Hopelinks.net Offers Great Article About the "12 Steps"
Hopelinks.net Offers Great Article About the "12 Steps"
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Hopelinks is an online directory that is available 24 hours a day at no cost to talk with an individual agent, find a local treatment resource, or read recovery articles like this one about the 12 steps. Every tool to help addicts and alcoholics battle …
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Safeway Selects OneHealth® to Help Employees Connect, Share, and Improve …
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Safeway's benefit-eligible employees and their dependents can access OneHealth's private, technology-enabled service which provides 24/7 support for a wide range of chronic behavioral and medical conditions, including addiction, depression, stress …
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Healthnotes: Week of Feb. 25
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Are you dealing with an addiction in your life or the life of a family member? Higher Ground Ministry is non-denominational offering help that is permanent through biblical truths. Weekly meetings are held where one receives support, encouragement and …
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Internet Gambling, Online Poker Addiction – www.gamblinghelper.com The American Psychiatric Association issued a health advisory (January 16, 2001) about Internet gambling. The advisory, from the committee on Treatment Services for Addicted Patients, notes that there has been tremendous growth of gambling opportunities in the last several years. This includes Internet gambling aimed at children and teenagers. Children can link to gambling sites from other game sites, and are lured by free gifts and discounts. Internet gambling can be more dangerous than other forms of gambling since there are few – if any – regulations as to fairness, and most of the operators are outside the US. These operations are not regulated by state or federal statutes, so there is no control over the types of games available or the ages of the participants. Hackers can manipulate the games, and can gain access to credit card numbers and funds. As of 2000, there were more than 1300 online gambling sites with revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Research has shown a correlation between the availability of legal gambling in a state, and the proportion of the state’s population who report gambling addiction or lesser problems. In all states, the rates of gambling problems are highest in high school and college-aged young adults. According to the advisory, about 10% to 15% of young people surveyed in the US and Canada report having experienced one or more problems related to gambling. This includes an estimated 1% to 6% who may …