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Fix Rehab Review Adds Four New Treatment Centers

By Hunter R. Slaton

The newly reviewed rehabs include good options for chronic relapsers, Christians, video-game addicts and more. MORE  

reSTART

Fall City, Wash.

3 stars

If an addiction to video games, technology or the Internet has your life flashing "Game Over," reSTART treatment center might be able to help you unplug. MORE  

Video Game Addiction Wrecked NFL Career

By Fionna Agomuoh

Defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock reveals his ongoing struggle with video game addiction, depression and ADHD.  MORE  

Morning Roundup: June 1, 2012

By Gabrielle Wuhl

Video gamers exhibit "pathological patterns" of play, Greeks count mental health cost of crisis, and "tanorexic" racks up $50,000 sunbed bill. MORE  

Are Kids Becoming "Screen Addicts"?

By McCarton Ackerman

By age seven, an average child born today will spend a whole year watching screens, warns a scientist. MORE  

Chinese Gaming Addicts "Become Gigolos"

By McCarton Ackerman

Many "second generation farmers" in China are reportedly turning to prostitution to support online gaming. MORE  

Morning Roundup: February 17, 2012

By Bryan Le

LA MMJ dispensaries fight for more pot regulation, why addiction is tougher on women, and South Korea could limit gaming addicts to four hours a day online. MORE  

The Quick Fix: A Real-Time Round-Up of Today's News

By Will Godfrey

Top Colombian Drug Dealer Captured, Families Turn to Shrinks to Help Kids Hooked on Gaming, and Rapper TI Salutes Eminem for Helping Him Overcome Addiction. MORE  

Wasted on "World of Warcraft?"

By Matt Dickinson

A college professor, who nearly committed suicide after playing the popular game for 60 hours a week, says gaming is a real addiction. Not everyone agrees. MORE  

The Quick Fix
Drunk Robs Gas Station With Clear Plastic Bag as "Mask"

A hapless robber is busted when cops see through his transparent ruse.

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NYC Pastor Faces Off With Local Drug Users

A pastor receives threats after alerting police to "drug addicted behavior" around his Upper East Side church.

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Chinese Official Blows Public Funds on Gaming Addiction

"Chu" faces prison after spending millions of taxpayers' yuan on an online role-playing game.

6/19/13 3:33pm
Christians and Muslims Unite to Fight Drug Abuse in Kenya

With the government turning a blind eye to a growing "national disaster," religious groups put aside their differences to help.

6/19/13 2:52pm
"Marijuana Moms" Are Pot-Smoking and Proud

A group of Beverly Hills moms say marijuana makes them better wives and parents.

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Down and Out in the Rooms

"No matter how far down the scale we have gone." I was homeless when I came to AA and the experience helped other homeless men to get sober.

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Cliffside Malibu
 
 
 
 

The “beach-house-relaxed” Cliffside Malibu claims to provide an oasis for recovering addicts and alcoholics. And that’s just what you'll get—if you’ve got the cash.

Newport Academy
 
 
 
 
 

This SoCal rehab fosters a regimented but respectful recovery environment, where teens learn how to live sober through plenty of 12-step meetings and life-skills classes—not to mention "equine-assisted psychotherapy" and mixed martial arts.

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This exclusive Northern California rehab is all about client choice—as well as golf outings, Buddhist field trips and keeping up with the office.

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