Film about long-term recovering alcoholics, drug addicts Saturday
A local showing of the film “The Anonymous People,” a documentary about the 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addition, will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Sahara Club II, 2345 Youngstown Road SE. Read more on Youngstown Vindicator

6008 drug addicts in rehabilitation list
KUWAIT: Over 6,000 addicts are officially registered for rehabilitation in Kuwait, a local daily reported yesterday quoting a senior Ministry of Health official. Meanwhile, Dr Adel Al-Zayed, the director of Kuwait's Center for Mental Health, told Al … Read more on Kuwait Times

Putin orders agency to finalize drug user rehab program
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country's Drug Control Agency to complete work on a program for the rehabilitation and reintegration of drug addicts, the Kremlin said Monday. The inter-agency agreement needed for the finalization of … Read more on Cihan News Agency

Alcohol & Drug Rehab Barrie Announces Program to Help Adolescents Stop …
Drug rehabilitation at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers allows adults and adolescents a chance to clean out their bodies and minds of ketamine. Part of this process is detoxification, cleansing out the physical body filled with mind-altering substances. Read more on PR Web (press release)

Chesterfield anti-substance–abuse advocate resigns after DUI arrest
A well-known and respected anti-substance abuse advocate has resigned his post as director of Chesterfield County's SAFE program after being charged in late November with driving under the influence of alcohol in Hopewell. Glenn Wayne Frith was the … Read more on Richmond Times Dispatch

Drugs kingpin Mohamed Hassan jailed after attack on undercover policeman
Outside the court, Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Superintendent Tracy Hawkings, said: 'Drug-dealing and substance abuse have a devastating effect on communities and are the predominant causes of other forms of crime. 'Drug addicts are often … Read more on Daily Mail

Peer-to-peer drug abuse program aids inmates in Denver County Jail
A substance abuse treatment program at the Denver County Jail has inmates holding each other accountable for their choices. Denver's county jail is among just a few in the country, and the only one in the state, to embrace the program, known as … Read more on Denver Post

Question by Bryson: Why do drug addicts think they are better than everyone else when they quit drugs for a few months?
My brother is like 20 and he had been on pretty strong drugs since high school. Now, he has been going to “counseling” and stuff and he has not used drugs (supposedly) in a few months. I think he is jusy playing the game though to get money and stuff from my parents, but that’s another story. Anyway he acts like he is better than everyone now, like he is such a great guy. He talks sh*t about my girlfriend behind my back saying that she is a drunk and all kinds of things. Have you known any people like this and why do they become like this? I honestly think he is still on something but “counseling” has taught him how to lie about it better.

Best answer:

Answer by Filipino Supremacist
Yes, it reminds me of the republican party.

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Drug-abuse counselor dies 5 years after neighbor's meth-lab fire
A former drug-abuse counselor in Tulsa, Cain had been injured in 2009 in a fire at her apartment complex. The blaze, started by a meth lab, destroyed part of the complex and left two uninvolved people dead. Cain, who also wasn't involved, was rescued … Read more on Tulsa World

Addiction counseling in demand in Oil Patch
Addiction counseling in demand in Oil Patch. DICKINSON, N.D. – Although down one-third of its staffing, the need for substance abuse counseling provided by Badlands Human Service Center in Dickinson has increased with the area's growing population. Read more on In-Forum

Amanda Bynes agrees to counseling in bong-tossing case
Amanda Bynes has found a dope way to stay out of the joint. The out-of-control actress, who was accused of smoking pot in the lobby of her former Manhattan building and hurling a bong from her high-rise apartment, agreed Friday to see a counselor twice … Read more on New York Daily News

Bali plans new rehabilitation center
Budiartha said the rehabilitation center would not only be for locals, but also for foreign drug addicts. The rehabilitation center in Bali will cover the Bali and Nusa Tenggara area and follow the same concept as the BNN rehabilitation center at Lido … Read more on Jakarta Post

Russia's Cold Turkey Drug Treatment Fails to Stem HIV
The practice was stopped by local police in 2005, though going cold turkey still prevails, said Kiril Petrov, a coordinator with City Without Drugs, the organization whose centers used handcuffing but have abandoned that method. Users are expected to … Read more on Bloomberg

Why the Connection Between Addiction and PTSD?
What's the difference between healthy coping and addiction? Healthy coping skills are used to deal with the symptom, situation or feeling while staying connected to the experience. For example, let's say you're going through a breakup. Addiction is … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

I'll Show You Reality
… that you will also be addressing a cause/mission dear to your heart: or how to arm people with coping skills that will allow them to face the challenges in their existence without recurring to the usual lethal trifecta of alcohol, drugs and abuse … Read more on Huffington Post

Risks? They Didn't Stop These 7 Drugs From Making Money
(Spin even claimed the parentally-administered speed would protect kids from becoming drug addicts when they grew older until a 2013 j ournal article revealed otherwise.) But in 2009, the same year the Adderall XR, went … Pro-stimulant Pharma doctors … Read more on OpEdNews

Meehl Foundation Offering Four Scholarships Toward Treatment of Borderline …
Borderline Personality Disorder is a maladaptive coping style that has up to an 87% success treatment rate using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Basically … BPD often occurs together with other psychiatric problems, particularly bipolar disorder … Read more on eReleases (press release)