Mental Health Clinics in School? NO! Says School Board WHO’S MORE CRAZY? – June 5, 2022 - In March, Killingly’s board members rejected the plan by a vote of 6 to 3. After that, dozens of supporters of the clinic filed a complaint with Connecticut’s Board of Educati... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoverysuicideteenagersTrauma
13,000 Tickets in NY State on Memorial Day Weekend VIDEO – SOBER DRIVERS DON’T LOSE THEIR VOWELS – June 7, 2022 - Troopers arrested 213 people and investigated 808 crashes. more@WNYT ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
WTF? Anti-Pain Drugs Could Cause Chronic Pain PROFIT GENIUSES AT WORK – June 8, 2022 - In the study published on May 11th, 2022 in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers examined the mechanisms of pain in both humans and mice. They found that neut... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 14 2022RecoveryTrauma
Dr. Gabor Maté! Reason Why Our Society Is So Toxic VIDEO – PEOPLE’S POLLUTED MINDS – May 29, 2022 - Who is Gabor Maté? A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Quote of the Week – Anonymous “Never date someone with a TV bigger than their bookshelf.” – Anonymous ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 14 2022quote of the week
How a 1960 Traffic Stop Transformed Attitudes on Drug Addiction HISTORY LESSON – June 3, 2022 - Sure enough, once the officers found a fresh needle mark on Banks’s arm, they promptly arrested him. Robinson and the others were ordered out of the car and up against a nearby b... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022RecoveryTrauma
A Tale of Two Tragedies NO ONE WINS – June 3, 2022 - “Kelly was a beautiful, beautiful girl,” her father, William Beitz, said in an interview. “There wasn’t a day that went by that I wasn’t terrified about something happening to her.... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
The Sober Curious Movement CONSCIOUS CURIOUS – May 31, 2022 - Researchers from La Trobe University’s Centre for Alcohol Policy Research in Australia also shared their findings in a study about alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 lock... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionJune 7 2022RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Tennessee Opens Up Access to Narcan, FINALLY OH GEE, THANKS A LOT – May 28, 2022 - The law goes into effect July 1, and cities, counties, recovery organizations, hospitals, schools, homeless service providers, jails, shelters, community groups and many ot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJune 7 2022OverdoseRecoveryRehab
Teen Wolf Actor Colton Haynes Writes About Addiction and Sexual Abuse In New Memoir IT AIN’T BEEN EASY – May 28, 2022 - Colton Haynes’ most raw role to date is that of author. The actor, whose blue eyes and sharp jawline you might know from series “Teen Wolf” and “Arrow,” bares his soul in “M... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Deaf and Homeless Father Gains Sobriety and Restores Family HE SEES WHAT COUNTS – May 31, 2022 - Porter-Henderson’s parents divorced when she was young, and her mom moved with her and her little sister from Chicago to Mississippi. But she was always a daddy’s girl, and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionInterviewJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
How to Achieve Long-Term Recovery DESIRE AND DILIGENCE – May 31, 2022 - When dealing with any sort of mental health issue or neurodivergent diagnosis, developing a set of coping mechanisms and skills to deal with the negative side of these attr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What Is Alcoholic Neuropathy? IMPORTANT INFORMATION – May 31, 2022 - Alcoholic Neuropathy Diagnosis Since symptoms of alcoholic neuropathy can vary greatly, diagnosis may take time. It usually involves a combination of th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 7 2022RecoveryRehab
Drug Treatment Disaster Looming by Michael Prichard and Pete Nielsen LAADC, CADC II NEVER HOPELESS – March 24, 2022 - The argument against SUD licensure has been, “Why should SUD licensure be granted to individuals who did not obtain a master’s degree specific to addiction or at least in a re... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJune 7 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Your Eating Disorder Is Not Your Fault IT’S PHYSICAL – June 2, 2022 - Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant or restrictive food intake disorder are life-threatening psychiatric disorders that are generally difficult ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionJune 7 2022Recovery
Oregon’s Botched Treatment Plan FOLLOW THE MONEY – June 2, 2022 - Oregonians passed Ballot Measure 110 in 2020 decriminalizing possession of personal amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs — the first in the nation to do... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJune 7 2022methRecoveryRehab
Drug Injection Sites’ Bill Advances in CA SAVE A LIFE! – June 2, 2022 - “We know that we are experiencing a crisis of overdose deaths, and these are preventable,” said Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener. “This is one way to help keep people safe and to actua... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022RecoveryRehab
Positive Results for Addiction Relapse Prevention SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO – June 2, 2022 - Gene Analysis was performed by the Clariom S Assay tool. This machine serves as a next generation transcriptome-wide gene-level expression profiling tool, which allow... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJune 7 2022PsychedelicsRecoveryRehab
Freedom After Alcoholism Bondage, The Story of Kevin Kamere VIDEO – NOT JUST IN USA – June 4, 2022 - Kevin Kamere, a resident of Jawatho village in Nakuru, did not know that bondage, not freedom, awaited him. Then 19-year-old university student, little did he know the ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 7 2022RecoveryRehab
How Beauty Became Our Damaging Obsession IT’S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER – June 2, 2022 - “We have an epidemic of body image anxiety,” Professor Widdows says. “We have to move away from that.” “We need to start taking it seriously.” Josep... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 7 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Waterloo Road Star Opens Up On Secret 20-Year Heroin Addiction TALK IS NOT CHEAP – May 15, 2022 - Mylan continued: “My personal relationships suffered, my work relationships suffered and it robbed me of my inner ambition. “I managed to work, I managed around relat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJune 7 2022RecoveryRehab
Is Your Pursuit of Wealth Unhealthy? MONEY MONEY MONEY – May 31, 2022 - Psychologists often classify the preoccupation with wealth as a “process addiction,” a category that also includes a fixation on gambling, sex, or even exercise (though the ps... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Neuroscientist Seeks Origins of Alcoholism at Molecular Level SCIENCE IS REAL – June 1, 2022 - “We’re trying to provide a better understanding of the neurotransmission side of the compulsions that define addiction, to understand which neurons are relevant on the network ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 7 2022Recovery
New York Senate Approves Bill to Mandate Health Insurance Cover Cannabis VIDEO – BUT HOW MUCH IS THE DEDUCTIBLE? – June 3, 2022 - “For thousands of patients, medical marijuana is a safer and more effective medication than other drugs, especially opioids,” a justification memo attach... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022marijuanapot
Florida Attorney General Accuses NYC Health Dept. of Homicide LIFE AND LESS DEATH – June 4, 2022 - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody tweeted a copy of one of the woke NYC subway ads — which also says druggies should feel “empowered” when they use potentially lethal fe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJune 7 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Our Drug Rehab Investigation Led to 96 Convictions DOCTOR KNOWS – June 1, 2022 - He was a key figure in a cesspool of fraud uncovered by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN in an investigation that documented rampant cheating and a glaring lack of st... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Drinking Coffee Could Lower Risk of Death VIDEO – IS STARBUCKS A HEALTH RETREAT? – May 31, 2022 - Contrary to popular myth, forgoing coffee isn’t likely to improve your health. The opposite might be true: Years of research suggests that drinking coffe... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 7 2022life expectancy
Company Recalls Millions of Medicines & Dirty Medical Products JUST LIKE BABY FORMULA – June 3, 2022 - Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation CEO and owner Lou Kennedy said in a statement that the company is “cooperating” with the FDA on the recalled products. “While ther... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Normalizing Drug Addiction Leads to More Overdoses? HARM REDUCTION WORKS – June 3, 2022 - Whether it’s the safe-injection sites in Harlem and Brooklyn or the decriminalization of cocaine and opioid possession in British Columbia (announced this week), advocates ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 7 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Did the Pandemic Cause Mental Illness in Kids or Just Make it Worse? VIDEO – THE OTHER PANDEMIC WITHIN A PANDEMIC – June 3, 2022 - There is probably a small group of kids who get long Covid where you might say that there is some direct impact of the Covid virus on the brain, but... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma