The consequence for her behavior against a rehab worker this past December yields no formal charges. Addiction seems to be the “buzz” word lately, with headlines, twitter, facebook and blogs all writing about the “trending” condition. This attention can be either good or bad for the recovery community. We can hope that this attention will…

“Yesterday I called my Internet provider with a billing question and got a vivacious female robot who told me how glad she was to help me. Could we begin with my touch-toning my phone number? I hit O for operator, but this time the robot paused for a second and said calmly, like Nurse Ratched,…

The term “bath salts” no longer refers to a nice long soak after a long day. The term refers to a designer drug, which is legal that is creeping onto the radar of substances that are being used abused and creating addiction. Bath salts refer to a fine, salt-white powder that can be purchased at…

A news report recently spoke of an increase in the number of adolescents huffing. Huffing is not a new addiction but it hasn’t been in the spotlight as often as other addictions, such as prescription drugs and alcohol. Huffing refers to the abuse of inhalants. The addict inhales the chemicals from various chemicals to induce…

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