| They ditched hooch for health
Many stories on rehabilitation focus on an alcoholic's downward spiral before finding new life in sobriety. But with that new life comes a quandary — how to fill time once occupied with a bottle with time dedicated to health.
"You have to have something to replace that time, said Lawrence Houston, 48, who once abused alcohol and drugs but today lives clean and sober in suburban Lancaster. "Idle time is the devil's workshop!"
"Go for a walk," agreed Dr. David Hill, a Millersville University professor of psychology, who has also served as an addictions consultant for area treatment centers. "Go to the gym; go to something self-enhancing."
Like Houston, others who have battled addiction have taken up that mantra. They work out, golf, swim, coach, take up yoga, read, meditate and/or pray.
Drug Rehab Leading Public To New Way of Thinking
Unique medication-free program is getting results in 2007. Canadian, OK (PRWEB) November 4, 2007 -- Anyone caring for or treating an addicted person knows that depression and drug or alcohol addiction frequently go hand in hand. Some traditional medical and psychiatric based programs diagnose and treat the depression an addict is experiencing as the root cause of the person's drug or alcohol problem. Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country's leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, has taken a new position that depression is more often a symptom that shows up after a person becomes addicted. "Most addicts are in a deteriorating or poor state of health. While high, they are in a euphoric, painless state of mind, numb to the damage drugs or alcohol are doing to their bodies.
GOTBAUM GUILT
From the outset of this incident, it was clear that the Gotbaum family sought to justify litigation against the Phoenix police department or the airline for the death of Carol Anne Gotbaum (�Gotbaum Doc Rages," Nov. 13). The Gotbaum family, more than anyone else, bears responsibility for this woman's death, because they were the only party with absolute knowledge of her drug and alcohol problems. If they cared at all, the deceased's husband should have accompanied his wife to the rehab in Phoenix. Perhaps then she would not have arrived with a blood-alcohol level of .24 and a stomach full of antidepressants. The medical report of Dr. Cyril Wecht, who has been hired to testify for the deceased's family, is absolute garbage and isn't worth the paper that it's printed on.
Family stumbles upon injured man who drove into canal
No one saw 18-year-old Adrian Gregorio's car veer off the Don Shula Expressway early Sunday and plunge into a canal, Florida Highway Patrol officials said. He still managed to pull himself out and swim to shore. Then, he waited alone for help for at least 10 hours in the morning chill before a family found him lying on the grassy embankment next to the water, blood gushing from his head, they said. They called police, and Gregorio was air-lifted to Ryder Trauma Center. His condition was unavailable Sunday. Gregorio's 2006 Nissan 350Z sank into a canal just north of Florida's Turnpike and was barely visible to drivers, FHP Lt. Pat Santangelo said. ''If those people hadn't stopped in that particular spot, he may never have been found,'' Santangelo said.
Lawsuits, alcohol arrests
The doctor who performed a tummy tuck and breast reduction on the mother of Kanye West is a plastic surgeon to Hollywood's elite and something of a celebrity himself, with a TV show of his own and a host of appearances on programs from "Extra" to "Oprah." What Dr. Jan Adams hasn't publicized, however, is that the state medical board is investigating whether to revoke or suspend his license over alcohol-related arrests; that he has been the target of malpractice lawsuits; and that he's paid out nearly $500,000 in civil settlements. Adams, through his spokesman Kevin Williams, confirmed he operated on Donda West, who died Saturday night at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Rey after she stopped breathing at her home. She was 58. Adams would not say when and where the surgery was done, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.
Swimmers face reduced charges following party
BETHLEHEM | Two members of Lehigh University's swimming and diving team who spent a night in jail after police said they hosted an underage drinking party now face significantly reduced charges. Darren A. Podolak, 20, of Medford, N.J., and Mac S. Tichner, 19, of Brookville, N.Y., both waived single counts of underage drinking and conspiracy to furnish alcohol to minors to Northampton County Court on Monday during a preliminary hearing before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez. The conspiracy charge replaces 18 counts of furnishing alcohol to minors. Northampton County Assistant District Attorney Abraham Kassis withdrew these charges as well as two counts of corruption of minors and single counts of having a disorderly house and violating the city's noise ordinance.
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