Detox News

Worker Fears Detox Centre Has Closed

Saturday June 14, 2008
A WOLLONGONG drug and alcohol worker fears the Illawarra's only residential alcohol detox facility has been closed permanently.

The Lazy Girl's Guide To Detox

Sunday June 1, 2008
Sure, we know that the only road to true purity is the full detox, but who has the time? By KRISTIE LAU.

You Are What You Eat: New Year's Detox

Tuesday January 1, 2008
You Are What You Eat: New Year's Detox Lifestyle, 8.30pm

'i Would Rather Stick A Gun In My Mouth And Pull The Trigger Than Pick Up A Drink'

Sunday March 18, 2007
After more than two years battling the bottle, the former Models frontman is still on track, Steve Dow writes. EIGHTIES rock star James Freud looks a little careworn, but in great shape considering his five suicide attempts and the drinking that finally led to his friends staging an intervention and slinging him into detox, and then rehabilitation 21/2 years ago.

When Play Turns Into Pain

Saturday August 12, 2006
Addicted gamers are flocking to a detox clinic that helps them regain control of their lives, writes Charles Purcell.

Tuning Out

Sunday May 28, 2006
Television is all-powerful. It sucks hours from our day; we design our homes around it. Yet some households are choosing to detox from the box in order to reclaim their lives - and families.

Bringing Our Bad Eating To Book

Sunday January 22, 2006
The Great American Detox Diet, by Alex Jamieson, is published by Pan Macmillan. Her boyfriend became a star when he tried to live on McDonald's alone, but it's Alex Jamieson, the vegan in the wings, who's having the last laugh, Hannah Pool writes.

The Great Divide Over Detox

Saturday December 3, 2005
The perennial rivalry between doctors who support methadone to arrest heroin addiction and those who prefer to use naltrexone is in full swing again, writes Julie Robotham.

Spring-clean Your System

Wednesday October 19, 2005
Feeling irritable? Always tired? Are your hair and skin looking decidedly lacklustre? It could be time for a detox and, as the following book extract suggests, the warmer months are the best time for it.

Getting Rid Of Those Nasty Toxins

Wednesday June 8, 2005
By taking the nasties out of your diet for a few days and simultaneously supporting your digestive system, this three-day detox program will give your body the chance to get rid of some of its stored wastes.

Fast Laugh

Friday April 15, 2005
We're almost done. Soon there'll be time aplenty to catch up on sleep, home cooking and start that long-overdue detox. It's the final weekend of the 19th Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and it's reaching its usual bottleneck conclusion; either many shows have sold out, or there's simply too few nights left to see the acts that you'd hoped to.

Family-friendly Rehab

Thursday March 31, 2005
There's a place where addicted mothers can keep their kids with them while in detox, writes Judy Skatssoon.

Detox At Hospital

Friday February 4, 2005
LAKE Macquarie residents with drug and alcohol problems will now be able to detox closer to home.

Clean Living Never Tasted So Good ...l

Wednesday January 12, 2005
YOUR body is crying out for one, but a detox can be the dullest of diets.

Detox For Dummies

Tuesday January 11, 2005
If you've overindulged this festive season, it could be time for an inner spring clean.

Lonard And His Liver Limp Back Home

Sunday December 19, 2004
AUSTRALIAN Open and PGA champion Peter Lonard boarded a flight to the US yesterday, perhaps contemplating a spell in an alcohol detox unit on arrival home at Orlando, Florida.

Good Riddance

Wednesday October 6, 2004
When you've been very, very bad, it's time for a detox.

Fitmates

Sunday September 26, 2004
For 10 days, a group of people attend Karma Yoga, inspirational morning yoga with detox meal plans. Paul Denham checks it out.

Why Detox Therapy Needs A Clean-up

Tuesday February 10, 2004
It started off as a detox treatment. Now it's gone to court with a claim for $250,000 compensation. The detox treatment was chelation. A little-known therapy that leads a double life. In mainstream medicine it is the standard treatment for poisoning by heavy metals. In alternative medicine it claims to cure so much more.

Love On The Rock At Clubs

Monday December 15, 2003
TROUBLED star Courtney Love, above, was spotted hitting the clubs in LA recently despite supposedly being in a detox centre.

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