My Journey From Homeless Drug Addict To Magna Cum Laude
My parents had divorced, and I was living with my grandmother. We had a difficult relationship. I wasn't fitting in at school, and I was … At a 12-step meeting at the center one night, I heard a woman talk about an insatiable hunger she felt in the …
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Tori Spelling Breaks Silence on Dean McDermott's Affair: "He Was My Soul Mate …
The couple began filming just days after McDermott left rehab for sex addiction. "He was my soul mate, but … The actors—parents to sons Liam, 7, and Finn, 20 months, plus daughters Stella, 5, and Hattie, 2—met on the 2005 set of Lifetime movie Mind …
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Program on drug addiction is for parents and teens
Pascack Valley – The Hills/Valley Coalition is sponsoring a free program, Abuse in Our Backyard – The Face of Addiction: A Family Portrait" on Wednesday, April 23 at Pascack Valley High School, 200 Piermont Ave., Hillsdale. … take place on Thursday …
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Question by Tarık Oğuz Onur: what does “detox cold turkey” mean?

Best answer:

Answer by PQR Theorist
A cure for drug addiction where they suddenly stop all the drugs.

Answer by Pinyon
It means, to quit some substance (drugs, alcohol, etc.) without rehabilitation of any kind, but all by yourself. Just quit immediately and solo.

Alcoholism Implant with Naltrexone
The company currently owns an addiction treatment program called the Start Fresh Program (SFP) that is used by various independently owned licensed addiction clinics throughout the United States to treat alcoholism and select opioid addictions.
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Parma Alcohol Drug Rehab Introduces Expanded Residential Treatment Services
The counselors, therapists and medical staff at the Parma center have a grasp of how powerful drug addiction can grab someone and not let go. The residential treatment program has expanded from simply one direction that involves only 12-step recovery.
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Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk
Across the country, more than 100,000 doctors, nurses, technicians and other health professionals struggle with abuse or addiction, mostly involving narcotics such as oxycodone and fentanyl. Their knowledge and access … Still, a USA TODAY review of …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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Heroin epidemic younger, whiter
Drugs take their money, pride, families, jobs, self-esteem, and sometimes, even their lives. Michael Flunder believes he's here only by the grace of God. An addict for 20 years, Mr. Flunder, 60, works as a substance abuse counselor in Toledo and comes …
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Sunset Park drug counseling center expanding its mission
Donna Mae DePola (seated) and Dona Pagan are two of the friendly faces recovering drug addicts and alcoholics will find at The Resource Training and Counseling Center in Sunset Park. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas …
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Courier Times Community Calendar for April 14
Support group for women with cancer and their caregivers. Center for Women's Health, 540 N. Woodbourne Rd., Langhorne. Free. Monica 215-750-6611, ext. 125. Nar-Anon. 7:30 p.m. Wed. Relatives and friends concerned about addiction or drug problem of …
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Nurses help addicts inject heroin at controversial clinic battling H.I.V.
British Columbia has successfully stemmed an epidemic of AIDS in one of the hardest to reach populations: intravenous drug addicts. Correspondent William Brangham examines the ways that medical professionals are taking on the spread of H.I.V, including …
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Tennessee bill OKs criminal charges for mothers' prenatal drug use
A bill to allow criminal assault charges against women whose infants suffer harm from their mothers' prenatal drug abuse may soon be on the books in Tennessee. House Bill 1295 now awaits a signature from Republican Gov. Bill Haslam. The measure would …
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Recovering drug addicts share message of recovery at Horicon heroin summit
"It started with my father," Darby said. "He literally died with a rope around his neck and a needle in his arm." "I thought social drinking and drugs was just common," Alvarado said. The Fox Valley natives grew up surrounded by alcohol and drugs …
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WeHo Doctor who Illegally Prescribed Painkillers Gets Six Months
Court papers referred to the actor only by the initials C.F., "a celebrity with a notorious drug addiction history." Arguing for a prison … Prosecutors contend Eisenberg wrote prescriptions for $ 200 each while he worked out of medical offices in West …
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Nurse stole meds from patients to feed addiction
She pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a controlled drug (morphine and Dilaudud), two counts of theft under $ 5,000 and a single count of mischief, relating to altering narcotic control records at Chancellor Park. The 45-year-old had worked as a …
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11-year-old's suicide attempt part of epidemic
And about six months later, the marriage ended, leaving Morones-Suttle a single mom with two little boys and an unreliable support network. Although she had an extended family, Morones-Suttle was wary after a lifetime of neglect and abuse. Her drug …
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