Biden Pledges Assertive Action to Address Opioid Crisis BY DOING WHAT? – April 5, 2021 - The crisis is national, but the struggle is personal—deeply personal,” he said. Biden became the third sitting U.S. president to address the Rx Summit, joining President Donald Tr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articlesinterventionopioid crisisopioidsRecovery
Pandemic drinking is dangerous for women WATCH – A NEW “DAWN” WITHOUT ALCOHOL – April 8, 2021 - Alcohol consumption has increased during the pandemic and it could be putting many women at an increased risk of breast cancer. A growing group of women ar... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusFeatured ArticlesinterventionMental HealthRecovery
True Works of Genius: Global Sober Books THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS – April 13, 2021 - Peter T. has authored eight books, and very few folks know his full name. Such is a life and a lifestyle shaped by Alcoholics Anonymous. In early 2020, j... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ibogaine: Promising Treatment for Addiction IF IT REALLY WORKS, WHY NOT? – April 5, 2021 - Once dismissed as a fringe, counterculture vice, psychedelics are rapidly approaching acceptance in mainstream medicine. These drugs uniquely change the brain, and a pe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesinterventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
CA. Senators OK Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics THEY BE TRIPPIN’! – April 6, 2021 - A bill to decriminalize psychedelics in California and create a working group to study broader reform advanced through a Senate committee on Tuesday. The panel also approved ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesinterventionPsychedelicsRecovery
Teenage Brains Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana? SHE’S NINETEEN – March 29, 2021 - Adolescents and teenagers who experiment with marijuana and prescription drugs are more likely to get hooked on them than young people who try these drugs for the first time wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesinterventionmarijuanaMental Healthsmokingteenagers
OXY Maker Agrees to Pay BILLION$ WATCH – ADDICTION FOR PROFITS – March 25, 2021 - Purdue had allegedly paid doctors to write more opioid prescriptions, according to the three federal criminal charges the company pleaded guilty to in November. Purdu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinPurdue Pharma
How to ‘inoculate’ kids against addiction GET ’EM WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG – April 6, 2021 - As kids begin to notice unhealthy behaviors in others, such as smoking, drinking alcohol, eating a lot of sugar, not eating vegetables, or drinking too much soda, ta... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocateteenagers
…You’re Addicted to Likes WATCH – MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT... – April 6, 2021 - A lot of people are seeking out constant recognition and approval from people like bosses, family and friends. It is an issue called “validation addiction” tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Kate Gunn on living sober: “The benefits were extreme and that’s what keeps us going.” LISTEN – SO EASY TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – April 4, 2021 - Kate has written a book called ‘The Accidental Soberista’ which details the unexpected bliss of an alcohol-free life. Speaking to Alive and Kicking Cla... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Portraits of Recovery’ paints a hopeful picture of Native addiction treatment WATCH – IT TAKES A TRIBE – April 5, 2021 - The video, Norris-Barrett explained, shows White describing the traditional nature-based approach he took to recovery at Red Lake Chemical Health. “You see Carl pick t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘The Crime of the Century’ Examines Deadly Opioid Crisis WATCH – HBO DOES IT AGAIN – April 7, 2021 - HBO Max has released a teaser for filmmaker Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about the opioid crisis, The Crime of the Century, which will air in two parts on May 10th a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinPurdue Pharma
At George Floyd’s Treatment Center, Clients See Racism in Addiction Assumptions ONCE AN ADDICT...? RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE! April 11, 2021 - Attention to the fentanyl and methamphetamine found in Floyd’s system following his death goes beyond the courtroom: Duke University is investigating the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Twin’s fitness journey to sobriety inspires business WATCH – SOBER MUSCLE INC. – APRIL 5, 2021 - “I was a good kid. Good grades, I was focused, I was easy going, I was happy,” he recalled to News 3. But it wouldn’t last. Addiction returned to Ashburn’s life in... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Maxx Crosby details his road to sobriety on ‘NFL Total Access’ WATCH – FOOTBALL FANS ONLY – April 6, 2021 - Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby details his road to sobriety on ‘NFL Total Access’ more@NFL ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New experiment hints that a particle breaks the known laws of physics WHAT’S LEFT TO BELIEVE? – April 7, 2021 - In a landmark experiment, scientists have found fresh evidence that a subatomic particle is disobeying one of science’s most watertight theories, the Standard Model of ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Jimmy Kimmel blasted for joking about Hunter’s drug addiction CRACKED ME UP – April 9, 2021 - ‘And that is hard to believe unless you read the book and then I’m surprised you have shoes on.’ Biden, who writes in graphic detail about his crack addiction, replied: ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
April is Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month DEMI LOVATO’S MINI-BAR? – April 9, 2021 - “Alcohol and drug use problems can have devastating impacts on individuals, their families and our communities,” says Khan. Efforts in Utah to address the state’s o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestAugust 4 2020interventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
America Has Been Through An Opioid Crisis Before NO ONE LIKES PAIN – April 9, 2021 - Doctors have been prescribing opiate painkillers since the Bronze Age, and by the time the Civil War broke out in 1861, opiates were the most commonly prescribed medicines in Amer... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinRecovery
Caron Treatment Centers cuts unusual contract with Independence Blue Cross BUSINESS NEWS – April 9, 2021 - IBC would pay the nonprofit, which for about 20 years had not accepted insurance, a single upfront fee for its members and then get out of the way, avoiding the usual policing of... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Zoom Is Not A Mirror THE HELL IT’S NOT! – April 8, 2021 - When the fall semester ended, I was finally forced to view myself as a whole. I realized that I had failed to take care of my body and that my self-esteem was significant... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusinternetinterventionMental Health
Georgia Plans To Crack Down On Halfway House ‘Cash Cows’ LISTEN – MILKING THE SYSTEM – April 9, 2021 - Missy Owen started the Davis Direction Foundation to support recovery after her son, Davis, died of a heroin overdose in 2014. She said the problem is that anyone c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionArticles of InterestDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sackler Family’s Self-Pitying Emails BOOK REVIEW – April 8, 2021 - In a 2017 email, Mortimer Sackler, son and namesake of one of the three brothers who co-founded Purdue Pharma, requested a $10 million loan—and “a possible additional $10 million..... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinPurdue PharmaSlider
Can 12-Step Groups and Psychedelics Coexist? WHAT WOULD BILL W. DROP? – April 8, 2021 - After years of daily opioid use, Kevin was finally succeeding at his recovery. In 2011, he moved into a halfway house, got a sponsor, and started going to 12-step meetings ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
Heroin-Using Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Drugs BLACK TAR: THE NEW DIGESTIF? – April 10, 2021 - Dr. Hart argued that most of what you think you know about drugs and drug abuse is wrong: that addiction is not a brain disease; that most of the 50 million Americans ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewSlider
How I learned to love Zoom 12-step meetings NO MORE ZOOM GLOOM – April 8, 2021 - “You could hear the plopping of her poo,” he recalls. “She put the camera back on her face like nothing happened.”) Meetings were attacked by Zoom bombers. Hate speech... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSlider
Quote of the Week – DMX “The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.” —DMX (Dec. 18, 1970 – Apr. 9, 2021) ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerquote of the week
Journalist Investigates “New Jersey Sober” by Christopher Dale NEW JERSEY SOBER...FUHGGEDABOUTIT! 3/29/2021 - Editor’s note: Last week, we at Addiction & Recovery eBulletin reported on singer Demi Lovato’s decision to be “California Sober,” which entails i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Writers In Treatment: Melding Recovery, the Arts, and Information The accident that led to a Film Festival November 12, 2020 - For the past twelve years, Leonard Buschel has been an instrumental force in adding flavor and culture to the recovery community by filling ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalWriters In Treatment
Meet Ahbra Kaye of REEL Recovery Film Festival A Star is Re-Born – Oct. 15, 2020 - Sobriety, not property and prestige, has given me the most meaningful gifts. I am part of a fellowship of people who understand what I’ve been through, who loves me as I am and who... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionLeonard BuschelMalibunonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film Festival
Leslie Jordan Fan Mail “Who knew when Leonard started his recovery bulletin years ago, how pertinent and necessary it would become in the days of hunkering down from the Covid 19 virus. When one has exhausted all the available online... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery Advocate