When Your Loved One Wants to Leave Treatment

When Your Loved One Wants to Leave Treatment

Treatment for addiction is hard work. Depending on the type of addiction, and in cases in which there are co-occurring disorders and multiple addictions,...
Caution: Entering the Drug Addict’s Spin Zone

Caution: Entering the Drug Addict’s Spin Zone

Drug addicts will lie and tell you anything they think you want to hear, or that they feel they have to say at the moment. This isn’t a fantasy. It’s...
EMDR to Treat Underlying PTSD in Drug Addiction

EMDR to Treat Underlying PTSD in Drug Addiction

When a person experiences a traumatic event they often internalize the event and re-experience it. In effect, they are not only traumatized during the...
The Dangers of Self-Medicating with Drugs and Alcohol

The Dangers of Self-Medicating with Drugs and Alcohol

By Colin Gilbert From an early age, Michael struggled with anxiety and depression. As a child, he always felt awkward in social gatherings, and, as a result,...
Club Drugs: Harmless ‘Fun’ or Dangerous Game?

Club Drugs: Harmless ‘Fun’ or Dangerous Game?

There is a common perception that “club drugs” are harmless and meant for just having fun at parties. More and more young, and not so young,...
Study Shows Promise for Developing Treatment Medication for Cocaine Addiction

Study Shows Promise for Developing Treatment Medication for Cocaine Addiction

A new study enabled scientists to see exactly how cocaine modifies brain activity, which offers insight into the development of medications to treat cocaine...

When Your Loved One Wants to Leave Treatment

— February 1, 2010 at 4:00 am
Treatment for addiction is hard work. Depending on the type of addiction, and in cases in which there are co-occurring disorders and multiple addictions, it is harder for some than for others. In all cases, however, there’s a critical tipping point that loved ones and supporters of the addict need to look out for. Sooner or later, every addict in treatment wants to leave. The problem, and the issue, for those...

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Addiction in the Media

Protein May Help Cocaine Addicts Quit

Protein May Help Cocaine Addicts Quit
New findings suggest that a kind of protein could help cocaine addicts beat their addiction. The protein, known as cocaine...
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Jan 5, 2010 4:00

Street Drug Addiction

Andre Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth

Andre Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth
Tennis superstar Andre Agassi reveals in his new autobiography that he used crystal meth while playing professional tennis...
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Oct 29, 2009 4:00

Marijuana Addiction

Daily Marijuana Use May Hasten Psychosis

Daily Marijuana Use May Hasten Psychosis
An Emory University study has found that daily marijuana use in adolescence may hasten the onset of symptoms leading up to...
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Dec 21, 2009 4:00

Prescription Drug Addiction

Minnesota to Track Narcotic Prescriptions

Minnesota to Track Narcotic Prescriptions
This week, Minnesota launched a state database that tracks uses of Vicodin, OxyContin, and other narcotic painkillers with...
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Jan 5, 2010 21:00

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What if the Buddha Were an Alcoholic?

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