Amphetamine abuse the leading problem for people seeking treatment for drug …
For the first time, amphetamine abuse is the number one problem for people seeking treatment for drug addiction, according to Australia's largest rehabilitation service. Sydney's Odyssey House has seen the lot over the years – the heroin usage of the …
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Gilbert Treatment Center Launches Program to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse
Once people leave the treatment center, outpatient care and support is strongly suggested by counselors. Transitioning back into the “real world” takes time, too, and outpatient treatment allows clients an opportunity to share their victories and …
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Rehab centre a refuge for addicts
These are outpatient treatments for the mild cases, medically assisted withdrawals unit for the moderate and moderate to severe cases. The rehabilitation stage applies after completion of the initial phase. Initially our specialist treatment team …
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More seek help for amphetamines than booze
AMPHETAMINES have surged ahead of alcohol as the main substance for which addicted Australians seek treatment, a report from a rehabilitation centre has found. Odyssey House released its latest annual report today, finding amphetamine use was up as …
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7th Annual Run for Your Life 5K Run & Recovery Walk – 9/29/2012

Image by NYS OASAS
On September 29, more than 1,000 recovery supporters and treatment programs from across the state joined Odyssey House to celebrate recovery at the 7th Annual Run for Your Life 5K Run & Recovery Walk. For more photos: www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyhouse/sets/72157631753539385…

5 Tips for Managing Triggers during Addiction Recovery
5 Tips for Managing Triggers during Addiction Recovery Completing treatment for substance abuse or alcohol addiction is a major accomplishment. But the real work starts when you walk out the door. You are now making a commitment to abstinence from …
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Addiction recovery programs heal through love
OGDEN — There isn't a person alive who can't identify with experiencing pain in their life. But some former addicts say the means they chose to dull that pain caused them and their families untold grief. And they want to help others find their way out …
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Ex-NBA star shares tale of addiction, recovery with St. Stephen's
Five years after a drug rehab counselor told Chris Herren to call his wife and tell her to consider him dead, he stood before the Saint Stephen's Upper School, very much alive, and shared his story of basketball, addiction and recovery in a special …
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Is there a Need for more Addiction Groups?
Rarely a day goes by in metro that we don't hear about a home invasion, a break and enter, or a burglary, often fuelled by an insatiable appetite for mind-altering substances or money to buy same. Now, at least one person says it's time to do something …
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Group educating doctors and patients on pain pill abuse
The people at Odyssey House help hundreds get through substance addiction challenges each year, and said prescription drug abuse is a big problem in Utah — and that abusers come from all walks of life. For Peter Reilly, drugs that were accessible and …
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7th Annual Run for Your Life 5K Run & Recovery Walk – 9/29/2012

Image by NYS OASAS
On September 29, more than 1,000 recovery supporters and treatment programs from across the state joined Odyssey House to celebrate recovery at the 7th Annual Run for Your Life 5K Run & Recovery Walk. For more photos: www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyhouse/sets/72157631753539385…

Advocate advises addiction, recovery are 'a family process'
The 100 or so people who came Wednesday to hear recovery advocate William C. Moyers speak left with a call to action. The author and addiction expert asked those who, like himself, are in recovery to share that with someone they don't know. He asked …
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Rich Clune Shares Story of Alcohol Addiction, Recovery
Rich Clune Shares Story of Alcohol Addiction, Recovery. By Dirk Hoag on Mar 13 2013, 3:08p ? @Forechecker 57. Stay connected for news and updates Follow @Forechecker. Frederick Breedon. ? Share on Facebook · ? Tweet post; ? Recs (1) …
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Freedom Treatment Center Offers New Aftercare in Addiction Treatment
Freedom Treatment Center is a Southern Michigan drug and alcohol addiction recovery facility with personalized programs to help people achieve and maintain sobriety. Freedom Treatment Center knows a crucial point for those in recovery is what happens …
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