New York Times
Alcoholics Anonymous has tens of thousands of groups worldwide today, but it had an identifiable beginning with its co-founder Bill Wilson. In their documentary, “Bill W.,” Kevin Hanlon and Dan Carracino recount Wilson's biography, ...
Drug Addiction Is a Disease, Not a Crime
The Root
Drug addiction should not be grounds for a lifelong prison sentence, argues Global Grind founder Russell Simmons on the Huffington Post. Challenging a New York Post opinion piece that pointed to what Simmons says is unrealistic evidence of crime in New ...
Addiction: the coming epidemic
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
As I argue in my new book The Fix, the line between consumption, habit and addiction is becoming dangerously blurred. It's not difficult to find evidence that appetites are spinning out of control. At Victoria Station, young commuters pant like elderly ...
Alcoholic died after drinking CD cleaner - coroner
New Zealand Herald
By Matthew Theunissen An alcoholic man with a history of mental illness died after drinking CD cleaner, a coroner has ruled. Barry John Morris, known as Baj Morris, was found dead at a Dunedin boarding house in November, 2010.
De-addiction to be part of Punjab school
Deccan Chronicle
By Tanveer Thakur Losing out its young generation to the menace of drugs, the Punjab government has decided to tackle the problem at the grassroots level by introducing the issue of drug de-addiction at the school level. In a latest directive issued by ...
Portrait of an addict
Telegraph.co.uk
I'm 24. I had five kids. Three of my kids are going up for adoption. One of them I have a chance to get back. I didn't start using until I lost my children. I'm staying in an abandoned place – no water or electricity, but not bad.
Telegraph.co.uk
Cocaine addict beaten over stolen scrap iron, body dumped
Demerara Waves
A cocaine addict was beaten after he allegedly stole scrap iron and his body was dumped behind the old Georgetown incinerator, relatives said. Dead is 36-year old Keith Bowen of 51 Norton Street , Lodge. His mother, Sylvia Kishore, said her son used to ...
Demerara Waves
Will bill capping MaineCare reimbursement for methadone treatment jeopardize ...
Bangor Daily News
Opiate addicts say methadone, the synthetic drug used in maintenance treatment of drug addictionin the United States since the 1960s, stops their cravings without creating the effects of a “high.” And that, they say, has been a life-changer.
Mongolia's drowning future
UB Post
Even in the early 1900's, alcohol consumption wasn't widespread in Mongolia and there was no term for 'alcoholic' in Mongolia. A report carried out by the Health Ministry of Mongolia notes that alcohol abuse could be Mongolia's biggest stumbling block ...
Pete Doherty Admits Drug Addiction Struggle, Used Heroin on Film Set
AllMediaNY
English musician Pete Doherty has opened up about his struggle with drug addiction and time in prison last year. The former Libertines frontman, who is currently promoting his new movie and acting debut Confession of a Child of the Century, ...
AllMediaNY
Addicted Maine inmates have no choice but to go off drugs 'cold turkey'
Bangor Daily News
By Leslie H. Dixon, Sun Journal WINDHAM, Maine — In prison, there is no methadone, no Suboxone, no one to give an opiate addict going through withdrawal symptoms words of comfort or even a warm blanket. It's cold, so cold that an addict's skin erupts ...
Clinicians say giving addicts maintenance methadone serves them and society best
Bangor Daily News
If Tomaselli believed he could lick his drug habit in just a week, why wouldn't — or shouldn't — every drug addict do the same? The answer, according to experts, is as complex as the subject of drug addiction itself. The good news for Tomaselli, ...
Johnny Tapia, five-time boxing champion, dies
New York Daily News
ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Johnny Tapia, the five-time boxing champion whose turbulent career was marked by cocaine addiction, alcohol, depression and run-ins with the law, was found dead Sunday at his Albuquerque home. He was 45. Authorities were called to ...
New York Daily News
Obsession or Addiction? | Psychology Today
By kschreiber
Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (alcohol, cocaine, nicotine) or engages in an activity (gambling) that can be pleasurable but the continued use of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary ...
Psychology Today Features
Dangerous addiction – should doctors be tested for drug use ...
By Edwina Light
Dangerous addiction – should doctors be tested for drug use? The Conversation, online 25 May 2012. Author: Moira Sim “Doctors, just like the rest of the population, make personal choices about drug use. Some choose to use legal drugs ...
Ethics & Health Law News
Living With an Alcoholic | Drug Abuse Reviews
By zanisa
Alcoholic people are kind of introverted and that is what makes the addiction grow. Living with an alcoholic spouse has several consequences like; children may be under a bad impression because parents are the only ones who show them ...
Drug Abuse Reviews
Could use a little help on where to start. - SoberRecovery ...
By alxndr
A spending addiction if you will. Needless to say I found out at this same time that she was also a pretty good liar. I understand I was blind and I am an idiot for not seeing this. However, I was, and still am, totally in love with this woman. ... I did not cause the addiction. I cannot control the addict. I cannot cure the addict. The 3C's are very frustrating and very freeing--all at the same time. One of our members tells the story of how she went to Al-Anon thinking "Just give me the tools so I can ...
SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...
Ask A Therapist: Low Self-Esteem, Technology Addict, and Fear of ...
By Julie Hanks, LCSW
Ask A Therapist: Low Self-Esteem, Technology Addict, and Fear of Relationships. May 28, 2012 | Author Julie Hanks, LCSW. Q: I feel like nothing I do matters and nobody really understands who I am. Every time I reach out to someone they let ...
Wasatch Family Therapy | Individual...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
As I argue in my new book The Fix, the line between consumption, habit and addiction is becoming dangerously blurred. It's not difficult to find evidence that appetites are spinning out of control. At Victoria Station, young commuters pant like elderly ...
Alcoholic died after drinking CD cleaner - coroner
New Zealand Herald
By Matthew Theunissen An alcoholic man with a history of mental illness died after drinking CD cleaner, a coroner has ruled. Barry John Morris, known as Baj Morris, was found dead at a Dunedin boarding house in November, 2010.
De-addiction to be part of Punjab school
Deccan Chronicle
By Tanveer Thakur Losing out its young generation to the menace of drugs, the Punjab government has decided to tackle the problem at the grassroots level by introducing the issue of drug de-addiction at the school level. In a latest directive issued by ...
Portrait of an addict
Telegraph.co.uk
I'm 24. I had five kids. Three of my kids are going up for adoption. One of them I have a chance to get back. I didn't start using until I lost my children. I'm staying in an abandoned place – no water or electricity, but not bad.
Telegraph.co.uk
Cocaine addict beaten over stolen scrap iron, body dumped
Demerara Waves
A cocaine addict was beaten after he allegedly stole scrap iron and his body was dumped behind the old Georgetown incinerator, relatives said. Dead is 36-year old Keith Bowen of 51 Norton Street , Lodge. His mother, Sylvia Kishore, said her son used to ...
Demerara Waves
Will bill capping MaineCare reimbursement for methadone treatment jeopardize ...
Bangor Daily News
Opiate addicts say methadone, the synthetic drug used in maintenance treatment of drug addictionin the United States since the 1960s, stops their cravings without creating the effects of a “high.” And that, they say, has been a life-changer.
Mongolia's drowning future
UB Post
Even in the early 1900's, alcohol consumption wasn't widespread in Mongolia and there was no term for 'alcoholic' in Mongolia. A report carried out by the Health Ministry of Mongolia notes that alcohol abuse could be Mongolia's biggest stumbling block ...
Pete Doherty Admits Drug Addiction Struggle, Used Heroin on Film Set
AllMediaNY
English musician Pete Doherty has opened up about his struggle with drug addiction and time in prison last year. The former Libertines frontman, who is currently promoting his new movie and acting debut Confession of a Child of the Century, ...
AllMediaNY
Addicted Maine inmates have no choice but to go off drugs 'cold turkey'
Bangor Daily News
By Leslie H. Dixon, Sun Journal WINDHAM, Maine — In prison, there is no methadone, no Suboxone, no one to give an opiate addict going through withdrawal symptoms words of comfort or even a warm blanket. It's cold, so cold that an addict's skin erupts ...
Clinicians say giving addicts maintenance methadone serves them and society best
Bangor Daily News
If Tomaselli believed he could lick his drug habit in just a week, why wouldn't — or shouldn't — every drug addict do the same? The answer, according to experts, is as complex as the subject of drug addiction itself. The good news for Tomaselli, ...
Johnny Tapia, five-time boxing champion, dies
New York Daily News
ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Johnny Tapia, the five-time boxing champion whose turbulent career was marked by cocaine addiction, alcohol, depression and run-ins with the law, was found dead Sunday at his Albuquerque home. He was 45. Authorities were called to ...
New York Daily News
Obsession or Addiction? | Psychology Today
By kschreiber
Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (alcohol, cocaine, nicotine) or engages in an activity (gambling) that can be pleasurable but the continued use of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary ...
Psychology Today Features
Dangerous addiction – should doctors be tested for drug use ...
By Edwina Light
Dangerous addiction – should doctors be tested for drug use? The Conversation, online 25 May 2012. Author: Moira Sim “Doctors, just like the rest of the population, make personal choices about drug use. Some choose to use legal drugs ...
Ethics & Health Law News
Living With an Alcoholic | Drug Abuse Reviews
By zanisa
Alcoholic people are kind of introverted and that is what makes the addiction grow. Living with an alcoholic spouse has several consequences like; children may be under a bad impression because parents are the only ones who show them ...
Drug Abuse Reviews
Could use a little help on where to start. - SoberRecovery ...
By alxndr
A spending addiction if you will. Needless to say I found out at this same time that she was also a pretty good liar. I understand I was blind and I am an idiot for not seeing this. However, I was, and still am, totally in love with this woman. ... I did not cause the addiction. I cannot control the addict. I cannot cure the addict. The 3C's are very frustrating and very freeing--all at the same time. One of our members tells the story of how she went to Al-Anon thinking "Just give me the tools so I can ...
SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...
Ask A Therapist: Low Self-Esteem, Technology Addict, and Fear of ...
By Julie Hanks, LCSW
Ask A Therapist: Low Self-Esteem, Technology Addict, and Fear of Relationships. May 28, 2012 | Author Julie Hanks, LCSW. Q: I feel like nothing I do matters and nobody really understands who I am. Every time I reach out to someone they let ...
Wasatch Family Therapy | Individual...
