20 Telltale Signs You're a Shopaholic
There is some controversy about this malady in psychiatric circles: some see it less as a physical addiction, as present in drug and alcohol abuse, and rather as a behavioral condition like obsessive-compulsive disorder. Regardless, health experts have …
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Holistix by the Sea Now Offers Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment
Holistix by the Sea, an addiction treatment center that helps individuals overcome drug and alcohol addiction, now offers acupuncture as part of its comprehensive addiction rehabilitation programs. Acupuncture is a proven method of flushing toxins from …
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Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
Their mother sent them to separate drug rehab facilities in Florida, followed by halfway houses, but the two returned to their home in the St. Louis, Missouri area and returned to heroin. The younger brother was able to get into a program with access …
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Workers' comp benefits OK'd for wounded manager
The state's high court affirmed a Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court's ruling last year that Matthew Kim is entitled to temporary total disability benefits. It also found that Kim's emergency room visit and inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol …
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Nebraska Supreme Court: Workers' comp includes PTSD, drug treatment after …
About that time, his therapist and Dr. Brian Lubberstedt, the psychiatrist who treated him, began recommending inpatient treatment. Kim was admitted for inpatient drug and alcohol treatment in February 2012. At trial, he said that since the shooting he …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK – As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for inpatient …
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Art auction to support local drug, rehab center
A newly formed women's service group will hold an art auction on Saturday at the Multi-Generational Center at 2280 Newburg Road in Fortuna. Admission is free and the doors open for pre-auction viewing at 6 p.m. with the auction to begin promptly at 6 …
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Blanchard residents rally against proposed rehabilitation center
Second Story Ranch is a proposed 90-day residential home designed to help men who have completed 30 days of inpatient substance abuse treatment. The recovery home would be near the outskirts of Blanchard. Some residents have taken issue with the …
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Bay Area Recovery Center Introduces New Drug Treatment Services in Houston …
Finding a drug and alcohol treatment center has never been easy, but even with many options available it can be quite daunting to choose the right one. Bay Area Recovery Center intends to make such a task much easier. Serving Houston and its …
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Question by Solvieg’s Girl: Is homosexuality a “mental disease”?

Best answer:

Answer by MRose
Absolutely not!

Answer by nikkimarie918
My opinion is “no”

America's Heroin Epidemic: Where to Find Help
Find alcohol and drug abuse treatment or mental health treatment facilities and programs around the country using the Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator on SAMHSA's web site. The Partnership at DrugFree.org provides a toll-free helpline and …
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St. Vincent's To Operate Addiction Treatment Program In Port Chester
The program is now known as the Port Chester Recovery Center, and will continue to be operated at 132 Pearl St. It will continue to provide outpatient addiction treatment services to adults and adolescents. The Port Chester Recovery Center can be …
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New Helpline in Wyandanch, NY Provides Assistance for Teenage Addiction …
The Alcoholism Treatment Wyandanch Helpline is (631) 881-4327, and it is available to parents and teens 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The helpline was created to connect the teen addicts to skilled professionals who specialize in drug and alcohol abuse.
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by Brain Toad

Question by lilyban76: What are different words for “drug recovery”?
I am a student in the chemical dependancy field. I’ll be facilitating recovery groups soon and one of the topics is Recovery, I need to find as many words that pertain to recovery as I can for this.

Best answer:

Answer by ctjdrsturner
Quiting

Answer by gabluesmanxlt
Rehabilitation, detoxification, sobered up, clean, off drugs drug-free, out of the life.

Addiction: Recovering Main Street
Given rising public concern as fatal drug overdoses have more than tripled since 1990, why is there such policymaker resistance in Pennsylvania to making naloxone more available? In the hands of first responders, clinics and even families, this safe, …
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Ethan's story, Part 1: The slide from drug experimentation to full-blown …
For this reason, Patrick said the state must "treat it like the public health crisis it is" and ordered the commitment of $ 20 million to increase drug treatment and recovery services. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted his entire State of the State …
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New Adolescent Helpline Provides Teens in Tarrytown, NY with Addiction …
A new helpline has been established in Tarrytown, NY to help teen addicts get information on how to recover from a drug or alcohol addiction. LIGHTNING RELEASES (4/5/2014) -There are too many teenagers in Tarrytown, NY with a drug and alcohol …
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