Rausings had spiralled back into drug addiction after drinking a glass of champagne

Couple had spiralled back into drug addiction after celebrating the Millennium ...
Daily Mail
Their battle with addiction was laid bare today as it was revealed that the pair spent their last years as co-dependent recluses too ashamed to face the world. They spent many spells in rehab but also lived drug-free for a period. They spiralled back into ...

Daily Mail

Addiction & Mental Illness: My Quarter-Life Crisis
Huffington Post (blog)
The next morning my parents sat with me in the hospital admissions office as I answered a litany of questions about my suicidal ideations, my history of substance abuse, and why I didn't want to go on living. My answer to the latter question was a simple one: I didn't have a future. Mom and dad were ... I am still an alcoholic and an addict and I still have a mental illness and, like many people, I get depressed sometimes. But when I do, I remind myself how many things I have to look forward to. Today, I am grateful.

Tetra Pak heir Rausing pleads guilty to preventing proper burial of wife
Fox News
Hans Kristian's unexpected guilty plea, which followed weeks of treatment at a psychiatric facility, caps a tragic story of addiction and wealth. Eva Rausing came from an affluent American family, and Hans Kristian is a scion of one of Europe's richest families.

Drug Addiction Vaccine: Medicine's Next Big Thing?
WFTV Orlando
BACKGROUND: In 2010 there were an estimated 22.6 million Americans over the age of 12 that were current or former illicit drug users within the last month. Another shocking fact, over six million children in America live with at least one parent who has a ...

Eva Rausing Dead: Hans Kristian Rausing Pleads Guilty To Preventing Wife's ...
Huffington Post
The wealthy Rausings had both been troubled by drug addiction. Hans Kristian Rausing said in a statement that he had suffered a ... Eva Rausing death: Tetra Pak heir and doomed drugaddict bride ... Eva Rausing death: Did Eva's body lay undiscovered for ...

Tetra Pak Heir Pleads Guilty to Preventing Wife's Burial
New York Times
Public fascination with the case seemed rooted in the vision of a couple who seemed to have everything that wealth and privilege could provide, brought low by an addiction to drugs that had haunted them since they met in a drugs treatment clinic in the ...

How One Shot Could Stop Drug Addiction
Business Insider
Researchers are making breakthroughs on a decades-old quest to use our own bodies to defend against addiction — by priming our bodies to stop the small molecules that cause an addictive high before they reach the brain. Drugs like nicotine (which are in ...

Business Insider

Arizona gets federal funding for substance abuse
San Francisco Chronicle
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is getting a $7.5 million federal grant to tackle substance abuseproblems in five counties across the northern half of the state. The state Department of Health Services says the money is intended to help reduce the number of deaths ...

Olympians Hanging Up Cleats Risk Drug Addict-Like Ills
Businessweek
And the biological mechanisms of this so-called exercise dependence tend to mimic those involved in drug addiction, researchers at Tufts University in Boston said. Anxiety and depression may ensue when exercise stops, according to the Tufts study. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that sheds light on why athletes may be more prone to substance abuse, eating disorders and suicide than the general population, and why they might require help adjusting after years spent engaged in relentless sports ...

Multi-millionaire Rausing pleads guilty to preventing US-born wife's burial
NBCNews.com (blog)
The couple's struggles with addiction -- long known to their close friends and family -- became widely known in 2008 when Eva Rausing was caught trying to smuggle crack cocaine and heroin into the U.S. Embassy in London in her handbag. Police later ...

NBCNews.com (blog)

Rausing pleads guilty to preventing wife's burial
Businessweek
The plea caps a tragic story of addiction and wealth. Both Eva and Hans Kristian struggled publicly with drugs while donating millions to anti-addiction charities. The Rausings had previously been arrested in 2008 after Eva Rausing was caught trying to bring ...

Drug addict mugged girl, 8, for just £3.50 as she walked to shop to buy sweets
Daily Mail
Report abuse. No, she wouldn't have known she would encounter a cocaine addictand neither would any body else which is why you don't take the risk and you DON'T LET AN 8 YEAR OLD GIRL GO ALONE. Doesn't matter how close the post office is.

Daily Mail

Earning the Title of 'Moms': How A Former Addict's Relationship With Her Son ...
Huffington Post (blog)
Forgiving myself and my past was a harder process -- one that wouldn't have been possible for me without my faith and Dorine, my sponsor from a 12-Step program. In one conversation, I told Dorine, "I want my son with me. Everybody it seems has his or her ...

Multi-millionaire Rausing pleads guilty to preventing wife's burial
NBCNews.com (blog)
Both Eva and Hans Kristian struggled publicly with drugs while donating millions to anti-addiction charities. Police struggle to shed light on US-born heiress' death. The Rausings had previously been arrested in 2008 after Eva Rausing was caught trying to ...

NBCNews.com (blog)

Meth addict disagrees with 15-year sentence
Alamogordo Daily News
SANTA FE -- At 17, Allen Dwyer slipped inside an unlocked home, killed the old man who lived there and stole $90 to feed his methamphetamine addiction. Haunted because he took a life, Dwyer walked into a police station two years later and confessed.

JOHN C. WETSMAN / Addiction Medicine
My New Orleans
According to Dr. Howard Wetsman, the biggest problem in addiction medicine is the fact that society doesn't differentiate between substance abuse and addiction, even though they are two very different things. Wetsman explains that substance abuse is a ...

Smoking Addiction Begins in Teens
Counsel & Heal
This suggests, according to the study by UCSF's Mark Rubinstein, MD, that the threshold for nicotine addiction in teenagers is perhaps much lower than the common notion. "Most smoking cessation programs require that you smoke at least ten cigarettes per ...

Counsel & Heal

Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing admits preventing wife's burial
The Guardian
Isleworth crown court heard a story unfold of a loving couple's terrible drugaddiction and social isolation, and Rausing's total denial after his wife's death on 7 May. Eva Rausing's body lay for two months under a pile of clothes behind the sealed door of a ...

The Guardian

Tetra Pak heir's wife lay dead for two months
Chicago Tribune
The couple, who have four children, first met at a U.S. drug rehabilitation centre and gave generously to addiction treatment centers. Eva Rausing's family have said they believe Eva turned to drugs in her late teens to overcome acute shyness. Hans Rausing's ...

Bogus Alcoholism Cure: Pay Up or We'll Tell Your Boss!
TIME
... alcoholism revealed to your boss, creditors and loved ones? Although this was not the treatment strategy the Alcoholism Cure Corporation claimed to be selling, it was the only service it provided to people who tried to cancel payment for its bogus remedies, according to the Federal Trade Commission. ... Of course, if an actual cure for addiction existed, you would be reading about it on the front page, not on some obscure, poorly written, membership-only website. If anyone offers you a simple solution to this highly ...

TIME

5 Therapies To Try Before Giving Up On Recovery
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Once the therapist shows an interest in the problem as the addict defines it, theaddict is more willing to talk about the problem as the therapist defines it. And so a ... Practiced in China for thousands of years, acupuncture is gaining popularity in the U.S. as a complementary treatment for addiction. ... In a 2005 UCLA study, 77 percent of participants who received neurofeedback in conjunction with a 12-Stepprogram remained abstinent at 12 months, compared to 44 percent of those who didn't receive neurofeedback.

PsychCentral.com (blog)

Rausing pleads guilty to delaying heiress wife's burial
CNN
Both Eva and Han Kristian Rausing, who had four children together, had battled with addictionfor decades. The court was told that Eva Rausing had returned to London on April 29 after having spent time in a clinic in California, PA reported. The court heard ...

Tetra Pak scion avoids jail for delaying wife's burial
AFP
The Rausings, who have four teenage children, had struggled publicly with drugaddiction for many years and were known for their generous donations to addictioncharities. The couple first met at an addiction clinic and were charged in 2008 after Eva tried to ...

AFP

Rausing sentenced for delaying wife Eva's burial
BBC News
The couple had struggled with drug addiction for many years. After an earlier court appearance, Rausing's parents issued a statement, saying they hoped their son could "find the strength to begin the long and hard journey of detoxification and rehabilitation".

BBC News

Billionaire heir Hans Rausing admits preventing his wife Eva's burial
Telegraph.co.uk
The court was told she and her husband, who have four children, had battled drugaddiction for many years and despite being clean for more than a decade had fallen off the wagon at the turn of the Millennium when Mrs Rausing decided to have a glass of ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Billionaire heir Hans Rausing escapes jail for preventing his wife Eva's burial
Telegraph.co.uk
The court was told that Mrs Rausing and her husband, who have four children, had battled drug addiction for many years and despite being clean for more than a decade had fallen off the wagon at the turn of the Millennium when Mrs Rausing decided to have ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Introducing The Impact of Sex Addiction | World of Psychology
By John M. Grohol, PsyD
Sex addiction has become the notorious new concern of the past decade. But it's a serious issue that impacts many people's lives. There are many.
World of Psychology

Bogus Alcoholism Cure: Pay Up or We'll Tell Your Boss! - Diet ...
Would you quit drinking if the alternative was having your alcoholism revealed to your boss, creditors and loved ones? Although this was not the treatment strategy the Alcoholism Cure Corporation claimed to be selling, it was the only service it ...
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LICADD Launches New Support Groups for Siblings of Addicted Youth
By LICADD Webmaster
The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) is excited to announce its newest program: SHINE (Siblings Helping to Identify Needs of Each other). When the program kicks ... Designed for individuals between the ages of 10-21 with a brother or sister with a substance use problem, SHINE will offer an overview of the disease of addiction, as well as an opportunity to interact and receive support from group members facing similar difficulties. Participants will ...
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David Lawrence Center Promotes Two Managers - Addiction ...
By Shannon Brys
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 centers. Learn about clinical therapy sessions for ... The David Lawrence Center, located in Naples, is a not-for-profit mental health and substance abuse treatment facility serving children, adults and families. Sharie Boscaglia has been promoted ...
Addiction Professional Magazine

Prescription Drug Abuse - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
By sophiamarie2007
West Virginia has one of the highest rates of prescription drug abuse (mainly pain killers, but also benzo's and stimulants) Well the Governor has given out grants to try to curtail thesubstance abuse problem in our state. I worked ... I am also an addict. I spent 12 years addicted to all kinds of prescription drugs (both while working for the pharmaceutical companies and after) I just landed a new job with the Governor implementing programs to curtail this problem in our state. Personally ...
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