NPR
Alcoholics Anonymous has long been known for the anonymity of its members. But there are two key figures in AA's history whose names are well known. One is co-founder Bill Wilson, known as "Bill W." Beginning in the 1930s, Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith ...
Alcoholic spends prison money on drink, court hears
The Northern Echo
AN ALCOHOLIC released from prison with £50 subsistence money was found unconscious later that day after blowing it all on booze, a court heard. John Reintoul has made 319 court appearances - including 72 for being drunk and disorderly - and 114 for ...
Drug czar wants to treat addiction rather than wage 'war'
The Desert Sun
Omar Ornelas/ The Desert Sun State prisoners in the US with substance abuse disorders who had at least three prior sentences on their criminal record. Starting 1988, the nation's so-called “drug czar” has led the White House's Office of National Drug ...
Drug addict jailed for driving while on ketamine
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
A DRUG addict who caused a horrific head on crash on a busy main road near Northleach because he was 'high as a kite' on Ketamine has been jailed for six months. At the time of the collision, Ian Tuthill, 27, was already on bail for an earlier offence ...
Suicide verdict after struggle with addiction
Reading Post
A former Prospect Park Hospital patient took his own life after struggling with addiction, a coroner ruled. Jason Drakeford, 37, was found slumped over the edge of his bed at Two Saints hostel, in Newtown Road, Newbury, on Friday, December 16, ...
Narconon Riverbend Survey Confirms That Drug Addiction Isn't Always Learned At ...
PR Web (press release)
Psychologists and mental health professionals are often at odds over the “nature vs. nurture” debate when it comes to the question of drug addiction. On the one side stand those who believe that a genetic predisposition toward addiction exists, ...
Court told of P addict's tale of decline
Stuff.co.nz
A former Opunake farmer was now at the bottom of the barrel and all because of his methamphetamine addiction and lack of discipline, a judge said when jailing him for his latest offending. Paul James Harrop's habit had cost him his wife, children and a ...
Teachers important in fight against substance abuse
Fiji Times
THE National Substance Abuse Advisory Council believes teachers play a vital role in helping students minimise the consumption of kava and alcohol. The NSAAC team was at Lelean Memorial Schools Lelean Day on Saturday preaching the gospel of substance ...
Annie's Mailbox: My husband is an addict
Omaha World-Herald
He is an addict, and addicts do whatever is necessary to support their habit. He will need to gradually taper off the medication until he no longer suffers withdrawal symptoms. We assume your husband has some kind of prescription for these pills that ...
India panics as middle-class kids discover party drugs
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
By Damian Thompson Addiction Last updated: June 11th, 2012 Last Saturday night, Indian police raided a party in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. They came away with 14 grams of cocaine, 10 packets of cube LSD, 10 small pills of micro LSD, five grams of MDMA ...
SIDE STREETS: Mother writes with power, raw honesty about family, work ...
Colorado Springs Gazette
“He has the disease of addiction. “But with a drug addict, that help is toxic. They have to save themselves.” And she wants to dispel the myths of drug use: “It's not just kids with no direction. It's not 'bad kids' or 'bad families.
Hopeless to healing for vets at Sheridan VA
Casper Star-Tribune Online
For Jerry Ring, a veteran who has received treatment in Sheridan, finally admitting his alcoholismand entering recovery redeemed his family life. After over a decade of separation, he won back his wife and children with sobriety, but he acknowledged ...
Goolrick spins small-town tale in 'Heading Out to Wonderful'
USA TODAY
Once a hard-partying New York ad executive who ended up on welfare and in Alcoholics Anonymous, he is now well known as the author of a highly praised, best-selling debut novel, A Reliable Wife, and a blistering tell-all family memoir, The End of the ...
USA TODAY
THE DUEL: Harm reduction only answers the guilt, not the problem
24 Hours Vancouver
Their lives are still in the grip of their addiction. Harm reduction treats the symptoms of addictionbut not the core problem. It works on the principle that instead of focusing on stopping addicts from abusing illegal and dangerous substances, ...
Insurer's 30-day prescription limit aims to cut painkiller abuse
Washington Post
By limiting the drugs, the insurer hopes to reduce the risk of addiction and also to keep the drugs from teenagers and others for whom they weren't prescribed. BCBS of Massachusetts is believed to be the first insurer in the nation to adopt this ...
Addiction NI Wins Top Award - Addiction NI - Your alcohol and drug ...
By Danielle
Drug and alcohol treatment charity, Addiction NI, has won Northern Ireland's top award for Excellence in Social Work. from left: Libby Weatherup, Edwin Poots MLA, Dr. Claire Armstrong, Alan Coleman, Janice Graham, Helen Kearley and Lynn ...
Addiction NI
India Is Freaking Out Over New Signs Of Drug Addiction Reaching The
By Adam Taylor
LSD and MDMA are reportedly the drugs of choice for youth with free cash.
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