Question by mggcrawford: for those with experience with alcohol addiction, do u recommend AA, alcohol treatment program, or therapist?

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Answer by Mox Nix
AA. the fellowship and companionship works wonders.

Answer by ~*brown_eyed_girl*~
my friend that’s an alcoholic goes to AA, but it’s w/e works best for you and your personality and stuff.
good luck!

National Conference Brings Together Leading Experts Specializing in the …
Innovations In Recovery keynote speakers David Sheff, Mackenzie Phillips, Dr. Francine Shapiro, Noah Levine and others provide dynamic perspectives on addiction, treatment and recovery. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on …
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5 Reasons to Refuse an Addiction Treatment (and 5 Reasons Not to)
Addiction recovery is an individualized process. Some therapies will support your process, others will not. By trusting in the drug rehab program you've chosen and communicating your preferences and experiences, you can get the right blend of …
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Young addicts to share stories of recovery
As for Nyberg, he now advocates for better treatment of individuals in recovery, especially in the area of employment. “It's just a matter of trying to get them through the process of becoming normal again, just as far as job preparation and training …
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Question by Taylor Daniel: Goals to solve “Drug addiction”?
Do you guys have an idea to solve drug addiction?
Any way to solve this ???

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Answer by Mike Hunt
Education, education, education and people have to learn that prohibited drug use does not equal drug addiction.

The most widely used and abused drug is the legal addictive hard drug alcohol.

Iran not doing enough to address drug addiction
According to the law, non-addicts who use traditional drugs such as opium or hashish are to be sentenced to 20-74 lashes and fined 1 million to 5 million rials ($ 40-$ 200), and those who consume manufactured drugs such as heroin and cocaine are to be …
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Best selling author and investigative journalist David Sheff on drug abuse and …
… author of Beautiful Boy, offers a myth-shattering look at drug abuse and treatment, based on the latest scientific evidence and his own hard-won expertise as an investigative journalist who worked for over a decade to save his own son from addiction.
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Drug Abuse and Recovery
Nancy Shute interviews David Sheff and his son, Nic Sheff, about their struggle with drug abuse. Nic Sheff wrote the book "Tweak" about his meth addiction and his father David wrote "Beautiful Boy" from his perspective on being the father of a drug addict.
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New approach for reducing drug abuse
Critics of the "war on drugs" point to the limited success of current strategies for reducing drug abuse and argue that a new approach is needed. Such an approach may now be on the horizon within the covers of a new book by New York Times best-selling …
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'Clean,' by David Sheff
It must be the purest agony to be the parent of a child succumbing to drug addiction. David Sheff's previous book was an account of his son Nic's descent from a thoughtful boy to a sullen pothead to a self-destructive methamphetamine fiend, and of his …
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Isabel Allende on "Maya's Notebook," Drug Addiction, 1973 Chilean Coup …
The best-selling Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is out with a new book, "Maya's Notebook: A Novel." It tells the story of a teenager named Maya Vidal and her struggles with drug addiction, grief and history. Although a work of fiction, the story is …
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Tom Sizemore discusses drug abuse in autobiographical book
It refers to a man who, by his own admission, is nothing but a "spoiled movie star," "an arrogant fool" who at one point is a "hope-to-die" an addict. The book, which was released on April 9, gives the reader a a behind-the-scenes look at the actor's …
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David Sheff: Watching my son become a drug addict
I wrote about the years our family lived through his addiction in the book Beautiful Boy. Readers of it and of Nic's own books — a pair of memoirs, Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and We All Fall Down— know many of the gory details. Over the …
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David Sheff: Watching my son become a drug addict
Yet despite that, his two sons became addicts. “I was the addiction expert,” says McLellan, founder of the Treatment Research Institute and former deputy director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Obama administration. “But I …
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Jeremy Browne sets off on global drugs policy research tour
The Guardian gives a good round up of the drugs policies in operation on the stops on Jeremy's tour, from Portugal's decriminalisation to Sweden's zero tolerance and Denmark's regulated rooms where addicts can inject themselves. * Caron Lindsay is …
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Prescription Painkillers Linked to Erectile Dysfunction
However, the findings add to a growing body of research linking pain drugs to erection problems. … that opioid treatment is appropriate for some people, there's increased evidence that prolonged use can cause a host of problems, including addiction …
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Isabel Allende on "Maya's Notebook," Drug Addiction, 1973 Chilean Coup …
The best-selling Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is out with a new book, "Maya's Notebook: A Novel." It tells the story of a teenager named Maya Vidal and her struggles with drug addiction, grief and history. Although a work of fiction, the story is …
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Watch: Author of 'Clean' on fighting drug addiction
With addiction killing approximately 350 Americans every day and millions of Americans continuing to struggle with drug addiction, Sheff argues in his book that fighting the war on drugs as a criminal problem does not prevent or end addiction …
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David Sheff explores addiction and offers solutions in his new book 'Clean'
"Clean" and another excellent new book, Anne M. Fletcher's "Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About Addiction Treatment — and How to Get Help That Works," provide answers to some of the issues around addiction and recovery: Initial drug use and mixed …
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