Just this past August 29th, President George W. Bush officially proclaimed the month of September to be National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month.
That is good news to people like Jon Heller, the founder of http://www.soberrecovery.com/ and advocate of the recent "addiction awareness" nod on the part of government. September also happens to be the same month that SoberRecovery.com -a growing Alcoholism, Addiction and Mental Health Portal- was launched, exactly five years ago on September 25th.
The site now receives almost 10,000 visitors daily who view more than 1 million pages every month. That adds up to a lot of information for addicts and alcoholics looking to start a sober life, or start one over again. Information is one thing SR has in spades. Type in the keywords, “alcohol and addiction recovery” or “alcohol and drug treatment” in Google and you’ll most often find the site at or near the very top. With 2,473 Recovery Resources in 57 unique Categories, SoberRecovery is referenced 171,000 times in Google alone, and has more than 33,000 of its pages indexed by Yahoo. The site's online visibility is only continuing to grow as even more similar sites continue to crop up. (more)
Monday, September 19, 2005
Crack Cocaine Hits London
Crack in the U.K.
Researchers from Imperial College published research in the Society for the Study of Addiction, which said there could be 46,000 crack cocaine users in London, which has a substantial problem with crack cocaine. A study claimed one in every 100 Londoners aged between 15 and 44 could be using the drug.
Researchers from Imperial College published research in the Society for the Study of Addiction, which said there could be 46,000 crack cocaine users in London, which has a substantial problem with crack cocaine. A study claimed one in every 100 Londoners aged between 15 and 44 could be using the drug.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Recovery Month Community Events: Vermont
Recovery Month Community Events-Vermont
Miracles Happen March: Celebrate the Power of Recovery
SAMHSA Sponsored
A Bi-State event with NH & VT
A walk across the Route 4 bridge from White River Junction, VT to Old West Lebanon, NH, and gather for speakers, entertainment and refreshments.
Date:9/16/2005
Location
White River Junction, VT
Program Agenda
5:15 p.m. Gather at the Turning Point Recovery Center5:30 p.m. Walk across the Route 4 bridge to Old West Lebanon and turn around and walk back to the municipal building covered podium. 6 p.m. to 7:45 At Municipal Building, celebration begins with welcome, introduction of dignitaries, followed by first-person recovery stories and closing 7:45 p.m. Return to Turning Point Club8 to 9 p.m. 12 Step Meeting
Invited Officials/Presenters:
Dr. C. Everett KoopGovernor James DouglasNH First Lady Susan LynchDr. Charles CurieDr. Westley Clark
Expected Number of Participants
200
Invited Participants/Audience
Everyone is invited from both New Hampshire and Vermont.
Miracles Happen March: Celebrate the Power of Recovery
SAMHSA Sponsored
A Bi-State event with NH & VT
A walk across the Route 4 bridge from White River Junction, VT to Old West Lebanon, NH, and gather for speakers, entertainment and refreshments.
Date:9/16/2005
Location
White River Junction, VT
Program Agenda
5:15 p.m. Gather at the Turning Point Recovery Center5:30 p.m. Walk across the Route 4 bridge to Old West Lebanon and turn around and walk back to the municipal building covered podium. 6 p.m. to 7:45 At Municipal Building, celebration begins with welcome, introduction of dignitaries, followed by first-person recovery stories and closing 7:45 p.m. Return to Turning Point Club8 to 9 p.m. 12 Step Meeting
Invited Officials/Presenters:
Dr. C. Everett KoopGovernor James DouglasNH First Lady Susan LynchDr. Charles CurieDr. Westley Clark
Expected Number of Participants
200
Invited Participants/Audience
Everyone is invited from both New Hampshire and Vermont.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Addiction Help Web Site Celebrates 5 Years
Online Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Community urges everyone to tell their story. http://www.soberrecovery.com/ offers help and support for alcoholics, addicts, family and friends.
Web site Celebrating 5 years of providing substance abuse help online while honoring National Recovery Month.
As the many volunteers and moderators are getting ready for the web site's 5th Birthday, you might think, “What's so special about a website for alcoholics, drug addicts and co-dependents?”
SoberRecovery.com's founder would tell you, “We don't judge, we don't charge those needing help or those providing it, and we never close. There is always someone there to help you. Always.”
Perhaps the best proof that SR is fulfilling its mission is right on the message boards, which are constantly flowing with threads and posts from addicts, alcoholics and their family and friends, such as these from a current message thread: “Where Were You When You Found SR?”
“I was out of my mind... with worry for my husband, who had just had a slip after being clean for 8 months. But it wasn't his slip that did it, it was the way I reacted a week later. I won't go into details, but suffice it to say, I hit MY bottom and realized some changes needed to be made–by me.“I did a search on addiction and codependency and found my way here. Thus began the journey. My recovery from codependency and ACOA began here. My acceptance of my parents and childhood happened here. You walked with me through my husband's recovery, relapse, and attempts at finding recovery again…You are my family.”
Yet another member relates his experience with the SoberRecovery.com site:“…I had finally come to realize that my son was addicted to heroin…. I searched for literally everything relating to addiction and I kept finding SR. I remember thinking...'but I don't need a chat room, I need information!' Then I read a few posts and began to cry...there were others like me out there.”
Web site Celebrating 5 years of providing substance abuse help online while honoring National Recovery Month.
As the many volunteers and moderators are getting ready for the web site's 5th Birthday, you might think, “What's so special about a website for alcoholics, drug addicts and co-dependents?”
SoberRecovery.com's founder would tell you, “We don't judge, we don't charge those needing help or those providing it, and we never close. There is always someone there to help you. Always.”
Perhaps the best proof that SR is fulfilling its mission is right on the message boards, which are constantly flowing with threads and posts from addicts, alcoholics and their family and friends, such as these from a current message thread: “Where Were You When You Found SR?”
“I was out of my mind... with worry for my husband, who had just had a slip after being clean for 8 months. But it wasn't his slip that did it, it was the way I reacted a week later. I won't go into details, but suffice it to say, I hit MY bottom and realized some changes needed to be made–by me.“I did a search on addiction and codependency and found my way here. Thus began the journey. My recovery from codependency and ACOA began here. My acceptance of my parents and childhood happened here. You walked with me through my husband's recovery, relapse, and attempts at finding recovery again…You are my family.”
Yet another member relates his experience with the SoberRecovery.com site:“…I had finally come to realize that my son was addicted to heroin…. I searched for literally everything relating to addiction and I kept finding SR. I remember thinking...'but I don't need a chat room, I need information!' Then I read a few posts and began to cry...there were others like me out there.”
Friday, September 09, 2005
Library of Addiction News: Substance Abuse Stories
Alcoholism and Addiction News
Alcoholism
Alcoholism Treatment in Russia
Desire to Quit key in Treating Alcoholism
A true desire to quit -- not therapy for the condition -- is what drives alcoholics to abstain from drinking, report researchers who reviewed data from the largest alcoholism treatment trial ever conducted..
Alcoholism treatment in Russia in transition
MOSCOW - The treatment of alcoholism in Russia - like the economy and the Russian version of democracy - is very much in transition.
Alcohol Health Research World - Highlights from the 1987 National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey
March 22, 1989 -- Highlights from the 1987 National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey NDATUS BACKGROUND INFORMATION The National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment.
Drugs and Substance Abuse
Heroin Addiction Treatment Directory
This searchable directory of drug and alcohol treatment programs shows the location of facilities around the country that treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems..
The Locator includes more than 11,000 addiction treatment programs, including residential treatment centers, outpatient treatment programs, and hospital inpatient programs for drug addiction and alcoholism. Listings include treatment programs for marijuana, cocaine, and heroin addiction, as well as drug and alcohol treatment programs for adolescents, and adults.
Gambling Addiction
Controlling An Addiction To Gambling
The stages are similar, the signs are alike, and, most of all, the devastating social effects.
Teen Addiction
Marijuana Abuse and Addiction
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. A dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, it usually is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong). It also is smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana, often in combination with another drug. Use also might include mixing marijuana in food or brewing it as a tea.
Mental Health - Dual Diagnosis
How Family and Friends Can Help
The Role of the Patients Family in Treatment, How Family and Friends Can Help, and What to do if someone you know has a Substance Abuse Problem and the Symptoms of a Co-Occurring Disorder.
General Addiction Information
Alcoholism and Addictions Help-Site Gears up to Celebrate 5 years
Palm Springs, CA – September 6, 2005 –
Online Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Community invites those in recovery to tell their story during National Recovery Month.. http://www.SoberRecovery.com.
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Common in Substance Abusers
Eating disorders common among people in substance abuse treatment
Item in CMHAOntarios Mental Health Notes - Clinicians need to be aware of the high rate of eating disorders among both women and men who are in treatment for substance abuse problems, according to a recent article in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.. Among 1,613 people who were seeking treatment for substance use disorders at a large metropolitan addiction treatment centre.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism Treatment in Russia
Desire to Quit key in Treating Alcoholism
A true desire to quit -- not therapy for the condition -- is what drives alcoholics to abstain from drinking, report researchers who reviewed data from the largest alcoholism treatment trial ever conducted..
Alcoholism treatment in Russia in transition
MOSCOW - The treatment of alcoholism in Russia - like the economy and the Russian version of democracy - is very much in transition.
Alcohol Health Research World - Highlights from the 1987 National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey
March 22, 1989 -- Highlights from the 1987 National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey NDATUS BACKGROUND INFORMATION The National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment.
Drugs and Substance Abuse
Heroin Addiction Treatment Directory
This searchable directory of drug and alcohol treatment programs shows the location of facilities around the country that treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems..
The Locator includes more than 11,000 addiction treatment programs, including residential treatment centers, outpatient treatment programs, and hospital inpatient programs for drug addiction and alcoholism. Listings include treatment programs for marijuana, cocaine, and heroin addiction, as well as drug and alcohol treatment programs for adolescents, and adults.
Gambling Addiction
Controlling An Addiction To Gambling
The stages are similar, the signs are alike, and, most of all, the devastating social effects.
Teen Addiction
Marijuana Abuse and Addiction
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. A dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, it usually is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong). It also is smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana, often in combination with another drug. Use also might include mixing marijuana in food or brewing it as a tea.
Mental Health - Dual Diagnosis
How Family and Friends Can Help
The Role of the Patients Family in Treatment, How Family and Friends Can Help, and What to do if someone you know has a Substance Abuse Problem and the Symptoms of a Co-Occurring Disorder.
General Addiction Information
Alcoholism and Addictions Help-Site Gears up to Celebrate 5 years
Palm Springs, CA – September 6, 2005 –
Online Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Community invites those in recovery to tell their story during National Recovery Month.. http://www.SoberRecovery.com.
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Common in Substance Abusers
Eating disorders common among people in substance abuse treatment
Item in CMHAOntarios Mental Health Notes - Clinicians need to be aware of the high rate of eating disorders among both women and men who are in treatment for substance abuse problems, according to a recent article in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.. Among 1,613 people who were seeking treatment for substance use disorders at a large metropolitan addiction treatment centre.
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