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After Rehab: 5 Ways for Addicts to Cope
The myth suggests that rehab is the hard part for those struggling with addiction, but the truth is that life after rehab can be just as awful. In fact, the first few weeks after rehab are arguably worse for the struggling addict because they have a lot less support once they’ve left the rehab facility. In other words, for the addict, life after rehab can be downright terrifying.read more
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - April 16, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Seth Meyers, Psy.D. Tags: Addiction Creativity Depression Relationships acronym alcoholics anger anxiety drug rehab feelings friendships hand accounts happiness havoc helpful tools likelihood long time mistake myth nurturance rehab facility Source Type: news

Lipstick on a patch: Ten times nothing is still nothing
Smokers attempting to quit commonly find themselves relapsing, even if they manage to abstain for a period of time. However, a new study, in the journal Addiction, suggests that those who continue to use a nicotine patch even when they experience a relapse may be slightly better off.
Source: Health Facts and Fears - April 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Tags: Blogs Source Type: news

Therapy exploits 'addiction' of leukemia cells
(Cell Press) A new study describes a therapeutic approach to halting cancer progression by exploiting a previously unrecognized "addiction" of leukemia cells to specific signaling molecules. The research, published by Cell Press online on April 16 in the journal Cancer Cell, identifies non-classical oncogenes critical for tumor development and survival, and describes a potentially less toxic strategy that selectively targets these molecules.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 16, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Is 4/20 Really Supporting Marijuana Legalization?
Image © John Moore / Getty Images Yesterday, cities all over North America engaged in public demonstrations of marijuana smoking, perportedly to protest the illegal status of marijuana, and to support the legalization of marijuana. But is 4/20 really achieving its stated aims? ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Addictions - April 15, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Are a "Sensible" and a "Scientific" View of Addiction the Same?
We are lost in the forest of addiction, looking at PET scans instead of at behaviors and experiences. All this leads to a Rube Goldberg way of defining addition.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 14, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Addiction alcohol abusers brain disease drugs and alcohol dsm floodgates gamblers heartfelt testimony Nora Volkow o brien pathological gambling pet scans proponent reams reward system reward systems sensible person slacke Source Type: news

Building Your Parent Playlist
When you play like a kid, you worry less and enjoy life more. Recreate more, take time to be unproductive and forget about your troubles. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - April 14, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Elizardi, M.Ed., MAPP Tags: Parenting Relationships Self-Help Stress abandon addiction specialist adult worlds Alan Marlatt computer screen concrete walls family dynamics flickers gain prestige ghost in the graveyard hamster hamster wheel happiness Source Type: news

Do You Know a Functional Alcoholic?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 14, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Addicted to Your Devices? 3 Ways to Break Free
About two years ago, some participants in my Science of Willpower course started to name "technology addiction" as their main willpower challenge. It's only accelarated since then, as we've fallen more fully in love with our devices.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 13, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Procrastination Self-Help Angry Birds behavior change cbc drug Facebook family time instinct Internet iPad iPhone Kindle love mcgonigal new year ' s resolutions participants phone addiction psychologist Source Type: news

Words With Friends: Another Stupid Game—or an Obsession?
Words With Friends and other "stupid games" are calling to us: Play me, play me, play me!read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 13, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Larry Rosen, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Happiness Media compulsion games gaming ocd video gaming addiction Words With Friends Source Type: news

Timing Key in Rewriting Addict's Memory (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Using a type of exposure therapy to wipe out the emotional triggers that drive drug addiction may be most effective when the brain is in the process of recalling and re-storing memories, Chinese researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 13, 2012 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

New NIH funding awarded to UCSF School of Pharmacy postdoctoral fellows in 2011
New research support awarded to the UCSF School of Pharmacy by the National Institutes of Health during the 2011 fiscal year included two on-going projects by postdoctoral fellows: Improving computer programs to yield better drug candidates Ryan Coleman, PhD Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Brian Shoichet, PhD Awarded an NIH fellowship of $48,398 in fiscal 2011, with an additional $52,190 of support in 2012 Ryan Coleman, PhD Coleman’s research seeks to improve the predictive accuracy of molecular docking computer programs. The programs virtually screen and score small molecules (ligands) for the relati...
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - April 13, 2012 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New NIH funding awarded to postdoctoral fellows in 2011
School of Pharmacy research awarded new support by the National Institutes of Health during the 2011 fiscal year includes two on-going projects by post-doctoral fellows: Improving computer programs to yield better drug candidates Ryan Coleman, PhD Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Brian Shoichet, PhD Awarded an NIH fellowship of $48,398 in fiscal 2011, with an additional $52,190 of support in 2012 Ryan Coleman, PhD Coleman’s research seeks to improve the predictive accuracy of molecular docking computer programs. The programs virtually screen and score small molecules (ligands) for the relative strength...
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - April 13, 2012 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Gay 'conversion' therapies give moral authority to bullies, says ex-missionary
Former Pentecostal Christian Peterson Toscano says his life was ruined by his church authorities' attempts to alter his sexualityPeterson Toscano, a 47-year-old American, underwent gay 'conversion' therapies for 20 years as he struggled to reconcile his Pentecostal Christianity with homosexual attraction. It devastated his life, cost him tens of thousands of dollars and left him needing a decade of counselling and therapy, he said.He now lives happily as a Quaker and is in a gay relationship but in 1996 he was in crisis. He had been married for five years and was working with his wife as a missionary in Zambia, when he was...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 13, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Robert Booth Tags: Gay rights World news United States UK news Religion Christianity Psychology Science The Guardian Interviews Source Type: news

Sex Addiction—Is it Real?
“Sex Addiction sounds like a lame excuse used by men to justify their infidelities.” This is a sentiment we hear a lot from people who wonder if men get away with more than their fair share of bad behavior. read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 13, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Alexandra Katehakis, MFT Tags: Addiction Relationships Sex American Psychiatric Association bad behavior clinician control behaviors diagnostic and statistical manual diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders diagnostic labels diagnostic terms dsm iv Source Type: news

Intimate partner violence and prescription of potentially addictive drugs: prospective cohort study of women in the Oslo Health Study. - Stene LE, Dyb G, Tverdal A, Jacobsen GW, Schei B.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prescription of potentially addictive drugs, including analgesics and central nervous system depressants, to women who had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). DESIGN: Prospective population-based cohort study. SETTIN...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 13, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Jason Pierce: 'My liver was gone'
This article was corrected on 13 April 2012 because the original called Spiritualized's 2008 album Songs From A&E.SpiritualizedPop and rockHealth & wellbeingMedical researchDave Simpsonguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 12, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Dave Simpson Tags: Spiritualized Music Pop and rock Health & wellbeing Life and style Medical research Science The Guardian Features Source Type: news

Manipulating memory to treat addiction
A behavioural procedure that alters memory effectively prevents the cravings of heroin addictsA study published today in the journal Science describes a simple behavioural procedure that reduces heroin addicts' cravings and could also prevent them from relapsing after they've kicked the habit. As I explain in this news story for Nature, the procedure involves manipulating addicts' memories of past drug use, and could lead to non-pharmacological therapy for addiction, as well as psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and phobia.Preventing cravings is one of the biggest challenges in the treatment of a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 12, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Mo Costandi Tags: Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news

Alcohol and Drugs in the News
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 12, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Do You Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Your Phone?
I admit it. I have a love/hate relationship with my phone. And, of course, by “phone,” I mean “incredibly high tech gizmo that allows me to speak and text to my friends and family, read and send emails instantly, and search the World Wide Web for answers to any question that might pop into my mind.” It’s all very convenient. Very efficient. Very cool.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 11, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Jennifer Kunst, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Self-Help busy day cell phone ching ching chings dinner table dramatic moment elevator elevators Facebook friends and family gizmo Psychology Today relationships Stocks therapy session vibrations world wide we Source Type: news

Integrated programs for mothers with substance abuse issues and their children: A systematic review of studies reporting on child outcomes. - Niccols A, Milligan K, Smith A, Sword W, Thabane L, Henderson J.
BACKGROUND: Integrated treatment programs (those that include on-site pregnancy-, parenting-, or child-related services with addiction services) were developed to break the intergenerational cycle of addiction, potential child maltreatment, and poor outcom...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 11, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Well: How Exercise May Make Addictions Better, or Worse
An eye-opening new study of cocaine-addicted mice found that dedicated exercise may in some cases make it even harder to break an addiction.
Source: NYT - April 11, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Tags: addiction Phys Ed Brain Drug Abuse and Traffic Exercise Medicine and Health Source Type: news

Marijuana For Stress Management -- How Ironic!
One of several myths about marijuana is that it helps people cope with stress. Many clients entering treatment are terrified that they will never be able to cope with the stresses and strains of life without their daily toke, yet the irony of the situation is that often it is the drug itself that is impairing their ability to cope in the first place. ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Addictions - April 11, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Drinking Ups Risk of Benign Breast Disease
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 11, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Over 50 and Almost Alcoholic?
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, drinking among seniors age 50 and older is on the rise. In fact, seniors make up the segment of the population for whom drinking has been increasing the most. Why might that be a problem? read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 10, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Aging alcohol abuse alcohol abuse and alcoholism alcoholics boomers carcinogen cocktail contrary dependence diagnosis of alcohol abuse glass of wine gray zone hypertension medical conditions memory loss national i Source Type: news

Over Fifty and Almost Alcoholic?
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism drinking among seniors age 50 and older is on the rise. In fact, seniors make up the segment of the population for whom drinking has been increasing the most. Why might that be a problem? Because as we age our bodies metabolize alcohol more slowly.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 10, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Aging alcohol abuse alcohol abuse and alcoholism alcoholics boomers carcinogen cocktail contrary dependence diagnosis of alcohol abuse glass of wine gray zone hypertension medical conditions memory loss national i Source Type: news

iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us
One of Dr. Larry Rosen’s friends feels he must be continuously connected to his electronic devices. If he is in a conversation that is more than 15 minutes long, “he excuses himself to go to the restroom so that he can check his iPhone.” Is this a sign of addiction? Narcissistic personality disorder? Anxiety? Does this man, as Rosen puts it, have an “iDisorder?” These are the central issues in Rosen’s new book, iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us. Coauthored by fellow psychologists Nancy A. Cheever and L. Mark Carrier, iDisorder is a perceptive, thoughtful look i...
Source: Psych Central - April 10, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dan Berkowitz Tags: Abuse Addictions Book Reviews Career Disorders General Social Networking Technology Work Issues Cheever Crusade Dozen Computers Dr Larry Drs Early Adopter Electronic Devices Ipad Iphone Larry Rosen Mark Carrier Mode Source Type: news

Sugar in Moderation? But how?
The news is in: sugar is addictive, toxic, and worse. But how to stop?read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - April 10, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: Terese Weinstein Katz, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Health Self-Help abstinence addictive agent best efforts binges conason culprit diet changes diet mentality fattening food flavor boosters footing good sense high blood pressure high blood sugar metabolic syndrome Source Type: news

The Power of Habit
It’s typical to speak about procrastination as a habit. There are self-help books with this title in fact. Here are some key ideas from Charles Duhigg that I want to echo when we think about habits.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 10, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Procrastination bold font different ways drug abuse drugs Duhigg habit formation habits learning murderer nancy reagan self help books sleep slogan the power of habit Source Type: news

Amazing Grace
Charlie: On the verge of my fortieth birthday, I was going strong and fulfilling my life vision. I had a loving marriage, three beautiful children, a large comfortable home, a good income, and work that I loved. I was on the fast track to success, leading personal growth seminars all over the country and enjoying the good life.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 10, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Linda & Charlie Bloom, Tags: Addiction Relationships Resilience Self-Help absence child care cutting edge domestic responsibilities edge work excitement fast track fortieth birthday growth opportunity life vision loving marriage patience personal growt Source Type: news

The Workaholic Breakdown Syndrome—Six Fears
In order to fully understand the inner dynamics of workaholism, we initially began by exploring how the perfectionistic tendencies of workaholics gradually lead to obsessive thoughts and compulsive acts. In turn, we examined how their narrow fixation on work-related issues leads to the development of increasing levels of ego-inflated, self-absorbed neurotic narcissism.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 10, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Barbara Killinger, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Self-Help abandonment anxious times character changes Do you recognize these fears? doing the right thing downward spiral fear of failure fellow workers inner balance inner dynamics inner security obsessive thoughts p Source Type: news

Is "Almost Alcoholic" a Useful Concept?
"Almost Alcoholic," a new book, reflects a new take on drinking problems. The idea builds from the incremental nature of alcohol problems, which rise and—more often—fall. But the concept highlights the downside of that process and expands self-labeling. read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 10, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Addiction alcohol abuse alcohol abuse and alcoholism alcohol dependence alcoholics american perception brian lehrer clinical instructor different perspective epidemiologic epidemiological research epidemiological survey gizmodo h Source Type: news

SILK ROAD: EBAY FOR DRUGS: The journal publishes both invited and unsolicited letters. - Barratt MJ.
Internet and digital technologies have been discussed recently by Addiction contributors in relation to the delivery of efficient computer-delivered brief interventions, online methodologies for recruiting and surveying illicit drug users and the intern...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Things to Stop Doing
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 10, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Attention Alert: A Study on Distraction Reveals Some Surprises
We may be more distracted from inside our brains than from outside our bodies.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 9, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Larry Rosen, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Cognition Neuroscience attention spans beep computer programmers computer screen culprit distraction distractions exact question fMRI interruptions learning medical students Memory natural environments smartphon Source Type: news

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Music ties us to the best vision of our future. It allows us to listen, to understand, and to be moved. Music can act as an emotional release. It doesn’t just tell the story of the best version of ourselves...it pulls us there.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 9, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaime Booth Cundy, BSW, MAPP Tags: Addiction Happiness Media Social Life colleuges deadmau5 decline drug addiction drugs ecstasy egos emotions empathy insult interdependent relationship internet anonymity isolation konrath Madonna mdma mice mid 198 Source Type: news

Actress Kathryn Erbe to raise the curtain in NIDA’s Addiction Performance Project
Kathryn Erbe leads an impressive cast in the Addiction Performance Project, an innovative continuing medical education (CME) program for doctors and other health providers, on April 16 in the Chicago, Ill. area. The performance is a project of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is designed to help doctors and other health professionals better identify and help drug-abusing patients in primary care settings, and to break down the stigma associated with drug addiction.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - April 9, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

America's prescription drug addiction suggests a sick nation | Victoria Bekiempis
The growing taste for prescription opioids in the US is a concern. What is it about our way of life that necessitates such relief?We Americans really like to pop pills. The Associated Press has just reported that we're increasingly strung out on prescription opioids, with sales ballooning from 2000 to 2010. In some parts of the US, receipts for oxycodone-based products – such as OxyContin, Percoset, and Percodan – surged sixteenfold; hydrocodone-based products such as Vicodin continue to gain solid ground in Appalachia and Middle America.Indeed, insatiable demand for "hillbilly heroin" – sometimes doled out by doctor...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Victoria Bekiempis Tags: Drugs Science United States World news guardian.co.uk Comment Comment is free Source Type: news

Drunk Driving Activist Goes to CIMMFest
Image © Jason Haw Remember Timmy Grins, the rapper who warned of the personal consequences of drunk driving? Well, his movie, "Last Call," will be shown at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival this weekend, as part of the music video category. Timmy will also be a panelist in a discussion on the blend of artistry and activism. Grins is being seated on the panel as result of his gallant music oriented street corner works in his neighborhood of Clay Street in Annapolis, Maryland. This will be Timmy's first appearance in Chicago since being recognized as one of Oprah Winfrey'...
Source: About.com Addictions - April 9, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Felony for drug possession?! That's a crime!
Should drug possession be considered a felony or misdemeanor? California Senator Mark Leno is making his opinion known with SB1506 and I'm in full support of finally making this change.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 8, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Law and Crime Politics Psychiatry addiction treatment breaking the law California california state senator community supervision dependence drug drug addiction drug addicts drug possession drug possession personal d Source Type: news

The Overuse of the Word "Addiction"
"Addiction" has been utilized to explain many phenomena. In fact, the term is so overused that the meaning has been sucked out of it. Anything that a person likes too much, in present parlance, he is likely to be considered "addicted" to it. There is the "chocoholic" or person who is addicted to chocolate. There is the 'jogaholic" who is addicted to jogging.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 7, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Law and Crime addiction problem approval addiction bibliomaniac chocoholic cold turkey confessions counselor dependence habit heroin and cocaine nbsp parlance phenomena pornography sexaholic shopaholic univers Source Type: news

Cognitive Barriers to Readiness to Change in Alcohol-Dependent Patients. - Le Berre AP, Vabret F, Cauvin C, Pinon K, Allain P, Pitel AL, Eustache F, Beaunieux H.
BACKGROUND: Patients' personal investment and readiness to change have proved to be a prerequisite for the successful treatment of alcohol addiction. The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of cognitive functions to the motivation process t...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

WAISMANN METHOD® Director Warns Prescription Painkiller Addiction...
New Figures Show Dramatic Rise in Oxycodone and Hydrocodone Distribution in Last Decade(PRWeb April 05, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9376835.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

TMS Therapy and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Recovery Are Closely...
Recent Study confirms Why Dr. A. R. Mohammad has had such amazing results with TMS Therapy in the Addiction Treatment Community(PRWeb April 05, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9371718.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Ketamine Users Risk Urinary Problems
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 7, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Rather Partial: The Delicate Art of Clinging Right
We know what who and we love by what we would miss if it went away. We love what we have become partial too, meaning incomplete without. Here are some simple ideas for how to manage our loving incompletenesses. read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - April 6, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Jeremy Sherman Tags: Anxiety Behavioral Economics Parenting Relationships addiction broken homes co-depenence complex adaptive systems complex systems complexity theorists confidence levels continuity distraction impermanence Leaving home love Source Type: news

The Price of (Other People’s) Fame
We have all read accounts of the exorbitant prices paid at auction for items once owned by a celebrity: John F. Kennedy’s golf clubs sold for $772,000; John Lennon’s piano costs $2,000,000.00. Why do people pay an absurd price for a celebrity object? read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 6, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Happiness Media auction auction site celebrity celebs contagion drumstick ebay exorbitant prices explanations famous person french toast george newman gil golf clubs Jimmy Hendrix john f Source Type: news

Panda-moanium: 'The world is watching. And it's putting me off' | Pamela Stephenson Connolly
Edinburgh zoo's famous couple have failed to mate. They turned to Guardian sex expert Pamela Stephenson Connolly for helpDear Dr Connolly,I am writing to you from a poorly constructed "love tunnel" at Edinburgh zoo. The people I have been contracted to (at vast expense) thought this would be a great place for a female co-worker and I to do the nasty. Seriously? All right, it's a contractual obligation for us to go through the motions of a little fluff and foreplay but, to my way of thinking, actual jiggy-jiggy is a grey area. To be honest, it just doesn't feel right, all those zoologist wetting themselves whenever I produc...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Pamela Stephenson Connolly Tags: Sex Life and style Animal behaviour Biology Science Animals World news guardian.co.uk Comment Comment is free Source Type: news

Helping Other Alcoholics Helps the Helper
In the Fall of 1990 Bill Wilson made Life’s list of the “100 most important Americans of the 20th Century” for his efforts, along with Akron’s Dr. Bob Smith, in establishing Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1935. Why do you think AA and its Twelve Steps work for alcoholics in recovery?The Twelve Steps are as follows:read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 6, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction 20th century alcoholics alcoholism apology bill wilson bob smith conscious contact contact with god dr bob egocentrism exact nature fearless moral inventory having had a spiritual awakening personal inventory prayer Source Type: news

Mobile tracking helps researchers understand addiction
Source: Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews Content: “Researchers at Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh are leveraging smartphones to help them figure out why some people are able to quit smoking on their first try while others try to quit again and again. At Penn State researchers found that participants in a four week study who successfully [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - April 6, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Addiction mHealth Smoking Tracking Source Type: news