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Addiction
10 Jan 12 - Addiction News
A sex addict's cold turkey
This week sees the release of Steve McQueen's film Shame, which focuses on sex addiction, but what is it really like to be a sex addict? At the age of 27, comedian Jeff Leach has slept with more than 300 women and wants to confront his problem.
Ben Cousins hurt in fall at Perth addiction centre
The 33-year-old reportedly fell and hit his head on a sink in a small Perth hospital specialising in the treatment of addiction. Cousins documented his own struggle with addiction in a 2010 documentary called Such Is Life -- the words he has tattooed ...
Jane's Addiction to play March 15 Tulsa show
Jane's Addiction, one of the most iconic bands to help catapult alternative music into the national conscience, will play a March 15 show at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Gov. Deal: Ga. must treat addicts to save money
Nathan Deal asked lawmakers Tuesday to spend more money on the state's education system to help the economy and to treat nonviolent drug addicts as an alternative to sending them to expensive and overcrowded prisons. The Republican governor used his ...
Sexual addiction among women real and growing: Psychologists
Bellwood Health Services recently held a public meeting exclusively for women about sex and relationship addictions. The women spend hours online looking at pornography or looking for sex.
Offaly star Niall McNamee opens up about his addiction to gambling
This is my gambling addiction. Today I am in recovery." It takes courage. Who among us wants to stand up and confess to a devastating weakness, to a life of secret shame, desperation and debt, all the while trying to pretend: 'I'm fine.
47% of female drug addicts have university education: MNC
The basic purpose of this training programme is to empower women to fight drug addiction successfully without violating religious values.
Addiction expert helps bankers avoid the evil side of success
Helping City of London workers to gain the "tools" - or life skills - to be able to give up binge drinking, cocaine or sex addiction is Kingdon's speciality. "People think it's about willpower, that you've just got to say no," he says.
Prescription for heartache
Even as the face of addiction changes, so does our understanding of how best to help treat it. That the drugs often originate in a doctor's office or pharmacy makes them no less lethal.
POINT OF VIEW: Detox centre desperately needed to fight addiction
By ROD HILTS, The Observer Efforts to organize a community forum to educate residents about the abuse of prescription drugs is desperately needed as more horror stories about addiction are made public. You've read the message before in this space, ...
Tom Loewy: Addict's message: 'Don't let it kill you'
Dianna Campbell used methampetamine for 14 years and served prison terms because of her addiction. She hopes other addicts can join her in staying out of prison and off drugs. By TOM LOEWY Dianna Campbell looked surprised last week after she revealed ...
Addict burglar jailed for stealing heirlooms
By Thom Airs » A FORMER drug addict who stole precious heirlooms from a house as it was being renovated has been jailed. Heroin user Gareth Atkins took two £1000 rings, a pearl necklace and a TV from a home in Cutteslowe, North Oxford.
Ontario nurses blast gov't inaction on First Nations drug crisis
By Elizabeth Payne, Postmedia News January 10, 2012 Tiny, fly-in reserves in northwestern Ontario like Eabametoong First Nation have become overwhelmed by addiction to the synthetic opioid OxyContin. OTTAWA - The federal and provincial governments ...
Dad has food addiction
It is like he is addicted to a drug. Even when he orders a salad, he drenches it in so much creamy dressing that it negates the health benefits.
There's no fun in addiction
Addiction is no mere matter of “He just couldn't help himself.” Addiction is total control well beyond the understanding of the fortunate masses who are not addicts. This is, non-addicts who belittle addicts with shouts of moral indignation, or, worse, ...
Mouth spray helps kick Cannabis addiction
But researchers at the University of NSW hope a drug, Sativex, which is a mouth spray and contains two of the main cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant; tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), may help addicts quit.
Technicolor - PostWorks New York Explores the Colors of Meth Addiction
Technicolor - PostWorks New York provided color correction services for a new public service campaign on the dangers of meth addiction. Provides grading services for new PSA campaign directed by Darren Aronofsky. NEW YORK, January 10, ...
Rehab for soda pop addiction?
My doctor would probably prefer that I not be a caffeine addict, but I've never had much luck kicking the long term addiction. I'm apparently not alone. Darren Jones, a 38-year-old man in the United Kingdom, apparently wants to check himself into rehab ...
UKBA officer jailed after becoming addicted to collecting child porn
A UK Border Agency officer who claimed he was addicted to collecting vile videos of sexual abuse has today been jailed for 30 months following one of Kent Police's largest ever seizures of child pornography.
Taming Your Chocolate Addiction
By Neil Wagner Walking to the office or getting up during the day could be the key to keeping your New Year's resolution. In a recent study, snacking on chocolate was cut in half after treadmill use.
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