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Health Law Could Overwhelm Addiction Services
It has been six decades since doctors concluded that addiction was a disease that could be treated, but today the condition still dwells on the fringes of the medical community. Only 1 cent of every health care dollar in the United States goes toward addiction, and few alcoholics and drug addicts receive treatment. One huge barrier, according to many experts, has been of health insurance. But that barrier crumbles in less than a year. In a … Read entire article »
Lindsay Lohan Enters Betty Ford Center
Local media reports that a Los Angeles County prosecutor has indicated that starlet Lindsay Lohan is apparently in violation of her probation after neglecting to check herself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility located in Southern California, instead checking into the noted Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Lohan’s whereabouts were not known this week, only hours after her lawyer informed a judge that she had gone into a rehab facility. Apparently, she … Read entire article »
Filed under: Celebrity, Latest News, Treatment
Cocaine Addiction’s On/Off Switch
A new study shows that stimulation of the prefrontal cortex (an area of the brain involved in impulse control and decision making) of rats reduces cravings and compulsive cocaine-seeking behavior. Scientists at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) – performed this groundbreaking study. “This is the first study to show a cause-and-effect relationship … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Alcohol and Drugs, Latest News, Research, Substance Abuse, Treatment
New Study Challenges Effectiveness of “Talk Therapy” Among Heroin Junkies Already on Medication
The American Journal of Medicine has published a new study which finds that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (or CBT) in not effective when treating opioid dependence. The study, which was conducted by seven researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, says that when treating patients diagnosed with opioid addiction, CBT does not offer additional benefits when the patient is already on medication. The study assessed patients who were currently being treated with drugs such as buprenorphine, which … Read entire article »
Wayne Perry Interview
Wayne Perry, sound therapist and founder and director of the Sound Therapy Center of Los Angeles agreed to an interview and invited Treatment4Addiction staff into his office this week. Over a meal of spaghetti with faux-meat sauce he explained the principles of “vibrational medicine,” “sound medicine”, and bioacoustic therapy. A former singer, he turned to healing when learning about the power of sound and vibration. In addition to healing those who are sick, he also … Read entire article »
Filed under: Interviews with Recovery Professionals
Situation In Rehab: The End Of Jersey Shore?
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, from the hit reality show Jersey Shore, confirmed recently that he had checked into Cirque Lodge, a rehabilitation center in the mountains of Utah, for a substance abuse problem. Rumors had been going around that Sitch was in fact in rehab but he tried to deny the rumors last Tuesday via Twitter saying, “Don’t believe everything you read and hear”. The next day he used Twitter to release a new statement saying, “The Situation Wants To Set The Record Straight”. This was followed by a statement on the young TV stars official website which read, “I have voluntarily taken steps to get control of a prescription medication problem I had due to exhaustion,” his statement said. “I have spent the past several weeks getting treatment for this problem and recuperating … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Alcohol and Drugs, Celebrity, Recovery, Treatment
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston’s death was for some people a shock and for others a sigh of relief. Whitney had been battling addiction problems for many years. I have always wondered why someone who seems to have everything and has a bank account that was bottomless would destroy it with drugs. If you had ever tuned in to Bravo a few years back you would most likely remember the show “Being Bobby Brown”. “Being Bobby Brown” documented the daily lives of both Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston. The show came at a price to Whitney’s image. We witnessed how she really felt about different races of people and saw how bad her addiction was getting. Why as a society do we hold different celebrities to different standards when it comes to addiction? Take for example … Read entire article »
Filed under: Alcohol and Drugs, Celebrity, Treatment
The Demon worshipping AA cult
Once I hit rock bottom in my addiction and had a near-death experience, I thought I was ready for any kind of assistance with my recovery. At rehab, I was told to attend 12-step meetings. I had never heard of Alcoholics Anonymous, and I was very skeptical about the program. As I learned more about it, the concept of a Higher Power and surrendering my life to sobriety seemed out of the question. I was … Read entire article »
Filed under: Recovery, Spirituality, Treatment
Drugs & Electronic Dance Music
There is a famous question that asks, “Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?” I chose to tweak the question and ask, “Do drugs imitate music, or does music imitate drugs?” There is an obvious correlation between the two and each evolves over time while influencing the other. The reason I ask this question is because of the shift we have seen in music culture and drug use in society today. It seems … Read entire article »
Filed under: Alcohol and Drugs, Celebrity, Featured, Recovery, Spirituality
How to pass a drug test
So is it a myth or can you actually find ways to pass a drug test? This is a very common problem among many rehab facilities, schools and employers. Personally I have not tried to falsely pass a drug test, but I do know some ways people have tried to falsely pass a drug test. The most common way is to get replacement urine. What????? Well when you are an addict you don’t give a shit … Read entire article »
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