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 ...
9NEWS.com
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.
BBC News
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 ...
The Local.de
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 ...
Addiction & Recovery News
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 ...
9NEWS.com
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.
BBC News
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 ...
The Local.de
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 ...
Addiction & Recovery News
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 ...
Examiner News RSS
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 ...
Examiner News RSS
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 ...
Pathway to Prevention
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