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Recovery in the 21st Century Get the Facts First Since Your Life Might Depend On It
By Melanie Solomon

Keep coming back, it works if you work it!" This is what is chanted at the end of every meeting, but what if you have worked it" and you still keep going back and getting drunk or loaded? Now, most people in the program will say things like, Well, you must not have really done the steps right," or You didn't go to enough meetings," or You didn't pray to your Higher Power," or You know you did something wrong or else you would still be sober!" Since what you are told from your very first 12-step meeting is, Your only options are to get sober using our Program, or it's jails, institutions or death," you tend to stop thinking for yourself, (since it was your...
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U.S. says drug abuse needs treatment, not just jail
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States sees drug abuse as a public health problem as much as a crime issue and is seeking to learn from countries in Europe and elsewhere about how to treat addiction as a disease, Barack Obama's drugs policy chief said on Tuesday. Gil Kerlikowske, the U.S. president's director of national drug control policy, said the United States is taking a more balanced ... Read More ...

Rising prescription addiction presents treatment challenges
Prescription addiction is an epidemic, but people who need treatment often can't get help. Recent numbers show prescription addiction certainly has a hold on our region.     Read More ...

Deep concerns over government plans to cut benefits for alcoholics and drug addicts who refuse treatment
Doctors and addiction charities today expressed deep concerns over government plans to cut the benefits of people suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction who refuse treatment. Read More ...

 

 





 
 
 
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