Philip Seymour Hoffman, a life could have been saved

Addiction, treatment, and saving lives --

"Proper addiction treatment works in many cases, but the most tragic fact of Hoffman’s and others’ addictions is that they could have been prevented in the first place. Addiction is caused by a combination of genetic, environmental and psychological factors. For now, genes aren’t fixable, but it’s possible to protect people from becoming addicted by improving their environments and addressing their psychological stresses. Risk factors such as mental illness; learning disabilities; ADHD; trauma; poverty; and growing up in dysfunctional families, where there’s violence and abuse and in neighborhoods defined by drugs and violence, can be mitigated and replaced by protective factors including counseling, social programs, therapy, education and a range of other interventions. If they are, drug use can often be averted or nipped in the bud ... These days, most heroin addictions are preceded by addictions to prescription opiates like Oxycontin and Vicodin. These drugs can be hard to get and expensive compared with a cheaper opiate: heroin. If we can prevent prescription-medicine misuse, we can prevent many instances of heroin addiction. If pain-medication abuse is effectively curtailed, so will the sharp rise in heroin addiction. If the treatment system adopts evidence-based practices, heroin addicts like Hoffman can be saved." Read more: David Sheff: How Philip Seymour Hoffman Could Have Been Saved | TIME.com http://ideas.time.com/2014/02/02/how-philip-seymour-hoffman-could-have-been-saved/#ixzz2sHvOz1OT

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Increased Substance Abuse Insurance

New Jersey Increases Substance Abuse Insurance For Public Workers

Newsday
The State of New Jersey announced that over 200,000 public workers will receive improved insurance that will cover alcoholism and drug addiction....

Coalition to tackle prescription drug abuse

BlueRidgeNow.com
Drug addiction is increasing in the county and has seeped into community corridors. Hospitals see the effects of drug abuse daily in local hospitals....

Legalized pot would mean more addiction

CNN International
(CNN) -- "The war on drugs has failed" is a mantra often heard in policy and media circles these days. But not only is the phrase outdated (the 1980s called ...

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Addiction, alcoholism, treatment, addiction services

Millions more to get coverage for addiction, alcoholism treatment ...

Washington Post
Only 1 cent of every health care dollar in the United States goes toward addiction, and fewalcoholics and drug addicts receive treatment. One huge barrier ...

Health law could overwhelm addiction services

The Southern
Only 1 cent of everyhealth care dollar in the United States goes toward addiction, and fewalcoholics and drug addicts receive treatment. One huge barrier ...

Understanding Addiction Series: Local Woman Talks Addiction ...

WSAW
"Addiction is like the love of your life," Sarah, a former drug addict said. "If they love something with all their heart , like their child, they love their child with all their ...

Opioid addiction: Prescription drug abusers turning to heroin

Petoskey News-Review
The trend is being seen on the street in Northwest Michigan, as well as being confirmed in a national study released Thursday about opioid abuse....

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Medicaid for Drug Addiction?

Discussing Medicaid help for mental illness, drug addiction
Wilmington News Journal, OH
Benefits of extending Medicaid coverage to persons with income up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level - about $18,250 a year for an individual - was discussed when local and state leaders of mental health agencies met Friday morning at the ...

Wilmington News Journal, OH

What Constitutes a Drug Addiction?
Hive Health Media (blog)
Physical addiction is caused when a drug changes the chemical processes in the brain. Drugs such as heroin and cocaine have more extreme chemical effects, meaning they are all the more addictive. Regular drug use means the brain will physically adapt...
 
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Addiction medicine discovered at prisons
Columbus Dispatch
Titled Daily Reflections, it was written to guide alcoholics on their path to sobriety. But in jail, Temper knew, a book is not always just a book. He felt a bump in the spine and peeled back the cover ... “The appropriate use is as a medicine ... to ...

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Effective Addiction Treatment

Effective Addiction Treatment - NYTimes.com: " . . . One such myth is the belief that most addicts need to go to a rehab center. “The truth is that most people recover (1) completely on their own, (2) by attending self-help groups, and/or (3) by seeing a counselor or therapist individually,” she wrote. Contrary to the 30-day stint typical of inpatient rehab, “people with serious substance abuse disorders commonly require care for months or even years,” she wrote. “The short-term fix mentality partially explains why so many people go back to their old habits.” Dr. Mark Willenbring, a former director of treatment and recovery research at the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said in an interview, “You don’t treat a chronic illness for four weeks and then send the patient to a support group. People with a chronic form of addiction need multimodal treatment that is individualized and offered continuously or intermittently for as long as they need it.”. . . "

The Mystery of 'Addiction' continued - Mail Online - Peter Hitchens blog
By DM
He asks for a dictionary definition of 'addiction' which states that an addict cannot quit. I don't know about 'cannot quit' . I suppose we would all accept that the alleged 'addict' can quit if he is on a desert island, or in a properly run prison, and ...
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Addiction Expert: Treatment Providers Can Perpetuate Media ...
Stereotypes about addiction, perpetuated by the media, can be unintentionally reinforced by addiction professionals, according to a New York addiction expert.
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Treating drug addiction as illness is the way forward

Treating drug addiction as illness is the way forward
The Times (subscription)
The British Medical Association wants a debate about drugs use. It wants doctors' role in “preventing and reducing the harms associated with illicit drug use” to be examined, along with policies to control illicit drug use. We are, apparently, “ideally ...

Replaced DRUG addiction, with GAMBLING addiction, Didn't see that ...
I never thought I could become addicted to gambling. When I was using heavily I remember laughing at the thought of gambling addiction thinking "Wow, I could ...
www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204007

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Vaccines will wipe out drug addiction?

Vaccines will wipe out drug addiction and other predictions for the next century
The Independent
Vaccines will wipe out drug addiction and other predictions for the next century. 18 December 2012 10:06 AM. Popular Mechanics. Should you be lucky enough to survive Friday's apocalypse, there's lots to look forward to in the next 110 years (and a few ...

The Independent

Drug Addiction Among Medical Professionals Not Unusual
TestCountry.com (blog)
Jack Stem, CNA, one of two peer advisors on addiction for certified nurse anesthetists in Ohio, and founder of Peer Advocacy for Impaired Nurses LLC, revealed that drug addiction is a major health risk among nurses and other healthcare professionals.

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Drug Addiction | Oregon | Solutions Recovery: "Research from across the nation shows that treatment reduces crime and medical expenses while boosting employment, meaning every dollar spent on treatment actually saves an average of $7. “There’s absolutely solid, irrefutable evidence that there is a savings — always — in funding addiction treatment and prevention,” said Karen Wheeler, addiction programs administrator for the Oregon Health Authority. “You pay one way or the other.” That philosophy fuels Oregon’s nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed treatment system."

Drug addiction treatment in Ireland? - Yahoo! Answers
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Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem? - Alcoholism - About.com
Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them ...

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Riley Regan - advocate for alcoholism treatment

Riley Regan, advocate for alcoholism treatment, dies at 77 | NJ.com: "Riley Regan was a champion and a pioneer for thousands of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts. During the 1980s, when the federal "war on drugs" helped fuel stigmas against substance abusers, Regan — a recovering alcoholic and drug addict — gave a clarion voice to addicts, advocating for treatment over incarceration. Decades later, the movement Riley fostered in New Jersey has taken hold throughout the nation. Regan, the founding director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholism, died of liver cancer Friday in his Cranford home. He was 77. "He had the ability to reach into people and get them to connect to what he came to New Jersey for — to set up systems so wherever someone was addicted or an alcoholic presented themselves there was a hand to reach out to them," said Tom Graham, Regan’s best friend and former deputy director of the division. Known for his humility and ability to humanize those devastated by addiction, Regan was instrumental in implementing the Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Act, which decriminalized public drunkenness and established a statewide system for alcoholism treatment and prevention. "Riley was a passionate advocate for those struggling to overcome substance abuse. His monument is all those who he helped back to useful lives," said former Gov. Thomas Kean, one of four governors under whom Regan served . . . " 


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Addiction treatment sorely lacking

Addiction treatment sorely lacking
Vancouver Sun
The four pillars contributed to a public health approach to drug addiction and enabled the creation of innovative HIV treatment and overdose prevention programs, such as the Insite supervised injecting facility. Thanks to these measures, the number of ...

The Meaning of Addiction Has Changed -- Addiction is Not a Characteristic of ...
Huffington Post
He implies that pharmaceuticals aren't addictive ("Everybody I know takes psychoactive drugs, except maybe some Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, and the like"), but then maybe he hasn't read I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (tranquilizer addiction) or hasn ...

Drug Use: Group Habits and Individual Learning
PLoS Blogs (blog)
Bridging the gap between learning, habit, and reinforcement (psychological theories) and social dynamics and relations is a major problem facing a better science of addiction. During the last two weeks of my graduate class in neuroanthropology, we've ...

Prescription drug abuse back in the spotlight
Nashua Telegraph
When The Telegraph embarked on its “Rx Addiction Epidemic” series this summer, we did so to raise public awareness of prescription drug abuse in America and to initiate a conversation closer to home on what can be done about it. So we've taken great ...

New Milford Woman in Court on Charges of Theft of Nearly $50000 Worth of ...
Housatonic Times
BANTAM — Facing accusations that she had stolen nearly $50,000 in jewelry from her relatives, a New Milford woman reportedly decided to come clean — while getting clean from her own prescription drug addiction. Brittany Reynolds, 25, of 33 Glen Ridge ...

Rehab helps 130 Emiratis overcome drug addiction in 9 months
The National
Rehabilitation programmes initiated by the Dubai Police have helped 130 Emiratis overcome theirdrug addictions so far this year, with 183 more expected to "completely heal" in the near future, anti-narcotics officials said yesterday. "Cured Emiratis ...

'Treatment Works' Recovering addicts share stories of hope, survival
The Times and Democrat
Alcohol and drug addiction took two Orangeburg residents down a hard road that led to job loss, family abandonment, declining health and, ultimately, loss of dignity. But Jason and Amanda — whose last names are not being used to protect their ...

Prostitute was a drug addict at time of alleged rape
Stuff.co.nz
A prostitute who says she was raped by a threatening client has admitted in court that she was adrug addict at the time. She told of her addiction when she was being cross-examined at the trial of the client, 21-year-old Rufus Joseph, on charges of ...

Researchers: Chocolate Locks You Into Loop of Addiction, Joy, and Despair
DailyTech
A new study by University of Michigan neuroscience student Alexandra DiFeliceantonio chronicles how chocolate locks the rodent brain into a cycle of addiction, joy, and despair, much like otherdrugs. She found that during consumption of M&Ms rats ...

Drug addiction and Suicide - YouTube
Suicide is considered the eighth-dominant cause of death in the United States. Statistically, the ...
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Treating drug addiction saves lives

Treating drug addiction saves lives
Tulsa World
Treating drug addiction saves lives. treatment William Yarborough: Addiction is taking many lives, including those of our youth, and we must have tools to address the challenges of treating it. By WILLIAM YARBOROUGH Published: 8/15/2012 2:24 AM ... The ...

Papo & Yo Review: A Heartbreaking Meditation on Alcoholism and Child Abuse
TIME
Pull back a step more and it becomes a kind of autobiography-in-abstract of its creative director, Vander Caballero, who's openly admitted the game echoes his troubled relationship growing up in South America with an alcoholic and drug-addled dad. All ...

TIME

STOP THE PRESSES, we cured heroin addiction.
Scientific American (blog)
But no one has cured addiction yet. And this press release is downright vague, to say the least. “Avoiding the wiring?” What the heck does THAT mean?! No matter what you do in the brain, I assure you there's no “avoiding the wiring”. But this paper is ...

Addiction to heroin can be blocked
Mother Nature Network
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia worked with colleagues at the University of Colorado in the United States to pinpoint a key mechanism in the body's immune system that amplifies addiction to opioid drugs. "Our studies have shown ...

Mother Nature Network

Connections between addiction recovery and the Book of Mormon
Deseret News
J. Douglas LeCheminant, a group leader with LDS Family Services, encouraged people to look for connections between addiction recovery and the Book of Mormon in his class at BYU Campus Education Week. Koji Sasahara, Associated Press. Summary. In a class ...

Deseret News

Former NFL quarterback Ray Lucas hopes story of painkiller addiction will lead ...
CBS News
"That becomes the basic dilemma," said Lee, who NYU's addiction medicine fellowship program at the medical school and Bellevue Hospital in New York City. "In most people's opiate career, it was not about getting high constantly, it was about avoiding ...

Gaming Addiction
U Weekly
Drug addiction, alcohol addiction and gambling addiction are all serious problems that usually require the help of a professional to overcome. They are disorders that are often perceived as incredibly dangerous and sometimes life-threatening. They are ...

U Weekly

Integrated Therapy Best for PTSD and Addiction
PsychCentral.com
Investigators say research is needed because the traditional methods to treat PTSD may rekindle substance abuse issues. “Prolonged exposure therapy, a cognitive-behavioral therapy involving exposure to memories and reminders of past trauma, has long ...

PsychCentral.com

DUI in Marblehead
Examiner.com
First, Suboxone is typically prescribed as part of the treatment for an opiate addiction. It is a central nervous system depressant that interferes with the body's ability to experience the “buzz” of opiate intake. Someone in recovery from an opiate ...

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Drama continues
Alexandria Town Talk
LSU's substance abuse policy dictates that after three positive drug tests an athlete must receive a "one-year suspension from competition" with "reinstatement after the one-year period dependent upon a negative drug screen." Neither Miles .... Delta ...

Addiction to heroin can be blocked: research
AFP
SYDNEY — Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, according to research released on Wednesday which could prove a major breakthrough in treating addicts and in pain relief treatments. Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia ...

Man charged in Dunkin' Donuts crash tells judge he's an alcoholic
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
When the judge asked him what kind of help, Guardiola admitted he is an alcoholic and attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. He also said that he passed out before the crash. Police are awaiting the results of the blood-alcohol test administered last ...

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Can a Video Game Tackle Alcoholism Without Being Preachy?
Mashable
But neither of these tackle issues that any of us could face at home: the demons of alcoholism in a family. That's the mission of Papo & Yo, a PlayStation Network indie title released Tuesday. It's the brainchild of Vander Caballero, a former EA design ...

Mother of teen heroin addict warns parents
ABC7Chicago.com
PJ Newberg is in recovery for alcoholism. She said she was devastated when her daughter, Paula Nixon, began using heroin at 16. She held a forum Tuesday night in Glenview. Newberg was prompted by her daughter's addiction and the deaths of several ...

ABC7Chicago.com

Video Game Addiction: Not Just For Kids
EBONY.com
Or maybe it's the tenth time you've picked up your child late from daycare because you just couldn't tear yourself away from Farmville or Words with Friends. You may think that video game addiction is something that only affects teenagers, but more and ...

Attention Drug Addiction: A Growing Trend In Drug Abuse
CBS Local
Dr. Timothy Wilens, of the Center of Addiction Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, says an estimated five to 10 percent of young people are misusing or abusing ADHD medications. ”If you're just popping them willy nilly and you're using them in ...

CBS Local

Jackson remains concerned with substance abuse amongst Native Americans
Navajo-Hopi Observer
Sylvia Allen on how to address alcohol and substance abuse in northern Arizona. "The detox center in Gallup is doing some great work there," he said. "We need more local control on the sale of alcohol." Jackson said McKinley County has an additional ...

Scientists can now block heroin, morphine addiction; clinical trials possible ...
Phys.Org
This is concept art depicting addiction by Joshua Burton (School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide). Credit: Joshua Burton/University of Adelaide. In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to ...

TRICARE outsources addiction treatment with little oversight
Nextgov
To cope with a growing population of drug- and alcohol-addicted personnel, the Defense Department has outsourced substance abuse treatment to a network of 1053 civilian rehabilitation facilities through the TRICARE insurance plan. But a Nextgov ...

One woman's war on addiction
The Star
Now 41, Jon has lost both his legs as a result of his addiction – and his freedom. Last year he was jailed for four-and-a-half years after being found guilty of playing his part in the robbery of another drug addict. “I hate drugs with a vengeance ...

The Star

Bobby Brown Checks Into Rehab For Alcohol Addiction
By Ambika Muttoo
TMZ is reporting that Bobby Brown is in rehab right now, hoping to conquer his addiction to alcohol, something he has been battling for years. Sources say.
VH1 Celebrity

Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked: research | The ...
By Agence France-Presse
Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, according to research released on Wednesday which could prove a major breakthrough in treating addicts and in pain relief treatments. Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia ...
The Raw Story

Scientists say they can now block heroin and morphine addiction ...

By News
Scientists say they can now block heroin and morphine addiction. In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief.
Science Codex - Science news,...

Attention Drug Addiction: A Growing Trend In Drug Abuse « CBS DC
By mreal197
Dr. Timothy Wilens, of the Center of Addiction Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, says an estimated five to 10 percent of young people are misusing or abusing ADHD medications. ”If you're just popping them willy nilly and you're using ...
CBS DC

Addicted to a Narcissit who's possibly an Alcoholic-6 year relationship
By MissEH76
I knew his father was an alcoholic and I thought he might be suspetible. Throughout the relationship, I was irritated with some of his character flaws such as him not returing my call or text. In my mind, I wondered if he was cheating on me.
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Addiction to heroin can be blocked: research - Yahoo! News
News: Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, according to research released on ... This file photo shows a drug addict injecting himself with heroin.
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Teens Fare Better at Substance Abuse Facilities With Comprehensive
Teenagers who receive substance abuse treatment at facilities with comprehensive mental health services fare better one year later, compared with those ...
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Amy Dickinson: Alcoholic must accept that reality and seek treatment

Amy Dickinson: Alcoholic must accept that reality and seek treatment
Detroit Free Press
You are an alcoholic (even if you aren't currently drinking) and until you surrender to this reality and choose to do something about it, the sad rut you are in will become an unwinnable trench war against an enemy that is bigger and stronger than you are.

Former addict's apartment door -- on the wall at Portland's ReBuilding Center ...
OregonLive.com
Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian Former addict reunites with a piece of his personal history at The ReBuilding Center gallery (6 photos). With some stories, it's difficult to see where a story starts and ends. In this case, pick a day in the fall of 2006, ...

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Liam Hemsworth talks Miley, addiction
USA TODAY
Addictions don't always have to do with drugs or alcohol, as The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth can attest. He has opened up to the September issue of Men's Health about food, his fiancée Miley Cyrus, style, and getting an unexpected kick in the chest ...

USA TODAY

Confronting addiction with intervention
Gloucester Daily Times
SUSAN BRITT: I know that because many addicted people are in complete denial about theirsubstance abuse problem, whether it's alcohol or drugs, and have little sense of the effect their behavior has on others, they refuse to admit they need help. Often, only an intervention will work to awaken ... Intervention focuses the addict on his own negative behavior, the pain and consequences it has caused, and what he has to do to keep the people who care about him in his life. SB: Are interventions necessary? AT: Yes.

Drug Addict Gets Life For OAP Mugging Murder
SkySports
A drug addict has been jailed for life for the murder of a pensioner he attacked during a street robbery late last year. Nellie Geraghty was found with severe head injuries, mumbling and face down in mud, just 100 yards from her home in Shaw, near Oldham, ...

'Parasite' addict jailed for killing pensioner in botched bag theft
Yorkshire Post
A drug addict “parasite” who murdered a pensioner as she desperately clung on to a handbag containing her husband's ashes has been jailed for a minimum of 28 years. Nellie Geraghty, 79, was found face down in the mud just 100 yards from her home in ...

Alcoholism is a devastating disease and there should be state funding for ...
Daily Mail
The World Health Organisation recognises alcoholism as a disease. Addiction to any substance or process is not necessarily the result of inadequate environment, poor upbringing, peer pressure or stupid experiment. It is an illness that may be due to ...

Daily Mail

Feds say tobacco sales to minors at record lows
MarketWatch
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- A report from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on Thursday claims that the average national retailer violation rate of tobacco sales to minors fell to 8.5%, the lowest level it has ever ...

Report: Minor tobacco sales continue to fall, reach all-time low under federal ...
Washington Post
The violation rate of tobacco sales to underage youth at retailers nationwide has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997 to 8.5 percent in the last fiscal year, according to the Substance Abuseand Mental Health Administration. The rate is based on the results of ...

Drug addict who murdered widow, 79, when she put up a fight to stop him ...
Daily Mail
A drug addict robber who 'snuffed out the life' of a widow as she desperately clung on to a handbag containing her late husband's ashes has been found guilty of murder. Nellie Geraghty, 79, was discovered face down in the mud just 100 yards from her home ...

Daily Mail

Aaron Paul draws on meth-addict exs experience for Breaking Bad
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Actor Aaron Paul didn't have to dig too deep to play his meth-dealing character in hit TV series “Breaking Bad” – he once dated an addict. Paul admits he was put off hard drugs of all kinds as he watched his ex struggle with her issues. He tells the new issue of ...

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Liam Hemsworth Opens Up About His 'Addiction'
Yidio TV & Movie News
In the September issue of Men's Health, sexy “Hunger Games” star Liam Hemsworth opened up about his love for suits, for Miley, and, especially, for eating. Despite that slim, toned physique the star admits that he is “an eater,” and struggled with the strict diet ...

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Sales of tobacco to minors at new low, report finds
Philadelphia Inquirer
The "violation rate," which measures retailers that were willing to sell tobacco to underaged youth, has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997 to 8.5 percent in the last fiscal year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. The rate is ...

Former opioid addict turns life around
OCRegister
He spent five months in jail and then entered at a substance-abuse treatment center at Gerry House where he managed to get clean from opiate and heroin addiction. Shaffer hopes to inspire other addicts to enter rehab. ANA P. GUTIERREZ, FOR THE ...

Sexual Violence and Substance Abuse: Coping skills and Triggers
Naples Daily News (blog)
Although there are many potential triggers for any person in recovery, the substance abusevictim faces even more challenges, as they must navigate the healing process and their road to recovery from both issues. It is a human survival mechanism to ... These temporary fixes can easily become an addiction disorder when the person suffers a serious trauma, one that needs (and deserves) real healing, which is something that simply cannot be found through chemical use or abuse. Some triggers which may cause an ...

'Crazed addict' jailed for water-pistol drug robberies
Waterloo Record
KITCHENER — An addict who used a spray-painted water pistol in a string of drugstore robberies — including four at the same place — was sentenced Thursday to the equivalent of seven years in prison. Paul Hasiu, 34, started the spree last year by only ...

Trolls, fake trolls, and outrage addiction
Huffington Post (blog)
I don't know about official psychiatric definitions, but as far as I'm concerned, it's addiction. Jonathan Bernstein, a trusted friend and advisor who is part of the craigconnects team, talks about the "outrage trap." It's a method bad actors use to manufacture an ...

Liam Hemsworth talks Miley, addiction in 'Men's Health'
Liam Hemsworth talks Miley, addiction in 'Men's Health', Liam Hemsworth opened up to the September issue of Men's Health about food, his fiancée Miley Cyrus, style, and getting an unexpected kick in the chest from Jean-Claude Van ...
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Substance Abuse after TBI
By cavan46
Brain Injury. I am trying to find information reguarding substance abuse after a TBI. I am a 14 year survivor of a TBI and currently a grateful recovering alcoholic. I didn't start drinking heavily until after my injury. Has anyone else experienced this ...
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Why Childhood Suffering Can Lead to Depression ? And Even ...
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(Psych Central News) It has long been established that childhood trauma increases a person's risk for developing depression and addiction later in life. Now, a small study of teens from the University of Texas offers one possible explanation.
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DrugFAM Annual Bereaved by Addiction Conference – October 6th ...
By editor
The DrugFAM charity is holding its annual Bereaved by Addiction Conference on October 6th. If you would like to attend please follow the following steps: 1. To request your place – please email bereavement@drugfam.co.uk requesting a ...
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Smartphone Addiction: Managing Your Phone Usage Time
Could you actually be addicted to your smartphone? If not, why is it so hard to turn it off? Here are tips on reclaiming your time and concentration.
www.webmd.com/.../addicted-your-smartphone-what-to-do

Narcotics Anonymous | steps - 12 Steps to Serenity
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Scam watch: Alcoholism treatment

Scam watch: Alcoholism treatment, 'sextortion,' fake bills
Los Angeles Times
Alcoholism treatment — A federal judge has ordered the marketers of a phony alcoholism cure to pay more than $700000 in penalties. The Federal Trade Commission and the Florida attorney general's office had accused Alcoholism Cure Corp., also known ...

Substance abuse
Boston.com
Braintree officials will host a Substance Abuse Night on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at Braintree Town Hall. Hosted by Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey and state Senator John Keenan, the presentation will provide an overview and update of substance ...

When Enough's Enough: Drug Addiction and Treatment
Patch.com
According to a five-year national study conducted by The National Center on Addiction andSubstance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA Columbia), 40 million Americans ages 12 and older struggle with addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs. ... If you've been affected by an active alcoholic and/or drug addict, MARR offers Loving Someone with Addiction—a one-day seminar that is open to the community and educates families about the theories of addiction, addictive thinking and the need for ...

Reporter knows that life is possible after heroin addiction
Peoria Journal Star
I'd like to say that desolate night in January 2001 was my final hit, but the reality of addiction - and heroin in particular - is that the essence of that first high and the drive to attain it one more time obliterate the torture of withdrawal. After my first inpatient rehab, ...

Recovering alcoholic Laura C celebrates her journey from being broken to ...
phillyBurbs.com
C, a recovering alcoholic and substance abuser, was watching a weeklong special segment on women and drinking on “The Today Show” several years ago, when she unintentionally thrust herself into the spotlight, giving a face to a hidden recovery demographic. “I had just gotten newly ... Today, C, who is five years sober, has a career performing and recording “recovery music” — a term she coined — using her songs to share her journey and connect with others struggling to overcomeaddiction. She deliberately ...

New gateways to addiction
The Westerly Sun
Astrid Meijer, the tobacco program coordinator for the Chariho Task Force on Substance AbusePrevention, shows the kit she uses to educate people about the latest tobacco, nicotine and smokeless tobacco products available. Posted: Saturday, July 21, ...

Deptford tent city unveils homeless population, addiction issues in South Jersey
Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
Substance abuse, the men admit, is what got them here in the first place. “That's what caused my wife to leave,” Imme Six said. “She left me. I lost it. I started drinking pretty heavy.” Imme Six is the father of three teenage children. In his former life, he worked as ...

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The Situation -- Sued for Hiding Rx Drug Addiction
TMZ.com
Sitch checked into rehab for a prescription drug addiction ... which they claim his PR team lied to them about, before later copping to the truth. They say his failure to disclose his drug addiction is a breach of contract and they want all their money back.

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Beebe: Kudos to prescription drug abuse series
Nashua Telegraph
(June 24-29: “Rx: Addiction Epidemic”). For the past 35 years, I've been an alcohol/drug abuse counselor who has worked in ... I have never met a client who pre-planned a drug problem or chose to become an addict. Drug troubles are like poison ivy; some get it, some don't, and you have to be exposed to ... has been an absolutely costly and miserable failure, because underlying 85 percent of all crime is substance abuse disorder. Treatment is very tough on drug abusers because they are held accountable for their ...

Confessions Of A Weed Addict
THE Weed Blog (blog)
Coming from a dysfunctional family background plagued by real drug abuse and alcoholism I find the witch hunt of marijuana users medical or not a waste of taxpayers' time and money. After 38 years on this earth, 10 of it honorable military service than on to ...

Rewiring the brain
Inquirer.net (blog)
Addiction seems hardwired into our brains. In the 1950s, psychologists had already pinpointed our brain's pleasure center, found in the limbic system. When rats were allowed to use a lever to stimulate electrically their limbic system, they “self-stimulated ...

'I nearly molested one of my clients': Sex addict
Malaysia Chronicle
He agreed to share his story in the hope that some people will understand what a sexaddict goes through. ... gone without it for two to three days in a row. Sex no longer became all-consuming." He hopes that by the time of his wedding in November next year, he'd have fully overcome his sex addiction. Says Mr Ang: "If anything, I now have a constant sex partner." Think you may be a sex addict? ... It's based on the principles of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, a model pioneered byAlcoholics Anonymous.

Malaysia Chronicle

Court rejects parole for drunken driver
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
In 1996, Frederick Davidson, a 46-year-old alcoholic, stumbled out of a bar in the Los Angeles County town of Lancaster, drove off with his teenage son, ran through a stop sign, slammed into another car and killed the driver, Luther Wafford. Davidson, who ...

Middle Tennessee pastor Rickey Reed, caught on tape in attempted break-in ...
WBIR-TV
mercy as someone who was acting in the throes of a drug addiction but has since gotten help? "This is a serious offense, Mr. Reed," Rutherford County Judge David Bragg told Reed, 55. "A person's home is their sanctuary, no less than where they pray." ...

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Coalition seeks car show sponsors
Hometownlife.com
“Our mission for this event is to support substance abuse awareness and prevention in the community,” said executive director Susan Nicholas. “This is the first time that we will be holding this event and we hope that the community will come out and show its ...

Money does not give you immunity from bad habits
Irish Independent
The surprise for me in this story is the denial around addiction and the ridiculous notion that if you have money you're immune to the barbaric behaviours which addictions inflict. Eva Rausing's mother claimed her daughter's death was as a result of a tough ...

Irish Independent

Cormack, Hall to attend conference
Coshocton Tribune
COSHOCTON -- Local substance abuse professionals, Jeanette Hall and Beth Cormack, from Coshocton Behavioral Health Choices, will attend the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's 2012 Mid-Year Training Institute July 22-26 in Nashville, Tenn. CADCA's Mid-Year ... Grant funding from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction is making the trip possible for the local professionals who will join more than 1800 other specialists and advocates from across the country. Coshocton Behavioral Health ...

Treatment center sees increases in client numbers
AberdeenNews.com
Pfeifer said the increase is partly because of the increasing number of people recognizing addictionas a treatable illness and partly because there is an increase in substance abuse. "In a sense, it's a double-edged sword," she said. The number of ...

Pastor given probation in burglary case
San Francisco Chronicle
He told a Rutherford County judge on Friday that he acted in the throes of addiction and has since gotten help. Reed was arrested after Jean Harris caught him on video trying to break into her home last summer. Harris testified in court that she will probably ...

Smokers' rights website 'cynical'
The Dominion Post
A cigarette company's attempts to mobilise Kiwi opposition to anti-smoking laws by setting up a "smoker's rights" website has been condemned by a world expert on nicotine addiction, who says it is a cynical “astroturf” campaign. Dr Joseph DiFranza, who is in ...

It's not a disease, but a choice
HeraldNet
I was dismayed though not surprised to read your editorial on addiction. (Wednesday, "Addicts deserve our respect.") I agree that addicts deserve our respect, but not because they are addicts. All life is sacred, therefore all life deserves our respect, addicts ...

Actress and booze-free music festival organiser lifts the lid on her drink and ...
WalesOnline
In her mid-20s, Sharon was in the throes of deep alcoholism and a drug addiction. She had moved to London after winning a place at the prestigious Italia Conti acting academy at the tender age of 17. But even then, she said half the attraction of moving was ...

Adult Psychiatrist Joins Oswego Health's Behavior Health Services Department
Oswego Daily News
OSWEGO, NY – Adult Psychiatrist Victor Otokiti who possesses expertise in treating those with substance abuse issues, has joined the Oswego Hospital medical staff and provides care at the healthcare's behavioral health services department on Bunner Street in Oswego. Victor Otokiti ... Dr. Otokiti completed his psychiatric residency training at Metropolitan Hospital and fulfilled a fellowship in addictionpsychiatry/addiction medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital/Veterans Medical Center. Both of these medical training ...

Oswego Daily News

Intelligentsia hails govt's health move
Times of India
Youths who are introvert having appositional traits like poor impulse control are highly sensitive, less talkative and are poor in studies are seen to be more vulnerable to gutka or paan masala addiction. Peer group culture and unhealthy family environment ...

How my addiction see's a drink - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
By Tendencies
Only an alcoholic would do that, think like that. How can someone just have one drink? If I had one drink with a friend at a bar our at their house I would sometimes pass because I had to drive and I could not get drunk. So what was the point?
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The Situation — Sued for Hiding Rx Drug Addiction | Ghanamma.com
By agyateng
Rx Drug Addiction. exclusive. 0721_the_situation_tmz. The Situation was supposed to be the face of some anti-fat cream, but instead he ended up in rehab and never did a thing … so says the company who hired him … and now they want ...
Ghanamma.com

Facebook Addiction: Lets Get Personal | Lux Magazine
By Lux Girl
by: Kim Cass With more than 500 million active users, it's no wonder Facebook has become a social media giant. But what is it about.
Lux Magazine

looking for support group for writing bad checks, it is an addiction
By cupcake811
a family member has a history of writing bad checks and identity theft any suggestions would be appreciated.
Support Groups

Addiction Inbox: John Berryman and the Poetry of “Irresistible Descent”
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

looking to start an online support group meeting. : Sexual Addiction ...
By jonny100684
looking to start an online support group meeting. Sexual Addiction message board, open discussion, and online support group. Forum rules. 1 post • Page 1 of 1. looking to start an online support group meeting. Post by jonny100684 » Sat Jul ...
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'The Situation' Sued For Not Disclosing Addiction - Bitten and Bound
By Missy
Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino is being sued by anti-fat cream manufacturer Performance Brands for breach of contract. He was paid $75000 to rep for them right before he went to rehab.
Bitten and Bound

Addict Pride? | The Fix
The Fix - addiction and recovery, straight up ... I wrote about the idea in an article earlier this year; since then, ex-addict and neuroscientist Marc Lewis also ...
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NJ drug court plan will save lives and money

Opinion: NJ drug court plan will save lives, money through treatment
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The current drug-offender system is not sufficient to stop addiction. Many good people who suffer from a deadly disease belong in treatment, not in jail.

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Addiction treatment program designed for older adults
Hattiesburg American
Debbie Sanford, chief officer of behavioral health services, stands in the newly renovated wing of Pine Grove that houses the Legacy service. The program will ...

Oklahoma health leaders discuss addiction, elect new board leader
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City and state leaders recently met to discuss building a facility to address the problem of addiction, state Health Commissioner Terry Cline said ...

UVa research shows drug's promise in fighting meth addiction
The Daily Progress
The study found the medicine, used to break alcohol addiction, also may reduce ... also successfully treated alcoholism by using topiramate to block the brain's ...

Addiction expert on Lindsay Lohan: 'This looks like it will end very ...
Monsters and Critics.com
News on Lindsay Lohan s Friday Pacific Coast Highway crash has emerged, as the star apparently had an open container of alcohol, law enforcement sources ...

Monsters and Critics.com

Our View: Substance Abuse And Kids: The Bridge ...
Yankton Daily Press
At one point in its history, Yankton was known as the “Bridge City,” thanks to the construction almost 90 years ago of the Meridian Bridge. Such expanses ...

Are you a food addict?
Hindustan Times
Well, you could be suffering from food addiction or compulsive overeating disorder.... Once food becomes an addiction, people compulsively seek it without ...

Hindustan Times

Steps to Curb Obesity Will Have Positive Affect on Instances of ...
PR Web (press release)
... and will lead to a reduction of addictions. "Eliminate more sugar from our diets, and Americans will face less alcoholism, infidelity, drug addiction and more."

Heroin addict burglar is sent to prison for four years
This is Plymouth
A HEROIN addict committed his fifth burglary just weeks after being released from a three-year jail term, a court heard.Phillip Mason, pictured right, had denied ...

DHH hosting 10 forums on addiction treatment
NECN
Ten forums will be held from Wednesday through June 27, starting in Pineville and ending in Gray. Details about the locations and times of events are available ...

Drug helps meth addicts stay sober
CBS 21
A drug known to help break alcohol addiction can also help recovering methamphetamine users stay clean, new research shows.

Alcoholic gets four years for botched robbery
Belfast Telegraph
An alcoholic who carried out a botched cash-in-transit robbery has been jailed for four years.

Plague of dodgy prescriptions puts illicit drugs in the shade
Wyndham Weekly
The problem is hardly unique to Australia; prescription drug addiction is a ... Sydney addictionexpert Dr Richard Hallinan says that he has seen two shifts that ...

Addiction Supportive Housing Program Reducing ED Visits
Exchange Morning Post (press release)
The residents receive housing, addiction counselling, and other support services ... This can include addiction counselling, health education and lifestyle support ...

The Cure For Your Shopping Addiction Isn't What You'd Expect
Business Insider
If your income, including tax refunds and bonuses, have a habit of living in your checking account, you could be opening yourself up to financial turmoil by ...

Business Insider

Painkiller addict arrested three times
Sarnia Observer
Not until January did she acknowledge her addiction. ... arrest will be followed by 18 months probation when she must continue substance-abuse counselling.

Mass. AG settles with Revere physician
Legal News Line
"Our office will make sure that access to addiction treatment is not restricted by ... "We are happy that we obtained restitution for those battling drug addiction who ...

Prescription drug abuse: snorting your way to higher grades
Examiner.com
Boston Substance Abuse Examiner. + Subscribe. It's final exam time in ... David Selden, Boston Substance Abuse Examiner. David R. Selden, LICSW has more ...

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Summer Bay's Liam succumbs to drugs
The Press Association
Former rockstar Liam has already been to rehab twice, after battling drug addiction. ... with cocaine addict lawyer Hayley O'Connor, who leads him to temptation.

Former Defensive Tackle Lost NFL Career Due to Video Game ...
Side Mission (blog)
Quinn Pitcock had the kind of opportunity that most high school and college athletes dream about until he claimed depression and an addiction to video games ...

Side Mission (blog)

Greetings from We Care, Inc. - 06/13/12
The Clarion
It's the same with an alcoholic or drug addict; they want to get rid of the pain even if ... I never talked to an addict or alcoholic that did not finally tell me of the hurt ...

Ibogaine Demonstrates It's The Most Effective Detox For Oxycontin ...
EIN News (press release)
Ibogaine Demonstrates It's The Most Effective Detox For Oxycontin Addiction. ... Ibogaine treatment also seems to re-wire certain circuits related to addiction and ...

Ban for 'thorn in side' of Plymouth as homeless mouthwash drinker ...
This is Plymouth
A HOMELESS man who drinks alcoholic mouthwash has been banned from having it in the street for four years.Robert Piskadlo, branded a 'thorn in the side' of ...

Advantage, Richey
TheFix.com
The Fix - addiction and recovery, straight up ... Tennis pro Cliff Richey ruled the courts while suffering from alcoholism and then depression. .... for depression and went to a handful of AA meetings with a friend whose son was an alcoholic.

TheFix.com

How sugar became a lethal addiction: TBIJ
By Will Fitzgibbon
We are a nation addicted to sugar and the food industry isn't complaining. Britain is getting fatter. But is it fat or sugar that is increasing our waistlines? A three-part BBC series starting this week investigates how the nation became addicted to ...
TBIJ » All Stories

Interview With a Bath Salts Addict « Chicago's B96 – 96.3 FM
By jasoncage
Wanna see the stuff that has been turning people into crazy people eating zombies?
Chicago's B96 - 96.3 FM

The Connection Between Teen Pregnancy And Substance Abuse
By Editor
Drama seems to be the story of Amber's life, but after all of her legal problems, struggles with substance abuse and issues with her explosive temper, it looks like rehab will finally provide her with the help she so desperately needs. Once she ...
MTV Remote Control Blog

abusive relationship question - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
By scopikaz
Many people who have loved an addict have felt like they were going insane from all the chaos, worry, regret, fear, anger, confusion and more that comes with caring for someone who is in active drug addiction.* It seems reasonable that if the ...
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