April 28, 2020 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

April 28, 2020 • Vol. 7, No. 35

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NYC Rolls Out Courier System to Deliver Methadone

Just Like Weed in LA – APRIL 23, 2020 - The patient’s “home” OTP may be far from the hotel. So the patient authorizes a “designated other”—a courier, who is an employee of the city’s Department of Health—to pick up ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Coronavirusmeth

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Demi Lovato Finally Feels Free

Leaving the Demimonde – APRIL 14, 2020 - Lovato’s comeback has been greeted with warmth and enthusiasm by both the music industry and her fans. Her new music is confessional and bold, but she speaks carefully a... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery

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Emotional Sobriety Radio w/Dr. Allen Berger

Worth A LISTEN – April 25, 2020 - These are difficult days. Managing our way through this crisis requires a commitment to what Dr. Allen Berger calls “emotional sobriety.” Dr. Berger is a clinical psychologist,... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery Advocate

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Former reporter fights addiction

Rigorous Honesty – April 17, 2020 - This show is a place to regularly showcase courage and what it takes to come back, he says. The journey for Vela to get to “Back From Broken” has been full of the highest of ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecovery

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Syringe access programs still illegal in Arizona

Letting The Infection Proceed? – April 16, 2020 - Ortega also said that when looking at syringe access programs, a harm reduction approach must be taken. “The harm reduction approach really came out of like Amste... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Pet Friendly Rehab! Why Animals Are Vital

Come Fetch Some Puppy Love – April 25, 2020 - Many rehabilitation centers welcome the presence of dogs as they can bring additional health benefits to the recovery process. Many circumstances surround the treatment,... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020RecoveryRehab

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Staying Connected with Your Support Group | Recovery Radio

Radio Radio – April 18, 2020 - Staying connected and involved with your support groups has never been more important than today. As we distance socially, how do we remain actively involved with treatment and s... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Recovery

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Famed A&R Rep Michael Alago Releases Tell All Book on Addiction Career and Life in Music Industry

He’s heard it all... – Spring 2020 - “I Am Michael Alago…” is a story of humble beginnings, realized potential, chaos, dysfunction, crisis, talent and redemption. The book discusses Michael’s battle with addict... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity Sobriety

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Service Still Available for People Struggling with Addiction

Addiction Never Sleeps – April 20, 2020 - This time of isolation can be a difficult hill to climb for people either battling a substance use disorder or in recovery and are cut off from their social circles. ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 28 2020Recovery

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Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access to Online Treatment for Opioid Addiction

NPR Report – April 20, 2020 - “I wish there was another way to get this done besides a pandemic,” says Dr. David Kan, chief medical officer of Bright Heart Health, a Walnut Creek, Calif., company. It has recent... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusinternetopioidsRecoveryRehab

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I walked out of rehab and into a pandemic

SOBER – April 21, 2020 - Recovery is difficult and all too often bound toward failure. As someone new to sobriety, I’m in no position to talk with any authority on how to be successful. But as someone working t... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusRecoveryRehab

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LISTEN: Alcoholism And Coronavirus

Listen, this guy’s an Idiot – APR 20, 2020 - Consider the plight of the alcoholic during this coronavirus shutdown. Liquor is still widely available at stores and even now via delivery. At the same time, social dist... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 28 2020Coronavirus

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‘Not the same on Zoom’

Reality TV Anyone? – April 20, 2020 - In normal times, he’d be able to turn easily to his counsellor, Tham Yuen Han – or Han, as her clients call her. For nine years, Eugene has been attending recovery su... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusinternetRecoveryRehab

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Getting people into rehab can be hard. Try doing it during the coronavirus crisis

If not now, when? – APRIL 24, 2020 - In recent days, Heller said, he has heard from a couple of former residents who relapsed during the pandemic, as well as from two former patients who work in Silicon Valley ... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousApril 28 2020CoronavirusRecoveryRehab

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Now is the time to listen to science, especially when it comes to addiction

Still No Silver Bullet – April 23, 2020 - The National Institutes of Health found that buprenorphine and methadone reduce overdose fatalities and relapse by as much as 59%. In 1995, amid epidemic opioid use, Fr... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020buprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addiction

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Coronavirus isolation could mean death for America’s opioid addicts

So Could Scoring – April 25, 2020 - “Instead of walking in, they call or we do it through video so they don’t have to come in unnecessarily and potentially put themselves or others at risk,” Smith said. Whil... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Coronavirusopioids

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Locked down? Open up to … cross-genre singer Laura Nyro

Woman of the Other World – April 26, 2020 - Nyro, born Laura Nigro, died at age 49 in 1997. By this point in her life she recorded rarely, performed live only now-and-again, and declined to appear on television. She... Read More...

April 28 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirus

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California’s Mushroom Decriminalization Effort Ends

Magic Kingdom on Hold – April 22, 2020 - Decriminalize California said that it plans to keep its operations running, and file again in the next California election. Voter outreach work will resume once social d... Read More...

April 28 2020Psychedelics

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Michael Jordan remembers Bulls ‘traveling cocaine circus’

Send In The Clowns – April 20, 2020 - The six-time NBA champion went on to tell a story from his rookie season where he walked into a hotel room and stumbled upon a scene ranging from things as (now) mundane as weed... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction

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Q&A With Recovery Advocate, Jennifer Gimenez

Actor, Model, Sober – April 20, 2020 - As one of the nation’s leading advocates on addiction recovery, Jennifer Gimenez has become a regular fixture on numerous television networks and across multiple social media pl... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and Hope AwardsRecoveryRecovery Advocate

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Addiction Crisis Looms As Most Vulnerable Fall Through Pandemic Cracks

Catch Them If You Can – April 25, 2020 - She said while the funding for prevention and early intervention was welcomed and useful, she was concerned about the level of support for those already addicted during ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addiction

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Lizzo Reveals How Quarantine Has Affected Her Mental Health

110% Real – April 22, 2020 - Lizzo has always been a positive light in the music world since her rise to stardom, but her calming voice and encouraging words are more crucial than ever in the wake of the pandem... Read More...

April 28 2020CoronavirusMental Health

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Extra Payments Motivate Sobriety & Employment for People Recovering from Addiction

Cash is King – April 20, 2020 - In a report on the study, described in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health online Feb. 21, the investigators say their intervention could be used widely in low-inc... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusRecovery

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Heather Locklear Celebrates 1 Year of Sobriety with Empowering Message from Maya Angelou

The Wisdom of Recovery – April 21, 2020 - “I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one,”... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity Sobriety

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Finding the Magic of Cinema in the Tedium of Quarantine

My House is Now a Multiplex – April 21, 2020 - The idea for the shorts came from the festival’s artistic director, Orestis Andreadakis. After chancing upon an essay he had at home by the French author Georges Perec,... Read More...

April 28 2020Coronavirus

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JACK OSBOURNE Celebrates 17 Years of Sobriety

Maturity is Attractive – April 21, 2020 - I surrendered to the fact that I will never be a ‘normal’ drinker and that drugs and alcohol will only ever lead to bad things for me. I went to meetings, worked ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery

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‘Zoom fatigue’ is taxing the brain. Here’s why it happens.

Sobering information – APRIL 24, 2020 - This leads to problems in which group video chats become less collaborative and more like siloed panels, in which only two people at a time talk while the rest listen. Be... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousApril 28 2020CoronavirusRecoveryRehab

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Eminem Celebrates 12 Years of Sobriety

Clean Dozen – April 20, 2020 - Posting a photo of Eminem holding up his sober accomplishment chip, Royce Da 5’9” corrected his ten-year achievement to twelve years and wrote a touching message on social media. ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity SobrietyrapRecovery

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Quote of the Week – Knut Hamsun

“I see stars before my eyes, and my thoughts are swept up into a hurricane of light.” ―Knut Hamsun ... Read More...

April 28 2020quote of the week

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New York charges Mallinckrodt over opioid claims

Andrew Cuomo Rocks – April 21, 2020 - Governor Andrew Cuomo said the charges brought by New York’s Department of Financial Services are the first against a major opioid manufacturer in the regulator’s probe int... Read More...

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