Substance Abuse/Health & Fitness

1. Drug Rehab Spurs Celebrated Musician To Help Stop Addiction in South Africa — 2007-07-18
   Successful drug rehab program ends Hugh Masekela’s alcohol and drug addiction. Now he wants to give back. Celebrated South African trumpeter and world-fusion music pioneer Hugh Masekela ... »
   
    
2. About Soft Addictions — 2007-07-10
   Soft addictions can be habits, compulsive behaviors, or recurring moods or negative thought patterns. Their defining characteristic is that they gratify a exterior want but disregard or ... »
   
    
3. Cognitive Restructuring is a Necessary Part of Drug Rehab — 2007-06-26
   Most Drug Rehab Programs dont work because their curriculum and format are weak and ineffective. The program is missing the necessary energy and knowledge that is required to help people ... »
   
    
4. About Soft Addictions — 2007-06-15
   Soft addictions either habits, compulsive behaviors, or chronic moods or negative thought patterns. Their essential defining quality is that they gratify a shallow want but completely ... »
   
    
5. Signs of Soft Addictions — 2007-05-28
   Here are a few ways to help you define the line between a soft addiction and a productive activity: Zoning out. One way of identifying a soft addiction is to notice whether or not you zone ... »
   
    
6. All About Soft Addictions — 2007-05-21
   Soft addictions either habits, obsessive behaviors, or recurring moods or negative thought patterns. Their essential defining quality is that they gratify a surface want but disregard the ... »
   
    
7. About Soft Addictions — 2007-05-15
   Soft addictions can be habits, obsessive behaviors, or recurring moods or negative thought patterns. They satisfy a exterior want but ignore the deeper need. They numb us to feelings and ... »
   
    
8. The Straight Scoop About Drug Rehab Programs — 2007-05-05
   Alcohol abuse and drug abuse are reaching all time highs in this nation. Many people do not even realize or acknowledge that they are an addict. The term "addict" conjures up images of ... »
   
    
9. Raging With The Demons Within — 2007-04-26
   It is said that addiction can be defined in a great many ways and examples. Perhaps the most obvious one being the view that addiction is an unhealthy dependency on any substance or form ... »
   
    
10. The Facts About Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehab Programs — 2007-04-17
    Alcohol rehab and drug rehab centers and programs require a sincere dedication on the part of the addict to make sure that they are successful in their task. Some say that if the person ... »
    
     
11. Drug Addiction And Risks — 2007-03-30
    Drug addiction is compulsive use of a substance despite negative consequences which can be severe; drug abuse is simply excessive use of a drug or use of a drug for purposes for which it ... »
    
     
12. The Problem Didn’t Start With Lindsay Lohan...... — 2007-03-24
    "...The time has come to stop the sale of slavery to the young..." Lyndon Baines Johnson Often times, we look at celebrities and believe that their lives are easy; at least easier than ... »
    
     
13. Alcohol Rehab with Dual Diagnosis Treatment — 2007-03-17
    "Alcohol Detox – The First Step Alcohol detox is the first step toward recovery for both disorders. For alcohol detox, a comprehensive evaluation of the person's alcohol abuse and mental ... »
    
     
14. Modern Medicine - The Leading Killer In The United States — 2007-03-16
    Every Month... thousands of people die ... due to properly prescribed medications. What? In 1995, Dr. Richard Besser, of the Center for Disease Control, revealed that the number of ... »
    
     
15. Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Teens — 2007-03-15
    Alcohol and drug abuse is largely detected amongst teens. This could be contributed to many things. The main ones would of course be peer pressure and how they were raised. Peer pressure ... »
    
     
16. Key to Rehab Effectiveness – Education – Second Chance Program — 2007-03-07
    A new prison-based social rehabilitation program, The Second Chance Program, is entering its sixth month in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Based on earlier successful pilot programs run in ... »
    
     
17. Drug And Alcohol Treatment, Getting Started — 2007-02-09
    Drug addiction treatment is available to assist any individual with an addiction or substance use problem. Each treatment is based on the unique needs of that person so that they can learn ... »
    
     
18. Dealing Responsibly with Addiction. Do You Get It? — 2007-01-31
    Preventing and Dealing with Problems While preventing a problem before it happens is usually “better” than facing the problem, typically it also involves a different level of ... »
    
     
19. The False High of Addiction — 2007-01-31
    The Doctor Who Had Everything While scanning the information on the Titusonenine blog, I recently read a post entitled “A Bout With Addiction, for the Doctor Who Has Everything” that ... »
    
     
20. Dealing Responsibly with Addiction. Do You Get It? — 2007-01-31
    Preventing and Dealing with Problems While preventing a problem before it happens is usually “better” than facing the problem, typically it also involves a different level of ... »