5 Ways you are Enabling an Addict
Most people don’t want to enable the addict in their life, they only want to help. Yet so many friends and loved ones of the addict end up doing more harm than good by enabling.
The ‘War On Drugs’: Hot Topic of Debate
Many legislators and experts in the field of addiction have come forward in recent years to proclaim that the ‘war on drugs’ has failed and that it is time to usher in an era of new policies.
Comedian Moshe Kasher Publishes New Memoir About Addiction
Kasher isn’t the first comedian to work his way through an addiction and come back around to talk about it on the stage – but he’s one of the most recent ones to publish a memoir that gets into the nitty gritty details of his experience with drugs and alcohol.
Drug Courts Proven Successful Time and Again in Suburban Illinois
Suburban Illinois is celebrating these days; numerous counties in the area have found a great deal of success rehabilitating those with drug addictions who end up committing crimes by processing them through drug court rather than criminal court.
Drug Testing and Child Custody After Drug Addiction: the Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller Issue
It’s not an uncommon thing for a family court judge to demand: parents with drug abuse and addiction histories may be required to take drug tests in order to maintain custody of their children. It’s something that both Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller were required to do, according to TMZ. And also according to TMZ, . . . . Continue Reading
Kristin Cavallari Says MTV Made False Drug Addiction Claims to Boost Ratings
Kristin Cavallari is one of the stars of MTV’s The Hills, and she is not happy. She says that MTV and Us Weekly manipulated the truth and used false allegations of drug addiction in order to boost their ratings. She says that her recent Us Weekly cover that claimed she needed to go to drug . . . . Continue Reading
Girl Friends in Drug Addiction Recovery: Cat Fights, Tears and Hugs
Women need the friendship of other women to sustain them through the bad times and help them celebrate the good times. Friendships are said to increase longevity, happiness, and quality of life – and isn’t recovery devoted to all those things? But what do you do when your girl friends do nothing but cause you . . . . Continue Reading