Dr. Sadaqat Ali, a graduate from Dow Medical College, Karachi is a recognized professional in the field of Addiction. He has a background of training at “HAZELDEN” and “Vital Smarts”, USA. He is the Project Director of WillingWays, Turning Point & DIP (Diabetic Institute of Pakistan). He visited the United States under the auspices of the “International Visitor Program” of the United States Information Agency (USIA) in 1992 on the invitation of Mr. Nicholas Platt, American ambassador to Pakistan. This program brings professionals from the government and private sectors from countries throughout the world to the United States to provide them with an opportunity for consultations with their American counterparts. One of the primary goals of the program is to enable participants to establish lasting professional and personal ties. His name was included in international “Who is who” professional’s directory. He has been interviewed in the print media extensively. He appears frequently on national TV channels to express his views on drug addiction, alcoholism, compulsive gambling, suicide prevention and home runaway (Videos & Interviews). He loves to train people on how to intervene if a family member indulges in self destructive behaviors at www.easyinterventions.com.
Last year from September to the end of November I stayed out all night, drank, did drugs, partied etc. and completely lost the trust of my mother. She sent me to treatment (for alcoholism and depression) twice, with no avail and after me breaking my promises many times to her and my stepdad, they sent me to live with my real dad in Korea. I really screwed up, and my mom doesn’t want me turning out like my brother who is an alcoholic and smokes weed.. During that time I’d tell her I wouldn’t do it again and I was sorry but I would end up being an idiot and screwing it up and breaking those promises. I’ve been away from her from December til now, so 5 and a half months, and I really want to go back and live with her this summer. I haven’t had a drink or done drugs for that long I’ve been away, even though it is easier here to get alcohol because they don’t card you. I’ve talked to her on facebook and tried to tell her I’ve changed but I know she’s wary to believe me. I want to convince her AND my stepdad that I have truly changed and I am a better person now, and I would hate to lie to her now and be that person I was. I am very depressed living with my dad, because my mom raised me and I feel incomplete away from her. She tells me she misses me so much but it’s hard for me to believe her since she doesn’t want me back(she even gets mad when I say that because she says it isn’t true), but I understand because for her it’s hard to believe that I have changed. School ends mid June, and I want to come home some time this summer, because if I stay here, my dads contract ends in November and I’ll have leave halfway through my Junior year.. and yes I realize I am young and it was VERY dumb of me to do what I did, but I learned that now.. and I don’t even like alcohol or anything.. the problem is living with my dad is very depressing and he doesn’t let me leave or do anything with my friends, even though the times he has let me I’ve done exactly what I told him I was and haven’t broke any promises. My dad hates my mom and doesn’t want me ever living with her again but…Please help me and tell me what I should do to convince my mom to let me come back and live with her, I want it so badly! She said after a year I could come back, but I’ve been so good I’m hoping it can be like a prison sentence and I can be released on good behavior! So any advice? Please !Thank you so much!
I see the point, fear of loosing kids, more restrictive health care, income as probable obstacles so I guess my question really is – Is it more acceptable for women to be recovering from alcoholism since the AMA declared it a disease than say to seek help for abuse of other drugs?
Are women who abuse drugs more discriminated against than women who abuse alcohol?
Basically my mother has been with this dude for 5 years now and he’s been trouble ever since the beginning. The first thing was that he use to do meth, then switched to alcoholism. He went to treatment for alcoholism and now does weed and other things my mother and I don’t know about. What I am having trouble with is that he is working and made his own business with a friend while collecting unemployment. Also he smokes weed, drives without a license, takes drugs, and he is committing income tax fraud. He is a guy I don’t like and my mother says she doesn’t like and says "once she gets a job that we will move out". And I’m 20 years old an am on disability so you know that I need her. But it’s been over 2 years now. What the f?! Shoot! Including all of this my mom did commit welfare fraud like 3 years ago and she is on a diversion. So I’m afraid cops come here to get him or whatever and she would go too. I can’t have that cause she is the one that would have to pay the bills. What should I do?
This is the one i cant find any good or clear info on:
. Provide information on Commonly Abused Drugs, Patterns of Drug Abuse, Drug Use and its relationship to Crime, Violence, and AIDS, and Treatments of Drug Abuse.
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born in pittsburgh pa. dad left when i was 2. my mom moved back in with my grandparents. they raised me instead of her till i was 14. they die in a car accident when i was 14, which put me back in the care of mother who rejected me and put me out in streets. i fought through. found a job traveling the country selling books when i was around 18 or 19. came back to PA. after about a year of that. was homeless again. found stability with friends for a while. bouncing from house to house. trying to make it on my own a few times, and things would always happen to fall out from beneath me, no matter how hard i tried to keep them together. i don’t drink. i don’t do drugs. it was just 1 thing or another messing up my living situations. i recently moved in with my real dad, who again split when i was 2,and kinda just met the guy. He is a violent alcoholic, and i tried to talk to him about getting treatment to quit. he kicked mo out of his house saying "If i don’t like what he does in his house to get out and never come back." He really kicked me out…I now have no where to go. I’m homeless, and don’t have many friends,and none that i could rely on for help in a situation like this. what do i do?
Well the news 5 months from diagnosis is in…mom asked and he said the cancer is very agressive and they have to try an ‘experimental’ drug that is out there (clinical trial I assume). Anyways he said he gives her 1 to 2 years and there will be no cure. she was on carboplatnim and went from (after surgery) the 1000’s to 125, now it is going up again.
So is there anything that can be used to help out chemo and give my mom a fighting chance? I’ve seen stuff on Maitake D-Fraction, I3C, ginger, etc.
Is there hope? Can we use alternative treatments to compliment the drugs/chemo?
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Complete video at: fora.tv Co-authors Constance Curry and Kristina Wandzilak discuss the struggles with drug and alcohol addiction at the heart of their book, “The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter’s Worst Nightmare.” —– Constance Curry and Kristina Wandzilak talk about “The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter’s Worst Nightmare.” This riveting memoir of survival and transformation reveals the true story of a daughter’s decline into alcohol and drug addiction, prostitution and homelessness, and her mother’s efforts to rescue her. – Book Passage Kristina Wandzilak is the Executive director of Full Circle Intervention, a nationally recognized presenter and author. She has worked in the chemical dependency field since 1994. Kristina has been specializing in intervention since 1998 and opened the doors of Full Circle Intervention, with the vision of bringing respectful intervention to families who are in crisis with addiction. Constance Curry has been in co-dependency recovery for many years. She has studied and tried to understand the disorder that took over her life and the lives of those she loved most. She has been on various educational speaker panels for practicing therapists and teachers talking on the intricate subject of addiction and family recovery.
I’ve looked it up on the web and keep getting listings for chiropractors (I already have one), acupuncturiests, herbalists, and GNC stores. I really need a General MD or Family Practitioner who works more w/alternative treatments than drugs.
The reason I’m looking is because I keep having violent side effects to the drugs my current docs keep shoving at me. I’m looking for someone willing to work w/me on finding different ways (other drugs, natural remedies, massage therapy, etc.) to replace these horrors that keep getting shoved down my throat.
I really need a doctor that uses both traditional and alternatives rather than one or the other. I have nothing against drugs only the docs who force me to take stuff that makes me sicker and refuse to let me try other things.
David has been an alcoholic for 25 years but hasn’t drunk for the last four. He describes how his addiction started and the effect it had on his health and relationships
I need read a book and do a review for a class about life, society and drugs. I would like an e-book so I can read it anywhere. I could also read one that costs no more than .
Have you read any good books that talk about drugs, or drug use or abuse?
