In Recovery
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Addiction Recovery and the Corona Crisis
The absence of in person addiction recovery services and 12 -Step meetings puts us at heightened levels of risk and anxiety. Let’s explore some options.
Former Meth Users Can Regain Impulse Control; After About a Year of Abstinence
Researchers at UC Davis have shown that although meth users in recovery have a very difficult time with impulse control, that after 1 year of abstinence, the brain regains much cognitive control.
Last Year Drug Rehab – This Year a Super Bowl: Anthony Hargrove Celebrates a Year of Sobriety
Last year, without a team to play for, Hargrove wasn’t worried about football - he was trying to take his life back, spending 10 months in drug rehab and treatment for cocaine, alcohol and marijuana abuse.
Josh Hamilton A Living Testimony
In his record-breaking performance at the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium, last week, Josh Hamilton was a living testament that people can change their lives and can overcome addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Texas Rangers’ Josh Hamilton Admits to January Relapse; Says, He’s Human
Hamilton says that pictures posted online yesterday that show him in compromising poses with women while seemingly drunk at a bar are real and were taken in Tempe Arizona in January.
The End of Relapse? Researchers Using Brain Protein Manipulations Claim a Breakthrough
By altering levels of GDNF (a brain protein) in rats, researchers in California were able to greatly reduce alcohol cravings and consumption. Fellow scientists call it a landmark study.
Study Shows that People Overestimate Their Capacity to Resist Temptation
Research shows that we overestimate our powers of self control and so we unconcernedly expose ourselves to temptation – increasing our probability of succumbing to it.
Abstinent Recovering Alcoholics May Sleep Poorly For Years after Quitting
Researchers have long known that alcoholics in recovery face a lengthy period of sleep disruption, but some latest work out of the University of Melbourne suggests that a history of alcoholism can negatively affect sleep quality for as long as 2 years after achieving abstinence.
Computer Software "Therapy" Helps Drug Addicts Avoid Relapse
Conventional therapy supplemented with computer assisted therapy works seems to work better than in-person therapy alone.
"Blood on the Walls" Biker Bar Transformed Into House of Recovery
Once the roughest joint in town, the Eastwood Tavern has been renamed the Eastwood House of Recovery - Now healing instead of hurting.
Josh Hamilton - From Addiction to All-Star Game Records
Hamilton continues his fairy tale season, setting a new record with 28 homers in the batting derby last night.
Patrick Kennedy Says He Left Congress to Focus on Recovery
With more than a half dozen rehab stints behind him, former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is opening up about a life of addiction on Capitol Hill to help de-stigmatize brain diseases and to raise money for brain disease research.
Alcoholics Anonymous Works! Two New Studies Show Effectiveness of AA
Two research studies released this month show that AA works to help people reduce their consumption and drinking frequency – and that the more often you attend meetings, the better it works.