Addictions 2: Theories of Addictions – This is the second video in a course on addictions counseling. It discusses an addictive personality, medicating emotions, social learning, medicating mental…

 

Bucks drug court offers a way out of jail for some addicts who've turned to crime

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They also wear a bracelet that detects alcohol that seeps through the skin and must attend frequent drug therapy and counseling sessions. The program is funded through a $ 350,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant. County officials last year estimated …
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My Struggle With An Eating Disorder

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I eat to medicate myself. I am seeking counseling and just coming to understand that shame, guilt, sadness all drive me to this but also that I am physically addicted to food just as a junkie is addicted to meth or heroin. It is not a matter of …
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Addiction treatment will be covered

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Alcoholism has cost them their jobs, drug abuse has torn them from their friends and their families, or their addiction has led to arrest or jail time. They are attempting to regain control by working with counselors at Tara at the treatment center …
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