On AlterNet: rehab

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "rehab"

Former Heroin Addict: Methadone Lets Me Live a "Normal Life," and Prohibiting It Would Be a Public Health Disaster

James Legge, The Guardian. April 27, 2012.

A heroin user of 6 years has been using methadone for some 10 years, and sees forced-abstinence as "a recipe for disaster."

From Strung Out to Sober: When Does the Misery of Getting Clean End?

Nic Sheff, The Fix. March 25, 2012.

I kept falling but eventually I started to learn how to not fall so far down, and how to pick myself up a little sooner.

Sex Abuse in Rehab? How Predators Can Take Advantage of Addicts Seeking Help

Maia Szalavitz, The Fix. January 9, 2012.

Much of what is portrayed in the media as “professional treatment” isn’t based on evidence of what works and can lead to boundary violations and outright abuse.

London Responds to Soar in Party Drugs With Special 'Drug Club Clinic'

Will Godfrey, The Fix. September 28, 2011.

London's Club Drug Clinic aims to treat Brits struggling with specific substances like mephedrone, ecstasy and ketamine.

How I Found Myself a Little Too Dependent on Booze and Xanax

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, The Fix. June 1, 2011.

Play dates peppered with wine were the norm for this mother—until the night she took her kids for a ride.

Lohan, Hilton, Spears: The Media's Insatiable Appetite for Celebrity Addicts

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Women's eNews. September 17, 2007.

Tabloid entertainment media makes young female celebrities with drug problems seem chic while trivializing the depth of the addictions that they, along with thousands of other women, face.

Memo to Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Al Gore III: Drug Treatment Isn't a Silver Bullet

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. August 3, 2007.

It is time to treat addiction for what it is, a medical problem, not a criminal one -- even for celebrities who rely on rehab clinics to bail them out and continue driving down that road to oblivion.