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The Value of Prescription Drug Addiction Forums
 
A forum is a place where a group of people comes together to discuss a common issue. With the rise of the Internet, many forums are now conducted online. These online forums, also called newsgroups, are good places for people to get information or share their feelings and opinions. Forums usually have a constant general topic with other subtopics suggested. There are forums on nearly every topic imaginable, from collecting baseball cards to fixing classic cars to prescription drug addiction.
A prescription drug addiction forum is a good place for people to get information about prescription drug addiction, how prescription drug addiction is harmful, and how to kick a prescription drug addiction. A prescription drug addiction forum is often set up and run by a rehabilitation facility. These forums usually have information about a wide variety of treatments and rehabilitation, not just about the group conducting the forum.
Prescription drug addiction forums are usually filled with personal stories about how people became addicted to the drugs, what effects the addiction had on their lives and general health, and how they got treatment. Some forums may focus on one prescription drug in particular or a class of prescription drugs, others may deal with all kinds of drugs.
Prescription drug addiction forums, like most online forums, require users to register before they can participate in the discussion. Registration is usually free, and is mostly anonymous. People usually don't have to give any personal information beyond a user name, password, and sometimes an e-mail address. This is good for people who want information and support but are not yet willing to admit that they have a problem and need help. Friends and family members of prescription drug addicts can use forums also. They can get information about conducting interventions, or other ways of helping their loved ones realize that they have a problem.
A prescription drug addiction forum is an excellent source for information, support, and inspiration for anyone affected by prescription drug addiction. These forums provide anonymous, controlled settings where people can find out what they need to know to get help.
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HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell Is Still an Addict and Has "Issues" With John Edwards
Huffington Post
According to Webster to be addicted is: to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively addicted to something. Admittedly, she was a high-functioning alcoholic, who was "spiritually bankrupt." Yet, she experienced "a miracle" on ...

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Definition of addiction changing
Herald and News
That — in its simplest terms — is at the heart of a change in a psychiatric manual that could have a major effect on diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism and other addictions. An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety.

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Are We Addicted to Facebook? It's Complicated.
New York Times (blog)
But does the research suggest that we are addicted to it? Is our obsession with the social network bordering on unhealthy? Can we resist the siren call of the glowing blue icon? Dr. Rosen said the average person was not addicted to Facebook.

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Addiction Diagnoses May Rise Under Guideline Changes
New York Times
WASHINGTON — In what could prove to be one of their most far-reaching decisions, psychiatrists and other specialists who are rewriting the manual that serves as the nation's arbiter of mental illness have agreed to revise the definition of addiction, ...
Revised definition of 'addiction' may spur hike in number of addictsMiamiHerald.com
Revised guidelines might sharply increase addiction diagnosesAustin American-Statesman
You could be addicted but not know itOmaha World-Herald

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Definitions refined for alcohol addiction
Toledo Blade
Or is there a sliding scale of addiction, with many gradations of severity? That -- in its simplest terms -- is at the heart of a change in a psychiatric manual that could have a major effect on diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism and other ...

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