Ten Reasons You Might Need Addiction Treatment

March 30, 2012 alcohol addiction

Your friends and family keep asking you if you have a drinking problem. Your hands shake when you wake up and you are not cold. You celebrate the weekend starting on Wednesday with drinks. Happy hour is a daily event and begins in the morning on the weekends. During the weekdays you have alcohol with [...]

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Will Bobby Brown Follow in Whitney Houston’s Footsteps?

March 27, 2012 Addiction Treatment

Addiction treatment for Bobby Brown would be a step in the right direction to help decrease the detrimental effects that the disease of addiction is having on him. Brown racked up his second DUI yesterday after being pulled over for cell phone use. Clearly, drugs and alcohol have an extremely negative impact on decision making [...]

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New Wireless Chip Implant to Dispense Medication to Patients

March 15, 2012 prescription drugs

The medical research world has been exploring chip implants that would dispense medication since the 1990’s. Many medical professionals have concerns about patients being compliant with taking their medications. The chip would regulate medication and ensure that it was being used properly. The chips are programmed to dispense medication either by programmed time or radio [...]

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Divine Grace

March 14, 2012 alcohol addiction

A new biography about Bill Wilson’s life will be featured at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 26-28, 2012. He lived from 1893 to 1971 and by the he time died, he left a legacy that continues on today. He was a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), a program where alcoholics can receive support, [...]

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Another Meth Lab Burns Down

March 8, 2012 crystal meth addiction

Ashtabula, Ohio is the location of the latest news report about a meth lab that burned down.  Park Haven Nursing home caught on fire while suspects were making methamphetamine. At least one man died and six others were injured. News viewers witnessed the elderly on their hospital beds in the parking lot while the fire [...]

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Binge Drinking is just as bad as Alcoholism

March 6, 2012 alcohol abuse

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that more than 38 million US adults binge drink an average of four times per month. The agency also notes that most of these people would not be classified as alcoholics; however, they will develop similar health issues such as alcoholism and have more accidents that [...]

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Mental Health Medications on the Rise

March 5, 2012 drug addiction

Are addicts using mental health medications in place of drugs when they are not needed? In active addiction, addicts will often look for drugs and alcohol to self-medicate unwanted feelings. Which came first the mood disorder or the addiction? This is a question that continues to be asked by professionals and addicts alike. In Stahl’s [...]

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Who Needs a New More Powerful Opiate?

March 2, 2012 opiate addiction

OxyContin and oxycodone are now the most abused drugs on the streets and in the homes. Many of those suffering from the abuse of these opiates innocently began their addiction with a prescription for the drug. However, these patients soon began to seek the drug not for pain, but to feed their addiction. OxyContin has [...]

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Boxing, Cocaine Addiction, Rehab, Recovery

March 1, 2012 Addiction Treatment

Oscar de la Hoya generated the most revenue of anyone in the boxing sport. He brought in an estimated $696 million in total for his pay per view fights. He also struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction throughout his career. He began boxing at age 6 and sipping alcohol at age 8. De la Hoya [...]

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Cancer and Alcohol Consumption

February 16, 2012 alcohol addiction

Alcohol is extremely toxic for your health. In 1980, there was a study done in Canada that linked heavy alcohol consumption to an increase of incident rates of six types of cancer: esophagus, liver, stomach, colon, prostate, and lung cancer. The subjects studied were all male. More recently in 2009, studies have been done linking [...]

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