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Forget the Cocaine VaccineMarch 8, 2010
Low-tech treatments work better.
Published Mar 5, 2010
From the magazine issue dated Mar 15, 2010
Freud was a disaster for psychiatry, but not because his theory of the mind inspired his acolytes to exclude physical and chemical processes from explanations of thoughts, emotion, and behaviors. No, the disaster has been the extreme backlash against [...]
Family dinners work some kind of magic
November 19, 2009
Teenagers who have frequent family dinners are much less likely to drink and use drugs, according to a report released today. It doesn’t seem to matter what food is served, the authors point out. The value appears to be in the social interaction between family members and the attention that parents give their children during [...]
Governments’ Drug-Abuse Costs Hit $468 Billion, Study Says
May 28, 2009
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Published: May 28, 2009
Government spending related to smoking and the abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs reached $468 billion in 2005, accounting for more than one-tenth of combined federal, state and local expenditures for all purposes, according to a new study.
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Most abuse-related spending went [...]
The Life-and-Death Struggle over the Meaning of Addiction: Do God and Nature Back DSM-V?
April 26, 2009
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 [...]
ABC Issues – The Real Question
March 27, 2009
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 [...]
Resurrection Behavioral Health-Addiction Services “Positive Sobriety Program” Offers Addicts Escape From Stress
March 23, 2009
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 [...]
A Letter of Hope From Parents of An Addict
January 2, 2009
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 [...]
How Alcohol Destroyed our Health & Lives
June 16, 2008
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. And [...]
A Personal Story
May 27, 2008
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 [...]
New Blog Section
March 12, 2008
We are excited to announce our new blog section featuring a post by SA professionals and consumers. Check back soon to read and comment. If you have any issues you would like to see addressed please email them to info@alcoholdrughelp.org. We look forward to hearing from you.
