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
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
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
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
Mezuzah ceremony honors ‘track of Jewish recovery’ No Wine for Passover – March 25, 2020 - In an isolated patch of Sonoran desert north of Phoenix sits a large and unassuming house along with a few outbuildings. Driving by, one would hardly guess that it is a r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020
With Meetings Banned, Millions Struggle to Stay Sober On Their Own However Fellowship Continues! – March 26, 2020 - On March 13, a dozen people gathered at a Cleveland outpatient clinic for their daily therapy group. They represented a patchwork of addictions: to alcohol, cra... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusMarch 31 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic Has Made The Opioid Epidemic Even Worse You Call That An Epidemic? – March 27, 2020 - With countries closing their borders and movement restricted, recovery advocates are worried that opioid use will become more dangerous. If supplies diminish... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 31 2020opioids
Jersey Announces More Than $163 Million Available to Fight Addiction Crisis Seabrook House, did you see this? – March 24, 2020 - “Our nation is facing the difficult challenge of curbing substance addiction, which threatens public safety and is among the Administration’s top domestic p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 31 2020Recovery
Quarantining patients at PA. drug treatment centers could pose risk, but many have nowhere else to go Damed if you do... – March 24, 2020 - “We have people who do not have a home to go back to,” said Paul Bacharach, president and CEO of Gateway Rehab, which owns 14 treatment facilities across Western Pennsylva... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 31 2020Recovery
Online Help to Stay Sober Let Your Fingers Do the Walking – March 26, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has put severe stress on millions of people in recovery for substance use issues, as well as on friends and family who are trying to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol Addictioncell phoneMarch 31 2020
During COVID-19, L.A.’s Rehab Centers Are Still Addressing the Drug Crisis Still Working Hard – March 25, 2020 - More recently, overdose deaths from stimulants have surged, potentially representing the next phase of the drug crisis. Overdoses from psychostimulants like cocaine and methamphe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 31 2020
Addiction treatment professionals losing crucial support during pandemic Helping the Helpers – March 27, 2020 - “In every crisis that has occurred in this country, whether it’s earthquakes or hurricanes or floods, people have abused more substances,” said Dekker, an addiction and p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 31 2020
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