If alcoholism runs in my family, am I at greater risk?
Globe and Mail
Alcoholism is believed to be caused by both genetic and environmental influences. Studies done on children where one or both parents are alcoholic have shown that they have a 4-8 times higher risk of alcoholism when compared to those with no parental ...
Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
Alcoholism is believed to be caused by both genetic and environmental influences. Studies done on children where one or both parents are alcoholic have shown that they have a 4-8 times higher risk of alcoholism when compared to those with no parental ...
Globe and Mail
Addiction expert helps bankers avoid the evil side of success
The Australian
Kingdon, 42, who describes himself as an addiction specialist, uses many of the techniques that helped him to overcome "years of alcoholism, drug addiction and criminality" which began at the age of 12. At 26 he had a breakdown: "I knew it was do or ...
College-age adults average 9 alcoholic beverages each time they binge drink ...
Washington Post
Binge drinking is when someone consumes four or five alcoholic beverages on one occasion. Health officials lament it contributes to problems like drunk-driving accidents, violence and fetal alcohol syndrome. About 17 percent of the adults surveyed said ...
Tom Loewy: Addict's message: 'Don't let it kill you'
Galesburg Register-Mail
Dianna Campbell used methampetamine for 14 years and served prison terms because of heraddiction. She hopes other addicts can join her in staying out of prison and off drugs. By TOM LOEWY Dianna Campbell looked surprised last week after she revealed ...
Ben Cousins hurt in fall at Perth addiction centre
The Australian
I'm a drug addict." The former West Coast Eagles captain and Richmond player has been dogged by speculation in the past six months that he is struggling again with addiction. A six-time All Australian who won the Brownlow in 2005, his career faltered ...
Kim Richards alcoholic: Real Housewives star out of rehab after treatment for ...
Daily Mail
By Mike Larkin It seemed she was in for a lengthy stay when she checked into rehab due to alcohol abuse and 'other problems' in December. But fans of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills favourite Kim Richards will no doubt be pleased to learn she has just ...
Daily Mail
Offaly star Niall McNamee opens up about his addiction to gambling
Irish Independent
"If you're an alcoholic, everybody can see it because you're falling around the place drunk. If you're a drug addict, an overdose might stop you in your tracks. "If you're a gambler there are so many easy ways of hiding. Like, I could lose €1000 and ...
Addict burglar jailed for stealing heirlooms
The Oxford Times
Peter du Feu, defending, said his client had a heroin addiction for 16 years but was now free of the drug and methadone. He said: “His mother says it's Jekyll and Hyde. When he's off the drugs he's the nicest son she could hope for. ...
How to Battle Shopping Addiction
U.S. News & World Report
For some people, that means first overcoming a shopping addiction. About 5 percent of Americans suffer from compulsive shopping, and even more struggle with lesser forms of overspending, says Terrence Shulman, founder of the Shulman Center for ...
Alcoholic teen jailed for missing group treatment
Get Surrey
Victoria Cray, 19, of Knoll Park Road, Chertsey, appeared at Staines Magistrates' court after failing to comply with conditions that required she attend an alcoholic treatment course, following her arrest on March 14 last year and subsequent conviction ...
Ontario nurses blast gov't inaction on First Nations drug crisis
Vancouver Sun
By Elizabeth Payne, Postmedia News January 10, 2012 6:55 AM Tiny, fly-in reserves in northwestern Ontario like Eabametoong First Nation have become overwhelmed by addiction to the synthetic opioid OxyContin. OTTAWA — The federal and provincial ...
Facebook addiction disorder
New Straits Times
We cannot deny that Facebook addiction exists and it can pose serious problems. It has become so common that psychologists in the United States have termed it Facebook addiction disorder or FAD. It is crucial that we learn about the dangers and how to ...
'Intervention': Donna Must Confront The Addict's User Mother Before The ...
Huffington Post
Donna's reality check that Dallas is prostituting herself out to make money for her addiction broke Dad into tears, but only pushed Mom out for a cigarette break. Mom was in place and played her part in helping Dallas through the intervention, ...
Shopping Addiction Show (Major Cable Network) Now Casting
Realitywanted
Do you to shop so much that you feel like it may be an addiction? • Are friends and family WORRIED for you? • Do you buy TOO MUCH OF ONE THING?? You must be logged in to view the full casting call and apply. Please login using the login box at the top ...
New treatment for Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Vanguard
By Chioma OBINNA Respite last week came on the way of patients suffering from Non AlcoholicFatty Liver Disease as a new research has clinically proven that Tocotrienols can be use to achieve a complete remission of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, ...
Drug Abuse and Addiction Help From A Supplement
The Alaska News
A recent statistical analysis found, “pharmaceutical drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the US.” In Alaska in 2007, 75 deaths were directly caused by illicit drug use, says the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and Substance ...
The Alaska News
Culture Crack: Why Our Addiction to Connection Is Changing Life, Liberty, and ...
Huffington Post (blog)
It's an addiction that is changing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in America. Our increasing demand to be continuously connected to all that exists in the world gives today's connection users a near omnipotent level of knowingness ...
Recovering alcoholic: I began drinking at 10 and now I'm facing death at 26
Metro
A recovering alcoholic who started drinking at the age of ten is scared he will die before he receives a life-saving liver transplant. Matt Maden, now 26, has been living on borrowed time since he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis five years ago. ...
Keno addict or just 'greedy'? Muskegon Polish Union embezzler gets jail
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
In a Muskegon Chronicle interview following her arrest, Bleich attributed her embezzlement to a gambling addiction, for which she said she was receiving help. She said she spent all the stolen money on Club Keno games at the Polish Union, ...
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Isle of Man gambling survey probes addiction problems
BBC News
Problem Gambling Support worker Lyndsey Smart said: "Gambling can be a harmless, innocent and pleasurable activity for the majority but for a small percentage of the population occasional use can extend into an addiction. "Studies show that about 0.9% ...
War on addiction strikes blow against crime | Georgia Health News
By Andy Miller
Ploof, 27, is now in recovery from her addiction. She went through intensive inpatient treatment at Women's Outreach in Rome for five months. She now has a job, and is in the process of getting her child back. “I was sick and tired of being sick ...
Georgia Health News
The Australian
Kingdon, 42, who describes himself as an addiction specialist, uses many of the techniques that helped him to overcome "years of alcoholism, drug addiction and criminality" which began at the age of 12. At 26 he had a breakdown: "I knew it was do or ...
College-age adults average 9 alcoholic beverages each time they binge drink ...
Washington Post
Binge drinking is when someone consumes four or five alcoholic beverages on one occasion. Health officials lament it contributes to problems like drunk-driving accidents, violence and fetal alcohol syndrome. About 17 percent of the adults surveyed said ...
Tom Loewy: Addict's message: 'Don't let it kill you'
Galesburg Register-Mail
Dianna Campbell used methampetamine for 14 years and served prison terms because of heraddiction. She hopes other addicts can join her in staying out of prison and off drugs. By TOM LOEWY Dianna Campbell looked surprised last week after she revealed ...
Ben Cousins hurt in fall at Perth addiction centre
The Australian
I'm a drug addict." The former West Coast Eagles captain and Richmond player has been dogged by speculation in the past six months that he is struggling again with addiction. A six-time All Australian who won the Brownlow in 2005, his career faltered ...
Kim Richards alcoholic: Real Housewives star out of rehab after treatment for ...
Daily Mail
By Mike Larkin It seemed she was in for a lengthy stay when she checked into rehab due to alcohol abuse and 'other problems' in December. But fans of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills favourite Kim Richards will no doubt be pleased to learn she has just ...
Daily Mail
Offaly star Niall McNamee opens up about his addiction to gambling
Irish Independent
"If you're an alcoholic, everybody can see it because you're falling around the place drunk. If you're a drug addict, an overdose might stop you in your tracks. "If you're a gambler there are so many easy ways of hiding. Like, I could lose €1000 and ...
Addict burglar jailed for stealing heirlooms
The Oxford Times
Peter du Feu, defending, said his client had a heroin addiction for 16 years but was now free of the drug and methadone. He said: “His mother says it's Jekyll and Hyde. When he's off the drugs he's the nicest son she could hope for. ...
How to Battle Shopping Addiction
U.S. News & World Report
For some people, that means first overcoming a shopping addiction. About 5 percent of Americans suffer from compulsive shopping, and even more struggle with lesser forms of overspending, says Terrence Shulman, founder of the Shulman Center for ...
Alcoholic teen jailed for missing group treatment
Get Surrey
Victoria Cray, 19, of Knoll Park Road, Chertsey, appeared at Staines Magistrates' court after failing to comply with conditions that required she attend an alcoholic treatment course, following her arrest on March 14 last year and subsequent conviction ...
Ontario nurses blast gov't inaction on First Nations drug crisis
Vancouver Sun
By Elizabeth Payne, Postmedia News January 10, 2012 6:55 AM Tiny, fly-in reserves in northwestern Ontario like Eabametoong First Nation have become overwhelmed by addiction to the synthetic opioid OxyContin. OTTAWA — The federal and provincial ...
Facebook addiction disorder
New Straits Times
We cannot deny that Facebook addiction exists and it can pose serious problems. It has become so common that psychologists in the United States have termed it Facebook addiction disorder or FAD. It is crucial that we learn about the dangers and how to ...
'Intervention': Donna Must Confront The Addict's User Mother Before The ...
Huffington Post
Donna's reality check that Dallas is prostituting herself out to make money for her addiction broke Dad into tears, but only pushed Mom out for a cigarette break. Mom was in place and played her part in helping Dallas through the intervention, ...
Shopping Addiction Show (Major Cable Network) Now Casting
Realitywanted
Do you to shop so much that you feel like it may be an addiction? • Are friends and family WORRIED for you? • Do you buy TOO MUCH OF ONE THING?? You must be logged in to view the full casting call and apply. Please login using the login box at the top ...
New treatment for Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Vanguard
By Chioma OBINNA Respite last week came on the way of patients suffering from Non AlcoholicFatty Liver Disease as a new research has clinically proven that Tocotrienols can be use to achieve a complete remission of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, ...
Drug Abuse and Addiction Help From A Supplement
The Alaska News
A recent statistical analysis found, “pharmaceutical drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the US.” In Alaska in 2007, 75 deaths were directly caused by illicit drug use, says the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and Substance ...
The Alaska News
Culture Crack: Why Our Addiction to Connection Is Changing Life, Liberty, and ...
Huffington Post (blog)
It's an addiction that is changing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in America. Our increasing demand to be continuously connected to all that exists in the world gives today's connection users a near omnipotent level of knowingness ...
Recovering alcoholic: I began drinking at 10 and now I'm facing death at 26
Metro
A recovering alcoholic who started drinking at the age of ten is scared he will die before he receives a life-saving liver transplant. Matt Maden, now 26, has been living on borrowed time since he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis five years ago. ...
Keno addict or just 'greedy'? Muskegon Polish Union embezzler gets jail
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
In a Muskegon Chronicle interview following her arrest, Bleich attributed her embezzlement to a gambling addiction, for which she said she was receiving help. She said she spent all the stolen money on Club Keno games at the Polish Union, ...
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Isle of Man gambling survey probes addiction problems
BBC News
Problem Gambling Support worker Lyndsey Smart said: "Gambling can be a harmless, innocent and pleasurable activity for the majority but for a small percentage of the population occasional use can extend into an addiction. "Studies show that about 0.9% ...
War on addiction strikes blow against crime | Georgia Health News
By Andy Miller
Ploof, 27, is now in recovery from her addiction. She went through intensive inpatient treatment at Women's Outreach in Rome for five months. She now has a job, and is in the process of getting her child back. “I was sick and tired of being sick ...
Georgia Health News
A Blog on Bioethics: Addiction, Philosophy--and Science
By Stephen Latham
The second reason he considers for the disease model is that "the disease model seemingly gains support from genetics;" on this point, he cites a study from 1973 that showed that children of alcoholics, raised by non-alcoholic parents, are more likely to become alcoholic. Benn rejects this on grounds that genetic ... by Stephen Latham at 12:31 PM. Labels: addiction, akrasia, alcoholism, brain science, disease, neuroimaging, neuroscience, philosophy, Piers Benn, weakness, will ...
A Blog on Bioethics
Exploring a Link Between Sleep Medication and Alcoholism Relapse
By Promises Treatment Centers
Those who complete an alcohol rehab treatment program often find that the most challenging part of recovery lies ahead of them. While addiction treatment can.
Promises Addiction Treatment...
Stress About Alcohol? Heavy Drinking Versus Alcoholism ...
Published on January 8, 2012 by Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. in All About Addiction ... is the type of addictwe've been taught to think of—chronically relapsing and ... spontaneous remission, or some other means of stopping their alcoholic drinking ).* ...
www.psychologytoday.com/.../stress-about-alcohol-heavy-dri...
Alcoholic Matt Maden, 26, who needs a new liver sits by the phone ...
'I started drinking aged 10': Alcoholic, 26, desperately in need of new liver sits by phone waiting for a life-saving call. He was .... And he got caught in an addiction, and he was soo young! ... Poor man -alcoholism is a disease, not a free choice. ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Alcoholic-Matt-Maden-26-needs-new...
The Way Out
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'I started drinking aged 10': Alcoholic, 26, desperately in need of new liver sits by phone waiting for a life-saving call. He was .... And he got caught in an addiction, and he was soo young! ... Poor man -alcoholism is a disease, not a free choice. ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Alcoholic-Matt-Maden-26-needs-new...
The Way Out
