drug and alcohol addiction

'Her Best Kept Secret': Why Women Drink

'Her Best Kept Secret': Why women drink

Filed under: drug rehab treatment centers

… there are new medical treatments that offer women a lot of hope and have high success rates. Q: The Centers for Disease Control recently reported that overdose deaths are rising fastest among middle-age women and that prescription-drug use is to blame.
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Channel 4 – Cold Turkey – Heroin Addiction Documentary 2001


 

Channel 4 – Cold Turkey – Heroin Addiction Documentary 2001 – Directed by Leo Regan and originally televised in 2001, ‘Cold Turkey’ tells the story of Lanre Fehintola a photojournalist who experimented with heroin whils…

 

Recovery Associates Announces That Its Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Drug Addiction in Somalia – Youth Without Jobs or Education Prospects #2


 

Drug Addiction in Somalia – Youth without Jobs or Education Prospects #2 – SUBSCRIBE for Daily High-Definition Videos from Somalia Hosted by http://www.keydmedia.net – Drug addiction is an uncontrolled, devastating problem for the l…

 

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Giving Maine Babies a Chance at a Drug-Free Life

Giving Maine babies a chance at a drug-free life

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment centers

It runs a residential substance abuse treatment program that lets pregnant and postpartum mothers live with their children. Studies have shown that women are more likely to complete these programs when they are allowed to keep their children close, and …
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Professional Help: Sometimes Death Is the Ultimate Rock Bottom

Professional Help: Sometimes death is the ultimate rock bottom

Filed under: addiction help for families

David Sheff, author of the book Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy says, “studies show people who are coerced into treatment by way of their parents or even the legal system have an equal chance of doing well as those …
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How Can a Drug Rehabilitation Program Help My Brother?

Question by levin j: How can a drug rehabilitation program help my brother?
I love my brother so much that it tears me apart seeing him gradually devastated by his drug addiction. I know that only drug rehabilitation programs can help but I wonder how they can actually do this. You see, I’m very particular since he’s the only brother that I have. Do you have any idea about what they have in the programs?