Addiction Articles page 10

Palestine Herald-Press - NECHES — For Neches’ Justin Todd, basketball started out as an activity based on peer pressure more than anything else. But it soon turned into an addiction. “I like everything about basketball, it’s as simple as that,” the Neches senior ...

Salon - When my parents divorce (this is certain) my dad will have a reasonable amount of time to get his life in order and his addiction corrected (i.e., discovering new and healthy coping skills). If he chooses to continue drinking (and I do believe that ...

Daily Telegraph - Religious groups and the anti-gambling lobby had fiercely opposed the plans, saying the vast gambling arenas, the size of several football pitches, would fuel addiction. While the plans were narrowly passed in the Commons by 24 votes, they were ...

International Herald Tribune - Kicking It" follows seven players as they fight to overcome poverty and addiction in the fourth annual Homeless World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. Leonsis, the AOL mogul, opened his first documentary, "Nanking," last year at Sundance. That project ...

Chicago Tribune - When asked whether this new wave of revision surgeries is another symptom of the nation's addiction to plastic surgery, Jacono quickly discounted the theory. "A lot of these people come to me completely reclusive because they are so inhibited by ...

Detroit News - Dear Abby: You were right to tell "Just Saying No" (Jan. 16) that his pot-smoking classmates could be headed for addiction or other problems. I worry that marijuana poses more risks to teens than they -- or their parents -- recognize. More kids need ...

BBC Entertainment - Winehouse's current stint in rehab is the latest episode and a long and very public battle with drug addiction. Teetotal Lewis, meanwhile, has the sort of wholesome clean-cut image that has had top designers falling over themselves to provide her ...

New York Daily News - He took us to task at first over our reporting on George Bush's addiction . Elliott felt that the president has been almost been TOO quiet about his recovery, whereas a previous Texas governor, Ann Richards, was very open to the world about being a ...

Baltimore Sun - Glantz, who in recent court appearances has admitted to having a history of drug abuse and a gambling addiction. Glantz brought with him client David A. Dadante, who managed a $47 million investment fund based in Ohio. The fund turned out to be a ...

Los Angeles Times - Kevin lives on skid row, where the streets, despite the recent efforts of the Los Angeles Police Department, remain littered with the detritus of failure and addiction and poverty -- half-eaten cans of baked beans; spilled suitcases; the occasional ...