Battling Addiction

… Things have changed for Hetfield, who has been sober for nearly five years. On May 12, he will receive an honor he says he is more proud of than any career achievement. The MusiCares MAP Fund, a non-profit organization aimed at helping music industry professionals with addiction recovery treatment, will present Hetfield with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his “devotion to helping other addicts with the recovery process” during its second annual benefit concert at the Music Box/Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood.

“I don’t believe that you have to walk straight into the fire to know how hot it is,” Hetfield says. “That was my path. The biggest awareness is that you’re not alone and that there is some help. When people get so far into it, where they feel their life isn’t worth anything, that’s too far. But, you can survive it. That’s important to know.”

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… Dawn and Paul Bracone were arrested in March on charges they served alcohol to dozens of teens during a January birthday party for their 18-year-old son. Their 21-year-old daughter Christine turned herself in to police Monday on similar charges.

All three Bracones were arrested for risk of injury to a minor and delivery of alcohol to a minor. Paul, 51, and Dawn, 43, of 8 Thatcher Lane, asked a Hartford Superior Court judge last month to be allowed to enter an accelerated rehabilitation program in exchange for having the charges dropped.

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Veteran actor DENNIS HOPPER ended up in seven different jails after an alcohol detox in Mexico in 1982 made him hallucinate and forget who he was.

The APOCALYPSE NOW star, who was addicted to alcohol and drugs during the 1970s and early 1980s, was convinced he needed to find an army to fight in a third world war, and went out looking for soldiers - naked.
He explains, “My manager had called and said, Don’t give him any booze,’ so I couldn’t get a drink and started having hallucinations.

[MORE: HOPPER’S ADDICTION TOOK HIM TO JAIL]

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The Miami Herald reports that RB Ricky Williams is interested in playing for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Williams has been suspended by the NFL for violating their Substance Abuse Policy and will miss the entire 2006 season.

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Myths …

We added a new page, called “MYTHS”, which can be accessed by clicking that button up there in the top menu just under our top masthead title.

We set-up this page to keep track of any popular “Myths” and/or “Facts” that might be of interest to those Battling Addictions, or are just looking for information about addiction. We hope to keep it up to date by adding sites and “myths” found during our blog postings .. and posting myths from other sites that we visit on our way!

http://addiction.battlingforhealth.com/myths/

There’s no reason to spread the myths .. Learn the Facts!

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Alright, then, let’s get down to (show) business … Maybe he bit off a little more than he can chew: It says here in The Mirror that Mike Tyson checked into a rehabilitation clinic in Arizona for 30 days, and walked out after five. The former world heavyweight boxing champion is battling a cocaine addiction, and was looking for some tips on anger management as well …

[MORE: Tyson checks out of rehab early]

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British tabloid reports claiming that England soccer star Wayne Rooney has a gambling addiction have been rebuked by both fellow players and the player’s club manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

The tabloid report suggested that the 20-year-old’s gambling related problems had got so bad that he had a massive bust-up with fellow England star Michael Owen, who he allegedly blamed for introducing him to gambling, and it was also reported that Rooney even lost one of his cars during a game of poker.

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A prison drugs adviser who downloaded pornographic images of children was caught when his estranged wife found the perverted pictures, Croydon Crown Court heard.

Peter Hale, 46, of Whytecliffe Road, Purley, admitted 17 charges of possessing indecent images and was given a three-year community order.

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LONDON: A travel guide for foreigners brands the English as “overweight TV addicts obsessed by sex and celebrity”.

[MORE: DNA - World - British are ‘addicted to sex and television’ - Daily News & Analysis]

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Underage drinking is worth nearly $23 billion a year to the alcohol industry, or 17.5 percent of all money spent on spirits in the US annually, researchers from New York’s Columbia University report.

And abusive drinking by both underage people and adults may account for nearly half of all money spent on alcohol each year.

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