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  • How I stopped drinking, again – Entry 1

    Those of you not following All About Addiction on Facebook (you should) or paying attention to our updates on Twitter and such might not have known that I was recently informed that in order to become a psychologist in California (actually, to get registered as a Psychological Assistant, which allows someone to get experience towards…

  • Quitting smoking: Quitlines success

    In the world of extremely difficult smoking-cessation (quitting smoking), telephone-based programs are apparently having some real success. Quitting smoking with quitlines According to a recent summary-analysis (we call these meta-analyses) of research done on Smoking Cessation Quitlines (CSQs), smokers who call and participate are 1.5 times more likely to quit! These are roughly the same…