Question by sypher88: So I just got out of drug rehab, and was recently prescribed xanax.?
I was recently in drug rehab from June 1st, until July 5th for opiate addiction. I have been attending AA/NA meetings twice a day since my discharge from rehabilitation.

I have been having extreme anxiety and went to the doctor. I told her I was a recovering drug addict, but she still recommended i take xanax over buspar (the non addictive anti anxiety agent). Xanax has been the ONLY drug that works for my anxiety. I was originally prescribed this before going to rehab, and they took it away from me. Is it wrong that I take this medication if its the only drug ive tried that works?

I also have tried : zoloft, welbutrin, paxil, buspar, and many more.

Best answer:

Answer by BlackBerry Addict
I would suggest listening to you’re doctor because she seems to know what agrees with you, although you don’t wanna become addicted to xanax now that you have just recovered from a different addiction, if you really have such anxiety i would just say to take the xanax but in moderation.

Give your answer to this question below!

Drug rehab plans revived, neighbors protest
The message is clear, neighbors just don't want to live next to recovering drug addicts and alcoholics. They say building a drug rehab center at the corner of NW Zenith Drive and East Torrino Parkway would put their property values and families at risk. Read more on WPEC

Maine Gov Escalates 'War on Drugs'
Once again, LePage pointed to 163 overdose deaths reported in 2012, and to the 927 babies born to addicted mothers. While the governor says drug treatment should be part of the solution to Maine's opiate epidemic, he says he'll look to the medical … Read more on MPBN News

Our view: Meth users don't hurt just themselves
For years, Adams manipulated the correctional system's programs for drug rehab, menaced members of his family and stole thousands of dollars' worth of property. Adams pleaded not guilty on Tuesday on charges of kidnapping and first-degree murder in … Read more on The Tennessean

Question by : Does anyone know this book?
There is this book that i have been wanting to read but i cant remember the name but i remember what the cover looked like,

it had a hand on in covered with sprinkels

Best answer:

Answer by hollisterlover
no clue lol sorry

What do you think? Answer below!

Rethinking Rehab During a New Era of Opiate Addiction
Lauren, Shober and other former addicts interviewed for this article say that successfully achieving abstinence from drugs happens only when an addict is ready and not sooner, raising the question: is rehab always worth it? Desperate parents feel they … Read more on VoiceofOC

Councilor eyes drug rehab center
A CITY councilor of Iloilo is eyeing a rehabilitation center solely for drug users in Iloilo City as it renewed its battle against the proliferation of illegal drugs and substances in the 180 city barangays. Councilor Lyndon Acap, chairman of the … Read more on Sun.Star

New drug treatment facility proposed
ADAMHS Board President William Denihan applauds the move, saying there is critical urgency for more rehabilitation beds for drug addiction. "Our hope is that it cuts it down significantly. It's not going to cut it all down," Denihan said of the current … Read more on WKYC-TV

Question by Mr Psychology: Can you help me, a Christian and a (supposedly) “recovering” sexual (pornography) addict?
I’m 20 years old and male.
I used to watch pornography and pleasure myself about once a day, for roughly 7 years.
I’m also a Christian, so you can imagine just how much of a struggle this has been for a third of my life. I’m an intellectual, I’m not stupid and I don’t try to kid myself. I don’t sugar-coat things and I know what I am doing is wrong.
Last summer I started a journal and recorded my process of fighting this addiction to pornography and (hopefully) overcoming it. I finally did… or so I thought.
Recently (5-6 months later), I’m finding it harder and harder to control the urges that, just a few months ago, I could cast aside with ease. I’ve ruined my streak of 5 months without pornography, and am seeing myself beginning to pleasure myself once again more frequently.
I read passages in the bible, such as “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.” James 1:12, and it breaks my heart (as I know it breaks God’s).
My feelings constantly turn from shame to frustration and back again.

Please help me, I don’t know where to begin. I’ve overcome this before, but it feels even harder this time. It hurts more than it did before because before I was starting off at the ultimate low (for myself), so anything was an improvement. Now, however, I feel as though I’m going from Great to terrible.

Please, any (constructive/positive/truthful/concrete) advise is greatly welcomed, especially from a Christian perspective (I find that non-Christians, nothing against them, do not quite understand the reason behind or the severity of my feelings).

Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by 888
Come to know Christ first.

What do you think? Answer below!

Heroin addicts who want help face insurance denials
As heroin makes a comeback across the nation, addicts and their loved ones who are searching for help are contending with a shortage of services and constraints placed on care by insurance companies, health care and addiction specialists say. Demand … Read more on USA TODAY

KAREN HERRAND, Cotuit: Drug addicts, their families need more help to recover
Being exposed to heroin/opiate addiction with my now 22-year-old son and having to educate myself throughout the last two years, by any available means, i.e., support groups, literature, research, it has become unbelievably disheartening how many … Read more on The Patriot Ledger

Recovery project to start helping addicts in March
PARKERSBURG – The Latrobe Street Mission on March 3 will launch The Grace Project, a long-term recovery program. "This a comprehensive one-year recovery program designed to help individuals attain and maintain a life of freedom from addiction and … Read more on Parkersburg News

Poll: What is the best way to help drug addicts recover?
The commitment of all in combating this problem must not only include preventing new addicts, but also helping existing addicts on their road towards recovery. With that, Astro AWANI wants to ask you: What do you think is the best way to help … Read more on Astro Awani

Question by lekkermeid: Your input… I am collaborating on the opening of a recovery home (women who are becomming drug free)?
I woud like to request if you can send me a few names you think would be suitable. Remember its a home a sober living environment.

Best answer:

Answer by Misanthrope
No Poppy she wants ppl to give names for the sober living center.

I don’t really have a name that you could call the center… Maybe Survivors.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Addiction Treatment Center, Clinical Lab To Pay .75 Million For Fraudulent …
LEXINGTON – A chain of opiate addiction recovery centers, headquartered in Harrodsburg, and a Russell Springs, Ky., clinical laboratory, along with two physician owners, agreed to pay the U.S. Government millions of dollars to resolve civil allegations … Read more on LEX18 Lexington KY News

Treatment, not prison, urged for addictions
"If someone is a diabetic, we would be helping them get the treatment that they need," said Murphy, founder of the Cape group Parents Supporting Parents, which helps parents with children struggling with opiate addictions. "We need to do the same for … Read more on Capecodonline

Addictions experts urge Rob Ford to get help
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's recent admission that he was drinking when he made derogatory comments about Police Chief Bill Blair and used Jamaican patois curse words came as no surprise to Dennis Long, executive director of Breakaway Addictions … Read more on Toronto Star

Question by Liz: What exactly are the current barriers to naloxone access?
Law makers introduced a way to prevent drug overdoses in america, which is now the second leading cause of accidental deaths. One of those ways is to remove the barriers of Naloxone (Narcan) access, does anyone know what those barriers are?
In response to mark, I’m actually on the medication, well on suboxone which has naloxone in it. So do you think that’s the one and only barrier to getting it? And I know that you have to go through a program to get it in the first place, in Maine there’s a waiting list. Maybe this means making it more available and not needing a specialized doctor to prescribe it?

Best answer:

Answer by Mark R
One is that it can only be prescribed by a liscensed physician with a specialty in drug addiction treatment. “narcan” is what is given to stop an overdose of opiates since it it is a competitive inhibitor of opiate receptors.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Anti-Addiction Drugs Found In Philip Seymour Hoffman's Apartment
New York City detectives confirmed that, along with the 50 bags of heroin found in Philip Seymour Hoffman's apartment at the time of his death, they also found a variety of prescription drugs including the addiction-treatment drug buprenorphine … Read more on ABC News

Experts worry about effect of dropping hundreds of addicted Mainers from …
At the end of 2013, hundreds of recovering drug addicts lost their MaineCare coverage, in many cases limiting or ending their ability to get methadone treatment. From left, Lindey Saunders, 35, of Ellsworth; Brandi Harriman, 28, of Glenburn and Jacob … Read more on Bangor Daily News

2 arrested for selling Suboxone, a drug created to treat addiction
WAPPINGERS FALLS — Two Dutchess County residents were arrested for trying to sell Suboxone, a drug prescribed to treat opiate addiction, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office announced. Town of Wappinger resident Dillon Farmer, 22, and Town of … Read more on Poughkeepsie Journal