What Hepatitis C May Tell Us About Drug Use And Addiction

What Hepatitis C May Tell Us About Drug Use And Addiction
NPR (blog)
And it seems to run counter to some pretty widely shared ideas that we have about drug use andaddiction. Public service announcements aimed ... And the medical establishment insists that once an addict, always an addict. Addiction, after all, they say ...

Treating Addiction: A Top Doc Explains Why Kind Love Beats Tough Love
TIME
I think childhood trauma or emotional loss is the universal template for addiction. It also depends on how you want to define trauma: if you want to define it as something bad happening, then it's true that not every addict [has experienced trauma], in ...

TIME

Ex-drug addict now helps reunite families
USA TODAY
Davis once loved crack cocaine more than she loved her daughter. She was forced to choose between them seven years ago, and, for a time, she chose crack. The Iowa Department of Human Services took her 11-year-old daughter away in 2005, after Davis...

USA TODAY

I would rather be an addict than love one, Part 1
Chestnut Hill Local (blog)
The addict is a sad person who often sits with his loved ones – just before or after the crest of a “high” – and vows to quit his addiction. Tears flow. Repentance is expressed. Promises are made. His or her parents, children, spouses, friends ...

Dealing with work addiction
Midland Daily News
It's a 12-step program based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous for individuals who feel their work lives have gotten out of control. It offers mutual support in solving problems related to compulsive overworking, and it also helps families and ...

Addict Inmate-to-Community Supervised Virtual Communication
NJ.com (blog)
All state prison or jail addict inmates that comply with prison or jail regulations should expand their approved list of (virtual) visitors to those people and agencies who will help them on their return. Theaddict inmate will develop his or her own ...

Don't be nice to addicts. Be fair
The Guardian
But compassion is irrelevant to the categorising of addiction. Accepting it's an illness doesn't mean you have to care. They say heroin feels good to begin with. Smoking doesn't. But, if you're a natural addict, you press on. Once you're hooked, it ...

The Guardian

Westford schools taking aim at substance abuse
The Sun
Superintendent of Schools Everett "Bill" Olsen Jr. unveiled a plan at last week's School Committee meeting designed to address substance abuse in the school system. "It is here, as we all know," he said. "We've been dealing ... on appropriating the ...

Doctor reveals positivity is more effective when dealing with addiction
Examiner.com
He concludes that an addict's past was filled with unpleasant and tough situations and being harsh and demanding to an addict has no effect. Addiction is an instance that a person uses anything to make them feel better and it becomes a ... Addiction ...

Examiner.com

RIP Joey Kovar: Star Of MTV's 'The Real World' & Addict [EXPERT ...
By sherrygaba
I know only too well, both professionally and personally, that the disease of addiction is out to get addicts and alcoholics, especially when there is no recovery in their lives. Those I treated on Celebrity Rehab were just as serious about ... Whether it is your children, spirituality, life balance, faith, 12 steps, psychotherapy, or life coaching, every addict or alcoholic must find that anchor if there is any hope of remaining sober. Staying on course with positive action is essential for successful ...YourTango - Smart Talk About Love

Addiction and Immortality: Bolt Chooses Addiction | Psychology Today
Addiction in Society. Addiction—the thematic malady for our society—entails every type of psychological and societal problem. by Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D. ...
www.psychologytoday.com/.../addiction-and-immortality-bolt...

Sex Addiction Should Not Be a "Get out of jail free" Card ...
Should the claim "I'm a sex addict, it's not my fault" stand up in court? By David J. ... Repeated efforts to declare sex addiction a legitimate diagnosis have failed.
www.psychologytoday.com/.../sex-addiction-should-not-be-ge...

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