Russell Brand joins campaign to save Woodford Green rehab centre 1NE
Russell Brand with Fiona Snowball and Chris Fallon, both helped to recovery by 1NE in the Broadway, Woodford Green. Archant. Russell Brand has joined a campaign to save a rehab centre set up by a mother and daughter after addiction destroyed their … Read more on Ilford Recorder 24

64 Sabah kids in drug rehab
They are now back in school after three months of counselling, but the boys are still monitored by the cure and care rehabilitation centre. Five other children, aged 9 to 14, were also tested positive for drugs during a recent special operation to … Read more on Daily Express

Scientology rehab centre at the Central Coast back on the agenda despite …
Yarramalong resident Ron Lee is hoping for a similar outcome to a recent case in Warburton, Victoria, where locals won a battle against a Narconon rehabilitation centre. “I don't know what's going to happen,” Mr Lee said. “I can't see the church giving up. Read more on The Daily Telegraph

Question by Kate: Help Please! Any movies that realistically display addictions?
I need movies for a project on addictions – movies that portray various addictions realistically rather than glamorizing them are somewhat hard to come by. I was wondering if anyone could think of/has seen any movies that would work? I have the following ones:

For drug addictions – Trainspotting, Drugstore Cowboy, Requiem for A Dream, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

For alcoholism – When A Man Loves A Woman, Leaving Las Vegas (possible – I haven’t seen this one)

I don’t have anything for gambling and the only movie I know about sexual addiction that would work is Looking for Mr. Goodbar, but I can’t find it anywhere. Please, please help!!!! Thank you!!!!

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Answer by Only _ days till baseball season
The Basketball Diaries is a great one with Leo Dicaprio

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Philip Seymour Hoffman had 'hard-core' drug addiction
He was a hard-core addict," Mr Vineberg said. Police found more than 350 bags of heroin in Mr Vineberg's apartment but he insisted that he had tried to support Hoffman through his addiction. "I could've saved him," said Mr Vineberg, who once played … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

Russell Brand: Hoffman death due to 'stupid' drug laws
The road to perdition is made all the clearer, he says, by drug laws that don't work at deterring drug abuse, have never worked and will never work — indeed, they make things worse. Brand darkly imagines that the people who support criminalizing drug … Read more on USA TODAY

In This State: Documentary and doctor 'star' delve into tragedy of drug use
Holmes, 72, is a key figure in Bess O'Brien's latest creation, a documentary about young prescription drug addicts in St. Albans and their attempts to overcome their disease with Holmes' help. O'Brien, Holmes and one of the recovering addicts received … Read more on vtdigger.org

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My husband has in a the Bell Shelter rehab last year from 5/06 thru 12/06 for drug and alcohol abuse and posession charges. While the the shelter for the first three months he was doing just fine up until 09/06 when I could no longer be there for him … Read more on About – News & Issues

Russell Brand Launches New Funding For Drug And Alcohol Treatment
The event, sponsored by RAPt, was aimed at health commissioners, those working in the drug and alcohol treatment system and police and crime commissioners. People leaving abstinence based rehabilitation and treatment programmes are more likely to … Read more on Look To The Stars

Niagara County faith-related events Jan. 19-26
RECOVERY GROUP: 7:30 p.m., Wheatfield Community Church, 3571 Niagara Falls Blvd. Addiction Conquerors will offer a Life Recovery Group every week to those who are victims of any addiction. The Rev. Pat Lavery, co-founder of the group, will lead. Read more on Buffalo News

Russell Brand and former Coronation Street star Kevin Kennedy team up in …
They met at a London conference aimed at supporting more social enterprises for people recovering from addiction. The Sunday Mirror told earlier this month how Kevin plans to open a dry pub in Brighton and is looking to raise £100,000 to finance the … Read more on Mirror.co.uk

Pa. mom has had double dose of heroin tragedy
11, daughter Stacie Lee Burnell, 36, whose heroin addiction led her to living on the streets of Chester, was shot and killed just hours after being released from prison – presumably by a dealer she'd ripped off. Her murder remains unsolved. For Shedlo … Read more on Philly.com

University Establishes a Recovery Housing Program
Five students are currently enrolled in the BC Recovery Housing program, created through collaboration between several offices in the Student Affairs division, including Residential Life, Health Promotions, Health Services, Alcohol and Drug Education … Read more on Boston College Chronicle

Russell Brand launches fund to raise money for drug and alcohol treatment …
… can help people to recover from addiction." Russell Brand with Tessa Jowell MP on BBC Question Time Brand, who himself is a recovering heroin addict and alcoholic, has become a voice for those in recovery and a frequent talking head on the subject. Read more on The Independent

Alcoholics Anonymous and Addiction Doctors Are Fighting an Outdated Battle
In the United States, where the 12-step program originated, AA is viewed by many as a national treasure of sorts. Social workers send patients to AA meetings. Judges condition people's freedom on meeting attendance. Desperate spouses … Alcoholics … Read more on Slate Magazine

Russell Brand launches alcohol recovery fund
Brand recently announced that he has set up the Give It Up Fund, which is managed by Comic Relief, to aid those leaving alcohol and drug rehabilitation centres to reintegrate into their local communities. “It's integral that people entering a life of … Read more on The Spirits Business

Abuse of heroin, marijuana, synthetic drugs continue to plague Harford
Heroin abuse and deaths in Harford County continue at a rate greater than the county's population ranking in the state, the leader of the county's anti-drug and alcohol abuse program says. The county is also plagued by excessive abuse of marijuana and … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Detox Clear Beats Prices of All Competitors
For many years, Detox Clear has not only protected the privacy of individuals who wish to pass a urine drug test but has also offered top-quality products at lower prices than any competitors. (Newswire.net — January 15, 2014) Gardena, California … Read more on Newswire (press release)

Katy Perry Reveals 3 Month Teetotal Detox After Russell Brand Split, Calls The …
2014 issue of his substance abuse</a>, "If I continued it, I was really going to sabotage my whole life." "I don't drink or do drugs anymore," he <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20627207,00.html">told People</a> recently. "Being sober … Read more on Huffington Post