Karachi's rebirth as the 'City of Lights'
It was 'beautified' during the Bhutto regime but today has become a busy and congested artery connecting Clifton with the centre of the city. …. Poverty and drug addiction saw an alarming increase in Karachi in the 1980s. …. COAS General Asif Nawaz … Read more on DAWN.com

EVENTS GUIDE for Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 (Surrey, White Rock, North Delta)
Speakers are Helen Burnham, co-founder of Avalon Addiction Recovery Centres for Women, Maggie de Vries, author whose sister was one of Robert Pickton's victims, and Velvet Steele, politicial activist and transgendered woman. Includes fashion show and … Read more on Surrey Now

Celebrating another year of sobriety
Eaton's story was just one of many as recovering addicts, family and counsellors who got together at the Hamilton Convention Centre for what has become the biggest celebration of its kind in Ontario. It's organized by 10 local agencies that deal with … Read more on Hamilton Spectator

Wild opens festival, and a chance to honour a legend
The 2014 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival features more than 350 films from 70 countries over 16 days, plus post-screening Q&A sessions with actors, directors and writers. Each weekday and on the weekend, we'll provide highlights of … Read more on The Globe and Mail

Metaphors Like 'Clean' and 'Dirty' Can Undermine Addiction Recovery
Think of the words and phrases we use to describe drug and alcohol addiction: “clean and sober,” “addicts,” “junkies.” It's a vocabulary loaded with moralistic connotations. This isn't good, argue the authors of a new editorial in the journal Substance … Read more on New York Magazine

Recovery experts say addiction is a disease, not a weakness
It's only a start, but Suzanne Bissonette and Scotty Burt hope that a Recovery Day celebration next Saturday in McCarthy Park will help erase some of the stigma surrounding addiction. The pair work at Cazenovia Recovery Systems, the lone residential … Read more on Buffalo News

Memorial Hermann Offers Drug-Free Pain Relief
Cutline: Pain Recovery Program Clinical Therapist James S. Flowers, Ph.D., L.P.C.-S. (left) and Obata Olaye, R.N. use Neurolumen therapy, a non-invasive, drug-free alternative for pain relief, as a component of the chemical dependency-based Pain … Read more on The Tribune

Gov. Shumlin announces Vermonters for Vermonters anti-drug abuse concert at …
The Vermont Recovery Network, a non-profit statewide organization that supports the provision of recovery support services for people who have experienced problems resulting from drug and alcohol use. And The Dismas House, an organization whose … Read more on vtdigger.org

On-Campus Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program Offers Help to MSU Students
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The path to recovery for alcoholics and those with substance abuse can be tough. For college students, it can be even more challenging, having to balance recovery with school. Now a new alcohol recovery program on Missouri State … Read more on OzarksFirst.com

Bucks hearing looks at need for certification of addiction recovery houses
He said the main goal of the reforms was to improve conditions for everyone involved, and make it easier for people to recover from addiction. “We need to have standards in place that ensure both individuals in recovery and the surrounding community … Read more on Bucks County Courier Times

The Place Next Door will focus on recovery
After 88 days at the Salvation Army shelter, the Newark man was eager to take the next step in his recovery from mental illnesses and drug addiction. His efficiency apartment downtown is simple, but the stability of having his own place has given him … Read more on The Newark Advocate

New addiction treatment center opens in Athens
A new addiction recovery center in Athens hopes to reduce the number of drug overdose related deaths by educating the public about drug overdoses and providing easy access to substance abuse treatment. … Etherington said ARC has aligned its … Read more on Online Athens

Dr. Wood: Parents need to stop addiction before it starts
Prevention of addiction happens before substance use starts and before abuse and addiction begin. Just as people can recover after a heart attack, so too can people recover after drug abuse and addiction. In both cases, people need help from families, … Read more on The Olympian

Budget cuts hit drug treatment, family services
Despite the state's battle against opiate addiction and its resolve to provide better supports for the children of needy families, those sectors of state government were not spared Wednesday when lawmakers finalized $ 31 million in budget cuts. Alcohol … Read more on vtdigger.org

Counselor available to discuss, promote addiction recovery
There is a clear stigma attached to seeking treatment for addiction, and he wants to help break through the misconceptions that plague those going through the process of addiction recovery. He notes that when people are in the aftercare portion of … Read more on Cape Gazette

Being an addict's mom: 'It's just a very, very sad place'
Viewing addiction as a disease was instrumental, many mothers say, in helping understand they didn't cause their child's addiction and couldn't fix it either. …. He entered a detox program and is starting again on the road to recovery, his mother said. Read more on CNN

New Addiction Treatment Centre Challenges the Status-Quo for Recovery
Whole Life Institute founders Jim Bradshaw and Stacey Grantham, who are both recovered addicts, have assembled a team of highly-experienced addiction and wellness experts to provide a treatment program that heals the 'Whole' person, by addressing four … Read more on Marketwired (press release)

Darius Paul is back on track
Lucas has helped rehabilitate dozens of athletes at the John Lucas Treatment and Recovery Center in recent years. Former LSU star and current Arizona Cardinals defensive back Tyrann Mathieu, Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy, former UI assistant and … Read more on Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Heroin use exploding in Shasta County
Six months ago he decided to go clean and entered treatment at Right Road Recovery Program, one of the drug treatment centers in Anderson . "I would steal for it, I would lie for it," Erickson said. "Right Road is the only reason I'm not on the streets … Read more on Insurance News Net

Don't get me started
This organization also supports the development of addiction recovery advocates, such as the Ohio Certified Peer Supporters, and fosters leadership within the recovery community. Sandusky Artisans Recovery Community Center just recently held another … Read more on Sandusky Register (blog)