Actor Ben Vereen Talks About Drug Addiction
WKRG-TV
Ben Vereen shared his story of recovery from drug addiction before the Luncheon started. Watch the video. About 800 people attended the lucheon at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel that raised 130 thousand dollars for the drug education for our ...
WKRG-TV
Ben Vereen shared his story of recovery from drug addiction before the Luncheon started. Watch the video. About 800 people attended the lucheon at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel that raised 130 thousand dollars for the drug education for our ...
ABC News
The first book in the series, "Almost Alcoholic," outlines the key signs that someone might be suffering from almost alcoholism, such as drinking despite negative consequences, looking forward to drinking, drinking alone and drinking to blunt emotional ...
ABC News
Almost Alcoholic: Could Your Drinking Be a Problem?
Huffington Post (blog)
This is where the concept of almost alcoholic fits in -- and it may apply to you or someone you love. Could You (or a Loved One) Be an Almost Alcoholic? This illustration more accurately reflects the real "drinking world." What it suggests is that an ...
Substance Abuse Prevention Event at Braintree High School on Thursday Evening
Patch.com
Guest Speakers: Kathi Meyer Sullivan and former New England Patriot's defensive lineman, Chris Sullivan, share how substance abuse affected their lives. For more information contact Melonie Bennett, Director of Health and Physical Education at ...
My Story: My Battle With Addiction
Huffington Post
My diagnosis upon admission to rehab (aka my "resume" of addiction) stated in black and white that I am dependent on alcohol, cocaine, and sedatives. Basically, I drank til I blacked out every time, became quite accustomed to blowing lines every half ...
Prison for alcoholic bank boss who stole £100000
Yorkshire Post
Hull Crown Court heard he was a “functioning alcoholic”, who used the money to fund his lifestyle and addiction to drink. He began stealing small amounts, but gradually things spiralled “out of control” until he was at his “wits' end” and he decided ...
Yorkshire Post
Addict attacked guard and driver
Worcester News
A HEROIN addict who spends £50 a day on the drug assaulted railway staff on two occasions, magistrates in Worcester were told. Nathan Capewell, of Church Road, Malvern, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault when he appeared in court.
Alcoholic chef gets home detention
The Press
An alcoholic chef who headbutted his boss, slandered a restaurant and exposed himself has been sentenced to home detention. Simon James Pankhurst, 29, appeared before Judge Kevin Phillips in the Queenstown District Court yesterday after entering a ...
Alcoholic bank manager swindled elderly customers
The Press, York
The court was told Danter, of Copandale Road, Beverley, was an alcoholic who used the funds to maintain his lifestyle. He hoped to pay back the stolen money before his clients noticed but things got “completely out of his control”, the court heard.
Technology can push our crazy buttons, rewire brains
USA TODAY
Mental health professionals are still considering whether Internet addiction should be considered an official psychiatric diagnosis, for example. "I don't know whether it formally qualifies as an addiction, but certainly you get used to it, ...
USA TODAY
Jail for Cape's Thelma and Louise
Independent Online
By Jade Witten It was their tik addiction that finally spelt their end. Driven to feed their drug habit, the two lovers, dubbed “Thelma and Louise”, took to robbing women with a toy gun. Using a 9mm BB gun, Nicole Booysens, 25, and Mada Larsen, 24, ...
Independent Online
Technology's lesson in addiction
Binghamton University Pipe Dream
Even if I didn't have a car or a GPS to bring me to a casino, in our modern age ofaddiction, I could simply visit a website, download an app or even join a Facebook group to alert me of card games in the Binghamton area. While technological advances ...
Binghamton University Pipe Dream
Lottery sales move online, critics worry it could fuel addiction
WPSD Local 6
HERRIN, Ill. — On Sunday, Illinois became the first state in the nation to sell lottery tickets by way of the Internet. In that first day of online business, the state racked up more than $15000 in sales. Only two ticket games are online now, ...
Addict's body found behind Perth Sheriff Court
Scotland Courier
Lynn Furlong's is the third overdose death to hit the city this month. She was found behind the sheriff court on Speygate on Sunday. Police are treating the death as ''unexplained'' but confirmed the 36-year-old's body had been found by a member of the ...
'I thought I could never live a normal life': A former heroin addict tells how ...
The Independent
"The Soho world of addiction and homelessness my twin brother and I lived in for years was devoid of basic humanity, kindness and dignity," he wrote. "I recall the interest in us from your newspaper touching us deeply and we felt respected, ...
Not An Addict, Just Addicted
Huffington Post
My life is divided now divided into two eras: the time before benzos, and the time after benzos. The transition came at age 27, when an emergency room doctor gave me a prescription for benzos to treat what turned out to be an anxiety attack.
'Thelma and Louise' sentenced to jail
News24
Cape Town - Two lovers that used a toy gun to rob women in Cape Town in order to feed their tik addiction are going to jail. Nicole Booysens, 25, and Mada Larsen, 24, dubbed 'Thelma and Louise', robbed 5 women in the week of 5 January to 11 January in ...
Foreign Entertainment Industry Not Immune to Addiction Says Mountainside Drug ...
SBWire (press release)
“Sometimes we may forget that substance abuse knows no boundaries,” begins a spokesperson for Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center. “The pressures of the entertainment industry aren't unique to America. It's the same type of pressure ...
Addiction guru to remain in custody until verdict announcement
DutchNews.nl
Keith Bakker, the addiction guru accused of sexual abuse, will be held in custody until the verdict in his case is announced on April 20, the Amsterdam court said on Tuesday. His lawyer had asked the Amsterdam court to free him in the meantime as he ...
Addiction guru faces seven years in jail for sexual abuse
DutchNews.nl
Addiction guru Keith Bakker should be jailed for seven years for sexually abusing a number of clients, the public prosecution department said on Monday. Bakker, a former addict, set up a successful anti-addiction clinic but his empire collapsed after ...
Tappan Zee Student Creates Substance Abuse Committee Banner
Patch.com
By Ryan Buncher The Orangetown Substance Abuse Committee held a contest for Pearl River and Tappan Zee High School students to create its new banner. Tappan Zee student Marissa DeStefano created the winning entry, the drawing of which is attached to ...
Recent Internet Addiction Studies Include Porn | Psychology Today
By Gary Wilson
Since we wrote Ominous News for Porn Users: Internet Addiction Atrophies Brains, which addressed recent online videogame addiction research, a tide of brand new research has been rolling in from around the world, revealing that a ...
Psychology Today Blogs
Brains May Be Wired For Addiction | The Media Freedom Foundation
By admin
Both the addicts and the non-addict siblings had the same abnormalities in the region of the brain which controls behavior. The suggestion is that these brains may be “hard-wired” foraddiction in the first place. It shows that drug addiction is ...
The Media Freedom Foundation
InsideNUP: Let's Talk Addiction - Author Jane McGregor discusses ...
By NUP
The standard line taken by the media, treatment agencies, and government is that the helplessaddict has no power over his/her behaviour. However one of the difficulties with putting ... Readily available from bookshops and the internet, often these are written by people belonging to mutual aid groups like SMART , and Alcoholics Anonymous or the many 12-step groups that are derived from it (Bloggers Anonymous, Gamblers/Gamers Anonymous etc.). In addition, online materials and ...
InsideNUP
The Dual Despair of Addiction & Depression | CRC Health Group Blog
By CRC Health Group
For many addicted individuals, their substance abuse disorder is accompanied by a mental health issue such as depression. This type of dual diagnosis (also referred to as “co-occurring disorders”) ... substance abuse has led to depression or a related mood disorder. Though the term “dual diagnosis” may not be as widely recognized or understood as words such asaddiction, alcoholism, or depression, research data shows a close association betweenaddiction and mental illness: ...
CRC Health Group Blog
I need serious help - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
By AskingForHelp
Last July he told me he's an alcoholic and severely depressed. He told me he has been drinking heavily for years (he's 26 now). I knew he drank alot but I didn't know this. He went to counseling a little but doesn't have health insurance and ...
SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...
Alcoholism | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR
He didn't join Alcoholics Anonymous, but over the last few decades many have ... A Comedy inTwelve Steps. ... Just wondering about the viewpoint of alcoholism vs. addiction. ... One of my brothers has 2 daughters that are alcoholic/addictive. ... The 12 steps have given me a practical way of dealing with every day life from ...
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