Take What Works and Fu*k the Rest
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 Sober in the City: A Gay Atheist Walks into AA
by Ginger Hale
Perhaps
I might want to examine why I shacked up with another addict who
constantly encouraged me to stay wasted? Despite all of my issues with
AA - sexual predators, verbal abuse, misogyny, sexism, racism, classism,
homophobia, and victim blaming - it seemed to be the only thing keeping
me sober. So, I'm not writing this to deter anyone from seeking out AA
if they feel they need help. Rather, I would like to see more inclusive,
progressive versions of AA.
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Coming Clean In The Air Tonight
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 Phil Collins Reveals He Nearly Died, Ended Up In Alcoholics Anonymous
"I
was supposed to be an alcoholic... I went to meetings and I did try
rehab - for a week. But I couldn't stand it. It was like being at
boarding school. So I said to myself, 'I know what I need to do, I'm not
a f**king alcoholic... I was taking medication for all kinds of
different little things. [The prescription pills] were not mixing with
the drink, basically.
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PTSD Pot Trims Stress Disorder?
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 1000 Veterans Line Up for Free Marijuana
The
"Grow 4 Vets" giveaway in Colorado Springs aimed to bring
cannabis-based treatments to veterans with service-related conditions as
an alternative to pain medications. Marijuana activists have tried
unsuccessfully to have post-traumatic stress disorder added to the
Colorado list of medical conditions that qualify for joining the medical
marijuana registry. Now that pot is legal for all adults over 21,
organizers are free to give away marijuana.
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BENCHMARK RECOVERY CENTER
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Achieving Emotional/Physical Sobriety
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 Understanding Addiction and How to Quit Unhealthy Habits
Addiction
isn't only about drugs and alcohol. Some people think that working a
12-hour day and drinking six double espressos isn't a problem. Others
think that eating sugar or going to the gym seven nights a week is fine.
These things can be difficult to recognise as addictions because they
are common and socially acceptable, but they can be as detrimental to
your health as any other addiction.
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Now How About the Other 49?
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 Massachusetts Gets $400,000 Grant To Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Gov.
Deval Patrick, who has declared opioid abuse a public health emergency,
said Friday that the grant will help improve the state's Prescription
Drug Monitoring Program. "This important (Department of Justice) grant
will help increase training for Massachusetts officials using the
monitoring program in recognizing the signs of addiction and providing
appropriate referrals to treatment, which is key to breaking the cycle
of abuse and addiction," U.S. Sen. Edward Markey said in a prepared
statement.
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ACADEMY OF ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS
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Losing Your Home From Home
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 Online Gambling Market Could
Hit $5.2 Billion
by 2020
Right
now, just Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have legal online gambling.
New Jersey's industry yields more than $10 million a month; Nevada's is
about $1 million a month, and Delaware's has reached as high as $240,000
for a single month. Online gambling, but specifically poker, really
thrives when there is a lot of liquidity. This is the conventional
wisdom.
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DR. KREVOY EATING DISORDERS PROGRAM
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Watch 2013 REEL Recovery Highlight Reel
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 REEL Recovery Film Festival HIGHLIGHT
Reel 2013
See clips from last year's Award Winning REEL Recovery Film Festivalwith Paul Williams, Russell Brand, Robert Blake, Barbara Eden and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. SEE VIDEO
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 Sen. Whitehouse To Introduce Legislation to Combat Drug Addiction
The
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2014, cosponsored by
Minnesota's Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and New Hampshire Republican
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, would provide a series of incentives and resources
designed to encourage states and local communities to pursue a full
array of proven strategies to combat addiction.
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 Chart Shows Insane Number Of Americans Die From Drugs Or Alcohol-Related Causes Every Year
The
chart maps some causes of death and shows the average age at which
people die of these causes. Drug overdoses are the most common causes of
accidental death among young adults, ahead of car accidents and
suicide, and they claim some of the youngest victims. The chart uses
data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vertical
axis shows the number of Americans killed every year, while the
horizontal axis shows ages. The peaks of each line, marked by the dotted
lines on the right, indicate the average age of people who die from
each cause.
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 PTSD Linked to
Food Addiction
Women
who have the largest number of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms
are almost three times more likely to develop an addiction to food, a
new study suggests."If clinicians providing mental health care are aware
that PTSD is sometimes accompanied by problematic eating behaviors,
then they may be able to offer better and more tailored care to their
patients."
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There Is A Solution VIDEO
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 The Truth about Sex Addiction VIDEO
We
continue part two of our series on sex addiction, this week we turn
things from the addict to the partner. Therapist Dan Gabbert discusses
the repercussions the addiction has on the addicts partner and how they
can seek help.
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3 days left !
2014 New York
Reel Recovery Film Festival
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43 Films
in
7 Days
QUAD Cinema
13th and 6th Ave.
New York City
Sept. 26 - Oct. 2
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Screening @ 6th Annual Los Angeles
REEL Recovery Film Festival Oct. 24-30
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 A Frank Talk about Addiction with
Frank Ferrante
Addiction
is one of South Africa's most endemic problems. The Cape Town Recovery
Film Festival tackles this topic head-on. MARELISE VAN DER MERWE talks
to the unlikely anti-hero of one of its documentaries, 'May I be
Frank'
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 Researchers Identify Brain Changes in Alcohol-related Sleep Disturbances
Clinical
assessments and research indicate that individuals with alcohol use
disorders frequently suffer from severely disrupted sleep.
This can occur when people are actively drinking, when they are going
through withdrawal or when they are abstaining. "Sleep-wake
disturbances can last for months, or even years, after someone stops
drinking, which indicates that chronic alcohol abuse could cause
long-term negative effects on sleep." |
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Amanda Bynes Arrested on DUI in
Van Nuys
The 28-year-old actress was arrested on Sunday morning at 3 a.m.
for DUI, the California Highway Patrol confirms to E! News. She has
been charged with a misdemeanor after police "determined she was under
the influence of a controlled substance" while driving. The former
Nickelodeon star was held at the Van Nuys, Calif., station on $15,000
bail before she was released at 12:44 p.m. that same day.
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Chasing the Muse - New York City Oct. 1
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2014 REEL
Recovery Film Festival
New York City
Chasing
the Muse -
Oct. 1
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 William Cope Moyers to Talk about Addiction to Help Nonprofit
William
C. Moyers, of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, will join forces with
Roads to Recovery Inc. in October as the agency continues its push to
eliminate the barriers residents face in their effort to recover from
addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Moyers, author of the memoir
"Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption" will present "Unmask the
Stigma" on Oct. 16 at the James River Conference Center.
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Don't Show This To Panda Express
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 Chinese Restaurant Admits To Selling 'Opium-Laced Noodles'
The
store's owner, identified as Zhang,confessed to the Xi'an Evening News
that he had crushed poppy buds into powder and added it in with the
seasoning to his noodles. The result, as the BBC notes, was "opium-laced
noodles." Police reports stated that the unprocessed seeds contained
enough opiates to cause positive drug-test results and could "produce
dependence" in consumers.
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DUFFY'S NAPA VALLEY REHAB
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 Peers, Not Genetics, Make Teens Drink More
When
it comes to teens and alcohol abuse, peer pressure may trump genetics.
Though some people carry a gene variant that decreases the likelihood
that they'll develop an alcohol problem, it may not be enough to prevent
younger people from drinking too much, especially in certain social
settings around friends who consume alcohol in excess.
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 How To Approach Antidepressants
Doctors
say that you should expect to feel or notice a change in mood or
thought process in as many as three or four weeks. Understand the side
effects that each drug carries. Again, not all antidepressants are made
alike so if the side effects are unbearable, ask your doctor if you can
try a different kind of antidepressant to see if it works better and
with fewer side effects.
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He's Black ... What A Surprise
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 39 Year Old Gets 2 Life Sentences For Cocaine, Methamphetamine Possession
Mayberry
was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and
possession of methamphetamine, as well as failure to stop at a red
light. The jury acquitted him of possession with intent to distribute
and instead found him guilty of possession. But because both possession
counts were charged after two or more previous felony convictions, each
count was punishable by up to life in prison and that's what the jury
chose.
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Doctor Addiction On The Steps
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 Dr. Drew Talks Addiction, Childhood Trauma and Why He Believes in 12 Steps
Dr.
Drew Pinsky: I didn't decide -- it just sort of happened to me as I
moved through my career. I'm an internist. I was doing general medicine
and during residency, I moonlighted at a psychiatric hospital and became
very interested in the medical care of psychiatric patients. A lot of
the medical problems were down in the drug unit and all of a sudden I
was seeing lots of drug addicts and alcoholics.
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Addiction Hysteria? VIDEO
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 Neuroscientist Debunks Common Beliefs About Drug Addiction VIDEO
CARL
HART: About 80 to 90 percent of the people who use illegal drugs don't
turn out addicts, Hart explained. As an example, Hart pointed to the
three previous presidents, all of whom used drugs when they were
younger. "Their drug use did not result in an inevitable downward spiral
leading to debauchery and addiction," Hart said. "And the experience of
these men is the rule, not the exception."
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 Rehab Opens Nation's First Free Surf Camp For People In Recovery
Morningside
Recovery of Orange County, California, has created the nation's first
substance abuse and mental health recovery surf camp. Swell Life
combines the healing powers of holistic therapy and the ocean to create a
unique and inviting program for the recovery community.
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Hennessy Occupational Hazard
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 In Philly Restaurants, Addiction is on the Menu
Unlike
at some jobs, part of the problem at restaurants can be that the boss
is right there with the staff, drinking or doing drugs. That point got
underlined vividly a month ago when celebrated local chef Michael
Solomonov, founder of Zahav, came out as a drug addict in the pages of
the Sunday New York Times.
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Joined AA? Like the Rotary Club? VIDEO
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 Liam Neeson Joined AA Meetings for Movie Role VIDEO
Actor
Liam Neeson attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for his role in new
crime movie A Walk Among The Tombstones. The star plays a former
heavy-drinking private investigator and the role involved detailing his
character's struggle to stay sober with the help of his AA colleagues.
Neeson was so determined to nail the part that he arranged with
organisers of the global support group to allow him to observe meetings
in New York and Los Angeles.
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 Doctors' Group Issues Painkiller Guidelines
The
risks of powerful narcotic painkillers outweigh their benefits for
treating chronic headaches, low back pain and fibromyalgia, a new
statement from the American Academy of Neurology says. Narcotic, or
opioid, painkillers include medications such as morphine, codeine,
oxycodone (Oxycontin), methadone, fentanyl, hydrocodone or a combination
of the drugs with acetaminophen. The drugs can cause serious side
effects, overdose, addiction and death
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Los Angeles Reel Recovery Film Festival
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