Bullying: A Problem That Starts and Ends at Home
He is CEO of Elements Behavioral Health, a network of mental health and addiction treatment centers that includes an adolescent rehab at Right Step as well as Promises, The Ranch, The Recovery Place, The Sexual Recovery Institute, Clarity Way, Journey … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

What's happening this week in Mansfield area
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA). Thursdays, 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 29 North Main …. Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-step program for recovering from compulsive overeating. There are no dues; no fees and no weigh-ins. Meetings are … Read more on Wicked Local Norton

12-Step Programs Lose Validity, Chapters Capistrano Offers Addiction Recovery …
In the alcoholism and drug addiction circles, recovery has often hinged on the infamous 12-step program; a systematic structure that has become popular among sobriety support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. However, Chapters Capistrano and … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Chapters Capistrano Urges Women to Seek Addiction Recovery, Offers Flexible …
While many addiction recovery professionals are encouraged by the diminishing stigma surrounding treatment, Chapters Capistrano—a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Southern California—notes that there is still a lot of work to be done to … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

New Helpline in Webster provides adolescents with accurate substance abuse …
Admitting to a substance abuse problem is the first step on the road to recovery. For many years, people with drug and alcohol addiction issues in Webster had no place to go for help. It's a particularly difficult dilemma for teenager struggling with a … Read more on Your Houston News

Drug and alcohol recovery center won't be allowed near Woodside, supes decide
A drug and alcohol recovery center cannot open in a forested area of unincorporated Woodside, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously decided Tuesday. The board's decision struck down the planning commission's approval of the project. Read more on San mateo county times

Experts discuss addiction recovery in Naples
About 23 million Americans are in long-term recovery for addictions to drugs and alcohol. Karen Casey, a New York Times best-selling author who's been in long-term recovery since 1976, said she has always been open about her struggles. "I don't ever … Read more on The News-Press

Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Be Out Of Federal Prison Much Sooner Than Expected
But Montgomery has one thing Butner does not: a residential drug and alcohol treatment program. Jackson, CBS 2 has learned, requested the transfer to enroll in the special nine-month program. There was no announcement of the move, only a change to the … Read more on CBS Local

Long-term care options seen as gap in drug treatments
“After the five-day spin dry, we're stuck again,” he said. “That's the missing piece,” said Nick Costello, executive director of John Ashford Link House, which has residential addiction treatment programs in Salisbury, Newburyport, Amesbury and Gloucester. Read more on Gloucester Daily Times

Treatment center proposes expanded facility in Hobe Sound
Unity Recovery Group, the parent company of four drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities on the Treasure Coast, wants to create an addiction recovery compound in Hobe Sound. In a pre-application meeting Thursday, Martin County Growth Management … Read more on TCPalm

Heroin 'filled the hole': For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to …
Though his mother tried different approaches — punishment, lectures, praise when he entered rehab — nothing stuck. About a month after his release from a court-ordered, 8½-month residential treatment program, Lewis, then 17, reverted to his old ways. Read more on Omaha World-Herald

Addiction Recovery Requires a Personal Commitment first, Treatment second
It takes time, the rest of your life, and persistence, to stay in recovery! You may need medical treatment and even psychiatric counseling for trauma and other concurrent disorders but your decision about drug addiction, in spite of your genes, starts … Read more on NJ.com (blog)

Drug addiction is disease, not moral failing
I applaud Kim on his approach to Mr. Irsay's drug problem. I've spent the majority of my with the knowledge that addiction was a very real problem in my life and have been able to maintain continuous recovery from active addiction for more than 27 … Read more on Indianapolis Star

Heroin making its youngest victims homeless
But more children are needing permanent placements. The rate of relapse is high. The rate of recovery is low. And while the system seeks a family placement first, sometimes the drug problem impacts other relatives — straining foster care. "We are … Read more on WKYC-TV

Jayson Blair, Judy Miller and the shrinking New York Times
She resented that right-wing pundits were embracing the Blair story as an example of affirmative action gone wrong, she wrote, and as “a product of the same program that 'created'” Jayson Blair, she resented that “his crimes will now make suspects of … Read more on Salon

Judge questions Mass. ban of painkiller Zohydro
Addiction experts on the South Shore are watching the case closely, hopeful that the governor's ban will remain in effect. “We are very concerned,” said Scott Peterson, an addiction recovery specialist at Learn To Cope, a support group founded in Abington. Read more on Wicked Local Plymouth

LVMH's Accelerating Fashion Sales Help Cushion Alcohol Decline
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world's largest luxury goods company, reported its fastest fashion and leather-goods revenue growth in two years, cushioning an unexpected decline in quarterly alcohol sales. First-quarter fashion and leather … Read more on Bloomberg

A guy thing: Eating disorders increase in men
**EDITOR'S NOTE – Eating Recovery Center is an international center for eating disorders recovery providing comprehensive treatment for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Contact them via their … Read more on 9NEWS.com

Cocaine defendant seeks help for 'definite addiction problem'
A cocaine defendant who sought rehabilitation on her own was placed on three years of intensive probation Thursday. Desiree M. Collins, 55, of 16 E. Main St., Apt. C (back), Wakeman, must reimburse the Huron County Sheriff's Office $ 40 for the cost of … Read more on Norwalk Reflector

New Rumson Helpline Provides Hope for Teenage Addiction Recovery
Unfortunately, a large portion of young adults who develop a substance abuse problem are unaware of their disease and lack the resources to find proper treatment. Many attempt to get advice from their parents and friends. But when it comes to … Read more on Ticker Report

FDA approves drug overdose treatment
In an effort to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, the Food and Drug Administration approved an injection-style device Thursday that gives family members and caregivers of users the ability to administer medication to reverse the … Read more on Daily Helmsman