MiamiHerald.com
FILE -- In an April 15, 2012 photo Eminem performs onstage at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Eminem, who battled an addiction to prescription drugs, thanked his fans at a New York concert Thursday Aug. 9, 2012 for...
MiamiHerald.com
Paul Carr’s comeback: NSFW Corporation in Downtown Vegas - Las Vegas Weekly: "Paul had let booze become part of his public persona, so he publicly enlisted his social network for support: “I wrote books about being a drunk. I was known around for being the drunk guy. An anonymous group wasn’t going to help me, because everybody in my non-anonymous life would still know me as a drunk and still would be handing me drinks. So I decided, for me, the way for me to quit was to go very public about it.” . . . Carr entered into recovery nearly two years ago, and this year he chronicled the process in his memoir,Sober Is My New Drunk. Today, his benign habits include Diet Coke and getting into arguments on the Internet. . . . "
RI restores funds for gambling addiction program
Boston.com
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. Home /; News /; Local /; Mass. The Associated Press. RI restores funds for gambling addiction program. By David Klepper. Associated Press / August 10, 2012. E-mail|; Print|. Text size – +. E-mail ...
Women Recover Better After Abstinence from Long-Term Alcoholism
Counsel & Heal
"We believe that many of the cognitive and emotional deficits observed in people with chronic alcoholism, including memory problems and flat affect, are related to disconnections that result from a loss of white matter," said Mosher Ruiz, in the news...
Counsel & Heal
Are You Involved With an Alcoholic/Addict?
Huffington Post
In my book Reclaim Your Life -- You and the Alcoholic/Addict I talk about The Pyramid of Change: a six-tier personal check list as you process some growing concerns about your loved one's new disposition toward addictive behavior. • Tier #1 ...
Substance Abuse Task Force tackles cyber bullying
WLOX
Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Substance Abuse Task Force, Carolyn Anderson, said it is to educate the community on how to address these problems because they can lead children to make other bad decisions. "Children who are bullied are more ...
Website aims to help pregnant smokers kick habit
CTV News
PREGNETS (Prevention of Gestational and Neonatal Exposure to Tobacco Smoke), which is developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, focuses on building a community of support with other women through the use of an online ...
Surgeon writes about how video game addiction nearly destroyed his life.
RedOrbit
He shares his expertise to educate others on the dangers of video game addiction and to provide hope for video game addicts and their families. Dr. Doan shares steps for gaming addicts to achieve recovery and steps for families and loved ones to intervene.
Stopping Cocaine Addiction With Pharmaceutical Combo
RedOrbit
Researchers from Scripps Research Institute recently revealed that a two-drug combination could possibly help those battling cocaine addiction. The combination made up of naltrexone and buprenoprine, two existing pharmaceutical drugs, is a therapy that ...
RedOrbit
ESU substance abuse program gets grant from LCB
PoconoNews.net
ESU substance abuse program gets grant from LCB. HARRISBURG - East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania's Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Prevention Services (ATOD) received a $16028 grant from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) ...
Addict exhumed in investigation
UPI.com
Gorod Bez Narkotikov rehabilitation center, which translates to "City Without Drugs," is known for promoting radical methods for addiction treatment, RIA Novosti reported. One patient in the Sarapulka clinic, 29-year-old Tatyana Kazantseva, complained ...
Regional substance abuse council expands, changes name
Meriden Record-Journal
The regional council that helps communities prevent substance abuse and other addictions now includes of Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, North Haven and North Branford as well as Wallingford and Meriden. Those towns were not being served by ...
Triathlete from Indio competes in Ironman to shed light on addiction
The Desert Sun
Shafer participated to raise money for Southern California-based XXXchurch, an organization designed to raise awareness and promote the prevention and recovery of pornography and pornographyaddiction. A self-proclaimed former pornography addict ...
Alcoholic with an 'epic' history of offences jailed for breaching Asbo
This is Kent
A TONBRIDGE man with an "epic" history of alcohol-related offences will spend two months in prison for breaching the terms of his antisocial behaviour order. Long-termalcoholic Richard Clark, 42, was spotted by CCTV operators drinking from a can of ...
This is Kent
Jennifer Gimenez reacts to Kathie Lee Gifford's addiction comments
Examiner.com
Kathie Lee Gifford has recently came under fire after insinuating that the parents whose children are drug addicts are failures. Kathie recently talked to Family Circle Magazine and told them, "I'm not a perfect mom, but my kids haven't been arrested ...
Examiner.com
Alcoholic's life is back in order
Post-Tribune
I am now a recovering alcoholic and have not had a drink of alcohol in more than seven months. In the past few months I've gotten my life back in order. I'm enrolled in night school, and I hope to have my high school diploma in a year. I also plan to ...
High court cites de-addiction expenses, quashes 2009 excise circular
Times of India
The court said that the state government spends heavy amount to advertise on de-addiction. In 2010-11, it allocated Rs 23 lakh work for liquor prohibition and to make people aware about the injuries, which may be caused due to consumption of liquor.
Families say heroin victims started with painkillers
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Lou Christiansen lost his son, Erik, on June 9 following an addiction to painkillers that progressed to using heroin. Erik, 28, was an undercover detective with the New York City police, and had gone to see a general practitioner for back pain and left ...
Two-drug combination helps combat cocaine addiction
News-Medical.net
By Piriya Mahendra, MedWire Reporter. A combination of two existing pharmaceutical drugs may soon be used to treat cocaine addiction, findings from an animal study in Science Translational Medicine suggest. George Koob (The Scripps Research Institute, ...
One Horrifying Account Of Working At Zynga
TechCrunch
I watched alcoholism and substance abuse skyrocket, relationships crumble (including my own), people slept on office couches, two developers got divorced, one nervous breakdown. They attempted to smooth this over with more stock, free food and t-shirts.
TechCrunch
Cocktail of Meds Could Treat Coke Addiction
TheFix.com
A cocktail of FDA-approved medications—including the opioid buprenorphine (Suboxone, Subutex)—could treat cocaine addiction without producing physical dependence, according to a new rat study, published in Science Translational Medicine. The trick is ...
TheFix.com
Researchers uncover gender differences in the effects of long-term alcoholism
Medical Xpress
The study, which is published online in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, also suggests that with abstinence, women recover their white matter brain volume more quickly than men. The study was led by Susan Mosher Ruiz ... Looking at the ...
On Coming Out
Huffington Post
I was inspired to write my first Huffington Post piece ("Addiction & Mental Illness: My Quarter-Life Crisis") by Anderson Cooper's coming out. When I read "the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible" in his letter to ...
RI restores funds for gambling addiction program
Boston.com
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. Home /; News /; Local /; Mass. The Associated Press. RI restores funds for gambling addiction program. By David Klepper. Associated Press / August 10, 2012. E-mail|; Print|. Text size – +. E-mail ...
Women Recover Better After Abstinence from Long-Term Alcoholism
Counsel & Heal
"We believe that many of the cognitive and emotional deficits observed in people with chronic alcoholism, including memory problems and flat affect, are related to disconnections that result from a loss of white matter," said Mosher Ruiz, in the news...
Counsel & Heal
Are You Involved With an Alcoholic/Addict?
Huffington Post
In my book Reclaim Your Life -- You and the Alcoholic/Addict I talk about The Pyramid of Change: a six-tier personal check list as you process some growing concerns about your loved one's new disposition toward addictive behavior. • Tier #1 ...
Substance Abuse Task Force tackles cyber bullying
WLOX
Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Substance Abuse Task Force, Carolyn Anderson, said it is to educate the community on how to address these problems because they can lead children to make other bad decisions. "Children who are bullied are more ...
Website aims to help pregnant smokers kick habit
CTV News
PREGNETS (Prevention of Gestational and Neonatal Exposure to Tobacco Smoke), which is developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, focuses on building a community of support with other women through the use of an online ...
Surgeon writes about how video game addiction nearly destroyed his life.
RedOrbit
He shares his expertise to educate others on the dangers of video game addiction and to provide hope for video game addicts and their families. Dr. Doan shares steps for gaming addicts to achieve recovery and steps for families and loved ones to intervene.
Stopping Cocaine Addiction With Pharmaceutical Combo
RedOrbit
Researchers from Scripps Research Institute recently revealed that a two-drug combination could possibly help those battling cocaine addiction. The combination made up of naltrexone and buprenoprine, two existing pharmaceutical drugs, is a therapy that ...
RedOrbit
ESU substance abuse program gets grant from LCB
PoconoNews.net
ESU substance abuse program gets grant from LCB. HARRISBURG - East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania's Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Prevention Services (ATOD) received a $16028 grant from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) ...
Addict exhumed in investigation
UPI.com
Gorod Bez Narkotikov rehabilitation center, which translates to "City Without Drugs," is known for promoting radical methods for addiction treatment, RIA Novosti reported. One patient in the Sarapulka clinic, 29-year-old Tatyana Kazantseva, complained ...
Regional substance abuse council expands, changes name
Meriden Record-Journal
The regional council that helps communities prevent substance abuse and other addictions now includes of Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, North Haven and North Branford as well as Wallingford and Meriden. Those towns were not being served by ...
Triathlete from Indio competes in Ironman to shed light on addiction
The Desert Sun
Shafer participated to raise money for Southern California-based XXXchurch, an organization designed to raise awareness and promote the prevention and recovery of pornography and pornographyaddiction. A self-proclaimed former pornography addict ...
Alcoholic with an 'epic' history of offences jailed for breaching Asbo
This is Kent
A TONBRIDGE man with an "epic" history of alcohol-related offences will spend two months in prison for breaching the terms of his antisocial behaviour order. Long-termalcoholic Richard Clark, 42, was spotted by CCTV operators drinking from a can of ...
This is Kent
Jennifer Gimenez reacts to Kathie Lee Gifford's addiction comments
Examiner.com
Kathie Lee Gifford has recently came under fire after insinuating that the parents whose children are drug addicts are failures. Kathie recently talked to Family Circle Magazine and told them, "I'm not a perfect mom, but my kids haven't been arrested ...
Examiner.com
Alcoholic's life is back in order
Post-Tribune
I am now a recovering alcoholic and have not had a drink of alcohol in more than seven months. In the past few months I've gotten my life back in order. I'm enrolled in night school, and I hope to have my high school diploma in a year. I also plan to ...
High court cites de-addiction expenses, quashes 2009 excise circular
Times of India
The court said that the state government spends heavy amount to advertise on de-addiction. In 2010-11, it allocated Rs 23 lakh work for liquor prohibition and to make people aware about the injuries, which may be caused due to consumption of liquor.
Families say heroin victims started with painkillers
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Lou Christiansen lost his son, Erik, on June 9 following an addiction to painkillers that progressed to using heroin. Erik, 28, was an undercover detective with the New York City police, and had gone to see a general practitioner for back pain and left ...
Two-drug combination helps combat cocaine addiction
News-Medical.net
By Piriya Mahendra, MedWire Reporter. A combination of two existing pharmaceutical drugs may soon be used to treat cocaine addiction, findings from an animal study in Science Translational Medicine suggest. George Koob (The Scripps Research Institute, ...
One Horrifying Account Of Working At Zynga
TechCrunch
I watched alcoholism and substance abuse skyrocket, relationships crumble (including my own), people slept on office couches, two developers got divorced, one nervous breakdown. They attempted to smooth this over with more stock, free food and t-shirts.
TechCrunch
Cocktail of Meds Could Treat Coke Addiction
TheFix.com
A cocktail of FDA-approved medications—including the opioid buprenorphine (Suboxone, Subutex)—could treat cocaine addiction without producing physical dependence, according to a new rat study, published in Science Translational Medicine. The trick is ...
TheFix.com
Researchers uncover gender differences in the effects of long-term alcoholism
Medical Xpress
The study, which is published online in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, also suggests that with abstinence, women recover their white matter brain volume more quickly than men. The study was led by Susan Mosher Ruiz ... Looking at the ...
On Coming Out
Huffington Post
I was inspired to write my first Huffington Post piece ("Addiction & Mental Illness: My Quarter-Life Crisis") by Anderson Cooper's coming out. When I read "the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible" in his letter to ...
Understanding addiction: Using Animal Models to Answer the “Why ...
By ahculbert
Over the past decade, use of certain illicit drugs, including crack cocaine and methamphetamine, has shown sharp declines in the United States based on data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Penn State Medicine
By ahculbert
Over the past decade, use of certain illicit drugs, including crack cocaine and methamphetamine, has shown sharp declines in the United States based on data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Penn State Medicine
Whitney Houston's Death Raises Addiction Questions | FYI BeHealthy
How Is Addiction Treated? Most of us are familiar with 12-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Such programs, which offer intensive community support, can be very effective. But ultimately, the most effective addiction treatment varies from person to person, says substance abuse treatment expert Goldman. “Treatment is a very personal choice,” Goldman tells WebMD. “Nowadays there are many options: medications, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy, ...
FYI BeHealthy
Addicted? Substance Abuser? New Report Shows 90 Percent Don't ...
By Treatment Centers
The report, "Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice," should serve as a wake-up call to medical professionals, addiction treatment counselors, individuals with addiction and those who engage in risky substance ...
Treatment Centers | Drug Rehab...
By Treatment Centers
The report, "Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice," should serve as a wake-up call to medical professionals, addiction treatment counselors, individuals with addiction and those who engage in risky substance ...
Treatment Centers | Drug Rehab...
Zack Dodson Suspended 50 Games For Substance Abuse
By Tim Williams
Left-handed pitching prospect Zack Dodson has been suspended 50 games for testing positive forsubstance abuse, according to John Perrotto. Dodson was placed on the temporary inactive list recently, and now we know why. Pirates ...
Pirates Prospects
Living With And Helping The Addict - A Message For Families ...
By cynical one
How does one who loves an addict; an addict who is still using and therefore in the problem help them get well and recover? How, you may ask yourself can I just stand by and watch them kill themselves day after day and not do anything to ...
SoberFeed...Live!
By cynical one
How does one who loves an addict; an addict who is still using and therefore in the problem help them get well and recover? How, you may ask yourself can I just stand by and watch them kill themselves day after day and not do anything to ...
SoberFeed...Live!
Alcohol and Cirrhosis: It Doesn't Take Much to Do Permanent ...
By Vera
How much alcohol is too much alcohol? That is tough to answer except to say that it is probably a lot less than you think. Just the habit of a few nightcaps, over time, could be enough to cause alcohol induced hepatitis which itself is the primary ...
The Ranch | Drug Rehab Eating...
Addiction Specialist Jennifer Gimenez Blasts Kathie Lee: 'Educate ...
By Amber Goodhand - Radar News Editor Former addict and addiction ... Former addict andaddiction specialist Jennifer Gimenez is furious at Kathie Lee Gifford ...
www.radaronline.com/.../kathie-lee-gifford-drug-comment-jen...
By Vera
How much alcohol is too much alcohol? That is tough to answer except to say that it is probably a lot less than you think. Just the habit of a few nightcaps, over time, could be enough to cause alcohol induced hepatitis which itself is the primary ...
The Ranch | Drug Rehab Eating...
Addiction Specialist Jennifer Gimenez Blasts Kathie Lee: 'Educate ...
By Amber Goodhand - Radar News Editor Former addict and addiction ... Former addict andaddiction specialist Jennifer Gimenez is furious at Kathie Lee Gifford ...
www.radaronline.com/.../kathie-lee-gifford-drug-comment-jen...
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