A more healthy lifestyle for alcoholics and addicts in recovery - including exercise and better nutrition - can not only help you look and feel better, in its own way can also hlep prevent relapse. How does that work? Read more...

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Growing up in an alcoholic home can affect children in ways they may not even realize. For Jaie, it took a string of failed relationships and three divorces before she realized that her attitude might be part of the problem. Read more...

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Children who are born with fetal alcohol syndrome are likely to develop a wide range of secondary conditions, problems that they were not born with, but can acquire as a result of having FAS. These include mental health problems, disruption of education, legal problems, inappropriate sexual behavior, drug and alcohol problems and problems with daily living. Read more...

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Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not it may be time to get help.

• Alcohol Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Drug Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Could You Be Depressed?
  
• Is Your Child Using Drugs or Alcohol?
  
• Is Your Child Huffing Inhalants?
  

Questions for Families:

• Are You Troubled by Someone's Drinking?
  
• Are You Enabling an Alcoholic or Addict?
  
• Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker?
  
• Domestic Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Adult Child Screening Quiz
  

Recovering alcoholics and addicts can easily find themselves substituting one addiction for another, becoming compulsively involved in other activities. Although those activities may be otherwise healthy and productive, such as work or exercise, they can hamper recovery if they become a transfer of addictions. Read more...

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• What Is Substance Abuse?
  
• Are You Addicted?
  
• How to Quit Alcohol and Drugs

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If exercise can help people in residential treatment facilities and subjects in scientific studies, it can benefit anyone trying to quit drinking and drugging or striving to maintain abstinence. You don't have to become a world-class athlete to enjoy the benefits of exercise as part of your recovery. Read more...

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• Stress Should Be Avoided in Early Sobriety
  
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Addiction

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More than one in five young people in the United States aged 18 to 25 were classified as needing treatment in the past year for alcohol or illicit drug use, but of those seven million people less than one in 10 actually received alcohol and drug treatment.

A new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that 93% of young people who need a specialty treatment facility did not get it. Read more...

After preliminary autopsy results showed no obvious trauma and no signs of foul play, speculation in the media continues to increase that a drug overdose may be the cause of pop superstar Michael Jackson's death. Toxicology tests have been ordered by the Los Angeles coroner and results are expected within four to six weeks.

Jackson, 50, was pronounced dead at the L.A. Medical Center Thursday after paramedics responded to a 9-1-1 call from his home and found him unresponsive. Read more...

Teens who live with fathers who drink are more likely to drink alcohol, binge drink and use illicit drugs than teens whose fathers do not drink. If the father drinks to the point of having an alcohol abuse disorder, the liklihood of the teen drinking and doing drugs increases dramatically.

These findings are from a new study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Read more...