Heroin's rising tide crushes families
The sharp rise reflects a troubling national trend that health care and drug treatment specialists say stems from a prescription painkiller epidemic among mostly suburban and rural youths. Linda Meyer, whose son Trevor grew close with Owen in a … Read more on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Chronicle AM — February 20, 2014
He said he would spend $ 99 million next fiscal year, with half of it going to youth use prevention, another 40% going to substance abuse treatment, and more than $ 12 million for public health. His proposal must be approved by the legislature … Read more on Drug War Chronicle

Five Things To Watch At The Liberal Convention
Justin Trudeau's first policy convention as Liberal leader kicks off in Montreal Thursday. Three thousand delegates and paid observers are expected to attend the four-day event. The Grits are feeling confident these days with positive polls blowing the … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

COVER STORY: Mending Fences
Those cases touched on issues of mental health, drug addiction, anger issues and family history. Canning reports … Even those responsible for more serious felonies, including murder, can use restorative justice as an effective tool during the … Read more on North Shore Outlook

Can Recovery Apps Ever Replace Face-To-Face Addiction Treatment?
“For many people, there are real and virtual environments that we exist in,” said Keith Heinzerling, medical director at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. “There is a typography of the online world and it is conceivable that people … Read more on Huffington Post

Past struggles lead to present hopes for others seeking sobriety
Through it, he uses his harrowing story as recovery hope for others battling drug and alcohol addiction. The couple has “planted” two local support groups within their home church, Riverside Community Church, which recently relocated from Regal Cinemas … Read more on The Intelligencer

SALINE: First meeting of addiction task force set for Feb. 24
The Saline Community Addiction Task Force will be made up of nine people with Police Chief Larry Hrinik serving as a co-chair along with Smita Nagpal, Ph.D., who is co-owner and programs director at Still Waters Counseling, a local holistic treatment … Read more on Heritage Newspapers

Question by Ever Louder: Christian males struggling with “pornography addiction”…do you realize…?
…that if you stop thinking it is a sin to view pornography, you will suddenly lose all interest in it? This is your path to deliverance – atheism.

I’m a pastor.

Best answer:

Answer by Matt Jones
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13 Signs You're A Full-Blown Coffee Addict
When it comes to drinking coffee there is no middle ground. You aren't just kind of a coffee drinker. You either are or you aren't. And if you are, chances are you're pretty intense about it. Because it's really easy to go from drinking your first cup … Read more on Huffington Post

'It Happens to Boys' conference aims to educate public about childhood sexual …
“Professionals not only learn about early warning signs indicative of such abuse but are also empowered with effective tools and intervention strategies to gently guide individuals and their families to recovery.” One in three girls and one in four … Read more on Pasadena Star-News

Seizure Drug May Help Some Heavy Drinkers Cut Alcohol Use
"We had 2 main results. First, topiramate is useful to help people reduce drinking at a lower dosage, and it was well tolerated," lead author Henry R. Kranzler, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine … Read more on Medscape

Can drug partnership gurus admit they have a problem?
Or does it signify something vaguer, something that entails "getting better", perhaps by managing addiction through, say, the heroin replacement methadone? Can "recovery" be abstinence for some, but harm reduction for others? Loading article content … Read more on Herald Scotland

Question by Chaz: In A “12 Step” Program? Is A Family Member? Please Read On…?
I’m a recovering alcoholic (sober 5 years this July…).

I was looking online for books, audio CD’s, downloads, etc. Anything about furthering my recovery outside of AA. I go to meetings, but was just wondering what else there is to life after recovery without talking about AA all the time.

I found mostly blog posts (many just regurgitating each other), anti-AA groups and centers (one even says you can keep drinking!!!??!!!), and a couple overpriced books on Amazon from doctors who’ve never been addicted to anything.

So, over the last 6 months, I’ve gone away from the AA literature and read a lot about, and visited lectures on, the spiritual, metaphysical, self-healing arts.

Quite enlightening! And such a “positive” force!!

Paired with AA, these have put so much “into place” in my life, and given me much more hope for me & my family’s future.

Do you know of any books on such topics from the recovering alcoholic or addicts point of view?

Alternate/Piggyback question: Would YOU (like me) buy it if it existed?

Best answer:

Answer by John Reid
Congrats on the five years. I pretty much dropped out of AA at about the five year mark. A lot of people do but do not go back to the booze. Frankly, I got bored. I could go to a discussion meeting and know exactly what everybody in the room was going to say, sometimes even word for word, no matter what the subject of the discussion.
I began to think of myself as a human being with an alcohol problem instead thinking of myself as an “alcoholic” (meaning some sort of subhuman or alien from outer space), and was shouted down when I mentioned my point of view.
So I just went back to school for a couple years and got on with my life. I did a lot of reading, mostly classic literature, but have not let myself get into the self-healing stuff. For almost 32 years now, I have not seen any need for booze….yeah, O.K. I have felt a desire thousands of times but not a need.

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'Recovering Alcoholic': Words That Stigmatize or Empower?
If you hear someone say that they are a "recovering alcoholic" or a "recovering addict" how do you react? Can you imagine yourself saying such words, and if so how would you expect others to react? There is no doubt that the concept of alcoholism has … Read more on Huffington Post

Former president's son speaks about alcoholism, addicts
"Betty, I don't want to lose my wife, and these kids don't wanna lose their father." Actor Steve Ford, son of former President Gerald R. Ford recounts the moment when his father intervened in his mother's addiction during the annual Addiction and … Read more on MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Governing in recovery
Here's hoping that recovering alcoholic and newly elected Boston Mayor Marty Walsh gets better treatment in the media than the ex-drinker ex-president George W. Bush. So far, so good. Walsh has spoken openly about his struggles with alcohol with the … Read more on Boston Globe

Dog Dies After Eating Electronic Cigarette Capsule
Fizz Girl, a Munchkin Cat from San Diego, Calif., has grabbed the record title for Shortest Living Cat. …. 'Sprinkles' the Koala following her life saving radiation treatment at the Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre in Brisbane, Australia, August … Read more on Huffington Post

Hoffman among thousands of addiction victims
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman suffered from a chronic medical condition that required ongoing treatment. An admitted drug addict who first sought professional help more than two decades ago, Hoffman apparently succumbed to his illness … Read more on KFMB News 8

Combination Therapy Shown to Improve Function in Stroke Patients
San Diego Convention Center: International Stroke Conference 2014 hosted by the American Heart Association Over 4 million people in the US are living with the after-effects of stroke. Now a … Patients received treatment during 3 visits per week for 6 … Read more on PR.com (press release)

Heroin, painkillers 'destroyed everything': How an Ithaca man went from …
He could stay on the East Coast or venture west to a base in either San Diego or Pearl Harbor. In what he later …. After a stint in jail, the court sent him to St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment & Recovery Center — a three-month rehab program in … Read more on Auburn Citizen

Question by Shelby: what are valuable statements that would lessen the amount of drug use?
example: penalties should be worse for those who drink and drive, that way less people will be willing to take that risk

something like that, except for drugs.
there also needs to be something in the statement that would stop or minimize drug use

Best answer:

Answer by gowpet
They have all the warnings, and info out there. There is even that show on A&E called intervention. People will continue to do what they want to regaurdless of any and all warnings.

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Removing the Stigma of Substance Abuse
For years, Massachusetts has struggled with the growing problem of substance abuse. Illicit drugs such as heroin and painkillers have brought devastation to our families, communities and individual lives. It is time that we put an end to the spread of … Read more on BostInno

Drug Abuse and Our Biased Compassion
Recently the world has been privy to the intimate details of the drug use of two white male celebrities. On one hand there is Justin Bieber; during a recent arrest for DUI, Bieber admitted to taking Xanax and marijuana. A few days before, during a … Read more on Huffington Post

Report: Drug–use rate is high for Mass. youth
BOSTON — Massachusetts youth use illicit drugs more than their counterparts across the country, according to a federal report, which found Bay Staters between the ages of 12 and 17 also do not perceive great risk in use of marijuana and weekly drinking. Read more on Eagle-Tribune