Clubs & Meetings: Week of Feb. 2
Alcoholics Anonymous Sunday Solutions Group 7:30 a.m., 2nd Sunday 601 Miller Valley Road, Prescott. 928-445-7578. … Rejoice in Recovery for Women at 7 p.m. Monday, The Solid Rock Center, 114 S. Marina St. Pat, 928-300-2095. S-Anon meets 7 p.m. … Read more on The Daily Courier

Rod McKuen, mega-selling poet and performer, dies at 81
FILE – In this Feb. 18, 1985 file photo, Jill St. John, right, with Robert Wagner, center, and Rod McKuen, left, attend a party for "Night of 100 Stars II," in New York. McKuen, the husky-voiced "King of Kitsch" whose music and verse recordings won him … Read more on Worcester Telegram

Cops: Upper Gwynedd woman stole necklace, prescription drugs from friend in …
Later in the investigation, police spoke to Gresh's county probation officer, who said that Gresh was in an inpatient treatment facility until late-November and that Gresh admitted to the probation officer on Dec. 1 that she had taken “a few” of the … Read more on The Reporter

Ways to quit drinking
“Drinking problems are overcome through residential inpatient rehabilitation programs, outpatient programs and Alcoholics Anonymous, so it is best to seek help via these avenues,” Kean said. “Always seek treatment from evidence-based programs,” she … Read more on St. George Daily Spectrum

Scientists put anti-drinking pill to the test by using a fake bar
Treatment can range from inpatient rehab and 12-step programs to behavioral therapy and the few medications available today. Koob, who specializes in the neurobiology of alcohol, says it usually takes a combination and ultimately, “you have to change … Read more on Kansas City Star

Support Groups, Clubs, and Services
Free blood pressure check, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, 815-857-2550. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. American Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 … Read more on SaukValley.com

Of drugs and dharnas
Though this issue has dominated the media for a pretty long time, no tangible steps are visible to sternly deal with smuggling, sale, consumption and rehabilitation of the addicts via counseling or in de-addiction centres. …. That the situation is … Read more on Hindustan Times

Woman Who Says She Can't Remember Killing Her Young Daughter Seeks Parole
Nancy McGeoghean, 45, says she does not remember killing her 2-year-old daughter Sarah after a night of binge drinking in 1988. … go to the Governor's Council for a vote. John Cunha, one of McGeoghean's lawyers, told BuzzFeed News that the board … Read more on BuzzFeed News

Teen Challenge in Business of Rebuilding Lives
(1/3/15) — The Teen Challenge: Western Kentucky Men's Center in Dixon is a faith-based, non-denominational rehabilitation center for men with life-controlling issues. Teen Challenge maintains that it is the oldest, largest and … “Many people, when … Read more on SurfKY News

Ann Arbor's 'other' college football program
Now Hinojosa's attention has shifted from life as a football player to life as a non-athlete. Of course, he needed surgery on his torn anterior cruciate ligament first, and it came just in time. After playing on the torn ACL for a full season, the … Read more on The Michigan Daily

Just What We Needed: More Campaign Spending
Although it is unclear whether McConnell will be able to prevail at this time, his mere desire to do so does not bode well for campaign finance reform in the 114th Congress. There has … Lawrence Lessig called the proposed amendment “one more step on … Read more on Daily Beast

Notable Mergers and Acquisitions 12/8: (CBST)/(MRK) (HSOL) (ETM) (HPP)/(BX)
For more than 20 years, Cubist has been committed to global public health through the discovery, development and supply of antibiotics to treat serious and potentially life-threatening infections caused by a broad range of increasingly drug-resistant … Read more on StreetInsider.com (subscription)

Letting Go of God: How 12–Step Programs Are Losing Their Religion
… not religious—now hold my hand while we pray.” This was the kind of message Barry Hazle faced at a California 12-step-based treatment program he was ordered to attend in 2007 as part of his parole from drug charges. Alcoholics Anonymous encourages … Read more on Pacific Standard

Study: Ohio youth rank low in drug problems, suicide rate
Mental Health America, the nation's oldest mental health advocacy organization, released a report today showing great disparity among the 50 states and District of Columbia in the prevalence of mental illness, drug abuse and access to treatment among … Read more on Columbus Dispatch

New charge lands man in jail
On Wednesday, Long pled guilty, and a 30-day jail sentence was suspended on the conditions that he stay away from the victim and possess no alcohol. This conviction … Colville may again be furloughed if she enters in-patient treatment. A review … Read more on Hillsboro Times Gazette

Lars von Trier says undergoing treatment for drugs, alcohol addiction
PanARMENIAN.Net – Lars von Trier has revealed that he is undergoing treatment for drugs and alcohol addiction. Speaking to the newspaper Politiken, the Danish film director said that he is now clean and attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings daily. Read more on PanARMENIAN.Net

Rise of quasi-legal drugs has hospitals turning to 'workbook' treatment
“Of (the users of dangerous drugs) I treated, 80 percent were addicts,” said Nobuya Naruse, deputy chief of the center. As legal crackdowns on the use of dangerous drugs have proved inadequate, it is important to improve the treatment of addiction, he … Read more on The Japan Times

Heroin Arrests, Addiction Treatment Up In Hill City
"We were looking at about 50-50: fifty percent those seeking treatment for heroin addiction and 50 percent of those seeking treatment for alcohol," said Nielsen. Unlike those in alcoholics anonymous where ages range from youth to seniors, Nielsen says … Read more on WSET

Binge drinking still a problem in the Midwest
“Iowa has been one of the top binge drinking states ever since they have been keeping track,” according to alcohol prevention specialist with Praire Ridge Addiction Treatment Services, Jay Pedelty. Local bartender, Ross Piersma can attest to the issue. Read more on KIMT 3

Cherokee Nation Opens New M Substance Abuse Treatment Center
The Cherokee Nation celebrated the construction of its new $ 5 million Jack Brown Center at a grand opening ceremony in Tahlequah, OKlahoma. The treatment center helps Native youth ages 13-18 overcome drug and alcohol addiction. It's one of only 10 … Read more on Indian Country Today Media Network