Op-Ed: Addiction: Recovery is possible (Includes interview)
Mike asserts, “Celebrate Recovery is not like other addiction freeing programs.” It is a stepping stone out of addiction and into a spiritual awakening with God, to the next level of life he has for you. This gives the alcoholic purpose, a more … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Addiction recovery has to have spiritual component
Straight Stuff. Addiction recovery has to have spiritual component … One of the more controversial aspects of treatment for chemical dependency is the use of spiritually based approaches such as those pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. “How is it … Read more on The Register-Guard

This Is What Rehab and Recovery Is Really Like
This Is What Rehab and Recovery Is Really Like. Posted: 08/04/2014 4:43 pm EDT Updated: … After talking to her (looking back, I probably wasn't completely honest about my drinking) she declared that I abused alcohol and should seek a two day per week … Read more on Huffington Post (blog)

Treatment center planned for BHC
Treatment referrals for the residential substance abuse center will be through Mohave County Mental Health Clinic or through Southwest Behavioral Health Services. The planned 10-bed adult facility will provide a clinician and case manager for each … Read more on Mohave Valley News

S. Ogden neighbors line up to oppose drug rehab center
… surrounding the gated property at 6000 S. 1075 East came out in force Thursday night to let South Ogden planning commissioners know that they object to the recent buyer's plans to convert existing buildings into a residential addiction treatment … Read more on Standard-Examiner

ACLU Seeks To Challenge Law Targeting Pregnant Drug Addicts
Opponents of the bill say it actually deters women from seeking medical care and does nothing to help drug addicts access treatment. The two residential drug treatment facilities in Tennessee where women don't have to give up their children to enroll … Read more on Huffington Post

Foster, Maloney Introduce Legislation To Combat Heroin Abuse, Increase …
This legislation removes barriers to addiction treatment by providing grants for residential/in-patient opioid addiction treatment for qualified individuals. For an individual to qualify, they must either lack health insurance or have health insurance … Read more on Insurance News Net

A Different Path to Fighting Addiction
The center, known as the C.M.C., operates out of two floors of a 19th-century building on 30th Street and Fifth Avenue. It is part of a growing wing of addiction treatment that rejects the A.A. model of strict abstinence as the sole form of recovery … Read more on New York Times

Mutated Worms Could Be Good News For Alcoholics
"This is the first example of altering a human alcohol target to prevent intoxication in an animal," says corresponding author, Jon Pierce-Shimomura, assistant professor in the university's College of Natural Sciences and Waggoner Center for Alcohol … Read more on Huffington Post

Drug Series: Second chance in 'Section 35'
Mary D'Eramo of the Norwell Chapter of Learn to Cope, a peer-led support group for families dealing with addiction and recovery, explained that the law, often referred to simply as “Section 35,” is a civil commitment to treatment, not a criminal … Read more on Wicked Local Scituate

Participants talk about how the addiction recovery program helped them
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla.– On Saturday morning, participants of the addiction recovery program met with volunteers from the Salvation Army, and in many cases, with the sheriff's deputies that put them in jail, to talk about how the recovery pod helped them. Read more on WWSB ABC 7

Sharing story of addiction and recovery lead to 'blessing from God' for Ozark …
Frank and Holli East each developed addictions young in life. They both found a program called "Celebrate Recovery" at Ridgecrest Baptist Church independently and overcame addiction, on their own, through the program. They shared with KY3 how the … Read more on KY3

Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path To Addiction Recovery (EXCERPT)
Refuge Recovery is a practice, a process, a set of tools, a treatment, and a path to healing addiction and the suffering caused by addiction. The main inspiration and guiding philosophy for the Refuge Recovery program are the teachings of Siddhartha … Read more on Huffington Post

The Road to Recovery: Christ-centered program helps people overcome …
Stan and his wife, Penny, were asked to lead the Addiction Recovery Program in Shelby and Gastonia two years ago by Latter-Day Saints State President Ben Poole. “He knew there was a need in this area and he called us to this ministry,” Stan said. Read more on Shelby Star

Some believe addiction treatment facility needed in Faulkner County
While the Faulkner County area has a few services in place to help addicted people who want to get better, some with expertise on the subject believe Conway is overdue for a state-funded drug and alcohol treatment center. Faulkner County Sheriff Andy … Read more on Log Cabin Democrat

Rapid Detox Now Being Performed by Board Certified Physicians
One clinic, MDS Drug Detox in Southfield, MI, has answered the questions surrounding its safety by opening the only rapid detox center in the United States founded and operated by Board-Certified physicians. The protocol is performed in an intensive … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Drug Relapse Denial and How it Kills
We know that drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. We know that people are at the greatest risk for overdose if they relapse after a period of abstinence – such as right after leaving a drug detox, treatment … Read more on Huffington Post

No Rehab for Russia's Drug Addicts
Although Ivanov has repeatedly hailed Russia's rehab centers for having a high success rate in treating patients, Sarang said the figures cited by the director of the agency were likely "numbers chosen at random." "There is no research to prove what he … Read more on The Moscow Times

Oxycodone Addiction & Oxycodone Abuse

Reaching out to addicts with first-ever Recovery Day
If mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, boyfriends and girlfriends cannot get their addicted loved one to go to the Community Access to Recovery Day, we urge them to go to learn about recovery resources available to them and to receive assurances that … Read more on Seacoastonline.com

As a Mom in Recovery, How Do I Explain My Addiction to My Kids?
There is an argument that young children don't need to know about addiction or recovery in the family. Maybe those questions should be shelved until they are older; maybe early memories of a parent in recovery could just fade into black, like their … Read more on Huffington Post (blog)

Addiction, recovery doc gets a screening
“The Anonymous People,” a documentary about Americans in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and drugs, will be screened at the West Newton Cinema on Tuesday night. The film — which features commentary from former congressman Patrick … Read more on Boston Globe