http://www.choosehelp.com http://cache.choosehelp.com/img6/logo.png http://www.choosehelp.com urn:syndication:d4090340d0bd314ac8b73221a306d368 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/patrick-kennedy-says-he-left-congress-to-focus-on-recovery.html With more than a half dozen rehab stints behind him, former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is opening up about a life of addiction on Capitol Hill to help de-stigmatize brain diseases and to raise money for brain disease research. ]]> Brain brain damage brain injury Mon, 16 May 2011 05:54:36 +0000 urn:syndication:54c906d390504f60c2d44e4bff173b57 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/alcoholics-anonymous-works-two-new-studies-show-effectiveness-of-aa.html Two research studies released this month show that AA works to help people reduce their consumption and drinking frequency – and that the more often you attend meetings, the better it works. ]]> 12 Steps 12 steps Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:18:26 +0000 urn:syndication:559d81f170e6d0846422c1c54c7d2fa9 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/josh-hamilton-from-addiction-to-all-star-game-records.html Hamilton continues his fairy tale season, setting a new record with 28 homers in the batting derby last night. ]]> MLB Josh Hamilton Addiction recovery baseball celebrities Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:e3a459c8c13985914ca3fe98f664e739 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/blood-on-the-walls-biker-bar-transformed-into-house-of-recovery.html Once the roughest joint in town, the Eastwood Tavern has been renamed the Eastwood House of Recovery - Now healing instead of hurting. ]]> 12 Steps Alcoholics Anonymous biker Eastwood House of Recovery Addiction recovery Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:8e47ea585595935c4ecfa70c8d8c0b7f http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/computer-software-therapy-helps-drug-addicts-avoid-relapse.html Conventional therapy supplemented with computer assisted therapy works seems to work better than in-person therapy alone. ]]> Addiction treatment counseling software computer assisted therapy Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:ee4eb7267668fc187b107f176b9b1724 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/abstinent-recovering-alcoholics-may-sleep-poorly-for-years-after-quitting.html Researchers have long known that alcoholics in recovery face a lengthy period of sleep disruption, but some latest work out of the University of Melbourne suggests that a history of alcoholism can negatively affect sleep quality for as long as 2 year... ]]> Abstinence insomnia Addiction recovery Alcoholism Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:bc2512175f615a070682d19b8b208973 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/study-shows-that-people-overestimate-their-capacity-to-resist-temptation.html Research shows that we overestimate our powers of self control and so we unconcernedly expose ourselves to temptation – increasing our probability of succumbing to it. ]]> Addiction recovery research Relapse resisting temptation Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:6557079ceedb981eecf804c6d4e17206 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/the-end-of-relapse-researchers-using-brain-protien-manipulations-claim-a-breakthrough.html By altering levels of GDNF (a brain protein) in rats, researchers in California were able to greatly reduce alcohol cravings and consumption. Fellow scientists call it a landmark study. ]]> rats Relapse research Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:8867ca6531479d0d10e68fcc07a79d07 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/texas-rangers2019-josh-hamilton-admits-to-january-relapse-says-he2019s-human.html Hamilton says that pictures posted online yesterday that show him in compromising poses with women while seemingly drunk at a bar are real and were taken in Tempe Arizona in January. ]]> Josh Hamilton Addiction recovery Relapse Alcoholism Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:27cff5c1a76567b87d9956da4a48df47 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/josh-hamilton-a-living-testimony.html In his record-breaking performance at the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium, last week, Josh Hamilton was a living testament that people can change their lives and can overcome addiction to alcohol and drugs. ]]> MLB Josh Hamilton Addiction recovery baseball celebrities Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:155194f719980aa4798880090974c6e6 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/last-year-drug-rehab-2013-this-year-a-super-bowl-saints-dt-anthony-hargrove-celebrates-a-year-of-sobriety.html Last year, without a team to play for, Hargrove wasn’t worried about football - he was trying to take his life back, spending 10 months in drug rehab and treatment for cocaine, alcohol and marijuana abuse. ]]> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400 urn:syndication:cf7884532f7075e232da26d677147612 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/in-recovery/former-meth-users-can-regain-impulse-control-after-about-a-year-of-abstinence.html Researchers at UC Davis have shown that although meth users in recovery have a very difficult time with impulse control, that after 1 year of abstinence, the brain regains much cognitive control. ]]> Abstinence Crystal Meth Addiction recovery research Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:01 -0400