the Fund for Drug Control andAddiction ...

Ahram Online

White House Funds Move of 'War on Drugs' to Clinics
MedPage Today
Three states -- Arizona, Iowa, and New Jersey -- will receive up to $7.5 million over 5 years to screen for and treat people with a variety of substance abuse disorders in different primary care settings and emergency rooms. The program, dubbed Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to ... Its aim is to treat addiction through the healthcare system as its primary form of drug control, rather than prosecuting drug offenders with criminal charges. SBIRT, which has screened more than 1.5 million people across the ...

The Disease Model of Addiction - Recovery First
By russbarnstein
Some people still deny the necessity of inpatient drug rehab, but addiction is a true disease. Although willpower ... Although willpower does play a role in getting treatment and managing cravings, substance abuse leads to irreversible changes in the brain. Untreated, people ...*American Society of Medicine: In 1996, the ASM issued a statement which classified alcoholismas a “primary” disease – one which arises spontaneously and is not caused by any other condition. *American ...
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Hello, My Name Is Bob And I'm An Alcoholic/Addict. - WordRebel.com
By wordrebel
Hello, My Name Is Bob And I'm An Alcoholic/Addict. I promised it and here it is. My story, warts and all. Given more time I could have gone into deeper detail but I think I covered all the important things here. I didn't proof it so please forgive any ...
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Daily Reflections - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help ...
By newby1961
cups. I will pay, without hesitation, ninety cents for a cup of coffee at a restaurant after the meeting; I always have money for that. So, how much is my sobriety and my inner peace worth? c-1990 (Daily Reflections)Alcoholics Anonymous World ...
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Dreams and Recovery from Addiction | Psychology Today
I will always be someone who was once an addict, and I need to keep aware of just how ... The only one who can stop being an addict is the addict him/herself.
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Addiction | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Addiction grips us all in one form or another. It takes us over, and makes us feel weak and hollow without our substance of choice. Drugs, Internet, Food ...
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Internet addiction and congregations as holding environments ...
By Lynne Baab
A Gathering Voices post by Lynne M. Baab I wrote last week about a Newsweek article focused on the changes to the brain in people who spent a lot of time online. One of those changes involves shrinkage of parts of the brain responsible for ...
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Substance Abuse leads to NASCAR Suspension

Allmendinger suspended following confirmation of substance abuse
TheDay.com
NASCAR suspended Sprint Cup Series driver A.J. Allmendinger indefinitely Tuesday after a test of his backup urine sample confirmed the original positive result. The violation of NASCAR'ssubstance abuse policy puts Allmendinger's future in NASCAR and at ...

AJ Allmendinger suspended indefinitely
ESPN
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Sprint Cup driver AJ Allmendinger went from temporarily to indefinitely suspended on Wednesday when results of his "B" sample urine test supported the original that violated NASCAR's substance abuse policy. Sam Hornish Jr., who has ...

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The remorseful Aaron Berry emerges, enters NFL's substance abuse program
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Aaron Berry has a lot to figure out. (AP)Now that former Detroit Lions cornerback Aaron Berry is in quite a bit of legal trouble (that's what happens when you allegedly point a gun at three people the day after you enter a diversion program to defer your recent ...

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Patients And Providers Plan Heartfelt Testimony For Chicago Congressional ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires equality between insurance coverage for medical/surgical treatment and mental health/substance abuse treatment. The regulations require health insurers to ensure that financial requirements ...

Evolving alcohol treatments can work wonders
Deseret News
Treatment for alcoholism, as well as other addictions, has evolved dramatically over the last few years and ongoing research makes many doctors optimistic they may be able to substantially reduce the prevalence of alcoholism. ... from alcoholism. While these new developments are not intended to be a substitute for traditional rehab or therapy such as Alcoholics Anonymous and are not endorsed by all addicts, doctors say they can be a powerful adjunct to treat individual patients more effectively.

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Decomposed body of alcoholic electrician found at home in Coimbatore
Times of India
COIMBATORE: A 32-year-old man, an alcoholic, was found dead in his house at V K K Menon road in the city on Tuesday. The dead body was in a decomposed state and a rotten stench emanated from the house. Police were alerted and the body was ...

Gambling addict steals £700k from Little Chef where he worked as supervisor
Scottish Daily Record
Gambling addict Yiuman Poon's haul could have bought a £7.49 Little Chef Olympic Breakfast for all 80000 fans in the London 2012 stadium. And there would still have been more than £13000 left in change. Supervisor Poon, 48, used the card reader at his ...

Health alert - picking the right team to tackle opioid painkiller dependence
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"When it comes to opioid painkiller addiction, it doesn't matter how you got there, it's what you do about it. If you think you might have a problem, don't feel like you're alone because help is available," says Lucas. "There are more options than you might realize ...

Silicon Valley execs urge avoidance of tech addiction
Bend Bulletin
Eric Schiermeyer, a co-founder of Zynga, an online game company and maker of huge hits like “Farmville,” has said he has helped addict millions of people to dopamine, a neurochemical that has been shown to be released by pleasurable activities, including ...

AJ Allmendinger Indefinitely Suspended by NASCAR per Substance Abuse Policy
Examiner.com
On July 7th - the day of the Coke Zero 400 - it was announced by NASCAR that Allmendiger had been suspended after failing a random drug test. Due to NASCAR policy, Allmendiger had 72 hours to request a "B" test sample, and it was announced on July ...

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Former Celtic Chris Herren To Speak In New Britain About Addiction
Hartford Courant
For former NBA player Chris Herren, telling his tale of substance abuse is therapeutic and still enlightening. And even when he grows weary of mining ... With help from former NBA player Chris Mullin — a recovering alcoholic — Herren entered an intensive rehabilitation program and he has been drug-free since Aug. 1, 2008. In June 2009, he started his ... Although I came from a good background, a solid family financially, growing up I was not exempt from the life ofaddiction." Herren will talk about growing up with ...

The problems of substance abuse
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Given budget and judicial system resource limitations, how about fining the parents of juveniles caught with marijuana? (“Shifting attitudes on majijuana,” The Gazette, July 18). This could be the way parents find out their child is using marijuana, sooner than ...

Depression and Substance Abuse
dailyRx
They suggested that prescribing health care professionals be aware of depressive symptoms as a risk factor for misuse of opioids, even when the patient has no history of substance abuse. This study was published in the July/August issue of Annals of Family ...

Recovering addict uses verse to tell his story
White Mountain Independent
Often their families, friends, coworkers, or bosses and or supervisors, are completely unaware of their addiction. Drug addicts are not stupid, they are addicts. Like any other person they do not take well to being told lies like a drug addict is absolutely ...

Physician Focus: Youth and Substance Abuse
Community Advocate
While addiction to alcohol or drugs is rare among young people — only 3 percent of 12-18-year olds meeting the clinical criteria for addiction – a teenager doesn't have to be addicted to die or have something terrible happen as a result of substance abuse.

Addict gets five years for injecting fatal dose
This is Bristol
A DRUG addict has been jailed for five years for injecting a fatal dose of heroin into a fellow user. Matthew Lovell had denied the manslaughter of Elizabeth Davies, telling Bristol Crown Court she had administered the Class A drug to herself at his flat in Yate ...

Crashing Through the Windshield: How Finance Is Like Alcoholism
CNBC.com (blog)
During the last decade of her life my mother, an eccentric recovering alcoholic, lived on a farm in northern Georgia with dozens of goats, chickens, Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, miniature horses and Basset hounds… and a haughty llama named Greta. She maintained her ... But our industry has not yet embraced the equivalent of a 12-step program — which is what it may take to correct the cultural failings that underpinned the bad behavior that prevailed in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Key steps towards ...

Addict's raids on four pubs
This is Plymouth
A HEROIN addict burgled four pubs in a week, taking hundreds of pounds from fruit machines, charity tins and cash boxes, a court heard. Douglas Smith, aged 38, broke into four licensed premises in and around Plymouth and Exeter – including one in each ...

Schizophrenia & Substance Abuse
dailyRx
The authors' motivation stemmed from the risks associated with substance abuse and schizophrenia: more frequent hospitalizations, lower level of overall functioning and less likely to take medications as directed. Authors said, “The existing treatments [for ...

New report shows girls in Ontario more likely to be bullied in school and online
Calgary Herald
TORONTO -- A report from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found girls in Ontario are nearly twice as likely to be victims of cyber-bullying than boys. The finding marks the first time the centre asked Ontario students about cyber-bullying in 35 ...

Mount Pleasant Academy, Utah School, Seeks To Help Teens Kick Porn ...
Huffington Post
While some schools specialize in art, math, or science, Mount Pleasant Academy, a new school based in central Utah, has a different focus altogether: helping teens kick their addiction to porn, the Daily reports. “It's killing us," said Manuel Zizumbo, the ...

Treatment court helps participants, community
Syracuse.com (blog)
Recently, there have been numerous articles on drug addiction, treatment for addiction and the associated personal and societal costs related to drug use. I would like to relay my personal account and advocate for Syracuse Community Treatment Court (SCTC), ... First, I renewed family relationships, went back to church, started to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and volunteered at the Rescue Mission. I enrolled at Onondaga Community College and then I was hired at a part-time job. Looking back at the last ...

Tweens With Porn Addiction Can Recover In Utah -- With Horesback ...
By Koa Beck
The Mount Pleasant Academy treats tweens and teens with porn addiction through outdoor activity. ... But a pricey academy isn't making some parents feel any less stigmatized for the particular addiction that their child happens to possess.
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Whitney Houston's Death Raises Addiction Questions | FYI BeHealthy
How Is Addiction Treated? Most of us are familiar with 12-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Such programs, which offer intensive community support, can be very effective. But ultimately, the most effective addiction treatment varies from person to person, says substance abuse treatment expert Goldman. “Treatment is a very personal choice,” Goldman tells WebMD. “Nowadays there are many options: medications, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy, ...
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Any thoughts or ideas? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
By soberbrooke
He finally made an appointment for us to go to counseling and its tom at 11am. I am an alcoholicthat has been sober since 12/19/11 and he is an addict that quit smoking pot one month ago - so he says. So I guess that makes him a dry addict?
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Risk from mixing alcohol, energy drinks is uncovered
By Gary Enos
Addiction Professional Magazine,Addiction Professional specializes in drug and alcohol treatment, recovery counseling, substance abuse, alcoholism and drug addiction recovery news and information for counselors, clinicians and treatment ...
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Silicon Valley Worries About Addiction to Devices – NYTimes.com ...
By Andrew
Silicon Valley Worries About Addiction to Devices – NYTimes.com. July 25, 2012 by Andrew. A good piece on how even the people who make all the devices that we live with today are discovering the need for the 'off' button. Quote: ...
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me and a little about me an my meth addiction
By jsims
i am a 41 year old male an have been shooting meth since age 12 off an on more on than off. just to help you know me better at age 19 i had a diving accident an broke my neck thay told me a i was a c 7 an would never walk again.was in ...
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An Addiction To Superficial Things? - And Then She Saved - Started ...
By Anna Newell Jones
spending fast, spending diet, debt free life, how to pay off debt fast, change your life, personal finance blog, money saving tips, my personal journey out of debt.
And Then She Saved

Silicon Valley's Prescriptions for Internet Addiction - Yahoo! News
The people whose livelihoods and egos depend on the success of Internet- powered gadgets have started disconnecting because of all the detrimental things it ...
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Gadget Addiction or Work Intrusion? - Slashdot
Yesterday the NY Times ran a story about the worry in Silicon Valley of addiction to gadgets, and how it might affect stress levels and people's ability to focus.
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California health and addiction-treatment program expands to Quincy
Boston.com
Individuals referred to the centers receive a free assessment for substance abuse or for eating and weight management disorders, and are then provided with support, information, and referrals for treatment. “[Patients] also have the opportunity to attend ...

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