July 13, 2021 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

July 13, 2021 • Vol. 8, No. 47

Rebuilding Our Broken Mental Health System

FISCALLY SOLVENT BUT MORALLY BANKRUPT – July 9, 2021 - How did the U.S. get into this mess? Massive and rapid deinstitutionalization of people with mental health issues began in the late 1950s for several reaso... Read More...

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Q&A with Outgoing CEO & President, Doug Tieman and Incoming CEO & President, Brad Sorte

CARON STAYS CONSISTENT – July 2021 - Oliver Picher: You each took very different paths to get to your role today. What do you think is the common thread between your two paths? Let’s start with ... Read More...

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How Zoom Helped Alcoholics Anonymous Members Stay Sober

WITHOUT THEIR PANTS ON? – July 1, 2021 - To get sober, AA teaches people an alcoholic must abandon his or her own ego and self-will and adopt a new mode of living which encourages them to connect with a spiritual hi... Read More...

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‘Pill Mill’ doctor pleads guilty, will forfeit 9 luxury cars and $400K cash

TIME TO TAKE THE BUS – July 2, 2021 - Court records said Dr. Abraham would even increase the strength of the medicine despite medical paperwork categorizing one patient as “completely normal,” according ... Read More...

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Woman overcomes opioid addiction

ADDICTION IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE – July 2, 2021 - That is when she entered the Bedford County Family Treatment Docket. “I call it my Saturday night epiphany,” Sweigar said. “This has got to change, because ... Read More...

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CEO on overcoming addiction and building a multimillion-dollar dating app

13th STEPPING AS A CAREER MOVE? – July 6, 2021 - Hinge didn’t help McLeod find his soulmate — he ultimately married the college girlfriend he was heartbroken over after they reconnected. But the app is n... Read More...

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Healing Begins Within the Family

BOOK REVIEW: ADDICTION IN THE FAMILY – July 10, 2021 - Dr. Louise Stanger is an Ivy League Award winner (2019 Interventionist of the Year from DB Resources in London and McLean Hospital – an affiliate of Harvar... Read More...

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What Can Surfing Tell Us About Addiction?

BOOK REVIEW: THE DROP – July 7, 2021 - Then came this: “That many surfers have struggled with drug addiction will probably come as no surprise.” If, like me, you’ve read more books about, say, the origins of th... Read More...

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How I Was Welcomed to Rehab

WITH 12 STEPS – JULY 6, 2021 - Ron’s gold track pants make a swishing sound as he walks toward me, his right hand outstretched. Tall and skinny with the impeccable posture my mother would love, he’s prob... Read More...

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St. Francois center closure could put patients at risk

WATCH – METHADONE OR DIE! – July 9, 2021 - “It was working. It was working great, I was able to go to work every day and not be sick. I was able to be productive, like, you know I had hope,” said another client... Read More...

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Open your doors to alcoholics

LET MY PEOPLE GO...IN – July 9, 2021 - Many venue owners are, simply, refusing to follow the science for the sake of reassuring their skeptical primary audiences. For example, before COVID, a meeting I r... Read More...

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Climate change causing mental health meltdowns

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE – July 11, 2021 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated climate change “may weigh heavily on mental health in the general population and those already struggling with men... Read More...

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Royce Da 5’9 reflects on past struggles with alcoholism

IT’S ALL IN DA’ NAME – July 3, 2021 - Royce Da 5’9 recently opened up about his battle with alcoholism and his subsequent recovery, during an interview with HipHopDX. Royce says it was in the company of Dr. Dre when... Read More...

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Patricia Heaton celebrates her sobriety

EVERYBODY LOVE SOBRIETY – July 11, 2021 - Captioning the video “a lot to celebrate this month. #3years,” Heaton concluded by asking her 190,000 followers to reach out to her if they have experienced something s... Read More...

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Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter, ‘If I wasn’t sober, I wouldn’t be here’

NONE OF US WOULD BE – July 9, 2021 - “Memaw is not on the road anymore and that’s grief for her and a grief for us and a grief for the fans,” said the 44-year-old. “But she’s still so witty and so very t... Read More...

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Drug, alcohol, jail deaths puts spotlight on fallout from ‘war on drugs’

WATCH – ONLY POOR PEOPLE DIE IN WAR – July 4, 2021 - “The fact that we have criminalized some of these things and used punishment as a form of dealing with it goes along with the stigmatized idea that substance us... Read More...

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Woman’s book on addiction brings hope from pain

HEALING AND HOPE – July 6, 2021 - “Last year I thought of all these moms that I know and all the kids that died from addiction — I said let’s put a book together and we’ll dedicate a chapter to our kids,” she s... Read More...

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Addicted to Twitter

TWEET NOTHINGS – July 7, 2017 - The simplest definition of an addiction is a habit that you can’t quit, even though it poses obvious danger. How many people have lost their jobs over ill-considered tweets? How ... Read More...

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Purdue Settlement Will Unlock Sackler ‘Secrets’

MASS MURDERERS ON PARADE – July 8, 2021 - Roger Brunelle Jr, president of the International Union of painters and Allied Trades, District Council 35 in Boston, lost his 26 year old son Brent Hastings to a... Read More...

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How much should we value the past, present and future?

THE FUTURE IS RIGHT NOW – July 9, 2021 - It’s a strange, barely fathomable fact that our lives are lived through this small, moving window. Practitioners of mindfulness meditation often strive to re... Read More...

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How David Crosby helped Drew Barrymore with sobriety

MEETINGS, MEALS AND FELLOWSHIP – July 7, 2021 - We took her to school in the morning and tried to be a good influence. I think we were kind and loving, and it felt good to do. “You try to do stuff, and you’re n... Read More...

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Methamphetamine in rivers can turn trout into addicts

...AND PERCH INTO PUSHERS – July 6, 2021 - Previous surveys have revealed low levels of methamphetamines and other illicit substances in urban waterways. “Whether illicit drugs alter fish behavior at levels inc... Read More...

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How Should We Do Drugs Now?

ONE DAY AT A TIME – July 9, 2021 - The blunt binaries of “Just say no” that have held sway for so long have kept us from having this conversation and from appreciating how different one illicit drug is from anothe... Read More...

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Driven by Drug Policy

THE BARBARIC DRUG LAWS OF AMERICA – July 8, 2021 - I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms of the United States criminal justice system. I spent years trying to shepherd... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Marion Woodman

“The conscious feminine gives us the courage to love an acorn without knowing what an oak tree is.” —Marion Woodman ... Read More...

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Opioid addiction apps sharing sensitive data with third parties

NOT BETTER APP – July 7, 2021 - Despite the vast reach and sensitive nature of these services, the research found that the majority of the apps accessed unique identifiers about the user’s device and, in some case... Read More...

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