Alcohol Addiction
Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens through Brief Interventions
(Paperback) The Guilford Press 2004-07-12
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Knowing the signs of addiction can make it possible for parents to get their children into addiction treatment, like drug rehab. mental.healthguru.com
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bAddiction/b specialist Dr. Drew says pain medications likely reawoke b.../b
“It very slowly and subtly reawakens addiction,” Pinsky said of pain medication in an interview Saturday. “I’m not saying it was inappropriately prescribed, I’m saying he didn’t know the risks.”
DJ AM, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, was found dead in his apartment Friday evening. A crack pipe and prescription pills were found in the Manhattan apartment, said a law enforcement official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
Goldstein was 36 years old.
Pinsky is the host of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab,” where he helps troubled stars get off of drugs and alcohol.
Pinsky said he believed pain medication Goldstein took for injuries sustained in the plane crash that required two skin graft surgeries reawakened his addiction to drugs. Goldstein had long preached sobriety and openly discussed his earlier addictions to drugs including crack cocaine and Ecstasy.
...DJ AM Photos amp; Pics | DJ AM Wanted To Help bAddicts/b Like Himself
DJ AM was set to launch the MTV show "Gone Too Far," in which he would help drug and alcohol addicts get sober and regain their lives.
Adam spoke to MTV less than a month ago about the experience of shooting the series, and he even recounts a scene in which he walked into a bodega in New York and bought a crack pipe simply to illustrate how easy it was to purchase drug paraphernalia. He recounts how holding the pipe in his hand made him sweat and a flood of memories washed over him from the days when he couldn't live without the his "drug of choice."
You have to watch this chilling interview ...
We can only guess at this point as to why Adam made the choice to go back to drugs. There will always be speculation that the plane crash was too much for him, that his girlfriend breaking up with him recently was just too much. This is a man that had been sober for 11 years. Watching this interview, he very much appears to be a sober person. Someone not actively...
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