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Happiness in the Post-Shopping Economy

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Don McNay

My late mother used shopping as a hobby. If she were still alive, I wonder if she would be looking for something else to occupy her time. It seems many Americans are.

QUIZ: Admitting you have an Internet Addiction

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Jilly Gagnon

Fall City treatment center has provided this checklist to help individuals determine whether they or a loved one are suffering from internet addiction:

Addiction In U.S. At Pandemic Levels

wellness.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Untreated alcohol and drug addiction in the United States remains at pandemic levels, with little change from year to year, an expert says....

Rehab Checks Into Melanie Griffith

Ben Berkon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Ben Berkon

The idea of physically entering someone's body, though seemingly impossible and potentially life-threatening, is being seen as a "revolutionary advancement in D-list celebrity addiction treatment."

The 12 Steps: An Antidote For Celebrities And Other Narcissistic Addicts

Darren Littlejohn | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Darren Littlejohn

Dr. Drew: "Celebrities are significantly more narcissistic than MBA students and the general population. Female celebrities were... significantly more narcissistic than their male counterparts.

Loose Reins On Nurses In Drug Abuse Program

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Over 4 1/2 years, Melony Currier had been discovered high in her car at a Hollywood hospital, stolen anesthetics at a San Gabriel Valley hospital, bee...

Recession Is A Boon For Executive Rehab

BBC NEWS | Katie Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Drivers are reluctant to cross the ancient causeway that connects the island to the Essex coast for fear the salt water will rust their engines. Bu...

Fighting My Own Drug War: An Excerpt From What's Left of Us

Richard Farrell | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Richard Farrell

Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.

Battling Addiction: Are 12 Steps Too Many?

TIME | John Cloud Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

January is a big month for winter sports and post-Christmas sales. It's also -- as people who treat substance abuse know -- a big month for drinkers w...

DEA, Florida 'Honor' Abusive Rehab Founder, Wife of Republican Financier

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Maia Szalavitz

Imagine if Wall Street were to honor Bernie Madoff for his skills as an investor. The equivalent just happened in Florida, where Betty Sembler has been honored for her work fighting drugs.

Setting the Record Straight About the Minnesota Teen Challenge

Rich Scherber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rich Scherber

Minnesota Teen Challenge is a leading and respected treatment center in Minnesota, part of a large network of Teen Challenge centers across the United States.

Lies, Damn Lies and Drug Statistics: Treatment Version

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Maia Szalavitz

When Minnesota Teen Challenge responded to my recent blog entry about their anti-drug program, they cited a "study" to back their claims. What this paper actually shows is how easy it is produce good looking numbers.

Not Drug Czar -- Ramstad Now Wants to Head Treatment Agency. Just Say No!

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Maia Szalavitz

Is someone who opposes what the science says is the best treatment for heroin addiction really someone we want in charge of the agency which is supposed to help disseminate evidence-based care?

Marc Jacobs On Life, Love, And Louis Vuitton

Times Online | Lisa Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

A man who describes himself as being a former shoe-gazer, Jacobs had experienced some kind of epiphany. "I was never comfortable in some situations," ...

Steven Tyler Admits: Rehab Was For Meds

AP | JOHN CARUCCI | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

NEW YORK (AP) _ Steven Tyler sought the "safe environment" of rehab last month to recover from more than just surgery _ the Aerosmith frontman now say...

Amy Winehouse Bloodied In London Yet Again

Daily Mail | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

t hasn't taken troubled Amy Winehouse long to return to her destructive ways. Things were looking up for the ubertalented 24-year-old following her l...

Lindsay Lohan's Dad Visits Her Rehab After 3 Year Estrangement

People | Stephen Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

he planned meeting between Lindsay Lohan and her father, Michael Lohan, has taken place at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah, Lindsay's mother...