April 15, 2025 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

April 15, 2025 • Vol. 12, No. 35

Winter in America – Gil Scott-Heron – LIVE

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – TODAY - A great performance from Gil Scott-Heron and the Midnight Band, live at the Wax Museum Nightclub. Ripped from Channel 4 and Robert Mugge’s brilliant documentary Black Wax about Gil... Read More...

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Supporting Your Partner on Their Sobriety Journey

HELPING HAND – April 4, 2025 - “Recovery affects both people in the relationship—not just the one with addiction. Partners might feel stressed or anxious. Sometimes even resentful, especially if trust has been an iss... Read More...

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Every Sip of Alcohol Increases Your Risk of Cancer

AIN’T NO GOOD – April 8, 2025 - Alcohol, whether consumed regularly or only on special occasions, takes a toll on your body. From your brain and heart, to your lungs and muscles, to your gastrointestinal and im... Read More...

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Artificial Sweetener Tricks Your Brain Into Feeling More Hungry

Bon Appétit – April 4, 2025 - Nothing in life comes free, not even a sugar-free drink. Scientists have now linked the artificial sweetener sucralose (sold as Splenda) to yet another potential health downside... Read More...

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Needle Exchange Program Feels Effects of Trump’s Aid Cuts

DIRTY BUSINESS – April 3, 2025 - PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug ad... Read More...

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U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Plunging

LIFE MATTERS – April 10, 2025 - Federal spending cuts instigated by the White House threaten to reverse a steep decline in American overdose deaths and are jeopardizing other gains in the battle against synthet... Read More...

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Doctors Prescribing Heroin?

VIDEO – INNOVATION – April 8, 2025 - A complementary but no less controversial harm reduction strategy, heroin-assisted treatment involves administering pharmaceutical-grade heroin under medical supervision. It stabi... Read More...

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17-Year-old Develops Irreversible ‘POPCORN LUNG’ From Vapes and e-Cigarettes

VIDEO – DON’T SMOKE – April 9, 2025 - Christie Martin received a panicked call from her daughter Brianne Cullen who claimed she was struggling to breathe. Horrified, Christie rushed the 17-year-old to a nearby ER... Read More...

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36 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Became a Psychotherapist

HE SHOULD KNOW – March 2025 - The aspiration of becoming a great or even just competent psychotherapist is, at its root, somewhat paradoxical. Over the past 15 years of daily practice I have learned that psycho... Read More...

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Maternal Diabetes Linked to Higher Risk of Autism

BE CAREFUL – April 9, 2025 - Children born to mothers with diabetes face significantly higher risks of developing neurodevelopmental disorders, according to a sweeping new meta-analysis involving over 56 million moth... Read More...

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A Perfect Family Couldn’t Save Me From The Most Destructive Middle-class Addiction Of All

IT’S THE DOPAMINE – April 8, 2025 - Kate’s family was about discover a devastating secret she’d kept hidden for years - one that was going to turn their financial lives upside down. Grasping for the words to expla... Read More...

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Spencer Matthews On His Sobriety Journey

STUNNING SHARE – April 10, 2025 - Spencer Matthews has been open about his journey with alcohol after suffering with alcohol dependency between the ages of 15 and 30. He admitted that during that time period he wo... Read More...

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Oxytocin’s Role in Guilt and Shame in Depression and Alcohol Addiction

SCIENCE – April 10, 2025 - Investigators found that maladaptive guilt and shame were influenced more by individual characteristics than by specific disorders. They suggested incorporating guilt and shame dimens... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and Addictionoxycontin

“California Sober” or Abstinence?

HARM REDUCTION – April 9, 2025 - Cali sober describes a lifestyle intent on both using drugs and reducing harm from drug use. However, the term has been adopted by others rejecting abstinence as the only path a... Read More...

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Help for Those With Addictions is in Jeopardy

CLEVELAND DESERVES BETTER – April 10, 2025 - As our country faces the possibility of federal health care funding cuts, it’s critical that we raise awareness about what’s at stake — especially for low-income individua... Read More...

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Thinking of Going Boy Sober?

OR WITHOUT WOMEN – April 9, 2025 - Hope deleted all her dating apps and made a promise to herself: No more dates for a year. Then, armed with a catchy new term coined by her sister, Hope started documenti... Read More...

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Eight Days a Week of Booze Doubles Risk of Brain Damage

BARFLY – April 9, 2025 - Boozers who down eight or more alcoholic drinks every week have an increased risk of brain lesions associated with memory and thinking problems, say scientists. They explained that t... Read More...

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I Ain’t Marching Anymore – Phil Ochs

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 297,835 views since Jan 17, 2014 - My brother, a friend and I, saw Phil Ochs in Greenwich Village in 1964. We each bought an album from him. In 1977 I picked up a woman hitchhiking across... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Ira Israel

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 15, 2025 - Ira Israel is a Psychotherapist & Author currently based in Santa Monica. Israel is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, a Licensed Marriage and Family Ther... Read More...

Apr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

How Mushrooms Protect Your Brain

SMART PIZZA! – April 9, 2025 - Rich in plant chemicals and antioxidants, mushrooms are a delicious, nutritious powerhouse that everyone could benefit from eating more of. Low in calories and fat but packed with vitam... Read More...

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Johnson & Johnson’s Threats and Lies

LISTEN – J&J Knew They Were Killing People – April 10, 2025 - J&J recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, including baby powder, caused cancer. Author Gardiner Harris say... Read More...

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VIAL: A New TV Series About Big Pharma

WATCH – COMING SOON – April 15, 2025 - A dark comedy that sheds light on Big Pharma is in the works. VIAL goes behind the scenes to show how drug reps promote their products to doctors, hospitals and nursing homes b... Read More...

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Judge Rejects J&J’s $10 billion Baby Powder Settlement

VIDEO – BIG PHARMA FELONS – March 31, 2025 - J&J said in a statement that it would not appeal, but also that it had no intention of settling the claims and would instead “return to the tort system to litigate an... Read More...

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6 Things You Should Do After 5 P.M. to Support Healthy Living

AVOID THE NEWS – April 11, 2025 - It’s never too late to start adopting healthy habits. However, the earlier you can start making these adjustments to your lifestyle, the better. “Healthy habits formed now are ... Read More...

Apr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health

‘The Social Network’ and Mass Technological Addiction!

RIGHT UP YOUR SPECTRUM – April 9, 2024 - The “new thing” is better, of course. Its creators are gods, but few win enough power to play god. “The Social Network” (2010) depicts just that: the beginning of ... Read More...

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I Quit Hollywood After Dark Spiral of Addiction and Rehab

JENNIFER ANISTON & CAMERON DIAZ TOO! – April 6, 2025 - Paul Sculfor was one of the world’s leading male models in the late Nineties and early Noughties, racking up a huge list of enviable A-list connections. P... Read More...

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$4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement After Childhoods of ‘Pure Hell’

WHAT PRICE TRAUMA? – April 7, 2025 - Shirley Bodkin remembers the smell of the staff member there who would put her on his lap and make her hold a Raggedy Ann doll while he hurt her. J.C. Wright remembers the s... Read More...

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Addiction Hijacks Teenagers’ Brains

FROM GUTTER TO GOOGLE – April 9, 2025 - Addiction is not limited to substances like alcohol and drugs but extends to behaviours such as smartphone use, gaming, gambling and pornography. The essence of addiction is es... Read More...

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‘Rhino Tranq’ Linked to Overdose Death

SYNTHETIC COUNTRY – April 10, 2025 - A powerful street drug that began showing up alongside “tranq” (xylazine) and fentanyl in Philadelphia and other cities last year, medetomidine or “rhino tranq,” may be making its... Read More...

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Comedy Shows Focus on Addiction Recovery

WE ARE NOT A GLUM LOT – April 9, 2025 - Recovering from addiction may not be a laughing matter but Aims Community College students hope they can give their peers a reason to smile. They said they wanted to bring the&... Read More...

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