| No shame, only hope, in fighting your child's drug addiction Minneapolis Star Tribune He spent a collective 22 days in lockdown for his personal safety and evaluation at United and Fairview hospitals, and he tried, and failed, sober high school. These were days and weeks that turned into months full of stops and starts, ... |
| Addiction is a disease, like cancer -- let's treat it as one Minneapolis Star Tribune We need to keep addiction in the headlines. Not individual tragedies, but the collective devastation. It's not every day a famed singer dies, but it is every day that lives are lost to alcohol and other drugs. Just your average alcoholic or addict. ... |
| DMX Talks About Bipolar Disorder, Drug Addiction BET DMX took another step toward rehabilitation this week by opening up for the first time on his deepest personal struggles. Speaking to Arizona's ABC 15, the rapper once known as Earl Simmons revealed he suffers from bipolar disorder. ... |
| ... And the damage done Livingston Daily Another option is an intervention, or gathering friends and family to confront the addict. The goal of an intervention is twofold: Make the addict confront his or her illness, and convince the addict to enter treatment the same day. ... |
| National Rehabilitation Center launches Ramadan program for patients WAM - Emirates News Agency 2011 (WAM): The National Rehabilitation Center (NRC) in Abu Dhabi - the nationa laddiction response body in UAE mandated with rehabilitation and treatment of people addicted to substance abuse - has launched a lectures program at its mosque for ... |
| Ex-addict's reckless leap led to his recovery Sun-Sentinel At 23, he is now drug-free, working in sales and sharing his recovery story at sobriety meetings in Palm Beach County. Addicted to Roxicodone and alcohol, Carmusin had been forced by his family in Coral Springs to go through several rehabilitation ... |
| Drink, sobriety and transnational/global history: Switzerland ... By David Fahey Drink, sobriety and transnational/global history: Switzerland, South America, and Bulgaria. Posted on August 7, 2011 by David Fahey. Sönke Bauck/Francesco Spöring (Zürich): The Global Anti-Alcohol Movement, c. ... Alcohol and Drugs History Society |
| Amy Winehouse and the mysteries of addiction - CNN.com Addiction appears to result from a voluntary act. One drink, one pill, one line. And yet no matter the wreckage, no matter the addict's brilliance, ... www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/27/danovitch.../index.html |
| Xbox addict 'dies from blood clot' - Yahoo! News Read 'Xbox addict 'dies from blood clot'' on Yahoo! News. The family of a budding computer programmer have on Saturday launched a campaign to raise ... news.yahoo.com/xbox-addict-dies-blood-clot-111934041.html |
| New research exposes alcohol industry public ... - Addiction Journal Published since 1884 by the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs. skip navigation. Home; General Information ... www.addictionjournal.org/viewpressrelease.asp?pr=155 |
| Is There a Link Between Creativity and Addiction?: Scientific American Addiction starts with genetics and the environment, but is triggered by stress. ... It's possible to carry the variants and not be an addict, and it's ... Does Rehab Work as a Treatment for Alcoholism and Other Addictions? .... This is an old question, most frequently phrased as "is there and alcoholic personality? ... www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-there-a... |
| Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan Cites his Alcoholism Post-Bender, Asks ... Sheboygan, Wis., Mayor Bob Ryan is an admitted alcoholic seeking treatment, ...Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan Blames Alcoholism for Public Bender and Bar Brawl ...point do his personal struggles with addiction become the city's concern? ... abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodCommunity/.../story?... |
| The Insidious Response To Amy Winehouse's Addiction And Death ... Amy Winehouse: The Insidious Response to Her Addiction and Death ... had at one point achieved six months clean—an eternity in sobriety; but, then, ... Or that creativity is solely derived from this artist-addict round-robin. ... Once you get sober—surprise!—pain still exists. You need not plumb the abyss of a ... www.tnr.com/.../amy-winehouse-addiction-death-rehab-mike-... |
| Marijuana Derivative May Offer Hope in Cocaine Addiction – TIME ... A new study in mice has found that activating a receptor affected by marijuana can dramatically reduce cocaine consumption. The research suggests that new ... healthland.time.com/.../marijuana-derivative-may-offer-hope-i... |
| Winehouse Death Renews Debate About Addiction and Choice - Kelly ... Is drug addiction a disease or a choice? Alcoholism? Smoking? Chaw? ... Yes,alcoholism is a disease. The craving that an alcoholic feels for alcohol can be as strong as ... even one of my most serious girlfriends was an opiate addict. ... blogs.forbes.com/.../winehouse-death-renews-debate-about-ad... |
The Way Out
