"None of it would have been possible without recovery coming first"

Addiction Update: MJ and Cirque du Soleil
Mercury-Register
. . . the sublime experience of giving my wife a superb gift. It was the realization that none of it would have been possible without recovery coming first. . . Timing in the world of addiction is not a skill, it's helter-skelter madness with miscues and disappointments. It's the luck of the draw. Drugs have a way of not being there when you want or need them the most, as if they are participating in your ...

Silver Hill Opens Pain and Addiction Center
Patch.com
By Paul Devlin Chronic pain and the addiction to the drugs that help alleviate it, have become a serious problem in our society. The misuse of opioid medications like oyxcondone, vicodin, and morphine can lead to serious harm and even death.

Addict lost his battle with heroin
Eastbourne Herald
A DRUG addict who fought hard to tackle his demons died of a heroin overdose after slipping back into old habits. David Thomas was 45-years-old when his body was discovered face down in his first-floor Brodrick Road flat back on May 9 last year.

Tatum O'Neal's Younger Brother Redmond Is Paying For Her $100k Rehab Stint
Radar Online
“She isn't in a 12 step based treatment program and that is a huge problem because someone with Tatum's addiction issues needs to be at a rehab facility like Betty Ford or Cirque Lodge which adhere to the 12 step model. Tatum is essentially in denial ...

Heroin becomes fatal addiction for more area teens
STLtoday.com
And it's extremely difficult to find any inpatient drug treatment program that will accept minors with heroin addiction, even if they have good insurance. Heroin use in the greater St. Louis area rose dramatically in 2010-2011.

Substance abuse prevention publisher announces the release of parenting ...
WebWire (press release)
New Orleans, LA -- Leading substance abuse prevention publisher announces the release of their latest tool in the fight against the deadly use of synthetic drugs. All across the country, unethical businesses and chemists are creating and distributing ...

HLN Host On Lindsay Lohan's Sobriety: Every Addict Remembers Day They Hit Rock ...
Celebuzz
HLN host Jane Velez-Mitchell is quite vocal on her show about her own road to recovery when it comes to her battle with addiction. It's no wonder that she feels so strongly about Lindsay Lohan's recent quotes from her interview with TODAY show host ...

Recovered alcoholic, family praised
BVI Beacon
By Linnell M. Abbott I read with delight and some pride Bailey Penn's well-written commentary headed “'Functional alcoholic' describes kicking habit,” in your Feb. 16 issue. Because addiction of any sort has such debilitating effects on anyone so ...

Substance Abuse, Comorbid Pain Treated Simultaneously
Medscape
February 29, 2012 (Palm Springs, California) — Patients with chronic pain who are at high risk forsubstance abuse can be treated in an intensive pain rehabilitation program and achieve the same outcomes as low-risk patients, according to a study ...

Tatum O'Neal voluntarily checks back into rehab after cocaine relapse: report
New York Daily News
By Cristina Everett / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tatum O'Neal, now reportedly in rehab, has long battled an addiction to cocaine and heroin. Tatum O'Neal's demons have come back to haunt her. The Oscar-winning actress, who has long battled anaddiction to ...

New York Daily News

Meth Addict Accidentally Burns Down World's Fifth-Oldest Tree
Gizmodo
Because Florida is running out of unique ways to embarrass itself, a 26-year old meth enthusiast set fire to and destroyed the world's fifth oldest tree last month. While she was in it. Smoking meth. Sarah Barnes had climbed the tree to smoke, ...

Graham Nash, Ralph Fiennes, a Kennedy's drug addiction and living simply ...
ABC Online
Download this mp3 file In this week's podcast, we hear from Graham Nash (that bloke who sings with Mr Crosby and Mr Stills), one of the Kennedy clan tells us about his battles against addiction, Frank Woodley celebrates his special leap year birthday ...

ABC Online

The best way to Get an Addict to Rehab | Acne No More Review
By Johnny
Because the addiction grows inside a individual, they start to believe in a different way. Their habits gets defensive to issues which can be occurring about them as well as the try at restricting ... In the course of this method, pals and loved ones will collect having a counselor and try to talk about with all the addict how their drug difficulties make the remainder in the loved ones really feel. This can be usually an emotional time for that loved ones as they're compelled to confront emotions ...
Acne No More Review

Ceilings Revisited | An Epidemic of Addiction
By J.T. Junig, MD, PhD
As I have often written, it is VERY hard to stop opioids. It is a little easier to stop buprenorphine; I am convinced of that fact because I have seen opioid addicts taper off buprenorphine, but I know of no opioid addict who tapered off an agonist.
An Epidemic of Addiction

a glimpse into an alcoholic - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
By naive
i've been reading over on the alcoholism forum...ran into this today and thought it encapsulated the struggle when they begin to try to quit: "I. ... A proud member of the SoberRecovery® Network ofAddiction and Recovery Websites ...
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Canadian addiction experts call for national strategy to tackle ...
(NaturalNews) With addictive painkiller OxyContin being phased out in Canada, health experts are calling for a national strategy to confront prescription ...
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Yale scientists run lecture on addiction and how it affects the human brain

Yale scientists run lecture on addiction
Yale Daily News
More than 100 members of the New Haven community attended the talk at the New Haven Free Public Library on Elm Street, where two graduate students and a postdoctoral researcher discussed addiction and how it affects the human brain.

Leading questions: Nick Barton, Action on Addiction
The Guardian
Describe Action on Addiction's relationship with the public sector – how closely do you work together and how could this be improved? We provide residential and day treatment services from which statutory agencies purchase individual episodes or block...

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Methadone addict jailed for brutal and senseless killing
Yorkshire Post
A METHADONE addict has been jailed indefinitely with a minimum term of 15 years for the “brutal and senseless” killing of a drinking partner. Benjamin Scott, 32, stabbed his neighbour Gary Beech, 44, at least 120 times in the head, face and back, ...

Recovering addict stole headphones
The Northern Echo
A RECOVERING heroin addict stole headphones then sold them to a second-hand shop because he was short of cash, a court heard. Alistair Robert Dow exchanged 20 sets of headphones stolen from Boyes in Darlington at Cash Converters for £20 on January 30, ...

Developmentally delayed addict may be eligible for help, court hears
Victoria Times Colonist
She suffers from bipolar disorder and is also a drug addict and a sex-trade worker. Reports presented to the court suggest that she needs at least continuous supervision and that locked confinement is probably the only way to keep her safe.

Addiction Treatment Advocates Call for More Alcohol Tax Money for Programs
KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
By Corey Allen-Young ALASKA - Calling substance abuse an epidemic in Alaska, advocates of treatment and prevention say the key to getting more people help is by increasing the amount of dollars used from the alcohol beverage tax – money they say could ...

Addict, 26, jailed over Gungahlin club theft
The Canberra Times
A NSW man who was ''off his face'' when he took part in a $36855 armed robbery at the Gungahlin Lakes Club has been jailed for four years. The ACT Supreme Court heard Daniel Ronald Po'oi, 26, brandished a replica handgun at three terrified club ...

Gambling addiction groups wary of new Jacksonville poker room
Florida Times-Union
By Adam Kealoha Causey A new Jacksonville poker room may seem a sure bet for the owners' pocketbooks, but gambling addiction support groups and community leaders say BestBet Jacksonville could be a bad deal for card players.

Addiction and Afghanistan, Obama and Volkow
Huffington Post
Now, let's turn to addiction. You know people in other countries, like Afghanistan, don't view opiates the way we do. That's why psychiatrist David Musto could write The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control. You see, other countries didn't ...

Legal prescriptions for opioids can lead to addiction
Florida Times-Union
John Tanner has treated addiction for 25 years and has seen a dramatic increase due to the use of opioids. By Charlie Patton Addiction to painkilling opioids like oxycontin has become “a public health crisis” and a “deadly epidemic,” in Jacksonville ...

Houston: A Reminder of the Perils of Addiction
The Root
There remains a terrible stigma to admitting that behind the Sunday-best faces, some of the so-called righteous are struggling with addiction. Silence and shame cloud a disease that impacts more than 22 million people. Overdoses claim a life every 14 ...

Heroin addict admitted to drug court
The Record-Courier
A 24-year-old Gardnerville Ranchos man who said he was tired of living as a heroin addict was admitted to drug court Monday. District Judge Michael Gibbons approved admission to drug court for Brandon James Pendle who pleaded guilty to using or being ...

Silver Hill Hospital announces opening of Chronic Pain and Addiction Center
News-Medical.net
Silver Hill Hospital, the nationally recognized psychiatric hospital in New Canaan, CT, announces the opening of the Chronic Pain and Addiction Center, an intensive residential treatment program for patients with pain who have become addicted to opioid ...

Research and Markets: Addiction Dilemmas: Family Experiences from Literature ...
SunHerald.com
Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that ...

Addict died after overdose
This is Lincolnshire
AN OVERDOSE of heroin resulted in the death of a Horncastle man, an inquest heard. Timothy Jones, 46, was found unresponsive at his home address in Jobson Road on February 1, 2012. Mr Jones had a long-standing, intermittent history of heroin use but ...

Tatum O' Neal voluntarily returns to rehab after 'cocaine relapse'
Daily Mail
She has battled an addiction to drugs for most of her adult life. 'Tatum allegedly made the decision to voluntarily check into rehab after having a relapse about a month ago when she began using cocaine again,' a source told Radaronline.

Daily Mail

One Policy That Should Not Change
Cape May County Herald (press release)
Perhaps the scourge of alcoholism has entered their own lives, and they are either trying to reform or have taken the 12 steps to reform their old lifestyle and craving. The freeholders ought to carefully consider these people when weighing their ...

Some Foods Are Addictive | Wheat Sugar and Food Addiction ...
By David Sack, M.D.
Late Princeton psychologist Dr. Bartley Hoebel hypothesized that both drugs and sugar are governed by three characteristic phases of addiction: binge, withdrawal, and preoccupation. Like drugs, studies show ... In substance abuse treatment, we recognize the risk of cross-addiction and the importance of a developing a healthy lifestyle during drug rehab. It is not uncommon for ... 12-Step fellowship, such as Overeaters Anonymous and Food Addicts Anonymous meetings. • Nutrition ...
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Kathleen Turner's Commitment to Play About Addiction Stems From ...
By Bill Hirschman
Kathleen Turner doesn't shy from acknowledging that her devotion to the play High, a harrowing look at the world of addiction, is somewhat rooted in her own battle with alcoholism. “I think I have some information,” she said with wry ... It colors her bravura performance as a foul-mouthed Sister Jamison Connelly, a recovering alcoholic trying to rescue a young meth addict ordered to attend a faith-based program. That devotion has meant standing by the drama written by part-time Fort ...
Florida Theater On Stage

Thoughts of a Recovering Drug Addict | MadMikesAmerica
By Guest Contributor
My name is Dan Abshear, and I am a recovering drug addict. My substance abuse began with alcohol intake, in my early teens. My mother used to insist me and my older teen brother, also a young teenager, party with her, by getting drunk with ...
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Gender Differences In Addiction Treatment: What Loved Ones ...
By admin
If you are concerned about a friend or family member you think may be developing a drug dependency or is already deep in the process of addiction, you should be aware of some big differences in what drives substance abuse between men ...
Michaels House Blog

Addiction Inbox: Is Gambling the Opiate of the Masses?
By Dirk Hanson
Addiction Inbox. The Science of Substance Abuse. Dirk Hanson. Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.
Addiction Inbox

Support Groups for Families of Addicts and Alcoholics
How Does Addiction Affect the Families of Alcoholics and Addicts? ... Twelve-step groups have proven effect in helping many alcoholics and addicts ... to their sibling's alcoholism, they may themselves be at risk for substance abuse. ... When one or both parents is an addict or alcoholic, their parenting skills may erode as the ...
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Faces Of Addiction In Hunts Point, Bronx
Faces Of Addiction In Hunts Point, Bronx: Chris Arnade is a Wall Street banker who l...
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