Sentences with phrase «addiction problem in»

Three Republican Assembly members are credited with writing the report that proposes solutions based on a series of local hearings about the heroin addiction problem in New York state.

Ministers, rabbis and priests are often the first people who become aware of an addiction problem in an individual or family.

MORIAH — Several things can be done to address the growing opiate addiction problem in the area, those attending a forum at Moriah Central School were told.

Reynolds added that he realizes there is a serious opioid addiction problem in Broome County, «but having an honest and open discussion over how best to dispense public tax dollars to combat that problem should always be an accepted practice.»

It speaks directly to individuals with sexual addiction problems in a down - to - earth and respectful manner.

Not exact matches

In one recent study, Choi and several colleagues wrote that smartphone addiction, like other impulse - control disorders, can «interfere with school or work; decrease real - life social interaction; decrease academic ability; and cause relationship problems.»

Senator Shaheen said treating addiction begins with how one views the problem in the first place.

Trudeau met Thursday in Ottawa with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who told their joint news conference about his country's decision in 2000 to decriminalize illicit drugs, and how that has helped to mitigate their addiction problems.

Sue Hammell, New Democrat spokesperson on mental health and addictions, said that many people with addiction problems aren't getting the services that they need in B.C., and said broken promises from the Christy Clark government are adding to the problem.

Any addiction that negatively affects your life (ie: locking yourself in a room and ignoring your family) is a problem — but the item that a person is addicted to is not necessarily the problem or even the cause.

I hope this is not hopeless hash, but since the mind makes connections, I had Locke and Lawler on the mind when I began thinking about the problem of heroin addiction in the US.

Betel International operates in 19 countries, the fastest growing of which are Russia and India, where there are significant addiction problems.

There is hardly a better example of the desperate state of the drug problem in the UK than the stories of the young recovering addicts at Betel of Britain, a Christian therapeutic community that helps people to find healing from addiction through faith in Jesus.

I look at our world - the unemployment rates, the homeless rates, the drug addiction rates, the degradation we do to our environment, and I don't exactly wish we had millions more people in my generation to add to the problems.

For our purposes, the medical and psychiatric therapies may be divided into three categories according to their purpose: (1) those therapies that aid in the physical rehabilitation of the person suffering from the effects of an acute binge and / or prolonged excessive drinking over many years; (2) those that help to keep the addictive cycle broken and thus maintain sobriety for sufficient time to allow other therapies to take effect; (3) those that aim at lessening the alcoholic's personality problems — both those that contributed to the causation of his addiction and those resulting from the interpersonal chaos of progressive alcoholism.

Lolli writes: «A realistic understanding of the pleasurable connotations of addiction to alcohol will help the therapist to alleviate his own emotional problems relating to «pleasurable» experiences in other human beings and thus make his work with the alcoholic more effective.»

A lot of people in the street do not automatically have problems with alcohol or other addictions and are smart enough to spend their money wisely.

I believe this becomes a different matter and can, in certain circumstances, not be a problem if it is used as an occasional release of sexual tension without mastering us as an addiction.

Anne Wilson Schaef is a consultant on addiction problems with Wilson - Schaef Associates in Boulder, Colorado.

Wojciech Giertych, O.P. (the Papal Theologian, Vatican City), Dr. Craig Steven Titus (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), and Dr. Paul Vitz (The Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Virginia) will be participating in this conference examining the problem of addiction from a Catholic and Christian perspective.

Addiction is certainly a problem, but if the right wing truly believes in smaller government then they have no business enlarging the government by forcing their religiously motivated values on others who do them no harm.

«Addiction is a human problem that resides in people, not in the drug or in the drug's capacity to produce physical effects....

Such people may be substance abusers, but usually in the case of church leaders the problem is an addiction to work, sex, romance, self - abuse, power or money.

Violence, criminality and drug addiction will have to be discussed not simply as problems of «law and order,» though that is important, but in regard to their more basic causes.

I, on the other hand, am more of a salty crunchy snack kind of person... I have no problems getting through a bag of sea salted pita chips dunked in spicy hummus... okay, let's not talk about it (I have recently discovered I have a bit of an addiction...).

When I started working with Allison, I had noticed extreme fatigue and mood problems, in addition to chronic digestive problems, sugar addiction, and eczema, and I hoped to take steps toward healing those issues and feeling more like myself again.

I know he had some problems in Knoxville that eventually forced him to transfer, but from my understanding — from Rogers himself — those problems were basically an addiction to marijuana.

Although in the past he has had several interventions with the police on countless occasions, he still maintains heavy involvement with the Tamsin Gulvin Fund, which is a charity that helps to support people that have addiction problems with no financial support.

But I worry that if I leave my children to cry it out, then they will not see the point in reaching out to us if they have problems later in life and could try to deal with serious issues like bullying, drug addictions, teenage pregnancy, gambling problems, or flunking out of school on their own or turn to peers.

The therapists at Concentric are experts in relationship problems, couples and marriage, child, adolescent and family issues, addictions and compulsive behaviors, substance abuse, life transitions and stress management, depression, anxiety, bipolar, varying degrees of trauma and unresolved family - of - origin issues.

Through her own personal life experience, in combination with several years of intense training with Dr. Stephanie Mines (http://tara-approach.org), Jeanice has come to a deep understanding of how early overwhelming experiences can influence one's health and personality throughout life and can cause a variety of disorders later in life including, but not limited to, repetitive relationship problems, chronic health issues, drug and alcohol addiction, uncontrollable violence and criminal behavior, chemical imbalances in the brain, fertility issues, severe depression, and an inability to lead a joyful, healthy life.

Michel Odent, in his review of research on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from the mother.

Both the new research findings and the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth are fascinating and of great significance in all our lives.

(Unless you have an addiction issue, in which case you have a more urgent problem than determining a safe level of consumption.).

«To fix this problem, once elected, I will propose creating a lock box for the money that is raised by this surcharge to ensure that it goes directly to effective programs that help people and families who are suffering from addiction in addition to programs that are focused on addressing the root causes of addiction,» she said.

As well as a loss of confidence and self - esteem, disconnection from the labour market and loss of skills, there are deeper issues such as mental health problems, debt, family difficulties and, in some cases, drug and alcohol addiction that must be taken into account.

He may have had a drug problem in the past but addiction whilst a millionaire is a relatively comfy experience, entirely irrelevant to policy or politics.

«Underage drinking is a dangerous behavior that can lead to serious health problems, including addiction later in life,» said New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Arlene González - Sánchez.

«Throwing them in jail and not treating their underlying issue, which is their addiction, doesn't help solve the problem with them and in truth, it costs us much more in dollars and cents to pay for it then to actually treat them,» said County Executive Mark Poloncarz, D - Erie County.

The Assembly Minority Task Force on Heroin Addiction and Community Response held a regional forum aimed at identifying problems and weaknesses in current efforts to combat the rampant heroin epidemic.

«This goes to the drug addiction problems, the mental health problems that are occurring in this county and those have to be addressed first.»

New Yorkers in recovery for heroin addiction, their families, health care providers, and law enforcement gave testimony recently in the Rochester - area about the escalating problem.

One of the problems facing the council is the «woefully inadequate» investment in drug addiction research in the UK, something the MPs warn must be immediately addressed.

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«For instance, he made a point of attacking the idea of treating heroin addiction on the NHS - but in fact we could cut crime significantly if we stop treating heroin addiction as a criminal problem and start treating it properly as a medical problem.

Many of the people we work with face homelessness, have suffered abuse, have experienced trauma in childhood, are battling addictions or struggling with mental health problems.

A host of citywide leaders and addiction counselors will be meeting in the coming months to seek solutions to the problem.

In a statement Friday morning, Stefanik said the money would come from the Patient and State Stability Fund, with supplemental funding in order to receive additional resources for new mothers, those struggling with addiction or mental health problemIn a statement Friday morning, Stefanik said the money would come from the Patient and State Stability Fund, with supplemental funding in order to receive additional resources for new mothers, those struggling with addiction or mental health problemin order to receive additional resources for new mothers, those struggling with addiction or mental health problems.

He said until the treatment side of the issue is addressed, heroin and opioid addiction will continue to be a serious problem in our communities.

Earlier this year, the County Executive launched Project WORTHY — Westchester Opioid Response Teams Helping You to battle the growing problem of opioid addiction and a 200 percent spike in deaths in Westchester from 2010 through 2015.