Question by I have an answer !: Why do some men/women live in denial about their “depression or addictions”??
Do they have to “hit rock bottom” to realize and accept their “desease” ? Do they have to “lose their family and friends” in order to realize, it’s time to get some professional help ? A dear friend of mine is going through this “depression and alcoholism” stage right now, (it’s been actually a while) and I have no idea how to help anymore ! She is a grown woman for crying out loud ! What else can I do ? I suggested to go with her to the AA meetings, called even “rehab centers” but the response I get is the same: “She is the only one who can admitt to her problem and do something about it!”

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The grip of addiction impacts the whole family
He volunteered with Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness. Being open and honest about his addiction helped his whole family. Adam went to treatment and was clean for 13 months, but relapsed in November 2012 after his grandmother's funeral. Read more on Deseret News

More than 500 drug addicts recover from Dubai rehabilitation programme
Lt Col Dr Jumaa Sultan Al Shamsi, director of the Department of Drug Awareness and Prevention of the General Anti-Narcotics Department at Dubai Police, said that the reintegration into society of recovering addicts is an ambitious, long-term project … Read more on The National

Recovery in Partners of Sex Addicts
sexual betrayal I believe that sexual betrayal of the partners of sex addicts has a two-fold impact. It is both a trauma and a serious loss. The trauma that accompanies the discovery of sex addiction shakes the spouse or partner to the core. It calls … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

'Take away my son!' Desperate J&K parents want their drug addict children in jail
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Drug war 'lacks courage' of alcohol abuse campaign
A 2012 European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction survey showed that the country was top in Europe for illegal substance use, with almost one in ten Scots admitting to using ecstasy – more than double the rate in most other countries … Read more on Scotsman

Centre County officials see heroin problem 'all around us'
“Drug addiction as a whole, but heroin specifically, creates a lot of other crime — thefts from vehicles, assaults, child abuse …,” Sassano said. “Child neglect can … Too often, the overdoses don't end in a hospital stay or time at a … Read more on Centre Daily Times

Question by Liz: What exactly are the current barriers to naloxone access?
Law makers introduced a way to prevent drug overdoses in america, which is now the second leading cause of accidental deaths. One of those ways is to remove the barriers of Naloxone (Narcan) access, does anyone know what those barriers are?
In response to mark, I’m actually on the medication, well on suboxone which has naloxone in it. So do you think that’s the one and only barrier to getting it? And I know that you have to go through a program to get it in the first place, in Maine there’s a waiting list. Maybe this means making it more available and not needing a specialized doctor to prescribe it?

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One is that it can only be prescribed by a liscensed physician with a specialty in drug addiction treatment. “narcan” is what is given to stop an overdose of opiates since it it is a competitive inhibitor of opiate receptors.

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Anti-Addiction Drugs Found In Philip Seymour Hoffman's Apartment
New York City detectives confirmed that, along with the 50 bags of heroin found in Philip Seymour Hoffman's apartment at the time of his death, they also found a variety of prescription drugs including the addiction-treatment drug buprenorphine … Read more on ABC News

Experts worry about effect of dropping hundreds of addicted Mainers from …
At the end of 2013, hundreds of recovering drug addicts lost their MaineCare coverage, in many cases limiting or ending their ability to get methadone treatment. From left, Lindey Saunders, 35, of Ellsworth; Brandi Harriman, 28, of Glenburn and Jacob … Read more on Bangor Daily News

2 arrested for selling Suboxone, a drug created to treat addiction
WAPPINGERS FALLS — Two Dutchess County residents were arrested for trying to sell Suboxone, a drug prescribed to treat opiate addiction, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office announced. Town of Wappinger resident Dillon Farmer, 22, and Town of … Read more on Poughkeepsie Journal

Question by rachel r: know of any good books on teen delinquency?
i love the books crank, glass, burned, and impulse by ellen hopkins along with the abigail vona story “bad girl” anyone here know of any books that deal with similar topics? i love non-fiction when it comes to this topic.personal accounts are prefered but im up for any suggestions. thanks!

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Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines Nic Sheff

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer in California to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. As we watch Nic plunge the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, he paints a picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. It’s a harrowing portrait — but not one without hope.

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Marin writer laments actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's death in Time column
Sheff, a freelance journalist who lives in Point Reyes Station, has been writing about drug addiction since contending with his own son's bout with the disease — including authoring two books and around 10 columns for Time. Hoffman, who won an Oscar … Read more on Marin Independent Journal

Charity helps drug addicts recover by teaching them to scuba dive
A charity has been helping drug addicts in their recovery by teaching them to scuba dive. The Carpenter's Arms, which has a rehabilitation centre and homeless shelter in Loughborough, launched the scheme last year. It was the idea of Bryan Spence, who … Read more on Leicester Mercury

Why Philip Seymour Hoffman's 23 Years of Sobriety Didn't Mean He Kicked the …
Research suggests that the chance of relapse does diminish over time but always remains a possibility. One analysis funded by National Institutes on Drug Abuse found that between 25 percent and 50 percent of substance users resume drug or alcohol use … Read more on ABC News

The Holistic Sanctuary Is Rescuing Addicts Victimized By Conventional Drug …
The all-natural Pouyan Method of addiction healing utilized exclusively at The Holistic Sanctuary is rapidly illuminating the dangers of prescription drug protocols being prescribed by doctors at conventional rehab clinics. Share on Twitter Share on … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Putin Orders Agency to Finalize Drug Addict Rehab Program
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Federal Drug Control Service to complete work as soon as possible on an interagency program for rehabilitating of drug addicts, the Kremlin said Monday. Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Drug Control Service … Read more on The Moscow Times

Changing Attitude Toward Drugs
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Lake Mead is shrinking — and with it Las Vegas' water supply
The city added 400,000 people last decade but cut its water use by 33 percent. "All of us are in it together, and all of us are either going to survive this or all of us are going to feel the consequences … Automotive. Find valuable information about … Read more on WPEC

Children punished by caretaker in 'Electric Chair'
A Florida woman is facing child abuse charges for allegedly using a stun gun to discipline three children left in her care. Police say the children called the punishment the electric chair! The children … Automotive. Find valuable information about … Read more on WPEC

Legal marijuana: Keep the focus on the children
The pseudo-debate over alcohol and marijuana has been in the news again, this time fueled by selective quotes from an interview with President Obama. Asked about marijuana by a New Yorker interviewer, he at … As the full interview makes clear, he … Read more on Walla Walla Union-Bulletin