April 7, 2020 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

April 7, 2020 • Vol. 7, No. 32

‘Tyger Tyger’ Offers Different Picture of Addiction

WATCH – BUT DARKER – Feb. 26, 2021 - The story, in which Mondragon shaped using his own personal experience with drugs, sees Sprouse kidnapped by a young woman (Sam Quartin) and whisked away to distribute medication... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 7 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 2 2021Recovery

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Opioid Epidemic Hasn’t Gone Away With COVID-19. It’s Just Harder To Address

Hell hath no fury – APRIL 2, 2020 - If a police officer responds to an overdose, they’ll try to revive the person with Narcan and leave extra with the family. But they don’t go back again. Instead, recovery coa... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020opioids

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Neil Lasher, Music Publishing Exec and Intervention Specialist, Dies of Coronavirus at 73

Tears for our fallen brethren – April 5, 2020 - Jacob Fain, senior VP of A&R artist development at Sony/ATV, paid tribute to Lasher on social media. “I had the pleasure of working with Neil for over a decad... Read More...

April 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyCoronavirus

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For Miami addicts, recovery is tough enough. Then came the virus

Pray for the newcomers – MARCH 29, 2020 - Getting clean is challenging enough in regular times, and the coronavirus has also upended South Florida’s fragile care system for people battling alcohol and substance... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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DEA to review dozens of requests to grow marijuana for research

Anything Can Happen – Mar. 30, 2020 - Other countries, including Canada and Australia, have licensed growers for research cannabis without taking possession of the drug, Sisley says. “All of them have looked at the ... Read More...

April 7 2020marijuana

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Big Pharma is Big Obstacle to Coronavirus Treatment

They’re at it again – April 2, 2020 - Our exit strategy from the global lockdown depends on the development of an effective vaccine, as is well-known. A huge effort is under way to find such a vaccine, but we c... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Big Pharma

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Debbie Harry reveals her heroin addiction was a ‘drag’ as it took too much effort to track down substances

Blondie or Black Tar? – April 2, 2020 - “I wasn’t taking drugs when I was working, so when I was working I wasn’t taking drugs,” she explained. Harry then went on to reveal that acquiring substances took too... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyHeroin Addiction

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NIDA Director outlines risks to people who smoke and do drugs during pandemic

Another GOOD Reason to Quit! – April 2, 2020 - The Ideas and Opinions piece raises several important concerns regarding COVID-19 for specific vulnerable populations, including: Patients with already compromised lu... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Bill Withers was in his 30s with a job making toilets. Then a big hit changed his life.

“Ain’t No Sunshine” – April 4, 2020 - “I lived a good portion of my life before I started to play music,” Withers recalled in “Still Bill,” the 2009 documentary about his life and career. He was in his late-20s... Read More...

April 7 2020grammy winner

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Tana Mongeau Opens Up About Recent Struggle with Xanax Addiction

1,763,901 views on YouTube - WTF? – April 1, 2020 - “I spent the next six years continuing to bottle in any emotional pain that I could while I was also snowballing into a bigger and bigger point of fame. Mont... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity Sobriety

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DOJ unleashes $163 million to fight drug addiction

Unleashes wild dogs? – April 3, 2020 - • Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program, $1.75 million available. This program provides financial and technical assistance to ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Stop Trying to Be Productive

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – April 1, 2020 - “It’s tough enough to be productive in the best of times let alone when we’re in a global crisis,” said Chris Bailey, a productivity consultant and the author of “Hyperfo... Read More...

April 7 2020Mental Health

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A Family’s Journey Helps Shift the Science of Mental Illness

What Lies Beneath – April 5, 2020 - On how the six brothers presented differently with schizophrenia — Donald, while he was really erratic and very off putting at a younger age is now very sweet and kind in his... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Mental Health

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Why Coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs?

So They Don’t Run Out – April 5, 2020 - UK drug policy and crime experts told CNN they were worried over a growing number of reports of shortages and escalating prices for drugs, as international borders close ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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The Set Aside Prayer: Opening up to new possibilities.

Now More Than Ever – No Better Time - The intention of the prayer is so simple and beautiful. It can be applied to any area of your life: wanting a new experience in relationship to yourself and others, a new experie... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAlcoholics AnonymousApril 7 2020

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Betty Ford

Tribute to a Pioneer! – Read the history of Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center. @History ... Read More...

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Ryan Leaf Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety

One first down at time – April 3, 2020 - The Ryan Leaf comeback story is one for the ages, and it’s a shining example of what can happen when you put all your efforts into turning your life around. As you ca... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecoveryRecovery Advocate

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Cara Santana poses in towel to mark 16 years of sobriety

More will be revealed – April 3, 2020 - In 2015 she told Origin Magazine: ‘I feel very blessed that at a young age I was able to navigate my battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and through recovery li... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery

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Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus

Curbside Meds – April 3, 2020 - The two medications, both narcotics, have been shown to be at least twice as effective at helping people stay in recovery from opioid addiction as therapies that do not include medicat... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Coronavirus

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Global Lockdowns Resulting in ‘Horrifying Surge’ in Domestic Violence

Home is Where the Heartache Is – April 6, 2020 - “We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing COVID-19, but they can trap women with abusive partners,” Guterres said. “Over the past weeks, as... Read More...

April 7 2020Coronavirus

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While Corona Makes Headlines, Opioid Addiction Continues to Kill

Still Feeling No Pain – April 2, 2020 - I grew up in rural, rust belt Pennsylvania. Although the economy and opportunity may be limited in this part of the country, it was a wonderful place to be raised. Small schoo... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020opioidsOverdose

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Coronavirus is causing a rise in drug and alcohol relapses

Will Rehabs Have Enough Beds? – March 30, 2020 - “Social support and active involvement in the program both play a huge role in recovery,” Hulkow said. “In the absence of these, ‘isolation’ and ‘emotional distress’ ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020RecoveryRehabrelapse

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A.A. Saved My Life. Can It Work Online?

It Works If You Work It – April 2, 2020 - I caught my breath to see someone so addled, probably still drunk or high, make this disclosure to a crowd of internet strangers who couldn’t, not really, look one anot... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAlcoholics AnonymousApril 7 2020

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Sobriety a struggle in time of isolation for former boxer Mia St. John

Not Down for the Count – April 2, 2020 - “And that was that,” St. John said. “I was gone from there.” When she regained consciousness, she was in the driver’s seat of her car, parked in the garage of her condom... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 7 2020Celebrity Sobriety

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The Reason You’re Exhausted Is ‘Moral Fatigue’

Not the Long Commute – March 27, 2020 - And then came the coronavirus. It took a while — and many confusing press conferences, whether it’s trying to decide if you should visit a sick family member, order delivery, ... Read More...

April 7 2020Coronavirus

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Duran Duran’s John Taylor Reveals Coronavirus Recovery

Recovery Is Possible – April 5, 2020 - “I am speaking out to answer to the enormous amount of fear being generated by the pandemic, some of it entirely justified, and my heart goes out to everyone who has had t... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyCoronavirus

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Potential of using psychedelic drugs in psychiatry

Eight hours to salvation – April 2, 2020 - Brain imaging over the past 20 years has taught scientists a lot about how these drugs act on different areas of the brain, says first author David Nutt, a professor a... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Quote of the Week – Pema Chodron

"You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather." —Pema Chodron ... Read More...

April 7 2020quote of the week

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Bay Area Getting Drunk as Hell During Shelter-in-Place

Day Drinking All Night – March 31, 2020 - …with in-person meetings cancelled, and massive server overloads making the online meetings choppy and unreliable. It’s bad enough that these people have to look ... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionApril 7 2020

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Americans drinking crazy amount of alcohol during coronavirus lockdown

Drinking the Day Away – March 31 , 2020 - Americans are concocting cocktails to cope with the coronavirus — and lots of them. US sales of alcoholic beverages have risen 55 percent in the week ending March 21, a... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionApril 7 2020Coronavirus

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