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Question by kai is not amused: Why isn’t Demi Lovato in “So Random”?
I mean I hated Sunny with a Chance XD, but I was watching So Random one day and she wasn’t there. I got to say…her not being there isn’t a bad thing. But why? did Disney fire her because of her new “image”?

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Answer by Nickaboo
She had some self-image issues and went to rehab for some undisclosed reason. Afterward, she didn’t feel comfortable in front of a camera still so she’s trying to focus on music. Something like that. I only know this because my cousins freaked out at me when I said I thought she did drugs 😛

Answer by Zachary
she quit

Selena Gomez surfaces on Instagram post-rehab to thank fans
5, it was revealed that the former "Wizards of Waverly Place" star had entered a rehab facility a month prior, on Jan. 5, where she stayed for two weeks. A rep for the actress said at the time, "Selena voluntarily spent time at Meadows but not for …
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Rehab redux
For the second time in three offseasons Hall and Cosgray are doing what they do and they hope it works out as perfectly as it did last time, when Hall was ready for September after a textbook rehab from a torn Achilles. All signs are pointing that way …
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Selena Gomez Smiles on Instagram After Rehab: "I've Done Everything I Could …
Selena Gomez is smiling again. The "Come and Get It" singer, 21, resurfaced on Instagram late Monday, Feb. 10 for the first time since confirming a secret rehab stay last month. In the snapshot, Justin Bieber's ex smiles at the prow of a ship sailing …
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Cincinnati Treatment Center Launches Adult, Adolescent Substance Abuse …
Transitioning back into the “real world” takes time, too, and outpatient treatment allows clients an opportunity to share their victories and struggles with like-minded people. When it's all put together, from detoxification to outpatient care, the …
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Pike judge orders veteran back to jail on alcohol violations
On Oct. 2, he was admitted to the Substance Abuse Outpatient Treatment Program and moved to Common Ground transitional housing for homeless veterans in Montrose, where the curfew is 10 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends. It was here that …
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Message From Above? The Mysterious Ways a Paralyzed College Student Says …
Despite his Christian faith and his personal quest to come to terms with the situation, Haler, the son of a pastor, felt the impact of his new-found limitations. “At first my faith was …. “I had actually a dream … that [a rehabilitation center …
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Ole Miss baseball preview 2014
A talented recruiting class offers some immediate field treatment, and a cast of experienced role players could help foster an unexpected recovery. Or we could flatline by the second week of SEC …. He's still a hell of a defender in center field …
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Joni Eareckson Tada Welcomes Red Carpet Treatment of Faith, Family Values …
Faith, family values, and quality entertainment took center stage at the 22nd Annual Movieguide Awards on Friday evening. Celebrities and lesser-known movie, TV, and music industry people shared their … Inspirational Christian speaker and …
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Ohio gets creative with problem gambling campaign
MORE ADDICTS EXPECTED. The campaign — created and developed by Northlich, a Cincinnati-based advertising agency — is just one prong in an overall effort to address gambling prevention, treatment and education in the state. Investing state dollars in …
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FTW vs. WTF: The TV Week in Review (February 8)
Look, a really talented dude died because he failed to overcome an addiction he struggled with for literal decades, and now his three young kids are fatherless. Regardless of … 3 hours ago. my co-worker's ex-wife makes $ 77 /hr on the internet …
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Jason Wahler Speaks on Philip Seymour Hoffman, Perils of Addiction
The Hills' Jason Wahler is the latest star to speak publicly about Philip Seymour Hoffman's tragic death and their own struggles with hard core drug addiction. Wahler, best known as …. "I immediately began seeing comments all over the Internet about …
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Question by killurkellbell: y cant i end my nonstop 12yr drug habit?
at 5am this morning,a week and1/2 shy of my 26th birthday,i sit and wonder for the god-only-knows-how-many-times…why?i finally have found the only closest thing ive ever known to a consistant,stable,somewhat peaceful by comparison life,i have family love and support ive never known before,brand new car,a house ive lived in long enuf to see a tree grow{over a year}4 cats,a dog,faith in god and some self esteem.why do i still feel the unending desire to self-sabatage the life ive worked so hard to achieve with a bag of white stuff that will eventually render me toothless by 30,brainless by 35,ugly and looking 60 by only 40,a 2time loser by 45,and finally{peacefully no doubt}DEAD by fifty,if im lucky enuf for the personal hell to ever end.my luck i’ll live to be 113…does anyone feel me?can anyone be as real with me,i’ll take anything…

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Answer by allthrottlenobottle2000
what it boils down to is you have to hit bottom.im 49 been there done that,now im on the straight and narrow with my own business and doin great.
you have advantages over lots of folks,by havin the family and support u need,now find the will power inside you and “git er done!”,if i can you can.

Answer by Glo
Some, most people need a support system. you need to find the courage, no matter how deep you need to dig. and get yourself in to a rehabilitation center. there you will find the help and assistance you need from compassionate and understanding as well as those educated in drug abuse and addiction. The drug has now become stronger than you! You will also find people like yourself addicted, whose lives have become unmanageable. No one begins using with the idea that the drug will take over their life. And who ever uses, will have a problem, how could you not, the feelings are so euphoric and overwhelmingly great. Go to a center or call the drug abuse hot line in your area for resources there is assistance out there. You first must make up your mind that you are sick and tired of being sick and tired and being a slave to your addiction, it is a disease and unfortunately you will either quit or die with your disease. You are worth so much more than that. Go and seek some assistance, you will find compassionate and loving people to help you, you will also find there are many in this world fighting the same demons. And support comes in numbers. There you will be given the education and knowledge required to have the skills and tools to get yourself sober and stay that way. However, no one can do this for you, you are going to have to make the first step and then and only then, will you have a team of support behind you. Good luck and God bless I wish you the best of luck. If you are serious do it now while the thought is in your mind, tomorrow may be to late. 800-861-1768 or 1-800-622-HELP or 1-800-622-4357

DA to host conference on drug trends, abuse prevention
The Plymouth County District Attorney's office will partner with the city and High Point Treatment Center to host a conference Friday looking into the latest trends in drug use and strategies to combat abuse. email · print. By Morgan True. The …
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Port St. Lucie City Council considering rezoning request that would allow drug …
Port St. Lucie City Council considering rezoning request that would allow drug rehab center. By staff report … Port St. Lucie has been battling since at least 2012 with some addiction treatment facilities wanting to settle in residential areas. These …
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Question by datdudeyahknow: Question about self harm treatment?
I have a friend who cuts herself and she has asked me about what can she do to get better and if there are any treatment places but I don’t know much about the topic. Um she lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area if that helps any. Thanks for the answers!

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Answer by anna unff
I’m not sure about treatment places, but I’m positive there must be some sort of Mental Rehabilitation center near you and her tha can offer self-harm treatment but a big deal of getting over her addiction (which is pretty much what it is) is for her to get to the bottom of why she cuts. Some people think you can get over your mental issues on your own (depending on the degree of the issue) and some i’m not sure if they believe that but I am one of the people who believes our own mind and thoughts are the answers. I’ve pulled through a lot, as well as self-harm which is a work in progress but currently going strong, and honestly the best thing i can think to tell her is to realize why she cuts. Is it a family problem? An ex-boyfriend who hurt her so badly? Childhood bullying? For me it was my bullying and then later on a family problem and then my ex reintroduced me to it. I had to realize that even though it took the pain away, it wasn’t helping with my problems.

See if you have a school consellor for her to talk to if she’s comfortable, that would be a good place to start. They can probably give you more information about where to go from there. They may be able to talk her to her parents if she was comfortable with that, but honestly I can say that going to a school consellor would be a great decision as it was the first step for my recovery. By the way, you’re a great friend just because you didn’t turn your back on her and leave her to deal with this alone, she’s lucky to have you 🙂

http://www.rehabcenters.com/categories/Arizona
^ you need to sign up i think or enter a postal code, but i just googled “Self-harm rehabilitation centers Pheonix, Arizona” and this came up,

message me if you have something else to ask if you want

Answer by Frank Thomas
I believe there are generally two ways in which self-harm is treated. A lot of people on Yahoo Answers seem to view it as an addiction. If your friend is religious and believes that self-harm is an addiction over which she is completely powerless, she can check out http://selfmutilatorsanonymous.org/, the website for Self-Mutilators Anonymous (a 12 step program based on Alcoholics Anonymous) that views self-harm as a disease and an addiction. I used to attend AA meetings, but they never did me any good. I have since quit on my own. It is a religious program, even if the people at the meetings say that no, it’s a spiritual program. That’s like saying that it’s a lemon, not a citrus fruit. In 2003 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that AA is actually a religious program. So, your friend must believe in God, and she must believe that only God can help her with her problems. Not friends, not family, not herself, but only God. Alcoholics Anonymous reports a success rate of about 6% to 7% of people who have attended for over a year. The rate of remission of alcoholism, that is stopping without doing anything, is 5% during any given year. So, AA has about a one or two percent success rate, and those are their own numbers. I expect the same from Self-Mutilator’s Anonymous.

The other approach would be a psychiatric approach. Cutting is a symptom, not a disease. If cutting is a symptom, then a therapist would try to get to the bottom of the reasons why your friend cuts herself and helps her deal with it, and a psychiatrist prescribes medication for your friend to reduce her desire to cut herself. Most cutters have bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, major depression, or eating disorders, or any combination thereof. They would try to work with your friend’s impulse control.

I think she needs to be in an inpatient psychiatric facility so that she can’t find any sharp objects to mutilate herself with. She’ll be able to see a psychiatrist about three times a week and therapists every day. It’s not like a prison sentence. It’s a place to get better.

I hope this helps.

Nuanced Media Client, Integrative Pain Center of Arizona, Provides Safety …
Integrative Pain Center of Arizona (IPCA) is the premier pain clinic in Tucson. Having worked for 10 years to develop the technology, the experience, and the organization to offer truly patient-centered evaluation and treatment for all types of pain …
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Buffs have 20-20-20 vision, top UW
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Florence case praised as good example of teen-suicide intervention
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