Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."
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Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."
Read more about Former Child Star Todd Bridges Talks Addiction, Hitting Bottom
Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."
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After driving with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit and nearly decapitating a 19-year-old woman, Army Sgt. Edison Bayas is serving a 15-year prison sentence for intoxication manslaughter. The decorated career soldier is just one of thousands whose problems with alcohol spun out of control in the midst of two wars.
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Scientists announced Wednesday that they have solved the mystery behind why people become addicted to a class of prescription drugs that includes some anti-depressants, muscle relaxants, and sleeping pills.
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Eleven years ago, Wes Bentley was a 21-year-old Julliard dropout living in Los Angeles with a Polaroid for a head shot and not enough money to eat at Taco Bell, writes Patrick Healy of the New York Times. But after his performance as Ricky Fitts in “American Beauty,” which won the Academy Award for best picture, he was riding in limos and drawing paparazzi. But after his initial success, Bentley turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with the stress of stardom, and addiction took over his life for several years.
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Author and meditation instructor Kevin Griffin will be lecturing on the interrelationship between the 12 steps and Buddhism and leading a meditation retreat this weekend at Against the Stream Meditation Society, located at 4300 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The first event, hosted by Writers In Treatment, Malibu Beach Recovery Center, and Recovery View, takes place Friday, February 5 at 7:30pm, during which Mr. Griffin will be giving a presentation on the Dharma and recovery called “If The Buddha Was an Alcoholic: The 11th Step and the Path to Recovery.” On Saturday, February 6, Mr. Griffin will be conducting a daylong retreat with guests.
Redmond O’Neal, the troubled son of Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, is headed back to a residential drug treatment program after being in custody since late December on a probation violation stemming from a series of drug offenses, a judge ruled Tuesday.
In Somerset, Kentucky, a 24-year-old wife and mother shares her experiences with people entering rehab as part of her recovery from drug addiction. Ashlee Steele, a former cheerleader, was just 15 when she began experimenting with Ecstasy. "Addiction is not picky," she said. "It grabs whoever it can get hold of."
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An artificial intelligence that can automatically plan and execute experiments may soon provide new insights into the biology of addiction to drugs and alcohol. The artificial intelligence (AI) that controls the experiments, called “Eureqa,” could help detect disease organisms or traces of toxic chemicals, said Hod Lipson, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and computing and information science.
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A new study shows that cocaine not only changes the way you feel and behave—it also changes the way the genes in the brain operate. Maia Szalavitz of TIME writes that understanding this process could eventually lead to new treatments for the 1.4 million Americans who are addicted to cocaine, and millions more around the world.