Recovery - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/recovery/?source=rss&aim=recovery en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT I've been passing out drunk and it's getting worse By Cary Tennis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/10/alcoholism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/10/alcoholism/index.html?source=rss I can stay sober for a few weeks, but then have another attack. I'm starting to be truly afraid. Could I quit the drinking but keep the hangovers? By Cary Tennis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/04/hangovers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/04/hangovers/index.html?source=rss I may be crazy but I like that next-day feeling, as if I'm getting a fresh new start. My beautiful, drug-addicted boy By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back. Cops arrested my partner for felony heroin possession By Cary Tennis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/02/addicted_partner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/02/addicted_partner/index.html?source=rss I had no clue she had a problem, but now that she's in rehab I'm feeling strangely relieved! The Gavin Newsom sex scandal: Why did his lover tell? By Cary Tennis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/09/newsom_sex_scandal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/09/newsom_sex_scandal/index.html?source=rss Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do? Should I leave my alcoholic husband? By Cary Tennis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/30/alcoholic_husband/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/30/alcoholic_husband/index.html?source=rss I'd give him an ultimatum, but what if he sobered up and I still wanted to leave? What is my role in my boyfriend's recovery? By Cary Tennis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/03/22/boyfriends_recovery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/03/22/boyfriends_recovery/index.html?source=rss Should I drink and get high in front of him? And why won't he talk about the meetings he attends? Oprah's book flub By Hillary Frey Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/10/11/frey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/10/11/frey/index.html?source=rss Her latest pick -- James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" -- is bad news for her viewers and her show. "All my heroes were dope fiends" By Christopher Dreher Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/12/06/stahl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/12/06/stahl/index.html?source=rss Jerry Stahl, the cult author of "Permanent Midnight" and "I, Fatty," faces sudden respectability, and ponders the drug rumors swirling around Ann Coulter and George W. Bush. Economic road rage By Joyce McGreevy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2004/05/03/road_rage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2004/05/03/road_rage/index.html?source=rss Get the women and children off the streets -- the recovery is coming! Oh, Wholly Blight (with apologies to St. Luke) By Joyce McGreevy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2003/12/15/wholly_blight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2003/12/15/wholly_blight/index.html?source=rss And it came to pass, that The Recovery would come upon the land, but still Joe and Marie did not have jobs. From street thug to dharma punk By Sean Elder Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/11/19/noah_levine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/11/19/noah_levine/index.html?source=rss Noah Levine rejected the spiritual path of his father, Stephen, and then, many tattoos later, joined him. Aspirin for a severed head By Suzanne Finnamore Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/15/divorce/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/15/divorce/index.html?source=rss My husband headed to Club Med after divorcing me. I joined Club Dead. A rehab of one's own By Annie Murphy Paul Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/08/22/women_s_rehab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/08/22/women_s_rehab/index.html?source=rss Gender-specific recovery programs for women are gaining ground, despite criticism of their "warm and fuzzy" approach. Hard-to-swallow soup for a kid's soul By Callie Milton Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/09/27/bad_behavior/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/09/27/bad_behavior/index.html?source=rss Should I tell my sons about the drugs, the drinking and the jail in Daytona? Sober realization By Cynthia Kuhn and Wilkie Wilson Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/addiction/drugs/2000/08/23/alcohol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/addiction/drugs/2000/08/23/alcohol/index.html?source=rss Although I quit drinking years ago, I am concerned that I may have irreparably damaged my health. Should I be worried? Methadone Rx By Harry Jaffe Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/14/heroin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/14/heroin/index.html?source=rss Your local pharmacy may be the next place to treat heroin addicts. Separated by curtains, united by grief By Pamela Post Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/books/1999/10/01/cancer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/books/1999/10/01/cancer/index.html?source=rss In a recovery room, a woman realizes the loss she has experienced, only after hearing another woman's cries. Kicking the PCP habit By Dawn MacKeen Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/08/24/pcp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/08/24/pcp/index.html?source=rss Will doctors someday be able to use antibodies to treat drug addicts? Drunk like me By Steve Burgess Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/16/alcoholism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/16/alcoholism/index.html?source=rss My last drink of tequila came on Easter -- resurrection day. Raped on an autumn day By Nancy Venable Raine Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/books/1999/05/26/rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/books/1999/05/26/rape/index.html?source=rss There's nothing more reassuring than a locked door -- unless you've locked the devil inside with you. Hurricanes and hope in Honduras By Rachel Louise Snyder Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/26/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/26/post/index.html?source=rss Rachel Louise Snyder reports on grueling recovery efforts in this storm-battered Central American country -- and on the persistence of dreams among the people.