From champ to drug and sex addict: Tyson tells all
From champ to drug and sex addict: Tyson tells all. By Maureen Callahan. October 27, 2013 | 4:34am. Modal Trigger. From left to right: Mike Tyson celebrating after becoming the youngest-ever heavyweight champion in 1986; Tyson biting the ear of Evander …
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EXCERPT: Artie Lange's 'Crash and Burn'
He's grotesquely honest about his addiction to heroin and prescription drugs, too. Now happily engaged to his … In response to Jimmy Kimmel saying that he was friends with Tom Cruise and that what Lange wrote about Cruise in his first book didn't …
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New York Drug Rehab Announces Services Now Available Through Drug …
A new drug rehab in New York is offering free consultations for people seeking relief from their drug addiction and a new way to live. To get help and receive immediate help call (855) 912-7867. Drug rehabilitation allows adults and adolescents a …
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Los Angeles Treatment Center Opens Its Doors, Giving People Seeking Relief …
Cocaine, heroin, Oxycontin and benzodiazepines are just a few of the drugs that the treatment center helps people put in their past. Alcoholism, a disease that destroys individuals as well as families, is addressed through the substance abuse treatment …
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Corey Feldman's book details sexual abuse of the two Coreys
“That knowledge has been exceedingly difficult to live with, knowing that I helped influence his drug use and, ultimately, unwittingly contributed to my best friend's demise.” Corey Feldman (left) and Corey Haim in 1989's 'Dream a Little Dream.
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Photos: 11 community stories you should care about (Oct. 18)
She had an eating disorder and was struggling with drug and alcohol abuse, on top of having suffered repeated incidents of molestation and sexual and physical abuse. That was also the … “Dear Reader,” she begins the book, “What good am I if I am quiet?”.
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Pulse of the People: Get more involved with community police
Along with aforementioned exceptional police work, we recently saw the successful arrest of two major players in the local drug trade and the seizure of over 100 grams of crack cocaine. This effort deprived the alleged dealers of over $ 11,000 cash in …
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The Cabin Chiang Mai Alcohol and Drug Rehab Selected as a Centre of …
With traditional drug and alcohol addictions, as well as somewhat newer addictions such as gambling, food and sex, growing across Asia, this is a major leap forward in cost effective addiction treatment. For more information please contact The Cabin …
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Drug rehab trip of PB members defended
Cebu Provincial Board (PB) Member Grecilda Sanchez said that costs of the PB's proposed New York trip for a study tour next month pale in comparison to the benefits it would give to the drug rehabilitation system in the province. Sanchez estimated it …
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In Focus: Raising awareness of prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing addiction problem in the nation, according to experts. In Western New York, an estimated 1 in 5 young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 is either dependent on or abusing prescription painkillers. More …
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More states focusing on prescription drug problem
Avi Israel has been a frequent and vocal advocate since 2011 for tackling the growing problem of prescription drug abuse, including testimony in 2012 before the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. His advocacy helped lead to New York …
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Kansas vs. Missouri in debate over prescription drug abuse
In the Show Me State, according to the group HealthyAmericans.org, the number of deaths mostly related to prescription drug use has tripled since 1999. The state has the seventh highest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States, with 17 per 100 …
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Question by Paris: Can someone explain the inpatient rehab “level” system?
My boyfriend is in an inpatient rehab facility because of his drug use and threatened suicide. His mom told me he’s a “level 2” and I can’t communicate with him at all until hes a “level 3.” Can someone please explain what this means and what he has to do to be a “level 3” so I can talk to him again? I really miss him 🙁

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Answer by Mattshark
It is a fairly common practice in institutional care to create a level system, although each facility puts its own spin on how it works for that unit. Generally, patients come in at a low level, like a 0 or a 1, and can increase levels depending on several factors. Generally, behavior is an important part of moving up levels, so the patient that attends treatment, stays safe and generally stays out of trouble earns points toward moving up. The other factor is often time. For example, a unit may require you to behave as they want for 24 hours before moving to the next level. Each higher level generally comes with more privileges, so by moving up levels the patient may earn phone calls, unsupervised time, time on the video game, etc. Finally, it is generally practiced in drug treatments in particular that time away from the environment the patient came from is a good idea, so they generally start the lower levels without family or friend contact and then allow it with good behavior and time.

The thing I would want to say to you is that this is probably a good thing, and that although I know it is hard on you, I also know you care about him, and so following the units rules is a good thing all around. Find some way to meet your emotional needs while he is out of contact, such as spending time with your family or friends, take walks, read books, knit, etc. The time will pass quickly enough, and hopefully you will get a boyfriend back who is sober and safe and working on his life in a positive way.

Welcome To Internet Rehab
Welcome to Internet rehab. It's the first inpatient Internet addiction treatment center in the country, located in the Behavioral Health Services unit at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Many of us have joked at one time or another …
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SHUTDOWN IMPACT: 13 Days after the federal government closed, affects are …
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they can handle recalls and high-risk foodborne outbreaks, but discovering them will be more difficult because many of the people who investigate outbreaks have been …
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Prostitute takes laptop, psychologist loses license
The charges were reduced to negligent driving, second degree. Charging papers say he underwent inpatient treatment the next month and then an “extensive outpatient treatment program.” The Department of Health decided that after his treatment, he could …
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