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Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler enters rehab
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler enters rehab Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has entered a rehabilitation facility to treat an addiction to painkillers his doctor says he has taken to deal with a decade of...
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“Curing” a Hangover
Hangovers are primarily caused by two things: dehydration and the impurities (congeners) that give different kinds of booze their individuality. Alcohol is a powerful diuretic, causing your body to...
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Q&A — How long does alcohol detox last, and what can I do to relieve the...
Alcohol withdrawal without medical help can, and frequently does, result in some or all of the following complications: extreme anxiety disorientation hallucinations sleep disorders hand tremors nausea...
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Q&A: Is it hard to come off cannabis?
Heavy cannabis users sometimes develop a mild physical addiction that causes withdrawal symptoms that can last several weeks. These are usually mild, and include the jitters, occasional other mild...
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The First Step Is No Theory — Part 1
All 12-step programs use some variation of the following as their first step: “We admitted we were powerless over (insert addiction here)–that our lives had become unmanageable.” Many of us had...
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Is Marijuana Addictive?
I received this letter as a comment on another site. It is reproduced with the permission of the writer. Edited for clarity in one place (brackets). I’ve been smoking pot for about 3 years now, and was...
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Why I Haven’t Been Posting Much Lately
Both of my faithful readers will by now have noticed that I’m not posting very regularly on this site. It’s not though lack of interest, and I didn’t relapse (in fact, I just celebrated my 21st sober...
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New Ft. Lauderdale Facility For Sunrise
I had a chance yesterday to tour the new Sunrise Detox facility in Ft. Lauderdale. You can see some more photos here at the blog. If you’re interested in more details, leave a comment or use the...
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There Are Bad Drugs and Good Drugs, And You Probably Aren’t Qualified To...
The 29th of May marked the four-year anniversary of our granddaughter’s suicide. The death of a beautiful 19-year-old is always tragic. Cadi’s was especially so, because it almost certainly didn’t have...
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Silent danger: Living with a secret addiction
Addictions can sneak up on you. I embraced my alcoholism with open arms, but became addicted to prescription drugs without realizing it, and entirely because of ignorance on my part and the part of my...
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