This Drug Court Judge Is Going To Rehab For Substance Abuse
Broward County Court Judge Gisele Pollack—removed from the bench for substance abuse—will be in rehabilitation for as long as six months. Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein, himself an admitted recovering alcoholic, said that if Pollack, 55, … Read more on Daily Business Review (registration)

Don't Let Thugs Abuse the System
Instead of being packed off to serve jail or prison terms, some offenders are being told they can escape cell time by completing drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. Many have done so. But some do not take advantage of the deal. A Charleston man … Read more on Wheeling Intelligencer

Tylox Addiction and Tylox Abuse

Lack of support means it's make or break for rehab centre
The facility, located within the Toowoomba region, keeps mothers and children together as the mothers undergo rehabilitation for drug and alcohol addiction. But director John Bartlett says a combination of rapidly increased demand and a lack of … Read more on Toowoomba Chronicle

Art auction to support local drug, rehab center
”Please join us for a fun evening of art and impact as we come together to support our local artists, our community, and the Mountain of Mercy Rehabilitation Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse,” Hesch said. “A portion of the proceeds will go towards … Read more on Humboldt Beacon

Redwood Cliffs Drug Rehab, the Country's Leading Non 12-Step Addiction …
When a family trusts a loved one to a drug rehabilitation center, they may not have the time to make every inspection of the facility they would like. The urgency of an addicted person's situation can mean that they must make a fast decision to protect … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Question by Give A Dog A Home: How can I extract “pure” alcohol from existing alcoholic drinks AT HOME?
I became allergic to the ingredients in alcoholic drinks, but I’m not allergic to alcohol itself. I really miss being able to have a drink with my friends and get a bit silly. So – I remember, as a teenager, lots of so-called tricks for extracting alcohol from various drinks (usually the method was to freeze the drink and collect what stayed liquid) but I’m pretty sure most of these techniques are old-wives(or teenager’s)-tales. Since I really want to be able to share a drink with my friends as normal and you can’t legally buy so-called “pure” alcohol (well as pure as you can get without it just evaporating) anymore in the UK I need to find out how to extract the alcohol from alcoholic drinks. I don’t really care what drinks I use – but I DO need to be able to do this extraction at home. This means I can’t make my own drinks or build a still (far too much work, expense and VERY illegal and dangerous). I don’t react too badly to champagne or pear cider and these are fairly “pure” drinks without too many toxins and the other ingredients I’m allergic to so I want just the alcohol from the drinks with as few other bits and bobs left over as possible from whatever drinks I’m using (probably spirits) to get the alcohol from. If you can help I will be eternally greatful and toast my first drink in years to you. 🙂 Cheers!
Additional: If the Vodka comment is accurate then I’d better add that I am SOMETIMES alright with Vodka and SOMETIMES I have the exact same problem with it as with all other drinks. My allergy/intolerance is most likely from a condition called Fibromyalgia. My symptoms, when I have a drink, are akin to an extremely bad hangover within minutes of having a few mouthfuls of drink. Strange since I used to be a heavy-weight with a cast-iron stomach when I was a teenager and could easily outdrink any guy who cared to try to contest me (I’m a rather petite woman by the way). Trial and error with new drinks to see how they affect me is very painful if I get a ‘bad’ drink. I have no idea what quality of Vodka I’ve tried since I developed this allergy – they probably weren’t “good quality” brands mostly. (Which brands are good quality brands??) ALSO: I have always had an intolerance to yeast – this may be a big part of the problem…. but it was never a problem with drinks until a few year
s ago. :/ How well I react to drink varies with how well I’m doing with my Fibromyalgia. There’s a good few variables when I’m trying out new drinks. All I really know is that the “purer” it seems, the more likely I am to react normally instead of badly. I had an allergy test from a Chinese health store that said I was either intolerant or allergic (it did not specify which) to all the alcoholic drinks they tested for – but I can sometimes “get away with” some Vodka, pure-tasting white wine (Champagne, some types of light-tasting white wine that aren’t too dissiminlar to Champagne, and Pear Cider). My Doctor won’t give me an allergy test but says it can’t be to the alcohol itself…. which makes me believe there MUST be a way to get JUST the alcohol without the allergens. My research so far tells me I should be fine with alcohol – but finding the info on how to get alcohol without an illegal still is beyond me. 🙁 I’m crossing my fingers someone will know more about this as I’m
at a bit of a dead-end right now. I’m happy to try any method of extracting alcohol as long as it isn’t illegal because it’s dangerous.

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Answer by injanier
No need to go through all that. Any good quality vodka will do – nothing there but alcohol and water. If you’re allergic to vodka then sorry, your problem is with the alcohol itself.

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Gang sweeps last year cut crime in A.C., but ingrained problems remain
“It's called survival,” Aziz Abdullah, 48, said as he sat in the courtyard outside the Stanley Holmes Community Center, playing chess with his brother, Wali. …. Although both groups of kids were similar in drug and alcohol use, academically, in … Read more on Press of Atlantic City

Supervisors deny Skyline rehab center
The new facility would have been reopened as an elite drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation center costing about $ 45,000 per month. “We know by opening up a newspaper anywhere that there's a desperate need for treatment, not just in our county but everywhere … Read more on Half Moon Bay Review

IG: Vet overdosed while in VA rehab center
He had a history of drug abuse while in the Miami VA Medical Center substance abuse residential rehabilitation program and had previously lost leave privileges for continued use of alcohol and illicit drugs. But according to the IG report, the medical … Read more on NavyTimes.com

Substance Abuse Tx Problematic Despite ACA
More than 23 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem in 2012 but only about 11 percent received it, according to estimates from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). One significant … Read more on MedPage Today

Waterford man accused of sexually assaulting girl to go to treatment center …
Defense attorney Patrick Cafferty said Stade will be transported to Manitoba House, a Milwaukee drug and alcohol treatment center, to be treated for alcoholism. Racine County Assistant District Attorney Robert Repischak told Circuit Judge Tim Boyle … Read more on Journal Times

Question by Dahoss65: Drug differences?
What are the differences between…
1) Sedatives
2) Tranquilizers
3) Anesthetics

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Answer by Grrr
Sedatives and tranquilizers have similar effects.

A sedative-hypnotic is a substance that depresses the central nervous system (CNS),[1] resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, and slowed breathing, and possibly – at higher doses – slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. Doses of sedative-hypnotics when used as a hypnotic to induce sleep tend to be higher than those used to relieve anxiety.

Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers can cause euphoria. They also slow normal brain function, which may result in slurred speech, shallow breathing, sluggishness, fatigue, disorientation and lack of coordination or dilated pupils. During the first few days of taking a prescribed sedative or tranquilizer, a person usually feels sleepy and uncoordinated, but as the body becomes accustomed to the effects of the drug, these feelings begin to disappear. Higher doses cause impairment of memory, judgment and coordination, irritability, paranoid and suicidal ideation. Some people experience a paradoxical reaction to these drugs and can become agitated or aggressive. Using Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers with other substances – particularly alcohol – can slow breathing, or slow both the heart and respiration, and possibly lead to death.

Anesthesia, has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. Another definition is a “reversible lack of awareness”, whether this is a total lack of awareness (e.g. a general anaesthestic) or a lack of awareness of a part of a the body such as a spinal anaesthetic or another nerve block would cause.

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Preparing art for drug awareness display
Grade 9 student Tiernan Abel traces out the shape of a marijuana leaf, as part of the art for his display on drug and alcohol awareness at the Weyburn Junior High on Thursday. The Grade 9 Health students are preparing displays and information for the … Read more on S.E. Saskatchewan Booster

Six percent of CSU students abuse prescription drugs like Adderall, Ritalin
“(John's) parents are passionate about getting people comfortable with helping and raising prescription drug awareness, because though they are legal, they are very dangerous,” said Katelynn Drury, a CREWS peer educator. “Death from prescription drug … Read more on Rocky Mountain Collegian

Northern Valley parents create drug coalition
The coalition is designed to function as a community-based organization to provide effective substance awareness education.Northern Valley Coalition Co-President Melissa Driscoll leads the presentation on the newly-organized coalition. Driscoll pulled … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Question by DENNIS: how can i break an addiction to alcohol?

Best answer:

Answer by pepsco63
1) Acknowledge the purpose.
Why do you do it? You have to be able to answer that question. Is it to help you deal with anxiety and stress? It may be hard for you to admit that you have a drinking or smoking habit, but you can’t change what you don’t acknowledge. Dr. Phil says, “What purpose does the behavior serve for you? If you’re an alcoholic, you’re not just drinking because you’re thirsty. Admit to yourself: ‘I’m medicating myself for anxiety, depression and pain. It numbs me to life.'”

2) Think rational thoughts instead of denial.
You understand at a conscious level, at an intellectual level that your addiction is unhealthy, yet you continue and this perplexes you. Dr. Phil points out, “If you’re in denial about it, if you’re minimizing it, if you’re trivializing it, if you’re conning yourself about it, then you’ll never get where you need to be.” If you can’t get through the day without a shot of vodka, you may be medicating yourself for anxiety, depression or pain. You may need to count on others to help you think rationally.

3) Use alternative coping skills.
People don’t break bad habits; they replace them with new ones. Recognize that you get a reward from smoking or drinking. Dr. Phil explains, “It calms you. It takes your anxiety away. It lifts your spirits. It numbs you to the pain of your life. If I take that away from you and then don’t put anything in its place, then you’re just there stripped of your coping mechanisms and you’re going to go back to what you were doing before.” Some alternative techniques to consider to replace your addiction are breathing exercises or relaxation techniques. Dr. Frank Lawlis, a mentor and former professor of Dr. Phil’s, has a series of relaxation CDs that help shift the way you react to any type of stressful circumstance in your life. You have the ability to quiet yourself. You have the ability to reduce stress levels in your body in a healthier way than smoking, drinking or whatever your addiction does for you now.

4) Identify your danger zones.
A danger zone can be a particular time of day or your reaction to a particular circumstance. There are times that you’re more prone to indulge in your habit than others. Recognize what those times are, and do something that is incompatible with the addiction you’re trying to break. For example, if you have the urge to light up during your 3 p.m. break at work, take that time to do your breathing or relaxation exercises instead. Dr. Phil encourages, “If you get through that two or three moments of impulse, I promise you it will go away.” You don’t have to be strong and powerful all day long every day. You just need to recognize your danger zones, and do something incompatible with your addiction.

5) Make lifestyle changes.
“It’s not willpower, it’s programming,” Dr. Phil says. You have to set your life up for success if you’re going to break your addiction. If you’re trying to stop smoking or drinking, try simple things like not carrying money for cigarette vending machines or cleaning your cupboards of alcoholic beverages. You may have to change the places you frequent, what you do for fun and whom you hang out with. If you are a computer junkie, remove the computer from your house. The best way to stop an addiction is to not have access to it.

6) Be accountable and have a support system.
Being accountable to someone means that that person will not only support you, but will give you the kick in the rear that you need when it gets tough and tell you the truth when you’re kidding yourself. Get your family and friends involved in your efforts to kick the habit. If you’re a smoker, print out these cards from Dr. Phil that warn your friends to refrain from indulging you. You can also find addiction support on the message boards at DrPhil.com. You need to find a community that supports you during this time and embraces your decision to be healthier. You may also need to seek treatment or check into a rehabilitative program.

7) Reward yourself.
Overcoming an addiction can be very difficult, but it can be done. When you see yourself making progress, even baby steps, you have to motivate yourself to keep going. Give yourself credit. Reward yourself for every step you make, starting with admitting that you have a problem and asking for help.

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Narconon Arrowhead Observes 2014 Alcohol Awareness Month
Narconon posts new information to their site continuously, so to learn more about alcohol addiction, treatment and rehabilitation, visit the site regularly for updates at http://www.narcononarrowhead.org and will be posting a series of articles about … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Holistix by the Sea Now Offers Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment
Holistix by the Sea, an addiction treatment center that helps individuals overcome drug and alcohol addiction, now offers acupuncture as part of its comprehensive addiction rehabilitation programs. Acupuncture is a proven method of flushing toxins from … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Avantcare Foundation 0000 Veteran Alcohol Abuse Project Features Last …
In a report entitled, "Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces", the Institute of Medicine states, "Barriers inherent to the military that limit access to treatment for substance abuse disorders include a lack of availability of rehabilitation … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Treatment court, participants celebrate new beginnings
MARK GILGER/Staff Photo Jeremy Fisher, of Kulpmont, a graduate of the Northumberland County DUI treatment court, talks about his experiences in the program that he credits for helping him overcome his addiction to alcohol. In the background is Judge … Read more on News Item