George Joseph

Bio

George Joseph, a Sharecare expert, is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor who began his career in 1983. He understands addictions not only intellectually and emotionally but also on a very personal level. George worked at Houston's Parkside Lodge for 5-plus years prior to becoming CEO of The Right Step and Spirit Lodge, which currently has in-patient and out-patient addiction facilities specializing in family recovery throughout Texas.


In addition to his unwavering commitment to clients and creating a caring organization, the years of hard work were recognized during 1999 and 2000 when George won the triple crown of counseling. In 1999, he captured honors as the Houston and State of Texas Counselor of the Year presented by the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals. In 2000, he won the highest honor given to an addiction counselor in the US, the 2000 Lora Roe Memorial Counselor of the Year, awarded by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. In 2009, George won The Behavioral Health Champion award as decided by Behavioral Healthcare magazine.



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  • addiction medicine

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  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Addiction Medicine:

    FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Alcoholics who smoke have more problems with memory, problem solving and quick thinking than those who are nonsmokers, researchers have found.

    This "early aging" of the brain gets worse over time, according to the study published online May 17 and in the...Full Article

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    FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- It comes as little surprise that college students sometimes binge drink, but new research shows that college women are more likely to drink unhealthy amounts of alcohol on a weekly basis than are college men.

    Much of this difference is probably because ...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
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    FRIDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine that could help fight heroin addiction shows promise in early tests in rats, researchers report.

    The vaccine targets heroin and its psychoactive breakdown products in the bloodstream, preventing them from reaching the brain, explained the scien...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Addiction Medicine:

    FRIDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Noninvasive stimulation of an area of the brain linked to addiction seems to temporarily ease smokers' cravings for nicotine, a preliminary study finds.

    The technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), is already approved in the United St...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Addiction Medicine:

    TUESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- The United States appears to be in the throes of a prescription drug abuse crisis among teens, with a new survey showing that 24 percent of high school students -- more than 5 million kids -- have abused these medications.

    That's a 33 percent increas...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
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    TUESDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to help curb the epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it is approving new labeling for a reformulated version of Oxycontin that its maker claims will be harder to abuse.

    The agen...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
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    FRIDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- People who smoke a cigarette as soon as they wake up in the morning are more likely to develop lung and oral cancer than other smokers, a new study reveals.

    Penn State researchers analyzed data from nearly 2,000 adult smokers who took part in the U.S. N...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Addiction Medicine:

    FRIDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- Many sports gamblers consider their extensive betting experience and insight into college basketball a slam-dunk for success during the three-week U.S. championship dubbed "March Madness." But that sense of control over their wagers is an illusion, according t...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Addiction Medicine:

    FRIDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Having an addiction can be stigmatizing, but new research suggests that having a food addiction may be viewed less negatively by others than an addiction to tobacco or alcohol.

    For people who are obese, however, being a food ad...Full Article

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