Addiction: Helping a Loved One
Addiction: helping a loved one – Looking after someone who has a drug or alcohol addiction can be daunting and frustrating, and it can damage your own health. Get expert advice on what to do to help your loved ones and find out how to look after yourself at the same time. Learn more about addictions visit www.nhs.uk
Program to help the families of substance abusers
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The Family Education Program is a five-session series that helps parents and family members of adult alcoholics and addicts understand the disease of addiction and the process of recovery. It will help participants develop a road map for change in …
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Britain's Obesity Epidemic: Are We Addicted to Sugar?
Filed under: addiction help for families
Dr. Damien Downing, the president of the British Society for Ecological medicine and an addiction treatment specialist, says that overeating must be approached, at least in part, as an addiction. "Often overeating is linked to an addiction to sugar …
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Sutter Wins National Award for Program to Help Homeless Substance Abusers
Filed under: addiction help for families
The Serial Inebriate Program, launched in 2006, houses up to 10 people for 90 days, during which clients receive alcohol addiction counseling and permanent housing through Sacramento Self Help Housing. Additionally, the Serial Inebriate Program clients …
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Parents jailed for toddler's methadone death
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The trial had heard that Dent, who had been addicted to heroin since she was 16 and also used cocaine, had been prescribed methadone to help her overcome the addiction but had struggled to kick the habit. The judge accepted that Binfield's culpability …
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