Belfast Telegraph
A year ago today millions of fans were mourning Amy Winehouse, who was found dead at her London home aged just 27 after a long and very public battle with drug and alcohol addiction. But for one Lisburn mum her death was especially poignant. For Anita ...
Belfast Telegraph
Sister Ignatia: The Apostle of Alcoholics Anonymous
Patheos
At St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, she helped Dr. Robert H. Smith, AA's co-founder, to dispel the notion that alcoholism was a moral defect, rather than a spiritual, mental and physical disease. Bridget Della Mary Gavin was one of three children born to a farmer ...
Patheos
Silicon Valley Says Step Away From the Device
New York Times
... 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 video game playing, but also is understood to play a major role in the cycle of addiction.
New York Times
OxyContin and Heroin Addiction on the South Shore
Boston magazine's Boston Daily (blog)
“It's how your community takes those struggles, deals with it, and keeps going on,” Weymouth mayor Susan Key says in the opening moments of Narcotic Misconceptions, a new documentary about opiate addiction in Weymouth and across the South Shore. ... In the opening pages of the results, the commission also points to the shame of Oxycontin and heroin abuse: “Because of the stigma surrounding substance abuse, the opiate epidemic is left in the shadows and little light has been put upon reforming the policies ...
Our View: Internet addiction
StandardNet
Earlier this year, research showed that the brains of Internet-addicted persons look similar to the brains of persons suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. The research, included in a Newsweek article on Internet addiction, shows that the brain "shows signs ...
Alcoholism and HIV infection have different effects on visuomotor procedural ...
Science Codex
The different effects on memory processes by chronic alcoholism and HIV infection likely reflect the specific neuropathology associated with each condition: frontocerebellar dysfunction inalcoholism and frontostriatal dysfunction in HIV infection. A study of the ...
Silicon Valley's Prescriptions for Internet Addiction
The Atlantic Wire
The people whose livelihoods and egos depend on the success of Internet-powered gadgets have started disconnecting because of all the detrimental things it may or may not do to our brains that we've read about in various trend stories, of late. Unlike us ...
The Atlantic Wire
Living in the Mission as a Recovering Alcoholic
Mission Local
In March when Mission Local asked about the Mission District specifically, Li Lighfoot, an Alcoholics Anonymous employee, said, “There's a whole slew of people in recovery in the Mission.” Because he hasn't gone through the 12-step program, some people ...
Andrew Simon Flood: Gambling addict Taxi-driver caught smiling on CCTV ...
Daily Mail
Judge Clement Goldstone, QC, the Recorder of Liverpool, told the 43-year-old private hire driver, 'You targeted them because you wanted to rob them of their money and jewellery in order to feed your dependency on alcohol and youraddiction to gambling, ...
Daily Mail
Terminator 3 actor Nick Stahl reconciles with estranged wife 'as he receives ...
Daily Mail
He vanished after checking out of a rehabilitation facility to address drug and alcohol addiction against the wishes of doctors. However Rose Murphy Stahl tweeted a picture of them looking happy together on ... Going straight: The actor is said to be attending Alcoholics Anonymous. It will be a huge relief for fans of the 32-year-old after he vanished for a ... She said she feared he may have lost his battle with substance abuse and overdosed. Father: The actor is the father of two-year-old Marlo. She told People: 'He ...
Daily Mail
Inquest hears of addict's final days
The Northern Echo
A HEROIN addict who made threats to kill himself was twice taken into police custody only days before his body was found at his father's home. An inquest into the death of Colin John Chamberlain was told that on the second occasion he was arrested for his ...
Ex-Lion Berry apologizes, will enter substance-abuse program
Pro Football Weekly
Former Lions CB Aaron Berry apologized Monday after a second offseason arrest ended his career with the club. “Words cannot describe how embarrassed I am right now," said Berry, arrested Saturday on simple assault charges that reportedly involve a ...
Mumbai: Drug addict caught stealing fans from court
IBNLive.com
Mumbai: Heating up things for cops and lawyers, a 22-year-old drug addict was arrested by the Colaba police for stealing fans and electronic equipment from the City Civil and Sessions Court at Fort. Shortly before being nabbed, Shamsher Ali Laik Ali, ...
IBNLive.com
From homeless alcoholic to social enterprise businessman
News Shopper
From homeless alcoholic to social enterprise businessman (From News Shopper). ...
Gambling: The secret addiction
Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Whose problem is it anyway? The gambling industry provide £5m a year to fund treatment and research. For the vast majority of people, gambling is a harmless pastime: almost three-quarters of all Brits had a flutter last year, if you include the National Lottery.
Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Widow, 79, died after being mugged by a drug addict for her handbag containing ...
Daily Mail
An elderly widow who died after she was robbed of her handbag containing her husband's ashes was allegedly set upon by a drug addict desperate for cash to fund his habit. Nellie Geraghty, 79, was found minutes away from her home with the strap of her handbag still firmly in her ... The prosecution said earlier in the day Royle was desperate for drugs and had tried to sell his mountain bike to raise money to feed his addiction. Mr Royle had left a drug addict friend's home that morning in order to find some money.
Daily Mail
Alcoholic given curfew
Peterborough Telegraph
An notorious Peterborough alcoholic has been banned from leaving his house at night for three months after admitting stealing beer from a shop. Shepherd Gandi (41) of Kilham, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, admitted taking three cans of beer from Co-op in ...
Peterborough Telegraph
Alcoholic back inside two months after prison release
Peterborough Telegraph
A Peterborough alcoholic who stole a car less than two months after being released from a lengthy prison sentence has been jailed. Soma Deasley (24) of Ploverly, Werrington, was released from a 32 month prison sentence in May, after being convicted of ...
Peterborough Telegraph
Narconon Treatment Center Under Fire
KTUL (blog)
For those who have committed their lives to saving people from drug and alcohol addiction the loss of not being able to help a person overcome addiction takes an emotional toll on us as well. It is a sad day ... Narconon has remained accredited by the nationally recognized accreditation agency, CARF (Commission on The Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) for 20 years and is certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to deliver non-medical detoxification services". Gary W.
News Shopper
From homeless alcoholic to social enterprise businessman (From News Shopper). ...
Gambling: The secret addiction
Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Whose problem is it anyway? The gambling industry provide £5m a year to fund treatment and research. For the vast majority of people, gambling is a harmless pastime: almost three-quarters of all Brits had a flutter last year, if you include the National Lottery.
Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Widow, 79, died after being mugged by a drug addict for her handbag containing ...
Daily Mail
An elderly widow who died after she was robbed of her handbag containing her husband's ashes was allegedly set upon by a drug addict desperate for cash to fund his habit. Nellie Geraghty, 79, was found minutes away from her home with the strap of her handbag still firmly in her ... The prosecution said earlier in the day Royle was desperate for drugs and had tried to sell his mountain bike to raise money to feed his addiction. Mr Royle had left a drug addict friend's home that morning in order to find some money.
Daily Mail
Alcoholic given curfew
Peterborough Telegraph
An notorious Peterborough alcoholic has been banned from leaving his house at night for three months after admitting stealing beer from a shop. Shepherd Gandi (41) of Kilham, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, admitted taking three cans of beer from Co-op in ...
Peterborough Telegraph
Alcoholic back inside two months after prison release
Peterborough Telegraph
A Peterborough alcoholic who stole a car less than two months after being released from a lengthy prison sentence has been jailed. Soma Deasley (24) of Ploverly, Werrington, was released from a 32 month prison sentence in May, after being convicted of ...
Peterborough Telegraph
Narconon Treatment Center Under Fire
KTUL (blog)
For those who have committed their lives to saving people from drug and alcohol addiction the loss of not being able to help a person overcome addiction takes an emotional toll on us as well. It is a sad day ... Narconon has remained accredited by the nationally recognized accreditation agency, CARF (Commission on The Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) for 20 years and is certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to deliver non-medical detoxification services". Gary W.
Comedian takes stage, shines spotlight on addiction
The Bugle
The Plainfield resident has battled alcoholism, drug addiction, and mental illness for nearly three decades. Now, he's sober nearly 4 years, married and father of four and has written a book, ... “I lived as both a street walking alcoholic and highly professional functioning addict,” Connolly explained adding that he later discovered he had also been living with undiagnosed Bi-Polar Disorder, a condition which drove his addictions. “I was consuming 24-plus beers and other substances including speed and marijuana ...
The Bugle
The Plainfield resident has battled alcoholism, drug addiction, and mental illness for nearly three decades. Now, he's sober nearly 4 years, married and father of four and has written a book, ... “I lived as both a street walking alcoholic and highly professional functioning addict,” Connolly explained adding that he later discovered he had also been living with undiagnosed Bi-Polar Disorder, a condition which drove his addictions. “I was consuming 24-plus beers and other substances including speed and marijuana ...
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Yet Another Way to Misunderstand President Obama's Record on ...
By Keith Humphreys
In contrast, billions of private dollars are spent on addiction treatment each year. Federal policies that increase the amount of those dollars, for example by mandating that insurers coveraddiction treatment, don't show up in the federal drug ...
The Reality-Based Community
An Interview with Justin Roll, Primary Therapist « The Ranch | Drug ...
By Vera
With his focus sharp and his mind calm, he heads to The Ranch, where he serves as a primary therapist in the Center for Relationship and Sexual Recovery, the men's sex addiction program. Justin describes himself as a "player's coach," ...
The Ranch | Drug Rehab Eating...
By Vera
With his focus sharp and his mind calm, he heads to The Ranch, where he serves as a primary therapist in the Center for Relationship and Sexual Recovery, the men's sex addiction program. Justin describes himself as a "player's coach," ...
The Ranch | Drug Rehab Eating...
Silicon Valley Worries About Addiction to Devices - Progressive Voices
By By MATT RICHTEL
Posted on July 24, 2012 by By MATT RICHTEL. Computers, smartphones and other gadgets have made life easier, but now tech firms are worried that they may be harming people. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Addiction ...
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ALCOHOL REPORTS: Differential Effect of Alcoholism and HIV ...
By Loran Archer
An international website dedicated to providing current information on news, reports, publications,and peer-reviewed research articles concerning alcoholism and alcohol-related problems throughout the world. Postings are provided by ... The 2 alcoholic groups showed retention and consolidation over time (i.e., improved performance without further training), whereas the HIV-infected group showed learning and retention but no consolidation effect. The comorbid group shared ...
ALCOHOL REPORTS
