Breaking the Chains of Addiction

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More people seeking help to break chains of addiction
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SINGAPORE - More people here are seeking help to kick their addictions, which include drugs, alcohol and gambling, according to Singapore's ...

Grant to boost Hall inmates' drug treatment
Gainesville Times
As the program currently operates, New Hope Counseling comes in twice a week to give drug counseling with a certified addiction counselor. The new ...

Raising awareness about addiction
So Md News
The rate of drug use in Southern Maryland seems to be measured by ... said Emily Harman, a member of Parents Affected By Addiction, a regional ...

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Alcohol and Addiction News Digest, December 27, 2014

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Violent Crime Decreases After San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting DrugUsers
Reason (blog)
Suhr is no fan of drug legalization. He views drug addiction as a serious public health problem, a debatable assertion with its own set of dubious ...


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Drug dealer gets 10 to 20 years
News Item
The state Attorney General's Office said he was dealing drugs with a ... who claimed Picarella preyed on their drug addiction by trading heroin for sex.


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Targeted treatment
Burlington Times News
Drug addiction is one of the root causes of crime and one of the greatest predictors a person will commit more crimes. Studies show as many as 80 ...


Woman Steals Guitar to Buy Food and Drugs
ABC News
Woman Steals Guitar to Buy Food and Drugs. More. Part 3: Smiley says she stole a guitar because of her drug addiction and recent life struggles.

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Alcohol and Addiction News Digest, December 20, 2014

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Drug Discovery & Development
Link found between brain chemical, drug addicts
Economic Times
Once drug use escalated and became frequent, the anti-addiction effect of ... pharmaceutical therapies to help prevent and treat drug addiction.


St. George Daily Spectrum
Recent news stories on drug busts lead to online debate
St. George Daily Spectrum
These same people also felt drug addiction should be dealt with as a health ... With drug use comes violent crime, so if we allow it to take hold in our ...


Scotland approves new drug for alcoholics (VIDEO)
Malay Mail Online
GLASGOW, Dec 6 ― Scotland is the first country to give approval to a new pill that helps patients reduce their alcohol dependency, according to a ...

Kiran Bedi suggests three-pronged strategy to PM Modi to curb drug menace
Oneindia
In 1986, I started seeing our youth getting trapped into drug addiction. After that we witnessed a sharp rise in the cases of crimes. All types of crimes ...


U-T San Diego
Father-and-son authors writing book on drug abuse
Town Hall
According to Houghton Mifflin, the new book will draw upon research into drugs and drug addiction to help teens and tweens make "informed ...

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Alcohol, deadliest drug in the US

Alcohol, the deadliest drug--

Alcohol is still the deadliest drug in the United States, and it’s not even close - The Washington Post: "... Which intoxicating substance is associated with the most lethal violence? Devotees of the Wire might presume that cocaine or maybe heroin would top the list, especially if you asked the worst causes of violence in poor, minority communities. The correct answer, by far, is alcohol. It’s involved in more homicides than pretty much every other substance, combined. Alcohol’s relative importance has grown over the last fifteen years, as aging populations of cocaine users account for a declining proportion of violent crime. Here in Chicago, positive cocaine screens in the Cook County Jail are down by about half when compared with ten or twenty years ago. The same is true in many other cities.Surveys of people incarcerated for violent crimes indicate that about 40% had been drinking at the time they committed these offenses. Among those who had been drinking, average blood-alcohol levels were estimated to exceed three times the legal limit. Drinking is especially common among perpetrators of specific crimes, including murder, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence...." (read more at link above)


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Addiction, Early America, C-SPAN video

Addiction Early America | Video | C-SPAN.org: "Panelists talked about how different social groups used and abused laudanum, opium, and alcohol in the 19th century. They said alcoholism was primarily a male problem, while thousands of women were addicted to laudanum. The panel also talked about how these addictions were treated and perceived across race, gender, and social class. This discussion was part of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic conference in Philadelphia." (video at link above)

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Alcohol Still a Leading Killer

Alcohol Remains a Leading Killer - NYTimes.com: "Excessive alcohol consumption, including binge drinking, is responsible for 10 percent of deaths among working-age adults in the United States, according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers used an online tool called the Alcohol-Related Disease Impact application to estimate alcohol-related deaths ranging from car crashes and alcohol poisoning to liver and heart disease. They defined binge drinking as at least five consecutive drinks for men and four consecutive drinks for women. One in six adults from 20 to 65 reported binge drinking at least four times a month; the actual number is likely higher because subjects tend to underreport their drinking habits, the researchers said. The number of Americans who binge drink skyrocketed during the 1990s and leveled off in 2001, but the average frequency of binge drinking episodes is still rising. Excessive drinking is the fourth leading cause of preventable death in the United States, after smoking, poor nutrition and physical inactivity...." (read more at link above)

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Alcohol, Your Brain, Your Body

What Alcohol Does To Your Brain And Body - Business Insider: "Alcohol is one of the most dangerous substances on the planet. Someone dies from alcohol use every ten seconds, and one night of binge drinking can take a huge toll on your immune system. Dr. Samuel Ball of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia) reveals the myriad effects alcohol has on your brain and body." (read more at link above)

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Alcohol, Moderation, Abstinence

For an alcoholic, there is no "moderation"--

I'm halfway through an alcohol-free year. Could you do it? | Lea Emery | Comment is free | theguardian.com: " . . . There are lots of people who aren't full blown addicts but who do struggle to do things in moderation – whether it's booze, cigarettes, sex, drugs or Nutella (or in my case, all of the above). Substances that are addictive are inherently difficult to consume in moderation. That's what "addictive" means. In fact, when you encourage someone who's struggling with an addictive substance to do it in moderation, what you're also saying is "Hey, you know that stuff that makes you want more and more as soon as you have a bit? Yeah, just have a bit!" It's not helpful to tell someone to have "just" a little alcohol if they're struggling with it, just as it's not helpful to tell someone who's dependent on sweets to have just a little cake ... So when you run into a friend who is abstaining completely, whether temporarily for a good start to the New Year or for the long-term, remember it's not a commentary on your drinking and nobody is trying to ruin anyone's fun. Be supportive and treat it as a completely legitimate, if not necessary, alternative for those people for whom moderation is not an option."

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What Makes You Happy?

It certainly isn't alcohol (read below). On the other hand, Bill Wilson wrote that if you don't find joy in your sobriety, you won't stay sober --

Grant Study Reveals What Makes Us Happy - Business Insider: " . . . The project, which began in 1938, has followed 268 Harvard undergraduate men for 75 years, measuring an astonishing range of psychological, anthropological, and physical traits—from personality type to IQ to drinking habits to family relationships . . . in an effort to determine what factors contribute most strongly to human flourishing. Recently, George Vaillant, who directed the study for more than three decades, published Triumphs of Experience, a summation of the insights the study has yielded. Among them: “Alcoholism is a disorder of great destructive power.” Alcoholism was the main cause of divorce between the Grant Study men and their wives; it was strongly correlated with neurosis and depression (which tended to follow alcohol abuse, rather than precede it); and—together with associated cigarette smoking—it was the single greatest contributor to their early morbidity and death. Above a certain level, intelligence doesn’t matter. . . ." (read more at link above)

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James Bond, Alcohol, Myth, Reality

James Bond and alcohol? The inconvenient truth --

Shaken, Not Stirred: A Medical Diagnosis and Psychological Evaluation of James Bond | Big Think TV | Big Think: "...There is no way that James Bond could shoot a gun, not to mention stir a cocktail. The spy's hand tremors, resulting from excessive alcohol consumption, would prevent him from performing even simple activities. In short, you would never want to put the fate of the world in the hands of a man who consumed over four times the recommended amount of alcohol.  If you took 007 to bed with you, you would be similarly disappointed, as Ian Fleming's character is at high risk for sexual dysfunction, along with a long assortment of alcohol-related diseases that will eventually kill him at the age of 56.  A medical analysis of James Bond, based on a study of his drinking habits from all 14 Bond novels, was recently published in the British journal BMJ.... " (read more at link above)

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Fatal Addictions, Alcohol, Drug Addiction

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked ...

Daily Mail
Thousands of drug addicts have spent more than a decade hooked on a heroin substitute prescribed by the NHS at a cost of £200 million, The Mail on Sunday ...

Daily Mail

Drug Addiction And Baby Boomers -- An Escalating Problem

Huffington Post
In 2010, she became a fellow at the American Society of AddictionMedicine. ... The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence can also help you to ...

University at Buffalo Reporter

Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board to meet Oct ...

New Philadelphia Times Reporter
The Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board of Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 16. The AOD, Planning and Budget ...

Stress Leads Some Doctors to Abuse Prescription Drugs, Study Says

HealthDay
THURSDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- When doctors abuse painkillers or other prescription drugs, they're usually not doing it to get high. Instead, they're ...

Nick Clegg: Britain is losing the war on drugs

Telegraph.co.uk
"You've got very senior police officers now coming out saying that the war on drugs is failing, that we should treat drug addiction as much as a health issue as a ...

Telegraph.co.uk

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Beers Implicated in Emergency Room Visits

The study, carried out over the course of a year at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, found that five beer brands were consumed most often by people who ended up in the emergency room. They were Budweiser, Steel Reserve, Colt 45, Bud Ice and Bud Light. Three of the brands are malt liquors, which typically contain more alcohol than regular beer. Four malt liquors accounted for nearly half of the beer consumption by emergency room patients, even though they account for less than 3 percent of beer consumption in the general population.(source infra)

Beers Implicated in Emergency Room Visits - NYTimes.com: "Previous studies have found that alcohol frequently plays a role in emergency room admissions, especially those stemming from car accidents, falls, homicides and drownings, said the lead author of the study, David H. Jernigan of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The new study, published in the journal Substance Use and Misuse, is the first to look at whether certain brands or types of liquor are overrepresented." (read more at link above)

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Alcohol, Russia, Oppression, Slavery

Boycotting Vodka Won’t Help Russia’s Gays - NYTimes.com: "For centuries, the Russian state used vodka to oppress and exploit its people. Leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Peter the Great to Joseph Stalin forced even their closest colleagues to drink to stupefaction to keep them divided and dependent — just as the state pushed vodka on its people to keep them off balance and subservient — while making a killing off the liquor that was killing their people. From 1763, during the reign of Catherine the Great, through 1914, when Nicholas II instituted prohibition to aid mobilization for World War I, liquor-tax revenues made up some 25 percent to 40 percent of all state income, enough to support one of the world’s largest armies and the upkeep of the Romanovs’ opulent palaces. Even into the 1970s and 1980s, vodka revenues constituted a quarter of the Soviet Union’s revenue. Dissenters everywhere have long recognized alcohol’s oppressive capacity. In 1845, Frederick Douglass argued that getting slaves drunk was “the most effective means in the hands of the slaveholder in keeping down the spirit of insurrection.”"

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Alcohol, Drug Addiction, Recovery

Future of alcohol and drug addiction service One North East, in ...This is Local London
The abstinence-based service, which helps around 100 alcoholics and drug... Addiction has a high impact on a person's loved ones, so it's very important they ...

This is Local London

For addicts, new Recovery Court in Morgan County offers second ...

Knoxville News Sentinel
Drug addiction is a burgeoning problem statewide, officials said, and there are now more people seeking help for narcotics addiction than alcoholism.

Panic! At The Disco star reveals four year drug and alcohol addiction ...

Gigwise
In a very personal message to fans on the band's website, Panic! At The Disco drummer, Spencer Smith, has revealed his four year battle with a drugand ...

Helping families cope with addiction

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Helping individuals and their families overcome the disease of addiction, "AdCare" stands for Alcohol and Drug Care. For 35 years, AdCare has committed itself ...See all stories on this topic »

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Lunch with Donald Trump

Lunch with Donald Trump
Sipping Diet Coke as we wait for our dishes to arrive, I open the conversation by asking about his tastes in food (“all types – pastas, steaks ... ” he says) and the fact that alcohol has never passed his lips. He leans forward, and answers carefully with press-conference formality, his voice surprisingly soft. “I’ve seen over the years too many people who have destroyed their lives with alcohol ... I have some good traits and some bad traits. The bad traits I never talk about.”

Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse - Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse - NY Times Health Information: "Alcoholism (alcohol dependence) and alcohol abuse are two different forms of problem drinking. Alcoholism is when you have signs of physical addiction to alcohol and continues to drink, despite problems with physical health, mental health, and social, family, or job responsibilities. Alcohol may control your life and relationships. Alcohol abuse is when your drinking leads to problems, but not physical addiction. . . . . "

SF forum takes up prescription drug addiction issue
KGO-TV
(KGO) -- Prescription drug abuse is fueling a San Francisco Bay Area crime wave. There has been a huge spike in pharmacy robberies including one on Tuesday at the A.G. Pharmacy in San Francisco. In all, there have been half a dozen robberies recently ...

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Addiction and Recovery Guide

 “Now What? An Insider’s Guide to Addiction and Recovery,” by William Cope Moyers 

" . . . He finally emerged from his drug-induced nadir when he gave up “trying to do it my way” and instead listened to professional therapists and assumed responsibility for his behavior. For the last “18 years and four months, one day at a time,” he said, he has lived drug-free. “Treatment is not the end, it’s the beginning,” he said. “My problem was not drinking or drugs. My problem was learning how to live life without drinking or drugs.” Mr. Moyers acknowledges that treatment is not a magic bullet. Even after a monthlong stay at a highly reputable treatment center like Hazelden in Center City, Minn., where Mr. Moyers is a vice president of public affairs and community relations, the probability of remaining sober and clean a year later is only about 55 percent. (Hazelden also published his book.) “Be wary of any program that claims a 100 percent success rate,” Mr. Moyers warned. “There is no such thing.”. . . “Treatment works to make recovery possible. But recovery is also possible without treatment,” Mr. Moyers said. “There’s no one-size-fits-all approach. What I needed and what worked for me isn’t necessarily what you or your loved one require.”. . . . for an intervention to work, Mr. Moyers said, “the sick person should not be belittled or demeaned.” He also cautioned families to “avoid threats.” He noted that the mind of “the desperate, fearful addict” is subsumed by drugs and alcohol that strip it of logic, empathy and understanding. It “can’t process your threat any better than it can a tearful, emotional plea.”. . . "  (source: New York Times)

Resource Network - Mr. Moyer’s book lists nearly two dozen sources of help for addicts and their families. Among them:
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services www.aa.org;
Narcotics Anonymous World Services www.na.org;
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration treatment finder www.samhsa.gov/treatment/;
Al-Anon Family Groups www.Al-anon.alateen.org;
Nar-Anon Family Groups www.nar-anon.org;
Co-Dependents Anonymous World Fellowship www.coda.org."

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy - Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Nicotine

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Nicotine) | National Institute on Drug Abuse: "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was developed as a method to prevent relapse when treating problem drinking, and later it was adapted for cocaine-addicted individuals. Cognitive-behavioral strategies are based on the theory that in the development of maladaptive behavioral patterns like substance abuse, learning processes play a critical role. Individuals in CBT learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors by applying a range of different skills that can be used to stop drug abuse and to address a range of other problems that often co-occur with it. A central element of CBT is anticipating likely problems and enhancing patients’ self-control by helping them develop effective coping strategies. Specific techniques include exploring the positive and negative consequences of continued drug use, self-monitoring to recognize cravings early and identify situations that might put one at risk for use, and developing strategies for coping with cravings and avoiding those high-risk situations."


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Former Rangers and Manchester United goalkeeper Andy Goram admits he is an alcoholic; Almost Half of College Student Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Involve Alcohol

Former Rangers keeper Andy Goram admits he is an alcoholic
Daily Mail
He said how he went to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after his drinking destroyed some of his closest friendships. He added: 'I stood up and said, 'I am Andy Goram and I am an alcoholic.' I had never classed myself as that but I had to be honest now ...

Daily Mail 

Almost Half of College Student Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Involve Alcohol
Almost half of all admissions for substance abuse treatment that involve college students are primarily related to alcohol, according to a new government report.... The report, by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ( SAMHSA), found the ... OpioidAddiction Treatment and the Criminal Justice System ...
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Alcoholic Goram admits friends gave him five-years to live unless he kicked ...
Daily Mail
Goram has admitted he is an alcoholic and is trying to kick the bottle. Friends gave the 47-year-old the ultimatum after his life began to spin out of control and he was dumped by his partner after a bender. He said: 'I'd had enough.

Daily Mail

Strategy on prescription drug addiction needed: experts
CTV Saskatoon
TORONTO — Addiction experts are applauding new provincial restrictions on OxyContin and the drug replacing it, but say Canada needs a national strategy to tackle widespread abuse of prescription painkillers. Ontario's decision last week to remove ...

CTV Saskatoon

Cocaine addict racks up $120000 in unpaid tolls, fines
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
A recovering cocaine addict racked up $120000 in unpaid tolls and fines in New York tunnels and bridges, but it is his 75-year-old mother who is responsible for all the debt, according to a New York Post story. According to The Post, Peter Davis, 52, ...

Addiction led to suicide bid
This is Plymouth
A MOTHER who attempted suicide because of her addiction to alcohol and drugs and was put in hospital by her abusive partner is now helping others to fight for their lives. Wishing to remain anonymous, she has been named Kasey and she has described her ...

Substance Abuse Bill Still Needs Addressed
West Virginia MetroNews
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's comprehensive bill, designed to address all forms of substance abusein West Virginia, still has a way to go with less than a month left in the 2012 Regular Legislative Session. Two versions of the bill are still being ...

Experts call for national strategy to fight prescription drug addiction
Brandon Sun
Addiction experts are applauding new provincial restrictions on OxyContin and the drug replacing it, but say Canada needs a national strategy to tackle widespread abuse of prescription painkillers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Toby Talbot TORONTO - Addiction ...

Real Life: Reformed shopping addict tells other women how she learned to kick ...
Scottish Daily Record
But, for some, the fun hobby can turn into a serious addiction – and crippling debt. Alexis Hall is one of these women. Her shopping habit landed her in £32000 worth of debt. She frittered away more than her annual salary on Gina shoes and Mulberry ...

New Jersey drug addict racks up $120K toll bill for his mother
Herald Sun
A RECOVERING addict in New Jersey racked up $120000 in unpaid tolls and fines for his mother after he used her car to buy drugs. "I used to take her car to (New York City) to buy drugs," a contrite Peter Davis says. He claims to be a recovering addict ...

Goram: I'm an alcoholic
The Scottish Sun
By IAIN KING RANGERS legend Andy Goram today lifts the lid on his booze hell and confesses: "I am an alcoholic." Goram, 47, had to face the truth when his partner dumped him after a bender. He said: "I'd had enough. I'd been drinking for 32 years, ...

Kate Middleton's Drug Addict Uncle Helps with Charity
Gather Celebs News Channel
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has personal knowledge about the destruction addictionto drugs can cause. Gary Goldsmith, her mother Carole's younger brother, has been addicted to cocaine. It is no secret that only three years ago, ...

Asian children face higher risk of gambling addiction
BBC News
Of the ethnic groups studied, Asians were the least likely to gamble, but those who did had the highest rates of problem addiction. Children with the highest pocket money were more likely to become addicted. Researchers found that only 13% of British ...

BBC News

Hardy moved by his Warrior scenes
The Press Association
The Inception actor, who plays the son of a recovering alcoholic (played by Nick) in the sports drama, admitted he was reminded of his own battle with alcohol, which he beat in 2003. "I thought Nick was brilliant in them. And when I watched it, ...

SA devastated by alcoholism
iAfrica.com
Opposition leader Helen Zille has asserted that alcohol and other substance abuse costs the government around R17 billion a year. Authorities are now pondering a range of laws to tone down the boozing. The legal drinking age may soon be raised from 18 ...

Family's shock at change in addict's face
Peterborough Today
Photos supplied By BEN TRUSLOVE THE children of a drug addict who was described as “one of Peterborough's most prolific prostitutes” just want their mum back, according to their family. Mum-of-two Yasmin Khan (36) was handed a two-year Anti-Social ...

Peterborough Today

Former gambler warns of addiction threat
TVNZ
Brown's addiction crept in slowly, starting with a few beers and a dabble on the pokie machines. It was harmless at the start, but became more enticing. "If you do something continuously, it becomes a bit of a habit," he said.

Hi, I'm Chris and I'm an addict
News24
We've seen it countless times on TV - that first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous where the new guy stands up an says; "Hi, I'm Fred and I'm an alcoholic." The same thing happens with other forms of substance abuse; "Hi, I'm Joe and I'm an addict.

Drug addict 'failed to take his chance'
Courtnews.co.nz
Defence counsel Tim Fournier said Hamish Houghton Chisholm had been given an opportunity but did not capitalise on it because of his severe drug addiction. He was arrested in a series of raids on clandestine drugs laboratories manufacturing P on June 9 ...

Like Mother? Bobbi Kristina Brown Might Have A Substance Abuse Problem
Babble (blog)
There is new speculation that Whitney Houston's 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, might be suffering from substance abuse problems just like her famous mother did. Rumors are circulating that the young teen left her family after her mother's ...

Babble (blog)

Results from substance-abuse survey to be shared Feb. 29 at Lyme-Old Lyme ...
TheDay.com
Old Lyme - The Community Action for Substance Free Youth (CASFY) coalition will report findings from its latest youth survey at 7 pm Feb. 29 at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School. The survey, conducted in December, shows some encouraging results in terms of ...

Durham woman overcomes 20-year crack addiction
NBC17.com
Dozens of people in Durham are getting a second chance on life, and it is all thanks to a substance abuse program called TROSA. The program graduated 27 people from its two-year program Sunday. (more) Dozens of people in Durham are getting a second ...

Uncle inspires Kate Middleton to help alcohol & drug addicts
allvoices
By Nina Rai As part of her charity drive the Duchess of Cambridge this Valentine's Day (14th Feb) paid a visit to a 'dry bar' in Liverpool linked with her charity Action on Addiction. At the alcohol free 'Brink' bar in the city centre Kate Middleton ...

St. Luke's Behavioral Health Center Appearing on A&E's “Intervention”
PR Web (press release)
Phoenix treatment facility helps a young man suffering from a severe addiction to bath salts. St. Luke's Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix helps a young man suffering from an extreme bath salts addiction on A&E's "Intervention" Bath salt abusers ...

PR Web (press release)

Counseling from experience Chance encounter leads to job opportunity
STLtoday.com
Flanagan, a substance abuse associate counselor for INSynergy, overcame his own addition to drugs and now hopes his story will inspire others to do the same. "My addiction began because I had the wrong idea of what a real man was," Flanagan said.

Zooey Deschanel: I'm an online shopping addict
Irish Independent
“My name's Zooey and I'm an online shopping addict. It's such a problem! I mean, it's a good problem, because I'm like, 'Yay, new dresses!' I like ModCloth [modcloth.com] – it's the best. It's kind of like Asos, in that you have a ton of cute dresses ...

Irish Independent

Curb Your Food Addiction with Weight Loss Hypnosis
Blogcritics.org (blog)
However, a few years back, I developed a strange addiction to food. It started with three or four chocolates a day and soared to full plates of junk food every day. I felt helpless around food. Its smell would overwhelm me and I would let myself loose ...

Blogcritics.org (blog)

Networking fuels narcotic painkiller boom
Arizona Daily Sun
They say pharmaceutical industry clout has caused doctors to go overboard in prescribing the drugs, leading to addiction, thousands of overdose deaths each year and other serious complications. Several of the pain industry's core beliefs about chronic ...

DHHS checking the effectiveness of Nebraska's mental health and substance ...
The Republic
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is studying the effectiveness of mental health and substance abuse services in Nebraska. More than 6800 people are being asked to participate in the annual adult and youth consumer survey, ...

Show #22: Addiction and Recovery | Radio 4 the Ages
By r4taadmin
Cynthia Sloan (from United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence), Bob Martin (from Carolinas Healthcare System), and Alanna Brewton (also from Carolinas Healthcare System). In the first half of our show, ...
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Alcohol can be toxic to your heart

Alcohol can be toxic to your heart
SalemNews.net
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines alcoholism, also known as alcohol dependence. An alcoholic craves alcohol. (S)He has to have it. He can't stop drinking and has to drink more and more to get ...

Study: drug addict's brains wired for addiction, linked to family ties
The State Column
Drug addiction remains a mystery on what determines an individuals's tendency towards developing drug addiction. Some people become addicted to drugs, while others do not. Conclusions from a recent study suggest that a person's brain may be ...

Heroin Addiction Among Teens Rising in Local Pennsylvania Area
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
COM, February 04, 2012 ) New York, NY -- One area in Pennsylvania is seeing an increased number of heroin teen addiction, despite national statistics showing that the numbers for such are decreasing. In Hazelton, Pennsylvania area, a drug addiction ...

Sibling Brain Abnormalities May Hold Key to Addiction
PsychCentral.com
By Janice Wood Associate News Editor An abnormality that makes it more difficult to exercise self-control has been identified in the brains of drug addicts, as well as their siblings who have no history of addiction. Researchers at the University of ...

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Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton gets personal about alcohol addiction
newjerseynewsroom.com
Texas Rangers star outfielder Josh Hamilton, a recovering alcoholic and drug abuser, admitted at a press conference today to having several drinks in two Dallas restaurants on Monday night. “I had a weak moment on Monday night in Dallas," Hamilton told ...

Outrage as former drug addict Robbie Williams launches online poker site
Daily Mail
By Lucy Buckland He is no Angel, but former drug addict Robbie Williams has enraged fans once again by launching an online poker site. Anti-gambling campaigners also slated the Take That singer for launching the website claiming the 37-year-old would ...

Daily Mail

Heroin Addiction in the Valley: Part 3
WYTV
This is part three of a three-part series on heroin addiction in the Mahoning Valley. Tiffany Kashmiry's heroin addiction destroyed not just her own life, but also her family. For ten years she depended on drugs and alcohol.

Addict snared by police while on drug delivery run
This is Staffordshire
"He tested positive at the police station, he is in the grip of a compelling addiction and that has led him to repeat this offence. "It was a foolish act considering it was almost the same street where he was caught in 2008.

Addict jailed for wine shop raid
Herald.ie
A drug addict who robbed a wine shop with an air gun and a T-shirt over his head has been jailed for five and a half years. James Farrelly (26) of Bolton Street Hostel in Dublin 1 pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery at O'Brien's ...

Book Review: Redemption From Addiction: The Eleven Powers and The Eleven Arts ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Redemption From Addiction is a book that is a must-read for anyone who is impacted by addiction: the addict, families, friends. It isn't just about recovery but how the addict thinks and behaves that affects their recovery efforts and those around them ...

Former NBA Star Chris Herren Talks About Addiction
Patch.com
Former basketball star and now recovering drug addict Chris Herren spoke to large crowds Thursday at Tiverton High School. By Matthew Sanderson Durfee High School basketball legend Chris Herren, profiled in his new book “Basketball Junkie,” shared his ...

Duchess Kate visits addiction rehab center
CBS News
The Duchess of Cambridge, who accepted an honorary patronage with Action on Addiction in January, made a private visit to the Clouds House, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Wiltshire on Thursday.

Demi Moore Checks Into Utah Rehab
E! Online
E! News has learned exclusively that the Margin Call star has checked into the ultra-posh Cirque Lodge addiction treatment center in Sundance, Utah. A source tells E! News Moore entered the facility the week following her now infamous Jan.

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Casino opens near Kan. speedway, but addiction treatment experts are bracing ...
The Republic
But as in most areas where casinos open, there's concern about the toll gambling takes on social services, particular in the treatment of gambling addiction. Treatment providers say they're bracing for an uptick in the treatment of addicted gamblers.

Ban for alcoholic drinks 'encouraging' children to booze
Scottish Daily Record
Regulator the Portman Group found Suck & Blow promoted binge drinking and appealed to children through its design and labelling. The product is a tube which opens at both ends so one person can blow half the contents into another person's mouth and ...

Gambling Addict Jailed After £400000 Theft
BingoSupermarket
An online gambler who stole nearly £400000 from her employer was jailed, as the judge criticised her for not only stealing the money but also "a part of a decent man's life." Suzan Smith, 53, a trusted senior employer at Graham Wuyts and Co Accountants ...

Money raised to battle addiction in Jonesboro
KAIT
At least 200 people were in attendance for the concert in Jonesboro, which preceded a special barbecue dinner prepared by men battling addiction. "We're just appreciative of everyone who has come out and we know that it's going to be a blessing to ...

Granite Bay dad went undercover to bust his son's dealer
Roseville Press Tribune
Tears still well up in the eyes of the Granite Bay father as he speaks to students about the prescription drug addiction that overtook his son's life. The unfinished Chevelle sitting in his garage in a posh neighborhood, the 6-foot, 2-inch, ...

Roseville Press Tribune

Mexican “Vaccine” Against Heroin Addiction to Be Ready in 5 Years
Latin American Herald Tribune
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's government said a “vaccine” against heroin addiction, which it patented this week, will be ready for human use in roughly five years. During a working visit to the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Health Secretary Salomon ...

Latin American Herald Tribune

Housing clean-up
The Canberra Times
BY FRANCES STEWART HOUSING ACT will crack down on antisocial behaviour at public housing developments with a specialist response team of social workers trained to deal with common problems among tenants, such as drug and alcohol addiction.

First class graduates at Jackson academy
Sioux City Journal
Jackson Recovery Centers announce the inaugural graduating class of its Academy for Addiction Professionals: Clint Eastling, Carolyn Goodwin, Emily Hamstra and RaMona Wanned. The academy is designed to train and prepare individuals for future clinical ...

Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton must be careful to avoid being a statistic
Charlotte Observer
By Kevin Sherrington An emotional Josh Hamilton appeared Friday to discuss why he had at least five alcoholic drinks Monday in Dallas. "I feel terrible about this because I feel I let a lot of people down," he said. Layne Murdoch - GETTY When Ian ...

Charlotte Observer

Officials eye area for drug recovery support location
Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com
By Phil Davis/Gloucester County Times With $25000 being reallocated by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to establish a Recovery Support Center, the Southwest Council Inc. is getting ready to submit a proposal to ...

State eyes tough reporting system for dispensing of prescription drugs
Buffalo News
By Tom Precious ALBANY — Maybe it's the mounting death toll or the soberingaddiction statistics. Or that it's an election year for all state lawmakers. No matter the reason, efforts are taking hold for New York to join other states that require ...

Buffalo News

Teen addicts helped for 20 years at Fort Myers center
The News-Press
For information about the center and Southwest Florida Addiction Services, call 338-2306 or visitswfas.org. About four years ago, during one of his weekly substance abuse counseling classes, Dennis Dominguez informed his counselor he would fail a drug ...

Is the Brain to Blame for Drug Addiction? | IdeaFeed | Big Think
By Orion Jones
The research indicates that both siblings showed the same abnormalities in brain biology, while over the course of their lives, one became a drug addict and the other did not. This suggests that the abnormalities in the brains of addicts are not ...
Big Think

What Is An Intervention | Addiction Treatment
By admin
A person that desires to help an individual to stop the abuse of drugs just might ask what is an intervention? A Forever Recovery is here to help.
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Trauma and Chemical Use and Addiction | Addiction & Recovery ...
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Trauma and Chemical Use and Addiction. From the Dawn Farm Education Series: .... Follow “Addiction & Recovery News”. Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Join 1692 other followers. Powered by WordPress.com. Send to Email ...
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Demi Moore Heads To Rehab To Treat Addiction & Eating Disorder ...
Well, there goes another one. E! Online has reported that Demi Moore has checked into a Utah rehab center. You all remember the insanity that was Demi's 911.
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Study: No alcohol intake safe during pregnancy

Study: No alcohol intake safe during pregnancy
USA TODAY
16 ahead of print publication in the April issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. The authors say it is one of the first to examine the impact of quantity, frequency and timing of alcohol exposure on the condition. ...

USA TODAY

Teenagers with alcoholic parents more likely to have impulsive and addictive personalities ...
Daily Mail
By Sadie Whitelocks Teenagers with a family history of alcoholism are more likely to develop similar addictions because of the way their brains are wired, say scientists. They found such adolescents exhibited more impulsive behaviour, ...

Daily Mail 

Internet Addiction Shows Up In the Brain
Forbes
There's been a lot of controversy over the concept of Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), especially as the new DSM-V prepares to launch. Some feel that there's little evidence to warrant IAD as being recognized as an actual disorder. But others do. ...

Forbes

Conference on addiction this week in Dallas
Dallas Voice
The Texas Association of Addiction Professionals presents NOVA 2012 on Jan. 19 and 20, covering topics of alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders, sexaddiction, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections and treatment approaches. ...

Dallas Voice

Alcoholic Lana Clitheroe jailed for stealing “invaluable” war memorial plaque
News Shopper
By Nina Massey » A 42-YEAR-OLD alcoholic has been jailed for stealing an “invaluable” war memorial plaque from a Lewisham church. Lana Clitheroe, aged 42, of Dundalk Road, Brockley appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court today (January 17), ...

Addiction: One mother's journey
phillyBurbs.com (blog)
As you may have guessed, I am the parent of a teen who is an addict. That is one of the most difficult sentences I've ever had to write. What I know in my head does not want to be accepted by my heart and certainly does not want to be read by my eyes. ...

Parental alcoholism affects teens differently
Hindustan Times
Adolescent brains may respond differently during risky decision-making situations if the teens have a family history of alcoholism, a new study has revealed. Researchers know that adolescents with a family history of alcoholism (FHP) are at risk for ...

Former drug addict wins prestigious poetry prize
The Independent
A celebrated poet who has documented his battle with alcoholism and drugs saw off competition from a heavyweight shortlist including laureate Carol Ann Duffy to win the highest accolade in British poetry at the third time of asking. ...

New NIDA Resource Helps Families Navigate Addiction Treatment Options
eNews Park Forest
A new resource, Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask, will help individuals and families struggling with addiction ask the right questions before choosing a drug treatment program. It was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ...

Ending Doctors' Addiction to Drug Money
ThePopTort
So check out today's front page New York Times story about what the Obama administration – via the new health care reform law – is doing to stop the drug money addiction scourge that has become a ferocious plague on our health care system. ...

The duplicity of addiction, promiscuity
UNM Daily Lobo
The playwright's brother Jamie was an alcoholic who drank himself to death at the age of 44, and O'Neill wrote the play in an attempt to forgive his brother, as well as to forgive himself for not doing more to help. Jamie is depicted by the character ...

UNM Daily Lobo

Addict just won't leave ex-lover alone
Malaysia Star
Once, he even tried to strangle me,” said Hoe, adding that Ng had ignored her pleas to break hisaddiction. Hoe said she feared that Ng might go beyond what he was doing currently and hurt her and her family if she did not do something. ...

Study offers clues as to why teens are more susceptible to addiction and ...
PhysOrg.com
The team points out that addiction, mental illness and impulsive behavior are not restricted to teenage humans, as rats and many other animals have been found to have the same differences. Thus, increased activity in certain brain parts in rats will ...

Residents unite to catch drug addict who terrorised elderly
Hull Daily Mail
Heroin addict Wilson, 37, targeted three men and a woman aged between 60 and 85 over five months. One 80-year-old victim was robbed of everything but one chair and a table at his home after she stole all his belongings, including his television and ...

Kate Middleton backs charity behind Liverpool's 'dry bar'
The Guardian (blog)
In her more formal persona as HRH the Duchess of Cambridge, she will work for Action on Addiction, a choice which is getting a warm welcome on Merseyside. Yachts may be the main and enjoyable Royals-related topic of discussion just now, but to have her...

The Guardian (blog)

'Intervention': Crystal Meth Addict Richard K. Runs Away (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Unaware that his family is staging an intervention Richard agrees to participate in what he thinks is a documentary about drug addiction. However, when he arrives and sees his whole family gathered together, Richard goes into a blind panic and runs ...

Food Addiction Is It Possible? Dr. Oz Today 1-16-2012
CMR
Keri Gans and Neal Barnard are one the show and they are both divided on food addiction. She opens up saying food is not addictive and we are fat because we are trained to overeat. Neal Bernard says food causes chemical reactions and these chemicals ...

Drug and Alcohol Interventions Save Lives
PR Web (press release)
Drug and alcohol rehabilitation center offers intervention services at $299 in hopes of reaching more lives at risk from addiction. Interventions use the power of love and concern to reveal to the addict oralcoholic their patterns of denial and break ...

Give doctors power to stop addiction
Cherry Hill Courier Post
Very few doctors want to be a party to drug addiction — writing the prescriptions that allow people to keep getting high. Yet doctors know that some of the most popular medicines they prescribe can lead to addiction. Knowledge is power, and having a ...

Drug addict kills sister
The News International
FAISALABAD: A drug addict shot dead his sister for money in the area of Dijkot police station. According to police, Shakeel Ahmad, a resident of Chak No 272-GB, was an addict who asked his sister Shumaila Bibi to give him some money but she refused to ...

Some Kiwassa Road residents oppose St. Joseph's rezoning
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers is asking the village to rezone part of its property to accommodate a proposed 25-bed community residence for veterans suffering from both post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction. ...

Why Teens Are More Prone to Addiction, Mental Illness
LiveScience.com
By comparing the brain's response to a food reward in adult and teen rats, researchers have pinpointed some differences that might explain why adolescents take more risks and are more prone to addiction, depression and schizophrenia. ...

Healing Point Clinic Drug Addiction Treatment Facility Applies for Joint ...
PR Web (press release)
On January 16, 2012 the Healing Point Clinic, an outpatient drug addiction treatment facility applied for Joint Commission accreditation and a survey is scheduled for May of 2012. Tom Cahillane, Public Relations Liaison for Healing Point commented that ...

Addiction: a cunning adversary | Reesenews
By Kathryn Carlson
Elizabeth Anton, a licensed therapist and addiction recovery counselor, said for an addict to recover from addiction, he or she must want it more than anything. Wood went to treatment centers and jails, both of which tried to keep him clean. ...
Reesenews

Making The Most Of Your Addiction Treatment Program
By jpeake
The mind of an addict is a clever one; bent on self-preservation, manipulation and lies. In order to get the most out of your Florida rehab experience, you'll need to cleanse yourself of any preconceived notions and theories pertaining to your ...
Drug Rehab Center in Florida

Using behavioral management to reduce ... - Addiction Journal
Published since 1884 by the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and .... the National Institution on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (all part of the U.S. ...
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Research and Markets: Addiction - Pipeline Review, H2 2011
Bradenton Herald
Global Markets Direct's, 'Addiction - Pipeline Review, H2 2011', provides an overview of theAddiction therapeutic pipeline. This report provides information on the therapeutic development forAddiction, complete with latest updates, ... 
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