Monthly Archives: June 2009

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Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound found in a number of plants, principally in a member of the dogbane family known as iboga (Tabernanthe iboga). Ibogaine-containing preparations are used in medicinal and ritual purposes within African spiritual traditions of the Bwiti, who claim to have learned it from the Pygmy. In recent times, it has been identified as having anti-addictive properties. Ibogaine is an indole alkaloid that is obtained either by extraction from the iboga plant or by semi-synthesis from the precursor compound voacangine, another plant alkaloid. A full organic synthesis of ibogaine has been achieved but is too expensive and challenging to produce any commercially significant yield.
In the early 1960s, ibogaine was accidentally discovered to cause sudden and complete interruption of heroin addiction without withdrawal within 24 hours.[1] Since that time, it has been the subject of scientific investigation into its abilities to interrupt addictions to heroin, alcohol, and cocaine. Anecdotal reports also suggest that ibogaine may have potential to drive introspection that helps elucidate the psychological issues and behavior patterns that drive addictions or other problems. However, ibogaine therapy for drug addiction is the subject of some controversy. Due to its hallucinogenic properties, it has been placed in the strictest drug prohibition schedules in the United States and a handful of other countries. Canada and Mexico both allow ibogaine treatment clinics to operate and openly contribute to further understanding of the addictive process.
While ibogaine’s prohibition has slowed scientific research into its anti-addictive properties, the use of ibogaine for drug treatment has grown in the form of a large worldwide medical subculture.[2] Ibogaine is now used by treatment clinics in 12 countries on six continents to treat addictions to heroin, alcohol, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine, as well as to facilitate psychological introspection and spiritual exploration.
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excerpt from Wikipedia

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I am a first generation immigrant and have no experience or any idea of how to get help for my 21 year old son’s drug and alcohol addiction. 3 months ago he came to me confessing everything: he had been abusing drugs for the past 3 and 1/2 years and that this past school year was the worst. Since then he’s given up everything and been sober. He had been using marijuana, cocaine, mdma, painkillers, alcohol, and cigarettes. Now he is very afraid of them and will never use them again. As much as I’m very glad he’s been sober and is willing to recover and go back to school, he has told me that he’s very scared that it might be too late. He’s been dealing with depression, insomnia, loss of concentration, memory problems (can’t read a book or watch a movie and remember the story days later), inability to communicate clearly what he wants to say in his mind, among other things. I have scheduled a meeting with a psychiatrist for him this week. He insists on getting a pet scan, but feels too anxious and guilty to get one from a neurologist at a regular hospital for he fears they will be judgmental. Is there anywhere to bring him to get a pet scan from a neurologist that understands what recovering “addicts” are going through and is able to tell us how much damage has been done and if there’s anything we can do to recover lost brain activity? Or do most neurologists that give pet scans for cancer treatments and other natural illnesses also deal with drug abusers? Or should we go to a drug addiction specialist and he refers us to a proper neurologist? I will ask the psychiatrist this as well, but just wanted to shoot my question on here for any additional advice. Thank you so much for answering and I very much appreciate it.

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im trying to avoid this boy who’s breaking my heart and whenever im on this site i cant help but look at himbecause he’s always popping up in my mini feed lol

p.s. deleteing himisnt an option, we’re friends and it would be totally weird

oh and some ways to get over my facebook addiction would be nice *thanks*

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2009 Recovery Month Marks 20th Anniversary of Observance TV and Public Service Announcements Unveiled (6/19/2009)

Fathers’ Alcohol Use May Significantly Affect Their Adolescent Childrens’ Use of Alcohol and Drugs According to New Nationwide Study (6/18/2009)

Date Added: 06/19/09
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The Road to Recovery Update keeps you informed about activities leading up to National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) in September.

Date Added: 06/17/09
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Building on the historic $19 billion investment provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), efforts continue to further the national adoption and implementation of health information technology—an essential tool to modernize the health care system and bring about improved health for all Americans.

Date Added: 06/17/09
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I know it sounds really emo, but I’ve just totally lost all motivation to try.

I was never really motivated in high school. I got relatively good grades, A’s, B’s, and the occasional C, but that was only to make my parents happy. I didn’t get serious about my future until my senior year, so I started getting all A’s in AP classes, doing college courses, and applying to colleges. I got accepted, and this summer, after graduating high school about a month ago, I’m doing 2 more college classes at a community college. But now I’m just totally unmotivated all of a sudden.

I’m failing the math class I’m taking and when I asked the professor for help she told me if I didn’t know that then I was going to fail her class because that was elementary level stuff and just walked away without helping me. And it was a damn remedial class too! I’m gonna drop the class because I just don’t wanna deal with it. I have a HUGE midterm in my other class, western civilization, this Thursday and haven’t even begun studying it. I stopped looking for a job because I just didn’t feel like looking anymore. My parents broke the news to me that they’re getting a divorce once I move away to college, which isn’t really a shocker, but it’s still hard to swallow. I’ve begun slowly figuring out who my real friends are, and I’ve come to the realization that though I’ve always been popular, only one friend has really always been there for me. One stopped hanging with me after her boyfriend said he didn’t like me. I mean she literally deleted me from her friends list on myspace and facebook. Another was going around telling everyone the only reason I got into the college I did was because I had “alumni privileges” when no one in my family even went to that college. Lamest attempt at being two-faced I’ve ever seen. Another keeps blowing me off to go drinking with losers and the other blew me off on plans we had made to go to a party 2 weeks in advance on the same day as the party. Neither of the friends who blew me off even had the balls to actually tell me they weren’t gonna hang with me and just left me stranded, not answering my calls or text messages. After I put my status on facebook as talking about how unreliable my friends are, they both instantly sent me text messages asking if I wanted to do something with them. I know complaining about friends is pretty childish but I actually thought a lot of these people and never imagined they’d turn out to be so fake. I’d dealt with fake friends in the past and thought I’d finally found real friends, but I guess not.

I know this all sounds very stupid and childish, but I’ve matured quite a bit over the past year or so and none of my “friends” have.

I feel like if I go to college I’m just going to fail or drop out.
I’m bipolar and have suffered with depression the past few years. I had to go to rehab about 2 years ago when I was 16 for a cocaine addiction.

How do I get motivated again?

I liked the happiness and motivation I’ve felt the past year when I wasn’t on drugs, had great friends, had a family that was actually together, made excellent grades, and was basically successful, but the happiness is wearing thin, I’ve started doing drugs again (not a lot though), my friends all turned out be faker than I ever could have imagined, my family’s falling apart, and my grades are pathetic.

On top of all that I have social anxiety disorder, a mild case, but a case still. They didn’t prescribe me anything, I guess because it was so mild, but I’m freaking out about going to college because it’s one of the largest research universities in my state (29,000 students) and I don’t make friends easily.

How can I get motivated again?

Sorry if this all comes across as whiny and bratty, but I really want some advice and, obviously, I can’t ask my friends or family.

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first time i wrote it

My spit gives you more chills then you get onna cold day/
I spray more spit than you do with an AK/
I ain’t on that gangsta sh*t…but ima lyrical rampage/
I swings things like GZA did on some CDs/
continue to slice tracks as long as im breathing/
really?, now don’t step to me with some of that b*tch sh*t/
you can’t burn me sucka, i was born liquid/
but my bars are hot enough to melt cement that’s thickened/
when the mics equipped, there is no restrictions/
my sh*t fucks with the head like cocaine addictions/
you wanna stop now?, you got plenty decisions/
my punchlines hit harder than freeway collisions/
I got metaphoric bars for as long as I’m livin’/
my lyrics are more on point than a liquid sword that is swingin’/
they’re RZA sharper than the edges that were made for the bleedin’/
you’ll get burned more than eyes that are seasoned/

2nd time

My spit has the lyrical ability to withhold/
n give you more chills than you get in the cold/
I got bars like the arms onna centipede/
im not the rapper that kills, im your lyrical remedy/
i chop beats like GZA did on some CD’s/
continue to slice tracks as long as im breathing/
put the pieces together quikly and try to fix it/
but don’t try ta step with some of that b*tch sh*t/
you can’t burn me sucka i was born liquid/
but can spit sh*t that melts cement that’s thickened/
when controllin’ the mic there isn’t restrictions/
my shit fucks wit the head like cocaine addictions/
your a patrollin’ cop car lookin for the precision/
punchlines like mine that hit hard like freeway collisions/
metaphoric bars for ya as long as im livin’/
ya feelin guilty after this like a jury decision/

wich way is better? and rate it 1-10
(over Liquid Swords beat)
12th line: it’s

“my sh*t f*cks with the head like cocaine addictions”
@Toney: its not off beat, you must have no flow, it flowed perfect to me. a good artist can flow anything

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