‘Zoom fatigue’ is taxing the brain. Here’s why it happens. Sobering information – APRIL 24, 2020 - This leads to problems in which group video chats become less collaborative and more like siloed panels, in which only two people at a time talk while the rest listen. Be... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousApril 28 2020CoronavirusRecoveryRehab
Eminem Celebrates 12 Years of Sobriety Clean Dozen – April 20, 2020 - Posting a photo of Eminem holding up his sober accomplishment chip, Royce Da 5’9” corrected his ten-year achievement to twelve years and wrote a touching message on social media. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity SobrietyrapRecovery
Quote of the Week – Knut Hamsun “I see stars before my eyes, and my thoughts are swept up into a hurricane of light.” ―Knut Hamsun ... Read More...April 28 2020quote of the week
New York charges Mallinckrodt over opioid claims Andrew Cuomo Rocks – April 21, 2020 - Governor Andrew Cuomo said the charges brought by New York’s Department of Financial Services are the first against a major opioid manufacturer in the regulator’s probe int... Read More...April 28 2020Big Pharmaopioids
Top 20 pharma companies: Bottom 2019 revenue Bottom Line is Their God – April 20, 2020 - Looking forward, global economies are relying on the pharmaceutical industry to produce solutions, and many of the companies on this list are involved in the race for... Read More...April 28 2020Big PharmaCoronavirus
How Big Pharma Grew Addicted to Big Profit – Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America NYT Book Review – April 19, 2020 - Posner envisions “Pharma” as a definitive history of the pharmaceutical industry “in its entirety” in a single volume. After all, he argues, people cannot really understand ho... Read More...April 28 2020Big Pharmaopioids
Recovery and sobriety during quarantine Good time to be awake – April 18, 2020 - Stuber explained that a sense of community is key for those struggling with addiction and mental illness. “It is critically important that you’re able to connect with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Recovery
Women recovering from human trafficking and addiction making masks for nonprofit Not for Halloween! – April 11, 2020 - The projects are helping keep the lights on. “That’s almost two months of rent,” Smith says. “And right now, while the women aren’t working, we have to pay for all their... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Coronavirus
The Importance of Getting Someone Off Drugs Meds can be tricky – April 11, 2020 - This isn’t hard to imagine since we’re talking about people who often haven’t experienced a state that isn’t chemically influenced for many years. It’s not exactly a surpri... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020RecoveryRehab
‘I was slow-killing myself!’ Comedian Robert Webb reveals battle with alcoholism No Laughing Matters of the Heart – April 12, 2020 - The mitral valve is a small flap in the heart that stops blood flowing the wrong way and if there are issues with it it can affect how blood flows around the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 21 2020
How To Make Friends With Your Feelings Just Introduce Yourself – April 9, 2020 - As a mindfulness teacher, my students are sharing their concerns about having strong emotions, like fear, as if they shouldn’t. They seem surprised that mindfulness is ... Read More...April 21 2020Mental Health
The Scary Relationship Between Vaping and Coronavirus Vent-O-Later – April 13, 2020 - Research on vaping’s long-term health effects is still limited. But given what we know about smoking, COVID-19 and other respiratory infections, health experts confidently say th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020CoronavirusVaping
Officials, health experts worry coronavirus will set back opioid fight Staying on the defensive – April 10, 2020 - Only three months ago, when reported U.S. coronavirus cases were in the single digits, the Trump administration celebrated some rare good news in the battle against o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Coronavirusopioids
Social distancing creates unique challenges for Minnesota’s LGBTQ+ community No YMCA either – April 13, 2020 - “Community is vitally important for LGBTQ+ people,” Sorensen said. “And when you’re LGBTQ+ and in recovery, it’s even more important. I can tell you from personal experience th... Read More...April 21 2020Coronavirus
Philadelphia Horror Show Rocky Road – April 13, 2020 - One long-established source of mine, who uses heroin and crack cocaine,described watching a man he knows get pummeled by members of a drug dealing “set”—allegedly for just passing ... Read More...April 21 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionPhiladelphia
Letting Go of Grief Feelings are Everywhere – April 16, 2020 - At this time, many of us will be struggling with losing our sense of normal, and this is a big deal. But for those of us who also lost “normal” as children, it can con... Read More...April 21 2020Compassionloneliness
CJ Sparxx on Sobriety: ‘My Life Only Gets Better Every Day’ Better not Easier – April 18, 2020 - The Playboy model, and Instagram influencer bares more than her body on social media with her honesty and gratitude for her sobriety. “My life only gets better every d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery
DANNY TREJO DISHES HUNDREDS of FREE MEALS!!! Machete that Covid-Bugger – April 15, 2020 - As you know ... Danny owns Trejo’s Tacos, a popular joint with several locations across L.A. Staff at his location on the westside prepped the bowls filled with carnitas,... Read More...April 21 2020Celebrity SobrietyCoronavirus
Is COVID-19 triggering your eating disorder? Make Peace with your Pantry – April 16, 2020 - This is objectively a difficult time and self-care has never been more important. ” A person might also feel triggered by the increased conversations surrounding f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020CoronavirusEating Disorder
Felicity Huffman as alcoholic mother in the dark comedy Tammy’s Always Dying She’s Gotta Have It – April 16, 2020 - But she gets no love for it, as he prickly mother tells her: ‘Taking care of me is the only thing you’ve ever been good at.’ In one scene she finds Tammy motionless and... Read More...Alcohol AddictionApril 21 2020
Pop Singer Drea Jeann’s Battle with Addiction Papa don't preach... – April 15, 2020 - I couldn’t continue living the way I was. I was either going to die, or get clean at that point. I wished death upon myself numerous times, and even tried. It was extremely se... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction
Seth Rogen on smoking weed during quarantine Rehabs Get Ready for BONGERS – April 17, 2020 - Rogen turned 38 on April 15 and to celebrate the day, his wife Lauren Miller had some of Rogen’s pals drive by and wish happy birthday, which suited the “Superbad... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020CoronavirusmarijuanaMental Health
“Reclaiming My Life,” New Book on Addiction, Recovery, & Healing When a son dies too young – March 2, 2020 - Maryland mother and wife, Tammy Lofink, experienced a parent’s worst nightmare when her son Robert Mason Lofink died of an overdose. Out of a strong desire to help ot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Good Morning Destroyer of Men’s Souls: a memoir When romance and substance abuse collide – April 17, 2020 - But, as Oakland writer Nina Renata Aron points out in “Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls,” her own unflinching new memoir of addiction, romance and co... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Celebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction
Shelter in Place is an Invitation to Sober Up Privacy to Change – April 11, 2020 - My life has become infinitely more interesting since I ditched the drink, but this did not happen in my first few months of getting sober. The truth is, your sobriety evolve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Recovery
Indicted rehab center founder accused of dealing drugs, killing addicts, asks to be released from jail because of COVID-19 In or Out, He’s Guilty – April 13, 2020 - David Francis’ lawyer, Casey White, filed a motion Monday asking for pretrial release, saying Francis is not a danger to anyone and he’s at risk from the virus because ... Read More...April 21 2020CoronavirusRehab
He Spent 20 Years Battling Addiction. Now Fitness Is Helping Him Stay Sober. How It WorkOuts – APR 15, 2020 - Back to 2015, when I was withdrawing in bed, unable to eat or even drink water. My son, who was 8-years-old at the time, started to recognize that something was seriously wrong with ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 21 2020
How America’s ‘Bedlam’ Became Jails and Streets From Bad to Worse to the Streets – April 17, 2020 - Over the course of the late 20th century, psychiatric hospitals emptied out about 1.4 million of their patients in a process of de-institutionalization. But m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction
“America’s Other Epidemic” by Beth Macy author of DOPESICK from The Atlantic – May 2020 - Nikki thought about going back. But then she remembered one of her last conversations with her grandmother. She had forbidden Nikki from going to a certain friend’s house. They’d both ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Overdoseoxycontin
Walmart Under Criminal Investigation for Opioid Sales Blue Coated Drug Dealers – April 13, 2020 - In her letter to Special Master David Cohen, Singer cited a recent ProPublica article that revealed that the U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Texas sought to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Big PharmaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioids