Amy Fairchild returns for Northampton show with Mikey Sweet tomorrow
"I've got lots of interesting and varied gigs coming up including a benefit for Right Turn (an addiction recovery program) at the Berklee Performance Center that includes Warren Haynes, Simon Kirke and other luminaries; a Linda Rondstadt tribute, and … Read more on MassLive.com

Safe Communities Youth Coalition speaker shares journey from athlete to heroin …
Egan is in long-term recovery, to which he credits the Drug Court program and support from family and friends. He will earn his college degree from Rutgers-Newark this spring, and also serves as a speaker for Minding Your Mind, a non-profit … Read more on NJ.com

What Syracuse's NCAA case revealed about academic fraud
Syracuse's NCAA violations span back to 2001 and hit the trifecta of college sports no-nos: extra benefits to payments, failure to follow its own drug-testing policy, and academic fraud. As high-profile NCAA cases go, this is a rare one with so many … Read more on CBSSports.com

Wilson, Browning recognized for community service
A native of Huntington and graduate of Marshall University, Browning is coordinator of Marshall Medical Outreach, a three-year-old medical outreach program where medical students and faculty provide free care to Huntington's homeless and indigent. She … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

New Guidance on Screening, Intervention for Alcohol Misuse
New guidance for physicians and policy-makers describes screening and intervention for high-risk alcohol drinking, based on a review published online March 2 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The evidence-based review targets healthcare … Read more on Medscape

Addiction recovery program seeks to lease The Breakers in Long Beach
LONG BEACH >> The future of The Breakers of Long Beach, a senior living facility doing business in a historic downtown building, is in question amid recent concerns and rumors that addiction treatment providers may be attempting to lease the facility. Read more on Long Beach Press Telegram

Teen drug treatment center accepting only girls
(AP) — A Spokane treatment center for teen drug addicts is now accepting only girls at its inpatient facility. It had been coed. The executive director of Daybreak Youth Services, Annette Klinefelter, told The Spokesman-Review the gender-specific … Read more on Q13 FOX

New adult drug rehabilitation center to open in Luzerne County
The Pocono center purchased the property through an entity named Clearbrook Treatment Centers Land Corp. LLC, but Lavelle said it will have no affiliation with Clearbrook Treatment Center, which will continue to operate an adult drug and alcohol … Read more on Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Region's first recovery high school is planned in Worcester
"It is not for all students who are drug-addicted. I don't want people to think of it as a recovery program where that is the sole focus of the work there. It is truly a high school with academic requirements. It also has a component that supports … Read more on Worcester Telegram

Headline: Olmsted officials discuss future of addiction recovery
"About the only thing I'm completely adamant on is that I hate the disease of addiction," said Steve Coddington, a recovering addict and now counselor at Fountain Centers, a center for substance abuse recovery with both residential and outpatient … Read more on Post-Bulletin

N.H. The Only State In Region With No Addiction Recovery Services
Actually New Hampshire is the only state in New England that does not have recovery centers in the state. It's an absolutely invaluable tool, for people to be able to go to a place where they know that they can get the support they need, that no one … Read more on New Hampshire Public Radio

Addiction Recovery Project at Centenary College and 'STOP' to sponsor …
"The Anonymous People" is a feature documentary film about the more than 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. Deeply entrenched social stigma have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. Read more on NJ.com

Tolerance call for recovering drug addicts
There are more drug addicts relying on benefits in Bristol than any other UK city, new figures show. Drugs recovery agencies are urging understanding from both the public and employers after it was revealed that 340 people in Bristol are receiving … Read more on Western Daily Press

Babes in Toyland Bassist Maureen Herman on Addiction, Recovery and …
It was the worst time to be introduced to a drug that gives you vending machine euphoria. I am actually really grateful that I found crack though. Because it escalated my addiction and I believe made it so that I got to my bottom quicker. It was a … Read more on LA Weekly

Chris Christie Calls For Republicans To Take A More Compassionate Approach …
All too often in both of our societies we have people who go for the lay-up, the easy stories," said Christie who met recovering addicts at the center run by Action on Addiction, a charity which boasts the support of Prince William's wife Kate, the … Read more on Huffington Post

In Newark, Markell calls for expanded addiction recovery services
Johnny Roache (center), services coordinator for Oxford House of Delaware, helped Attorney General Matt Denn and Gov. Jack Markell unveil a $ 4.5 million proposal for expanded addiction recovery services. The announcement was held Monday morning at … Read more on Newark Post

Highland Park family tackles addiction on multiple fronts
Tipsters are able to send a text communication to a dedicated number and receive a response from a counselor affiliated with the Child, Adolescent and Family Recovery Center in Lake Bluff. The professionals manning the service are experienced in drug … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Roth: Will Manziel, Jon Jones beat their demons?
Manziel has voluntarily checked himself into an undisclosed treatment center in Ohio to deal with his abuse of alcohol and possibly other substances that haven't been reported. Before this, I was rooting for Manziel to have a productive off-season … Read more on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Addiction recovery center on track to open
Funded by a state Department of Justice grant, the center will offer an alcohol and drug treatment program, Keatley said. The program will be offered during a three-year period. Organizers hope the center will be able to support itself by the time the … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Jefferson County Family Drug Court selected as a peer-learning court
The Jefferson County Family Drug Court has been selected to be part of the Peer Learning Court Program developed by the Center for Children and Family Futures, with the support of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, part of the U … Read more on UAB News

Taiwan, China attack Internet addiction
“Technology itself is extremely addicting because it provides immediate feedback,” says Hilarie Cash, PhD, founder of reSTART, which claims to be the first inpatient Internet addiction treatment center in the U.S. “Children are growing up with so much … Read more on ConsumerAffairs

Fitness calendar for Tuesday, February 3
Acupuncture for cancer caregivers – Missoula Community Acupuncture, located in the Radio Central Building, 127 E Main St., Suite 314, offers free acupuncture treatments for friends, family, nurses, doctors or anyone who takes care of cancer patients on … Read more on The Missoulian