Canaan Cafe Gives Ex-Addicts a Second Chance
For a recovering addict at Mountainside, this is one of the final steps. The next level of recovery is introducing normalcy and getting back to a healthy, sober life. Nothing is quite as mundane and sobering, most would agree, than the daily grind of a … Read more on Litchfield County Times

Drug czar approaches challenge from a different angle: As a recovering alcoholic
Insurance companies often do not cover inpatient treatment, and an obscure federal rule restricts the expansion of addiction treatment under the Affordable Care Act. The White House also is grappling with the legal, financial and political implications … Read more on Washington Post

Group aimed to address Maine's addiction problem to bring US drug czar to …
BANGOR, Maine — A group of area health care leaders, law enforcement officials, educators and politicians are forming a plan of attack to combat drug abuse and addiction in Bangor and, perhaps, across the state. The group of 20-plus members convened … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Obamacare helps keep parolees in treatment
1, Multnomah County paid about 75 percent of the cost of addiction treatment for the county's probationers and parolees, many of whom were required to seek treatment as a condition of their release. But with the Affordable Care Act's expansion of … Read more on Portland Tribune

Drug, alcohol addiction rehab in the US is big business
This new report examines the nature of the business, types of rehab, reasons for the renewed growth of addiction rehab services since the Great Recession, national receipts/growth from 1983-2013, 2014 and 2018 forecasts, average facility revenues … Read more on News-Medical.net

Marijuana on campus: Looking at Washington's marijuana culture
If anyone had asked Karly Jo Harris about marijuana three years ago, she would have said, “nope, nope, nope, it's bad and I don't want to talk about it.” But now, with the legalization of marijuana in Washington and pot shops cropping up around the … Read more on Daily Record-News

Affordable Care Act boon to addiction rehab industry
Group Health Research Institute senior investigator Dr. Katherine Bradley noted that addiction rehabilitation were long dependent on support groups to treat alcoholism. This has since changed, however, as more health care practitioners started to view … Read more on Gant Daily

Alcoholism Treatment Underused. Drug Treatments Could Save Thousands
Analyzing 122 studies, University of North Carolina researchers found that drug treatment options to treat a variety of alcohol use disorders, including alcoholism are widely underused. Two drugs, naltrexone and acamprosate have been approved for over … Read more on The News Ledge

Unique implant treatment for alcohol abuse gaining traction in the Bay Area
Naltrexone itself has been available for more than two decades for alcohol treatment, but until recently it was mainly in pill form, which was a hurdle for many struggling alcoholics. "If you take alcoholics, the most notorious of non-compliant … Read more on abc7news.com

Toronto mayor says he'll take leave for alcohol treatment
TORONTO • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take an immediate leave of absence to seek help for alcohol, he said, as a report surfaced about a second video of the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. Ford said he would also take a leave from his … Read more on STLtoday.com

'The Healing Place:' Recovery program vital for Mercer
But we also must weigh that concern against the very real and very serious drug problem in our region, and the fact that there is currently no such long-term treatment services in the county for those individuals who are trying to turn their lives … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Study Ignites Debate Over Non-Drug Treatment For Schizophrenia
… long-term impact of these treatments. In a blog entry published last year, Dr. Insel reports on a study in which antipsychotic medication proved beneficial in the early stages of psychosis, but over the long term, it appeared to worsen the … Read more on WBUR

If We Build It, Will They Come? Drug Treatment and the Affordable Care Act
Howard Josepher is president and chief executive of Exponents, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people affected by drug addiction. Having overcome his own addiction to heroin many years ago, he has been a long-term advocate … Read more on Huffington Post

Broward County judge in rehab after relapse
A BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE IS ON LONG-TERM PERSONAL LEAVE AFTER HAVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS OF HER OWN WHILE ON THE BENCH. TODAY BROWARD A CHIEF JUDGE CON FURLED TO BOB NORMAN THAT THE JUDGE … Read more on Local 10

A Sobering Story: Experts say genetics play key role in addictions
Addiction isn't a problem of mind over matter. Really, it's a matter of the mind. “(Addiction) looks like bad behavior, but in essence it's a biological problem, a biological transformation, if you will, as a result of the drug use,” said Dr. Kenneth … Read more on Indiana Gazette

Drug abuse goes out of control
The country's deaddiction centres are not able to keep up with the spiraling drug abuse. With nearly 1.6 million addicts including children and women the rampant use of an assortment of drugs has become a serious public health crisis. The Independent … Read more on RAWA News

Despite Affordable Care Act, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
In addition to the protections under the Affordable Care Act, long-awaited rules for another federal law — the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act — were released late last year requiring that coverage for substance abuse and mental health … Read more on Detroit Free Press

Question by lastavailidtome: Alcohol Rehab?
What does it mean to “enter alcohol rehab”? What is done, how long, and why can’t it be done at home? Thanks all.

Best answer:

Answer by cowboydoc
This is something that has to be done by the indivigual and the family. If the person is forced to, then it isn’t going to work. That person has to realize thier going to lose everything if they don’t go for treatment.

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Barriers Remain Despite Health Law's Push To Expand Access To Substance …
"There is no illness that will be more favorably affected [by the Affordable Care Act] than substance abuse," said A. Thomas McLellan, former U.S. deputy drug czar and now chief executive officer of Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia. … In … Read more on Kaiser Health News

Doctors call for boost in weight loss surgery
The country's largest treatment clinic for obesity now has 183 people on the waiting list for a gastric bypass. … However, surgery is only suitable for around 20pc of patients. "Gastric bypass surgery is the main surgery we do here. It involves … Read more on Irish Independent

Tiverton Hospital loved by patients but dogged by staff sickness
The commission has told Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the community hospital, that it must make improvements to ensure the consent of patients in relation to treatment and resuscitation decision is sought. The hospital did not always … Read more on Mid Devon Gazette