Sobriety

Long term Sobriety can Reverse Effects of Alcohol Damage

A recent study from Stanford University has shown that the fog of alcoholism can clear up with long-term sobriety.// The study appears in the September issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Past studies had shown that besides the direct effect of booze the brain of alcoholics...

Narconon Graduate Delivers Drug Education in Florida

...or those that are already addicted, Narconon offers successful drug rehabilitation in Florida that achieves a more than 70% success rate for permanent sobriety and currently operates three centers in the state. "Whether it's delivering drug education talks in schools, churches or to community groups, N...

A comprehensive review of addiction to prescription painkillers among patients and physicians

...st when these highly emotionally charged situations involving health care providers occur, Dr. Berge and his colleagues write. Long-term recovery and sobriety can be achieved with appropriate treatment, aftercare and monitoring, they add. New opioid formulas designed to minimize abuse are now in late-sta...

'How to Change Someone You Love' Offers Help to Those Who Feel Powerless in the Face of Addiction

...k, NY. ABOUT BRAD LAMM, BRI-I, CAI Brad Lamm has been helping others get sober and stay sober for years. Highly motivated and with long-term sobriety himself, he leads by example; blending hope with the dynamic nature of the ARISE Invitation Intervention. Previously a network-affiliate News Anchor, ...

Missouri DOC Conducting Pilot of 24/7 Alcohol Anklets

...nder success. "The goal of the program is to increase our ability to ensure sobriety for clients in our program, ultimately reducing the number of revocations w...h alcohol are astounding. Programs that can manage the addiction and ensure sobriety through continuous testing are seeing significant impact." SCRAM tech...

Public Housing for Homeless Alcoholics Saves Money

... Removing sobriety requirements cut expenditures in half, study found...ousing to homeless alcoholics, regardless of their sobriety status, reduces health-care use and costs, U.S. re...ves the usual housing for homeless requirements of sobriety and mandatory attendance to alcohol treatment prog...

Mercy Hospital at Folsom Acquires Advanced Germicidal Technology to Battle MRSA, C. diff, Acinetobacter and Other Drug-Resistant Pathogens

...g Unit could be found on the base of an IV pole (five or less is considered operating room clean). Similar tests were performed the same day in a sobriety Cell at the Sacramento County Jail, and at the Sports Complex Training Room of the California State University, Sacramento . The results were equally...

CASA* Evaluation of Welfare Demonstration Program in New Jersey Finds Effective Approach to Addiction Recovery and Employment

...-- A new approach to helping drug-addicted women on welfare that treats substance abuse and addiction as a chronic disease promises better outcomes of sobriety and employment than current approaches that focus on employment first, according to CASASARD( SM) : Intensive Case Management for Substance-Depende...

GlaxoSmithKline Awards Ten Area Healthcare Nonprofits with $40,000 Each in Funding

...ndividuals, families and communities ( www.fcsdc.org ). Libertae, Inc., located in Bensalem, Pa., empowers women and their families to maintain sobriety through comprehensive treatment programs that create and support healthy communities ( www.libertae.org ). Public Citizens for Children and Yout...

New Addiction Treatment Program Allows You to Attend Drug Rehabilitation and Still Keep Your Day Job

... the evenings, their time is spent focusing on recovery. A highly trained and caring staff is available around the clock. Commitment to our client's sobriety and understanding of their careers is what sets Foundations apart. For more information on Foundations of Boca Raton, please visit their website a...

Sobriety in Medical Technology

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: A Comprehensive Review of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Among Patients and Physicians

...ist when these highly emotionally charged situations involving health care providers occur, Dr. Berge and his colleagues write. Long-term recovery and sobriety can be achieved with appropriate treatment, aftercare and monitoring, they add. New opioid formulas designed to minimize abuse are now in late-s...

Sobriety in Biological News

Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible

...es attention and concentration [2]. Dr Bartsch said: "After short-term sobriety of less than two months, we found that brain volume had increased by an ave...orm a specific patient how much exactly his or her brain has benefited from sobriety and, as a clinician, I believe this may be a very supportive part of their ...

Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics

...lthough working memory, postural stability, and visuospatial ability may continue to show impairment for weeks to months with sobriety, with prolonged sobriety these brain functions can show improvement." - Some alcoholics can achieve long-term abstinence in spite of persistent deficits in decision-making....

Sobriety in Biological Technology

Lord of the Engines

...laws of business naming, once again, these new icons will land on the likes of Wall Street. Financial markets are somber and conservative, looking for sobriety and with no room for the skateboarding attitudes of the dotcom and Enron eras. Proper business-name trademarks, solid global domain names and thoughtf...

Lost in translation: corporate branding

... and for many other reasons, English-based naming has been the norm for corporate business nomenclature because it always has provided some measure of sobriety and universal understanding. It is true that the other half of the global populace is still non-English speakers, but the process of corporate nami...

Sobriety in Biological Definition

Proprioception

...sure, light/dark, temperature, sound, and other sensory experiences. Applications Proprioception is tested by police officers using the field sobriety test where the subject is required to touch his nose with his eyes closed. People with normal proprioception may make an error of no more than 2 cm. ...