Author Archive
Monday, June 29th, 2009
New ITR Facebook App. is Now Available to InTheRooms.com Members
As a social networking innovator, InTheRooms.com is designed specifically for people in recovery, people seeking help to find recovery, and family, friends and allies of the recovery community from around the world.
Now, InTheRooms.com Members can make their Social Networking experiences easier with the new InTheRooms.com FaceBook Application. The ITR Facebook application promises to bring all [...]
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
The Largest AA, NA and GA Meetings Database Now Live at Meetings.InTheRooms.com
Meetings.InTheRooms.com is the newest and largest AA, NA and GA meetings database on the web and you can check it out right now. The new database, which will be growing significantly in the near future to contain even more locations and fellowships, is a comprehensive, worldwide list of meetings for Alcoholics Anonymous Gamblers Anonymous and [...]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Mutual-Help Groups Provided by the NIAAA
Mutual-Help Groups
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) provides several useful resources for individuals seeking help and/or information about alcoholism and alcohol abuse. The following is a group of Mutual-Help groups provided by the NIAAA.
Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)
www.AA.org
1-212-870-3400
Moderation Management
www.Moderation.org
1-212-871-0974
Secular Organizations for Sobriety
www.SecularSobriety.org
1-323-666-4295
SMART Recovery
www.SmartRecovery.org
1-440-951-5357
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Ken Seeley’s Intervention911.com
At intervention911.com, their main purpose is to provide information and options for those seeking help with alcohol and/or drug abuse.
“Intervention 911 was established to provide something rarely found today in the world of recovery; options. Formed in 2002 by intervention pioneer Ken Seeley, Intervention 911 has become the lifesaving conduit between the addiction epidemic and [...]
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Website Review: Sober Sobe (SoberSobe.com)
If you spend anytime on Miami Beach, You may have seen the new SoBe Sober logo sprawled across the back of most public busses. The SoBe (short for South Beach) Sober campaign began as a way to prevent underage drinking. The initiative helps students of today become productive and healthy parts of society in the [...]
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
VoiceAmerica.com: Love in the Time of Crystal Methamphetamine
Tune in to www.voiceamerica.com, Health and Wellness channel on May 11, 2009 to hear Petros Levounis’s interview. One Hour at a Time with host Mary Woods and guest host Dr. Mark Green airs Mondays at 3pm EST, with all previous shows available for download at any time.
Have a question during the show? The listener call [...]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Adolescents and Inhalants
These facts provided by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency show the growing trend between inhalants and adolescents:
The percentage of adolescents (i.e., youths aged 12 to 17) who used inhalants in the past year was lower in 2007 (3.9 percent) than in 2003, 2004, and 2005 (4.5, 4.6, and 4.5 percent, respectively).
Among adolescents who used [...]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Drug Facts: Rohypnol
Rohypnol Drug Effects:
One of the significant effects of Rohypnol is anterograde amnesia, a factor that strongly contributed to its inclusion in the Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996.
Anterograde amnesia is a condition in which events that occurred while under the influence of the drug are forgotten. In addition to the chemically induced amnesia, [...]
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Drug Facts You Should Know: Methadone
Scientists from Germany synthesized methadone during World War II because morphine was in short supply. Although it is unlike morphine or heroin chemically, methadone produces many similar effects. Introduced into the US in 1947 as an analgesic (Dolophinel), it is primarily used today for the treatment of narcotic addiction. It is available in oral solutions, [...]
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc. Pays $500,000 to Settle in Illegal Internet Pharmacy Scandal
Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc. Sold 4.2 Million Doses of Hydrocodone, Phentermine and Alprazolam without Reporting Sales to The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
A distributor of branded and generic prescription drugs which operates a facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle claims that it provided controlled substances to illegally [...]
