April 23, 2024 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

April 23, 2024 • Vol. 11, No. 36

Frankie Grande Thanks Sis for Supporting His ‘Sobriety Journey’

SHE’D NEVER DRAG HIM DOWN – April 10, 2024 - Ariana Grande is a gifted vocalist, songwriter and actress, but before she was any of those things, she was a great sister. To prove it, Frankie Grande posted a swe... Read More...

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Jodie Foster Recalls Telling Downey Jr. How Scared She Was For Him

WHAT GOES AROUND... – April 9, 2024 - In a cover profile of RDJ for Esquire’s April/May issue, the 61-year-old actress recalled, “I took him aside at one point during filming and said, ‘Look, I couldn’t be mor... Read More...

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Dean McDermott’s Inspiring Message About Celebrity Sobriety Divorce

VIDEO – ONE MARRIAGE AT A TIME – April 10, 2024 - “Alcohol made me feel good enough. I started feeling good enough until it got to a point where it didn’t -- I ended up in isolation,” he told the outlet. “It ended ... Read More...

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Zoltan Bathory Praised Marilyn Manson’s Sobriety Ahead of Upcoming tour

HAS HE MADE HIS AMENDS? – April, 2024 - “Manson hasn’t been out on the road for a while... A lot of people want to see him, at one point he was one of the most iconic artists on planet Earth, so he’s back on... Read More...

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Doing Good: Door to Serenity

VIDEO – IN ALL OUR ENDEAVORS – April 9, 2024 - Within the structure of the Twelve Steps, Door To Serenity is being created to address the needs of those who seek our help on their road to recovery. Without respect ... Read More...

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Salute Our Heroes

A GOOD MAN IS GOOD TO FIND – April 8, 2024 - “I tried everything from treatment, church, community; I did everything that I could to try to battle the nature of that disease; that monster,” said Guest. But, he... Read More...

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Council-member Is Working to Block Rehab Center

DOES HE HAVE A POINT? – April 8, 2024 - Mr. Jones said a rehab facility would attract drug dealers to the nearby park in hopes of luring inhabitants of the proposed facility. “I’m not an assessor, but I would ... Read More...

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1400 Clinicians on What’s Driving Youth Mental Health Crisis

iPHONES OR TIKTOK – April 10, 2024 - Many clinicians who work with young patients with mental health issues agree they lack enough resources to treat kids and that patients are worse off now than before the pa... Read More...

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Danny Murphy On His Cocaine Habit

LIFE ON THE LINE – April 10, 2024 - After losing the “adrenaline” of playing the sport at the highest level, he told the Ben Heath Podcast that problems became “huge” and he turned to drugs for “escapism”. “Ho... Read More...

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Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety

WORDS MATTER – April 9, 2024 - On August 10th, 2023 I was given a small metal chip to celebrate a year of sobriety. It was the first full year of sobriety I’d experienced since 1977. I’d gotten high for the fi... Read More...

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Stronger Marijuana Leads to Psychosis in Teens

VIDEO ONLY – THE BONGING OF AMERICA – April 4, 2024 - As legal cannabis becomes more available, doctors have noticed that more teens are suffering from psychotic events that they attribute to the increased potency ... Read More...

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Man Who Fell Sick After Visiting Pub Died ‘Due to Chronic Alcoholism’

LAST CALL – April 11, 2024 - One of the three people who were poisoned, Connor Owen Sebastian, 31, of Winston-Salem, died on Nov. 30, 2023, according to the medical examiner’s office, which later ruled his pro... Read More...

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How Sober Housing Project Became Amy Winehouse’s Legacy

WISH SHE WAS HER TO SEE IT – April 14, 2024 - There is so much tragedy in the story that Katya, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, finds it too painful. But in her own journey to recovery fro... Read More...

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Anne Lamott Reflects on Life, Death and Enduring the Beams of Love’

VIDEO TED TALK – SHE’S A ROCK STAR – April 5, 2024 - Anne Lamott has always been honest about the messiest parts of her life, from addiction to parenthood. Now she reflects on the beautiful—and complicated—realitie... Read More...

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Art Exhibit Remembers Those Lost to Addiction

VIDEO – SOUL ALCHEMY: GRIEF INTO ART – April 11, 2024 - When Theresa Clower lost her son, Devin, she turned to an old hobby she hadn’t picked up in nearly five decades. With a degree in fine arts, she pick... Read More...

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Gift Cards Can Be a Tool to Stop Meth Addiction

AND THE GIFT OF A BETTER LIFE – April 16, 2024 - Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. Contingency management uses positive reinforcement as a behavioral treatment for... Read More...

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Will Cancer Causing Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Lucky Charms & Gatorade be BANNED?

KILLER FOODS – April 17, 2024 - Bills advancing in multiple states could see 'thousands' of America's favorite candies, snacks and sodas banned in their current form. California approved a historic 'Skittles ban' th... Read More...

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Tiffany Haddish: Sobriety Helped Her Realize She’s Been ‘TOO NICE’

BALANCE IS KEY – April 8, 2024 - The comedian/actress said drinking activated her filter since she would think and want to say hurtful things but restrained herself. “Now I say it. If I think it, I say it. ... Read More...

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Cure for Addiction and Traumatic Brain Injury

IT COULD WORK – April 9, 2024 - New treatments for addiction are urgently needed. 107,941 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, an age-adjusted rate of 32.6 deaths per 100,000 people. The rate has nearly qu... Read More...

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The Drug That Kills Most Americans is at the Grocery Store

AUDIO – AND WILL ALWAYS BE THERE – April 9, 2024 - While overdose deaths from fentanyl and its sinister cousins have seized the spotlight for years — some 112,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2023 — alcoho... Read More...

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Residents Concerned Over 5G Towers

VIDEO – DANGER IN THE AIR – April 10, 2024 - She quickly learned that the concrete slab was a 5G tower. It has a health warning that reads it “can cause cancer and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm.”“I’m ... Read More...

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GOP Leader Apologizes for Trashing & Vomiting in Hotel

TOO MUCH SUN? – April 10, 2024 - George Riley, a leader of the Republican Party of Florida has apologized for being excessively drunk and urinating and vomiting all over his room at a hotel last week, saying h... Read More...

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“I would drink three bottles of wine before running a 100 mile race”

FOUL FUEL – April 10, 2024 - Rock bottom came in 2021 when I was at my best friend Julius’ house in Somerset, drinking bottles of wine like they were water, crying hysterically, in bits on his sofa. I had lost... Read More...

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Eminem Celebrates 16 Years of Sobriety

LOCAL HERO – April 20, 2024 - On Saturday, April 20, the “Lose Yourself” rapper, 51, marked 16 years sober, sharing the milestone on Instagram with fans. The Grammy winner — who was born Marshall Mathers — pos... Read More...

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Fans Recall How Indigo Girls Helped Them Through Sexuality and Sobriety

VIDEO – TOGETHERNESS WORKS – April 10, 2024 - There’s another layer to the duo’s impact. “I’ve been clean and sober 29 years now,” one fan shared. “They were almost like this unspoken permission that it was OK to ... Read More...

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Reports of Depression and Suicide After Taking Weight Loss Drugs

VIDEO – SMALLER COFFINS? – April 16, 2024 - “I have zero doubt that this drug caused me to be suicidal and I almost lost my life from it,” Etheridge said, referring to semaglutide, the active ingredient in the... Read More...

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‘Gig Economy’ Jobs May Lead to Problem Drinking

THE TEMPTATION OF LIFE – April 10, 2024 - People who take poorly paid temp jobs as freelancers or independent contractors are 43% more likely to develop an alcohol-related illness than those with full-time per... Read More...

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

CVS - RITE AID - DUANE READE - TARGET – April 16, 2024 - Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. It is therefore strange that we have allowed this long-lasting drug pandem... Read More...

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Johnny Knoxville Embraces ‘Sweet Dreams’ Sobriety Story

VIDEO – WE ALL SHOULD – April 11, 2024 - “My father was an alcoholic and I get to play softball half the movie,” Knoxville told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. “Baseball was the only thing I was ever good at.”... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, b:1884, NY, NY – d:1962 NY, NY ... Read More...

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