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A Reader’s Question – I am a health care student seeking answer from recovered Meth addict. 1. When did you begin using Meth?

Addiction Recovery Blog — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:40:23 +0100

It’s time for another question/answer. I know a lot of you like these so here we go. This one comes from (Source: Addiction Recovery Blog)

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5 Goals for ACOA’s in Recovery

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:04:15 +0100

We examined the processes through which 20 committed members (aged 29-52 yrs) of self-help groups for adult children of alcoholics experience alterations in their perceptions of family of origin. Results suggest that world view transformation in the family of origin domain involves; learning to define the family as pathological, assigning responsibility for this pathology to a disease, forgiving oneself, accepting that one was adversely affected by the family’s problem, and ultimately learning to accept one’s parents’ shortcomings. Humphreys, Keith. World view change in Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon self-help groups: Reconstructing the alcoholic family. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. Vol 46(2), Apr 1996, 255-263. See also; ACOA’s have Streng...

Army Doctor Sees Victory, and a Dangerous Drug Bites the Dust—Almost.

Addiction Inbox — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

An interview with the man who blew the whistle on the neurotoxic malaria drug in the U.S. Army’s kit bag. A dangerous malaria drug invented by the Army and commonly used by soldiers and civilians alike causes everything from episodes of psychotic violence to nightmares more real than reality, and is finally being withdrawn as the first-line treatment for troops in malarial zones. Lariam, known medically as mefloquine, has also been a licensed treatment for civilians abroad for more than 25 years. Yet it has only been in the recent past that common knowledge of Lariam’s dangers has surfaced publically. The development of Lariam was a prime example of military-industrial cooperation. Discovered at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research during the Vietnam war, initially tested o...

Do Interventions Work?

Suboxone Talk Zone — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:39:04 +0100

It has been a while, it seems, since I’ve checked in. I’m at the point in the life cycle of a ‘blogger’ where I feel like I’ve said most of what I came here to say… so help me out by sending your questions, particularly those with broad implications, and I’ll chime in with an opinion. In the meantime, check out the ‘best of’ page; I have links there to some of the more popular post. And for now, I’ll answer a question I received today on ‘TheFix.com’: Do you believe in intervention of someone who does not ask or desire (to be clean)? It is hard to predict human behavior; sometimes people rise to the occasion when all appears to be lost, and other times people who have everything going their way make surprisingly poor decisions. But in my experience, real s...

Anorexia Video

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:38:19 +0100

A wonderful video from ‘Face The Issue’ narrated by Julianne Moore. This is an anonymous quote from an anorexic. So…I kind of had a breakdown the other day, and I wrote this on a piece of paper: I’m not ready for the holidays…I’m not sure what I’m going to do. All I know is I can’t handle it. There’s no way. I have my two boxes of laxatives for Christmas day…and I still don’t think that’s going to be enough. See also; Overeater? Mindfulness for Recovery :Symptoms of Anorexia VideoSelf Esteem VideoSelf Injury VideoBulimia VideoAbuse Video (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)

More MP3 downloads

Addict 4 Life — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:19:00 +0100

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Additional mp3 links

Addict 4 Life — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:03:00 +0100

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Staying Away From the First Drink

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:22:00 +0100

Expressions commonly heard in Alcoholics Anonymous are “If you don’t take that first drink, you can’t get drunk” and “One drink is too many, but twenty are not enough.” Many of us, when we first began to drink, never wanted or took more than one or two drinks. But as time went on, we increased the number. Then, in later years we found ourselves drinking more and more, some of us getting and staying very drunk. Maybe our condition didn’t always show in our speech or our gait, but this time we were never actually sober. If that bother us too much, we would cut down, or try to limit ourselves to just one or two, or switch from hard liquor to beer or wine. At least, we tried to limit the amount, so we would not g et too disastrously tight. Or we tried...

Book Review: Writers On The Edge

Addiction Inbox — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

A compendium of tough prose and poetry about addiction. Here’s a book I’m delighted to promote unabashedly. I even wrote a jacket blurb for it. I called it an “honest, unflinching book about addiction from a tough group of talented writers. These hard-hitters know whereof they speak, and the language in which they speak can be shocking to the uninitiated—naked prose and poetry about potentially fatal cravings the flesh is heir to—drugs, booze, cutting, overeating, depression, suicide. Not everybody makes it through. Writers On The Edge is about dependency, and the toll it takes, on the guilty and the innocent alike.” I am happy to stand by that statement, content to note that this collection of prose and poetry on the subject of addiction and dependency by 22 talented writer...

What is letting go?

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:50:00 +0100

Co-dependents, alcoholics, addicts and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s) have a need to ‘let go’ of various parts of their lives. Letting go is: A decision to take an action that will result in a significant change in your life or in the lives of others. Taking a risk to change the status quo. Releasing yourself or others from a real or perceived guilt-arousing obligation. Freeing yourself or others to be themselves without fear of rejection or disapproval. Granting to others the personal responsibility for their own lives. What are some types of letting go? Letting Go of Guilt: Decreasing the impact of guilt as a motivator for your behavior. Letting Go of Grief: Accepting the changes resulting from a loss. Letting Go of Dependency: Accepting personal respo...

Who is an addict?

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0100

Narcotics Anonymous is a non-profit 12 step fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives. The most important thing about them is that they work. Most of us do not have to think twice about this question. WE KNOW! Our whole life and thinking was centered in drugs in one form or another, the getting and using and finding ways and means to get more. We lived to use and used to live. Very simply, ...

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A Searching & Fearless Moral Inventory – OUCH!

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:33:20 +0100

The tricky thing about doing a personal inventory and spotting our faults and wrongs is that we’re liable to do it mercilessly. We are, after all, adult children of alcoholics. The way an adult child of alcoholics approaches the process of a personal inventory is to rip himself or herself to shreds, as if it were an invitation to self-gutting, an opportunity to insult ourselves, really use all of our black-and-white thinking skills to see only the worst in ourselves. Balance, the grey area of life (most of life!), doesn’t come easily to us. We’re used to black and white thinking. Ain’t it easy, too. This is the beginning of a wonderful discussion of balance in the 4th step of 12 Step Fellowships. More at A Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory – OUCH! See also; Developing S...

The Leading Cause Of Relapse

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:57:00 +0100

Alcoholism or addiction is the leading cause of relapse. It’s not old behavior if I’m still doing it. If you’re looking to have an image in AA/NA, look around at the meetings you go to and take a look at whom you’re trying to impress. An addict/alcoholic is a person who wants to be held while he’s isolating. This is a ‘ JUST FOR TODAY’ program. If you are clean or sober today, you are tied for first place in NA/AA. If using drugs or drinking alcohol is interfering with your work, you’re probably a heavy user. If work is interfering with your using, you’re probably an addict or alcoholic. I often obsessively pursue feeling good, no matter how bad it makes me feel. When I was new, I didn’t think I had any obsessions until I started ...

More AA = More Abstinence

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:08:00 +0100

This study grouped treatment-seeking individuals (n = 1825) by common patterns of 12-step attendance using 5 waves of data (75% interviewed Year 9) to isolate unique characteristics and use-related outcomes distinguishing each class profile. The “high” class reported the highest attendance and abstention. The “descending” class reported high baseline alcohol severity, long treatment episodes, and high initial attendance and abstinence, but by Year 5, their attendance and abstinence dropped. The “early-drop” class, which started with high attendance and abstinence but with low problem severity, reported no attendance after Year 1. The “rising” class, with fairly high alcohol and psychiatric severity throughout, reported initially low attendance, followed by increasing a...

Where Did The 12 Steps Come From?

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:25:00 +0100

By Bill W. co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous From the July 1953 A.A. Grapevine AAs are always asking: “Where did the Twelve Steps come from?” In the last analysis, perhaps nobody knows. Yet some of the events which led to their formulation are as clear to me as though they took place yesterday. So far as people were concerned, the main channels of inspiration for our Steps were three in number — the Oxford Groups, Dr. William D. Silkworth of Towns Hospital and the famed psychologist, William James, called by some the father of modern psychology. The story of how these streams of influence were brought together and how they led to the writing of our Twelve Steps is exciting and in spots downright incredible. Many of us will remember the Oxford Groups as a modern evangel...

Reward and Punish: Say Hello to Dopamine’s Leetle Friend

Addiction Inbox — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Dopamine recruits a helper to track drug rewards. Ah, dopamine. Whenever it seems like researchers have finally gotten a bead on how that tricky molecule modulates pleasure and reward, and the role it plays in the process of drug and alcohol addiction, along come new findings that rearrange its role, deepening and complicating our understanding of brain function. We know that the ultimate site of dopamine activity caused by drugs is the ventral tegmental area, or VTA, and an associated structure, the nucleus accumbens. But dopamine neurons in the VTA actually perform two distinct functions. They discriminate acutely between the expectation of reward, and the actual reward itself. Pavlov showed how these dual functions are linked, but the manner in which dopamine neurons computed an...

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Humility

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:51:00 +0100

It is sometimes said that humility is the most elusive virtue for to be truly humble one must be unaware of being so. Alcoholics, addicts and co-dependents work the 12 Steps so as to eliminate negative traits. Recovering humility is perhaps at the core of this journey. In his autobiography’ Benjamin Franklin shows the elusiveness of-this virtue. He tells of writing down a list of moral qualities he desired to possess and of examining his conduct daily to see if he was succeeding in his expression of them He was told by a Quaker friend that he lacked humility, so he added it to his list. But Franklin never felt that he acquired the reality of this virtue. He found pride hard to put down and he came to the conclusion that if he could conceive of over coming it he would probably be proud...

Out of the depths

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:04:00 +0100

When you are distressed or are feeling downhearted, as storm-clouds of trouble seem heading your way remember how often your fears have departed, and you were brought back from the edge of dismay, Remember how often when faith seemed to languish, and hope faded out in the dark tide of pain, you found a relief from the mind’s bitter anguish, and comfort and happiness found you again, The long night will end in the joy of the sunrise, your heart will be singing a gladsome refrain. - Anonymous :The Spirit of AAPromises of RecoveryTeens, It’s Not Your Fault!Avoid Excess Stress in Early RecoveryElmo (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)

5 Flirting Styles

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:32:19 +0100

What Type of Flirt Are You? How You Flirt Says a Lot About Your Chances at Love Recovering alcoholics, addicts and co-dependents may be interested in new relationships but have lost touch with flirting behaviors. Ever wondered what kind of flirt you might be? Want to change your chances of getting dates? Want to be able to recognize a flirt when they are flirting? These styles may apply to heterosexual, gays, bisexual and lesbian people. Researchers have identified five styles of flirting and they say understanding how you communicate romantic interest may help you improve your chances in love. The 5 Ways of Flirting Physical flirting involves communicating sexual interest to a potential partner. Traditional flirting involved allowing men to take the lead while women maintained a more ...

Step One

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:42:17 +0100

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable It took me to the age of 42 to discover the first part of this Step, I had had many illustrations of this but put it down to the fact that everybody drank to excess sometimes so not to worry. However due to a visit to an Alcoholics Anonymous Group in Brisbane and listening to the speakers who stressed the disease aspect of AA I realised there was such a thing as an alcoholic and decided that I was one. So I went home on a pink cloud. At last I had found the answer to all my troubles, life was going to be wonderful from now on. Little do I know, the pink cloud lasted about three months. I disregarded the second part of the first Step, “that our lives had become-unmanageable”. I argued that only a...

The Downside of Methadone

Suboxone Talk Zone — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:23:43 +0100

An Article by Mike Berens and Ken Armstrong, Seattle Times, discusses some of the problems with using methadone as a first-line treatment for pain: When it comes to battling pain, Washington health officials have encouraged doctors to reach for methadone, a powerful and inexpensive prescription drug. For the past decade, the state has declared methadone to be as safe and effective as any other narcotic painkiller. But in a striking reversal that has gained momentum this week, doctors are receiving stark warnings that methadone is riskier and more dangerous — a drug of last resort — because it’s unpredictable and poses a heightened risk of accidental death. “It’s a dangerous drug because it accumulates in the body and people die in their sleep,” Dr. Jane Ballanty...

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10 Ways to Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:17:00 +0100

Up your Emotional Intelligence quotient. Alcoholics, addicts and co-dependents do a lot of work on emotions in recovery. Here are some points that may enhance the 12 Step program. Everyone’s talking about Emotional Intelligence (EI) but what exactly is it? One important aspect of emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions – in oneself and others – and to use that information appropriately. For example, recognizing emotional intelligence in oneself can help you regulate and manage your emotions, while recognizing emotions in others can lead to empathy and success in your relationships, both personal and professional. Given the importance of emotional intelligence, I thought it might be helpful to give a very brief overview of the top...

Al-Anons Promises for Recovery

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0100

Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home For Co-dependents and Adult Children of Alcoholics. If we willingly surrender ourselves to the spiritual discipline of the Twelve Steps, our lives will be transformed. We will become mature, responsible individuals with a great capacity for joy, wonder and fulfillment. Though we may never be perfect, continued spiritual progress will reveal to us our enormous potential. We will discover that we are both worthy of love and loving. We will love others without loosing ourselves, and will learn to accept love in return. Our sight, once clouded and confused, will clear and we will be able to perceive reality and recognize truth. Courage and fellowship will replace fear. We will be able to risk failure to develop new, hidden talents. Our lives, no matter how b...

Successful Utilisation of AA by Whites and Blacks

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:52:03 +0100

This study examines whether the effects of formal substance use treatment utilization and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) on 30-day abstinence vary for black versus white Americans. The current analysis utilizes data from a longitudinal sample of 1013 black and white, dependent and problem drinkers across a 7-year period. Participants were identified through a probability survey in the general population and consecutive intakes in chemical dependency treatment programs in a California County. Generalized Estimating Equations assessing interactions between race and treatment utilization incorporated variables from four post-baseline interviews, controlling for baseline variables. Formal treatment utilization was associated with 30-day abstinence, yet this relationship did not differ for blacks an...

Alcoholism, a Family Problem

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:18:48 +0100

Problem drinking doesn’t just affect society, it also affects people at a more personal level – at home – and can create serious emotional problems for all family members. Maybe you’re reading this because there’s an alcohol problem in your family. If so, you’ve taken the first step in helping yourself. Let’s look briefly at what can happen in a family when one member of the family has a drinking problem. Usually, the alcohol problem is creating a lot of stress in the home. Maybe the person with the alcohol problem isn’t doing their share of taking care of children or paying bills. Maybe they’ve lost income because of drinking. Maybe they’ve gotten in some legal trouble because of their drinking or, when drunk, they’...

Indoor Exercises

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:36:00 +0100

Make the Most of Indoor Exercises Alcoholics, addicts and co-dependents in recovery may need to address their physical condition or just exercise. Whether the weather is clear or foul this regime may be of use. Many of us love being outdoors for physical activities. But when the weather gets crummy—too cold, too hot, or too much rain or snow—we stay on the sofa, maybe for months, until things get better. There’s no reason to give up exercising just because the weather stinks. You can stay physically fit, or get there, without leaving the comfort of indoors. These tips can help make your indoor workouts work wonders for you: Put down the dark chocolate hearts and pick up your TV’s remote control. Get up off the couch. Turn on your set. If you have cable, it may offer fre...

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Recovery Essay Contest Winners Talk About Methadone, Naltrexone and Suboxone

Recovery Helpdesk — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:39:50 +0100

Essay contest winners described their addiction recovery in their own words, and explained how medications like methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone and Probuphine) and naltrexone (Vivitrol) helped them get sober. Over 125 people from the US and the UK entered the essay contest. The winners are: First Prize: Darlene DeMore of (Pennsylvania, USA) Darlene wrote about her methadone treatment and 14 years of recovery. When I became pregnant, I was terrified that I would not be able to take care of my child. MAT allowed me to become well, function normally and raise a beautiful daughter. Second Prize: Louis Buchhold (California, USA) Louis wrote about his naltrexone treatment and 11 years of recovery. In 8 long years I had never been able to get longer than 30 days sober, being in/out of ...

Inebriety Quotes

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:51:00 +0100

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. -Ernest Hemingway A hangover is the wrath of grapes. -Author Unknown The first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity. -Author Unknown When the wine goes in, strange things come out. -Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, The Piccolomini, 1799 If drinking is interfering with your work, you’re probably a heavy drinker. If work is interfering with your drinking, you’re probably an alcoholic. -Author Unknown O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts! -William Shakespeare, Othe...

Heroin in Vietnam: The Robins Study Reexamined

Addiction Inbox — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

How everything we knew about heroin was wrong. Editor's note: The famous Robins study on heroin use among Vietnam veterans has been so often—and so recently—misinterpreted that I felt motivated to reprint an older post on the subject. [Originally posted 7/24/10] In 1971, under the direction of Dr. Jerome Jaffe of the Special Action Office on Drug Abuse Prevention, Dr. Lee Robins of Washington University in St. Louis undertook an investigation of heroin use among young American servicemen in Vietnam. Nothing about addiction research would ever be quite the same after the Robins study. The results of the Robins investigation turned the official story of heroin completely upside down. The dirty secret that Robins laid bare was that a staggering number of Vietnam veterans were returning...

Bipolar and Pregnant

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:58:19 +0100

The first book to tackle one of the leading concerns of women with manic depression and related disorders You have bipolar disorder and want to start a family. There is so much to know and manage when thinking about becoming pregnant and having an optimal pregnancy and postpartum period. What are the risks? Can I go off my meds? How will my partner react? Will my child also become bipolar? How do I navigate through the often confusing and ever-changing research on mental disorders and pregnancy? Kristin K. Finn was diagnosed with manic depression as a teenager. Upon deciding to become pregnant, she and her husband also had questions, concerns, and fears. Recognizing that there was no go-to guide that helps women with manic depression navigate pre-natal, pregnancy, and postpartum i...

Pill Mill Prosecution and the Pain Relief Network

Suboxone Talk Zone — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:35:48 +0100

Wow. I just read an email about a story that I was vaguely aware of– about a doctor in Kansas and his wife, who were together linked to scores of overdose deaths. But that is just the beginning. The doctor was supported, during his trial, by Siobhan Reynolds, founder of a nonprofit advocacy group called ‘Pain Relief Network.’ She started the group back in 2003, when her ex-husband was suffering from severe pain from a congenital connective tissue disorder. He (the ex-husband) found relief in combinations of high-dose opioids and benzodiazepines, at least until his doctor, Virginia pain specialist William Hurwitz, was convicted on 16 counts of drug trafficking. The ex died, by the way, in 2006. Are you still with me? The trial of the Kansas doctor, Stephen Schneider,...

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Interesting Video ‘Gary Interview’

Addiction Recovery Blog — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:20:06 +0100

Posted From Karen Halls’s Ipad Author’s Description: Gary Smith is a Professor of Human Development at Binghamton University College of Community and Public Affairs in Binghamton New His class on alternatives in addiction treatment focusses on the Habilitat His hand selected class travels to Hawaii each year for a life changing opportunity to live the Habilitat His partnership with Habilitat has exposed numerous young adults to the field of addiction Many of his students have gone on to become probation officers, social workers and police Habilitat is a long term residential substance abuse program located in 1-800-872-2525 Nonprofit Tagged with: Dr. Gary Smith, Professor, Human Development, Binghamton University, New York, addiction, meth, recovery, heroin, treatment center, ...

Al-anon Helps all the Family

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:29:36 +0100

Research proves that the Al-anon method of encouragement and support is one of the best ways to help a recovering addict stay sober A recent American clinical study examined the effect of perceived criticism on relapse back to substance abuse, and found that the perception of criticism was a very significant factor leading to relapse. Families can best help in the recovery process by remaining encouraging and supportive, and additionally attending both therapy with the alcoholic, as well as some form of family support organization. The Al Anon philosophy: Al-Anon has but one purpose to help families of alcoholics. We do this by practicing the Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic. I’ve prai...

Alcohol Screening in Hospital

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:12:15 +0100

Many Patients Approve of Nurses Delivering Alcohol Screening in Hospital Many hospital patients are comfortable with having nurses deliver screening and brief intervention for alcohol, a new study suggests. According to the researchers, the findings indicate that nurses can be important partners in helping to screen for hazardous drinking. Medical News Today reports the U.S. Joint Commission recently approved new hospital accreditation measures regarding alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for all patients who are hospitalized. Until now, little has been known about inpatient opinions of alcohol screening delivered by healthcare professionals other than physicians. The study included 355 hospital patients. The researchers found more than 84 percent of p...

Sexuality After Divorce

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:59:52 +0100

Discover how to reconnect with your sexuality after divorce Recovering alcoholics, addicts and co-dependents often suffer divorce. Divorced people are very vulnerable to alienation and isolation as well as open targets for 13th steppers. After a divorce, there will come a time to begin thinking about having a sexual relationship again. Often times when divorce has occurred, the couple had not been sexual in some time because the relationship had been on the decline. When people get out of the routine of being physical with a partner, it can sometimes push the desire for physical closeness right out of one’s vocabulary and sight. Sexual desire is manifested by having a regular rhythm of sexual experiences. In other words, you become at risk for becoming a sexual camel or having the ab...

Are You A Compulsive Overeater?

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:53:03 +0100

. This series of questions may help you determine if you are a compulsive overeater. Many members of Overeaters Anonymous have found that they have answered yes to many of these questions. Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason? Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after overeating? Do you give too much time and thought to food? Do you look forward with pleasure and anticipation to the time when you can eat alone? Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time? Do you eat sensibly before others and make up for it alone? Is your weight affecting the way you live your life? Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer), only to fall short of your goal? Do you resent others telling you to “use a little willpower” to stop overea...

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HIV Infection Linked To High Drug Overdose Risk

Recovery Helpdesk — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:13:21 +0100

Drug users who are infected with HIV are 74 percent more likely to experience drug overdose, a recent study suggests. Researcher Traci Green, Ph.D. says factors contributing to the increased risk may include poorer physical health, poverty and poor access to medication-assisted therapy to treat opioid dependence. Green points out that drug treatment with methadone or buprenorphine (Suboxone) has been shown to protect against fatal drug overdose, and she suggests that improved access to these therapies would be one important way to reduce high overdose risk in this population. The study was conducted by Rhode Island Hospital and the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research. (Source: Recovery Helpdesk)

Video: Liko Martin- Waimanalo Blues Exclusive at Habilitat Hawaii 2011

Addiction Recovery Blog — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:40:12 +0100

Sent From Karen Halls’s Iphone: Author’s Description: Liko Martin- Waimanalo Blues Exclusive at Habilitat Hawaii 2011 for our Christmas He is a living legend of Hawaiian Music, regarded as one of the most influential song writers of our A famous composer of classic songs like Waimanalo Blues, He plays beautiful Slack Key Guitar and sings his own An original member of the famed Hawaii group Country Comfort, he continues to share his life lessons through music and He visited Habilitat Hawaii for Christmas and played a private show for our holiday Habilitat is a long term residential addiction treatment center in Kane’ohe If you or someone you know needs help contact Habilitat at: 1-800-872-2525 Entertainment Tagged with: Liko Martin, Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Habilitat W...

Mike Doughty Talks About “The Book of Drugs”

Addiction Inbox — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Former Soul Coughing front man on sobriety and life as a solo artist. Over the phone, Mike Doughty doesn’t have much to say about his former band, Soul Coughing. When I mention it, he gives out a low growl as a warning. He said it all in The Book of Drugs, and it doesn’t sound like he had much fun. Although the avant-garde rock band created music that was spiky and sneaky and immensely popular, topped off by Doughty’s monotonic but strangely penetrating vocal delivery on such classics as “Super Bon Bon,” “True Dreams of Wichita,” and “Circles,” Doughty was drug-dependent and miserable. Musician pitted against musician, egos battered and bruised, credit taken and not taken—and Doughty busily running the gamut of addictions from Jack Daniels to heroin, with a ton of mar...

Sexual Effects of Antidepressants

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:20:09 +0100

Incidence of sexual dysfunction associated with antidepressants This research is presented here to assist people in recovery from alcoholism, addiction and co-dependency but applies to every person. The research is not solid evidence that this will happen to you but it does give an indication of the risk of sexual dysfunction. Please remember; Some of these medications are highly addictive (Check the information at the linked articles), Some of these can cause you to be more restless, irritable and discontent, Do not stop taking medication before talking to your doctor (Withdrawal can be life threatening) Methods Prospective, multicenter, open-label study analyzing the incidence of antidepressant-related sexual dysfunction from April 1995 to February 2000 1,022 outpatients (610 wom...

Interview with Howard Shaffer of the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance

Addiction Inbox — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Defining addiction, making research more transparent, and dealing with the DSM-V (The “Five-Question Interview” series.) Like many incredibly busy people, Dr. Howard J. Shaffer, associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, is generous with his time. This paradox works to the advantage of Addiction Inbox readers, as Dr. Shaffer, the director of the Division on Addiction at the Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate, has graciously consented to be the next participant in our “Five-Question Interview” series. In addition to maintaining a private practice, Dr. Shaffer has been a principal or co-principal investigator on a wide variety of research projects related to addiction, including the Harvard Project on Gambling and Health, and a ...

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Brain Scans and Addiction Research: The Early Years

Addiction Inbox — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

X-ray specs for drug effects. The science of addiction and the technology of brain scans have both developed exponentially in the past two decades. The search for specific neurobiological markers for addiction was made possible by positron emission tomography, better known as the PET scan. Known more casually as the PET/CT scanner, the device was named the Invention of the Year in 2000 by Time Magazine. (The CT scan, for computerized tomography, uses an X-ray machine and a contrast die to measure absorption rates in different brain areas.) The idea of a PET scan is simple: Doctors inject test subjects with radioactively tagged glucose, which passes the blood-brain barrier with ease. The more electrochemically active portions of the brain burn extra glucose for energy. So, by noting pre...

Video – Stuart Kloda, MD – Xanax Detox – NYC

Addiction Recovery Blog — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:40:06 +0100

I thought this was pretty interesting and wanted to share it with my readers Author’s Description: - Call Kloda directly at (646) 713 – 6578 Concierge addiction treatment for New York City and New Dr Kloda completed a rigorous two-year Addiction Medicine fellowship at the Addiction Institute of New York, a Columbia University affiliate in Manhattan located at Luke’s & Roosevelt His experience includes serving as the medical director for the inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation unit at Roosevelt Kloda cared for many patients with co-occurring psychiatric and medical Kloda provides discreet, confidential, one on one treatment in his private office at Columbus His hours are flexible, including early morning, evening, and weekend In addition, Klo...

A Drug for Head Lice and Heartworm Shows Promise Against Alcohol Abuse

Addiction Inbox — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Unlikely candidate helps alcohol-dependent mice cut back on the sauce. Say what you will about glutamate-gated chloride channels in the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus—but the one thing you probably wouldn’t say about the cellular channels in parasitic worms is that a drug capable of activating them may prove useful in the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions. When scientists go looking for drugs to use against addiction, they do not typically begin with a class of drugs that includes a medication for use against head lice and ticks. But that is exactly where the trail led Daryl Davies, co-director of the Alcohol and Brain Research Laboratory at the University of Southern California. Davies and his group were interested in a set of molecules in the brain known as P2X...

Definition of Recovery

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:44:00 +0100

SAMHSA announces a working definition of “recovery” from mental disorders and substance use disorders A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The definition is the product of a year-long effort by SAMHSA and a wide range of partners in the behavioral health care community and other fields to develop a working definition of recovery that captures the essential, common experiences of those recovering from mental disorders and substance use disorders, along with major guiding principles that support the recovery definition. SAMHSA led this effort as part of its Recovery Support Strategic Initiative. The new working definition of Recove...

Sexuality gets Better with Age for Women

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0100

This article may help, A new study of sexually active older women has found that sexual satisfaction in women increases with age and those not engaging in sex are satisfied with their sex lives. A majority of study participants report frequent arousal and orgasm that continue into old age, despite low sexual desire. Researchers evaluated sexual activity and satisfaction as reported by 806 older women who are part of the Rancho Bernardo Study (RBS) cohort, a group of women who live in a planned community near San Diego and whose health has been tracked for medical research for 40 years. The study measured the prevalence of current sexual activity; the characteristics associated with sexual activity including demographics, health, and hormone use; frequency of arousal, lubrication, orga...

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Secrets of a Good Quickie

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +0100

Quickies are fun, but they’re fraught with erotic peril. Many people in recovery from alcoholism, addiction or co-dependency may have concerns about quickie sex. Lets face it most sex in the past was probably fast and convenient involving very little ‘lovemaking’. Open your mind to satisfying quickies Sex therapists agree that the most satisfying, most deeply erotic lovemaking involves slow sex–leisurely, playful, massage-inspired, whole-body sensual touch all over. But sometimes there’s no time for it, and sometimes lovers want fast, rip-your-clothes-off quickies. Sex doesn’t always have to be elaborate. Seven-course banquets are wonderful, but every now and then, fast food hits the spot. Quickies are also fraught with erotic peril. For lovers of all ages, they...

Making People Stop

Suboxone Talk Zone — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:02:16 +0100

Below is an e-mail that I changed just enough to hide the person’s identity. Every week, I receive messages that describe similar situations. My husband has struggled GREATLY with substance abuse since in his 20′s; he is now in his mid-40′s. He is the kindest sweetest man and he is the BEST husband and father. When he is using he becomes someone he is not. We have run the gamut from jail to overdose. Six years ago a friend introduced him to Suboxone and it LITERALLY gave him his life back. He bought it off the friend for years, where it was very expensive. Finally I brought him to a doctor a bit over a year ago. She is pretty adamant about weaning him off of Suboxone. From experience, I know that 2-3 months after he stops Suboxone he will relapse. I strongly believe it IS...

A Few Words About Glutamate

Addiction Inbox — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Meet another major player in the biology of addiction. The workhorse neurotransmitter glutamate, made from glutamine, the brain’s most abundant amino acid, has always been a tempting target for new drug development. Drugs that play off receptors for glutamate are already available, and more are in the pipeline. Drug companies have been working on new glutamate-modulating antianxiety drugs, and a glutamate-active drug called acamprosate, which works by occupying sites on glutamate (NMDA) receptors, has found limited use as a drug for alcohol withdrawal after dozens of clinical trials. Glutamine detoxifies ammonia and combats hypoglycemia, among other things. It is also involved in carrying messages to brain regions involved with memory and learning. An excess of glutamine can cause neur...

Emotional Sobriety Guide

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:19:00 +0100

Emotional sobriety a term first coined in 1953 by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) co-founder Bill Wilson in a letter for AA’s publication the Grapevine, Wilson wrote that if we look very closely at every imbalance we have, big or small, we’ll find at the root of them some form of dependence. Yet, by giving up and surrendering these dependencies “we may then be able to gain emotional sobriety.” Tian Dayton author of Emotional Sobriety: From Relationship Trauma to Resilience and Balance, explains that emotional sobriety refers to a person’s ability to self-regulate, to discover and maintain emotional balance when they get out of sync, to re-adjust his or her “feeling regulator.” Whether viewed from Wilson’s spiritual and philosophical perspective or Dayton psychological lens, emo...

The ACOA Laundry List

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:35:59 +0100

Adult Child of Alcoholism The Adult Children of Alcoholics Laundry List These are some characteristics we seem to have in common due to being brought up in an alcoholic household. We became isolated and afraid of people and authority figures. We became approval seekers and lost our identity in the process. We are frightened by angry people and any personal criticism. We either become alcoholics, marry them, or both, or find another compulsive personality such as a workaholic to fulfil our sick abandonment needs. We live life from the viewpoint of victims and are attracted by that weakness in our love and friendship relationships. We have an overdeveloped sense of responsibility and it is easier for us to be concerned with others rather than ourselves. This enables us not to look too close...

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Transformation Through Suffering

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:49:35 +0100

A Study of Individuals Who Have Experienced Positive Psychological Transformation Following Periods of Intense Turmoil This transformation is very familiar and similar to the spiritual awakening experienced by many members of 12 Step fellowships and described in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The interpretation is from the humanistic psychology perspective (see below). This research report summarizes a study of 32 individuals who experienced psychological transformation following periods of intense turmoil and trauma in their lives. Several individuals reported temporary spiritual experiences following turmoil, but the majority underwent a permanent psychological transformation. These experiences are termed suffering-induced transformational experiences (SITEs). The types of tra...

The Economic Cost of Heavy Drinking

Addiction Inbox — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Some food, or rather, some drink for thought. A recently released study conducted for the CDC Foundation estimates that the economic costs of excessive drinking in American totaled $223.5 billion in 2006. Binge drinking accounted for 76.4%, or $170.7 billion of the total costs, according to the report. Binge drinking is defined as 4 or more drinks for women and 5 or more drinks for men within a two-hour period. The report estimates that the per capita cost of excessive drinking was approximately $746 for every man, woman, and child in the United States in 2006. Here is a breakdown of the cost of excessive drinking: · 72.2% ($161.3 billion) - Lost productivity · 11% ($24.6 bill...

Slips, Busts and Relapses

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:16:32 +0100

Bill W. a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous answers questions about alcoholism in a discussion in 1960. Question; What about slips or relapse in general? You must have witnessed a lot of them. Bill W.: The subject of slips is a very large one. It takes in a lot of territory. Slips can often be charged to rebellion and some of us surely are more rebellious than others. Slips can be charged to carelessness, to complacency. Many of us fail to ride out such periods sober. Slips are due to the illusion that one can be “cured” of alcoholism. Things go fine for two or three years then the member is seen no more. He gets busy putting two cars in the garage and again returns to keeping up with the Joneses. That almost surely spells trouble. Some of us suffer extreme guilt because of vices or p...

Reader Question – dating an ex-meth user?

Addiction Recovery Blog — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:40:09 +0100

Many of you might be asking this same question so I’m posting with the answer here. Enjoy. The question is from Melanie R I’ve been dating this guy a few months. He’s amazing. Respects my morals, makes me happy, supports my school work, and has recently started going to church with me. The only thing that bothers me is he used be a Meth user. He told me about it pretty soon after we first started going on dates, and he spent a good amount of jail time for his drug use/selling.He now goes to support meetings, has a sponsor, is working a program of recovery, and is getting off probation early. Also, he goes to church support groups to try and help those who were in his situation. I’ve met his family and he’s met mine. Both of my parents are very insightful and t...

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Are You Okay?

Addiction Inbox — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

A variety of drinking tests: the good, the bad, and the silly. Here’s a short, no-nonsense questionnaire that uses your weekly drinking habits to produce an at-a-glance comparison of how your intake stacks up against others your age and sex. For example, your result might say: “Only 4% of the adult male population drinks more than you say you drink.” Which is food for thought, at least. Join Together (sponsored by The Partnership at DrugFree.org and Boston University School of Public Health) provides this service. Here is the Mayo Clinic alcohol use self-assessment test, which says with refreshing frankness: “This assessment can’t diagnose you with an alcohol use or abuse problem, but it can help you evaluate your drinking and understand whether you may benefit from seeking hel...

Increase Sobriety and Reduce Costs

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:32:51 +0100

CONCLUSIONS: Promoting self-help group involvement appears to improve post-treatment outcomes while reducing the costs of continuing care. Even cost offsets that somewhat diminish over the long term can yield substantial savings. Actively promoting self-help group involvement may therefore be a useful clinical practice for helping addicted patients recover in a time of constrained fiscal resources. Humphreys K, Moos RH. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Jan;31(1):64-8. Encouraging posttreatment self-help group involvement to reduce demand for continuing care services: two-year clinical and utilization outcomes. See also; Brief-TSF can assist patients cease alcohol consumption. Random ArticlesGender Matching Hypothesis in Alcohol TreatmentThe Personality Traits of AlcoholicsAlcoholics Anonymous ...

Definition of Recovery

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:35:55 +0100

Brattleboro Vermont To Addicts: Stay Stoned!

Suboxone Talk Zone — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:33:10 +0100

I was stunned to see this story about the town of Brattleboro, a town in Vermont with a name famous for the rats that grew up there. As an aside, my PhD thesis involved working with vasopressin receptors in the brain, and that is why I’m familiar with Brattleboro rats– a species of rat that spontaneously mutated and lost the ability to make vasopressin. One would think that inhabitants of a town made famous over a rat would be on their best behavior. But they behaved worse than their namesakes at a meeting intended to get the OK for a clinic to treat people using Suboxone. I’ll let you read the article, while I get back to what I was doing when I stumbled across the article. What a bunch of… Ah, forget it. (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)

Q&A: Question about meth abuse and recovery?

Addiction Recovery Blog — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:40:10 +0100

I was looking through some old posts and found this question. I thought it was a good one so I wanted to post an answer here. The question comes from ‘CK’: I used meth everyday for over a year. I stopped cold turkey just before I got married and have been clean for 3 years. Ever since I stopped using the drug I feel like I never really got back to my old self again. Things that I used to love doing don’t interest me anymore and it takes a lot to make me happy and I am easily irritated and not as layed back as i used to be. It has gotten a lot better over the years but I am still not my old self yet. My wife thinks that I may have a mild case of depression. Could this be true? If it is would getting put on anti-depressants help with my situation or will it just get better ...

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A 12 Days of Christmas Blog Meme

Addiction Inbox — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Wrapping it up. From DrugMonkey’s blog: “The rules for this blog meme are quite simple. Post the link and first sentence from the first blog entry for each month of the past year.” (Credit to Janet Stemwedel and John Lynch for the idea.) Here are the 12 first lines from 2011 here at Addiction Inbox: January: Films popular in Europe feature more drinking episodes per movie than their equally popular American counterparts, according to a report by the European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing (EUCAM). February: The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy issued a warning about the new synthetic stimulants now being clandestinely marketed as bath salts or insecticide. March: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) exercised its emergency scheduli...

Relapse in an Era of Buprenorphine

Suboxone Talk Zone — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:43:45 +0100

A recent experience with a patient helped me realize some of the dramatic differences in the treatment of opioid dependence, in an era of buprenorphine. I drug-test patients who are treated with buprenorphine or Suboxone. The point of testing is not to catch someone messing up, but rather to determine when a person is in trouble. It would be great if we could simply rely on the word of our patients, but once a person is using opioids, his/her own ability to know what is true falls apart. All of us who treat addiction have heard patients rationalize relapse as something they ‘had to do’ for one reason or another, for example. The effects of active using on insight are why I like the use of ‘DENIAL’ as a mnemonic for ‘Don’t Even Notice I Am Lying.’ The effects of relapse ...

Heavy Drinking Impairs Serotonin Function More Rapidly in Women

Addiction Inbox — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

My article on women and alcohol. There are very real gender differences in the way men and women are affected by alcohol. Here's my summary of the subject in a December 16 article for Scientific American Online: "Women's Response to Alcohol Suggests Need for Gender-Specific Treatment Programs" A new study underscores that the physical consequences of alcoholism appear faster and are more severe for women than for men... Article continues HERE. (Source: Addiction Inbox)

Vivitrol: Half Heroin-Free for Full Year of Treatment Study

Recovery Helpdesk — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:27:45 +0100

New research suggests that Vivitrol is an effective long-term treatment for addiction to heroin or prescription pain killers. Half of all Vivitrol patients in a recent drug treatment study remained opiate-free for the entire one-year study. Vivitrol is a medication used to treat addiction to heroin and prescription pain killers. The non-narcotic medication blocks the effects of heroin or other opiates. Vivitrol is an injectable, extended-release form of the medication naltrexone. Patients visit their medical provider once per month to receive a shot. Study participants were taking part in a one-year extension of an earlier 6-month study. Treatment included psychosocial support. (Source: Recovery Helpdesk)

A Six-Pack of Prior Posts

Addiction Inbox — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Don’t fear the chemistry. This isn’t a top 10 list, just a compilation of five previous posts here at Addiction Inbox that have continued to draw reader interest since they were first published. If there is a theme running through this set, it is neurochemistry at its most basic level. Take a look, if any of the subjects interests you. (My most popular post of all, on Marijuana Withdrawal, has turned into a self-help message board. I note it here, but leave it off the list, as it has become a blog of its own for all practical purposes.) ----- 1) Don’t let anyone tell you that the basic notions involved in neurotransmitter action in the brain are over everyone’s head. This post about serotonin and dopamine basics has always been popular, partly because serotonin and dopamin...

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Joe and Charlie Big Book study

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:57:53 +0100

MP3 recordings XA-speakers :: AA – Alcoholics Anonymous – All Joe and Charlie Big Book study MP3’s in one file Description from the XA website: Big Book study with Joe and Charlie in .zip format. The files are also available separately as individual MP3 files in the category ‘Joe and Charlie Big Book study’. Recorded in California in 1998 Speaker: Joe and Charlie Duration: 10hr 47min 35sec File size: 143,9MB Download; http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=download&id=150 Q: What is this page all about? A: www.xa-speakers.org is a collection of recordings from speaker meetings, conventions and workshops of 12-step fellowships, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon Family Groups and Narcotics Anonymous. Q: Who runs the page? A: www.xa-speakers....

Religion and Youth in 12-Step Treatment

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:25:47 +0100

Conclusions: Findings extend the evidence for the protective effects of lifetime religious behaviours to an improved treatment response among adolescents and provide preliminary support for the 12-step proposition that helping others in recovery may lead to better outcomes. Youth with low or no lifetime religious practices may assimilate less well into 12-step–oriented treatment and may need additional 12-step facilitation, or a different approach, to enhance treatment response. J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, Volume 72, 2011 > Issue 6: November 2011 John F. Kelly, Maria E. Pagano, Robert L. Stout, Shannon M. Johnson Random ArticlesElderly Tend to Drink Too MuchAA and a social model of treatmentResearch Confirms AA EffectivenessPhases of RecoveryAbstinence Seekers More Ready to Change (Sourc...

Video of TRAILER: THE SKIN I’M IN

Addiction Recovery Blog — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:40:05 +0100

Here’s a good video I came across – Hope you like it Author’s Description: SUPPORT THIS PROJECT: ABOUT THIS PROJECT: n 2005, a young American was found unconscious in the Berlin subway tracks with major contusions to the head from the fall and a lethal blood alcohol level of That was Strangers pulled me from the tracks, giving me a second chance at life, and propelling me on a journey of body, mind, and spirit that has become THE SKIN I’M The film is both intimate and expansive, traveling from Berlin to British Columbia, New Jersey to Japan, Kenya to Los Angeles, documenting my collaboration with Canadian First-Nations artist Rande Cook, and African-American tattoo artist Zulu to produce my full back The documentary uses this physical transformation as the departur...

Nothing Organic About Rodale’s New Book on Addiction

Addiction Inbox — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Raw carrots won’t cut it. How times have changed. You’ve heard of Rodale, the outfit that kicked off organic gardening in America, and publishes Prevention Magazine and Organic Gardening? Founded in 1947, the Rodale Institute’s mandate was to publicize J.I. Rodale’s personal vision of healthy soil and healthy food. So it was with great astonishment that I picked up The Addiction Solution: Unraveling the Mysteries of Addiction Through Cutting-Edge Brain Science, published by Rodale Books, heretofore famous for such perennials best sellers as The Rodale Book of Composting, The Rodale Whole Foods Cookbook, Diabetes Without Drugs, and The Organic Manifesto. So what is the approach taken in this new paperback about addiction? Herbal treatments for alcoholism? Fresh air and sunshine f...

A Woman’s Guide to Recovery

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:43:58 +0100

A Woman’s Guide to Recovery How Free Do You Want to Be? Recovery Transforms Lives If you are a woman who has found the courage to start down the road of recovery, know that you are never alone. Others have walked before you and have experienced recovery’s promises of radical change. This book, written by the director of the Hazelden Women’s Recovery Center, explains how you, too, can live a life “beyond your wildest dreams.” Its pages are filled with expert advice, caring support, and personal stories of women who have found their way out of the mess of addiction. Here you’ll read about • the basics of addiction, the principles of the Twelve Step Fellowship program, and how to get started in recovery • how addiction and recovery are different for...

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Breaking Free from Depression

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:39:08 +0100

New book by University of Louisville professor enables reader to develop personalized anti-depression plan A new book co-authored by the director of the University of Louisville Depression Center recognizes that depression is different for everyone and provides techniques and strategies for each person to develop a personalized action plan to combat depression. “Breaking Free from Depression: Pathways to Wellness (The Guilford Self-Help Workbook Series)” is available in paperback now. An e-book version is currently being developed. Its authors are Dr. Jesse Wright, director of the University of Louisville Depression Center and professor of psychiatry, and his daughter, Dr. Laura McCray, a family physician with the University of Vermont. They have seen thousands of clinically...

Good Video : My Story: Stay Strong

Addiction Recovery Blog — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:40:06 +0100

Thought you guys might like this one Author’s Description: Hey guys, I decided it was time to put my full story out there just like I did about my alcohol addiction in my video “Addiction” **NOTE** I do NOT support the following: anorexia bulimia drug use alcohol use (for anyone under the age of 21 or that has a problem) self harm (cutting, burning, hitting, If you would like to lose weight I suggest eating healthy and If you are depressed and want to be happy, I can’t help you but you should get a one on one therapist so you have someone to confide in, if that isn’t possible you may ALWAYS come to Call these numbers, they may save your life: 1-858-481-1515 National Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center International treatment referrals and preventi...

Raising a Peer Pressure-Proof Child

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:28:16 +0100

This article has some excellent proven strategies and can be found at; Raising Peer Pressure Proof Teens. See also; Adults give booze to kids Alcoholic Family Roles Is Your Teen Using Drugs or Drinking? Family & Parenting Books A Teen’s Guide to Living Drug Free :Huffing Inhalants by KidsWhere do Kids Get PillsSigns of Inhalant AbuseAdolescent Children of AlcoholicsACOAs – Vulnerable or Resilient? (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)

Brain Damaged by Alcohol

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:05:03 +0100

This study does so, finding that alcohol damage occurs in steps: the more alcohol consumed, the greater the damage. “Before advances in neuroimaging technology, the degree to which alcohol affects the brain across different levels of alcohol use, and how it may interact with other health factors, was unclear,” said Catherine Brawn Fortier, a neuropsychologist and researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School. “We now know that alcohol has wide ranging effects across the entire cortex and in structures of the brain that contribute to a wide range of psychological abilities and intellectual functions. This is the first study to precisely measure the variation in the thickness of the cerebral cortex, which is the thin layer of neurons that one see...

ACOAs – Vulnerable or Resilient?

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:53:10 +0100

CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent COAs are at risk for depression, suicide, eating disorders, chemical dependency, and teen pregnancy. It has been proposed that healthcare professionals teach core resiliency factors to promote healthy behaviors for this vulnerable population. Children of addicted parents are the highest risk group of children to become alcohol and drug abusers because of both genetic and family environment factors. Twenty-two percent of the combined sample identified themselves as a child of an alcoholic. This is consistent with current estimates of children of parental alcoholics, which is calculated to be 22%. In another recent study among 595 African American boys age 13 to 17 years, identified that 23% of the participating teens were COAs. The National Association of Children ...

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Health Risks of Common Sexual Practices

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:12:26 +0100

Image via Wikipedia The wide range of sexual practices between individuals can provide pleasure and allow for creative self-expression. By implementing the protective measures described here, people in recovery can be assured healthy enjoyment of the following sexual practices. Masturbation (manual or other nonpenetrative stimulation of oneself or a partner for sexual pleasure) Self-stimulation involves no risk of pregnancy or transmission of STIs. In partner or group masturbation, there is a possibility of disease transmission from one person to another because body fluids and infections can be transmitted by contact with the hands or objects used. To maintain general hygiene, partners should wash their hands and any objects used before and after masturbating themselves or each othe...

HCIBooks links disabled

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:05:10 +0100

Please note that all links to HCIBooks have been disabled due to a dispute about click through rates and sales. Links will be progressively changed to another supplier. We are sorry for the inconvenience. :Deaf and Hard of Hearing RecoveryABC’s of RecoveryRecovery Is Sexy Popular Posts 201020 Questions for GamblersLife is a Mystery (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)

Is Coumadin the Most Dangerous Drug in America?

Addiction Inbox — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Common drug most likely to land seniors in the hospital. High-risk drugs for seniors aren’t the ones you might think. Take warfarin, trade name Coumadin. Millions of seniors do. For people with certain kinds of heart trouble, or who have had a stroke, Coumadin works against the blood’s tendency to clot, and saves lives. In cases of accidental overdose, however, it causes uncontrolled bleeding, and is the likeliest drug to put people over 65 in the emergency room. To further complicate matters, Warfarin interacts with a number of common medications, such as antibiotics, in ways that alter the blood’s clotting ability. A team of researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University studied almost 100,000 emergency hospitalizations due to adverse ...

End of the Line for Joe Camel?

Addiction Inbox — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The tobacco industry’s war against plain packaging. After years of tightening regulation and dramatic declines in the number of adult smokers, Big Tobacco is targeting teenagers like never before. The fact that they intend to do it with aggressive package advertising has run up against plans in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia to force cigarette manufacturers to use plain packages in a neutral color, with no brand logos, more graphic warnings, and the brand name in simple typeface. In an orchestrated attack on cigarette regulation in the UK, tobacco giant Philip Morris, the world’s largest tobacco company, filed a flurry of Freedom of Information Act requests in September designed to give them access to proprietary academic research on teenage smoking habits…. For more, read my e...

4 Don’ts of ACOAs

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:03:47 +0100

Which letterbox has a dysfunctional family Growing up in an alcoholic family “Sometimes I feel like I was raised by wolves,” sighed James, a 55-year-old man who grew up in a home with two alcoholic parents. “I’ve gone through so much of my life guessing at what ‘normal’ is. It’s like trying to find your way through a dark woods without a compass.” According to Rosemary Hartman reactions like James’ are typical for people who grew up in dysfunctional families. But acknowledging that there were issues that deeply affected the whole family system is an important first step toward emotional and spiritual healing. Hartman said this acknowledgment frequently happens when adults have their own children. “They want to be good parents, but struggle with how to do it. They have s...

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2011 Sexual Wellbeing survey

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:47:06 +0100

When it Comes to Risky Sexual Behavior, Americans Top the List Durex Global Survey Data Released for World AIDS Day Today, Durex announced the findings of its 2011 Durex Sexual Wellbeing global survey — and many of the implications are shocking. Among the more eye-opening observations is the fact that overall, U.S. men and women are practicing the riskiest sexual behavior in many measures. In fact, six out of 10 U.S. men and women (60 percent) didn’t use any form of protection against HIV/AIDS or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when they lost their virginity. The Durex Sexual Wellbeing global survey, conducted annually since 2006, has examined the sexual attitudes and behaviors of more than 29,000 people across 36 different countries with a goal of identifying ...

You Can Cure POVERTY — Personal and Global — With Immunics – Good Video

Addiction Recovery Blog — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:40:08 +0100

I think you guys will like this video. Give it a watch and let me know what you think Author’s Description: The CureDrive — – is a NONPROFIT where we DEMONSTRATE and teach CURE of medically incurable diseases on Speak to a volunteer? — 813 672-3419 — Bayard Henry Barnes on Facebook Cure is FREE — Because YOU cure it — It’s a SKILL, not a IMMUNICS is the yoga of self-immunity — it utilizes your everyday intuitive powers and natural knowing combined with a practical scientific We make these movies with the intention to inspire you to GO BEYOND symptomatic cure, and take out — remove — the disease, plus its cofactors, ancillary causes, contributing factors, predisposing factors and the like, for diseases such as — breas...

The Triumph of Synthetics

Addiction Inbox — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Designer stimulants surpass heroin and cocaine. A troubling report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows that amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) have, for the first time, become more popular around the world than heroin and cocaine. Marijuana remains the most popular illegal drug in the world, and the use of amphetamines has fallen sharply in the U.S., but the world trend represents the worldwide triumph of synthetic drug design over the plant-based “hard drugs” of the past. The 2011 Global ATS Assessment estimates that in 2009, some 14 to 57 million people aged 15-64 took an amphetamine-type substance during the year. The category includes methamphetamine, synthetic stimulants known as bath salts, and Ecstasy. For ecstasy, which is grouped with the ATS ...

Reason, Season, or a Lifetime

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:41:21 +0100

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you will know exactly what to do. Some people come into our lives and quickly go.. Some people become friends and stay awhile… leaving beautiful footprints on our hearts… and we are never quite the same because we have made a good friend!!! When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will...

Purpose in life in alcoholism recovery

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:25:59 +0100

We examined the relationship between spirituality and recovery from alcoholism. Spirituality was defined as the extent of practice of Alcoholics Anonymous Steps 11 and 12 and was measured by a Step Questionnaire developed for this study. AA Step 11 suggests prayer and meditation, and Step 12 suggests assistance of other alcoholics. It was postulated that the extent to which Steps 11 and 12 were practiced would be positively correlated with the extent of purpose in life reported by 100 AA members. Positive correlations between practice of Step 11 and purpose in life scores and between Step 11 and length of sobriety were found. Number of AA meetings attended was significantly correlated with purpose in life scores and length of sobriety. Carroll, Stephanie. Journal of Studies on Alcohol,...

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“You work miracles.” — Your 2-Hour Introduction to IMMUNICS — The Nonphysical YOGA of IMMUNITY – Video

Addiction Recovery Blog — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:40:10 +0100

Here’s a nice video I was watching. Posted it here for my readers. Author’s Description: The CureDrive — – is a NONPROFIT where we DEMONSTRATE and teach CURE of medically incurable diseases on Speak to a volunteer? — 813 672-3419 — Bayard Henry Barnes on Facebook Cure is FREE — Because YOU cure it — It’s a SKILL, not a IMMUNICS is the yoga of self-immunity — it utilizes your everyday intuitive powers and natural knowing combined with a practical scientific We make these movies with the intention to inspire you to GO BEYOND symptomatic cure, and take out — remove — the disease, plus its cofactors, ancillary causes, contributing factors, predisposing factors and the like, for diseases such as — breast cancer, her...

Scent of a Woman

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:46:25 +0100

Men’s Testosterone Responds to the Aroma of Ovulation Women around the world spend billions of dollars each year on exotic smelling perfumes and lotions in the hopes of attracting a mate. However, according to a new study in Psychological Science, going “au naturale” may be the best way to capture a potential mate’s attention. Smells are known to be critical to animal mating habits: Animal studies have shown that male sexual testosterone levels are influenced by odour signals emitted by females, particularly when they are ovulating (that is, when they are the most fertile). Psychological scientists Saul L. Miller and Jon K. Maner wanted to see if a similar response occurs in humans. In two studies, women wore tee shirts for 3 nights during various phases of their menst...

Drug Addiction in 10 Slides or Less

Addiction Inbox — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Dr. David Friedman explains it all. Dr. David Friedman, a professor of physiology and pharmacology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, is also the co-founder and director of the Addiction Studies Program, a workshop for science journalists in Washington, D. C., funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Sometimes it helps to step back and attempt to make the scientific case for addictive disorders as simply as we are able. Herewith, some highlights from Dr. Friedman’s useful presentation at the recent Addiction Studies Program workshop. Slides reproduced with Dr. Friedman’s kind permission. The comments adjacent to the slides are my own, as are any errors of fact or interpretation. There are important distinctions to be made between drug abuse and drug a...

Marijuana Use and Adolescents

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:33:00 +0100

: What Clinicians Need to Know As marijuana use among teenagers increases and its perceived danger among this age group decreases, clinicians need to know the latest science about the harmful effects of the drug on the adolescent brain, according to a researcher at the University of Colorado, Denver. Paula Riggs, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, notes the most recent Monitoring the Future Survey shows a significant increase in marijuana use, including daily marijuana use among U. S. high school students and a decrease in perceived risk of use. “There are a number of indicators, including the increasing number of states that have passed ‘medical marijuana’ legislation, and that society as a whole tends to view marijuana as a relatively benign, recreational drug. However, scientific resea...

Video To Watch ‘FASD Story – CJ talks about her birth mother’

Addiction Recovery Blog — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:40:05 +0100

I really like this video and decided to post it here for you to watch. Enjoy Author’s Description: More info: TheNational Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is the leading voice and resource of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Founded in 1990, NOFAS is the only international non-profit organization committed solely to FASD primary prevention, advocacy and NOFAS seeks to create a global community free of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and a society supportive of individuals already living with NOFAS effectively increases public awareness and mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities and represents the interests of persons with FASD and their caregivers as the liaison to researchers and By ensuring that FASD is broadly recognized as a developmental disabil...

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A Video – PUD BUCKET TRUCK ROLLOVER

Addiction Recovery Blog — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:40:06 +0100

This is a pretty good video I came across. Wanted to share it with everyone. EnjoyAuthor’s Description: Doesn’t get much easier then this I lowboy truck hauling aa 120 thousand pound piece of logging equipment stopped in the middle of the road used there grapples to roll the truck on its wheels and pull it 3/4 out of the ditch before I got on scene Driver of other car that lost control on icy roads was transported to hospital with a broken leg When the state police got to hospital the guy had taken off No Name no license I guess he did not want to pay for a $200000 bucket truck My money would be on a meth monkey or heroin freak South west Washington is Loaded with them You can’t through a stick into a crappy travel trailer without hitting a couple of them I am trying to p...

The Empty Seat at the Holiday Table

Addiction Inbox — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Mothers and the War on Drugs. Guest post by Gretchen Burns Bergman Gretchen Burns Bergman is Co-Founder and Executive Director of A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing) and lead organizer of Moms United to End the War on Drugs. The Holiday season is upon us. At this time, when the weather turns chilly and we move indoors to enjoy the warmth and safety of our homes and the closeness of family and friends, I am acutely aware of those not so fortunate: people who are out in the elements, either because of dire financial situations or mental and addictive illness. The Holidays are particularly difficult for those who must navigate the mighty and destructive waves of addiction. It is a painful time for families who are separated because of a loved one’s incarceration, w...

Need a Suboxone Doctor? Cap Problems? ACT!

Suboxone Talk Zone — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:37:06 +0100

There are ongoing efforts to eliminate the cap on treating people for opioid dependence with buprenorphine or Suboxone. I don’t know what the odds of success are, but the efforts would benefit from public demand. If you have had difficulty finding a doctor with room under the cap, write a letter or email that explains just how important the issue is to you, and send it to the address(es) below. The change requires an Act of Congress, or perhaps an executive order from someone high-placed in the Dept of Health and Human Services. Consider sending a ‘cc’ to your elected representatives in the Senate or House of Representatives. I am not excited about using NAABT.org, since they tend to be patsies for Reckitt-Benckiser (I’ve asked to have a link to this blog, ...

New Recovery Relationships

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:01:01 +0100

Do You Really Know What You Want in a Partner? A new study says romantic preferences fall by wayside once you meet a potential dating partner. If you’re a recovering alcoholic, addict or co-dependent you may seek new relationships when your sexuality begins to normalise. You may approach this search with a theoretical list of ‘What do I want in a partner?’ So you’re flocking to online dating sites. Not so fast! Once you actually meet a potential dating partner, those ideals are likely to fall by the wayside, according to new research from Northwestern University and Texas A&M University. People liked potential partners that matched their ideals more than those that mismatched their ideals when they examined written descriptions of potential partners, but those same id...

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Teens in 12 Step Programs Do Well

Twelve Step Facilitation.com — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:43:19 +0100

Background of Formal Religious Practice Helps Teens Get More Out of 12-Step Programs Teens entering 12-step substance abuse programs with a background in formal religious practices have better outcomes than those without a similar experience in religion, a new study suggests. The study of teens undergoing substance abuse treatment also found that helping other teens, with substance abuse issues, can help reduce cravings for alcohol and drugs, according to Medical News Today. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland studied 195 substance-dependent teenagers participating in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. “Our findings indicate that service participation in 12-step programs can reduce the craving symptoms experienced by adolescents in t...

Women & the 12 Steps

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:10:52 +0100

The 12 Steps work for women Women and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous: A Gendered Narrative This paper examines how women “work” the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) from a gendered perspective. Feminist critics of AA have challenged the language of AA’s Twelve Steps, the spiritual nature of the steps, and the male-dominated culture of the Twelve-Step program. This paper offers insight into how women in AA approach, interpret, and utilize the Twelve Steps to recover from alcoholism. Through survey and narrative data, findings suggests that women working AA’s Twelve Steps become empowered and change for the better in spite of the male-dominated culture and language of the Twelve Steps and regardless of the difficulty they may have encountered in completing th...

Cool Video – Stuart Kloda, MD-Suboxone Outpatient Detox-Opiates-Heroin-Oxycontin-Oxycodone-Percocet

Addiction Recovery Blog — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:40:08 +0100

Check out this video. I found it was pretty good and you should enjoy it. Author’s Description: Call Kloda directly at (646) 713-6578 Concierge addiction treatment for New York and New Kloda completed a rigorous two-year Addiction Medicine fellowship at the Addiction Institute of New York, a Columbia University affiliate in Manhattan located at Luke’s & Roosevelt His experience includes serving as the medical director for the inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation unit at Roosevelt Kloda cared for many patients with co-occurring psychiatric and medical Kloda now provides discreet, confidential, one on one treatment in his private office at Columbus His hours are flexible, including early morning, evening, and weekend In addition, Kloda is always avail...

End of the Line for Prometa?

Addiction Inbox — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Controversial meth treatment program fails in major study. Prometa—the drug cocktail designed to combat addiction to cocaine and methamphetamine—has fallen flat on its face in a double-blind, placebo-controlled 108-day study just published in the journal Addiction. Dogged all along by a lack of published clinical data as well as major doubts about its success rates, Prometa has been a controversial treatment right from the start. In 2006, marketed heavily by anecdote and personal testimonials, the Prometa campaign included ads featuring the late comedian Chris Farley, who died of a drug overdose. Hythiam, the company that markets Prometa, had touted reports that 80% or more of Prometa users experienced “significant clinical benefit.” But MSNBC reported in 2008 that accounta...

Interesting Video ‘TWiZZLE WORLD 3 (Season Premiere): SMOKING AREA w/ Federal Flexo – PP101′

Addiction Recovery Blog — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:40:08 +0100

Watch this video when you get a chance. I think you’ll like it. Author’s Description: SMOKING AREA with Federal Flexo is an educational show for the tweakers by the As such it is produced uncensored and uninfluenced, with no agenda other than to protect and improve the lives of people that have come to terms with their drug We know the Acutely We pay it No need to dig any deeper, if you ever been to a meeting, you already know that I know that you know what I Put your hand down, this is not that kind of Just so no one is confused: TWiZZLE WORLD is NOT anti-recovery TWiZZLE WORLD is NOT anti-government TWiZZLE WORLD is NOT TWiZZLE WORLD is NOT pro-drugs TWiZZLE WORLD is NOT TWiZZLE WORLD is The truth is that I’ve been smoking crystal meth every day for more than 10 years I...

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Classic Rock - download links galore

Addict 4 Life — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:26:00 +0100

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Downloadable Blues MP3s

Addict 4 Life — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:19:00 +0100

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5 Alcoholism Subtypes

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:04:41 +0100

Researchers Identify Five Alcoholism Subtypes Analyses of a national sample of individuals with alcohol dependence (alcoholism) reveal five distinct subtypes of the disease, according to a study by scientists at the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Our findings should help dispel the popular notion of the ‘typical alcoholic,’” notes Howard Moss. “We find that young adults comprise the largest group of alcoholics in this country, and nearly 20 percent of alcoholics are highly functional and well-educated with good incomes. More than half of the alcoholics in the United States have no multigenerational family history of the disease, suggesting that their form of alcoholism was unlikely to have genetic c...

Researchers Eye a Cheap, Organic Alternative to Chantix for Smokers

Addiction Inbox — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Meet cytisine, available in Bulgaria for 25 cents a pill. A clear majority of American smokers say they want to quit. But each year, only a small percentage of them manage to do it. For individual smokers, the will is there, but what’s sometimes missing is the money. For many smokers, cessation aids like nicotine patches and anti-craving medication are effective. But they are relatively costly, and insurance coverage for such products varies widely. Chantix, the top-of-the-line smoking cessation aid introduced by Pfizer five years ago as a very expensive prescription drug, was discovered by modifying the chemical attributes of an existing plant substance called cytisine. But what if cytisine itself, found in various plants, including the golden rain tree, a small shrub native to the ...

Cost of Suboxone

Suboxone Talk Zone — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:54:50 +0100

A Reader Writes: Message: The State of XXXXXX prescription price list noted Target Pharmacy as the cheapest for Suboxone at $6.99/Suboxone pill, 8mg-2mg, qty. 30. So I started getting my prescriptions filled at Target. Well, needless to say they raised their prices twice since then and I am now paying $8.158333/Suboxone pill, 8mg-2mg, qty. 30, Nov. 12, 2011. My question: How can they be alowed to jack their prices up so fast and so high in a short period of time? What can I do? It’s like they pulled a bait and switch on me. Please write back Dr. Junig My Reply: I sympathize with you. The best thing you can do is have an educated and educatable doctor– someone who has enough humility to recognize when he/she is wrong, and adjust accordingly. Somebody who recognizes that as ...

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New downloadable links for Blues and Classic Rock Lovers

Addict 4 Life — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:39:00 +0100

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Q&A – Do I look like a meth addict?

Addiction Recovery Blog — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:40:13 +0100

Here’s a good question from Follow-the-narrow-gate with an even better answer, enjoy: My ex boyfriend told me I look like a meth addict. I am a confessed addict, but never used meth. Just want to know if you guys think I look like onehttp://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v67/191/120/500717509/n500717509_29062_6598.jpghttp://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v169/191/120/500717509/n500717509_281670_9140.jpgNOTE: The first picture is before my recovery and the second one is after Answer: erm well you look quite ruff in the first one but yea you do kindof look like someone that was an addict in general but that might just be b/c youve put that into our heads that you look like one =\ Tagged:Facebook (Source: Addiction Recovery Blog)

Suboxone, Pregnancy, C-Section, and Surgery

Suboxone Talk Zone — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:40:13 +0100

A recent message from a reader: What would be the ideal care-plan for the pt taking 24mg/dayof Subutex who is going in for c section? I would like to show the response tomy OB, so if there is any way, please be specific as to any tapering or substituting of another low-dose narcotic before surgery, the best med for pain control in recovery and while still in hospital, up to discharge and the best PO med course for home. I would be so appreciative and you’d really help ease my fears. Thank you My Answer: I receive this question often, and I am confident in my ability to provide education about the issue. I have to point out that I can’t act as your doctor and give medical advice — but I’ll share my experienceafter having a number of patients on buprenorphine (i.e....

Video: Habilitat Hawaii Slam Poetry Night 2011

Addiction Recovery Blog — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:40:05 +0100

Posted From Karen Halls’s Ipad Author’s Description: Connie DeDonna teaches poetry at HabilitatHawaii Slam Poetry Night 2011 Cornelia “Connie DeDona Cornelia is the award winning author of four books and a co-editor, and creator of one Anthology to which she has contributed her poetry and She is a ranked Script Writer on Fan She tied for second place in September 2009 in the IBPC with her poem Toad Published since 2008 in Rain Bird; an annual Art and Literary journal of Windward Community College, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Cornelia received Rain Bird’s, Kolekolea Honorable Mention in 2010 for her poem, Writing In 2011, two of her art photos were also accepted for Her recent book “Letters to a Prisoner” by Connie won an Honorable Mention in Poetry at the 2011 New...

Judge Rules Against Graphic Cigarette Packs

Addiction Inbox — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

District Court says FDA mandate would violate First Amendment. Consumers may yet be spared graphic images of diseased lungs and smokers with holes in their throats, after R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, and other tobacco companies prevailed over the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today. Judge Richard Leon ruled that forcing cigarette manufacturers to offer their products only in gruesome packages was a violation of free speech, and therefore unconstitutional. The companies were granted a preliminary injunction, while the FDA regroups and lawyers rehuddle. The judge wrote that “plaintiffs raise for the first time in our Circuit the question of whether the FDA's new and mandatory graphic images, when combined with certain textual warnings o...

The Role of AA Sponsors

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:11:08 +0100

CONCLUSIONS: The roles identified broadly corresponded with the AA literature delineating the duties of a sponsor. This non-random sample of sponsors was highly engaged in AA activity but only had a past history of moderate alcohol dependence. Research; The role of AA sponsors: a pilot study. Whelan PJ, Marshall EJ, Ball DM, Humphreys K. Alcohol Alcohol. 2009 Jul-Aug;44(4):416-22. Epub 2009 Mar 18. :AA SponsorsSponsorship Articles from the AA GrapevineTwelve Step SponsorshipMy 12 Step Sponsor25 Most Popular Articles (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)

Withdrawal Medications

Suboxone Talk Zone — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:28:06 +0100

I owe it to readers to make it clear that I do not endorse any product sold for the expressed purpose of reducing opioid withdrawal. I have PPC ads on the site, but I have no control over the ads that run in them. I am not saying that the products that often appear in ads do NOT work– only that I have not prescribed or advised people to use them, and know of no peer-reviewed studies showing them to be effective or ineffective. As always, caveat emptor. (Source: Suboxone Talk Zone)

Marijuana: The New Generation

Addiction Inbox — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100

What’s in that “Spice” packet? They first turned up in Europe and the U.K.; those neon-colored foil packets labeled “Spice,” sold in small stores and novelty shops, next to the 2 oz. power drinks and the caffeine pills. Unlike the stimulants known as mephedrone or M-Cat, or the several variations on the formula for MDMA—both of which have also been marketed as Spice and “bath salts”—the bulk of the new products in the Spice line were synthetic versions of cannabis. The new forms of synthetic cannabis tickle the same brain receptors as THC does, and are sometimes capable of producing feelings of well-being, empathy, and euphoria—in other words, pretty much the same effects that draw people to pot. But along the way, users began turning up in the emergency ro...

Book Review of "Drunken Angel"

Addiction Inbox — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

A hipster gets his shit straight—sort of. Addiction memoirs remain one of the most popular forms of autobiography on the shelves. But now, when considering a new addition to the genre, it’s impossible not to wonder whether the claims being made by the author are genuine. Since serious drunks often end up visiting the lower circles of hell during the course of their disease, hair-raising and improbable scenes are lamentably common—that is part of the genre’s charm, if that is the right word for it. But how are we to react now? The answer is, you can’t know, and you never really could, that bastard James Frey notwithstanding. But read them we do. Alan Kaufman, the author of the lively but exasperating autobiography of alcoholism, Drunken Angel, sweetens the pot considerably. He d...

A Few Basic Facts About AA

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:33:08 +0100

Alcoholics Anonymous is well-known as an organization for people who want to stop drinking. At the same time, there are some points about A.A. that may be unclear to the general public and even to professionals working to help problem drinkers. Founded in the United States in 1935, when one alcoholic discovered he could stay sober by helping another alcoholic, Alcoholics Anonymous now has more than two million members in some 180 countries. A.A.’s sole purpose is helping people recover from the disease of alcoholism, and it has no affiliation with any other group or organization. Members anywhere in the world can come together to form an A.A. group, of which there are an estimated 106,000 worldwide. Among other facts about Alcoholics Anonymous are: Membership is free A.A. groups usua...

Video – Meth, Heroin Addiction

Addiction Recovery Blog — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:40:06 +0100

Sent From Karen Halls’s Iphone: Author’s Description: Meth addiction, heroin addiction Meth, Heroin Addiction Hey, it’s We’ve had many questions about overcoming substance addiction without using To some, methadone is using a drug to treat a drug addiction, and some find it very There are many treatment options available, such as residential treatment and group Many relapse after they leave the controlled environment of residential Others fail with group support because sometimes you can’t talk yourself out of an There are physiological aspects that need to be Research has concluded that the brain chemistry of an addict is different than that of a sober The addict’s brain is rewired after prolonged Most addicts are also malnourished, lacking essential ...

$uboxone Clinically Identical to Buprenorphine??

Suboxone Talk Zone — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:10:32 +0100

As I give my last post more thought…. I wonder if there is ANY clinical difference between $uboxone at $7 per dose, vs. generic buprenorphine at $2.33 per dose? Researchers out there– can anyone send me a reference? Read my last post for details– but the essence is that naloxone is destroyed when Suboxone is taken properly (orally, sublingually), and has no action whatsoever– on that issue there is scientifc agreement (although there is a great deal of ignorance among prescribers about this fact). The ONLY think naloxone does, is to supposedly serve as a deterrent to IV injection of buprenorphine. Sounds good, but… we know that people divert Suboxone intravenously, naloxone and all. Buprenorphine binds opioid receptors very tightly- so tightly that t...

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12 Steps and Alcoholism

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:20:05 +0100

A study of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step oriented self-help programs finds that they can help most people recover from alcoholism, even those who are not religious or have mental-health problems. The Pacific Institute on Research and Education (PIRE) reported that researchers tracked a group of 227 alcoholics over three years and found that those who had attended AA or other self-help programs after treatment had higher rates of abstinence, and drank less if they did relapse. The results cut across gender and religious lines and held regardless of psychiatric history or whether the patient had previously attended AA or other similar programs. “Here’s a widespread, chronic disorder that seems to respond well to an inexpensive resource — mutual-help groups such as AA...

Drug Fact Not Fiction

Addiction Inbox — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

National Drug Facts Week is upon us. Yes, kids, times does fly, and it’s time again to do a CyberShoutout for National Drug Facts Week, which kicks off on Monday, October 31, and runs through November 6. (Check the map for related events in your neck of the woods.) Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Drug Facts Week is an official health observance designed to shatter myths and spread the facts about drug abuse and addiction. (Information booklet available here). And, okay, let’s face it: Most programs, textbooks, and videos that attempt to instill an anti-drug message in our nation’s youth are lame beyond belief. From “Reefer Madness” to “This is Your Brain on Drugs,” adults have managed to inculcate one overriding message in the nation’s ...

The Suboxone Business Fix

Suboxone Talk Zone — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:44:23 +0100

Discussions with buprenorphine patients on my forum suggest that those who have injected Suboxone in the past did not experience withdrawal, consistent with expectations when combining a low-affinity antagonist with a high-affinity partial agonist. In my area, an 8 mg tab of buprenorphine costs as low as $2.33. This low cost should be part of the equation for choice of medication, just as it is for other illnesses. Does anyone doubt that there are some people kept from treatment by a price differential of 300%?! Is it ethical to fear diversion so greatly that treatment is effectively withheld– for a condition with the fatality rate of opioid dependence?! I’m sure readers know my answer, especially when there are effective ways to reduce diversion, such as close m...

A Review for – Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps

Addiction Recovery Blog — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:40:08 +0100

The Lowest Price we could find is $15.99 $10.78 The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is America’s most significant and authentic contribution to the history of spirituality, says Richard Rohr. He makes a case that the Twelve Steps relate well to Christian teaching and can rescue people who are drowning in addiction and may not even realize it. To survive the tidal wave of compulsive behavior and addiction, Christians must learn to breathe under water and discover God s love and compassion. In this exploration of Twelve Step spirituality, Rohr identifies the Christian principles in the Twelve Steps, connecting The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous with the gospel. He draws on talks he has given for over twenty years to people in recovery and those who counsel and live with peo...

National Association for Children of Alcoholics

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:28:44 +0100

What Is NACoA? The people hurt most by drugs and alcohol don’t even use them; they are the CHILDREN of alcoholics and other drug dependent parents. The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) believes that none of these vulnerable children should grow up in isolation and without support. NACoA is the national nonprofit 501 (c) 3 membership and affiliate organization working on behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents. Our mission is to advocate for all children and families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies. In a word, we help kids that are hurt by parental alcohol and drug use. • We work to raise public awareness. • We provide leadership in public policy at the national, state, and local levels. • We advocate for appropriate, e...

Decoding Dope

Addiction Inbox — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Why marijuana gets you high, and hemp doesn’t. Cannabis sativa comes in two distinct flavors—smokeable weed, and headache-inducing hemp. The difference between hemp and smokeable marijuana is simple: Hemp, used for fiber and seed, contains only a tiny amount of THC, the primary active ingredient in the kind of cannabis that gets you high. I am old enough to recall the sad saga of California hippies driving through my natal state of Iowa, and filling their trunks with “ditch weed”—wild hemp that grows commonly along Iowa rural fencerows, and while it cannot get you high, it could, back then, get you arrested. But the California hippies who ran afoul of the law in Iowa were not so stupid as it might seem. Even a marijuana connoisseur can have a hard time telling the difference b...

Video of Drug Treatment Center – Dual Diagnosis Inpatient in Orlando

Addiction Recovery Blog — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:40:04 +0100

I thought this was pretty interesting and wanted to share it with my readers Author’s Description: 877-449-1342 Alcoholdrug detox , The Treatment Center, a drug treatment programs , in Orlando, Florida Assisting in Substance Abuse Treatment The Treatment Center in Florida, a drug rehab centers in Florida , is specialized in addiction treatment for all people looking to be clean and sober from the drugs, alcohol, addictions, and We are also a dual diagnosis program that specializes in anxiety disorder, eating disorders, depression, panic attacks, and mood We help those looking for an inpatient substance abuse treatment and alcohol We also offer intensive outpatient drug rehab centers in Florida as The Treatment Center, an Addiction Treatment Center, is fortunate to be able to service...

Enzymes for Addiction Recovery?

What Winners Do — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:53:17 +0100

When I think of enzymes I think of my yogurt sitting in the fridge teeming with tiny little life forms that have a positive impact in my gut when I eat them. I also think of that household cleaning stuff called Kids and Pets that uses enzymes to remove stains and odors, especially those nasty ones caused by kids and pets as the name describes. These tiny organisms may hold the key to new treatment in addiction recovery. Can Enzymes Take The Edge Off Addiction? As reported in Dr. Buttar’s blog, there is research that indicates that enzymes could be used to take the edge off addiction. These enzymes can seriously reduce the intensity of the reward mechanism people experience when using drugs. In a world full of medications that are scary to take and some which are even more scary to ge...

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Q/A – Heroin dream and false recovery -?

Addiction Recovery Blog — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:40:11 +0100

You guys might also have this question so I’m posting it here with a good answer too. It comes from ‘RadMom’ who asks: In my dream someone who is heavily addicted to heroin and meth tricks the court somehow into believing she is in complete recovery in order to have her child returned to her after 9 years ? As I sat there looking at what appeared to be a woman who was ” put together” instead of the junkie she is, I felt helpless . In my dream it worked and the child was returned to her. She was lying but some how she was smart enough and I could not prove it.Interesting !! Just to let you know this is close to a true situation. With the exception of us being in court. I do know someone like this and I have her child. I have had him 8 years.Yes it is close to m...

My Review for – Therapist’s Guide to Clinical Intervention, Second Edition: The 1-2-3′s of Treatment Planning (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional)

Addiction Recovery Blog — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:40:07 +0100

The Lowest Price we could find is $49.95 $35.00 Therapist’s Guide to Clinical Intervention, Second Edition is a must-have reference for clinicians completing insurance forms, participating in managed care, or practicing in treatment settings requiring formalized goals and treatment objectives. This practical, hands-on handbook outlines treatment goals and objectives for each type of psychopathology as defined by the diagnostic and statistical manual by the American Psychiatric Association, identifies skill-building resources, and provides samples of all major professional forms. With over 30% new information, this new edition covers a variety of new special assessments including domestic violence, phobias, eating disorders, adult ADHD, and outpatient progress. New skill-building...

Buprenorphine for Treatment of Cocaine Dependence

Suboxone Talk Zone — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:01:12 +0100

This is not all that new, but it was just pointed out to me recently and I figure many of you will find it interesting. As most readers know, the receptors that mediate the actions of cocaine are completely different than the receptors that are activated during use of opioids. I will be posting related information in the next few days. From DataMonitor: Alkermes, Inc., an integrated biotechnology company, has announced positive topline results from a Phase I clinical study of an investigational combination of ALKS 33 and buprenorphine, an existing medication for the treatment of opioid addiction, for the treatment of cocaine addiction. Data from the study showed that the combination therapy was generally well tolerated and sublingual administration of ALKS 33 effectively blocked the ag...

AA Sponsors

Recovery Is Sexy.com — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:21:00 +0100

Conclusions: Similar to having a sponsor, being a sponsor is associated with characteristics and practices supportive of AA engagement. By Young, Lance Brendan PhD, MBA, Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment: 6 October 2011 :The Role of AA SponsorsMy 12 Step SponsorSponsorship Articles from the AA GrapevineTwelve Step SponsorshipAA Membership Survey 2007 (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)

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Good Video : The INTERVENTION CANADA Interventionists – Their History.mov

Addiction Recovery Blog — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:40:06 +0100

Here’s a good video I came across – Hope you like it Author’s Description: *** Intervention Canada is the Canadian version of the Emmy-Award-winning A&E series We profile Canadians whose dependencies on drugs, alcohol or other compulsive behavior has brought them to a point of personal crisis and estranged them from their friends and loved In this video our interventionists Maureen Brine and Andrew Galloway discuss their own personal experiences with Tune into the gripping one-hour doc series on SLICE every Friday night with two back-to-back episodes airing at 8PM and 9PM EST Go to for updates and Entertainment Tagged with: addiction, intervention, interventionists, rock, bottom, reality, television, slice, network, Maureen, Brine, Andrew, Galloway, recovery, alcoh...

An Interview with Neuroscientist Jon Simons

Addiction Inbox — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Brain scans, iPhone love, and state-dependent memory. (Third post in the “Five-Question Interview” series.) Brain scans have put cognitive neuroscience on the map. They have become a key part of addiction studies as well. In fact, brain scans have put neuroscience on the front page, due to the controversies they have engendered. Cognitive neuroscientist Jon Simons, a lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, UK, and principal investigator at the University’s Memory Laboratory, is attempting to expand our understanding of the specific regions of the brain involved in human memory. His research involves functional neuroimaging of healthy volunteers and examining the effects of neurological and psychiatric disorders, and normal aging, on mem...

First Looks: My Life, Deleted: A Memoir

Addiction Recovery Blog — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:40:08 +0100

The Lowest Price we could find is $25.99 $16.73 Scott Bolzan went to work on December 17, 2008, like any other Wednesday. By that afternoon, he’d lost every memory of his past. Awakening in a hospital with no memory of who he was or how he got there, the forty-six-year-old didnt know that the petite blonde at his side was his wife of twenty-four years, Joanor even what a wife was. He couldnt remember the births of his two young-adult children, the daughter hed lost, his time as an offensive lineman for the NFLs Cleveland Browns, or his flourishing aviation career. Scotts life and the lives of everyone who loved him were forever changed when he slipped, hit his head, and lost consciousness in his office bathroom, suffering one of the most severe cases of permanent retrograde...

Holistic Drug Rehab Centers With Highly Qualified Staff

Cliffside Malibu — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:42:02 +0100

The healing environment at every drug rehab center is profoundly influenced by the caregivers that center employs. Unsurprisingly, the best drug rehab facilities are invariably those staffed by the most competent and compassionate experts. In the end, there’s simply no substitute for superior personal support during the drug rehabilitation process. There are many drug rehab centers in Los Angeles. Some of them employ qualified professional experts. Others are staffed by inexperienced counselors and therapists. The difference, for you, is more important than any in the world. The right drug rehab program from the right drug rehab center will change your life. The wrong one will doom you to your current path. For your own sake, for the sake of the people who care about you, let today be t...

An Honest Review for ‘The Gerson Therapy: The Proven Nutritional Program for Cancer and Other Illnesses’

Addiction Recovery Blog — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:40:08 +0100

The Lowest Price we could find is $17.00 $10.82 Cancer. Hepatitis. Migraines. Arthritis. Heart Disease. Emphysema. For years, the medical establishment has called these chronic or life- threatening diseases “incurable.” But now, The Gerson Therapy offers hope for those seeking relief from hundreds of different diseases. Juice your way to wellness. One of the first alternative cancer therapies, The Gerson Therapy has successfully treated thousands of patients for over 60 years. Now, in this authoritative revised and updated edition, alternative medicine therapist Charlotte Gerson and medical journalist Morton Walker reveal even more on the powerful healing effects of organic fruits and vegetables. Not only can juicing reverse the effects of many degenerative illnesses-it c...

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Addict 4 Life — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:19:00 +0100

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Addict 4 Life — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:12:00 +0100

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Weezer Ex-Bassist Dies, Suspected Overdose

Suboxone Talk Zone — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:36:35 +0100

Written by Daniel Gordon at ThirdAge.com: Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel room Saturday afternoon, the Chicago Tribune reports. Raffaello Hotel staff reportedly found the 40-year-old ex-musician on the floor of his room around 1 p.m. Saturday. The Chicago Tribune reported that narcotics are the suspected cause of death. Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak told reporters that police are currently conducting a death investigation. An autopsy was scheduled for Sunday, according to the Tribune. Weezer Former Bassist Mikey Welsh Welsh performed with Weezer from 1998-2001. According to Weezer’s Website, he left the band after having a nervous breakdown and reinvented himself as a painter. In 2002, shortly after leaving Weezer, he told the M...

The Location Of An Alcohol Rehab Plays A Big Part In The Recovery Process

Cliffside Malibu — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:48:33 +0100

Alcohol rehabs aren’t all alike. On the contrary, the healing environment at every alcohol rehab facility is profoundly influenced by that facility’s geographical location. Unsurprisingly, the most successful alcohol rehab programs are invariably those administered in the most serene and secluded alcohol rehabs. And if you’re looking for serenity and seclusion, there’s no better place to turn than an alcohol rehab center in Malibu, California. Malibu alcohol rehabs provide residents with an ideal environment in which to pursue alcohol recovery. That, in simple terms, is why Malibu alcohol rehabilitation centers are so much more successful than their competitors in other parts of the country. The day you enroll in a Malibu alcohol rehab program will be the day you start healing fro...

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An Answer to the Question: questions about METH my boyfriend is in trouble?

Addiction Recovery Blog — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:40:09 +0100

I thought I’d post this question from sweet since a lot of people seem to be asking it lately: The question isnt should i leave him…because I know that is an option. I have tried. it has not yet come to that, so my question is more for the meth user. or someone who has recovered from this…what are the chances od a recovery? My boyfriend is divorced from his ex wife has 4 beautiful children. This man is very spiritual believes in God, he has the intentions to stop using but struggles and uses. when he uses he binges leaving for weeks and lately months at a time straying from me his now girlfriend. I do love him dearly and wish for him to be well. He is such a great man when he stays away from meth. I know i can leave him. but should i? this man is my best friend. should i ...

The REAL Future of Partial Agonist Treatment— Pharma are you Listening?

Suboxone Talk Zone — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:58:12 +0100

I just wrote a note to a friend who works in the molecular sciences– she has been studying opioid receptors since the early 1980′s, when things were just getting started on a molecular level. I’m keeping her name to myself, but I’ll share a few thoughts about what is needed to advance the treatement of opioid dependence– and make a few million dollars along the way (are you listening, RB?) Hi ——, (private chit chat that would bore everyone) Anyway, today I realized what is needed in order to take partial agonist treatment of opioid dependence to the next level. The problem with buprenorphine is that the ‘ceiling effect’ occurs at a relatively high tolerance level, approximately equal to 40 mg of methadone. That causes at least two problems...

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Addict 4 Life — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:59:00 +0100

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