Recovery: A Community Affair

Recovery: A Community Affair – Hundreds celebrate their recovery at Balboa Park sponsored by San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) and its many prevention and treatment partners to commemorate September as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month.

Is The Era Of OxyContin Abuse Over?

Filed under: alcohol and drug addiction recovery

But the new observational study (Abuse Rates and Routes of Administration of Reformulated Extended-Release Oxycodone: Initial Findings From a Sentinel Surveillance Sample of Individuals Assessed for Substance Abuse Treatment), suggests a breakthrough …
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Military cracks down on alcohol abuse amid age-old bingeing habit

Filed under: alcohol and drug addiction recovery

The agency has a stated policy to "prevent and eliminate drug and alcohol abuse and dependence from the Department of Defense." The U.S. military, therefore, screens for problem drinking, provides treatment for those identified with alcohol or drug …
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How to Tame Your Inner Shopaholic

Filed under: alcohol and drug addiction recovery

A woman—let's call her Jane—was admitted to the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery, not for drugs or alcohol, but for something we've likely all been doing this holiday season: shopping. Sitting in progress groups with cocaine addicts, Jane …
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