Substance Abuse Newsletter Archive
November 20, 2009
Issue 231: How can I tell if I have a drinking problem?
November 13, 2009
Issue 230: Now that I'm sober, will I ever be able to drink again?
November 6, 2009
Issue 229: I've stopped drinking/using. How can I prevent relapse?
October 30, 2009
Issue 228: My spouse/child has a drinking or drug problem. What can I do?
October 23, 2009
Issue 227: I'm afraid I'll become addicted to prescription pain killers. Should I take them?
October 16, 2009
Issue 226: What is Campral?
March 13, 2009
Issue 225: Mixing Cocaine and Darvocet
March 6, 2009
Issue 224: What Are Hallucinogens
February 20, 2009
Issue 223: Private Treatment
February 13, 2009
Issue 222: Detoxification
February 6, 2009
Issue 221: Painkillers and Alcohol
January 30, 2009
Issue 220: Vicodin: A Silent Culprit
January 23, 2009
Issue 219: OxyContin: A Special Case
January 16, 2009
Issue 218: Emotional Effects of Painkillers
January 9, 2009
Issue 217: Physical Effects of Painkillers
January 2, 2009
Issue 216: Paths to Painkiller Addiction
December 26, 2008
Issue 215: Pain Relief vs. Addiction
December 19, 2008
Issue 214: The Value of Aftercare
December 12, 2008
Issue 213: Emotional Effects of Narcotics
December 5, 2008
Issue 212: Physical Effects of Narcotics
November 28, 2008
Issue 211: Narcotics Withdrawal
November 21, 2008
Issue 210: Paths to Narcotics Addiction
November 14, 2008
Issue 209: Commonly Abused Narcotics
November 7, 2008
Issue 208: Pain Relief vs. Addiction
October 31, 2008
Issue 207: Antabuse and Cocaine
October 24, 2008
Issue 206: Emotional Effects of Cocaine Use
October 17, 2008
Issue 205: Physical Effects of Cocaine Use
October 10, 2008
Issue 204: Emotional Effects of Alcohol Abuse
October 3, 2008
Issue 203: Physical Effects of Alcohol Abuse
September 26, 2008
Issue 202: Alcoholics Anonymous
September 19, 2008
Issue 201: Medication for Alcoholics?
September 12, 2008
Issue 200: Predictors of Marijuana Dependency
September 5, 2008
Issue 199: Prospects for Medical Treatment of Marijuana Dependency
August 29, 2008
Issue 198: Methadone Maintenance Programs
August 22, 2008
Issue 197: Transitional Living
August 15, 2008
Issue 196: Physical Effects of Meth and Amphetamines
August 8, 2008
Issue 195: The Rising Tide of Meth Addiction
August 1, 2008
Issue 194: What Are Amphetamines?
July 25, 2008
Issue 193: Is Marijuana Addictive?
July 18, 2008
Issue 192: Emotional Effects of Marijuana
July 11, 2008
Issue 191: Physical Effects of Marijuana
July 4, 2008
Issue 190: "Mom, Did You Inhale?"
June 27, 2008
Issue 189: Marijuana and Young People
June 20, 2008
Issue 188: Triggers
June 13, 2008
Issue 187: Relapse Danger Signs
June 6, 2008
Issue 186: The Power of Diversions
May 30, 2008
Issue 185: Support Groups
May 23, 2008
Issue 184: Why Drug Addicts Have Relapses
May 16, 2008
Issue 183: What is a Relapse?
May 9, 2008
Issue 182: New Techniques in Fighting Meth Addiction
May 2, 2008
Issue 181: Inpatient Treatment for Meth Addiction
April 25, 2008
Issue 180: Meth Detox
April 18, 2008
Issue 179: Amphetamines and ADHD
April 11, 2008
Issue 178: History of Amphetamine Use
April 4, 2008
Issue 177: Synanon Approach
March 28, 2008
Issue 176: "Scared Straight"
March 21, 2008
Issue 175: Faith-based Model
March 14, 2008
Issue 174: Electroshock Therapy
March 7, 2008
Issue 173: Harm Reduction
February 29, 2008
Issue 172: 12-Step Model
February 22, 2008
Issue 171: If You Have a Relapse
February 15, 2008
Issue 170: Substance Abuse and the Law
February 8, 2008
Issue 169: Substance Abuse in Your Religious Organization
February 1, 2008
Issue 168: Substance Abuse in Your Community
January 25, 2008
Issue 167: If Your Parent Has a Drug or Alcohol Problem
January 18, 2008
Issue 166: If Your Spouse or Partner Has a Substance Abuse Problem
January 11, 2008
Issue 165: If You Think You Have a Drug or Alcohol Problem
January 4, 2008
Issue 164: The Role of Therapy
December 28, 2007
Issue 163: A Pill to Prevent Relapse?
December 21, 2007
Issue 162: Don't Feed the Tiger
December 14, 2007
Issue 161: Steroids and Cocaine
December 7, 2007
Issue 160: Obtaining a restraining order
November 30, 2007
Issue 159: Important notes regarding restraining orders
November 23, 2007
Issue 158: Definition of the term Drug
November 16, 2007
Issue 157: Extent of Use
November 9, 2007
Issue 156: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)
November 2, 2007
Issue 155: Musculoskeletal system
October 26, 2007
Issue 154: Cardiovascular system
October 19, 2007
Issue 153: Infection
October 12, 2007
Issue 152: Addiction
October 5, 2007
Issue 151: Definition
September 28, 2007
Issue 150: Increase in Use
September 21, 2007
Issue 149: Types
September 14, 2007
Issue 148: gamma hydroxy-butyrate (GHB)
September 7, 2007
Issue 147: Definition
August 31, 2007
Issue 146: Volatile Solvents
August 24, 2007
Issue 145: Gases
August 17, 2007
Issue 144: Nitrites
August 10, 2007
Issue 143: Gender Differences
August 3, 2007
Issue 142: Who uses inhalants
July 27, 2007
Issue 141: Effects
July 13, 2007
Issue 140: Addiction
July 6, 2007
Issue 139: Definition
June 29, 2007
Issue 138: Fentanyl
June 22, 2007
Issue 137: Definition
June 15, 2007
Issue 136: Differences from other drugs
June 8, 2007
Issue 135: Definition
June 1, 2007
Issue 134: Extent of Use
May 25, 2007
Issue 133: Behavior
May 18, 2007
Issue 132: Commonly Abused Steroids
May 11, 2007
Issue 131: Ketamine
May 4, 2007
Issue 130: Rohypnol
April 27, 2007
Issue 129: Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG)
April 20, 2007
Issue 128: Health Hazards
April 13, 2007
Issue 127: MDA - Health Hazards
April 6, 2007
Issue 126: MDA Definition
March 30, 2007
Issue 125: Monitoring the Future Study (MTF)
March 23, 2007
Issue 124: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)
March 16, 2007
Issue 123: Long Term Effects
March 9, 2007
Issue 122: Health Hazards
March 2, 2007
Issue 121: Complications
February 23, 2007
Issue 120: Definition
February 16, 2007
Issue 119: Medical Uses for Methamphetamine
February 9, 2007
Issue 118: Health Risks
February 2, 2007
Issue 117: Getting Help for Alcoholism
January 26, 2007
Issue 116: Inpatient Treatment
January 19, 2007
Issue 115: Private Treatment
January 12, 2007
Issue 114: Cocaine Detox
January 5, 2007
Issue 113: Private Treatment for Cocaine Use
December 29, 2006
Issue 112: Who Uses Cocaine?
December 22, 2006
Issue 111: Heroin Detox
December 15, 2006
Issue 110: Treatment for Narcotics Addiction
December 8, 2006
Issue 109: Inpatient Treatment
December 1, 2006
Issue 108: If Your Child Has an Alcohol or Drug Problem
November 24, 2006
Issue 107: Medical Model
November 17, 2006
Issue 106: Family Model
October 27, 2006
Issue 105: Private Drug Treatment
October 20, 2006
Issue 104: Outpatient Drug Treatment
October 13, 2006
Issue 103: Outpatient Therapy
October 6, 2006
Issue 102: Private Treatment for Meth and Amphetamine Addiction
September 29, 2006
Issue 101: Online Treatment Support
September 22, 2006
Issue 100: Social Drinking vs. Alcoholism
September 15, 2006
Issue 99: Treatment for Opiate Addiction
September 8, 2006
Issue 98: Withdrawal from Cocaine
September 1, 2006
Issue 97: Alcohol Detox
August 25, 2006
Issue 96: Inpatient Treatment for Marijuana Addiction
August 18, 2006
Issue 95: 12-Step Groups for Addictions
August 4, 2006
Issue 93: Inpatient Treatment for Cocaine Use
July 21, 2006
Issue 92: Private Treatment for Marijuana Addiction
July 14, 2006
Issue 91: Individual Model
July 7, 2006
Issue 90: Cocaine and Alcohol
June 30, 2006
Issue 89: Behavioral Therapy for Cocaine Use
June 23, 2006
Issue 88: Behavioral Therapy for Marijuana Users
June 16, 2006
Issue 87: Emotional Effects of Meth and Amphetamines
June 9, 2006
Issue 86: Stress Management
June 2, 2006
Issue 85: Abuse Prevention
May 26, 2006
Issue 84: Social Model
May 19, 2006
Issue 83: Detoxification Centers
May 12, 2006
Issue 82: If You Need Help Now
May 5, 2006
Issue 81: Short-Term Programs
April 28, 2006
Issue 80: Long-Term Programs
April 21, 2006
Issue 79: If Your Friend Has an Alcohol or Drug Problem
April 14, 2006
Issue 78: Long Term Effects
April 7, 2006
Issue 77: Short Term Effects
March 31, 2006
Issue 76: Treatments
March 17, 2006
Issue 75: Use in USA
March 10, 2006
Issue 74: Health Hazards
March 3, 2006
Issue 73: Set aside time to grieve
February 24, 2006
Issue 72: Patterns of Abuse
February 17, 2006
Issue 71: THERAPY - Group
February 10, 2006
Issue 70: Characteristics (signs) of a parent who is abusive
February 3, 2006
Issue 69: Definition of Neglect
January 27, 2006
Issue 68: Educate Yourselves
April 4, 2003
Issue 67: Verbal warnings about abuse
March 7, 2003
Issue 66: Definition of Neglect
February 28, 2003
Issue 65: Reflect On Your Progress
February 21, 2003
Issue 64: Definition of Abuse
February 14, 2003
Issue 63: EMOTIONS - Fear
February 7, 2003
Issue 62: Physical Indicators of Sexual Abuse
January 24, 2003
Issue 61: Responsibility
January 17, 2003
Issue 60: Understand Your Trigger Thoughts
January 10, 2003
Issue 59: Definition of Abuse
January 3, 2003
Issue 58: Forms of Abuse - Psychological Abuse
December 27, 2002
Issue 57: EMOTIONS - Conflicting feelings
December 20, 2002
Issue 56: EMOTIONS - Conflicting Feelings
December 13, 2002
Issue 55: Forms of Abuse - Psychological Abuse
December 6, 2002
Issue 54: If Someone Is Abusing You...
November 15, 2002
Issue 53: Healing Instincts
November 8, 2002
Issue 52: Forms of Abuse - Psychological Abuse
November 1, 2002
Issue 51: Forms of Abuse - Psychological Abuse
October 18, 2002
Issue 50: EMOTIONS - Fear
October 4, 2002
Issue 49: Forms of Abuse - Psychological Abuse
September 13, 2002
Issue 48: Ability to Say No
September 6, 2002
Issue 47: Molesters Were Molested
August 30, 2002
Issue 46: Reflect On Your Progress
August 2, 2002
Issue 45: Drugs and Alcohol
July 26, 2002
Issue 44: Forms of Abuse - Psychological Abuse
July 19, 2002
Issue 43: Definition of Neglect
July 12, 2002
Issue 42: Forms of Abuse - Emotional Abuse
July 5, 2002
Issue 41: Nontouching Sexual Offenses
June 28, 2002
Issue 40: Forms of Abuse - Psychological Abuse
June 21, 2002
Issue 39: How to Report Child Abuse
June 14, 2002
Issue 38: Molesters were molested
June 7, 2002
Issue 37: Reporting Abuse
May 31, 2002
Issue 36: Nontouching Sexual Offenses
May 24, 2002
Issue 35: ANGER - One Letter
May 17, 2002
Issue 34: EMOTIONS - Fear
May 10, 2002
Issue 33: Definition of Abuse
May 3, 2002
Issue 32: Breaking the Pattern of Anger
March 22, 2002
Issue 31: Definition of Neglect
March 15, 2002
Issue 30: Alcoholism - A Primer
March 8, 2002
Issue 29: Shaken Baby Syndrome
March 1, 2002
Issue 28: Self-Injury -- Coming Out
February 22, 2002
Issue 27: Psychological Abuse Definition
February 1, 2002
Issue 25: Therapy - Part II
January 11, 2002
Issue 22: Therapy Information
January 4, 2002
Issue 21: Introduction and Volunteering
February 16, 2001
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 13, New Abuse Guru
February 9, 2001
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 12, Finding the Right Therapist
February 2, 2001
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 11, February`s Survivor of the Month
January 26, 2001
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 10, Understanding Sexual Abuse
January 19, 2001
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 9, Indicators of Sexual Abuse
January 12, 2001
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 8, Sexual Abuse
January 5, 2001
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 7, Survivor of the Month
December 29, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 9, Survivor of the Month
December 22, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 7, Survivor of the Month
December 15, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 6, Effective Coping Mechanisms
December 1, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 5, The Cycle of Abuse
November 24, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 4, How Abuse Reports are Handled
November 17, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 3, Reporting Suspected Abuse
November 10, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 2, Signs of Abuse
November 3, 2000
Abuse-tips Newsletter, Issue 1, Definition of Abuse