Detroit Free Press
You are an alcoholic (even if you aren't currently drinking) and until you surrender to this reality and choose to do something about it, the sad rut you are in will become an unwinnable trench war against an enemy that is bigger and stronger than you are.
Former addict's apartment door -- on the wall at Portland's ReBuilding Center ...
OregonLive.com
Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian Former addict reunites with a piece of his personal history at The ReBuilding Center gallery (6 photos). With some stories, it's difficult to see where a story starts and ends. In this case, pick a day in the fall of 2006, ...
OregonLive.com
Liam Hemsworth talks Miley, addiction
USA TODAY
Addictions don't always have to do with drugs or alcohol, as The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth can attest. He has opened up to the September issue of Men's Health about food, his fiancée Miley Cyrus, style, and getting an unexpected kick in the chest ...
USA TODAY
Confronting addiction with intervention
Gloucester Daily Times
SUSAN BRITT: I know that because many addicted people are in complete denial about theirsubstance abuse problem, whether it's alcohol or drugs, and have little sense of the effect their behavior has on others, they refuse to admit they need help. Often, only an intervention will work to awaken ... Intervention focuses the addict on his own negative behavior, the pain and consequences it has caused, and what he has to do to keep the people who care about him in his life. SB: Are interventions necessary? AT: Yes.
Drug Addict Gets Life For OAP Mugging Murder
SkySports
A drug addict has been jailed for life for the murder of a pensioner he attacked during a street robbery late last year. Nellie Geraghty was found with severe head injuries, mumbling and face down in mud, just 100 yards from her home in Shaw, near Oldham, ...
'Parasite' addict jailed for killing pensioner in botched bag theft
Yorkshire Post
A drug addict “parasite” who murdered a pensioner as she desperately clung on to a handbag containing her husband's ashes has been jailed for a minimum of 28 years. Nellie Geraghty, 79, was found face down in the mud just 100 yards from her home in ...
Alcoholism is a devastating disease and there should be state funding for ...
Daily Mail
The World Health Organisation recognises alcoholism as a disease. Addiction to any substance or process is not necessarily the result of inadequate environment, poor upbringing, peer pressure or stupid experiment. It is an illness that may be due to ...
Daily Mail
Feds say tobacco sales to minors at record lows
MarketWatch
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- A report from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on Thursday claims that the average national retailer violation rate of tobacco sales to minors fell to 8.5%, the lowest level it has ever ...
Report: Minor tobacco sales continue to fall, reach all-time low under federal ...
Washington Post
The violation rate of tobacco sales to underage youth at retailers nationwide has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997 to 8.5 percent in the last fiscal year, according to the Substance Abuseand Mental Health Administration. The rate is based on the results of ...
Drug addict who murdered widow, 79, when she put up a fight to stop him ...
Daily Mail
A drug addict robber who 'snuffed out the life' of a widow as she desperately clung on to a handbag containing her late husband's ashes has been found guilty of murder. Nellie Geraghty, 79, was discovered face down in the mud just 100 yards from her home ...
Daily Mail
Aaron Paul draws on meth-addict exs experience for Breaking Bad
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Actor Aaron Paul didn't have to dig too deep to play his meth-dealing character in hit TV series “Breaking Bad” – he once dated an addict. Paul admits he was put off hard drugs of all kinds as he watched his ex struggle with her issues. He tells the new issue of ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Liam Hemsworth Opens Up About His 'Addiction'
Yidio TV & Movie News
In the September issue of Men's Health, sexy “Hunger Games” star Liam Hemsworth opened up about his love for suits, for Miley, and, especially, for eating. Despite that slim, toned physique the star admits that he is “an eater,” and struggled with the strict diet ...
Yidio TV & Movie News
Sales of tobacco to minors at new low, report finds
Philadelphia Inquirer
The "violation rate," which measures retailers that were willing to sell tobacco to underaged youth, has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997 to 8.5 percent in the last fiscal year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. The rate is ...
Former opioid addict turns life around
OCRegister
He spent five months in jail and then entered at a substance-abuse treatment center at Gerry House where he managed to get clean from opiate and heroin addiction. Shaffer hopes to inspire other addicts to enter rehab. ANA P. GUTIERREZ, FOR THE ...
Sexual Violence and Substance Abuse: Coping skills and Triggers
Naples Daily News (blog)
Although there are many potential triggers for any person in recovery, the substance abusevictim faces even more challenges, as they must navigate the healing process and their road to recovery from both issues. It is a human survival mechanism to ... These temporary fixes can easily become an addiction disorder when the person suffers a serious trauma, one that needs (and deserves) real healing, which is something that simply cannot be found through chemical use or abuse. Some triggers which may cause an ...
'Crazed addict' jailed for water-pistol drug robberies
Waterloo Record
KITCHENER — An addict who used a spray-painted water pistol in a string of drugstore robberies — including four at the same place — was sentenced Thursday to the equivalent of seven years in prison. Paul Hasiu, 34, started the spree last year by only ...
Trolls, fake trolls, and outrage addiction
Huffington Post (blog)
I don't know about official psychiatric definitions, but as far as I'm concerned, it's addiction. Jonathan Bernstein, a trusted friend and advisor who is part of the craigconnects team, talks about the "outrage trap." It's a method bad actors use to manufacture an ...
Liam Hemsworth talks Miley, addiction in 'Men's Health'
Liam Hemsworth talks Miley, addiction in 'Men's Health', Liam Hemsworth opened up to the September issue of Men's Health about food, his fiancée Miley Cyrus, style, and getting an unexpected kick in the chest from Jean-Claude Van ...
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Substance Abuse after TBI
By cavan46
Brain Injury. I am trying to find information reguarding substance abuse after a TBI. I am a 14 year survivor of a TBI and currently a grateful recovering alcoholic. I didn't start drinking heavily until after my injury. Has anyone else experienced this ...
Support Groups
By cavan46
Brain Injury. I am trying to find information reguarding substance abuse after a TBI. I am a 14 year survivor of a TBI and currently a grateful recovering alcoholic. I didn't start drinking heavily until after my injury. Has anyone else experienced this ...
Support Groups
Why Childhood Suffering Can Lead to Depression ? And Even ...
By NewsBot
(Psych Central News) It has long been established that childhood trauma increases a person's risk for developing depression and addiction later in life. Now, a small study of teens from the University of Texas offers one possible explanation.
NeuroTalk Support Groups
By NewsBot
(Psych Central News) It has long been established that childhood trauma increases a person's risk for developing depression and addiction later in life. Now, a small study of teens from the University of Texas offers one possible explanation.
NeuroTalk Support Groups
DrugFAM Annual Bereaved by Addiction Conference – October 6th ...
By editor
The DrugFAM charity is holding its annual Bereaved by Addiction Conference on October 6th. If you would like to attend please follow the following steps: 1. To request your place – please email bereavement@drugfam.co.uk requesting a ...
Hope UK
Smartphone Addiction: Managing Your Phone Usage Time
Could you actually be addicted to your smartphone? If not, why is it so hard to turn it off? Here are tips on reclaiming your time and concentration.
www.webmd.com/.../addicted-your-smartphone-what-to-do
Narcotics Anonymous | steps - 12 Steps to Serenity
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