April 4, 2023 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

April 4, 2023 • Vol. 10, No. 34

‘Sober Seder’ Helps Jews in Recovery Experience Freedom

CHAG SAMEACH! – April 2, 2023 - In the age of smart phones and internet, your Seder-booking experience is breeze. Yet, those who are in treatment centers may have a hard time experiencing the “freedom” of attending a... Read More...

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California to Seek Beds for Mental Health, Drug Treatment

FREE FALLING – March 19, 2023 - California, home to nearly 40 million people, has nearly one-third of the nation’s homeless population, and their numbers are growing much faster than in other states, according ... Read More...

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Another Inspirational Story

VIDEO – SOBRIETY IS CONTAGIOUS – March 19, 2023 - “I was on probation for some pretty serious felonies and if I revoked I was going to go back for a long time,” said Coleman. “My drug addiction was really strong. I w... Read More...

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Burnout Among Harm Reduction Workers

THE FRONT LINE IS DANGEROUS – March 20, 2023 - There are a great many things a person could be doing every day, Graham continued, but never enough time to do them all. So harm reduction workers and community organiza... Read More...

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Drug Addiction and Adverse Childhood Experiences

NOT A TEST YOU WANT TO ACE – March 27, 2023 - Despite her outward successes, a number of unresolved adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) created vulnerabilities for Malory. Mal was raised by a loving single mot... Read More...

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Addict Shares Recovery Journey at Packed High School Auditorium

VIDEO – EDUCATION THAT SAVES LIVES – March 20, 2023 - Lawson says he grew up in a broken home raised by his mother and grandmother, he has never met his father. He says he tried to fill the void by turning ... Read More...

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Zero-Calorie Sweetener Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death

VIDEO – HOW SWEET IT ISN’T – Feb. 28, 2023 - People with existing risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes, were twice as likely to experience a heart attack or stroke if they had the highest levels of eryth... Read More...

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Beethoven Died of Alcoholism, Promiscuity and VD

WORKING FROM HOME WILL DO IT EVERY TIME – March 23, 2023 - Despite being a child prodigy, by the time he was 28 he had reported his first hearing problems. Whether Beethoven contracted syphilis has been debated... Read More...

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Mom’s Mission to Reduce Addiction Stigma After Son’s Death

VIDEO – REST IN PEACE – March 20, 2023 - Mom on a mission to reduce stigma about drug addiction after son’s death - NBC 15 WPMI Click@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NhTCEFsoC0&t=96s ... Read More...

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‘My life has changed so much’: Lily Allen on four years of sobriety

YOU GO GIRL – March 30th, 2023 - The 37-year-old told presenters Holly Willoughby and Joel Dermott: ‘It is weird. My life has changed so much. I’m four years clean and sober, I have a new husband, we’re sorting our l... Read More...

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Technology Addiction Has Created a Self-Help Trap

IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT – March 28, 2023 - Why, despite multiple reports from Silicon Valley whistleblowers revealing that technology companies are using manipulative designs to prolong our time online, do we feel ... Read More...

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Teen Animated Social Media Addiction

CHANGE IN MOTION – March 31, 2023 - The black and white video essay illustrates in painful simplicity how social media addiction and fear of being disconnected, termed nomophobia, can impact young people. Research... Read More...

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Alcoholic Gets 35 Years for Murder

THE ONLY ‘DISEASE’ THAT KILLS OTHERS – March 31, 2023 - The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken a... Read More...

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Elizabeth Vargas On Going Very Public with Alcoholism Struggle

NO EASY JOURNEY – March 30, 2023 - “I plan to make my NewsNation show the show that really tackles mental health and the substance use disorder crisis in this country in a thoughtful way,” Vargas says. “We’re d... Read More...

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Game changing Pill Reduces Alcohol Intake by 50%

SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY...TODAY? – Mar. 24, 2023 - The clinical study involved people with alcohol use disorder who weren’t seeking any form of treatment, and Mason predicts that apremilast may be even more effecti... Read More...

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Inside the Amazing Brains of Nature’s Hardest Working Insect: The Bee

MORE THAN BUSY – April 2, 2023 - Experiments have shown bees can experience PTSD-like symptoms, recognize different human faces, process long-term memories while sleeping, and maybe even dream. Buchmann is part of... Read More...

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Robert Downey Jr.! Happy Birthday, Secrets to His Fitness at 58 Revealed

AGING WELL – April 4, 2023 - His age-defying physique has been a topic of interest for many years. On his special day, let's take a closer look at the practices that have helped him maintain his enviable physiqu... Read More...

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It’s a Miracle Matthew Perry is Alive

FRIENDS WITH MONEY – March 20, 2023 - First, it’s hard to believe that Matthew Perry, one of the stars of the television sitcom Friends, is still alive after everything his body has been through. Second, his ca... Read More...

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DEA Alert About Threat of Xylazine. Philly is F**ked

VIDEO – THE CITY OF BROTHERLY DEATH – March 21, 2023 - The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer also commonl... Read More...

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‘Tranq Dope’ Makes Users Zombies

VIDEO – FROM BAD TO WORSE – March 31, 2023 - “There’s a good chance if you are using a pill that you bought on the street and did not buy from a regular pharmacy that this might have xylazine in the pill,” Oz said. ... Read More...

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I Had a Sober Wedding and it Was a Blast

AND WE REMEMBERED IT – March 28, 2023 - She and spouse John, 24, a second lieutenant in the Army, toasted their marriage — held in a church in their hometown — with Martinelli’s apple cider. Their 150 guests... Read More...

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Jason Ritter Didn’t Think He ‘deserved’ Wife Due To Alcoholism

VIDEO – MIRACLE OF SOBRIETY – March 29, 2023 - The confession prompted Drew Barrymore to get candid about her own struggles with alcohol. Lynskey, who also got emotional, noted that her husband “worked so hard.” ... Read More...

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Sex Addiction: Symptoms, Patterns to Look For

VIDEO – IT DOESN’T AWAYS TAKE TWO – March 23, 2023 - An estimated 3-6% of the population struggle with sexual compulsivity. Click@USAToday ... Read More...

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Judy Collins: Alcoholism, Bulimia & Releasing ‘most powerful song I’ve ever written’ at 83

VIDEO – BETTER WITH AGE, LIKE A FINE... – March 24, 2023 - I couldn’t sing, I couldn’t work, I couldn’t do anything. I had troubles with my vocal cords, which were caused by, I’m sure, the bulimia, but probably also ... Read More...

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Hipster City Lawless Hellscape Due to Rampant Drug Use

VIDEO – DUE TO DRUG LAWS? – March 28, 2023 - She’s seen Oregon’s largest city go from a kooky progressive place with great restaurants and reliable public transportation to a ‘post-apocalyptic’ hellscape where ... Read More...

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When Steven Tyler Tried to Help Kurt Cobain Kick Heroin?

DENIAL CAN KILL – March 30, 2023 - As he watched Nirvana’s meteoric rise in the early ‘90s, Steven Tyler says he recognised the “pain” in Kurt Cobain’s eyes and later discovered that Nirvana’s frontman was usin... Read More...

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How ‘Quit Lit’ Helps Women on Their Sobriety Journeys

VIDEO – ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME – March 30, 2023 - “Quit Lit” is a new way women are finding support, with a new genre of self-help books helping to turn the page. VIDEO Click@ABCNews ... Read More...

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FDA Approves Over-The-Counter Narcan

JUST LIKE ASPIRIN – March 29, 2023 - Advocates believe it’s important to get naloxone to the people who are most likely to be around overdoses, including people who use drugs and their relatives. The decision “rep... Read More...

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AA Group Booted Out of Meeting Space After 40 Years

TIME FOR THE SERENITY PRAYER? – March 22, 2023 - These Alcoholics Anonymous meetings help citizens of the community get and stay sober. Addiction is a huge problem in society and in our community. The Town of L... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – James Baldwin

“An artist is a sort of emotional or spiritual historian. His role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.” – James Baldwin, Aug. 2, 1924–Dec. 1, 1987 ... Read More...

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