Picking Addiction Help
“Treatment is not a prerequisite to surviving addiction.” This bold statement opens the treatment chapter in a helpful new book, “Now What? An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery,” by William Cope Moyers, a man who nonetheless needed “four …
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The Problems with the US Addiction Treatment System
The Problems with the U.S. Addiction Treatment System Did you know that most addiction treatment specialists have little formal education or training in addiction? Fourteen states require only a high school diploma or a GED to become an addiction …
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Disruptor | Peter Loeb, Lionrock Recovery
Their 2-year-old startup, Lionrock Recovery, uses secure videoconferencing technology to reach people struggling with chemical substance abuse. Lionrock certainly isn't a replacement for medical rehabilitation, but it offers a lifeline for addicts who …
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Hospital touts new detox as hope for addicts
The hospital has three beds, and the average detox stay is three to five days, after which the patient typically moves either to inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation at a private facility. The hospital detox with Suboxone costs about $ 1,200 a day …
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The Problems with the US Addiction Treatment System
The New York Times has the story, including noting that one of the most popular myths about effective addiction treatment is that you have to go to an addiction or rehab center in order to be treated: “The truth is that most people recover (1 …
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Recovery center coming to Alpine by April
The center offers drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation to people who stay at the facility for 30 to 90 days. Alpine Mayor Hunt Willoughby said federal laws allow the facility to be in a residential area in part because the patients they serve fall …
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Russian Orthodox Church helps to rehabilitate drug addicts
It is one of 60 drug rehabilitation centers in Russia run by the Russian Orthodox Church. Only 12 people live here – four priests and eight recovering drug addicts from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Tomsk. The center tries not to take addicts …
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Mindy McCready Ordered Into Rehab, Sons Sent To Foster Care
Mindy revealed that she had been drinking too much alcohol to cope with the devastating death of her boyfriend, People is reporting. The “Guys Do It All the Time” singer has a history of drug abuse, arrests, rehab and suicide attempts. A judge ordered …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
Of the 23.5 million teenagers and adults addicted to alcohol or drugs, only about 1 in 10 gets treatment, which too often fails to keep them drug-free. Many of these programs fail to use proven methods to deal with the factors that underlie addiction …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
Of the 23.5 million teenagers and adults addicted to alcohol or drugs, only about 1 in 10 gets treatment, which too often fails to keep them drug-free. Many of these programs fail to use proven methods to deal with the factors that underlie addiction …
Read more on New York Times (blog)

NIH study finds missed opportunities for underage alcohol screening
Physicians often fail to ask high school-aged patients about alcohol use and to advise young people to reduce or stop drinking, according to a study led by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
Countless people addicted to drugs, alcohol or both have managed to get clean and stay clean with the help of organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous or the thousands of residential and outpatient clinics devoted to treating addiction. But if you have …
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ARCA opens inpatient treatment center for addiction
One center that is experiencing a demand for its services, Assisted Recovery Centers of America (ARCA), is opening its first inpatient treatment center today at 5351 Delmar Blvd. The 25-bed residential center, Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center …
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Life Healing Center Introduces First-Ever Inpatient Care for Partners of Sex …
SANTA FE, NM–(Marketwire – Feb 4, 2013) – Life Healing Center, a comprehensive behavioral health and addiction treatment facility located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will soon introduce a first-of-its-kind residential care treatment program for partners …
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