Huffington Post
Is there a way to detect the early signs of addiction and stop the train wreck from happening, or isaddiction inevitable in people who are wired that way? This issue recently came to the forefront in a heartbreaking series of posts on Babble.com by ...
Opiate addiction: How prescription painkillers pave the way to heroin
msnbc.com
It's this action at the most basic cellular level that provides the foundation for drug addiction. Although the initial effect of the drug is rewarding and results in a “high,” or feeling of euphoria, the effect is time stamped. When it wears off, ...
6 Skill Sets Every Child Needs to Guard Against Addiction
PsychCentral.com (blog)
By David Sack, MD Addicts aren't the only ones who are haunted by the shame of addiction. Parents are often plagued with worry: “If only I had been a better parent, maybe none of this would've happened.” Addiction is not parents' fault (about half the ...
Wrestling in church to help fight against drug addiction
Canton Repository
Pro wrestlers will take part in the “Dustin Batdorff Invitational: Dropkick the Addiction” benefit Friday at Rivertree Christian Church, 7373 Portage St. NW, Jackson Township. By Lisa Reicosky History will be made at Rivertree Christian Church Friday.
Billionaire urges council to educate against drug addiction
CBC.ca
A rarely-heard voice supports the city putting money into educating people about drug addiction. Billionaire Ron Mannix showed up at a Calgary council committee Wednesday to back the city putting $150000 into the program. It's not often that Ron Mannix ...
Addiction in Ohio
msnbc.com
Young recovering heroin addicts Tej Yaich, 20, Holly Yates, 20 and Tara McCormac, 22, and Dr. Joseph Gay share their stories and discuss the growing heroin crisis in Ohio.
Don't Want to Quit or Reduce Sugar? First, Find Your Biggest Sugar 'Whys'
Huffington Post (blog)
Indeed, although you know that excess sugar can kill you eventually, your sugar addiction seems to have taken on a life of its own, right? You may even feel like a drug addict or alcoholic -- except you're strung out on sweets and carbs.
Heroin addict 'died seven times'
NEWS.com.au
A HEROIN addict who has been found clinically dead seven times should be jailed to save her life, the 27-year-old American's father has said. LeAnn Kidd, who was due to appear on drug-related charges, has been addicted to heroin since her late teens, ...
NEWS.com.au
Gambling Addict Jailed 10 Months for Singapore Stealing Spree
Jakarta Globe
He also said that her gambling addiction had caused her to lose her life savings of 100000 Malaysian ringgits ($32000) and led her to commit the offenses. She also gambled away most of the stolen money, he added. The maximum penalty for theft is a...
Jakarta Globe
Sexual Freedom vs. Sexual Addiction: The Gay Male Conundrum
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Sadly—as is typical in minority populations that struggle with equality and esteem—gay men have higher rates of alcoholism and other addictions than do heterosexual men. And though gay and straight men are equally susceptible to problem patterns of...
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Reality TV May Not Have Saved Amber Portwood's Life
Slate Magazine (blog)
Her addiction reportedly began when she was just 13 years old. Even in her debut, the first season of 16 and Pregnant, she told her then-boyfriend during an argument that if he weren't holding their baby, she would hit him. Portwood probably wouldn't ...
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners to Present CPP-115 Progress at the 2012 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Miller's presentation will be given on Tuesday, June 12th as part of a symposium entitled, "Recent Advances in Medication Development for the Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders". The Chair of the symposium will be David J. McCann, Ph.D., ...
Crack addict jailed for hammer attack murder of Downham pensioner
This is Local London
The 46-year-old crack addict had denied the killing of Pat Jobson but dramatically changed her plea to guilty this morning. Ms Jobson, 86, was found with serious head injuries at her home in Oakridge Road, Downham, in February last year.
Clinic lauds new handbook for methadone treatment
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Nova Scotia doctors now have a guide to help them treat the growing problem of opioid addiction. The Methadone Maintenance Treatment Handbook provides the most current and effective information available in the country, according to the provincial ...
'I call it the devil' - Former addict details struggle to quit smoking
Jamaica Gleaner
"The addiction took a hold on me that in the evening, I didn't want to eat unless I had a cigarette. In the morning, I had to have a cigarette. In the late hours of the night, you would hear my gate opening up, and I would be gone to Liguanea [for] a ...
Jamaica Gleaner
State Rep. Brad Bennett will not seek re-election as he continues treatment ...
Sussex Countian
E. Bradford Bennett (D-Dover) announced his retirement from the Delaware House of Representatives before his colleagues in chamber Tuesday due to his personal battle with alcoholism. Bennett was charged with DUI by the Wilmington Police Department in ...
Addict admits stealing charity box from coffee shop
Scotsman
Robert Campbell, 36, was addicted to heroin at the time, Livingston Sheriff Court was told yesterday. Campbell, described as a prisoner at Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to stealing the charity box and its contents at Poppins Cafe in Broxburn, ...
Just say no! Children learn about addiction
7DAYS
Children as young as 12 will be taught about addiction in the 85 schools the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) has selected to participate in the 'Fawasel' project. “The initiative is aimed at helping prevent addiction to substances like alcohol, ...
Heroin addict jailed for robbing woman at Limerick apartment complex
Limerick Leader
By David Hurley A HEROIN addict who threatened and robbed a woman as she was returning home from work is beginning a four-year prison sentence. Martin Morey, 20, of Edward Street pleaded guilty to robbing the Polish woman at Mount Kennett in the early ...
Limerick Leader
Kiamichi Council offering Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse Course
Daily Ardmoreite
Kiamichi Council and staff are state-certified to administer the Alcohol, Drug, Substance AbuseAssessment/Evaluation that is required prior to reinstatement of a suspended or revoked driver's license. ADSAC Assessment must be done prior to class ...
Is your teen hooked on online porn?
HLNtv.com
They work with an organization called Fight The New Drug to help others fight the addiction. “It was something that was just for fun in the beginning … and quickly escalated and turned into something that was more than just fun and games,” Saldivar ...
Survey Compares US, European Teen Substance Abuse
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Because the ESPAD is largely modeled after the methods and measures of the annual Monitoring the Future survey in the US, the results can be used to compare substance abuse among American and European teens, the researchers say.
Deadline is Friday for substance abuse prevention grant apps
Brown County Democrat
Brown County Local Coordinating Council (Governor's Commission for Drug-Free Indiana) is accepting grant applications to address local substance abuse-related issues in three areas: prevention/education, intervention and treatment and justice/law ...
Crackdown on painkiller abuse fuels new wave of heroin addiction ...
By Lisa Riordan Seville and Hannah Rappleye
“It's an epidemic,” said Dr. Joe Gay, director of the regional addiction and mental health clinic Health Recovery Services, who has studied patterns of drug use in the state. A flood of cheap heroin from Mexico, which is now one of the leading sources of the .... In 2001, just eight of Ohio's 88 counties reported a significant number of patients were entering substance abuse treatment for opiateaddiction. By the same measure, 85 of Ohio's 88 counties reported an opiate problem in 2009.
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Relapse. - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and ...
By Noro
Sometimes I don't think I am an alcoholic, though. I compulsively use whatever substances are available to me, 24/7. It's like I'm using alcoholism as an excuse, when really I just have no sense of discipline or control. Alcohol happened to be ...
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Rethinking Addiction's Roots, and Its Treatment | SARDAA
By Anna
There is an age-old debate over alcoholism: is the problem in the sufferer's head — something that can be overcome through willpower, spirituality or talk therapy, perhaps — or is it a physical disease, one that needs continuing medical ...
SARDAA
he Genetics of Addiction to Tobacco | CRC Health Group Blog
By CRC Health Group
Scientists have long understood that genes influence traits such as eye color, hair color, and blood type. Recently, advances in genetic research have demonstrated that genes may determine who does (and doesn't) become addicted to ...
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Crackdown on pills fuels wave of heroin addiction
By News Reporter
LANCASTER, Ohio -- Holly Yates started using painkillers in the ninth grade, at parties and hanging out with friends. The pills were everywhere, easy to get and cheap. By the time she was 18, she was abusing oxycodone, Percocet and other ...
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alcoholism and other problems
By jenniferswe
I grew up in an alcoholic family. It was a nightmare. My mother and father fought all the time. My mother drank all the time and wouldn't do anything else. I ended up taking care of the house because she wouldn't. She finally drank herself to death in .... You cannot force an alcoholic to quit drinking, you cannot force a drug addict to stop using, you cannot force an abuser to stop abusing, you can not force anyone to do anything that they are not willing or wanting to do, unfortunately. (well ...
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Blog Archive » Webinar: Preventing Substance Abuse and ...
Are strategies the same for preventing substance abuse and supporting recovery for service members, veterans and their families as they are for the civilian ...
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