New Rumson Helpline Provides Hope for Teenage Addiction Recovery
The benefits of proper rehabilitation are priceless. Rehab facilities can provide drug and alcohol detox, dual diagnosis, individual and group therapy as well as mandatory educational programs for teenage addicts. Regardless of your age or situation …
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Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone
Svetlana Starikova, a patient of treatment for drug addiction, poses at a bus stop with an advert reading "Rehabilitation of drug and alcohol addicts" in Sevastopol, Crimea. Photo: AP. But Russia, which annexed Crimea in mid-March following a …
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Heroin task force focuses on treatment options, availability in Madison County
She tried to enter a rehabilitation facility, but was sent home because she was "only" on pills. Other doctors refused to treat her. By the time she came to Wellspring, they said, Rachel was taking 50-55 … Park said Wellspring focuses on the …
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Question by Kate: Help Please! Any movies that realistically display addictions?
I need movies for a project on addictions – movies that portray various addictions realistically rather than glamorizing them are somewhat hard to come by. I was wondering if anyone could think of/has seen any movies that would work? I have the following ones:

For drug addictions – Trainspotting, Drugstore Cowboy, Requiem for A Dream, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

For alcoholism – When A Man Loves A Woman, Leaving Las Vegas (possible – I haven’t seen this one)

I don’t have anything for gambling and the only movie I know about sexual addiction that would work is Looking for Mr. Goodbar, but I can’t find it anywhere. Please, please help!!!! Thank you!!!!

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Answer by Only _ days till baseball season
The Basketball Diaries is a great one with Leo Dicaprio

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The Surprising Failures of 12 Steps
But it is the sixth step in the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous—the prototype of 12-step facilitation (TSF), the almost universally accepted standard for addiction-recovery in America today. From its … In his new book, released today, The Sober …
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12–Step Programs Lose Validity, Chapters Capistrano Offers Addiction Recovery …
In the alcoholism and drug addiction circles, recovery has often hinged on the infamous 12-step program; a systematic structure that has become popular among sobriety support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. However, Chapters Capistrano and …
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Collingwood favourite Joffa Corf is helping others survive homelessness and …
“We need to open our eyes and understand that people doing it tough aren't doing it by choice. “Addiction is hideous, it's hard to control and our drinking culture, in particular, is destroying the nation.'' One of a family of seven, Corf said he was …
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Dunbarton police say illegal drug use partly to blame for sharp rise in …
While the police have not linked the crimes to any one person or group of people, Remillard said, a majority of the cases are linked by an undertone of drug addiction. “People are often looking for goods they can sell to obtain money to support their …
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Addictions Journey – Understanding and Patience
Where your journey goes from here is your own story, too many follow the path of Addiction. Don't say I didn't warn you. It is amazing how one decision can change everything. A simple swig of a bottle, a puff off of a joint, that joy of freedom that …
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1 in 3 Tennesseans Uses Narcotic Painkillers
A second new study appearing in the same journal found that having prescription narcotics around, even for legitimate purposes, helps fuel ongoing drug addiction. Painkillers obtained from a friend or relative, either freely given or purchased, provide …
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'Super' painkiller the last thing our society needs
Those fighting addiction to prescription painkillers already make up a sizeable percentage of our patients. These are men and women of all ages, some as young as their 20s, who became dependent on opiate drugs — some in a matter of weeks or even days …
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Editorial: NJ drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
Starting with the first sentence of its report on a two-year study of New Jersey's drug problems, the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse doesn't mince words. “The skyrocketing use of heroin and other opiates has become the number one …
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Addiction News
For the latest addiction news, bookmark This Just In. From legal matters and celebrity troubles to addiction studies and recovery stories, this section features the hottest topics in alcohol and drug abuse news. We sort out the sometimes overwhelming …
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Why 'Substance Abuse' Is a Label We Should All Reject
Frame addiction as “substance abuse” and it is easy to see why it should be a crime, but call it “substance use disorder” and it sounds like something to be treated medically. If we want to make progress in ending stigma, we should think hard about the …
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