I'm Better.
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I'm better. We talked a lot. I think he heard me, and I think I heard him. Neither of us is going anywhere tonight and probably not any time soon. We're real fucked up, crazy people, but we're also fucked up, crazy in love. It hasn't stopped. I can't take my eyes off of him when he's in the room with me.Sometimes I think the story of my life will be a battle between passion and spirit. Tonight, passion is winning. Passion usually wins with me.
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - July 5, 2008 Tags: codependence addiction love spirituality
Ouch
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In a talk about the genetics of addiction, an expert makes the following point:"Addicts find it difficult to receive pleasure," said Prof van den Brink. "They are not likely to enjoy most of the ordinary things most of us enjoy, experiences such as a day at the beach or night at a club. They are looking for more and more stimulus." This trait in me is the bane of my wife's existence.
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - July 5, 2008
Knowing God’s Will
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Interesting…
How many of us have the audacity to think that we might know God’s will? Think about it… to approach making the statement that I know what God’s will is for me, or you, imho (lol), I believe that I would have a level of arrogance higher than that I’d had before.
Place my thought plane on a plane equal to God’s? Am I kidding?
Linda said it this morning (nothing original but - thanks my friend) “True humility is the desire to seek and do God’s will.”
This is for me… I have only one way of knowing that I am doing God’s will. Hindsight. What is more imp...
Source: A Dozen Steps - July 5, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Experience, Strength and Hope Living Sober Opinion 7th-step alcoholics-anonymous depression faith fear loneliness selfishness trust
Drug enforcement and drug consumption. No relationship?
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From libertarian drug policy expert Jacob Sullum:With the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration celebrating its 35th birthday this week, the publication of a new study estimating drug use rates across countries is well-timed. Of the 17 countries surveyed by the World Health Organization, China has the lowest rate of illegal drug use (cannabis and cocaine combined), followed by Japan, while the United States has the highest rate, followed closely by New Zealand. (Here is a comparison table.) "Globally," the researchers report, "drug use is not distributed evenly and is not simply related to drug policy, since countries with ...
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - July 5, 2008
Treatment in Iran
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Iran's surprisingly progressive approach to addiction:Iran’s theocratic government has encouraged and financed a vast expansion in the number of drug treatment centers to help users confront their addictions and to combat the spread of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, through shared needles.The center in central Tehran, which is called Congress 60 and is run by a private nonprofit agency, is one of 600 centers that provide drug treatment across the country with help from government money. An additional 1,250 centers offer methadone, free needles and other services for addicts who are not ready to quit, including food ...
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - July 5, 2008
Motivation to change and homelessness
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This study in Addictive Behaviors used a emergency department visits as an opportunity to compare the readiness to change in homeless and non-homeless patients with substance use disorders:Substance-using homeless persons frequent emergency departments and hospitals often. However, little is known about how homelessness affects when they seek care and their motivation for substance abuse treatment (SAT). We surveyed homeless (N = 266) and non-homeless (N = 104) substance-using adults sequentially admitted to an urban hospital medicine service, comparing demographics, readiness for change (URICA), and motivating reasons for...
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - July 5, 2008
Everything You've Wanted to Know About Drug Addiction
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Tibor A. Palatinus is a trained Narconon Drug Prevention Specialist, Drug Interventionist and Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor. Today, he consults drug users and parents and friends of drug users on how to save an addict's life by getting those in need to the Narconon Drug Rehabilitation program. Since 2001 he has been the Executive Director of Narconon Vancouver Society, in Vancouver, BC.
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Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Drug Addiction - July 5, 2008 Authors: prokopton Tags: Drug Addiction
Marijuana and Other Drugs Cause Brain Damage, Linked to Mental Illness
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Study strengthens marijuana brain damage case
A new Australian study says long-term, heavy cannabis use causes brain damage that is equivalent to mild-traumatic brain injury or premature aging.
The research is published today in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry. The study also found that all users are at risk, and the more you smoke, the more your brain shrinks. Doctors have known for years there is nothing "soft" about the drug cannabis. Professor Jon Currie is the director of addiction medicine at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.
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Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Drug Addiction - July 5, 2008 Authors: prokopton Tags: Drug Addiction
Deep.
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I'm hurting in a deep, scared way. My husband is really upset with me for the story I've told about what's been happening between us. He says that he's hurt because he feels like he doesn't know me and like I don't know him.I can understand that feeling. It's probably pretty shocking to read exactly what your partner thinks about the things you've been doing, especially when you're already feeling awful about yourself. I'm sorry that he got into my business that way.While I've told him about everything I've written about here, I've definitely written it bigger here than I've told him. My feelings have been stronger here, t...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - July 5, 2008 Tags: codependence recovery addiction
Without Some Degree Of Humility
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No alcoholic can stay sober at all…
Then, directly related to self-centeredness in the extreme, “Unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven’t much chance of becoming truly happy.”
Which, for now, is where I lose understanding.
The state of mind is such that faith and humility are sorely lacking meaning that selfishness is on the table. Do the right thing, do the right thing, do the right thing… and? What?
“Humility, as a word and as an ideal, has a very bad time of it in our world.” It is having a very bad time of...
Source: A Dozen Steps - July 4, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Experience, Strength and Hope Reality The Seventh Step 7th-step alcoholics-anonymous depression faith fear loneliness selfishness trust
Happy Fourth Of July
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Happy Fourth of July to everyone. I hope you have fun gathering with friends and family to celebrate our countries independence. Maybe catch a parade, have a cookout and wrap the day up with some fireworks. What could be better than that?
Last year’s Fourth of July was a pretty difficult time for me. Being 6 months into my recovery, I was still filled with a lot of uncontrollable emotions that had been ignored for so long. I kind of had an emotionally draining day which left me looking for something… anything to make it stop. I guess that’s why I popped a pill.
Last year on this day I was about 6 months i...
Source: What Winners Do - July 4, 2008 Authors: Erin Tags: addiction recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous - Who Can Join AA?
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In Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, there is only one requirement to attend any meeting.
You do not have to sign up, pay money, or even talk if you don’t want to. You can go and just listen. Anominity is a tradition for 12 steps and it doesn’t matter what background you come from.
There is only one requirement for attending meetings and that is: A desire to stop drinking.
When I first went to an AA meeting, I thought I was joining a club of some sort. I was ready for the once over by the entrance committee or meeting some eligibility or screening requirements. There are none. Just go, simply attend. You will be su...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - July 4, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
Losing the war on drugs
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Drug policy focused on supply is not working.
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - July 3, 2008
Alcohol and Drug Detox - Beginning the Road to Recovery
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Alcohol and drug detox is the first phase of any rehab treatment for hard-core substance abusers, and it is designed to rid your body of the toxics it has accumulated from chronic alcohol and drug consumption. But alcohol and drug detox has built-in measures to control the severity of any withdrawal symptoms, and is done in a medical setting.
Successful alcohol and drug detox can take anywhere from three to fourteen days, depending on the physical condition of the person being treated. During the course of the detox, the patient may receive medications to reduce their symptoms.
Alcohol And Drug Detox Treatment Phases
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Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - July 3, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
Significant July Dates in A.A. History
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from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
July 1939 - Warren C. joined A.A. Cleveland, caused debate because he was not hospitalized.
July 1944 - Bob writes article for Grapevine “On Cultivating Tolerance”.
July 1962 - ‘Victor E’ cartoon first appeared in Grapevine. (some say May 1962).
July 1-3, 1960 - 25th Anniversary of AA in Long Beach, CA.
July 2-3, 1955 - 20th Anniversary Convention at St. Louis, MO. The Three Legacies, of Recovery, Unity, and Service, turned over to the movement by the old timers. AA comes of Age.
July 2, 1960 - Father Ed Dowling dies.
July 2, 1965 - “Best of Bill”...
Source: A Dozen Steps - July 3, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: The 12 Steps AA History alcoholics-anonymous gratitude Recovery
Dear Husband,
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First, I'd like to say to you what I said the night I first found your needles. Do you remember what I said? I bet you don't. You don't remember things like I do.I asked you to sit down, and I knelt down in front of you. I said, "I love you very, very much. No matter what, I love you."And tonight, I hope you know that I love you very, very much. No matter what, I love you.I saw that you've been reading my writing here on this website and that you've gone through quite a big chunk of my email. I also see that you seem to be pissed off right now, and you seemed to be pissed off this morning. I can imagine that reading my vie...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - July 3, 2008 Tags: recovery addiction
Expertise matters at a rehab center
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So you need a rehab center in Malibu. And you have no idea where to turn, or even where to start looking. Don’t worry—you aren’t the only one. The truth is that many prospective patients are overwhelmed by the number of rehab centers in Malibu, so much so that they assume that every Malibu rehab facility must be more or less the same. But that’s not how it is. As a point of fact, a rehab center in Malibu can be no more or less effective than the individuals who staff it. And that, in a nutshell, is why it’s so important that you get the right kind of care from the right kind of people.
The bottom line is that exp...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - July 2, 2008 Authors: Vail Girl Tags: Rehab Center Rehab Centers
How to Stop Drinking and Taking Drugs
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If you’re looking for advice on how to stop drinking and taking drugs, hopefully I can help.
But before I do that, let me give you the bad news first …
If you’re looking for a genuine solution to alcoholism or drug addiction and really want to stop drinking and using, ultimately the only person that can make it happen is YOU. Sounds kind of obvious, I know. But you’ll be amazed how many addicts miss that one, single, potentially life-altering fact.
Because if you’re like most alcoholics and drug addicts, you’re so deep in DENIAL, playing the blame game, that you can’t see you’...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - July 2, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
The Heart Of True Sobriety
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Today’s Daily Reflection;
The Heart Of True Sobriety
“We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable.” Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 570
And we are then offered three questions:
Am I honest enough to accept myself as I am and let this be the ‘me’ that I let others see? Yes_____ No_____
Do I have the willingness to go to any length, to do whatever is necessary to stay sober? Yes_____ No_____
Do I have the open-mindedness to hear what I have to hear, to think what I ha...
Source: A Dozen Steps - July 2, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: The Seventh Step 7th-step alcoholics-anonymous Recovery sobriety
Headaches.
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One of my jobs is causing me some grief. I am excited to have something to obsess about that isn't my husband. Isn't that insane?I find, however, that even when I'm obsessing about something that isn't my husband, I'm still inadvertently obsessing about my husband. I'm an expert at obsessing about him. The problem at my work involves a few issues that allow me to obsess about my husband vicariously. For instance, people expect me to think for them instead of finding information for themselves. I'm in situations where I'm expected to be more responsible than is my fair share. These situations remind me of home.There are als...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - July 1, 2008 Tags: yoga Nar-Anon recovery addiction
Because Alkies Are Big “Cupcakes” [Tribute to George Carlin]
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I’ve just received this in my email and will pass it on to all of you. I always enjoyed George Carlin especially his insight. He wrote this shortly after his wife’s death a few years ago. It’s truth ought to be force fed to our “politicians!” (one man’s opinion)
A Wonderful Message by George Carlin
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but le...
Source: A Dozen Steps - July 1, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Did You Know Personal George Carlin Paradox Reality truth
The most effective rehab center is the one that is most committed from start to finish
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The most effective rehab center is the one that’s most committed to serving the individual needs of its individual clients. Remember, addiction is a personal disease, and addiction recovery can only go forward on personal terms. In the fight against substance abuse, you need your own battle plan, not someone else’s. That’s why it’s so vital that you find a rehab center that recognizes you as you actually are, and aims to treat your needs as they actually exist. Given the stakes, anything less than that simply isn’t good enough.
The bottom line here is that your rehab center experience can only be successful if it...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - July 1, 2008 Authors: Vail Girl Tags: Rehab Center Rehab Centers
Addiction is a Disease
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Addiction is a bad disease. A really bad disease. Addiction is sneaky and patient; it waits for its victims and subtly takes control of their lives. An addict (an alcoholic is just an alcohol addict) is someone whose life is controlled by drugs, someone whose thinking is dominated by thoughts of drugs, thoughts of how and where to get more, thoughts of when to use and get high next. Most addicts do not even realize they are thinking like this…it has become part of them.
Here’s what I know:
About 10% of people become addicted to mind and mood altering substances. There is a genetic component, and addiction is a ...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - July 1, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
A Reflection To Move Forward With…
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Sacrifice = Unity = Survival
The Daily Reflection for June 30th is certainly one to take forward into July and even after that.
“The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean unity and survival for the group and for A.A.’s entire fellowship.”
Making it a real challenge for me at this moment to quantify (wrong word, I know but) with this;
“Take away my difficulties,...
Source: A Dozen Steps - July 1, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Daily Reading 3rd-step Attraction Basic Human Instincts Recovery Principles respect Worthiness Wrong Dependence
Pain Patients Sue State of Washington
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Do doctors suffer from "opiophobia?" The opium family of painkillers has always been a bane and a boon to the human race, as evidenced by nurses injecting morphine into agonizingly wounded soldiers, and street junkies selling the clothes off their back for another fix.However, as I wrote in an earlier post, "The Morphine Scandal," the ironies fly thick and fast: In many cases, pain relief is the one thing doctors can offer their patients, and the one thing they withhold. Studies show that 70 per cent of patients present with painful conditions. Typically, non-addicted patients take morphine therapeutically for pain at dose...
Source: Addiction Inbox - June 30, 2008 Tags: prescription painkillers pain treatment painkiller addiction morphine addiction
Helping you win the fight against alcoholism
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Alcohol rehab has to start with a personal decision to seek help. No one can get better for you in an alcohol rehabilitation facility. No one can heal you against your will, or save if you refuse to be saved. Alcoholism is a profoundly intimate disease. Beating it, in turn, demands a profoundly personal effort. The good news is that the care you get from a private alcohol rehab facility will be instrumental in helping you get where you need to go. The catch is that that care can only be as useful as you make it.
The practical implication here is that you have to be ready for a fight the day you check into an alcohol rehab ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - June 30, 2008 Authors: Vail Girl Tags: Alcohol Rehab Center Alcohol Rehabilitation Alcohol Treatment
Angels.
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I swear, sometimes in yoga class when it's that part where we say OM, I can hear angels. They usually start singing in the middle of the second Om.Is that weird?
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - June 30, 2008 Tags: yoga recovery
Remember When I Never Finished Anything I Started?
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Back in the old days I would take on a commitment of some sort whether it be with school, work or social and then I would no doubt fall short of what I commited to do because I would talk myself out of it.
Maybe it was going to interfere with me being messed up. Maybe it was because I got messed up the night before and couldn’t drag my lazy ass out of bed. There were many reasons that all had the same conclusion… I never finished anything I started.
This is why still now, a year and a half into my recovery, I am pleasantly surprised when I actually finish something I started. Let me tell you about my latest s...
Source: What Winners Do - June 30, 2008 Authors: Erin Tags: addiction recovery
Alcohol and Alcoholism - What Do We REALLY Know About Alcohol?
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Blackouts
Do not remove his bottles from their hiding place, because when he goes to hide more, it will indicate to him the extent of his drinking, if his head is sufficiently clear to identify such sickness.
Alcoholics suffer from blackouts and do not always remember where they have hidden their bottles, often concealed when drunk and he cannot remember where. Always there is the need to have yet another hidey-hole and we forget. Sometimes it is even better to bring one out of deep hiding, because you will most probably know where most of them are anyway, and put something for him into one of his more obvious and easily a...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - June 30, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
Discouraged, Depressed, Sad, Lonely and Still Sober
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My first thoughts subsequent to deciding on a title for this are…
For those profundity pushers who offer newcomers this phrase “do the right thing and the right thing will happen,” I want to say - for who? Because it is my experience that it is a matter of perspective whether this will hold true for you.
It might be that if you do the right thing, the right thing will happen - for someone else! The trap is coming to believe that if you do the right thing, the right thing will happen for you!
For ex., my biggest challenge personally - intimate relationships;
Attracted to a newcomer: the right thing is to l...
Source: A Dozen Steps - June 30, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Experience, Strength and Hope 11th-Tradition 3rd-step Attraction Basic Human Instincts Recovery Principles respect Worthiness Wrong Dependence
Want To Be In My Club?
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View my page on The Junky's Wives ClubI'm an internet freak. I know it. Soon, I'll be doing 12 steps so that I an put the laptop down. But I just discovered Ning, and I thought it might be fun to build a little community. My favorite people in the world are the people I've met through recovery, and my secret Cuntface society, although it is in a serious summertime slump, has been a lot of fun...so I've made a new one, a Junky's Wives Club.(Please don't challenge me on that apostrophe's placement. I know it's improper...but what was I supposed to do? The Junkies' Wives Club? The Junkys' Wives Club? They all look crazy.)It's...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - June 29, 2008 Tags: social networking Ning recovery addiction
Side Effects of Opiate Addiction
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Opiates are often referred to as narcotics and have been used medically to relieve pain for centuries. In the early 19th century, pure morphine extract was suitable for solution, and with the advent of the hypodermic needle in the mid-19th century, injection of morphine became a common method of pain relief. In 1898, heroin was introduced into the medical community as a remedy for addiction to morphine. However, it was soon revealed that heroin was even more likely to produce addiction than morphine. While opiates began their start in the medical community, they have quickly become one of the most commonly abused drug grou...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - June 29, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
Me and H.P.
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This will come as a surprise to a couple of good friends. It is an example of “thinking?” My thinking overnight based on some words that were offered to me yesterday.
But first - regardless of the outcome I am thankful because I have been motivated. The motivation was certainly from the God I understand today. All the frills that came along with it may have hidden its meaning for a day or two but I was finally able to see the signpost. Therefore, within a couple of days the SCCSCU will be in receipt of a letter, however poorly written or not it may be, that they had requested and my disturbance with them had pu...
Source: A Dozen Steps - June 28, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Personal aa alcoholics-anonymous gratitude the-promises
Stop Alcohol Abuse
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Anyone who has got into the bad habit of abusing alcohol or any other substance has fallen into the category of substance abuse. It is a common event and an expensive pastime and will lead to serious health problems as well has ruining family and other relationships. It is estimated that in the US and Canada alone that 100,000 deaths are caused by the result of alcohol abuse every year.
Alcohol is on top of the list of drugs most abused by kids between the ages of 12 and 17, in other words minors. The most common cause of death in teenagers are motor accidents due to excessive alcohol, although other resulting behavior pat...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - June 28, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
MDMA therapy
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Mark Kleiman sees an opportunity for research on ecstasy for the treatment of PTSD.
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - June 28, 2008
Treatment reform in the U.K.
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A direct challenge to the U.K. reliance on methadone.
I find it pretty easy to imagine similar circumstances in the U.S. if it weren't for the numbers of recovering people already in the field and the good fortune to have high profile recovery advocates like Senator Harold Hughes and Betty Ford in the right place at the right time.
Another article deconstructs the U.K.'s definition of recovery and offers some context.
In particular, the inclusion of "sustained control over substance use":
...in talking about voluntary exercised control there is a sense in which the thorny issue of drug user abstinence has been effective...
Source: Addiction and Recovery News - June 28, 2008
Casino strike
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The strike at the Brantford Casino is taking a bite out of the city’s budget. Posted at the casino’s east entrance is a large sign proclaiming in bold black letters: “Lost profit.”
According to striking workers, the loss to the city since the casino closed its doors June 1 is $275,000.
“It’s not just hurting [...]
Source: Gambling Watch Global - June 27, 2008 Authors: Bill Clark Tags: Canada
Achieving meaningful and sustainable sobriety
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Painkillers rehab is not for the faint of heart. Whoever you are, however tough you believe yourself to be…painkillers rehabilitation will try your nerve, and test your will. The good news, though, is that you don’t have to face the challenge alone. On the contrary, the support you get from a private painkillers rehab facility will be instrumental in helping you achieve meaningful and sustainable sobriety. The only catch, of course, is that you have to be willing to seek help.
Painkillers rehab doesn’t work by magic. If you’re going to get better, it’s going to be because you find the courage to take the firs...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - June 27, 2008 Authors: Vail Girl Tags: Rehab Center
[Guest Post] Internet Addiction: A Novel Disease?
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Or a reflection of the new world order?
[Editors Note: Addiction Inbox has not covered the so-called behavioral or non-traditional addictions--Internet addiction, video game addiction, compulsive shopping and compulsive gambling--because I am not yet convinced that such behaviors show the same chemical and often inheritable propensities associated with alcoholism and other drug addictions. Nonetheless, I am pleased to offer an alternative view, and to welcome guest blogger Elizabeth Dillon, who contributes a thought-provoking post on internet addiction.] --Dirk Hanson
By Elizabeth Dillon
It is impossible to deny the in...
Source: Addiction Inbox - June 27, 2008 Tags: computer addiction internet rehab internet addiction cognitive therapy
Pathology Caused by Alcohol Drinking
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Delirium tremors: This results from the long continued action of the poison on the brain. It occurs in chronic alcoholics due to (1) Temporary excess (2) sudden withdrawal (3) shock after receiving an injury, such as fracture of a bone, or (4) from acute infection, such as pneumonia, influenza, erysipelas etc
It typically begins 72 to 96 hours after the last drink. There’s an acute attack of insanity in which the main symptoms are coarse muscular tremors of the face, tongue and hands, insomnia, restlessness, loss of memory, agitation, confusion, disorientation, uncontrollable fear and has tendency to commit suicide, ...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - June 27, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
Me and H.P.
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This will come as a surprise to a couple of good friends. It is an example of “thinking?” My thinking overnight based on some words that were offered to me yesterday.
But first - regardless of the outcome I am thankful because I have been motivated. The motivation was certainly from the God I understand today. All the frills that came along with it may have hidden its meaning for a day or two but I was finally able to see the signpost. Therefore, within a couple of days the SCCSCU will be in receipt of a letter, however poorly written or not it may be, that they had requested and my disturbance with them had pu...
Source: A Dozen Steps - June 27, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Personal aa alcoholics-anonymous gratitude the-promises
Detox-a vital catalyst to the rehabilitation process
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Rapid detox is very often a vital catalyst to the rehabilitation process. After all, some challenges are best faced all at once. There’s no sense in dragging out a detox program any longer than is absolutely necessary. The sooner you finish detox, the sooner you’ll be able to meet the challenges of your primary rehab program. And the sooner you do that, the sooner you’ll be on the road to meaningful and long-term recovery.
The plain fact of the matter is that rapid detox changes lives. It will change your life too, provided you have the courage to seek help. As pivotal as rapid detox can be in the healing process, it...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - June 27, 2008 Authors: Vail Girl Tags: Addiction Recovery Detox
Can You Cope?
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You might be surprised, as was I, to learn that by age six or so, we are programmed with the identity we carry with us through life. Our schools do not generally teach about this and we don’t always learn about it until we have issues with which to wrestle in our lives. About three-fourths of all our issues are filtered through this very program! As humans, we need to go through some REDISCOVERY if we are to live successfully from our hearts.
According to Alex Loyd, PhD, this programming can be problematic because the programming itself is based on beliefs that may or may not be true.
Dr. Loyd has done a great deal ...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - June 26, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
“It” Truly Does “Get Better” One Day At A Time
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I’m going to offer you the “challenge” of determining where these quotes come from. They do come from our literature, including the title.
I’m having a special time, for me. I have to say “for me” because I’ve been on the other side of this fence for a very long time. I understand the feeling of thinking nothing special will ever happen in your life. Especially when it seems like the phrase “This too shall pass” is a cuss word. And, this special time is full of fear - that it won’t last or isn’t real. Getting re-centered these last few days has actually been...
Source: A Dozen Steps - June 26, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Experience, Strength and Hope Personal full heart gratitude Happiness peace of mind thankfulness
Life Itself Is The Journey
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Therefore - it has no destination…
From “A Two-Way Street” in today’s reflection;
“I was always taught to prepare for the journey through life, never realizing until I came to AA - when I honestly became willing to be taught forgiveness and forgiving - that life itself is the journey. The journey of life is a very happy one, as long as I am willing to accept change and responsibility.”
The last three days, for me, have been a journey beyond my imagination! Funny thing is - all I did was simply change a very small part of my “routine” and had no expectations at all for anythin...
Source: A Dozen Steps - June 25, 2008 Authors: Mark Tags: Daily Reading The Sixth Step 6th-step alcoholics-anonymous faith fear
Exclusive, Luxurious & the best prescription drug detox facility
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Prescription drug detox can only work if it’s administered by clinical experts. That might sound obvious, but the truth is that too many “exclusive” treatment facilities employ inexperienced or under-qualified caregivers. As should perhaps go without saying, that’s a recipe for failure. If you’re going to get better in prescription drug detox facility, it’s going to be because you get the right kind of care from the right kind of people. Short of that, you can’t ever expect to achieve lasting sobriety.
The good news is that there’s plenty of help out there. The only catch is that you have to find it. Some C...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - June 25, 2008 Authors: Vail Girl Tags: Sober Sobriety Detoxification
Please Leave Me Alone. I'm Tired.
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"I'm really tired.""But what's wrong?""It's a long day, and I'm tired, and I don't want to talk.""Why?""I worked 3 different places today. I'm tired. Please don't keep pushing me.""I don't understand why you always act like that.""I'm just fucking tired, and I don't want to fucking talk.""See? You act like I'm the one who's crazy, but then when you get to the middle of the week, you get all pissed off that you're working so much, and you take it out on me.""I'm just asking you to let me be. I want to take a bath and go to bed. It's been a long day.""See? You have to blame me for everything! Everything is my fucking fault!"...
Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence - June 25, 2008 Tags: heroin recovery addiction
Addiction Treatment: Who is the Client?
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The Overselling of Drug RehabProfessor David Clark, who runs the Wired In recovery website in the U.K., recently posted several passages from William L. White's "Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America."According to Professor Clark, "In highlighting [these quotes] on my Blog, I am not questioning the value of treatment. However, I am providing a word of caution to those who are trying to tell 'society' that the government-led treatment system is successful and is a panacea to some of society's problems."Among the observations from White's book:Who is the client?"Addiction treatment sw...
Source: Addiction Inbox - June 25, 2008 Tags: drug addiction drug rehab addiction treatment drug treatment
Is Your Sobriety a Slippery Slope?
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If you mow your lawn on a steep terrace in the rain, you are bound to slip on that slippery slope. Accidents happen. The same thing will happen to your sobriety if you flirt with disaster. Make sure your sobriety passes the test. Do not tread in dangerous territory, or slippery slopes.
The point I am trying to make is that if you think that you can remain abstinent from drinking while you spend time in the bars with your friends and drink soda pop, you may want to think again and revise your plan. That may work for a while, but it surely will come back to haunt you.
Being a designated driver once in awhile is fine, but if ...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - June 25, 2008 Authors: Karen Halls Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Help Addiction Articles
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This is a 2-page word document and sells for $20 in DP. Here is the thread in DP:http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=868976It promises of a unique way to earn money thru affiliate marketing promoting them offline. Here is the short sales letter extracted from the DP thread:I bet you all are a bit tired of sitting in front of the computer, trying to find what you really need. Well, same happened to me a couple of month ago - Internet was just making me mad as I wanted to run away for a bit. So I did.I found this great trick, which is absolutely new between you guys.Once I started it, the first income came after ...
Source: Addict 4 Life - June 25, 2008 Tags: sfi affiliates eyeearn sfi affiliate network
