Recovering drug addict from Chard jailed after heroin bust
A RECOVERING drug addict from Chard has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after he was caught with heroin with a street value of more than £1,600 at an M6 service station. David Newby, of Coronation Street, was found with two plastic bags … Read more on Western Gazette

Kids' author Munsch continues drug recovery
The 68-year-old, who lives in Guelph, Ont., said he felt compelled to make the revelation because he was being interviewed about his life and recovery from drug addiction was a big part of it. "Everybody told me not to do this and I did it and I'm glad … Read more on Montreal Gazette

Brain changes in an addict make it hard to resist heroin and similar drugs
That's part of the reason it is so difficult for recovering drug addicts to stay clean over the long term. Sights, sounds and smells associated with the drug high — needles, for example, or the friends with whom they used to get high — prime this … Read more on Washington Post

Question by loveslosangeles: can my outpatient “rehab” legally not let me take prescribed phentermine?
p.s. I’m in California

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Answer by Replace
What were the expressed requirements and prohibitions stated when you entered the program?
My educated guess is that the center/organization has that right.
That drug is an amphetamine which is contraindicated for those with substance abuse problem.
You don’ t need and probably can’t tolerate any more chemicals that affect your brain function.

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Human Energy System And Trauma Discussed At California Coastal Treatment …
Avalon Malibu is a Mental Health and Addiction treatment center located on the Coast in Malibu, California. They are hosting an informative evening with an educational emphasis on trauma and the human energy system. The focus will be to encourage … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Needling for Change
Insite users are also much likelier than other Downtown Eastside drug addicts to enter treatment. Insite … If they want to avoid federal retribution, SIF advocates will need to get the California legislature behind them—no easy task, even among … Read more on The American Prospect

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Will Fails To Mention Daughters As He Asks For Son …
"It is my strong desire, and not direction to my guardian, that my son, Cooper Hoffman be raised and reside in or near the borough of Manhattan in the State of New York, or Chicago Illinois, or San Francisco, California," he wrote in the 13 page will … Read more on Entertainmentwise

Challenging Alcoholic's Anonymous As The Leading Form Of Addiction Treatment
Alcoholics Anonymous and its related groups for other substances are undeniably the de facto standard for addiction treatment. The AA meeting is so prevalent throughout society that it has become a cliché in cinema and television. To many, it seems … Read more on Opposing Views

Drug addicts should be treated, not quarantined
I'm a recovered alcoholic/ heroin addict who has been lucky enough to have his disease successfully treated in one of our state's few, stressed, state-funded addiction treatment centers. I've since become a clean, sober, reliable and taxpaying worker, … Read more on Foster’s Daily Democrat

Heroin: It felt so good, until an overdose almost killed me
Ultimately, I ended up in a residential program for 45 days. After I got out, I had a couple of brief relapses during the next two years, but eventually got clean and stayed that way for 3½ years using the tools I had learned in rehab — such as … Read more on SouthCoastToday.com

West Side Neighborhood Watch
A 49-year-old Orrville woman was charged with possession of crack/cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and open container in a motor vehicle Feb. 4. Officers stopped … He was transported to a hospital, where he was reportedly uncooperative with … Read more on Akron Leader Publications

AG confident of success
In spite of the present challenges regarding the underfunding of residential and non-residential treatment facilities for drug addicts in Barbados, Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite remains confident that Barbados' Drug … Read more on Barbados Advocate

Question by Shen: What is relapse? When can it occur, and how long after “recovery”?
I am just wondering… sometimes when life gets stressful and overwhelming, I am tempted to retreat to some of my past addictions (alcohol, anorexia, cutting) and occasionally do so. I make the excuse that it’s okay because I am having a relapse and therefore can’t help it. But deep inside I know that I could use self-discipline and healthy coping methods to resist it if I tried.. so is this really a “relapse” or am I just missing that part of my life that is gone? How long after recovery before these urges and slip-ups stop? For me, I consider that I’ve been recovered for about 3 years. Insight or advice?
Gabby’s Mom – Your baby is adorable, btw. 🙂

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Answer by king of the ozone
a relapse is going back to ur old ways after cleaning urself up. usually with alcoholics and drug addicts. theyll be sober for some time and start drinking or using again(relapse)

i have a friend that suffers from the same kind of stuff you do. honesly, just find some good friends who understand you. thats what i am to him and he got better cuz of me.

we all have some type of mental illnes, some ppl just show them more than others.
and just try to stay away from the hardcore drugs, like heroin cocaine and meth. a little alcohol dosnt hurt every now and then but dont abuse yourself with it.

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Oregon City housing proposed for recovering addicts: Are nervous neighbors …
Portland Metro Men's Center wants to build a 60-bed dormitory to house participants in a Christianity-based residential program for men recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. The dorm would be built on a two-acres where the center now operates a … Read more on The Oregonian

Question by Kate: Help Please! Any movies that realistically display addictions?
I need movies for a project on addictions – movies that portray various addictions realistically rather than glamorizing them are somewhat hard to come by. I was wondering if anyone could think of/has seen any movies that would work? I have the following ones:

For drug addictions – Trainspotting, Drugstore Cowboy, Requiem for A Dream, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

For alcoholism – When A Man Loves A Woman, Leaving Las Vegas (possible – I haven’t seen this one)

I don’t have anything for gambling and the only movie I know about sexual addiction that would work is Looking for Mr. Goodbar, but I can’t find it anywhere. Please, please help!!!! Thank you!!!!

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Answer by Only _ days till baseball season
The Basketball Diaries is a great one with Leo Dicaprio

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Philip Seymour Hoffman had 'hard-core' drug addiction
He was a hard-core addict," Mr Vineberg said. Police found more than 350 bags of heroin in Mr Vineberg's apartment but he insisted that he had tried to support Hoffman through his addiction. "I could've saved him," said Mr Vineberg, who once played … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

Russell Brand: Hoffman death due to 'stupid' drug laws
The road to perdition is made all the clearer, he says, by drug laws that don't work at deterring drug abuse, have never worked and will never work — indeed, they make things worse. Brand darkly imagines that the people who support criminalizing drug … Read more on USA TODAY

In This State: Documentary and doctor 'star' delve into tragedy of drug use
Holmes, 72, is a key figure in Bess O'Brien's latest creation, a documentary about young prescription drug addicts in St. Albans and their attempts to overcome their disease with Holmes' help. O'Brien, Holmes and one of the recovering addicts received … Read more on vtdigger.org