Is Rihanna Following in Whitney Houston’s Addiction Footsteps?
After Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) posted an eyebrow-raising photo on Instagram recently, many people started to make comparisons between her and her idol, Whitney Houston.
Dealing Drugs to Pay Off Debt
When the debt is owed to a drug dealer, not paying it back or filing for bankruptcy is, of course, not an option. So how do many addicts deal with the problem of debt? They deal drugs.
Comedian Moshe Kasher Publishes New Memoir About Addiction
Kasher isn’t the first comedian to work his way through an addiction and come back around to talk about it on the stage – but he’s one of the most recent ones to publish a memoir that gets into the nitty gritty details of his experience with drugs and alcohol.
Ecstasy Abuse During Pregnancy Can Mean Problems for the Unborn Baby
It shouldn’t be a surprise: taking the drug Ecstasy while pregnant can mean bad things for your unborn child. Everything from poor motor control to growth rates and brain developments were assessed at birth and four months later in a recent study published in the Feb. 28 issue of Neurotoxicology and Teratology,
Breaking the Cycle of Drug Addiction and Abuse
When it comes to the development of drug addiction and abuse, it’s common knowledge that genetic connections can play a part. If an immediate family member – mother, father, or sibling – struggled with drug and alcohol dependence, it is more likely that another family member will fight the same problem if they opt to . . . . Continue Reading
Dyan Cannon Discusses Cary Grant’s Drug Addiction
Old Hollywood was rife with secrets: homosexuality, affairs, budgeting “shortfalls,” drug addiction. Big movie producers owned their stars and wanted no stories to hit the headlines that would threaten their take at the box office. In fact, there are tons of stories of movie moguls going to great lengths to protect the reputations of their . . . . Continue Reading
Drug Addicted Mother Tries to Sell Her 5 Year Old Son
People do desperate things when they are living with an active drug addiction, and one mother in Florida did the unthinkable in order to get $2000, potentially to feed her prescription drug addiction: sell the parental rights to her 5-year-old son. According to reports, Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jessica Marie Beers for allegedly attempting . . . . Continue Reading
Discovery of Brain Cells Involved in Blackouts Due to Alcohol
Blackouts occur when someone intoxicated engages in conversations, dancing, cooking and frighteningly driving a car, but later on has no memory of the events. These periods of blackout may encompass a couple of minutes or many hours of time. Scientists have never understood the biological process behind alcohol-induced blackouts. However, in one of the latest . . . . Continue Reading
Balancing Motherhood and Crystal Meth Addiction Recovery
You have kids at home who need you to make sure they are safe, be there after school, maybe get them to school and back, help with homework, drive them to different activities, make meals, get them to doctor appointments, and put them to bed. All the responsibilities and heavy scheduling related to motherhood may . . . . Continue Reading
Women After Rehab: What are Your Chances for a Successful Recovery?
Women are more likely to develop an addiction to drugs and alcohol than are men when they begin to experiment or abuse drugs casually, and they tend to develop that addiction more quickly and on lesser amount of their drug of choice. That’s the bad news. The worse news is that women are less likely . . . . Continue Reading