Addiction Recovery News 10/2006 (Page 5)

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X FACTOR finalist Ben Mills admitted last night: "I'm a cocaine addict." But the long-haired rocker claimed he has been clean for seven months after receiving intensive drug counselling. (Oct 11, 2006)

Justin Hawkins has decided to leave The Darkness to focus on his recovery from drink and drug addiction. The singer has also revealed the amount of money he has spent on cocaine. (Oct 11, 2006)

ALBION – A drug addiction rehabilitation program, know as a drug court, could be part of the Noble County court system by January. (Oct 11, 2006)

Former The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins is considering a career in counselling after spending months in rehab battling addictions. (Oct 11, 2006)

Addiction treatment and recovery advocate William Cope Moyers has penned a memoir about his own experience with alcohol and other drugs, the Los Angeles Times reported Oct. 9. (Oct 11, 2006)

A continuing battle with drug addiction has forced The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins to quit the British glam rock band, U.K.'s the Sun newspaper reports. (Oct 11, 2006)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Department of Highways District 5 Office announces the revised schedule for the Interstate 65 Rehabilitation. (Oct 11, 2006)

LATEST: MEL GIBSON insists he is working to heal himself after emerging from rehab and has been sober for the past 65 days. Gibson entered rehab afte (Oct 11, 2006)

Drug addiction has claimed the career of another rocker. Fortunately, it is a conscientious decision and not drug-induced fugue that made The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins hang up his microphone for a different life. The 31-year-old ''I Believe in a Thing Called Love'' singer said it is imperative that he give up the rock and roll celebrity lifestyle to stay clean after his rehabilitation (Oct 11, 2006)

Rehab World owners Rolando and Diane Gersava celebrated the clinic’s sixth anniversary with a silent auction that raised more than $500 to benefit Fayette Cares. (Oct 11, 2006)

RehabCare Group Inc. and St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo., said Wednesday that they intend to form a joint venture and file a state Certificate of Need to develop and operate a new physical rehabilitation hospital. (Oct 11, 2006)

ST VINCENT’S Hospital will close the region’s only rehabilitation unit in nine weeks, it was revealed at a public meeting in Lismore last night. About 200 people from as far away as Tenterfield gathered in the Lismore Workers Club looking for hope for the Northern Rivers’ health services. (Oct 11, 2006)

The number of alcoholics and drug addicts claiming incapacity benefit has doubled since Labour came to power. New figures show that the situation has got worse this year, despite the Government's claim to be getting to grips with Britain's 'sick note' culture (Oct 12, 2006)

DENVER - John Walters, Director of National Drug Control, toured several Colorado schools to announce a $14 million grant aimed at curbing drug use amongst students. (Oct 12, 2006)

A hundred thousand people are being paid incapacity benefit every week because they are alcoholics or drug addicts, it emerged yesterday. (Oct 12, 2006)

Hawkins to spend more time in rehab. (Oct 12, 2006)

The nation's drug czar blasted Amendment 44 during his visit to Colorado on Wednesday. The proposed amendment would make it legal for Coloradans to have an ounce or less of marijuana. (Oct 12, 2006)

Sorry I’m a bit late with this column. It’s not because I am an alcoholic and have checked into rehab. Or because I am a gay man. Or because as a young choir boy I was fondled by priests. (Oct 12, 2006)

By Valerie Kuklenski\ Staff Writer The gate buzzes and opens, revealing a secluded street winding its way up a Malibu hillside marked by lavish homes and lush landscapes. (Oct 12, 2006)

Colorado will receive $15 million over five years from the federal government to establish school-based health care systems designed to identify students battling drug abuse. (Oct 12, 2006)

London, Oct 12: The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has announced that he is quitting the band in order to concentrate on his recovery from drink and drug addiction. (Oct 12, 2006)

London, Oct 12 (ANI): The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has announced that he is quitting the band in order to concentrate on his recovery from drink and drug addiction. (Oct 12, 2006)

MANATEE - The family of a missing 45-year-old woman is hopeful that its trek into an area with a high level of drug-related activity off U.S. 41 will pay off in the near future. (Oct 12, 2006)

Daunte Culpepper began retracing the steps to his rehabilitation Wednesday, at least two months after he last dispensed with part of the program and five weeks after the Dolphins first realized the quarterback was not his old self. (Oct 12, 2006)

The nation's drug czar slammed a thick ream of paper on the podium and declared it contained study after study showing marijuana leads to mental illness and other health problems. (Oct 12, 2006)

Planning and Zoning, Public Hearing, 7 p.m., Town Hall. Rehab Review Committee, 4 p.m., 23 Union St. (Oct 12, 2006)

Drug maker Nabi Biopharmaceuticals on Thursday said it has completed enrollment ahead of schedule for its mid-stage study of NicVax, a potential vaccine to treat nicotine addiction and prevent smokers from relapsing. (Oct 12, 2006)

(AP) BOCA RATON, Fla. Drug maker Nabi Biopharmaceuticals on Thursday said it has completed enrollment ahead of schedule for its mid-stage study of NicVax, a potential vaccine to treat nicotine addiction and prevent smokers from relapsing. (Oct 12, 2006)

3559. City will be sued back to the stoneage. How will the city avoid this multi-million dollar disaster? Beer being consumed on city property that was paid for by the department, one kid in a wheelchair with 2 broken legs the other facing months of rehab. (Oct 12, 2006)

Here are the death notices we have received today in the Times Recorder newsroom. This list will be updated as obituaries are received. Regina D. Buller , 62, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at Genesis Extended Care and Rehab Center. (Oct 12, 2006)

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a unique mechanism of action of a new drug that shows great promise for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. (Oct 12, 2006)

For 40 years, I didn't miss a single deadline, but since July, I have missed every one. I also, to my intense disappointment, missed the Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Having just written my first review since June ("The Queen" -- for 10/12), I think an update is in order. (Oct 12, 2006)

The Darkness' once bright future is suddenly gloomy. Fresh off a stint in rehab, the band's cat suit-wearing frontman and cofounder shocked fans by announcing he's quitting the glam-rock outfit he led to chart-topping success. The group has decided to soldier on without him, though no word yet on exactly who'll be replacing him. (Oct 12, 2006)

HEALTH boss Chris Crawford has shut down hopes that the St Vincent’s Hospital decision to close the region’s rehabilitation unit might be reversed. (Oct 12, 2006)

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals is selling a drug that treats kidney disease to Fresenius Medical Care of Germany and pushing ahead in tests of an anti-smoking product. (Oct 12, 2006)

More business condominiums are in the works on Attucks Lane in Hyannis. (Oct 13, 2006)

Coimbatore, Oct 12: Noting that India was sitting on a bombshell of HIV/AIDS and drug addition was a major factor for the spread of the killer disease, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar today said the ministry was willing to provide adequate funds for starting more de-addiction centres. (Oct 13, 2006)

Even before his recent stint in rehab became news, it was obvious that these are not high times for Robin Williams. The actor may be one of the most annoying comic presences on the screen, by turns compulsively hyperactive and beagle-eyed maudlin. Twenty years ago, this kind of manic-depressive caricature seemed novel. But even the most animated charm and fiercest wit becomes a grind when locked (Oct 13, 2006)

_ Marubeni Corp. and Aeon Co. said Friday they have agreed to begin talks on how to rehabilitate Daiei Inc., making it likely that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of the United States will drop out of the race to be the struggling retailer's business partner. (Oct 13, 2006)

BILLINGS (LEE) Demonizing methamphetamine addiction does little to prevent people from trying the drug and can discourage users from quitting, an expert said Thursday during a family violence conference in Billings. (Oct 13, 2006)

Alice Baskin of Lebanon Rehab and Specialty Care has been promoted to director of nursing. Baskin, who previously served as a resident care manager of the facility, will now oversee clinical care. (Oct 13, 2006)

Workers clear debris of the destroyed viewing platform at the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. An average of 265 visitors come to the centre daily to view the orang utans in training for life in the wild."One foreign tourist cried because she came all the way to look at the orang utans". (Oct 13, 2006)

An Oshkosh anesthesiologist who fraudulently obtained prescription painkillers under the premise the drug was for patients was placed on probation and ordered to perform community service. (Oct 13, 2006)

BILLINGS, MONT. (LEE) - Demonizing methamphetamine addiction does little to prevent people from trying the drug and can discourage users from quitting, an expert said Thursday during a family violence conference in Billings. (Oct 13, 2006)

Researchers have developed what could be used as an effective preventive drug against bird flu. In a study published today in the open access journal Respiratory Research, researchers have created antibodies against the avian flu virus H5N1 that work in mice both as a preventive drug, or prophylaxis, when administered before infection, and as a treatment for bird flu. (Oct 13, 2006)

DALLAS — A senior citizen who went to the State Fair of Texas for a day of fun Thursday never returned home. Johnny Jackson, 67, lives at the DeSoto Nursing and Rehab Center. (Oct 13, 2006)

Marshall Browning Rehab will hold its 7th Annual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 14, at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. Forecasters are calling for perfect weather with overnight lows in the 40s and a high in the 60s. (Oct 13, 2006)

KOLKATA: with land acquisition for special economic zones (SEZs) and big-ticket projects across the country emerging as a controversial issue, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has set up a national committee to address it and come up with a feasible policy framework. (Oct 13, 2006)

TOKYO — Marubeni Corp and Aeon Co said Friday they have agreed to begin talks on how to rehabilitate Daiei Inc, making it likely that Wal-Mart Stores Inc of the United States will drop out of the race to be the struggling retailer's business partner. (Oct 13, 2006)

Edna Knight Brown, 100, of Paris, died at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at Twin Lakes Nursing & Rehab Center. She was a secretary in the license bureau of the State of Wisconsin for many years. (Oct 13, 2006)

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