Addiction Recovery News 11/2006 (Page 5)

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The phone rang and Jay Peters, then 17 of Lockport, answered it. It was his good friend John telling Peters that he finally had the answer to the drug addiction the two of them could not conquer. (Nov 10, 2006)

Who said deserts and mountains in the summer are no fun? Mohamed El-Hebeishy overturned the taboo to end up with an unforgettable vacation (Nov 10, 2006)

Infamous for her lewd on-stage antics and her drug addiction, and famous for her marriage to Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love is trying to put her rough past behind her with a new book, “Dirty Blonde." (Nov 10, 2006)

HEATH LEDGER checked himself into an Australian rehab facility and learned how to shoot up heroin from a junkie - to perfect his latest movie role. T (Nov 10, 2006)

With the Great American Smokeout coming up Nov. 16, I would like to remind everyone of an important but sometimes forgotten dangerous drug. That drug is nicotine, the highly addictive component of all forms of tobacco, including spit tobacco. (Nov 10, 2006)

It's a new place for the addicted to get help and perhaps find new hope. A new drug addiction treatment center opened today in Rockford. The Reformers Unanimous International facility is on Safford Road. (Nov 11, 2006)

Early edition: Overshadowed by casualties, soldiers injured in Iraq suffer in tucked-away veteran clinics and rehab facilities, often nursing life-changing injuries. (Nov 11, 2006)

This month, KOLR 10 is highlighting how meth is infecting our communities right here in the Ozarks with our special investigative series “Mexican Meth.” Now, leaders and volunteers in at least one Ozarks county are taking a new stand in the fight against the drug, while having some fun. (Nov 11, 2006)

LAMAR — A plan to establish a ministry-based youth shelter and rehabilitation center next to the Lamar Community Park has drawn a strong and critical response from some community members. (Nov 11, 2006)

A man shot several times during a police manhunt last month has been released from the University of Virginia Medical Center and is being treated at a rehabilitation facility. (Nov 11, 2006)

When thinking about the various problems that affect our communities, a multitude of issues come to mind. We often ask ourselves what difference we as individuals can make. An individual who embraced this idea of making a difference was U.S. Drug Enforcement agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. (Nov 11, 2006)

- The Marigold Rehab and Healthcare Center is being fined $5,000 for allegedly allowing a resident with dementia to leave the facility without supervision in June. (Nov 11, 2006)

Washington, Nov 11: It seems Hollywood actor Heath Ledger leaves no stone unturned while perfecting his film roles. The actor recently checked himself into an Australian rehab facility, and learned how to shoot up heroin from a junkie in an effort to perfect his latest movie role. (Nov 11, 2006)

Tonight, Washington State visits Arizona State in what is being classified as a Pac-10 football game, but Sun Devil Stadium could better be utilized for the teams to hold a support-group meeting. Call it "Receiver Rehab." (Nov 11, 2006)

Heath Ledger checked himself into an Australian rehab facility and learned how to shoot up heroin from a junkie - to perfect his latest movie role. (Nov 11, 2006)

Sunrise · Panthers forward Todd Bertuzzi said Wednesday he still doesn't know when he can expect to return from back surgery. (Nov 11, 2006)

Sox 3rd baseman opts for 'heavy duty' rehab on lower back After winning the 2006 Dick Martin Award for maintaining a relatively healthy roster, White Sox trainer Herm Schneider and his staff believe the Sox might not have any major issues heading into 2007. (Nov 11, 2006)

Chinese authorities are struggling to confront an increase in intravenous drug use and a rise in AIDS cases in an overwhelmingly Muslim region in China. (Nov 11, 2006)

KUSA - Police are searching for a woman who has numerous warrants and a history of drug addiction. (Nov 12, 2006)

Country singer-songwriter Keith Urban is an artist. Therefore, he shouldn't be judged on the basis of his looks (shaggy-haired, tattooed, pierced) or his tabloid-headline-grabbing antics (marrying Nicole Kidman, voluntarily going to rehab for alcoholism). (Nov 12, 2006)

½ (Capitol) When Keith Urban won the entertainer of the year trophy at last year's Country Music Awards, he gave a teary-eyed speech filled with clear gratitude. Because of his recent admission into rehab for alcohol abuse, a topic he has spoken, and sung, about in the past, the 39-year-old Aussie had to sit out Monday night's ceremony --where he was again nominated for the big award. But (Nov 12, 2006)

Chinese authorities are struggling to confront an increase in intravenous drug use and a rise in AIDS cases in a Muslim region. (Nov 12, 2006)

The one-room house is small and unprepossessing. With its shuttered windows and the multiple padlocks that used to be inside its door, it's secretive, too -- much like the person who lived in it for some 40 years. (Nov 12, 2006)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Here’s how things were supposed to go when Keith Urban’s new album came out Nov. 7: The handsome country star would be all over network TV promoting it, radio programmers would be hotly scanning it for hit singles, fans would be gobbling up copies and his record company would be toasting a breakout success. (Nov 12, 2006)

EL SEGUNDO – Kobe Bryant's right knee felt good after practice Saturday, and he said he expected it to be even better by the end of next week. The Lakers play Memphis tonight at Staples Center and aren't scheduled to play another game until Friday against the Toronto Raptors. (Nov 12, 2006)

UP UNTIL two years ago, Veterans Day was like any other day for retired Army Spc. James Alderman -- fruitless attempts at finding affordable housing, scrounging for money and food, and battling drug addiction. (Nov 12, 2006)

Farmers hope co-op can reverse decline For Jeff Raybould, a third-generation Idaho farmer, potatoes are something of a birthright, but he's seen the lowly spud fall on hard times recently, only to enjoy a renewal just in time for this Thanksgiving. (Nov 12, 2006)

By Kristin M. Kraemer, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Nov. 12--Five minutes of "fun" with methamphetamine led Saundra Meyer down a lonely and destructive path. (Nov 12, 2006)

A PROPOSED Ballina rehabilitation unit does not meet Australian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine standards, according to the Save St Vincent’s Rehab Support Group. (Nov 12, 2006)

Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 12 November [Presenter] Figures published by the United Nations and the ministries of public health and counter-narcotics show the number of drug addicts has reached 920,000 in Afghanistan. (Nov 12, 2006)

With the Great American Smokeout coming up Nov. 16, I would like to remind everyone of an important but sometimes forgotten dangerous drug. That drug is nicotine, the highly addictive component of all forms of tobacco, including spit tobacco. (Nov 12, 2006)

PRISONERS are to get undisclosed compensation payouts from the Home Office because they were forced to stop taking drugs in jail.... (Nov 12, 2006)

Prisoners are set to be paid compensation because they were forced to stop taking drugs in jail. (Nov 13, 2006)

Grateful Eagles fans can send their thanks to 12-year-old Skyler Mornhinweg. "I saw Marty's son in the training room, he was getting some rehab during the week, and I told him that he needed to tell his dad to run the ball more," Brian Westbrook said after the Eagles' 27-3 victory over a Washington Redskins team that could do little right yesterday. "I credit his son for that." (Nov 13, 2006)

Organic chemist Shane Ellison releases "Health Myths Exposed 2nd Edition." (PRWeb Nov 13, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/SGFsZi1NYWduLUxvdmUtU3F1YS1NYWduLVplcm8= (Nov 13, 2006)

Robert Wall took a step this past week, and another step, and kept going until he reached 200. He wasn't walking on his own. One trainer stood behind him to make sure he wouldn't fall. Another trainer helped move his left leg. (Nov 13, 2006)

CHICAGO - Italian researchers have come up with a novel way for cardiac rehabilitation patients to exercise their damaged hearts without having to squeeze into spandex or gyrate in a gym: waltzing. (Nov 13, 2006)

It seemed to be a good deal for Robert Pentland III, considering he was charged with molesting a 10-year-old girl while baby-sitting her in Darien in 2003. (Nov 13, 2006)

WHAT a difference a year makes. In 2005, if you heard that Billy Joel's number was up, you'd probably think his career was in the toilet after his auto accidents, his over-drinking, subsequent rehab and his teetering romantic relationship. It... (Nov 13, 2006)

Keith Urban, "Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing" Considering his current stint in rehab, it's tempting to read too much into this Aussie hunk's seemingly confessional lyrics as they shift from one extreme (the self-explanatory "Used to the Pain") to another (the promise of "Won't Let You Down"). But such speculation is just that, and much of this is as character-driven and outsourced as anything (Nov 13, 2006)

From the desolate factory floor at Longbridge to women awaiting cosmetic surgery and boys in rehab ... Alice Fisher introduces the powerful winners of the 2006 Observer Hodge Photographic Award. (Nov 13, 2006)

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Three seasons, one shoulder surgery and hours of rehab later, Monty St. Clair might finally turn out to be the player Miami University head coach Charlie Coles hoped he would be when he recruited him out of Roger Bacon High School. (Nov 13, 2006)

Keith Urban's stint in rehab might be garnering all the headlines, but hopefully it won't eclipse how, with 2004's "Be Here" and his new "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing," he is emerging as the most audacious recordmaker in country music. He may well be Nashville's answer to Prince: From its... (Nov 13, 2006)

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is offering summer research training opportunities at their facility in Baltimore, Maryland. (Nov 13, 2006)

PRISONERS are to get undisclosed compensation payouts from the Home Office because they were forced to stop taking drugs in jail.... (Nov 13, 2006)

Robert Wall took a step this past week, and another step, and kept going until he reached 200. He wasn't walking on his own. One trainer stood behind him to make sure he wouldn't fall. Another trainer helped move his left leg. (Nov 13, 2006)

StockMarketNewsAlert.com issues New Trade Alert for National Hyperbaric Rehab Center Inc. . According to M. D'Alonzo at First Equity Group Inc., recent news flow from the company has been very positive, "The company announced SanCuro Wound Care Systems as the trade name for their hospital clinics. (Nov 13, 2006)

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A group of six drug-addicted inmates and former prisoners are expected to be awarded out-of-court payments from the Home Office for what they say was "cold turkey" treatment in jail, legal sources said. (Nov 13, 2006)

MEDFORD, Ore. - Rotary groups hope to find funding to keep a free diaper program available to women recovering from drug addiction or abuse. (Nov 13, 2006)

Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), announced a $22 million contribution to Iran during his November 7-9 visit to that country. -RFE (Nov 13, 2006)

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