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Sunday, September 19th, 2010

marijuana-addiction Congratulations to those who participated in The Mike Johnson Memorial Walk for Recovery in Kansas City on September 18th 2010.

Anything that can be done to further the cause of addiction recovery is valuable. In addition, you were able to raise awareness for the problems of addiction which are vast and far reaching.

Since much of mainstream society is a bit ignorant about the problems of addiction, it is good that this walk took place in Kansas City.

I once met a woman from KC who had a deep scar on her face. She told me that her boyfriend was in rehab. It took the car accident in which he was driving and caused the scar on her beautiful young face to get him to wake up to his addiction problems.

If awareness can be raised about the problems of addiction and substance abuse, it would be of great help to society – and to many individuals as well as those who love them.

If even one such similar tragedy can be prevented, then it was worth every ounce of effort that went into the walk and other events like it.

YOU can help, even now! Even though the walk is over, you can add your efforts to the fight for awareness!

Submit your anonymous drug or alcohol related story here.

YOUR story can help others who are struggling with either the awareness of their addiction or the need to overcome the addiction once the person becomes aware. In addition, your story may help to inspire people who love someone who suffers from an addiction. They need support and encourgement to not give up hope!

Submit your anonymous drug or alcohol related story here.

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Drug and Alcohol Addiction and Recovery At the Owls Nest

Monday, September 13th, 2010

My name is Lori-Ann and I am a recovered alcoholic and addict which seemed like an impossible task.

My journey began at a young age of 14. I was adopted and raised an only child. Loneliness was my constant companion.

My father’s job kept him away from the home most of the time. My mother was a strict and very formal lady. I had everything that a child could want but happiness.

When I was prescribed narcotic pain medication I immediately found that by taking a pill I felt pretty, was no longer lonely and I liked my mother. Life would never be the same from that day forward.

It was soon after the introduction to narcotics that I discovered alcohol. With the combination of the two my world was great. The days turned into weeks, weeks into months and months into years. Through the years I had developed many habits from Heroin to Cocaine.

During this time I had a son, James. My parents had passed and his father left before he was born. We were all that each other had. My son spent most of his life seeing mother in and out of treatment with no success. He was taken away from me and now I see that was a blessing.

Life spiraled into the black abyss. Nothing mattered and my only prayer was to die soon. In 2006 I found myself in a seedy motel in Sumter, SC. To this day I do not know how the phone call transpired but I was talking to a man that began describing my pain as if he knew exactly how I felt.

He told me that I never had to be alone again and that I was coming home. Those words meant more to me than anything in this world. He said that God was on the way.

And two women arrived to bring me home. They began to tell me their story and it sounded like mine. I could see life in their eyes and love in their hearts. I wanted what they had and they told me that I could have it if I followed a few simple steps.

I soon arrived at a placed called the Owls Nest. This was the beginning of a life far greater than I could ever have imagined. I was given unconditional love and I learned how to give love. One of the women that came to my motel room that night is and has been my sponsor. She took me through the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and showed me how to apply these steps in my everyday affairs. I now have a host of lifelong friends, a fellowship of brothers and sisters. We have discovered a common solution.

I completed the program at the Owls Nest and stayed on as a trusted servant. I have been honored to be on staff as the Admission Director for over 3 years. I now can bring others home and give to them what has been given to me.

My relationship with my son has been restored. We have a bond today stronger than ever before. My only wish is that others may find the peace and happiness that I have.

Tags: alcoholic and addict, drug addiction and recovery, narcotoc pain medication, out of treatment
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List of Drug and Alcohol Rehab Clinics.

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Please Note: If you are a legitimate rehab center and want to be listed here, you can contact me.

This list is a courtesy only and is no way an endorsement of any rehab centers. I have not investigated these centers personally. Please do your homework carefully before choosing a center that is right for you or your loved one.

Behavioral Health Treatment Center in FL

Offers successful treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. Specialty programs for young adults, pain management and depression.
www.bhopb.com

Crossroads Centre: Drug, Alcohol Rehab
Crossroads Centre at Antigua is an international rehabilitation center for the treatment of drug, alcohol and other addictive disorders. Founded by Eric Clapton.
crossroadsantigua.org

Rehab and Recovery for Teens
Regional treatment centers and private boarding schools offering teens extended rehab and recovery from drug or alcohol use.
www.aateens.com

Affordable Drug Rehab with Results
Drug rehab for adults and teens in TX and LA. Residential inpatient and outpatient programs. Ask about our treatment guarantee.
www.rightstep.com

Recovery for the Drug Addict/Alcoholic
Luxurious drug and alcohol treatment in a serene and private setting on the Texas Gulf Coast.
www.bayarearecovery.com

Drug Rehab Treatment Facility
Drug rehab and substance abuse treatment facility at Sunrise Recovery Ranch located in the majestic Southern California foothills.
www.drugrehabranch.com

Sober Living by the Sea Treatment Center
Drug rehab treatment program offering care in a structured 12-step program. Located in beautiful Newport Beach on the Pacific Coast.
www.soberliving.com

Non-Traditional Addiction Treatment
Long-term non-traditional addiction treatment.
www.addiction2.com

AAE Drug Rehab Retreat – One of a Kind
Upscale 14, 21, 28, and 35 day programs. One-on-one therapy in serene healing environment. Intimate 6 bed facility, confidential, organic cuisine, secure, nestled in Southern California.
aaeretreat.com

Renaissance Malibu – Drug Rehab Center
Individualized and confidential alcohol and drug addiction treatment offered in a Malibu, CA oceanfront mansion. We offer hope and healing in a serene environment.
maliburecovery.com

Addicts Are Healed Here
Trust can be restored – relationships can be healed. We treat more than the addiction by helping clients identify the cause of their addictive behavior and bring new meaning to their life.
www.pavillon.org

Passages Residential Drug Rehab Center
Exclusive residential treatment center in Malibu, California specializing in one-on-one treatment of drug abuse and alcoholism. Documented 84% success rate.
www.passagesmalibu.com

The Watershed: Drug Rehab
Make a change today. We are here to help you overcome alcohol and drug abuse. Contact us to receive free confidential online assessment and referrals. We can help you achieve recovery.
www.thewatershed.com

Stone Hawk Drug Rehabilitation Center
Stone Hawk Rehabilitation Center offers holistic residential alcohol and drug rehab programs on beautiful St. Mary’s Lake in Michigan. Over 70% of our graduates stay clean.
www.narcononstonehawk.com

Northern CA Residential Drug Treatment
Luxurious Northern California residential treatment center overlooking San Francisco Bay. Bayside Marin offers confidential, respectful, nurturing, individualized care in serene settings.
www.recoverycenter.com

Milestones Ranch Malibu Drug Rehab
Innovative, alcohol rehab research-based treatment for mental health/drug problems. 12 adult beds/3 levels of care. Beautiful mountain setting.
www.milestonesranchmalibu.com

1-800-Nodrugs.com: Drug Rehabilitation
1800nodrugs.com is a nationwide treatment referral service designed to help you find a rehabilitation center to fit your individual needs. Find addiction information online.
www.1800nodrugs.com

Holistic Drug Rehab Program
Addiction recovery program that works. Chronic relapse specialists. We are recovering addicts with over 17 years of experience.
www.drugrehabcenter.com

Executive Drug Rehab in Style
Enjoy being pampered. We provide compassionate and individualized treatment that offers the chemically dependent person a route to
recovery that is specifically tailored to their needs.
www.capobythesea.com

Tarzana Treatment Center – California
Comprehensive drug, alcohol and mental health treatment. Fully licensed and accredited. Detoxification, residential and outpatient treatment offered in multiple sites throughout L.A. County.
search.tarzanatc.org

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Let us help you recover from your addiction. Cost-effective, caring and compassionate residential treatment rehab in seaside communities of South Orange County, California.
www.abletochangerecovery.com

Drug Rehab Program – Hope by the Sea
Hope by the Sea is a high-qaulity, yet affordable residential alcohol rehab center located in Southern California. Help can’t wait. Call now.
www.hopebythesea.com

Drug Rehab Uses Narcotics to Detox
Summer House offers a narcotic detox service in a no hassles stress free setting. Located in South Florida.
www.drugdetoxcenter.com

Helping with Drug and Alcohol Addiction
We help overcome drug addiction through an emphasis on helping the whole person. Located in secluded Belize, Central America we treat the mind, body and spirit.
www.newrivercove.com

Drug and Alcohol Recovery
Treatment. www.solutions4recovery.com

Drug Rehab
Exclusive, intensive rehab retreat Newport Beach. Executives, professionals, celebrities, pro athletes: alcohol/drug, addictions, burnout, stress. All private services, powerful, effective.
www.beaumondeprograms.com

Newport Beach Drug Rehab
Beautiful, seaside drug rehab facility offering individualized addiction treatment programs steps from the California sand. State licensed, court approved, highly successful. Live healthy.
www.recoveryhome.net

The Sundance Center – Drug Rehab
Professional inpatient, outpatient drug and alcohol rehab. Located in Scottsdale Arizona, we are here to help. thesundancecenter.com

Drug Rehab – Addiction Is Not a Disease
You are not powerless. There is a solution to alcohol and drug addiction. Change your life forever. Advanced technology for substance abuse recovery. Success rate 80%.
www.soberforever.org

Narconon Gulf Coast, Inc
Narconon offers drug rehab in Destin, FL. Recover fully and finally from addiction and get your life restarted. narconongulfcoast.com

Drug Rehab Center
The future of recovery is here today at A Better Tomorrow. Effective drug rehab center.
abettertomorrow.onsmartpages.com

Long-Term Drug Rehab for Adolescents
Caring, professional staff offering drug recovery services and education to drug addicted teens. Call our center in Kentucky today.
www.careacademyky.com

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Cirque Lodge, Sundance Utah offers exclusive and effective drug and alcohol treatment. Let the mountains and our cognitive and experiential therapies provide you healing and hope. Call now.
www.cirquelodge.com

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Beat your addictions at Florida’s Gulf Coast Recovery is a beachfront, comprehensive substance abuse treatment center that specializes in treating alcohol dependence and drug addiction.
www.gulfcoastrecovery.org

Capstone: Drug Rehab Center
Capstone Treatment Center is a residential treatment center for adolescent substance abuse. Capstone Christian treatment model uses proven innovative therapies to stop chemical dependency.
www.capstonetreatmentcenter.com

Texas Drug Rehab
A Texas drug rehab treatment center that is Christ centered and Bible based.
www.eawake.org

Drug Rehab
Affordable, sophisticated and highly-successful alcohol/drug treatment.
www.pachills.com

Drug Rehab
Addiction Information Center is providing complete and current information about rehabs, detox, treatment, alcoholism, drug abuse, centers addiction and other related topics.
www.addictioncareoptions.com

Drug Rehabilitation
Sierra Tucson Treatment Center in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Chat privately with a staff member online or call us toll-free. Compassionate, reassuring, understanding care is available.
www.sierratucson.com

Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center
Austin Recovery provides effective, compassionate, and affordable drug and alcohol treatment in Austin, TX. Our non-profit organization has been helping individuals recover since 1967.
www.austinrecovery.org

Drug Rehab Resource Catalog
Find information on drug rehab. View parent resource videos online or have them mailed to you for free. Receive parental and educational information on schools and programs.
www.teenhelp.us

Drug Rehab
Alcohol and drug treatment alternative recovery program. Recover at home. Also links to drug/alcohol rehab alternative.
www.homerecovery.net

Executive Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Professional drug and alcohol treatment. Private rooms with baths available. Call for a confidential discussion. Located in Utah.
www.journeyrecoverycenters.com

Rapid Detox from Heroin Addiction
Project Straight offers medically assisted detox and detoxification under anesthesia from heroin, methadone, oxycontin, vicodin and other opiates. Caring, compassionate and affordable.
www.detox911.com

Stepping Ahead Drug and Alcohol Program
We offer women group therapy, transport to AA/NA meetings and a 12 step based community that aids in the development of a healthy support system for long-term sobriety in Palm Beach, FL.
www.halfwayhouse.net

Drug Rehab Ministry
Evangelical Christian ministry in Russia. With your support we build churches, drug rehab centers, and seminaries across Russia.
www.moscowministries.com

Hope by the Sea – Laguna Nigel, CA
Drug rehabilitation, alcoholism treatment, chemical dependency treatment, opiate detox programs, and more.
www.hopebythesea.com

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All Alone Now – A Story of Alcohol and Prescription Drugs…

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

My partner was 13yrs younger than myself when we began our relationship, when she was 43. She was a highly qualified Psychiatric Nurse, in a secure job and very well paid.

We decided to buy a small house on a large lot together and ‘flip’ it in 12-15 months to a developer after I had obtained the permits. As she was younger than I, we took the mortgage out in her name.

We did this for speed of application, as we wished to pursue our ‘plans’ as quickly as possible. After all , we were only going to be living there a relatively short time.

Within 9-months of moving in she became ill with clinical depression and was placed on anti-depressives, which as time went on became increasingly stronger. She then began to drink alcohol in secret and her resulting behavior patterns started to create all sorts of problems in our previously fantastic relationship.

I had to suspend applying for the Planning permits because it became apparent that her health was not going to be able to deal with any move from, or sale of, our property. As the years rolled on she became worse, she left her job on sick-leave. I started to care for her on an almost 24/7 basis, which nearly destroyed my own working life.

She was still taking anti-depressants , sleeping tablets, tranquillizers and having clandestine alcohol binges at fairly regular intervals. I tried to stop her drinking, she promised to stop drinking but the binges still occurred until they were at just 10 day intervals.

We used a few Librium based detox programs but after each one she went back to alcohol abuse within a short time. She had started collapsing in the street whilst out walking and was admitted to A&E by paramedics-medics as a result many times.

Then, one evening, as it became apparent that she’d begun another binge, she suddenly collapsed at home. She died three days later in Intensive Care of a cerebral aneurysm (stroke) aged just 49.

I immediately realized she had not made a will, but did not know that owing to her condition she had omitted to renew the ‘death’ cover on the mortgage insurance for our home, Or complete the nomination for myself under her own death insurance. As a result,at age 61 I lost everything.

I loved her very much, and she loved me perhaps even more, but in the face of the terrible combination of alcohol and prescribed drugs our once wonderful lives, with a great future, were plunged into a tragic conclusion that I never expected, or had any warning of.

If you are the partner/relative of anyone who is suffering a similar condition, always make sure that your own position within your relationship, as to important matters of finance and legalities is taken care of. Only in that way can you can face up to their difficult day-to-day existence and perhaps unexpected developments, with some element of security and safeguard. Don’t end up like myself.

- All-Alone

Tags: alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol binge, drug use, prescription drugs
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I Had A Problem And It Was Me….

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

One day at a time . The truth is that I thought that I could do it all by myself . The shame, the pain, the disaster that I had created was my life. No hope, no life . I had a problem and his name was me.

— We (pen name)

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