Question by I have an answer !: Why do some men/women live in denial about their “depression or addictions”??
Do they have to “hit rock bottom” to realize and accept their “desease” ? Do they have to “lose their family and friends” in order to realize, it’s time to get some professional help ? A dear friend of mine is going through this “depression and alcoholism” stage right now, (it’s been actually a while) and I have no idea how to help anymore ! She is a grown woman for crying out loud ! What else can I do ? I suggested to go with her to the AA meetings, called even “rehab centers” but the response I get is the same: “She is the only one who can admitt to her problem and do something about it!”

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Answer by Michael
yes

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The grip of addiction impacts the whole family
He volunteered with Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness. Being open and honest about his addiction helped his whole family. Adam went to treatment and was clean for 13 months, but relapsed in November 2012 after his grandmother's funeral. Read more on Deseret News

More than 500 drug addicts recover from Dubai rehabilitation programme
Lt Col Dr Jumaa Sultan Al Shamsi, director of the Department of Drug Awareness and Prevention of the General Anti-Narcotics Department at Dubai Police, said that the reintegration into society of recovering addicts is an ambitious, long-term project … Read more on The National

Recovery in Partners of Sex Addicts
sexual betrayal I believe that sexual betrayal of the partners of sex addicts has a two-fold impact. It is both a trauma and a serious loss. The trauma that accompanies the discovery of sex addiction shakes the spouse or partner to the core. It calls … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

Question by Unknown Person: Define “Addiction” in your own way?
How would you define the word “addiction”?

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‘i cannot live without it!’

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Substance abuse counselor convicted of murder in Torrance pedestrian's death
Los Angeles >> A substance abuse counselor who drove two miles through Torrance with a dying man on her windshield was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder, drunken driving and hit-and-run charges. Sherri Lynn Wilkins showed no response as … The … Read more on Daily Breeze

Alcohol & Drug Rehab Kenosha Launches Center to Battle Substance Abuse …
Eugene, OR (PRWEB) February 06, 2014. A Kenosha alcohol and drug rehab center is announcing that it is opening its doors to help adults and adolescents fight back against their alcohol and drug addiction through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Demi Lovato Talks Addiction and "Amazing" Friend Selena Gomez After Her …
Demi Lovato is breaking her silence on the news that her BFF Selena Gomez secrety went to rehab for two weeks last month. Lovato, who has battled substance abuse and eating disorder issues in the past, has nothing but kind words for Gomez. "Selena is … Read more on E! Online

Owner of Fort Myers rehab center pleads guilty to Medicare fraud
Duluc and his co-conspirators used multiple physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics in Florida to submit about $ 28.3 million in fraudulent Medicare reimbursement claims from 2005-2009, according to the release. Medicare paid about $ 14.4 million on … Read more on The News-Press

Agent: Dennis Rodman checks into alcohol rehab center
Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent says. Darren Prince declined on Saturday to say which facility will treat Rodman and how long he will be there … Read more on Florida Today

Long a nexus of Rx drug abuse, Staten Island now faces heroin's scourge
"They don't know what they're doing," says Fusco, who runs the Dynamite Youth Center in Brooklyn and its residential treatment center in update Fallsburg New York. About 35 percent of Dynamite's upstate residents hail from Staten Island. "They're using … Read more on SILive.com

Permit OKs rehab center at former Mercy Academy site
The former Mercy Academy property at 1176 E. Broadway. Zoning officials have approved a permit to convert it into a rehabilitation center for recovering addicts. / Martha Elson/The Courier-Journal … Read more on The Courier-Journal

Alan Chartock: Actor's death puts spotlight on addictions
Some folks have incredible success with 12-step programs and support groups that have been established to help addicts. Many years ago when I was doing my Ph.D. in mental health politics, I was assigned to go out to a famous drug addiction rehab center … Read more on Berkshire Eagle

Question by Shaina: *urgent! what insurance plans cover “passages malibu” drug treatment center?
If you have been there or just know the list of what plans are accepted, please please let me know…. this means Life or Death. thank you soooo much!!!

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I would be surprised if that particular place is covered. In my experience those kinds of treatment centers that claim to “cure” addiction are nothing more than a relaxing vacation for the addicts. If you or someone you know is looking for a real rehab center focus on one with strong support networks for the patient and a good program based on the 12 steps. Addiction is not something you cure in a couple months, it’s a life long disease that can resurface at any point.

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“Theraflu” Heroin Claims 22 Lives in Pennsylvania
Father and son team Chris and Pax Prentiss founded Passages Malibu in 2001. Its second location, Passages Ventura, first opened its doors in 2009. The two alcohol & drug abuse treatment centers offer an alternative to the 12 step/AA model of addiction … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Did Philip Seymour Hoffman Make A Fatal Misstep in Treating His Addiction?
That self-styled treatment for a serious addiction may have caused Hoffman his life, says addiction expert A. R. Mohammad, M.D., a board-certified psychiatrist who teaches addiction medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine.” … him to act as if … Read more on Monsters and Critics.com

Hoffman's death spotlights U.S. heroin epidemic
No one can be cured,” said Dr. Akikur Reza Mohammad, a psychiatrist and addiction specialist who works as a professor at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine and is founding chief of Inspire Malibu Treatment Center. “If … Read more on The Japan Times

WORLD EXCLUSIVE! CHER's “MEXICAN STAND-OFF” WITH SON ELIJAH BLUE!
However, he soon got hooked on smoking heroin and taking painkillers, and he has been in and out of rehab “several times.” He says he last used heroin in autumn 2008. “My drug addiction was pretty much about an eight-year thing of really heavy using. Read more on The National Enquirer

Vermont gets M grant for drug treatment program
Peter Shumlin and Health Commissioner Harry Chen announced on Friday that Vermont will get a $ 10 million federal grant to expand early intervention and treatment programs for young adults at risk of alcohol and drug abuse. The grant … Other providers … Read more on Boston.com

Alcohol & Drug Rehab Kenosha Launches Center to Battle Substance Abuse …
Eugene, OR (PRWEB) February 06, 2014. A Kenosha alcohol and drug rehab center is announcing that it is opening its doors to help adults and adolescents fight back against their alcohol and drug addiction through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. Read more on PR Web (press release)