HELPING ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG ADDICTED PEOPLE
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- Communication with Alcoholics and AddictsThe importance of communication with people alcoholics and drug addicts, and how to communicate with them.
- Help for Parents of Alcoholics and AddictsWhen you have a grown child who abuses alcohol and/or drugs it affects everyone in the family. Get help with your own recovery so they can recover themselves.
- Treatment and Education Versus Incarceration for Drug Addicted Offendersthis is a first person as well as research based account of the drug "rehabilitation" system in place as opposed to the "lock them away and forget them theory."
- Intervention on A&E, a Realistic Look into the Lives of Alcoholics and Addicts, and the People Who Love ThemAre you in need of an Intervention?
- Legal Drugs and Addiction: An OverviewAre you addicted to over-the-counter drugs?
- Helping PeopleAn essay relating a discussion I had with my undergraduate students about the nature of helping the needy and the homeless.
- Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation in Kansas City, MOA brief look at what drug or alcohol abuse can cause, resources to help determine if a person needs help, and a summery of what rehabilitation can do. Also, a comprehensive list of Kansas City based rehabilitation clinics and their specifics.
- Tales of the Traveling TwinsI got my first job teaching English overseas at the end of a painful and pathetic period of my life as a drug-addicted degenerate barely surviving in Eugene, Oregon USA. I was 42 years old. My preferred pick-me-up at the time was methamphetamine
- Children and ViolenceExposure of children to violence is becoming a major issue in today's society.
Review of "Cracked": Dr. Drew Pinsky's Book About Addiction, Recovery and RelapsePros: Compelling but often times depressing to read. Cons: Unless you've known an addict, most of the book won't make sense.- Hope for Beating Prescription Drug AbusePrescription drug abuse and addiction is on the rise. It is an epidemic that can't be ignored. The following will help you identify the signs of an addict and how to obtain help.
Alcoholism and BehaviorAlcoholism is just as big and widespread today as it was ten years ago. Children are starting to drink at much earlier ages than ever before. What can we do about it?- Enablers; Addicted to FeelingsAn informative article written to help enablers break free of their need to have others need them. Enablers help keep addicts addicted. They just don't consciously understand their part in the co-dependent cycle.
- Drug Abuse Among Seniors in America, an Ageless PredatorDrug abuse among the elderly is a little known problem, but one that needs to be addressed now.
- Addiction Treatment: Questions & AnswersThe consequences of an addiction are great. Getting help and addiction treatment can help someone get back on track in living a healthy lifestyle.
The Good Boy Part 2In another chapter from "The Good Boy," Joshua is all grown up and finally paying for his hard partying ways with a trip to Lindsay Lohan's second home--also known as rehab.- Marijuana: Miracle Herb or Dangerous Addiction?Marijuana has been used for centuries and has only become illegal in the last one hundred years. It was legal as recently as when Ronald Reagan was a boy. A person cannot overdose on pot and there are many industrial uses for the plant.
- A Study in Gambling Addiction Among College StudentsThis research paper includes a study conducted in 2006 at a private college regarding gambling behavior and addiction.
Internet Addiction DisorderInternet addiction is something that is tearing up families just as dramatically as alcoholism or gambling.- 5 Tips for Breaking the Cycle of Sexual AddictionAre you or someone you know stuck in the cycle of sexual addiction? Are you or the person you know unsure on how to go about in breaking the cycle of sexual addiction?
- Please Start a Men's Al-Anon Meeting in Your Community!Read this and learn how to start a safe meeting where the men in your community who live with alcoholic family members can meet and support each other to recover from their codependency.
- Pornography Awareness WeekThe anti-porn proponents want us to know exactly how bad pornography really is so they have declared an awareness week.
- It's Not What You ThinkLast year I toured the country interviewing the homeless and formerly homeless as part of the documentary film "These Storied Streets" (out this spring). What I found were stories much more similar to my own than I ever imagined.
- Substance AbuseMany variables are playing a role in the onset of dependant personality behaviors, therefore, a cocktail of different therapies may be tested over time, or combined to obtain the most comfortable and effective long term solution to recovery.
An Alcoholic's Effect on His FamilyThis is the true story of an alcoholic - within our family - and the effects he's had on those who love him. It is a plea to others to seek help - as alcoholics or the ones whose lives are touched by them.- Phra Hans; In Memory of the Addict's FriendPhra Hans was a Buddhist monk who stayed at Wat Thamkrabok, Thailand. He devoted his life to helping drug addicts and alcoholics. Here is one addict's story of gratitude to this humble monk.
- Tatum O'Neal's Interview on OprahMost Americans remember the vivacious little girl, Tatum O'Neal, in her first role with her father in "Paper Moon." This article speaks of her struggles and recovery efforts.
- Humanitarian Arthur Pratt Dies at Age 83.Arthur Pratt dedicated his life to helping others.
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