How Obamacare Is Changing Addiction Treatment Coverage
The ACA's effects on addiction treatment, however, begin with the legislation's basic expansion of healthcare access. An estimated 47 million Americans went without health insurance in 2012. The ACA aims to cover many of them, primarily by expanding …
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The scourge of heroin addiction
For example, why is medication management for the treatment of heroin/opioid addiction scorned by so many? In a recent Boston Globe article, Hillary Jacobs, director of Substance Abuse Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acknowledged that …
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Study shows important parallels between epidemic of HIV/AIDS and opioid …
There are important parallels between the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the current epidemic of opioid addiction – ones that could trigger a significant shift in opioid addiction prevention, diagnosis and treatment. These are the findings of …
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Pilot Dauphin County program helps prison inmates continue substance abuse …
A new state pilot program will ensure that Dauphin County prison inmates who need drug and alcohol counseling will continue receiving treatment once they are released from prison. The pilot, which involves Dauphin County and five other counties, will …
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New Beginnings Recovery Center Offers a New Detoxification Breakthrough in …
New Beginnings Recovery Center has been a leader in the addiction treatment field in South Florida for over 8 years. They have now … This program can jump start recovery and help give the best possible starting place for a new, dependency free life.
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Afghan Vet Dies of Overdose in VA Substance-Abuse Center
An Afghanistan war veteran went to the VA to get help fighting his struggles with drugs and alcohol. That's why he was in a 24-bed section of Miami, Florida's VA hospital dedicated to treating addicts. The Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation …
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New Website For Summit Behavioral Health As They Launch New Facilities And …
Summit Behavioral Health anchors on the belief of quality life for addicts; hence provision of needed assistance to help addicts overcome addiction and life drug and alcohol-free lives. The new website, http://www.summithelps.com, showcases the … The …
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Question by Taylor: Alcohol problem…medical forms?
I’m 30 and after alcohol causing problems in dental school and with my husband, my mother crying over the phone pleading with me to stop as well as potentially contributing to my chronic hypertension, I decided to try to stop drinking. I have been a daily drinker for 5 years, and over the past 2 years, there has been a fairly drastic increase. I have been drinking 5-8 drinks per night on average for the past year.

Because of bad reactions with the meds I’m taking (for insomnia and high BP), with alcohol it was recommended that I stop the alcohol. The cravings were terrible over the next month and I was NOT fun to live with… irritable, unable to sleep and generally angry… not attractive… Many times I couldn’t think of anything else but drinking. I went back to drinking once after 33 days for 2 days and then my MD prescribed me Naltrexone. It is helping a little. I still crave, but it is very blunted and manageable.

In a few months, I will have to fill out a form for a residency program in dentistry. One of the questions asks if I have ever been treated for substance abuse or chemical dependence. I have never been to rehab or counseling, but I have medication for alcohol dependence.

Does this count as “treatment?” If so, would you disclose it to a place that is about to employ you for a year? Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by Tsunami
you have to if you don’t and they find out you will be fired. you just stop it and dont’ drink you need AAA and you need to get a grip on this mess. its sounding really bad and you need to stop and get on with your life. its sad but what you are having a withdrawals and that is what happends when you drink every day and don’t stop.

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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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IG: Vet overdosed while in VA rehab center
He had a history of drug abuse while in the Miami VA Medical Center substance abuse residential rehabilitation program and had previously lost leave privileges for continued use of alcohol and illicit drugs. But according to the IG report, the medical …
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