Road to recovery: Former Husker Anthony Steels overcomes drug addiction
Embarrassed by his drug habit and his inability to keep a job, he and his wife moved 100 miles east to Clarinda, Iowa, where it was easier to hide his addiction and shame. With a clean slate, where no one knew Anthony Steels the drug addict, he again … Read more on Lincoln Journal Star

Understanding Sex & Love Addiction
It's hard for most folks to conceive of sex addiction as being different from promiscuity or to distinguish love addiction from codependency. This is all the more understandable given that researchers have yet to definitively draw any lines between … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Former NBA player to share story of addiction, recovery
Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Chris Herren is coming to Wilton on Tuesday, Oct. 21, to talk not about his professional basketball career but about his addictions, recovery and sobriety. Mr. Herren, who played for the Denver … Read more on Wilton Bulletin

Without Obamacare, I would have died. I'm scared the Supreme Court is going to …
In 2010, at 54, I was diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis (end-stage liver disease). It's debilitating, and a transplant is the only cure. At that time, I … We would drive 3.5 hours to Duke Medical Center several times a month for transfusions … Read more on Washington Post

Thailand's drug rehab centre The Cabin to open outpatient clinic in Hong Kong
An average of five expatriates a month from Hong Kong, mostly Western, are treated for alcohol, cocaine, gambling or sex addiction at The Cabin's 50-bed centre in Chiang Mai. "Hong Kong is climbing up there when you consider the majority of the … Read more on South China Morning Post (subscription)

Fatal heroin and fentanyl overdoses rise in Maryland
Heroin-related deaths rose 46 percent in Maryland in the first half of the year, and deaths related to the narcotic painkiller fentanyl spiked sevenfold, according to figures released Friday by the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene … Read more on Washington Post

Question by seongdragon: Please someone give me a prayer?
I keep looking at porno. I do not look at it all the time, but I still see it. I don’t even think I can call myself a christian. Please post a prayer for my cure….. I beg of you……

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Answer by stacy
sexual urges are ok, watching porn is ok. it’s only a problem if it becomes a sex addiction.

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Question by Joe: Is this illegal “Lie online about an “addiction” and tell them you need money for rehab?
Is this illegal “Lie online about an “addiction” and tell them you need money for rehab and ask them to send you money?”

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Answer by Sara
of course because it is stealing…

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New Best Drug Rehabilitation Blog Post Asks: What are the Most Addictive …
“Many people still believe that drug abuse and drug addiction only refer to illicit drugs, such as cocaine, heroin and so on,” commented Best Drug Rehabilitation's CEO Per Wickstrom. “However, there is a prescription drug abuse problem happening in our … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott work through marriage problems on 'True Tori'
After weeks of rumors and no comment from the couple, McDermott went to rehab. Now Spelling and … The filming began earlier this month and includes some very raw footage of the couple working through Dean McDermott's sex addiction. Both Tori … Read more on Examiner.com

Report: Knicks considering signing Lamar Odom
Last summer, he was under significant scrutiny for what was reportedly a drug addiction. He was not signed this season, eventually going to Spain. He returned to the United States recently to rehab an injury. Would Odom help the Lakers? Usually this is … Read more on CBSSports.com

Chicago Tribune John Keilman column
… and alcohol treatment in America, embedded in everything from homeless shelters to high-priced treatment facilities. Boiled down, the steps direct substance abusers to acknowledge their addictions and seek help through "a Power greater than … Read more on Insurance News Net (press release)

First drug treatment center planned for Uintah County
The grant that funds Meth No More ends in December, but Yack and Marrs aren't finished helping addicts like themselves find sobriety again. Both are part of a group working to open Uintah County's first residential treatment facility for substance abuse. Read more on Deseret News

There's still no'Xscaping' the King of Pop
That story will play out over six episodes in what the network swears is "almost real time," because the first episode will air just three weeks after filming. The story begins with McDermott leaving treatment for what was reportedly his "sex addiction … Read more on Philly.com

Owner of Bloomington recovery center acquires sober house in St. George
A sober house is much like an outpatient facility for those who have already gone through treatment at a residential facility like the one in Bloomington. It is another phase in the recovery process allowing addicts to continue to get treatment and … Read more on Dixie Press Online

Dean McDermott At Rehab Center — Getting Help For Sex Addiction?
Less than two weeks after Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott were snapped leaving a Los Angeles rehab center together, Dean was spotted at the facility again on Jan. 18 — and this time he was on his own. Do you think he's seeking treatment for an … Read more on Hollywood Life