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Nick Carter Marries After Rocky Years Dealing With Addiction

Nick Carter Marries After Rocky Years Dealing With Addiction

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Former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter married Lauren Kitt in Santa Barbara on April 12. The ceremony took place outdoors with the bridal couple surrounded by white and purple flowers. The bride’s father did walk her down the aisle, but it’s not clear how many of the groom’s family members were present on his big day.

Carter has been open about struggles with alcohol and drug use, which started in childhood. In his memoir, entitled Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It, he wrote that alcohol was a familiar presence in his home growing up. His parents used it as a way to relieve stress about family finances, and Carter writes that he was shocked to see himself mimicking their behavior in home movies where he pretends to be drinking at the age of nine or 10.

Heavy Alcohol Use Began In Teens

He began drinking heavily in his teens and added drugs into the mix at the age of 18 or 19. Marijuana was the first one, followed by cocaine, Ecstasy, and prescription pain medication.

Getting arrested in 2002 for resisting arrest without violence after a night of partying at the Pop City bar in Tampa didn’t slow down Carter’s alcohol and drug use. He continued to use, and was arrested again in 2005 for DUI. This time, he was sentenced to 13 AA meetings. While he learned something about his addiction problems, he was still not living a sober lifestyle.

Wake-up Call And Heart Problems

For Carter, his wake-up call to seek addiction counseling at a rehab facility was after yet another night of heavy partying when he was hallucinating that people on the street were zombies. He had gained weight from drug use, lack of exercise and poor diet.

Carter was also diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle which causes weakness over time. This disorder killed singer Andy Gibb and actor Chris Penn. Now Carter is committed to a healthier lifestyle but admits that he does slip up when it comes to alcohol use – proof that dealing with addiction requires a long-term strategy.

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Celebrity Addiction – Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies From Drug Overdose

Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won an Academy Award for his role in the film “Capote,” was recently found dead in his Manhattan apartment. New York Police described his passing as an apparent drug overdose.

Celebrity Addiction - Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies From Drug Overdose

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When the actor’s apartment was searched, two small plastic bags containing a substance suspected of being heroin were recovered. Police later discovered several more bags in Hoffman’s home.

Reaction to Hoffman’s death was swift and profound. Friends and colleagues expressed shock and grief over the loss, praising Hoffman’s acting abilities and saying that he will be sorely missed.

Hoffman Was Open About His Addiction

Hoffman had not made an effort to hide his addiction. He was open about the fact that he had lived with this chronic disease for a number of years. Hoffman spoke of it in a 2006 interview with CBS, where he said that he had abused “anything I could get my hands on. I liked it all.”

In Hoffman’s case, he started using drugs while in college. This is a time when a number of young people experiment with substances and may be looking for ways to deal with stresses in their lives. Drug and alcohol addiction doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it is linked to emotional pain due to stress, loneliness, anxiety depression, guilt, unresolved feelings about a childhood trauma, or some other personal difficulty.

The addiction can take on a life of its own, and the cycle creates difficulties in personal and professional relationships. It also leads to financial and legal problems can be overwhelming for the addict, and some people have thoughts of suicide. Whether an overdose was an accident or intentional it is simply one more example of fallout from this disease.

Effective Treatment for Addiction is Available

Addiction is a serious matter, and left untreated it can have life-threatening consequences. Addicts can get help from drug rehabilitation center where they can get caring, supportive treatment on an outpatient basis. An outpatient detox program is the first step to a new, sober life that does not include the influence of chemicals. Once this phase of treatment is complete, the work of dealing with the underlying cause for the addiction can start, and clients have the advantage of being able to put the strategies they are learning in treatment to work for them right away.

Life is too precious to spend it looking for ways to numb out on drugs and alcohol. Take your first step toward a new beginning today and contact New Beginnings Recovery Center at 888-840-5189!