Football Drug Dealer

January 5, 2012 cocaine addiction

Chicago Bears wide receiver, Sam Hurd, was arrested December 14 after accepting a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover federal agent. It also was recorded that Hurd was attempting to buy 5-10 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana. He stated to the undercover agent that he was looking for a new supplier. Hurd’s [...]

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Alcoholism Makes Good TV

December 22, 2011 alcoholism

Beverly Hills Real Housewife actress Kim Richards, better known for her movie career in the 1970’s, was admitted to alcohol addiction treatment. The reality show depicted an extremely moody individual who slurred her words most of the time and had trouble forming relationships. She always seemed to be in the middle of drama, although extremely [...]

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Opioid Addiction

December 21, 2011 addiction

Achieving sobriety is likely to be one of the toughest challenges ever faced for a person who is addicted to heroin or prescription pain medications such as Oxycontin, Percocet and Vicodin. Much like addiction to alcohol, cocaine or any other drug,  people who struggle with an opioid addiction are always telling themselves “this will be [...]

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Codependency – Killing with Kindness

December 19, 2011 addiction

No one likes to see their family member or loved one live their life being ruled by alcohol and drug addiction. The problem that many people face who have a family member or loved one suffering with addiction is that they help support the addiction in many ways. This codependency behavior is a catch 22. [...]

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Meth Addiction

December 12, 2011 addiction

Methamphetamine addiction is a disease that will deteriorate you overnight. Brian ‘Head’ Welch, ex-member of Korn, wrote a song called Flush depicting his struggle with crystal meth addiction. His beginning lyrics, “Look at my face, I’m all sucked up,” is an accurate description of what we refer to as meth head. In Head’s book depicting [...]

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Alcohol, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll

December 9, 2011 alcohol abuse

Our five senses are all susceptible to being triggered by memories sending signals to our brains and bodies of our old using days. Music is a huge trigger for most people, especially those new to recovery. A simple song that you love can induce nostalgic like feelings. You recall the first time you saw them [...]

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Recovery is More Than Addiction Treatment

December 8, 2011 addiction program

Most times, it takes a good deal of effort and energy to become addicted to a substance, a behavior, or an emotion. After a while more and more time is spent feeding the addiction. The addiction can begin in many ways, it is not always because we want to check out, but once we are [...]

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Addiction and its Stigma

December 5, 2011 addiction

The problem that comes with alcoholism is that by the time a person realizes that they have a problem, their chemistry has changed and it will be unlikely they can stop drinking on their own. They likely know that alcoholism is creating problems for them and want to stop. Still, something causes them to pick [...]

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Energy Drinks Sending Thousands to the ER

November 30, 2011 alcohol addiction

Energy drinks often combined with alcohol and other drugs have resulted in an increased number of emergency room visits.

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Genetically Predisposed to Addiction

November 28, 2011 addiction

Many factors including the gene pool that one comes from can play a role in whether or not an individual is going to suffer from the disease of addiction.

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