Archive for the ‘drug treatment’ Category
Posted on July 16th, 2010 by by rehab
“You cannot fully recovery unless you help the society that made you sick, recover.” New Jerusalem Now, a community of former addicts helping each other achieve a “fullness of life” formerly prevented by drug and alcohol abuse. From the residents’ narratives, you learn how they run their community within a community in one of [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2010 by by rehab
Beyonce Knowles donated her entire $4 million salary for Cadillac Records to the Phoenix House rehabilitation charity. She spent 2 weeks at Phoenix House researching her role in the movie where she played signer Etta James. Etta James struggled with drug addiction throughout her career.
Beyoncé Opens Cosmetology Center at Phoenix House
The new Cosmetology [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2010 by by rehab
A detailed study of women in treatment for drug addition in England shows a 19 percent fall in the number of adult females under 30 entering heroin programmes over the last five years – 1,000 fewer female addicts than in 2005. The fall is even sharper – 26 percent – for the 18-25 age-group, providing [...]
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Posted on April 10th, 2010 by by rehab
Principles of Effective Treatment from the United States National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service
Drug addiction is a complex illness characterized by intense and, at times, uncontrollable drug craving, along with compulsive drug seeking and use that persist even in the face of devastating consequences. While the path to drug addiction begins with the voluntary act [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2009 by by rehab
Photo of United States Representative Patrick J. Kennedy (son of Senator Ted Kennedy) at the ADA rally at the Capitol, 17 September 2008.
Rep. Kennedy returns to Congress after month in rehab
After a four-week course of addiction treatment, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy returned to Congress Wednesday with what he called “excellent” prospects for long-term sobriety – [...]
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Posted on May 24th, 2009 by by rehab
Rapper Eminem’s first new album in 5 years, Relapse, explores his relapse and attempts to escape the trap of drug addiction after treatment at a drug rehabilitation center.
Eminem: ‘I wasn’t ready to get clean’
On the subject of his treatment, Eminem explained: “When I landed myself in rehab in 2005 I felt like I wanted to [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2009 by by rehab
New research on the brain and behavior clarifies the mysteries of addiction by Craig Lambert, Harvard Magazine, March 2000.
Early experiences with drugs, whether in the womb or as an adult, have ineradicable effects. Drug users often describe a wish to recapture the bliss of their first high. But this goal proves elusive because once the [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2009 by by rehab
At age 21, she became the youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar and one of only four actresses to receive that honor for a film debut: Children of a Lesser God. In her book, I’ll Scream Later, she discusses her drug addiction. In fact she was in drug rehab when she learned [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2009 by by rehab
University of Wisconsin-Madison based program aims to better drug treatment
Green-Milon’s apparent success in overcoming her addictions is all too rare, experts say. Only about a tenth of the 24 million Americans who need drug treatment get it, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and at least half of them relapse.
Part of the challenge, [...]
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 by by rehab
The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Prison for Drug Addicts is a book exploring an experiment to deal with addicted criminals.
The farm was the first place to look at drug addicts as patients that were in need of treatment instead of criminals in need of punishment. The farm did experiments [...]
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