Coronavirus Crisis Shows Marijuana Is ‘Essential’ And Mainstream America’s Medicine – March 23, 2020 - Advocacy groups have pushed governors and state officials to ensure that medical marijuana patients in particular can maintain access to the cannabis they need. But becaus... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusMarch 31 2020marijuana
For those struggling with alcoholism, there are online options I hope you have a computer! – MARCH 25, 2020 - For recovering alcoholics, “Go to a meeting,” is the answer to most problems. Want to drink? Go to a meeting. Lost your job? Go to a meeting. Getting a divorce? G... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 31 2020
Overcoming Addiction On Your Own Is Totally Possible Don’t scuba dive alone... – March 27, 2020 - But quitting is not impossible, though it is hard and may take several tries. Success doesn’t come from wishing and wanting, but finally realizing that you need ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryMarch 31 2020
This Is What Sobriety in a Time of Crisis Looks Like I’m in the right hand corner – MARCH 24, 2020 - “We have a format for how we hold AA meetings,” she says, “and we’re sticking to that format online.” The chairperson kicks things off, there’s a preamble, and th... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 31 2020
James Kennedy Gives Update On Mom’s Sobriety Really? – March 24, 2020 - How James is Keeping Busy During Coronavirus Quarantine. Everyone on the VPR cast is handling the coronavirus quarantine differently. Some VPR stars are playing virtual drinking game... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 31 2020
PLAYLIST FOR THE ISOLATION Turn It Up to 11 – March 27, 2020 - The Official Charts Company used Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other services to track the fastest-growing catalogue songs this week. You’ll Never Walk Alone originally feature... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 31 2020
Don’t You Miss This Now? Wish this was this morning? March, 30, 2020 – @YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM4QSYDxa1A&feature=youtu.be ... Read More...March 31 2020
Elizabeth Vargas on Experience with Anxiety & Alcoholism Everybody’s Human – March 24, 2020 - As an adult, the journalist maintained the belief that she needed to hide her anxiety and began using alcohol to fight the feelings of panic. “It was like, ‘I finally feel ... Read More...Celebrity SobrietyMarch 31 2020
Q&A with Rob Lohman Stick with the Winners! – March 24, 2020 - Sober since 2001, Rob Lohman currently helps people suffering from substance abuse to find freedom from addiction and incarceration. He does this through sharing his t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 31 2020
Addiction recovery centers adapt to COVID-19 pandemic Flexibility Matters – March 23, 2020 - “We do still do in-person evaluations for people needing immersion services, and we do still have our partial hospitalization program running as well,” explained Dreisbach. “... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 31 2020
Think you’re isolated during the pandemic? Just ask an addict Alone at last – March 24, 2020 - An ex-addict with a dream His dream has a name: Marvin’s Corner, to honor a wealthy New Yorker who befriended Schmidt, 64, when he was a young man adrift on drugs. He envisions... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusMarch 31 2020
Keeping it together while staying apart Not-quite-Social Services – March 25, 2020 - “We hear a lot of people saying I feel very alone, I’m very anxious and scared. We’re getting a lot more calls about suicide and suicidal thinking,” Christina Bradle... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusMarch 31 2020
Managing an eating disorder during self-isolation Think Healthy – March 25, 2020 - Plus, Jude explains, being isolated without our usual social interactions and routines can increase this need to take control in unhealthy ways. Eating disorder habits provide ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryEating DisorderMarch 31 2020
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood on Covid-19 sobriety: ‘If I can do it, you can’ Gathering No Moss, or Virus – March 28, 2020 - “Or if they’re worried about ‘What do I do next?’, there’s always people out there that can help,” he continued. “If I can do it, you can. I’ve been there and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusMarch 31 2020
What Is Soda Addiction? Six a day? – 2020 - Addiction is a mental and physiological disorder characterized by the continued use of a substance even though it affects you negatively. People can become addicted to a variety of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 31 2020
How Johnson & Johnson used a ‘super poppy’ to make narcotics… What is the Band-Aid for an overdose – March 26, 2020 - As far back as 2011, advocates and victims were calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration to lower the quota of drugs that may be produced in the Un... Read More...Big PharmaMarch 31 2020
How Video Conferencing Saved My Sanity—And My Wardrobe Some priorities don’t wear off – March 17, 2020 - And then the Zoom meeting request came from my boss. For those who don’t know, Zoom is essentially a group FaceTime, albeit a little more corporate and complic... Read More...cell phoneMarch 31 2020
RECOVERING alcoholic who hid away in baggy clothes shaved 19 years off her age Tearjerker – March 26, 2020 - Paulette, who’s 47, appeared on Channel 5’s 10 Years Younger in 10 D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 31 2020
Isolation Is Changing How You Look Mirror, Mirror... – March 25, 2020 - As the coronavirus pandemic shut down cities and cloistered people indoors around the world, images began to circulate online of what appeared to be nature retaking territo... Read More...CoronaviruslonelinessMarch 31 2020
How to Apply 12 Step Principles During Covid-19 Times by Dr. Tian Dayton A Must Read! – March 25, 2020 - We have experienced helplessness, before, it is a natural reaction to feeling overwhelmed, it’s part of the collapse that can accompany trauma. But there is a profound, psycholo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryMarch 31 2020
In a Town Where Meth Is Eclipsing Opioids, Everyone Feels the Pain Another Meth to Clean Up – March 28, 2020 - Opioids, heroin and fentanyl remain abundant, cheap and deadly in this part of Kentucky. In 2017, the rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the state was nearly twice the... Read More...March 31 2020opioids
Quote of the Week – Robert Strauss “Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.” ―Robert Strauss ... Read More...March 31 2020quote of the week
Wounded Marine Fights Back After Addiction No Legs and Still Standing Tall – March 21, 2020 - I first caught up with Tomy Parker shortly after he was wounded in Afghanistan. He joined us recently on our statewide radio show - Montana Talks - to talk about h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 24 2020
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Will Rise During Quarantines Even More At-Risk – March 21, 2020 - A Florida social worker wrote of her panic for her developmentally disabled clients, who are shut in their homes, unable to even use the bathroom without help. What will ha... Read More...March 24 2020Mental Health
DIARY OF A SONG: How Grimes, the Ultimate D.I.Y. Pop Star, Made ‘Delete Forever’ Renaissance Women – MARCH 20, 2020 - “Delete Forever,” a standout track from the album, sounds simple at first. But, as Grimes describes in the latest episode of Diary of a Song, the track is one of the most vulner... Read More...March 24 2020
Vaping additive ‘exceptionally toxic’ What Isn’t? – March 19, 2020 - In other words, heating up vitamin E acetate, on its own or in a mixture, provably produces a number of toxic and carcinogenic compounds. Other studies would have to establish the... Read More...March 24 2020Vaping
Fiona Apple Says She Quit Cocaine After an ‘Excruciating’ Night with Quentin Tarantino Is this what they call ‘Gossip’? – March 17, 2020 - During an in-depth interview with The New Yorker, the singer/songwriter said she was put off by the drug after listening to her then-boyfriend Paul Thomas Anderso... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 24 2020
Sobriety a challenge amid coronavirus crisis: ‘The worst thing for an alcoholic is isolation’ No, drinking is worse – March 20, 2020 - “I had seven years of sobriety, stayed sober through college, and then I relapsed during Hurricane Sandy,” she told the Daily News Thursday. Reed, 32, was living in G... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusMarch 24 2020RecoveryRehab
These Are The Most Addictive Substances In The World Does Not Include Money – 2020 - Determining what the most addictive substance known to man is can be done if we decide on the parameters first. There are three main categories where we can sort the substances: Fir... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 24 2020
Dept. of Drug & Alcohol Programs Reminds Residential Providers the Availability of Flex Beds to Meet Capacity Needs during COVID-19 mitigation Good News From Pennsylvania – March 20, 2020 - “Providers may use flex beds to remove barriers to treatment and assist facilities in their efforts to effectively utilize resources to meet the needs of individua... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 24 2020