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Functional Alcoholic Symptoms in the News

Roots: Where teen depression begins – SalemNews.net | News, Sports, Jobs …
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May, stung by her interpreted rejection from Dad because he favored April, was hanging out with the troubled kids who introduced her to alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and sexual activity. June, abused and bullied at school, hid alone in … "Depression …
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Health issues raised as sleeping pill use grows
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"Medication works well in conjunction with counselling and psychotherapy to alleviate the symptoms so that you can have the energy to address whatever the underlying issues are." Tranx – an alcohol and drug addiction service which deals specifically …
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Hooked on opiates: More legal use leads to more addiction, crimes, deaths
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About Alcoholism in the News

Christmas sports books: Hockey figures prominently
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What wasn't obvious were his personnel demons: his descent into alcoholism and all its accompanying problems. He also found his way back. Empire of Ice: The Rise and Fall of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, 1911-1926. By Craig H. Bowlsby …
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The Best Fiction of 2012
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"At Last" brings to a close the story of Patrick Melrose—perhaps the most sharply autobiographical character in contemporary fiction—from childhood sexual abuse, through periods of drug addiction and alcoholism, to glimmers of peace in the wake of …
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Heavy Drinking, Pot Use Tied to Teen Brain Changes
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14 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, are based on 41 teenagers with a history of habitual drinking and pot smoking, and 51 teens who reported little, if any, alcohol or drug use. At the start of the study and again 18 …
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Journey Healing Centers release Holiday Alcoholism Tips
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To reduce drinking, driving and fatalities over the holidays, the Addiction Experts at Journey Healing Centers (http://journeycenters.com) release tips for how to deal with loved ones who drink too much during the biggest party month of the year. According to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), alcohol causes about 52 percent of fatal collisions on Christmas and 57 percent on New Years …
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Justice Ministry Warns NGO Over Foreign Funding
Filed under: Alcoholism

The Justice Ministry has sent a warning to the Saratov branch of the No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction NGO in connection with new legislation forcing all foreign-funded NGOs engaging in "political activity" to register as "foreign agents."
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What is an enabler? Interview w/ Meridith Powell & Beth Brand

Taken from their book, The Real Dope on Dealing with an Addict, Meridith & Beth give a concise explanation of what enabling an addict/alcoholic is and the destructive path it creates for both the addict/alcoholic and codependent.

 

November to remember
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It's an unbelievably poignant movie about the trappings of alcoholism and drug addiction. Note: As is in real life, each starring alcoholic has an able-bodied enabler. The holiday season can be an awfully rough time for alcoholics. Family gatherings …
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Event Calendar Events for Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Co-dependents, Enablers, Rescuers – Support Group public meeting how to help addicts, alcoholics, mentally ill; in a healthy relationship of helper and helped. This is not a 12 step group. 7:00 PM Sometimes well-meaning people, trying to help an addict …
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Alcoholism Counseling in the News

What's happening today in the north valley
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Play contains alcoholism, drug addiction, foul language, infidelity, racism, incest. 2145 Park Ave., Suite 13, … Medicare Counseling: Trained, state-registered volunteer counselors assist seniors, adults with disabilities with Medicare matters …
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Underage drinking fines in Pennsylvania will go up on holiday
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“The more obstacles or barriers there are for the use of a substance, generally the less use there will be,” said Dr. Neil Capretto, medical director of Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Moon, which treats people for alcoholism and other substance abuse …
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Why Am I An Alcoholic in the News

Reckless prescribing, lost lives
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For example, in looking into cases of improper prescribing, investigators usually do not search county coroners' files to determine whether — as in Estiandan's case — a doctor's patients are dying of drug overdoses. Dr. Rick Chavez, a pain management …
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Tex'n the City: Item No. 10 — Rounding the corner
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An accent! As long as he's not hiding some secret alcoholic or deep-rooted drug addiction, he's in! He took me … Then he asked what he probably thought was another easy question: “How do you feel at this point with what you've done so far?” Hmmm. I …
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Why I Am No Longer An Alcoholic

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