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- Recovery Month highlights getting help for addiction
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- ‘Oops phenomenon’ explains addiction as a brain disease
- Older adults deserve recovery from alcoholism, addiction to prescription drugs
- New booklet explains addiction as a brain disease
- National Recovery Month helps reduce stigma of addiction
- Moyers’ memoir serves as a voice for recovery
- Chemical-creativity link may be folklore
- Celebrities offer hope, healing by telling their real-life stories of addiction and recovery
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- Researchers study alcohol’s link to Alzheimer’s
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- Energy drinks and alcohol: A dangerous mix
- Dan Anderson led social reform movement that humanized the treatment of alcoholics
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- Alcohol use disorders abound; yet most people never get help
- Alcohol may affect male’s role in reproduction
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- AA offers recovery, not religion
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- Culture of acceptance must change to detour binge drinking at colleges
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- Clergy can play key role in healing from alcoholism
- Clergy can play a key role in addressing addiction
- Childhood ADHD linked to substance abuse
- Chemical-creativity link may be folklore
- Celebrities offer hope, healing by telling their real-life stories of addiction and recovery
- Businesses benefit by helping substance abusing workers
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- Alcohol poisoning: Drinking too much too fast can kill you
- Alcohol may benefit heart, but what about its risks
- Alcohol may affect male’s role in reproduction
- Alcohol can take a heavier toll on women
- Alcohol and sexual assault–breaking the link
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Twelve Steps apply to nicotine addiction
“I started to wake up in the middle of the night to have a cigarette,” recalled Barry, a recovering alcoholic. “I could almost set my clock by it. About 2:30 every morning I’d need to wake up and have a cigarette before I’d go back to sleep. That scared me.”
This was reason enough to [...]
Tobacco recovery options abound: Do what works
No one says that quitting tobacco is easy. But if you smoke and want to quit, you can draw on more sources of help than ever before.
According to the American Lung Association, over 44 million Americans have quit. Most of them tried several times before they succeeded. But they quit for good.
Dr. Michael [...]
Tips for people who want to quit smoking
There is no one right way to quit smoking. However, people who succeed at quitting consistently do the following things:
1. Set a quit date.
Setting a date too far in the future allows time to talk yourself out of quitting. To increase your odds of success, set a quit date for some time within [...]
Smokers: Plan to quit during Great American Smokeout
People who want to quit smoking are most likely to succeed when they gain support. This can come from many sources–family members, friends, books, classes, counseling, medication, and more. However, only one in seven smokers reports using such resources during their last attempt to quit.
If you’re a smoker, you can break this pattern. Take [...]
Nicotine Anonymous offers steps to a smoke-free life
Kelly used cigarettes to literally create a smokescreen between her and other people. “It helped me to stuff my feelings,” she recalls, describing many of her relationships at the time as unhealthy.
“This smokescreen prevented me from seeing this clearly and allowed me to hide and be in denial. Instead of examining my feelings in [...]
Great American Smokeout urges smokers to set a quit date
The Great American Smokeout demonstrates that one person with a good idea can make a difference that saves millions of lives.
In 1971, a man named Arthur Mullaney challenged his fellow residents of Randolph, Mass., to stop smoking for just one day and donate the money they saved to a high school scholarship fund. Three [...]
Behavior therapy can help smokers quit
The latest news for smokers who want to quit is that a variety of nicotine replacement therapies are available. People who want to free themselves from cigarettes can now consume nicotine in less harmful forms, such as sprays or gums, and gradually wean themselves from the drug altogether.
This does not mean, however, that we [...]
Not smoking, other healthy habits may add years to your life
A recent study indicates that you might add up to 14 years to your life by adopting four health habits: staying smoke-free, drinking moderately, eating more fruits and vegetables, and being physically active.
“These results may provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may make a big difference to health in [...]
Children are the innocent victims of second-hand smoke
It’s not hard to imagine: New parents in their late twenties (we’ll call them Tom and Amber) are thrilled at the birth of their daughter, Lucy. They researched car seats, choosing the one that rated the highest in safety tests. Although Lucy won’t even crawl for several months, they’ve already childproofed the house with things [...]

