New grief group for loved ones of those lost to heroin
His addiction, his father explained, started when a person who owed his son money gave him oxycodone instead. While in a rehabilitation facility to battle his painkiller addiction, he learned to shoot up heroin, his father said. After stints at other … Read more on The Journal News / Lohud.com

Glen Park area residents shoot down addiction rehab facility 0
A plan to build a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation centre in southern Leduc County was killed before it even got off the ground. A large group of riled up residents of the Glen Park area of south Leduc County, north and west of Wizard Lake … Read more on Leduc Representative

Ministry aims to help addicts in recovery
Celebrate Recovery, an international ministry and support group for addicts who are trying to recover, is a 12-step program based on biblical principals, according to Kennedy, senior pastor. The program is not limited to any one type of addiction, but … Read more on Jacksonville Daily News

Drug Addiction Treatment Centers Becomes Brainwashing Center
Following the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policy to abolish forced labor camps Drug Addiction Treatment Centers (DATC) have been established. Currently, the DATC in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province has become a 'brainwashing center. Read more on New Tang Dynasty Television

Lorcet Withdrawal and Lorcet Detox

Question by bJ: is your addiction driving you or are you driving it?

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Intensive support is helping most troubled youngsters
Siobhan's mum also told her addiction worker she was going to go and live in a caravan. Now nearly 14 … At level two they are challenged much more, with work to develop life skills to help them cope better with their situation and look to the future … Read more on Herald Scotland

Therapy goal for anxiety with addiction is to manage symptoms with non-drug …
“A problem we have with most of our culture is that people are bypassing the psychologist and going to the primary care physician and relying heavily on medications, while not developing any other type of coping strategies that could be obtained … Read more on www.behavioral.net

What's happening in New West? Events calendar – May 29
The group discusses the latest treatment information and coping and stress reduction techniques, and offers encouraged and camaraderie to help combat this debilitating condition. For more information, contact group leader … Naranon Support Group, a … Read more on The Record (New Westminster)

Affordable Care Act boon to addiction rehab industry
Group Health Research Institute senior investigator Dr. Katherine Bradley noted that addiction rehabilitation were long dependent on support groups to treat alcoholism. This has since changed, however, as more health care practitioners started to view … Read more on Gant Daily

Alcoholism Treatment Underused. Drug Treatments Could Save Thousands
Analyzing 122 studies, University of North Carolina researchers found that drug treatment options to treat a variety of alcohol use disorders, including alcoholism are widely underused. Two drugs, naltrexone and acamprosate have been approved for over … Read more on The News Ledge

Unique implant treatment for alcohol abuse gaining traction in the Bay Area
Naltrexone itself has been available for more than two decades for alcohol treatment, but until recently it was mainly in pill form, which was a hurdle for many struggling alcoholics. "If you take alcoholics, the most notorious of non-compliant … Read more on abc7news.com

Toronto mayor says he'll take leave for alcohol treatment
TORONTO • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take an immediate leave of absence to seek help for alcohol, he said, as a report surfaced about a second video of the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. Ford said he would also take a leave from his … Read more on STLtoday.com

Priest steps back from opening house for recovering addicts
John Stabeno intended to open a sober-living house for 30 men in drug and alcohol recovery. RON CORTES / Staff Photographer. The site in Washington Township where … In the basement of St. Charles Borromeo, dozens of drug addicts and alcoholics and … Read more on Philly.com

Two men arrested in 'brazen' theft from Attleboro church over Easter weekend
“We were praying about the light of Christ and this darkness happens. But thank God they found the religious items and no one got hurt,” the Rev. … When he was told that one of the suspects claimed to have an alcohol addiction, Gallant extended his … Read more on Attleboro Sun Chronicle

Support Groups, Clubs, and Services
Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Church of the Brethren, 215 North Court St., Dixon. Lee County … Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, grapevine; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St … Read more on Saukvalley

Martin County Support Groups, updated April 23
Nar-Anon family groups: a fellowship for those affected by someone else's addiction. Three on the Treasure Coast. 1-888-947-8885; … GriefShare Support Group: A Christian grief support group for those who have lost a loved one to death; meets for 13 … Read more on TCPalm

Priest steps back from opening house for recovering addicts
Stabeno, 50, a South Philadelphia native who has worked in addiction services for nearly 28 years, had a big vision: to open a sober-living house in Sewell for 30 men in recovery. But after multiple …. His wife, Eileen, added: "It's just the … Read more on Philly.com

The calendar
Faith-Based Recovery – Faith-based support and recovery program for addictions of all kinds meets noon-1:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Rock Bible Chapel. … Life Recovery Group – meets 9:30-10:30 a.m. Sundays, Lake Superior Christian Church, Marquette. Read more on Marquette Mining Journal

Community Calendar
Center Chapel Church of Christ (9500 Central Pike, Mt. Juliet) welcomes the public to Community Day from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, for a great day of free food, fun, games, inflatables, music and more – including a featured performance by … Read more on Mtjulietnews

Bullying: A Problem That Starts and Ends at Home
He is CEO of Elements Behavioral Health, a network of mental health and addiction treatment centers that includes an adolescent rehab at Right Step as well as Promises, The Ranch, The Recovery Place, The Sexual Recovery Institute, Clarity Way, Journey … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

What's happening this week in Mansfield area
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA). Thursdays, 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 29 North Main …. Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-step program for recovering from compulsive overeating. There are no dues; no fees and no weigh-ins. Meetings are … Read more on Wicked Local Norton

12-Step Programs Lose Validity, Chapters Capistrano Offers Addiction Recovery …
In the alcoholism and drug addiction circles, recovery has often hinged on the infamous 12-step program; a systematic structure that has become popular among sobriety support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. However, Chapters Capistrano and … Read more on DigitalJournal.com