Helping Kids Fight Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Helping Kids Fight Drug & Alcohol Abuse — ‘Reclaiming Futures’ program provides treatment, support instead of prison.
Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
[rewrite]Anyone looking for more information on prescription drug abuse in Indiana or how to find help for their addiction can find it at the website created by the Attorney General's office at www.in.gov/bitterpill. Additionally, students can receive free …[/rewrite]
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Old shoes can help fight drug abuse
[rewrite]… COUNTY — Gently used shoes could help those struggling with addiction. Graham County Substance Abuse Coalition and Students Against Destructive Decisions are holding a Walk Past Drugs fund-raiser and are collecting gently used and new shoes.[/rewrite]
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Trying to Help My Angry Alcoholic Drug Abusing Sister. PLEASE HELP.?
Question by : trying to help my angry alcoholic drug abusing sister. PLEASE HELP.?
[rewrite]my 18 year old sister is a severe alcoholic. i know she uses drugs, but i am not sure of what kind and how often. she is living with her boyfriend who has been to many different rehabs across the country and either gets kicked out or just leaves the program. he was addicted to intravenous heroin and alcohol. and is exceedingly wealthy and pays for all the drugs and alcohol, he is an ultimate enabler. he tells her that i am a liar and that i am trying to control her life by trying to help her, and that i am really not trying to help her at all. they hang out with two guys that the boyfriend met in rehab who have relapsed. my sister just got out of jail for putting a ciggarette out on her boyfriends neck and for punching him repeatedly in the face resulting in a black eye. someone that was in the house called the cops on them, and the boyfriend wouldnt press charges. i tried to pick her up from the jail and the boyfriend lied to me about what time she was getting out so i couldnt. i was going to try to have an “informal intervention” with her. i am at a loss. she was completely un phased by this experience, and is always un phased by the catastrophes that come from her addiction. i just recently found out that she was date raped by an acquaintance who house she was couch surfing at awhile ago, and my mother says that she fears that, that wasnt the first time she was date raped. she is showing signs of jaundice and is sick alot of the time. she can not control herself. this time it was a cigarette but maybe next time it will be a knife, and i am terrified and feel nauseous and overwhelmed from trying to help her. she has been stealing money from me and i just dont know what to do! i have been searching online for hours trying to think of something.
she is also the most avoident person there is. please any advice will greatly help!
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Overcoming Drug Addiction?
Question by Brittney: overcoming drug addiction?
[rewrite]ok so i’m finally going to admit it.
i’m going to come out and say something that i’ve been lying to myself about since the moment i touched the stuff.. i’m addicted to meth.
my first time trying it i smoked it with my friend who was also new to it all.
it was amazing. i thought hmm this is fun, maybe i’ll do this with her sometimes.
wait no, i should do this with her everyday. it’s not so bad as people make it out to be, i feel great and we’ll lose so much weight!!!
HA little did i know i’d be losing much much more than just weight.
it IS as bad as people make it out to be. in fact, it’s worse.
i could have never imagined the next 7 months of my life looking the way it did
i began finding any excuse, any way to hang out with my friend because she was the one that would buy the stuff.. she had the connect
then it turned into me stealing her dealers number out of her phone so i could get my own
then l began hanging out with tweakers, finding my own connects
yet still, all that time i managed to say “oh yeah, i can stop whenever. i just don’t want to yet.”
i would buy a sac and not feel the need to use it until i was going to a party or hanging out with friends or something that i wanted the energy and rush for.
now it’s gotten to the point where i can’t sit in the same room with some meth without doing line after line until it is gone.
i don’t know where to go from here.
i know the obvious… i need to stop.
i know the obvious solution, get help.
and you all know the obvious, it’s not that easy.
is there anything i can do… some way to convince and assure myself that this MUST be done?
like, idk, i just keep telling myself it’s ok for now and i don’t know how to push myself over that line to actually delete my contacts, seperate myself from this lifestyle and get help
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Addiction Treatment Helps Normalize Memory
Addiction Treatment Helps Normalize Memory — Watch Dr. David Sack talk about the memory loss suffered by long-term alcoholics and drug abusers and how addiction treatment helps normalize memory. To lear…
Buffalo Treatment Center for Alcohol & Drug Addiction Announced
[rewrite]A Buffalo treatment center is pleased to announce that programs to help adults and adolescents end their alcohol and drug addiction are now available. Alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and Oxycontin are just a few of the substances that the treatment center …[/rewrite]
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Death Toll Climbs to 22 in Pittsburgh's Killer Heroin Epidemic
Death toll climbs to 22 in Pittsburgh's killer heroin epidemic
[rewrite]Public health officials, along with federal, state and local police are rattling the bushes, rounding up addicts and dealers alike to determine the source of the deadly drugs. Scroll down for video. Crisis: Officials say they've found these heroin bags …[/rewrite]
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Morello provides the 'Dirt' on substance abuse
[rewrite]Based on Morello's graphic novel of the same name, the actor/comedian uses humor and straight talk — drawn from his high-risk childhood — to help parents and students deal with substance abuse, bullying, racism and self-esteem issues. The one-hour …[/rewrite]
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Anybody That’s Been Threw Abuse? How Do You Get Over the Aftermath.?
Question by Julii: Anybody that’s been threw abuse? How do you get over the aftermath.?
[rewrite]My now ex and i have been together a couple of years and we have a 13 month old son. He started pushing me around and pinning me to the bed and putting his hands on my neck since i was 5 months pregnant. It would stop for a little while and then start back up again. I somehow managed to convince myself that my son needed the both of us around, and that he would change. I begged him to get help and finally it got to be to much. I kicked him out and he refused to leave so i tried to call the police and he snatched the phone from me and threw it against the wall. Then he threw me on the bed and put his hands on my neck and pushed. I could still catch some breaths, but the whole time this was happening my son was right next to me terrified. I know my ex grew up around violence, and i cant help but feel sorry for him. At the same time im so angry. I guess what my question is, how can i get over this roller-coaster of emotions, why do i still feel sorry for him, and will the loneliness ever go away?
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