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Question by Concerned Mom: where can you go for help for a daughter with a drug addiction in the Savannah Ga. area?
She is 40 plus and has been addicted to drugs and alcohol for over 20 years. She has lost her home, job and eyerthing else. She is a danger to herself and her family. She has been in rehab several times but went right back to her old ways. I need any suggestions of who I can talk to to get her help before that call comes to come and identify the body.

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Answer by PeterJ
Medical Help
http://psychcentral.com/chats.htm

Answer by nikole s
I wish I knew that area to recommend something close to you. I’m sorry for you, but have you thought of seeing a therapist for yourself?

This is a crazy suggestion but have you seen that reality TV show called Intervention? I think they pay for all the treatments.    Read more...

Question by Poke that Panda: How to stop Soda Addiction?
I’m addicted to soda…coke specifically…any way to stop it?
By the way, don’t suggest milk. That’s already my 2nd addiction.
And I don’t have a slow metabolism, so I’m only around 104 pounds. I just want to grow taller, and I know soda won’t help, so I need help with quitting drinking soda too much, or overall any easy healthy diets.
By the way, I eat those ramen noodle packages daily. Is that healthy or unhealthy? Should I quit/cut down on the ramen, too?

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Answer by mike r
Try drinking gatorade and other flavored drinks, they aren’t GREAT for you, but its still better than pop. And they taste better

Answer by bean
stop buying it and drink water instead.    Read more...

Celebrating Recovery Session 2 Part 2 of 5 — Part 2 of Session 2 in a 12 Session program to educate and encourage men and women trying to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. Shepherd’s House believ…

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Question by Wondering: Gambling addiction — how can we stop?
**Note I posted this under gambling, and now under mental health. If this is breaking a Yahoo! community guideline, just let me know. Thanks.**

When I met my husband, I would hate to waste $ 5 in a slot machine. After years of sitting next to him while he played roulette, I started playing — and was good at it. I’d win $ 1000, $ 2000, $ 5000 a pop. There was a time when I’d go just to get extra money. Then I came into a big windfall of money. He and I went nuts — now we have unpaid bills, empty bank account and a shameful gambling problem.

Please don’t just say “stop going,” because we said that at least 100 times — and many thousands of dollars — ago.    Read more...

Understanding How the Brain Functions in Addicted Individuals Is Key to Recovery
The death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman shocked the entire country. A sad and senseless death, but what is more tragic is that his death is not so unique. Every year, thousands of men and women die of a drug …
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A history of addiction treatment for black men and women
Haslyn E.R. Hunte, in a first-of-its-kind study, finds perceived racial discrimination and a sense of being treated unfairly can lead to the use of drugs/alcohol to cope, and need to be addressed in treatment. Recent studies also indicate that black …
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LETTER: Truth about drugs the right approach
More than three decades of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) prove that addiction is a complex brain disease. Most addiction research agrees that the cause of addiction occurs in the midbrain and involves the dysfunction …
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What Is Addiction?
… plague of both desperate poverty and tortured privilege. The abuse of prescription drugs is an even more widespread problem. But what causes the addiction that lets drug abuse flourish? Is addiction a disorder, a matter of human frailty or …
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