Drug Addiction – Triggers and Craving

Drug Addiction – Triggers and Craving – Drug addiction develops over time from prolonged substance use which typically occurs in various places and with different people. When a person decides to cut down or quit their use it’s important in drug treatment therapy to recognize the barriers and triggers for managing drug craving. This will help a person successfully manage the cravings and avoid drug relapse. www.oaTherapyChicago.com

Massey: Removing stigma first step to decreasing suicide

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13 Community Conversation — “The Interrelationship Between Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Suicide” — hosted by the Farmington Area Suicide Prevention Task Force and the Graham E. Smith Memorial Fund. The Community Conversation drew an …
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Q&A: What Really Goes on In Drug Rehabs

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In a new book, author Anne Fletcher reveals the good and the bad state of care in drug rehab facilities. Last summer, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released a report detailing the devastating state of …
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OPINION: State, community must protect youth from substance abuse

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Your support for the Drug Free Community (DFC) Fund being financed at the highest possible level in financial year 2013 and 2014, and reauthorized this year, will give the 32 current DFC-funded community prevention coalitions in Washington state the …
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The Station nightclub fire – 10 years later

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Russell attributed the grave illness to a fall, but Kendall, the guitarist who cofounded Great White with Russell in the 1970s, believes it was the long-term damage from substance abuse. Kendall also said that Russell was having difficulty standing …
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