Duke addiction treatment program reunites moms, children
WRAL.com
A court sent all of Smith's children into foster care and required her to seek help for heraddiction through the Duke Family Care program if she wanted her children back. "I wasn't really ready. I just thought they (were) against me, ...
Lil Boosie Admits to Being a Drug Addict
BET
Boosie said he's hoping it will allow him to participate in a drug rehab program and beat his addiction to codeine. "Don't worry about me," he said in a statement to TMZ. "I am getting help with my drug addiction and I accept full responsibility for ...
Identifying and treating addiction
Times of India
Addiction is defined as physical and psychological dependence on psychoactive substances like alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and other drugs which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested, and temporarily alter the chemical balance of the brain. ...
U.S. Sex Addiction Epidemic
News One
Its the war against sex addiction! According to a Newsweek story on the Daily Beast, it is a bit of a problem: “'Sex addiction”' remains a controversial designation—often dismissed as a myth or providing talk-show punchlines thanks to high-profile ...
Is sex addiction real?
Salon
Recently “Sex Rehab” host Dr. Drew Pinsky made headlines by suggesting that Tiger Woods has a sex addiction. It's become the go-to defense for extramarital affairs (I'm not an asshole; I'm an addict!) and been sold to “Oprah” viewers eager to diagnose ...
Funding for Dalton addiction treatment center in doubt
The Daily Citizen
Bearden said Highland Rivers runs one of the largest combined residential and outpatient addictionprograms in the state. “Many programs across the state have just one or the other. They have the residential without the outpatient or the outpatient ...
Jail likely for heroin addict
Shetland News
A SHETLAND drug addict who was arrested after a package of heroin worth £4000 was posted to her Lerwick home is expecting a prison sentence, her lawyer told the town's sheriff court on Wednesday. The court heard that 47 year old Desiree Hassan was sent ...
TI Says Eminem Helped Him Beat Drug Addiction
BET
Unfortunately, as happens all too often with those drugs (ask Rush Limbaugh), a medical necessity quickly spiraled into addiction. Confronting the problem head on, TI reached out to Eminem for advice. "I asked him how he knew he was an addict," Tip ...
Chris Herren Tells A Cautionary Tale at Seekonk High School
Patch.com
Former NBA player Chris Herren shared his story of addiction and recovery with families at Seekonk High School Tuesday night. By Justin Pacheco When former NBA Player Chris Herren was 18 years old, he sat in an auditorium listening to former New ...
The pleasure of addiction
Grand Junction Free Press
David Linden, in “The Compass of Pleasure” reveals that “any one of us could be an addict at any time. Addiction is not fundamentally a moral failing — it's not a disease of weak-willed losers.” In other words, an addictive tendency is not a choice. ...
Neglect father admits extreme alcoholism
Adelaide Now
She said the six weeks preceding the police visit had been particularly "overwhelming" due to her ill health, the alcoholic behaviour of her former partner and father who were also living at the property, and a legal battle over the ownership of the ...
Like a Downton Abbey plot, Victorian diary reveals tales of promiscuity ...
WalesOnline
But a newly-discovered diary of a Victorian landowner in rural Wales, written 150 years ago, has revealed a vivid insight into a personal tale of promiscuity, addiction and loneliness. My Failings and Imperfections is a Victorian gentleman's ...
Is America Addicted to Sex?
TakePart
"Sex addiction is simply a new name for the old evolutionary concept—the innate urge to impregnate as many females as possible. In this sense, every man is a sex addictor was one at some point in his life." The important distinction here is that ...
Quentin Rowan, aka QR Markham, Traces His Plagiarism to Addiction
New York Observer
Today he cites an additional cause, one appropriate to The Fix: addiction. I think the truth goes back to the late '90s, when I was newly sober (counting days, actually) in a small, mid-western liberal arts college with an astonishing library. ...
Shannon Taylor Overdose Highlights the Link Between Boxing and Addiction
Bleacher Report
Shannan's problems with addiction have been documented in the past and he is one of a number of high level boxers who have battled against the demons of addiction. Oscar De La Hoya, a 10-time World Champion and known as the "Golden Boy," recently had a ...
Spared jail: Gorton drug addict who sexually assaulted nurse trying to save ...
Manchester Evening News
Roberts, a drink and drug addict with convictions stretching back 20 years, apologised to the woman at the scene and pleaded guilty at the first opportunity. He claims he does not remember the attack, which came days after he was given a community ...
Does Tobey Maguire Have a Gambling Problem?
TheFix.com
By Anna David According to those close to Tobey Maguire, friends of the Spiderman star are worried that he's a gambling addict. These rumors come in the wake of the $80000 settlement that Maguire paid toward the victims of Ponzi-schemer Bradley ...
Maple Leaf treatment center plans to buy Pine Ridge complex
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Maple Leaf Farm, a private, nonprofit addiction treatment facility in Underhill, has turned away 358 people seeking admission in the past six months because of lack of space. Executive director William Young on Tuesday called it “mission failure. ...
TI Says Eminem Helped Him Overcome Drug Addiction
KOvideo
At one point, they both suffered from drug addiction. TI says that Em was the one who helped him realize that he had a dependency on prescription medication, and since being released from his second prison sentence, TI still looks to Eminem as the ...
Addict treatment centre for women poised to open near Brandon
Brandon Sun
A new treatment program for women addicted to drugs or alcohol is set to open near Brandon. The Centre will include accommodations for up to 11 women and offer treatment programs that are specifically tailored to help women. The four-and-a-half acre ...
Agency 'manipulated' on heroin treatment
The Australian
Although it can be taken orally, and is approved in this form for alcohol dependence, most attention has focused on long-acting forms for opioid addiction, either injected or implanted. These long-acting formulations reduce the number of opportunities ...
Mums seek help after abuse from drug addict sons
Your Local Guardian
Four women have visited Sutton's Domestic Violence One Stop Shop with the problem since its launch in the summer. Police said in one case, a teenage son has constantly harassed his mother for money, threatening her with a knife if she refused to give ...
Lil Boosie -- I'm a Drug Addict and I Need Help | TMZ.com
By TMZ Staff
Lil Boosie tells TMZ ... he's finally realized he's a hardcore drug addict ... and now that he's been sentenced to prison, he wants to focus on… ... It's not like the media is gonna help your addiction. Reply. Likes 3 Dislikes 1 Clear Vote. 1 Reply ...
TMZ.com
Sex Addiction – A Real Epidemic? | Disinformation
By majestic
Awakening in the ICU, she at last understood what she had become: a sex addict. “Through sexually acting out, I lost two marriages and a job. I ended up homeless and on food stamps,” says Valerie, who, like most sex addicts interviewed for ...
Disinformation
Addiction Often Starts Earl | Addiction411
By Brian
The longer people wait to try drugs and alcohol the better chance at avoiding addiction which proves education is essential among teenagers and young adults.
Addiction411 Addiction and Treatment...
Alcoholic husband advise encouragement.... - SoberRecovery ...
By mm0115
Hello.....I am a child of an alcoholic and grandchild of an alcoholic and now my husband seems to be heading down that dreaded path. my husband has. ... Please take the time to read all the stickies in the Family & Friend Forums, this includes the substance abuse forum...addiction is addiction, doesn't matter if it is alcohol or drugs, the behaviors are the same. Read others posts, lots of ...While he may still be functioning well, please realize that alcoholism is progressive. It always gets ...
SoberFeed...Live!
Understanding Drug Addiction | Medical Teaching and Health Care
By admin
Drug Addiction is a condition where a person is reliant on the effects of a prescription or an illegal substance. This dependence becomes the primary and.
Medical Teaching and Health Care
Norwegian study finds opening bars longer ... - Addiction Journal
A new study published today in the international journal Addiction demonstrates that even small changes in pub and bar closing hours seem to affect the number ...
www.addictionjournal.org/viewpressrelease.asp?pr=164
Podcast: In Baltimore, Mapping The World Of Addiction - NPR ...
The point of the study is to understand why, at the precise moment, an addict decides to use. Epstein says if you ask someone about a relapse after the fact, ...
www.directionsmag.com/podcasts/podcast-in.../215521
Addiction program brings SMART support to local LGBTs
Windy City Times
"We don't use labels like alcoholic or addict, which can be can be refining for someone," Garnett said. "I like to use this example: I used to live in Denver, where I used to ski every weekend. But I haven't skied in 16 years, so if you ask me today if ...
Follow @jmpoolecom
WRAL.com
A court sent all of Smith's children into foster care and required her to seek help for heraddiction through the Duke Family Care program if she wanted her children back. "I wasn't really ready. I just thought they (were) against me, ...
Lil Boosie Admits to Being a Drug Addict
BET
Boosie said he's hoping it will allow him to participate in a drug rehab program and beat his addiction to codeine. "Don't worry about me," he said in a statement to TMZ. "I am getting help with my drug addiction and I accept full responsibility for ...
Identifying and treating addiction
Times of India
Addiction is defined as physical and psychological dependence on psychoactive substances like alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and other drugs which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested, and temporarily alter the chemical balance of the brain. ...
U.S. Sex Addiction Epidemic
News One
Its the war against sex addiction! According to a Newsweek story on the Daily Beast, it is a bit of a problem: “'Sex addiction”' remains a controversial designation—often dismissed as a myth or providing talk-show punchlines thanks to high-profile ...
Is sex addiction real?
Salon
Recently “Sex Rehab” host Dr. Drew Pinsky made headlines by suggesting that Tiger Woods has a sex addiction. It's become the go-to defense for extramarital affairs (I'm not an asshole; I'm an addict!) and been sold to “Oprah” viewers eager to diagnose ...
Funding for Dalton addiction treatment center in doubt
The Daily Citizen
Bearden said Highland Rivers runs one of the largest combined residential and outpatient addictionprograms in the state. “Many programs across the state have just one or the other. They have the residential without the outpatient or the outpatient ...
Jail likely for heroin addict
Shetland News
A SHETLAND drug addict who was arrested after a package of heroin worth £4000 was posted to her Lerwick home is expecting a prison sentence, her lawyer told the town's sheriff court on Wednesday. The court heard that 47 year old Desiree Hassan was sent ...
TI Says Eminem Helped Him Beat Drug Addiction
BET
Unfortunately, as happens all too often with those drugs (ask Rush Limbaugh), a medical necessity quickly spiraled into addiction. Confronting the problem head on, TI reached out to Eminem for advice. "I asked him how he knew he was an addict," Tip ...
Chris Herren Tells A Cautionary Tale at Seekonk High School
Patch.com
Former NBA player Chris Herren shared his story of addiction and recovery with families at Seekonk High School Tuesday night. By Justin Pacheco When former NBA Player Chris Herren was 18 years old, he sat in an auditorium listening to former New ...
The pleasure of addiction
Grand Junction Free Press
David Linden, in “The Compass of Pleasure” reveals that “any one of us could be an addict at any time. Addiction is not fundamentally a moral failing — it's not a disease of weak-willed losers.” In other words, an addictive tendency is not a choice. ...
Neglect father admits extreme alcoholism
Adelaide Now
She said the six weeks preceding the police visit had been particularly "overwhelming" due to her ill health, the alcoholic behaviour of her former partner and father who were also living at the property, and a legal battle over the ownership of the ...
Like a Downton Abbey plot, Victorian diary reveals tales of promiscuity ...
WalesOnline
But a newly-discovered diary of a Victorian landowner in rural Wales, written 150 years ago, has revealed a vivid insight into a personal tale of promiscuity, addiction and loneliness. My Failings and Imperfections is a Victorian gentleman's ...
Is America Addicted to Sex?
TakePart
"Sex addiction is simply a new name for the old evolutionary concept—the innate urge to impregnate as many females as possible. In this sense, every man is a sex addictor was one at some point in his life." The important distinction here is that ...
Quentin Rowan, aka QR Markham, Traces His Plagiarism to Addiction
New York Observer
Today he cites an additional cause, one appropriate to The Fix: addiction. I think the truth goes back to the late '90s, when I was newly sober (counting days, actually) in a small, mid-western liberal arts college with an astonishing library. ...
Shannon Taylor Overdose Highlights the Link Between Boxing and Addiction
Bleacher Report
Shannan's problems with addiction have been documented in the past and he is one of a number of high level boxers who have battled against the demons of addiction. Oscar De La Hoya, a 10-time World Champion and known as the "Golden Boy," recently had a ...
Spared jail: Gorton drug addict who sexually assaulted nurse trying to save ...
Manchester Evening News
Roberts, a drink and drug addict with convictions stretching back 20 years, apologised to the woman at the scene and pleaded guilty at the first opportunity. He claims he does not remember the attack, which came days after he was given a community ...
Does Tobey Maguire Have a Gambling Problem?
TheFix.com
By Anna David According to those close to Tobey Maguire, friends of the Spiderman star are worried that he's a gambling addict. These rumors come in the wake of the $80000 settlement that Maguire paid toward the victims of Ponzi-schemer Bradley ...
Maple Leaf treatment center plans to buy Pine Ridge complex
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Maple Leaf Farm, a private, nonprofit addiction treatment facility in Underhill, has turned away 358 people seeking admission in the past six months because of lack of space. Executive director William Young on Tuesday called it “mission failure. ...
TI Says Eminem Helped Him Overcome Drug Addiction
KOvideo
At one point, they both suffered from drug addiction. TI says that Em was the one who helped him realize that he had a dependency on prescription medication, and since being released from his second prison sentence, TI still looks to Eminem as the ...
Addict treatment centre for women poised to open near Brandon
Brandon Sun
A new treatment program for women addicted to drugs or alcohol is set to open near Brandon. The Centre will include accommodations for up to 11 women and offer treatment programs that are specifically tailored to help women. The four-and-a-half acre ...
Agency 'manipulated' on heroin treatment
The Australian
Although it can be taken orally, and is approved in this form for alcohol dependence, most attention has focused on long-acting forms for opioid addiction, either injected or implanted. These long-acting formulations reduce the number of opportunities ...
Mums seek help after abuse from drug addict sons
Your Local Guardian
Four women have visited Sutton's Domestic Violence One Stop Shop with the problem since its launch in the summer. Police said in one case, a teenage son has constantly harassed his mother for money, threatening her with a knife if she refused to give ...
Lil Boosie -- I'm a Drug Addict and I Need Help | TMZ.com
By TMZ Staff
Lil Boosie tells TMZ ... he's finally realized he's a hardcore drug addict ... and now that he's been sentenced to prison, he wants to focus on… ... It's not like the media is gonna help your addiction. Reply. Likes 3 Dislikes 1 Clear Vote. 1 Reply ...
TMZ.com
Sex Addiction – A Real Epidemic? | Disinformation
By majestic
Awakening in the ICU, she at last understood what she had become: a sex addict. “Through sexually acting out, I lost two marriages and a job. I ended up homeless and on food stamps,” says Valerie, who, like most sex addicts interviewed for ...
Disinformation
Addiction Often Starts Earl | Addiction411
By Brian
The longer people wait to try drugs and alcohol the better chance at avoiding addiction which proves education is essential among teenagers and young adults.
Addiction411 Addiction and Treatment...
Alcoholic husband advise encouragement.... - SoberRecovery ...
By mm0115
Hello.....I am a child of an alcoholic and grandchild of an alcoholic and now my husband seems to be heading down that dreaded path. my husband has. ... Please take the time to read all the stickies in the Family & Friend Forums, this includes the substance abuse forum...addiction is addiction, doesn't matter if it is alcohol or drugs, the behaviors are the same. Read others posts, lots of ...While he may still be functioning well, please realize that alcoholism is progressive. It always gets ...
SoberFeed...Live!
Understanding Drug Addiction | Medical Teaching and Health Care
By admin
Drug Addiction is a condition where a person is reliant on the effects of a prescription or an illegal substance. This dependence becomes the primary and.
Medical Teaching and Health Care
Norwegian study finds opening bars longer ... - Addiction Journal
A new study published today in the international journal Addiction demonstrates that even small changes in pub and bar closing hours seem to affect the number ...
www.addictionjournal.org/viewpressrelease.asp?pr=164
Podcast: In Baltimore, Mapping The World Of Addiction - NPR ...
The point of the study is to understand why, at the precise moment, an addict decides to use. Epstein says if you ask someone about a relapse after the fact, ...
www.directionsmag.com/podcasts/podcast-in.../215521
Addiction program brings SMART support to local LGBTs
Windy City Times
"We don't use labels like alcoholic or addict, which can be can be refining for someone," Garnett said. "I like to use this example: I used to live in Denver, where I used to ski every weekend. But I haven't skied in 16 years, so if you ask me today if ...
Follow @jmpoolecom
