addiction

Addiction is recognized as a disease by most major health authorities. The primary symptom is loss of control over the use of one or more addictive drugs, including alcohol. Treatment consists of counseling and new prescription medications designed to bring about abstinence. Older methods like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are still successful for many.

There are hundreds of blogs devoted to treatment and recovery. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), more than 23 million Americans seek treatment each year for illicit drug or alcohol use.

Common drugs of abuse — in addition to alcohol — include heroin, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and nicotine. Detoxification and withdrawal can last for weeks or months, and relapse is common.

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• Are you–or someone you care about–addicted to the Internet?

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 146
  Rehab is now available for addiction to social networking and online gaming . For only ,500, Internet addicts can spend 45 days kicking the habit at the first US Internet addiction rehab center. If you don’t happen to have ,500 handy to help you swear off Facebook and/or World of Warcraft permanently, maybe you ...
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• What Does A Sex Addict Look Like?

  
  YourTango | The Latest Smart Talk About Love — Authority: 599
  Sex addiction is said to affect 22 million Americans. Lemondrop spoke with two sex addicts about their experiences and recovery. Keywords: complicated , Engaged , love buzz , Married , recovery , sex , sex addiction , sex news , single , Starting Over , taken Bookmark/Share this post with: ...
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• Compulsive Lier

  
  Talk About Marriage — Authority: 160
  my husband is addicted to lying about everything to create a false image about himself...he avoids situations which is confrontational eventually when i figure out that he has been lying so far... how do i create a situation where he doesnt lie...or forced to lie.
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• It’s official: Michael Jackson is Tiger Woods (with girls)

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 507
  Have you seen their childhood? Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson reportedly shared an addiction. It doesn’t matter if he’s black or white … he’s a global superstar known and loved the world over (including in Dubai) and now, he’s accused abusing prescription pills. Substitute a bunch of loose women for a ...
  19 hours ago

• TIGER WOODS, Ten More Women Come Forward, Time for Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew!!!

  
  Astrochicks — Authority: 135
  I guess it’s confirmed, Tiger Woods REALLY loves skanky chicks.  He’s a real connoisseur of gold diggers and party girls.  The list of his conquests keep getting longer and longer. With US Weekly shelling out $150k per story and Tiger Woods spending millions to pay off chicks left and right, no wonder there are ...
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• ‘I have to walk forward to keep where I am’

  
  TreatmentCenters.com — Authority: 127
  Every day starts at step one. I am powerless over alcohol. With alcohol my life is unmanageable. For 23 years, Randy has begun his day with the first step of Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12 Step Program. “I always know I am one moment and one drink away from where I was,” Randy said. Randy took his first drink at ...
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  Addiction in the 21st Century — Authority: 136
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  Addiction in the 21st Century — Authority: 136
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• Sanguine Addiction 2007 - Self Enemy

  
  Media-Club New Albums — Authority: 175
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• Study links OxyContin to increase in deaths

  
  TheStar.com - Travel — Authority: 845
  Oxycodone deaths rose fivefold in Ontario after OxyContin – the brand name of a popular version of the prescription painkiller – was introduced to the public drug plan, according to a study published today.
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• How I did with my 10 fall TV predictions

  
  Half Baked, Twice as Good — Authority: 118
  So remember a couple of months ago when I made some TV predictions for fall ? Yeah. Here’s how I did: 1. I was wrong. The gay brothers came in second to Cute Cali Couple on The Amazing Race , and Flight Time and Big Easy (aka the Globetrotters) came in fourth. I was pretty right-on with the final, though I will ...
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• The Difference Between Relationship And Friendship

  
  Talk About Marriage — Authority: 160
  What is the difference between a close friendship and a close relation? Most of us believe that when friendship becomes stronger, it may turn into relationship. The truth is different. Think about the kind of talk you have with your friends. You are always very open about your failures and shortcomings. You are not ...
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• Alexa Ray Joel Overdose: Was It Suicide?

  
  Testing It Up Drug & Health Testing News Test Country Blog — Authority: 141
  Twenty-three year-old Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, was rushed to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Manhattan after paramedics received a 911 call from her apartment in Manhattan’s West Village at around 12:30 pm on Saturday. The up and coming singer reportedly told the paramedics ...
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• The Route Of Treating Drug Addiction

  
  SmartHealthForLife.com — Authority: 158
  Drug addiction, a phenomenon increasing day by day, is associated with a strong and uncontrollable urge to use drugs. When it takes hold of someone, it becomes the deciding factor of all his or her motives. Described by the Diagnostic, and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition as a pathological state, ...
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• George Michael, We Dont Need Your Education!!!

  
  Socialite Life — Authority: 159
  All in all, for George Michael, its just another hole in the wall... In sitting down for an interview, George spoke freely, and not in past-tense I might add, about cruising for sex, smoking the whacky tabaccky, and what he says he knows are misconceptions of his health and... ...read full story
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• NHS Southwark consultation on drug and alcohol services

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Course-dangers-binge-drinking-waste-money/article-1580004-detail/article.html A SCHEME to tackle drink-related crime in Derbyshire has been described as "an utter waste of time and money" by the county councils Liberal Democrat group. Under the "reducing alcohol harm" ...
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• Now Is The Time To Contact An Alcohol Treatment Center

  
  Blog To Million — Authority: 129
  Do you have a loved one that is an alcoholic? If so, you need to read this article. You have probably already tried to get your loved one to seek alcohol addiction treatment…..and you have failed. That is not surprising because it often takes an arrest for DWI or some violent crime for an alcoholic to agree to seek ...
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• Australia: Drug and alcohol abuse behind more kids being put in care

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,26448970-2682,00.html MATT WILLIAMS A GROWING number of children are being removed from their families and put into state care because of drug and alcohol abuse among parents. South Australian Guardian for Children Pam Simmons, who has 25 years experience as ...
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• Case Western Reserve Researchers New Pathway Discovery Published As Paper Of The Week

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  Case Western Reserve University researchers, from the School of Medicines Department of Nutrition, discovered two new metabolic pathways by which products of lipid peroxidation and some drugs of abuse, known as 4-hydroxyacids, are metabolized. The pathways were identified by a combination of metabolomics and mass ...
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