Chuck Lorre Talks About Charlie Sheen's Cocaine Addiction

Chuck Lorre Talks About Charlie Sheen's Cocaine Addiction ...
By Valeria W.
Lorre said that he was concerned that if something drastic didn't change in Sheen's life, he would die as a result of an untreated cocaine addiction – or that someone else would as a result of his negligence. Lorre says that he and others in ...
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Former alcoholic 'scared' by rise in young drinkers
BBC News
Patrick Martin, 64, once drank a litre of vodka a day at the height of his alcoholaddiction. Mr Martin, who has been sober for three years, has lost two partners to alcohol-related illnesses. Now he is worried by the rise in the number of young people...

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One addict's story of prescription drug dangers
North Country Public Radio
Today we hear a first-hand account of one woman's 20-year-struggle with addiction to these powerful narcotics. Jennifer Smith's addiction severely strained her relationship with her family, forced her to quit her job as a nurse, lead to several stints ...

Drivers on methadone twice as likely to crash
Reuters
By Kerry Grens | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men on methadone treatment for drug addictionwere more than twice as likely to be involved in a traffic accident as the general population in a new study from Norway. The researchers looked at two and a ...

Crack addict woman charged with beating her grandmother to death for her TV
Daily Mail
Aisha Sanders, 24,admitted beating to death 86-year-old Mary Muha - blaming the murder on her addiction to crack cocaine, say police. The pensioner was found dead by her grandson on Tuesday at her home in Washington Township, a Dayton suburb of Ohio. ...

Daily Mail

Slain man's mom blames 'a drug addict'
The Province
But it was his yearlong heroin addiction and drug dealing that brought him his tragic demise, Simpson said. "It was a drug addict who wanted to stay stoned," she said with determination of her son's murderer. "No doubt Apollo got him high during the ...

New Painkiller Raises Concerns Among Addiction Experts
TestCountry.com (blog)
Addiction experts share their concernes over one such drug: a painkiller that will reportedly be 10 times stronger than Vicodin, a drug that has become a favorite among prescription drug abusers. This type of painkiller is said to contain a pure ...

Hospice Turns Months-to-Live Patient Into Years of Abusing Drugs
Bloomberg
Boat Captain's Story Robert Spain Jr., an unemployed boat captain, said his 10- month stay in hospice care turned him into an addict. Spain was admitted to a Vitas Healthcare (CHE) hospice in Jupiter, Florida, at the age of 56 in 2008, and diagnosed...

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Lahore has second highest drug addict population
Pakistan Daily Times
LAHORE: The number of drug addicts across the country has doubled from four million to eight million over the past decade, while Lahore has the second largest number of street level drug addicts after Karachi. The disclosure was made in a report ...

Stop the emotional eating: Your New Year's resolution
New York Daily News
BILL: I have my own non-scientific diagnosis for addiction. If you're doing something that you know is harming your health, wallet, job or your marriage and you keep telling yourself you have to stop but don't, then, happy new year, you're hooked. DR. ...

New York Daily News

Addictions plague health workers
Vancouver Sun
At the height of her addiction, the now 33-year-old suspended nurse - who became addicted to OxyContin while recovering from surgery for a work-related injury - would wake up early, 5 or 6 in the morning, for a fix. "Looking back on it, it's insanity, ...

Who's more sexually addicted?
News24
Sexual addiction is a “chronic illness” that is often misdiagnosed in the treatment of drug-dependent patients, reports the Addiction Research Foundation newspaper called, The Journal. One doctor, who is also a founder of a cocaine hot line in the ...

Keeping it off
Kemmerer Gazette
Twenty-five percent of Wyoming struggles with food addiction and more than 90 percent of people will make a resolution to lose weight this New Year's Eve, or so says registered nurse Jennifer Stringer who co-heads South Lincoln Medical Center's Health ...

How to enjoy New Year's without alcohol
Dayton Daily News
Those who don't drink for health, spiritual or addiction recovery reasons can still enjoy the celebration. If you're hosting an event, it's good to check whether attendees would prefer non-alcoholic beverages rather than ones with alcohol. ...

Cop's domestic violence case deferred for treatment
The Wenatchee World Online
By Jefferson Robbins WENATCHEE — The Seattle police detective charged with domestic violence after a Leavenworth Oktoberfest scuffle will avoid prosecution if he carries out a program ofalcoholism treatment program and probation. ...

Shame on you
Irish Times
“If I made a film about a drug addiction you wouldn't be saying that,” he bristles. “No you wouldn't! Because you would already think that drug addiction is not good. You would think being an alcoholic is not good. Because you think sex is a good thing ...

Irish Times

Patient Says Hospice Made Him Morphine Addict
Bloomberg
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Spain Jr. discusses the care he received at a Vitas Healthcare hospice in Jupiter, Florida. While nearly 1.1 million Americans a year die on hospice, more than 200000 others are discharged alive from hospice every year, ...

Picture: Kyle Richards Visits Sister Kim Richards in Rehab
Opposing Views
Her erratic actions and conduct were attributed to prescription drug use, though her sister has referred to her as an alcoholic. Because of her instability, Bravo executives reportedly insisted she return to rehab if she wanted to remain on the reality ...

Staying Sober Through New Years Celebrations Recommended by Mountainside Drug ...
Emailwire (press release)
“That's why it is probably one of the most difficult times for a person struggling with alcoholism to stay sober. The good news is that while it may be challenging, it's not impossible. By following a few guidelines, it's possible to insure your ...

Parole officer facing new suit
The Register-Guard
Walker also undermined her efforts to beat her drug addiction, her suit charges. Instead, he “enabled and facilitated” her addiction by disregarding her possession and use of illegal substances and warning her before requiring her to submit urine for ...

California Rehabs- Alcohol addiction beverages Dependency along ...
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Intervention for Addiction Canada | Holistic Drug Rehab | Addiction ...
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Saving a life from methamphetamine addiction

Former meth addict says husband in murder-suicide saved his life
9NEWS.com
Wonder credits Royer with saving his life from a methamphetamine addiction. "It's just shocking. You just don't know what's happening in someone's life," Wonder said. Wonder says Royer helped dozens of people get off drugs and even sponsored events for ...

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Addiction Experts Warn Against New, Powerful Painkiller
WRTV Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS -- Addiction experts are concerned after hearing reports that a stronger, more powerful painkiller could be headed to prescription markets. Patients who suffer from chronic pain or have surgery are often prescribed hydrocodone buffered ...

News Briefs: 'Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife' author to speak Jan. 9 in ...
Chicago Sun-Times
Wilhelmson, a journalist who has written for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader and Huffington Post, kept diaries and blogged about her battle with alcohol addiction; eventually turning those entries into a book which was published in April, 2011. ...

Glue addict student hangs self
Times of India
But after sometime he again began to indulge in the addiction. On several occasions, I caught him taking Dendrite stealthily and also rebuked him." Preliminary investigation revealed that the boy committed suicide, police sources said. ...

Plymouth alcoholic with a 50-year criminal record of 300 offences is jailed
Plymouth Herald
AN ALCOHOLIC with more than 300 offences on his record over half a century has been jailed for nine months for his latest theft. Robert Knowles, aged 65, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates' Court with 169 previous convictions for 327 offences since 1959. ...

Jail for Bath heroin addict who stole hundreds of purses
Bath Chronicle
David Holden-White, defending, said his client had stolen to fund his heroin addiction and to pay off debts. He also said Sanders had asked him to apologise to the court for his beard, which he had grown for a part he was playing in an amateur dramatic ...

Drug addict held over death of senior citizen
Sin Chew Jit Poh
According to him, a post-mortem on the victim showed he had been hit with a blunt object on the head and face. He said the suspect was believed to be a drug addict who was not related to the victim and the case would be investigated under Section 302 ...

Examining addiction in pregnancy after baby methadone case
BBC News
... in order to hide the couple's drug abuse. Rob Thomas covered the case and has been looking at how widespread the problem of addiction is among pregnant women, and what is done to help them and to protect their children. Methadone.

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Cops say man out of BPO job was mentally ill, drug addict
Daily Pioneer
According to police, Shivanad has inherited this mental ailment from his mother and he was also a drug addict. “No arrests can be made till we have evidence to prove the allegations. The deceased family members have denied any such occurences. ...

Self-professed addict says help available
Oak Ridger
By Leean Tupper | leean.tupper@oakridger.com "I'ma drug addict. I'm an alcoholic," said Nanney, admissions counselor for Cornerstone of Recovery in Louisville, Tenn. "Chemical dependency is one of those things we can go through life and not think about ...

wild life of Cheeta, Hollywood's primate donna
The Sun
By NICK FRANCIS Throughout his career this screen legend battled addiction, juggled a string of love affairs and gained notoriety for violent on-set tantrums. He features in the book Guinness World Records and more recently revealed all in a ...

Addiction Specialist Warns About Stronger Drugs
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
By Mike Corbin (mcorbin@wibc.com) One of Indiana's top addiction recovery specialists says a pure, more powerful form of hydrocodone could spark a whole new wave of drug addiction. Scott Watson of Indiana-based Heartland Intervention says it's already ...

Acute Kidney Injury Shortens Survival in Alcoholic Hepatitis
Doctors Lounge
In patients with alcoholic hepatitis, acute kidney injury (AKI) during hospitalization decreases 90-day survival; and AKI detected by AKI network criteria is a better predictor of mortality than AKI detected by traditional criteria, according to ...

Pure hydrocodone possibility concerns recovering addict and addiction expert
WPDE
But now, drug makers want to make a pure form of hydrocodone which has recovering drug addicts and drug addiction experts on alert. "It's destroyed a lot of people lives. I had a lot of friends that's overdosed," said a recovery addict. ...

OAP drug and alcohol addiction on the rise
The Local.de
According to the government's drug and addiction expert Mechthild Dyckmans, at least 400000 Germans over 60 are dependent on alcohol. Among old people who receive round-the-clock care, either in a nursing home or at home, one in seven are addicted to ...

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Jefferson's Municipal Alliance Receives State Grant
Patch.com
The county grants will help fund Municipal Alliances to prevent alcoholism and drug abuse. Municipal Alliances are volunteer organizations that plan and develop community and evidence-basedaddiction prevention strategies and programs as well as public ...

Full Story
Nigerian Observer
Medical science has yet to identify the exact cause of alcoholism, but research suggests that genetic, psychological, and social factors influence its development. Alcoholism cannot be cured yet, but various treatment options can help an alcoholic ...

Regular exercise may aid recovery from alcoholism
The Desert Sun
Question: I am a 51-year-old woman who has never exercised in a formal way. I have been going to AA regularly now for over four months and have not had a drink since then. I would like to start an exercise program now to get in better shape, ...

New drug helps fight drug, alcohol addiction
Altoona Mirror
Most residents are aware of the problems we have in Blair County related to drug and alcoholaddiction and of the high recidivism rates related to those who have attempted treatment. Recently a medication Vivitrol was approved for alcohol and opiate, ...

Top Posts of 2011 #12 – Addiction redefined | Addiction & Recovery ...
By Jason Schwartz
I believe that addiction has profound direct and indirect impact on the addict's social, emotional and spiritual life. Some of this may self-resolve with abstinence, but much of it won't and will require theaddict to develop new ways to address ...
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SW Idaho veteran struggles with huffing addiction | Washington ...
By The Associated Press
Draper's grandfather was an alcoholic, and addiction runs in the family, says his dad, Delbert Draper. None of that, however, excuses his son's behavior. A 30-year Army veteran who also served in Iraq, Draper doesn't doubt that his son suffers ...
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Daniel Dockery, Arizona Cat Owner, Loses Pet After Humane ...
By AP
PHOENIX (AP) — Some outraged donors are threatening to pull their support for the Humane Society after it euthanized the beloved cat of a former heroin addict hours after he brought it in for medical treatment. The Arizona Republic reports ...
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MethProject.org gives facts about drug addiction and helps teens ...
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MethProject.org gives facts about drug addiction and helps teens and parents answer tough questions. I usually try to keep my blog upbeat and playful but today I want to just take a few minutes to talk about a very serious subject. One that as a ...
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Drug Addiction Double Standard

Drug Addiction: The Double Standard
International Business Times
Keith Richards, the long time lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones rock group, is virtually the poster child of “rock star/drug addict.” If Richard was an ordinary fellow (or if drug laws were applied equally without regard to wealth and celebrity), ...

International Business Times

Recovering addict's cat euthanized by Humane Society
USA TODAY
By Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic PHOENIX -- A cat that helped a man here overcome his heroin addiction was euthanized just hours after he brought it to an Arizona Humane Society for treatment of a laceration. The cat that helped Daniel Dockery ...

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Natick denies permit for West Central Street addiction clinic
MetroWest Daily News
He said he also intends to treat alcoholism and obesity at Experience Wellness Center. All patients are thoroughly screened, are frequently tested for other drugs and can be kicked out of the program, he said. The building commissioner denied the ...

When kicking the habit becomes an addiction
New York Daily News
Before becoming a serious alcoholic, I got sober. Then my endless oral fixation led me to shove 30 packs of Juicy Fruit in my mouth daily, ruining my teeth. I'd chew quickly, suck out the flavor and reach for a new stick, a sequence my husband said ...

New York Daily News

Addiction recovery center worries Cottonwood Heights neighbors
Salt Lake Tribune
Such housing is important to recovering addicts as they try to get their lives back together, said Bills, who is a recovered addict himself. Balance House residents will be required to find work or continue their education, and do community service ...

Southwest Florida Addiction Services elects officers 2012
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
Other members of the board of directors are retired FBI Agent Fred Anderson; Mark S. Atkins of Lee Memorial Health System; Diana Black, First Community Bank of Southwest Florida; Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron; Joseph P. D'Alessandro, Goldberg, ...

Where to Get Non-Alcoholic Drinks in Chicago
Chicagomag.com
By Graham Meyer According to a 2011 Gallup poll, 35 percent of American adults say they don't drink alcohol, yet most Chicago bars and restaurants that pride themselves on creative cocktails don't list nonalcoholic options on their menus. ...

Boy's killer freed despite family concerns
TVNZ
A long-time drug addict who bludgeoned a sleeping seven-year-old boy to death has been freed on parole despite concerns from relatives of the man he will be living with. Anthony Roma, now 45, broke into the Napier home of Simon Reaney and his family in ...

It's like I'm in a hole, addict says
Times of Malta
Mr Bonello admitted he had had an addiction problem since he was 19 and had even completed a rehabilitation programme but started taking heroin soon after. “It's like I'm in a hole. But I'm fed up of this life… I want to start a programme,” he said. ...

Life for addict who murdered man for life savings
London24
Police found that Puxty had taken approximately £50000 over a three month periods in order to fuel his drug and alcohol addiction as well as buying luxury goods and motorbikes. After the sentencing, a family spokesman said: “To imagine that anyone ...

London24

Risk of addiction
Akron Beacon Journal
It now provides about $335000 a year to the state Department of Drug and Alcohol AddictionServices, an amount a 2005 study by Cleveland State University viewed as far from adequate. The study calculated that mitigating the damage from gambling would ...

Ex-Celtic tells Monty Tech students of fall from fame
Worcester Telegram
By Brian Owen II CORRESPONDENT Chris Herren, the one time Celtics player, who lost his career to addiction, addresses Monty Tech students on Monday morning. (T&G Staff/ED COLLIER) "Oxy grabs you by the throat and never lets you go. ...

Addict compulsory treatment unpopular worldwide, expert says
RAPSI
Ivanov shared Krupitsky's idea, saying that only 2 percent out of a million of addicts who asked for medical treatment can truly recover from drug addiction. He also alleged that the existing addicttreatment model is ineffective.

Dr. Gabor Maté and naturopath launch innovative addiction recovery program
The Vancouver Observer
Dr. Gabor Maté will collaborate with naturopathic doctor, Sat Dharam Kaur ND and yoga experts Yogi Amandeep Singh and Sat Kaur Khalsa in teaching an innovative approach to addiction recovery. The program utilizes ancient Kundalini Yoga techniques ...

Treatment center remains community staple
Farmington Daily Times
By Kurt Madar kmadar@daily-times.com Dutremaine runs Cottonwood Clinical Services, a local addiction treatment and counseling facility, but she also was on the other side of the fence. "I know how it works," Dutremaine said. "I am an ex-drug addict ...

Chico's shadow people: trying to climb out
Enterprise-Record
This segment looks at one woman's struggle to escape homelessness and alcoholism. Shaunee Kelly has something precious she desperately wants to nurture and encourage to grow. She has hope. Hope has been in short supply for the 30-year-old Redding ...

Rivers woman writes debut novel
Brandon Sun
Jennifer Brown of Rivers has written her first novel, “Fairy Tales and Poison: A Self-Help Tale Entailing The Emotional Rollercoaster Of A Relationship Cursed By Alcoholism.”  Jennifer Brown of Rivers saw beyond the fairy-tale ending as she ...

Tom Sizemore Publishes Memoir About Drug Addiction | Michael's ...
By Valeria W.
Unfortunately, his struggle with drug and alcohol addiction started to tarnish his stellar acting reputation and create a new name for him that wasn't quite so positive – addict. By the end of the 90s, Sizemore was losing his ability to secure great ...
Michaels House Blog

Addiction Inbox: The Economic Cost of Heavy Drinking
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. ...
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Former addict on track

Former addict on track
Toronto Sun
The charges against Lyons were dropped, and she promptly entered the Jean Tweed addictioncentre in Toronto's west end. Drug use becomes a way of getting through life on the streets, says Kim Snow, an associate professor with Ryerson University's ...

Recovering alcoholic now helping others at Staffordshire Brighter Futures
Stoke & Staffordshire
Originally from Rugeley, the 50-year-old has battled alcoholism, drug abuse and homelessness for most of his life. He gave up his marriage to tour the UK with Birmingham-based rock band Marshall Law for five years. However, just before the band ...

Heroin addict shares his story from prison, hoping to reduce the destruction ...
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
You only have so much stuff to sell,” Coffey said. Clean and clear-headed, he said he is “deeply sorry” for his actions. “How horrible does that sound? I broke into someone's home to support my drug addiction.” A1main_heroin_evidence2 . jpg.

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Joe Bodolai: Former Saturday Night Live writer leaves online apology before ...
Daily Mail
By Michael Zennie A former writer for 'Saturday Night Live' and co-writer of the first draft of 'Wayne's World,' apparently succumbed his battle with alcoholism and killed himself, cops say. Three days before his body was discovered at a Los Angeles ...

Daily Mail

Dilaudid addict says things are looking up
Riverview ThisWeek
To feed his addiction to the painkiller, he committed a robbery and landed in jail for a couple of months. He tried detox, but he couldn't stick with it. In 2006, he got into the city's methadone program. "Things are a lot better now. ...

Program assists addiction fight
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
One of the key reasons for such facilities is to help the recovering addict avoid a return to the people and places that fed the addiction before arrest. “We've seen people who have told us they relapsed four or five times within the same year. ...

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Study links tasty foods to an addiction
Stuff.co.nz
Over time, a high sugar diet suppresses the brain circuits that control feelings of satiation, so that more and more has to be consumed to produce the same sense of fullness – much as an addict has to take ever-increasing doses of a drug to achieve the ...

Alcoholic Plymouth girl, 19, given custody for attacking stranger
Plymouth Herald
AN ALCOHOLIC teenager who took part in an unprovoked gang attack on a stranger has been locked up for nearly five months. Plymouth magistrates sent 19-year-old Gemma Baker to a young offender institution for 20 weeks. The court heard she hit the man ...

Lighthouse Network offering free, 24-hour addiction helpline
Newnan Times-Herald
Those looking at legal consequences for their drinking are not the only ones faced with the pressures -- and the pleasures -- of the holiday season, so say experts at Lighthouse Network, an addictionand mental health referral program that also ...

Reforms aim to stem opiate abuse in Vermont
BurlingtonFreePress.com
BEAR CIERI, for the Free Press Burlington Free Press Sam Hemingway produced multiple stories and series in 2011 on the toll of opiate addiction here. Among his findings: • The problem, the nation's second worst, is getting worse. ...

Bangor addiction treatment center provides safe outlet for Lehigh Valley residents
Lehighvalleylive.com
"We're finding that people that had been in recovery for many years, maybe sober from alcohol for 10 years or more, are going to casinos and ending up either relapsing on alcohol, because they provide it for free, or getting an addiction to gambling," ...

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Addict-felon turns role model, thanks to de-addiction camp
Deccan Herald
Come New Year, he will begun work as a cook at the canteen of the de-addiction centre where he was treated from May to October this year. Shaukat started with a few drags of hash given by some school friends, only to become an addict a few days later. ...

Stakes are high as 'net gambling rules set
MyFox Tampa Bay
The online gaming community may have gotten a huge Christmas present, but for anyone who's a recovering addict, like the man we interviewed for this story -- who asked us not to reveal his identity and now works as a counselor with Gamblers Anonymous ...

Drug courts turn around lives, one addict at a time
Jackson Clarion Ledger
One can recover and break the bondage of addiction. Tough love helped me to get where I am today to stay clean and sober. It's not a final step; it's a transformation." Archie said her goal is to counsel others. She is currently working as a sitter. ...

Long-term heroin addict granted bail
DI-VE
by di-ve.com - editorial@di-ve.com A man with a 13-year-long heroin habit pleaded not guilty to trafficking and possession today. Jonathan Bonello, 32, admitted to simple possession of heroin but pleaded not guilty to possession not for his exclusive ...

Binley thief avoid punishment as he's 'beating drug addiction'
Coventry Telegraph
by Sam Dimmer, Coventry Telegraph A RECOVERING drug addict who stole £156 of cosmetics from Boots has escaped punishment after a court heard he was turning his life around. Mark Thomson, 33, was arrested by police as part of a Christmas crackdown on ...

I think my dad is an alcoholic
The Sun
I BELIEVE my dad is an alcoholic and I'm so worried something is going to happen to him. I'm a 15-year-old girl and Sundays at home are a nightmare. He's down the pub most of the day, then he comes home like some drunken idiot. ...

Alcohol, drugs catch up with aging Boomers
Burlington Times News
The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is launching an early-warning campaign to alert people, not just about drinking, but also about the larger issues of substance abuse among the elderly. “I certainly think that it's going to be a rapidly ...

Young mum to battle drug addiction
Scotsman
A YOUNG mum who gave birth at 12 today told how she plans to go into rehab for the sake of her daughter. Tressa Middleton, 18, of Bathgate, told how she ended up using £400 of heroin a day and now hopes to get clean, it was reported today. ...

Everyday Heroes: Mary Marks' troubled childhood leads to life of service
Green Bay Press Gazette
Her mother, who is now dead, was an alcoholic, and Marks found herself counseling other young people who were coping with addiction in their own families. She later volunteered and worked at agencies that dealt with both addiction and domestic violence ...

Addiction Experts Fear Abuse of Painkiller Ten Times Stronger Than ...
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Four companies have begun patient testing on new painkillers containing a pure version of the highly addictive hydrocodone, and one of them. One of.
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Black Men, Addiction, and Recovery
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For those entering into the world of “drug rehab” they're required to admit their powerlessness over their drugs of choice, and are urged to adopt the identity of addict or alcoholic as reminders of the disease they suffer from for which there's no cure. ... Speaking of rehab/treatment effectiveness, Enoch Gordis, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ( NIAAA) stated the following: “In the case of alcoholism, our whole treatment system, with its innumerable ...
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Meth Addict Jailed For Animal Abuse

Meth Addict Jailed For Strangling & Sexually Assaulting A Chihuahua
LAist
For methamphetamine user Robert Edward De Shields, one side effect of the drug is apparently the strong desire to sexually abuse animals. The Sacramento parolee was sentenced this week to 10 years in state prison for his appalling treatment of an ...

LAist

Drug addiction out of control
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
By the age of 37 Abraham's drug habit had spiralled so out of control he started a methamphetamine lab at a rural property outside of Gladstone to feed his addiction. He appeared in the Rockhampton District Court on December 6 for producing dangerous ...

My drug addict son was a good boy at heart, says devastated Lincoln mum
This is Lincolnshire
An inquest into his death held at the Cathedral Centre in Lincoln, heard that he had spent the last 10 years of his life battling drug and alcohol addiction. Assistant Deputy Coroner Paul Smith recorded a narrative verdict. Mr Peglar, 27, was spotted ...

Off Beat: Trip to drug court gives new perspective on addiction
The Columbian
“I wanted them to see another level of addiction. It was a powerful experience,” Letha Brandenburg said. “They were pretty moved by it.” “We often have groups come through,” said Brad Finegood, therapeutic specialty courts coordinator for Clark County ...

No Rest for the Recovering Addict
dailyRx
It is estimated that approximately 1 million people in the United States suffer from heroin addiction, and another 1.4 million abuse prescription painkillers such as vicodin, oxycontin, and fentanyl. Opiates, derived from morphine, have been used as ...

Home National 6725 drug addicts treated at Model Treatment Centers so far
Associated Press of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (APP): The Model Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers have provided treatment to 6725 drug addicts from different parts of the country till November 30 this year.Efforts are also being made for the job placement of addicts ...

Shaun Marsh's biggest challenge is staying fit: Tom Moody
Times of India
MELBOURNE: Australian batsman Shaun Marsh's mentor Tom Moody, who helped him battle alcoholism early in his career, says the cricketer's biggest challenge now is to fight through the nagging injury problems that are hampering his rise. ...

Clueless Judge Serves Cameron Douglas with More Prison Time because of his ...
Huffington Post
What good is it to serve an admitted addict with additional time in prison which is costing the taxpayer a ton of dough to make a point? We know Cameron is a f-ck up. It's apparent after all the blundering and idiotic bad moves he has made. ...

New Site called Feed The Right Wolf Helps People to Break Free From Sexual and ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Launched by a self-professed pornography addict Alex Wolf, Feed The Right Wolf is a non-profit website offering help for anyone needing to recover from a porn addiction or associated sexaddiction. Created to help anyone better understand their ...

Children have a gala time at Fatima Retreat House
The Hindu
A scene showing an alcoholic man beating his wife and daughter drew laughter from the children as the girl playing the role of the alcoholic husband held an empty plastic bottle in her hand and swayed in an exaggerated manner. ...

The Hindu

State cashing in on problem gambling fund
Topeka Capital Journal
A 2005 study by the University of Buffalo indicated the prospect of being a gambling addict doubled among people living within 10 miles of a casino. Topekan Kathy Bassett's experience illustrates the depths of addiction. In a one-year span, ...

New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By CHRIS HAWLEY AP NEW YORK — Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which hasaddiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse. In this Dec. ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Jackie Appiah makes Christmas donations to former drug and alcoholic addicts
Citifmonline
Ghanaian star actress, Jackie Appiah has made a donation of food items, drinks and toiletries to the inmates of the Chosen Rehab Center in Accra, as part of her belated birthday donations to the needy in society, and her Christmas celebrations. ...

Mental health board gives $139000 to agencies
Kane County Chronicle
By BRENDA SCHORY - bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Some money went to prevent suicide, some for mental health services and for advocacy for those with disabilities, while other funds went to prevent and treat drug and alcohol addiction and to support ...

The Council leads the addicted from shame to recovery
phillyBurbs.com
Haberle has led the growing organization, formerly known as the Bucks County Council onAlcoholism and Drug Dependence, for 32 years. She calls addiction "a very shame-based illness that families cover up and hope it goes away. ...

Local PD: Reminders About Drinking & Driving
Patch.com
It takes approximately one hour for the body to metabolize one alcoholic drink. — Comparing alcoholic drinks: One 12-ounce beer has the same alcohol content as one five-ounce glass of wine or one-and-a-half ounces of hard liquor. ...

Children twice as likely as adults to have a betting problem
Daily Mail
Among the over-16s, there are an estimated 450000 people with a gambling addiction, a proportion of less than one in 100. The figures suggest that gambling could become an even bigger issue in the future, as the problem teenagers progress into ...

Daily Mail

Synthetic marijuana usage not yet an issue for Prairie Ridge
Mason City Globe Gazette
MASON CITY - A newly issued report that synthetic marijuana is the second most frequently used illicit drug among US high school seniors is not yet mirrored in North Iowa, a spokesman for Prairie Ridge Addiction Treatment Services said. ...

Religious services key to jail inmates
The Daily News Journal
MURFREESBORO — John Kelly may not have received any material gifts on Christmas Day, but he's already received what any recovering addict would consider the greatest gift of all. A Rutherford County jail inmate, Kelly was recently jailed on a domestic ...

Chaka Khan Granted Permanent Custody Of 10-Year-Old Grandchild
RTT News
Holland's father was alleged by Chaka and her sister, Tammy McCrary, to be a drug addict and unable to provide the child with suitable care. Khan and McCrary also alleged that the child's mother was a drug addict. McCrary was granted co-guardianship. ...

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Northern drinkers more likely to seek aid
Sydney Morning Herald
RESIDENTS of Sydney's northern suburbs are probably admitted to hospital more often for drink-related illness and trauma than their fellow citizens because they have better access to health services and education, a Curl Curl addiction specialist says. ...

Recovering addict: ''Rescue Mission saved my life.'' : News ...
By Chris McGrath
As a recovering addict and alcoholic -- Tortorelli credits them with saving his life. "I actually thought my addiction would kill me and I believe that the Rescue Mission is one of many groups that helped me in my recovery and helped save my ...
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Drug addict killed in Hafizabad | AAJ News
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Drug addict killed in Hafizabad. HAFIZABAD - 26th December 2011 (56 minutes ago). By Muhammad Ejaz. A drug addict was killed in Hafizabad on Monday. According to police, 30 years old Mohammad Faisal, an addict of Garhi Awan was ...
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The idea of erasing the memory of taking the drug is important where cocaine addiction is concerned, simply because this particular drug does not trigger an addiction of the physical nature. In some 20 percent of its users, ... This transmission process leaves permanent marks in the brain, ensuring the cocaine addict never forgets the sensation and explains why a recovering addict can fall back into use even years after rehab was completed. If this hidden memory, where context and ...
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Addiction Inbox: Are You Okay?
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. ... People who answer “yes” to two or more of these questions should seriously consider whether they are drinking in an alcoholic or abusive manner. Unfortunately, the CAGE test is considered to be an accurate diagnostic tool primarily in the case of adult white males. Photo Credit: http://tokyotek. ...
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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 ... Are You Enabling an Alcoholic or Addict? ...
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Mental Health Experts Define Recovery
Big Think
A year-long project has led to a new a definition of 'recovery' for those suffering from mental illness or addiction. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced its new definition this week: "A process of change through ...

A milestone in addiction science
Gainesville Sun
Dr. Scott Teitelbaum is the medical director of the Florida Recovery Center and clinical chief of theAddiction Medicine Division at the University of Florida. The recovery center's new facility is scheduled to open in July 2012. ...

Shelter in Alexandria helps former addict reunite with family
Alexandria Town Talk
Dauzart is spending Christmas Day with her children and her family, something she hasn't done since a crystal methamphetamine addiction wrecked her life. The Town Talk first interviewed Dauzart in May. At the time, she was a resident at Hope House. ...

Christmas in rehab
North Shore News
"Alcoholism and drug addiction is a disease of denial. Often you think you're fooling everybody. You think that everybody else doesn't see it; whereas in actual fact, actually everybody else does see that there's a problem." Family members can find ...

Former Flagler addict's actions a positive sign
Daytona Beach News-Journal
By JULIE MURPHY, Staff writer Suzanne Garrison, believing she has beat her three-year drugaddiction because of her participation in Drug Court, shares the message that the program works with passing motorists as part of her community service. ...

Downtoearthvideo.com is Planning to Hold an Alcoholism Treatment Open Day
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Downtoearthvideo.com is planning on holding an alcoholism treatment open day at the beginning of 2012. People who follow the site and have an alcohol problem or who know someone with a problem like this are welcome to attend on the day in question. ...

P addict jailed for chihuahua sex attack
New Zealand Herald
De Shields, a meth addict, has been in and out of custody for years. In the last 19 to 20 years, he has only been free from jail or monitoring by the authorities for about five months, except for periods when he was on the run, according to the ...

Sobriety, Christmas together is family's best gift of all
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Kevin Morehouse - Addict comes home: Watch Kevin Morehouse describe his rise from addictionand his thoughts about going home for Christmas for the first time in many years. Kevin Morehouse (left) watches his son's Austin, 12, Drake, 8, and Dominick, ...

Declan Lynch: Drink is cunning, baffling and powerful
Irish Independent
Ah, it is a tricky business, this alcoholism. And it arises in the case of Hitchens in the context of a claim by the BBC's media correspondent Nick Higham that Hitch was "an alcoholic", a claim that was rebutted in the strongest terms in a much finer ...

Irish Independent

Great Falls Rescue Mission resident shares story
KXLH Helena News
Great Falls Rescue Mission resident Doug Dolan is a recovered alcoholic, and reflects on his past with an abusive, alcoholic father. "You know I said at the time (that) I'm never going to end up like that," Dolan said. He grew up defending his mother ...

Don't be a 'family enabler' this holiday season
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
Alcohol and drug addiction carry specific characteristics. In general, this disease follows a predictable course. Left untreated, it can be fatal. It also affects those close to the addict — family, spouses, and friends. Those who treat addiction call ...

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Rosenblum: Once lost, he now leads others to the path
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ten years ago, Smith was a homeless alcoholic who was found to be schizophrenic. Christmas arrived a week early at Brooklyn Center's Spiritual Church of God, and it was tasty. On Sunday, Dec. 18, the Rev. Harding Smith thanked God for the 40-degree ...

Hangovers: Improving your morning after
Indianapolis Star
Sources: Hangover Review, www.hangoverreview.com; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse andAlcoholism, www.niaaa.org; Pilar Gerasimo, editor of Experience Life magazine. Let's make this clear from the outset: The best way to avoid a hangover is to avoid ...

Health briefs for the Grand Strand
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Addiction counseling | Narconon can help you take steps to overcome addiction in your family. Call for free assessments or referrals (877) 413-3073 or www.drugsno.com. Safe Sitter Class | for 11-13 year olds, 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday, HealthFinders. ...

"Every big step in the integration is taken after a crisis"
San Francisco Luxury News
[In 1990 it was interior minister when Dieter Kaufmann, a man of 37 years with drug addiction and schizophrenia, shot two bullets as he left a meeting with members of his party, one of them broke her jaw and another pierced his chest, lodging in the ...

After mom beats drugs, family together for first Christmas in Lake Worth home
Palm Beach Post
Melissa, 29, was homeless and struggling with a drug addiction until she was able to get help at The Lord's Place and now she is a working mom who owns the townhouse and a car. "I feel really blessed to be able to raise my kids, " she said. ...

Addict stole from his dying grandad
Stoke & Staffordshire
A CHEF has been jailed after stealing more than £12000 from his dying grandfather and vulnerable grandmother. Thirty-five-year-old Shaun Taylor had seen little of his grandparents but resumed contact in January when his grandfather became very ill with ...

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