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 ...
ESPN
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 ...
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
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.
Deseret News
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 ...
Examiner.com
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, ...
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, ...
FYI BeHealthy
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?
SoberFeed...Live!
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 ...
Addiction Professional Magazine
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: ...
My Lymphoma Journey
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 ...
Support Groups
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 ...
news.yahoo.com/silicon-valleys-prescriptions-internet-addictio...
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.
mobile.slashdot.org/story/.../gadget-addiction-or-work-intrusio...
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?
SoberFeed...Live!
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 ...
Addiction Professional Magazine
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: ...
My Lymphoma Journey
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 ...
Support Groups
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 ...
news.yahoo.com/silicon-valleys-prescriptions-internet-addictio...
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.
mobile.slashdot.org/story/.../gadget-addiction-or-work-intrusio...
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 ...
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 ...
