Road to Recovery July 2012: Ready, Willing, and Able To Work: Employment for People in Recovery
For people in recovery from mental or substance use disorders, employment is often an essential part of the recovery process. Employment increases people's self-worth, stabilizes their living circumstances, and facilitates their integration with the community. Being unemployed is associated with increased rates of mental disorders and with higher rates of substance use disorders and relapse. In the current job market, employment challenges for people in recovery are greater than ever. This show will explore a range of topics related to meeting those challenges, including skills training, career building, having a "recovery job" that bridges the gap between unemployment and full employment, volunteerism as a pathway to employment, and starting a business. The show will examine the barriers and challenges faced by some people in recovery—those without a high school or college degree, those with a criminal history, and those who have been out of the workforce for a long time. Innovative approaches to addressing the employment issue will be highlighted: recovery entrepreneurship programs, employers who target hiring people in recovery, and recovery community organizations that help with skills training and job placement.
Please visit http://www.recoverymonth.gov for more information.
Drug Addiction Impact
KIMT
These are the words of Sharon Schlingmann's daughter...Rachel. She was an All-American girl, attending RCTC hoping to become a psychologist, but Rachel had one thing stopping her, anaddiction to heroin. “It's the most wonderful high she's ever had in ...
Prescription drug abuse targeted in upstate NY
Wall Street Journal
Among the agencies involved are the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the New York state police and the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. They'll be outlining the effort on Monday. —Copyright 2012 Associated Press. Copyright ...
DNT investigation: Former patient says methadone treatment was 'just another ...
Duluth News Tribune
The drug, he said, was turning him into a zombie. “I was living in my parents' basement, completely depressed,” he said. “Methadone was just another addiction. It was two years of hell. You're functioning, but with that amount of drugs in your system ...
Gilbert: 'Talk to kids about drug dangers'
WXXA
Former Little House on the Prairie star is spearheading a new campaign urging parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of prescription drugs. The actress, who battled an alcohol addiction in her 30's, was appalled when she learned about the ...
Giles: Suicide is not the only way to beat addiction
Cleveland Daily Banner
Banner photo, DAVID DAVIS James Giles, left, listens as licensed professional counselor David Webb of Hiwassee Mental Health Clinic speaks Saturday morning at a drug awareness forum. Giles attempted suicide in October 2000 after 18 years of addiction.
Thousands join drug rehab courses
The Nation
Now over 508,850 people dependent on several kinds of drugs such as methamphetamine (yaba) and crystal meth (ice) have attended the programme and were able to overcome addiction. The Public Health Ministry estimates that about 1.3 million people ...
The Nation
Drug addiction and reunification - Straight Dope Message Board
Do courts favor/disfavor certain kinds of drug addicts? I'll (anecdotally) hear about people who lose their kids over meth or crack addiction, but never hear about ...
boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665869
Hundreds celebrate National Drug Addiction Recovery Month
WALB-TV
"Addiction is a treatable disease and recovery is possible," said Recovery Celebration Coordinator Erica Graham. Hundreds came out to The Ray Charles Pavilion to celebrate National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month. "This is clear proof that ...
Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Los Angeles Times
Several drugs to treat addictions have been approved in recent years, adding to the modest collection already in limited use, such as methadone for heroin addiction, Antabuse for alcoholismand a handful of others. To Volkow's mind, the new medications ...
Choco-craving or drug addiction? Chocolate gives same high as opium!
Daily Bhaskar
New Delhi: Chocolate has an effect on the brain similar to opium, according to a study by the University of Michigan that found amazing comparisons between obese people and drug addicts. A natural brain chemical called enkephalin — an endorphin with ...
Addiction Recovery Month observed
SalemNews.net
September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Ohio and across the country. Now in its 23nd year, ... Alcoholics entering treatment can have up to a 49 percent chance of recovery in the first year of seeking help. Seeking help is ...
Experts Push New Treatment for Addicts: Medication
Newser
(Newser) – Decades of 12-step programs have set the standard for addiction treatment, but now doctors and scientists are trying to give drug and alcohol addicts another option: medication. With some federal support, these experts are adding to drugs ...
Operation Medicine Cabinet; Cleveland-area drug take back day
NewsNet5.com
Addiction to opiate-based pain pills such as Codeine, Oxycontin, Vicodin, and Percocet has led to a massive increase in heroin addiction,” warned Nancy Pommerening, the director of Drug Awareness and Prevention Inc. “Heroin is the cheaper, street-drug ...
NewsNet5.com
Salvation Army honors 8 who beat drugs
Appeal-Democrat
Quickly facing a 61⁄2-year prison sentence for stealing to feed her addiction, she was grateful to be offered drug court and a residential program at the Salvation Army instead. Today, she still has ups and downs, but she's trying as best she can to ...
Prescription pain pill epidemic plows path to street drugs
StarNewsOnline.com
Easy access to heroin has resulted in an influx of patients at drug local counseling clinics. The state has followed a similar trend. In 2011, 2,081 people were admitted to treatment as a result of heroinaddiction, the highest number since at least ...
Food, drug addiction may have a lot more in common than you think ...
Food, drug addiction may have a lot more in common than you think - The notion that food can be addictive has been debated for some time and largely rejected ...
www.indianexpress.com/news/food-drug.../1006091/
