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By Stanton Peele on April 25, 2009 – 9:44am in Addiction in Society There is an earth-shattering struggle going on over the definition of addiction. Yet, not only are few Americans aware of the struggle, but hardly any psychologist or addiction specialist. The American Psychiatric Association is currently engaged in a secret pitched battle over [...]
We have talked on NC SPIN and in this newsletter about problems with our state ABC system of alcoholic beverage control. The big issue at this moment concerns whether or not the state’s ABC stores should be opened to allow sales on Sunday. As might be imagined, this is once again opening up the old [...]
April 22, 2009 11:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, one in eight Americans suffer from alcohol and drug addiction. Resurrection Behavioral Health-Addiction Services has a provocative new approach to addiction treatment that can help drug addicts and alcoholics manage stress to aid in addiction recovery. [...]
Imagine our surprise…you’re reading this so you CAN imagine our surprise (!), OUR son addicted to alcohol and drugs. We thought all teenagers experimented with beer and cigarettes as we did in our youth, but had no clue that our son had spiraled into an alcohol, cocaine and God knows what else…kind of stupor. We learned in [...]
Dear Sir/Madam: I will try to make this brief, but if you should have any inquiries, please let me know. To explain the years preceding our health deterioration, we both had been married twice previous, to individuals that we were not suited for. As most people do, we drank to relax & calm our nerves. [...]
I recently graduated high school and one of the things that really scares me looking back on those years is the amount of drugs that were available to teens my age. I never personally got involved with drugs because I knew about the tragedies they cause: I buried my childhood friend who died from drugs [...]
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! Cheers, Jane