A Sobering Story: Addicts must confront their demons, experts say
So people tend to still see it as a moral weakness,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Center in Indiana. However, addiction is not a moral failing, and brain-imaging techniques have helped to show … Read more on Indiana Gazette

Area sentencings, April 19, 2014
Kristin N. Summitt, 24, convicted in Howard Superior Court 1 of Class D felony possession of cocaine, was sentenced to two years with 202 days served and the balance on probation with the conditions she complete and pay for drug and alcohol treatment … Read more on Kokomo Tribune

Ebola Drug Could Be Ready For Human Testing Next Year
Potential treatments for Ebola pursue many strategies. These include conventional drugs, custom-built antibodies, and vaccines that are designed not simply to prevent the spread of a disease, but to treat it in people who are in the early stages of … Read more on Northeast Indiana Public Radio

Local hospitals want piece of B windfall
Invited partners include St. Elizabeth, Rome Memorial, Upstate Cerebral Palsy and Conifer Park, an inpatient substance abuse treatment facility in Schenectady. The Mohawk Valley Health System – Faxton St. Luke's and St. Elizabeth — and the Utica … Read more on Utica Observer Dispatch

Prescription drug use, abuse
Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses, many in combination with other prescription drugs like benzodiazepines, quadrupled in the United States to 16,651 in 2010 from 4,030 in 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more on Worcester Telegram

Experts: 'killer heroin' may be something else
He's a co-founder of SARPH Pa., a substance abuse recovery program for pharmacists and pharmacy students and a marketing director for Gaudenzia, a nonprofit drug treatment center. To understand why a potentially deadly kind of heroin would attract … Read more on The Intelligencer

Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Counselor Training Now Online at Cazenovia …
Cazenovia College logo. Cazenovia College is one of only two colleges in New York State approved to offer the 350 hours of Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor education and training completely in an online format. Cazenovia, NY (PRWEB … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Heroin use, deaths on rise in Wisconsin
The measures including allowing more EMTs to administer Narcan; providing legal immunity for anyone who reports an overdose; creating regional opiate treatment centers; allowing municipal prescription drug collection drives; requiring identification to … Read more on La Crosse Tribune

What's happening today in the north valley
Meet times, locations or to talk to recovering alcoholic, 342-5756. www.aabutte-glenn.org. Weekly. Iversen Wellness … Celebrate Recovery Christian 12-Step Program: 6:30-9 p.m. East Avenue Community Church, 1184 East Ave., Chico. 342-1806. Weekly. Read more on Enterprise-Record

Alcoholics Anonymous in UAE: 'attendees are getting younger'
… lack of local statistics, in the United States, alcoholism is recognised as a major health problem and is the third-biggest killer after cancer and heart disease. George admires the Government for recognising that there are people who need help and … Read more on The National

Archery classes at Forsythe
A free-will offering will be received for Sandy Relief''s Future with Hope, and Ranch Hope – a residential treatment center for troubled youth in Alloway. Call Jim Grant at 609-823-4590. Mother/Daughter Look Alike Contest noon-2 p.m. Saturday, May 10 … Read more on Shore News Today

Meet the Lamb of Wall Street, Broker of Sub Pop-Warner Deal, Buyer of …
As he consumes a prodigious amount of alcohol, he rages, sobs, brags, cackles hysterically, confesses then denies guilt for the events that sent him to prison and otherwise exudes the exuberant charm that persuaded hundreds of intelligent, worldly … Read more on Billboard

SOBA Recovery is the "Best Drug Rehab" Nationwide
This designation was given to SOBA as the result of a newly released online polling system where respondents, who are experts in various drug and alcohol addiction treatment methods, philosophies and treatment centers throughout the United States were … Read more on Newswire (press release)

Change Habits, Change Your Industry
Promises Treatment Center, a national drug and alcohol rehab center, provides exiting patients with a free app. Users can add friends and share meetings, track progress, and receive daily positive messages to prevent relapse. To date, approximately 5 … Read more on Entrepreneur

Question by Just Me Being Me: Why does everyone answer questions here “you need counseling” or “you need a doctor”?
DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND, I get how useful and helpful a therapist can be and I get how sometimes there are medical conditions that need a doctor’s review but what happened to hard work? What happened to putting in the effort to make things work and putting yourself out of your comfort zone? What happened to honesty and truth and reality?

Have people (in general) become so weak that they need someone to hold their hand all the time and tell them their special?
Some worse than others but we all have issues and we all have problems…why can’t people roll up their sleeves and do it themselves anymore?
sheloves_dablues- I disagree. I think they just don’t want to face the truth and they don’t want to put in the effort.
sheloves_dablues- I disagree. I think they just don’t want to face the truth and they don’t want to put in the effort.
Bella- You’re right in saying that there’s nothing wrong with seeking help but not everyone needs to seek help.
WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY IS: If you rate a problem from 1- 10 (with 10 being the hardest), people used to be able to handle up to a 9 for instance without therapy. These days, problems 4 or higher needs therapy.

Best answer:

Answer by sheloves_dablues
If they were capable of just doing it themselves, they wouldn’t be posting here. They’d have solved their own problems.

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Bay Area Recovery Center Introduces New Alcohol Rehabilitation Services
For such a serious condition, it is not just enough to find an alcohol treatment center, since they are a dime a dozen. It is imperative to choose the best treatment facility that one can find. To this end, Bay Area Recovery Center—also known as BARC … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Alcohol/sex frequency may cause resistance to HIV-prevention counseling
This rather grim assessment came about from the study, "Barriers to accessing HIV-prevention in clinic settings: Higher alcohol use and more sex partners predict decreased exposure to HIV-prevention counseling." It was published online this month in … Read more on News-Medical.net