April 30, 2024 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

April 30, 2024 • Vol. 11, No. 37

Vin Baker Uses Sobriety For Good

GIVING BACK IN STYLE – April 17, 2024 - “It’s still one day at a time for me, and I understand, empathize, and know exactly what the attack an alcoholic goes through daily,” Baker said. “To wake up every morni... Read More...

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Captain Sandy Tells How Yachting Helped Her Sobriety

RIDING THE WAVE...CALMLY – April 18, 2024 - “I was 13 years old and I started washing boats, and then I had to get in trouble a lot, kind of got into the addiction thing. And after I got sober in 1989, my very... Read More...

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Hot Broadway Star Overcame Cocaine, Alcohol and Gambling Addictions

VIDEO – NEW YORK STORIES – April 23, 2024 - Sara Gettelfinger had steadily worked on the Broadway boards since her debut in 2000’s Seussical, appearing alongside stars including John Stamos, John Lithgow and J... Read More...

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The Endless Quest to Replace Alcohol

TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT – April 18, 2024 - The rise in “sober curiosity” is directly correlated to an interest in wellness, an industry that exploded in the early 2010s at the same time smartphones and social m... Read More...

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Anthony Hopkins Planning to Live Beyond 100

AUDIO – SOBER MEN CAN DO THAT – April 4, 2024 - Acting icon Anthony Hopkins is one lamb who refuses to be silenced! After going to hell and back battling addiction issues and depression, insiders dished the Hanniba... Read More...

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Ohtani’s Ex-Interpreter Must Get Gambling Addiction Treatment

I’LL BET HE GOES TO GA (not Georgia) – April 13, 2024 -The initial federal court appearance by Ippei Mizuhara marked the first time the interpreter has been seen in public since the scandal exploded last month... Read More...

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Aspartame and Sucralose May Promote Diarrhea & Damage Your Gut

SUGER FREE POOP – April 24, 2024 - Common artificial sweeteners may be causing serious damage to your gut, scientists have warned. Not only that, but according to new research these additives could be transfor... Read More...

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Two-Drug Combo Curbs Drinking for Alcoholics

DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE – April 18, 2024 - A combo of an allergy drug and a blood pressure med appears to lower daily drinking in folks battling severe alcoholism, French researchers report. The two... Read More...

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Landmark Recovery Applies to Reopen After Settlement with State

VIDEO – SECOND CHANCES – April 21, 2024 - 13News has learned state regulators have reached a settlement agreement with Landmark Recovery that could allow those troubled recovery centers to get recertified. Landmark... Read More...

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Woman Charts Her Journey to Sobriety

FOR THE LOVE OF CHILD – April 23, 2024 - “My story starts on September 21, 2022 - the day I decided I had to get sober. My main thought I had, which was obviously painful but it moved me enough, was, ‘I don’t ... Read More...

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‘Pretty Wrecked’: Author On Addiction and Recovery

VIDEO – BOOKS MATTER – April 25, 2024 - From a teenage alcoholic and drug addict to a shining success and celebrating 28 years of sobriety. A Main Line wife and mother details her road to recovery and the lessons s... Read More...

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Spencer Mathews On How He Became An Alcoholic

AUDIO – MADE IN CHELSEA – April 13, 2024 - “It was four Big Macs, a six-pack of Stella...” Vogue Williams’ husband Spencer Mathews has described how he became an alcoholic whilst working as a banker in London. The ... Read More...

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I Overcame My Alcohol Addiction by Learning Two Lessons

FIRST PERSON BRAVERY – April 16, 2024 - When I was 14 years old, I became aware that I wanted to feel the effects of alcohol. I had a few drinks at a friend’s house when his parents weren’t home and quickly fe... Read More...

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Navigating Tangled Healthcare System with Addiction History

AUDIO – LIFE IS NOT FAIR – April 25, 2024 - “I feel like I’ve spent my life wanting, like wanting to be able to tell the story.” Melanie Caturia is a mom of two in her late 40’s who lives in Minocqua. S... Read More...

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Opioids Came for Country Music

NOT JUST WILLIE’S WEED – April 23, 2024 - DRUGS NEVER SEEMED like a problem to Elvie Shane. Dabbling in cocaine, meth, and heroin were all part of the future country singer’s college days in Bowling Green, Ken... Read More...

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Bartender Shares Sobriety Journey and Works to Help Others

AUDIO – SERVICE WITH HIS SMILE – April 7, 2024 - Service workers, including wait staff and bartenders are surrounded by alcohol during their work shifts. The combination of the high-pressure of the profession combi... Read More...

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St. Vincent – Live @ Primavera Sound Barcelona

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 2023 - St Vincent had one of the best gigs at Primavera Sound 2023, here’s why... CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFdFuZuCGUU ... Read More...

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Drew Barrymore: ‘We have all been such hedonists’

FAMILY AFFAIR – April 13, 2024 - Drew Barrymore takes the most pride in her sobriety. “I think, for me, stopping drinking is one of the most honoring things I can do to the Barrymore name because we have al... Read More...

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Eva Evans Left Suicide Note

VIDEO – TOO MUCH, TOO SOON? – April 23, 2024 - Eva was known on TikTok for posting day-in-the-life type content about 20-somethings in New York ... and she also famously created a web series called ‘Club Rat’ ... Read More...

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Man Goes to Prison for Rehab Kickback Scheme

MISTAKES WERE MADE – April 25, 2024 - Kevin M. Dickau, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 months in federal prison. He and Dr. Akikur Mohammad of West Hills. CA pleaded guilty to the scheme in 2020, and at tha... Read More...

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The Polysubstance Use Epidemic Has Arrived

MORE IS NOT BETTER – April 23, 2024 - The Millennium Health report is based on 4.1 million urine samples collected from people receiving drug addiction care between 2013 and 2023. A key finding: Of the fent... Read More...

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Treatment Center Owner Gets 4 Years In Prison

IS THAT LONG ENOUGH? – April 12, 2024 - A Florida man is headed to federal prison. He ran a drug-rehab center in our area and after it went out of business, the feds say he was carrying on like business was bo... Read More...

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Taylor Swift Sings About Being ‘a functioning alcoholic’

HIGHEST FUNCTIONING EVER – April 25, 2024 - Taylor Swift’s song “Fortnight” is getting a lot of attention for lyrics that include the line “I was a functioning alcoholic.” Swift hasn’t said whether she’s si... Read More...

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Mother, Laura McKowen Is An Open Book About Her Sobriety

VIDEO – WRITTEN FROM THE HEART – April 23, 2024 - After her first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, the Marblehead mom spent a year working on her sobriety before she was finally able to stop drinking for good. He... Read More...

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Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health Addresses Hope and Moral Injury

A GATHERING OF ANGELS – April 23, 2024 - For the third year, the prestigious UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center hosted the annual Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health Conference. Overflowing with cl... Read More...

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“Vampire Facials” Infected Three People with HIV

BEAUTY AND BEASTLY – April 26, 2024 - A cosmetic process known as a “vampire facial” is considered to be a more affordable and less invasive option than getting a facelift, but the process can be a serious hea... Read More...

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Professor Overcame Opioid Addiction

AND HELPS OTHERS – April 19, 2024 - “My dad is a doctor, I grew up in the suburbs and kind of had every advantage. That mattered; it mattered in terms of my addiction and my recovery.” Today, Elswick is an ... Read More...

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Sam Evian’s ‘Plunge’ is His Most Personal LP

AUDIO – HEAR THE MUSIC – April 13, 2024 - Scott Simon talks with musician and indie producer Sam Evian about his fourth LP, “Plunge.” Evian says the record is his most personal yet and it touches on themes of famil... Read More...

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Warning of ‘Cascading’ Alzheimer’s Risk From Alcohol and Stress

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – April 26, 2024 - We know that our risk of developing Alzheimer’s is dependent on a range of genetic and environmental factors. And among these environmental factors are alcohol consumption a... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – George Bernard Shaw

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable” – George Bernard Shaw, b: 1856, Ireland – d: 1950, UK ... Read More...

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