Addiction recovery a long road

Addiction recovery a long road
Columbia Daily Tribune
And she's grateful that what she learned about his addiction “let me off the hook.” “I didn't realize I couldn't cure it, couldn't change it,” she said. “People need to realize it's a disease,” she added. “You can't just say” to an addict, “ 'Man up. ...
Talbott Recovery Opens Third Location in Georgia for Outpatient Addiction ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
 Talbott Recovery, a private drug & alcohol treatment center located in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced the opening of their third addiction rehab center in Columbus, Georgia for adults, young adults and ...
Program gives hope to porn addict, wife
Deseret News
So began a lifelong addiction. After overcoming some drug and alcohol problems from his teen years, Stan cleaned up his act and left for a Mormon mission at age 21. Stan married Amy 29 years ago. Unlike many women in this situation, Amy knew all about ...
Manslaughter jury sees addict give statement
Victoria Times Colonist
One of the people there who told police he saw Simpson die was Nicholas Emerson, a 42-year-old addict known on the streets at Nico. Emerson gave a detailed video statement to police shortly after the incident, but today he has no memory of the events. ...
After Flopping on Broadway, 'High' Is Hitting the Road
New York Times (blog)
“Tim and I feel very strongly that this message about addiction and alcoholism is an important one to get out there,” Ms. Scott said. “We really are interested in continuing our dialogue with the audiences, by doing a lot of post-performances talkbacks ...
Parent of addict child learns to let go
Deseret News
By Michael Ann McKinlay, Deseret News For Tilly (not her real name), there was more to the problem than just her daughter's drug addiction. "I believed it wasn't me with the problem," Tilly said. "I thought I could go home and fix my daughter. ...
Study: Alcoholism on the Rise Among Women
KSEE
By KSEE News A new study shows binge drinking and alcoholism among women are on the rise in the US Fresno County's alcohol and drug administrator, Dennis Koch explained, “If we go back about four years, there's been about a 20-25% increase in the use ...
Gatti's widow: I tried helping him battle addiction problems
Globe and Mail
Arturo Gatti's widow says the late boxer's family was aware of his substance abuse but she was largely alone in helping him. Amanda Rodrigues says she helped check her husband into a rehabilitation facility in Florida in December 2007. ...
Ministries slammed over drug addiction
Emirates 24/7
Quoted by the Dubai-based Emarat Alyoum Arabic language daily, Muzainah said a large number of the arrested Emiratis returned to drug addiction once they are released out of prison after spending their jail term. “There are no fears of a sharp increase ...
One Young Woman's Descent Into Prescription Drug Addiction
WGRZ-TV
One of those young people- Destinee Henderson, one time straight A student and varsity soccer player at Newfane High School agreed to share the story of her addiction, whose eventually led her to selling her body and which nearly cost her her life, ...
Rep Daniel Gordon says alcoholism lead to his troubles
WPRI.com
Rep Daniel Gordon says alcoholism lead to his troubles.
Guidelines set for marijuana use
healthzone.ca
“Clearly cannabis is not a benign drug, it comes with risks and harms,” says lead author Benedikt Fischer, a scientist at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and chair in applied public health at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. ...
Ms. Ann's House a valuable addition to addiction treatment
Jackson Sun
The facility's namesake, Ann Middleton, suffered from alcoholism for 50 years. The Middleton family is dedicated to fighting this disease, and it helped create the new facility in recognition of Aspell's important work. There are many ways to fall into ...
Alcoholic campaigns for service that saved him
Bury Free Press
His alcoholism has cost his driving licence, every job and his family. He had counselling for 15 years but says Norcas in-reach worker Liz Bates finally broke the spiral. Now he is part of a campaign launched on Monday to save her job because it has ...
Can Frequent Family Dinners Help Teens Resist Drugs?
NPR (blog)
Sit-down family meals yield a whole heap of benefits for teenagers, including a disinclination to try drugs and better-quality family relationships, according to a report from the National Center onAddiction and Substance Abuse. ...
Gordon blames troubles on alcoholism
Providence Eyewitness News
Daniel Gordon is speaking out about his troubled past, blaming his lengthy criminal record on alcoholism. Gordon told Eyewitness News on Wednesday that he has been sober for three years and says he has suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome ...
How binge drinking harms your health
Times of India
"The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings a person's Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams per cent or above. This typically happens when men consume five or more ...
11 am Fri., Sept. 23 News Conference With 4-Star Gen. Barry McCaffrey ...
MarketWatch (press release)
At Noon, following the 11 am News conference, in conjunction with over 100 other addictiontreatment facilities across the nation, all participants - speakers, VIP's, and audience -- will be releasing biodegradable balloons nationwide at the same Noon ...
Carlisle alcoholic beat up partner after she locked him out of house
News & Star
An alcoholic admitted assaulting his partner after she locked him out of their house in Carlisle. Prosecutor Pam Ward said Shaun Robert Ramsey, 43, was arrested the next day and admitted assault by beating and criminal damage. ...
Drug Addiction Symptoms and Signs | Prescription Drug Abuse
By Admin
What are the symptoms and signs of drug addiction? When do you cross the line of being an occasional drug user to becoming a full-blown addict? The answer is not just about how much is consumed, but rather on the effects of drug abuse. ...
Prescription Drug Abuse
Jane Lynch talks alcoholism and being on TV | UWIRE
By admin
You are here: Home » Arts & Entertainment » Jane Lynch talks alcoholism and being on TV ...Lynch's new novel chronicles her struggle with alcohol addiction in the years prior to “Glee” and describes her new wife, Lara Embry. After her battle ...
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This Addict Is a Saint
By Jim Manney
What's unusual about St. Mark is that he was an opium addict who was barred from receiving the sacraments for the last 30 years of his life. Mark couldn't receive communion because his addiction was regarded as gravely sinful and ...
Ignatian Spirituality
Legal question - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help ...
By MrSilver
Does anyone know if it is illegal for a bartender/server to serve alcohol to someone they know is analcoholic or says they are an alcoholic? I am. ... I would hope you couldn't sue for selling it to an adult alcoholic or not. The cashier isn't twisting ...
SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...
Daily Sound — My Story: Overtaken by drug addiction, Alex ...
The reason why I'm telling you this is, because three years ago when I was isolated and paralyzed by my addiction, I could have never imagined I'd be doing ...
www.thedailysound.com/091211--ALEX-ZEMECKIS
Overeating Is an Addiction, Brain Imaging Shows
If an irresistible urge to eat is a form of addiction, then medications or ... there has been no way to reliably identify who is and who isn't a food addict, he said. ...
pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/18/2.1.full

September 27: Live Virtual Town Hall - How Addiction Impacts Society
MarketWatch (press release)
About The FixThe Fix is a daily website about alcoholismaddiction, recovery and the drug war that was launched in March 2011 by a team of experienced editors and writers. It is a strictly independent journalistic enterprise, with no ties to any rehab ...
AG says doctor bilked Medicaid
Boston Globe
The public relations firm Mills & Co. has pitched story ideas about Kishore to the Globe since at least April, including his efforts to map addiction at a neighborhood level and to create training programs for addiction specialists. ...
Antonio Banderas: Melanie Griffith's Addiction Made Our Marriage Stronger
Us Magazine
The duo opened up about their struggles with Griffin's pain pill addiction in AARP's November issue. "We have had as many problems as anybody. We've never hidden it. We've been open about addictions, in the case of Melanie. ...

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