Panel educates parents about teen alcohol and substance abuse issues
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SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Marijuana and alcohol are equally easy to obtain, and a growing problem in schools is abuse of “hydros,” short for the pain reliever, hydrocodone, according to a panel of South Glens Falls Senior High School students.
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Question by Babs Mcgee: Is it depression, schizophrenia, or something else?
Here are the symptoms:

Total apathy

Lost formerly excellent sense of humor

Lack of motivation

No friends

No social skills

Used to have panic attacks, just got over them

Can’t complete thoughts or concentrate

Ignore everything people say and just don’t care

Tired
I just can’t RELATE to people. My mother said that she’d never seen me empathize with anyone. I’m not mean, but I just don’t care. I can’t understand them, and I’ve just given up.
Um, actually Momo, everyone DOES NOT have panic attacks. Everyone IS NOT depressed and lacking motivation.

I’m not going to kill myself, or take medicine, or label myself as “mentally ill”, but if I do have a “condition” I’d like to be able to label it in order to do research. I want to experience a full range of both positive AND negative emotions. The problem is right now I’m not getting any.

Living With A Functioning Alcoholic in the News

Why Diet Plans Don't Work
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But what I've learned is that you can't simply overhaul someone's diet overnight and expect their entire lives to change to make this new plan feasible. We all … Much like an alcoholic can go to rehab and get clean, only to relapse once back in an …
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Newark OH Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches Additional Substance Abuse …
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Understanding the power of drugs and alcohol that take a person from functioning to broken helps when beginning to heal, and there is help available. … Life moves from one drug to another, destroying families, businesses and relationships. It is pitiful.
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Lindsay Lohan Alcohol Abuse in the News

Police Arrest 2 Men, 2 Boys In Alleged Sex Assaults On Young Girl
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Irony wins again. Wendler was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence (for the sixth time) while wearing a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/bryan-wendler-dwi-breathalyzer-t-shirt_n_2568785.html" target="_blank">"Been Drinking?
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Lindsay Lohan Admits How She 'Screwed Up' During Her Recovery Process …
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Even though she denies drinking on her trip to Los Angeles, Lohan does admit to something else: She did drink alcohol one month earlier. "I jumped right into a relationship where we weren't on the same page. I wasn't considering the fact that the …
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Canadian Woman Raped In Paris, Police Officers Arrested
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Irony wins again. Wendler was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence (for the sixth time) while wearing a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/bryan-wendler-dwi-breathalyzer-t-shirt_n_2568785.html" target="_blank">"Been Drinking?
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AWOL
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The following has been playing on my mind a lot lately…Let’s call this…Therapy A few weeks ago I heard news of a shooting on a military base in Texas – Fort Hood. I didn’t know anyone involved or even anyone living nearby but it affected me massively. The shooter was a military man, he had a wife an …
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Week 21
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I managed it, my 2000 words, most of them were today mind. It’s been a good week. I was able to work and look after my parents without too much clash. Went to three new meetings, made some new friends. I’ve read the Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer which was brilliantly written and covered off ment …
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Filth
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‘Plan for a Healthier Tomorrow’ seeks to address alcohol abuse issues – Ashland DAily Press
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'Plan for a Healthier Tomorrow' seeks to address alcohol abuse issues Ashland DAily Press It should come as no surprise that Ashland and Bayfield Counties have a drinking problem. In Ashland County, the percentage of people who self-identify as heavy drinkers (more than two drinks a day for men, more than one drink a day for women) is 21.6 …

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Boomers Face A Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse – Huffington Post
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Boomers Face A Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse Huffington Post You're at 14 a week, “so you've doubled what [the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism] is suggesting is low-risk drinking. That's pretty significant.” (Assess your own risk level by taking the quiz at the NIAAA's Rethinking Drinking … Alcohol Awareness Month Message Being Heeded By Newtown Youth Year …The Newtown Bee Parents Key in Preventing Underage DrinkingThe Roundup all 10 news articles »