Heroin addict jailed for murder: News24: South Africa: News: "A recovered heroin addict was jailed for 20 years by the High Court in Pretoria on Friday for his role in the murder of a Pretoria man five years ago.
Judge Lettie Malopa described the crimes committed by Juan-Pierre Jacobs, 26, as 'heinous and despicable'.
Jacobs was earlier acquitted on a charge of murdering 44-year-old Steven Dummer, but convicted on a charge of murdering Dummer's friend, Theo Holtzhausen, 34, and robbing the two men of a large number of goods.
The two men and their cat were strangled in June 2006 while entertaining Jacobs and his friend, sex worker Lafras de Jager.
Holtzhausen's life partner of eleven years, Bertie Coetzee, discovered their decomposing bodies three days later when he returned home."
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Drug addict collegians caught stealing mobiles : "Two students were caught stealing mobile phones to support their dope addiction. Dharmik Patel, 23, a resident of Judges Bungalow road, is an MBA student while his friend Jayesh Joshi, 22, a resident of Memnagar, is an engineering student.
The duo broke into a mobile phone shop in Vastrapur's Akash tower on Friday night. They broke the security camera inside the shop to avoid being identified, but the watchman caught them and handed them over to the shop owner. Later, Yatin Shah, the shop owner, called the police and lodged a complaint against the two. During investigation, the police found that the two were addicted to drugs and wanted money to get their supply of dope. The police also seized their scooter, a Honda Eterno."
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Sex Addiction, Satyrism, Don Juanism, Nymphomania and Polygamy - Salem-News.Com: "Some 20 years ago the Pharmaceutical houses invented a new disease DEPRESSION and rapidly produced about 12 drugs to CURE this new disease. Today most are sold in the range of $10 to $20 billion per year. They also got the Medical Insurance Companies to pay for them and talked the Veterans Administration into designating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as depression, which it usually is not – it is ANGUISH. The worst part of that scenario is that the PTSD veterans complain that the VA prescribed anti-depressant drugs make them feel like ZOMBIES and they quit taking them and become alcoholics or worse.
Now, with specific regard to “Sex Addition” it is mentioned in the bible in rather hushed terms. I may be castigated by biblical scholars but I’m not afraid of them either. I see a reference to Samuel 12:8 and many prominent biblical men had more than one (several) wives. The names given are Lemech, Abraham, Esau, Jacob, Gideon, and somewhere it seems to say that Solomon had 700 wives. I sort of discount that final statement."
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Sex Addiction - Disease or Just a Convenient Excuse?: "Experts are struggling to understand if the craving for sex is really a disorder or simply a convenient excuse to wriggle out of trouble.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is debating whether sex addiction should be added to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental"
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Depression May Worsen Over Time in Addiction-Prone Women: "Depression symptoms increase over time for women in their 30s and 40s who are prone to addiction problems and antisocial behavior, researchers report.
The new study looked at how personal history, family life and neighborhood instability affected alcoholism symptoms in 273 women over a 12-year period during their early years of marriage and motherhood. The participants lived in the U.S. Midwest.
While alcohol problems and antisocial behavior declined over time, depression symptoms increased among the women. The study also found that the women's partner's and children's problems also had an effect on them. For example, women's symptoms and behaviors worsened if their partner also struggled with addiction and antisocial behavior, such as trouble with the law.
And negative behaviors in their children, such as acting out and getting into trouble, tended to increase the mothers' alcohol problems and antisocial behavior. In addition, the mothers' depression increased when children were sad or isolated.
The researchers also found that the women's alcoholism and depression levels were higher if they lived in an unstable neighborhood, where residents frequently moved in and out."
Drunkenness rising in teen girls, Eastern Europeans | Reuters: "Eastern European adolescents used to drink less than their counterparts in Western Europe and North America, but over the past decade, they've been getting drunk increasingly often, according to a new study looking at nearly 80,000 15-year-olds in 23 countries.
At the same time, Western teens -- especially boys -- are drinking less, Dr. Emmanuel Kuntsche of Addiction Info Switzerland, Research Institute, in Lausanne and his colleagues found. But girls, particularly in Eastern Europe, are drinking more."
Davinia Taylor on her battle with alcohol addiction: 'I didn't feel fit to hold my baby' | Mail Online: "Just weeks after failing to gain custody of her three-year-old son, Davinia Taylor has spoken out about the lowest point in her life, leading her to reject her baby and attempt suicide.The millionairess, who counts Kate Moss and Sadie Frost as her close friends, long suffered alcoholism and pre-natal depression before being diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and has revealed the darkness that it brought to her life.Despite being married to David Beckham’s best friend, David Gardiner, having a once successful acting career on Hollyoaks and being part of the Primrose Hill party set, the beautiful blonde was suffering inside."
Former Swindon star lifts lid on suicide bid (From This Is Swindon Town FC): "FORMER Town star Christian Roberts has revealed how he came within minutes of committing suicide during the height of his alcohol addiction.
And the Welshman – who has now been dry for nearly five years - also explained how he woke up alongside hardened drug addicts countless times as his life spiralled out of control.
Roberts reveals all in his biography Life Is A Game Of Inches – which will be serialised by the Swindon Advertiser over the next few days – and gives a brutally honest insight into how family, friends and football became a secondary thought with booze constantly at the forefront of his mind."
Fewer Young Adults Seek Help For Cocaine And Crack Use: "New figures from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) show a sharp drop for the first time in the numbers of drug users seeking treatment for addiction to cocaine and crack.
The fall affects all age groups but is particularly marked among young adults aged 18-24, and reverses the recent trend of steadily increasing treatment demand from users of these Class A drugs."
Russell Brand - Russell Brand's Alcohol Smells - Contactmusic News: "Teetotal Russell Brand insisted on sniffing alcohol before shooting scenes for new movie 'Arthur' in order to get into character as the drunken millionaire playboy.
Russell Brand sniffed alcohol on the set of 'Arthur' to remind him of being drunk.
The British actor - who has battled alcoholism and drug addiction - plays drunken millionaire playboy Arthur Bach in the remake of the popular 1981 film and wanted to make his scenes as realistic as possible.
Director Jason Winer explained: 'He sniffs alcohol to give himself a sense memory of what those days were like. Russell's been sober for years so we're not worried.'"
Florida gets almost $25 million in federal grants - Florida AP - MiamiHerald.com: "state of Florida is getting nearly $25 million in federal grants for substance abuse and addiction treatment.
Health News Florida reported Friday that four community health centers in Florida will share $14.5 million for expansion, and five counties will share nearly $9.7 million for addiction treatment.
The largest health center grant - $8.3 million - is going to Osceola County Health Department in Kissimmee. North Broward Hospital District in Fort Lauderdale will receive $2.9 million, North Florida Medical Centers in Tallahassee will receive $2.75 million and Trenton Medical Center in Trenton will receive $497,000.
Counties sharing the $9.7 million include Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, and Pinellas"
The question “is alcoholism is genetic oriented” has not a definite answer. However there are some evidences that it could be. A genetic study shows that some clusters of genetic variation play an important role in alcohol addiction. Alcoholism and genetics related factors are discussed below:
It is shown that all individuals with a family history of alcoholism have some risk of developing the problem of alcoholism. Family history of alcoholism means that either or both the parents had alcoholic problems. Parental alcoholism will be a factor for children to become alcoholics. The risk increases when the child is a boy having novelty seeking personality and impulsive behavior.
A new research shows that alcoholism and genetics have some relationship. The researchers identified a new gene that may be responsible for excessive drinking habit. The scientists used micro array techniques to study the genes expression in the brain which prompts high or low consumption of alcohol. This study gives new room to deal with alcoholism disorders.
Family history of alcoholism seems to have biological dysfunction in individuals who develop stress even before they get into drinking problems while others develop such problems only after the drinking
“What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.” These words are found in what is known in AA as ‘The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous’. The program of Alcoholics Anonymous is a spiritual program based on simple spiritual principles, adopted from the Oxford Christian Group, which Bill W. was a member of prior to the formation of AA.
The Oxford Group addressed life problems concerning poverty, unemployment, and the issues that people were faced with during the Great Depression; however, the group did not properly address the hardships faced by the alcoholic. Hence, spirituality, not religion, is the foundation which recovery is built on; yet many use their religion as the basis of their spirituality.
All addiction treatment facilities use the 12-Step program developed and explained in the Big Book. The steps and the Big Book refer to a ‘Higher Power’, ‘a God of our understanding’, or simply ‘God’ as the gateway towards lasting recovery. It also states that no human power could relieve one of their alcoholism. There is even a chapter on the agnostic, one who doubts that God exists, which states that alcoholism is a disease “. . . which only a spiritual experience will conquer” (Alcoholic Anonymous, 1939).
With that said, it is apparent that religion’s role in addiction recovery is paramount, when the aspect of religion being one’s path to spirituality is recognized. How addiction treatment centers apply religion in their programs could be a stumbling block to lasting recovery.
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