Ricky Byrd on Changing the Conversation Around Addiction LISTEN – Music is Magic – Nov. 6, 2020 - Byrd spoke with Kyle Meredith about playing to recovery music groups and how the conversation and stigma has changed since becoming sober in the late ’80s. The singer-s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 10 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Voters rejecting the war on drugs America – Giving Peace a Chance – November 7, 2020 - People want a truce in the War on Drugs. Cannabis has been rebranded as a wellness panacea. Mushrooms and MDMA are making headlines as therapy tools, not party f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMental HealthNov 10 2020RecoveryWar On Drugs
Treatment centers in Maryland struggle Time to come together – Nov. 8, 2020 - On a summer evening in August, Holt relapsed in Brooklyn Park and contacted Pascal Crisis Stabilization Center in Crownsville for short term help. They picked him up, but ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 10 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
After Meth: Dealing, desperation and a house fire WATCH – Downward spiral ends on film – Nov. 5, 2020 - Moneyas escaped through the front window. That house fire saved him. “Here I am crying to get out of this house and 15 hours before I was trying to kill ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmethNov 10 2020opioid crisisopioidsRecovery
How to Recognize Teen Cyberbullying With virtual interaction becoming even more prevalent during this time of social distancing, teen cyberbullying is on the rise. One out of every three teens has experienced cyberbullying. Because it causes distress a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassioninternetinterventionlonelinessMental Healthnonprofit organizationNov 10 2020RecoverysuicideteenagersTrauma
Film Festival Flix Announces Partnership with Reel Recovery Film Festival Movies delivered to your home – Nov. 5, 2020 – Reel Recovery Film Festival patrons and ticket holders will be able to view feature films with themes like vulnerability, battling within, willingness, and much mo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationNov 10 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film Festival
From Addiction and Loss to Recovery and Empathy WATCH – On the front lines – Nov. 6, 2020 - CORE not only offers peer support but also connects patients to comprehensive treatment for substance use. As a Certified Recovery Specialist, O’Donnell visits peopl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthNov 10 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why the “Tsunami” of COVID Mental Illness May Be Overblown Maybe just a tropical storm... – Nov. 6, 2020 - News outlets and science journals have published many predictions of an approaching mental health pandemic related to the psychological stress of dealing with the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionMental HealthNov 10 2020Recovery
Quote of the Week – Brene Brown “The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.” —Brene Brown ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 10 2020quote of the week
Horrible “Facts” About Diet Soda It’s not really food, is it? – Nov. 3, 2020 - If you drink diet soda—or any artificially sweetened beverage, for that matter—chances are you do so because you’re under the impression it’s a healthier option tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderinterventionlife expectancyNov 10 2020ObesityRecovery
Scott Darlow Chats His New Single & Sobriety WATCH – Living the good life – Oct. 28, 2020 - This morning on the show, Triple M’s Pablo chatted to singer and muscian, Scott Darlow, about his new single, sobriety and, how much he loves Christmas trees! H... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
When Justice Department lawyer exposed the agency’s secret role in drug cases, intelligence community retaliated. New Yorker by Ronan Farrow – Oct. 30, 2020 - “When I get really pissed,” McConnell told me, “I get monotone, I don’t blink.” He related to Padden what he had found in the Helios database. Padden, sixty and heavy... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 3 2020opioid crisisopioids
The Dog Who Saved Me A Tail of Hope – October 2020 - Brayson’s name was meant to sound soft and approachable for fear of the stigma that Pit Bulls have had to contend with in recent years. And he was soft, friendly and loving. At m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicide
In the Pandemic, a Shifting Ballot Debate on Legalizing All Drugs It’s about time – Oct. 26, 2020 - New tax revenues from drug sales would be channeled toward drug treatment. Supporters of the Oregon proposal, Measure 110, say the swirling, transformational forces of 2020 ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Residents go to court against rehab house Recovery is not against the law! – Oct. 28, 2020 - The house next to them on Oakwood Drive Southwest, which had been a single-family residence, was sold in June and converted into a temporary home for clients ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
California sheriff’s department to pair therapists with deputies Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson? – Oct. 24, 2020 - A sheriff’s office in Nevada County, California, is launching a program to partner deputies responding to certain types of non-criminal 911 calls with a lice... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionMental HealthNov 3 2020OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocatesuicideTrauma
Keys for Successful Warm Hand-Offs with Stimulant-Using Patients Trying to stop the madness – Oct. 29, 2020 - Since receiving a Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) state targeted response grant in 2017, the Chicago-based Gateway Foundation has worked with substa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMental HealthmethNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Michigan’s first public recovery high school opens WATCH – Education Matters! – Oct. 26, 2020 - The school will be on Wellspring’s Farmington Hills campus, but it is open to students from across the state. The 80-acre campus includes a library, computer lab,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
My Drug Addiction Almost Cost Me My Kids! Families Matter – Oct. 29, 2020 - Many of her more painful memories involved her addiction to opioids and other painkillers. At one point in the book, Leah recalls a rock bottom moment in which she did heroi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Motivation to seek cocaine is driven by elegant cellular communication Don’t blow your brains out – Oct. 28, 2020 - In the October 28, 2020 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina and the National Institutes of Health descri... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthNov 3 2020
Man caught with heroin told officers he was birdwatching Stool pigeons? – Oct. 29, 2020 - WAREHAM, MA - A man caught with heroin inside his car told officers he was birdwatching in Wareham on Oct. 15, police said. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious car on Fli... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionNov 3 2020
Oregon Sees 70% Increase in Overdose Deaths Homegrown Terrorism – Oct. 30, 2020 - The release said analysts in the Injury and Prevention Section of the OHA Public Health Division found that Oregon saw a nearly 70 percent increase in the number of overdose de... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 3 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Former candidate Chris Taylor talks about his addiction WATCH – Soldiering on – Oct. 30, 2020 - Taylor’s campaign ended with him landing in the hospital, fighting for survival. At the time, Taylor had declined ABC15’s requests for an interview, saying he wanted to f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addiction Symptoms and Treatment for Professional Men Ask for directions already! – Oct. 28, 2020 - The men we treat also struggle with sharing emotions. Asking for help and showing humility and vulnerability is usually associated with sharing emotions. That again... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMental Healthnonprofit organizationNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Don’t Resort to Catastrophic OR Wishful Thinking about this Election by Ken Druck Ph.D – Nov. 1, 2020 - 1. Take a deep breath and reframe “Election Day” as Election Month. The election is probably going to play out over a period of weeks. Avoid the emotional roller coaster... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionMental HealthNov 3 2020Trauma
America the Beautiful LISTEN – This Land Is Your Land – Nov. 3, 2020 - Provided by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePCvFrggZM&featur... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiongrammy winnerMental HealthNov 3 2020
Illuminating look at lives in poverty & alcoholism SHUGGIE BAIN – Oct. 31, 2020 - When Hugh “Shuggie” Bain is five years old, his drunk mother Agnes calmly sets fire to the curtains in their room and clings to him as they burn, until his father rushes in to put... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionNov 3 2020RecoveryRehab
Q&A with Chet Hower of Hower Lodge Stick with the Winners! – October 30, 2020 - I feel blessed to live in the age where recovery is possible. It has allowed me to be a Father, Partner, Husband, Grandfather, and a part of the solution! M... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDrug Abuse and Addictionnonprofit organizationNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why the pandemic is inspiring many to give up alcohol No one will notice but you – Oct. 25, 2020 - Maritza Chesonis-Worthington, a functional nutritionist & hormone expert, told Salon it used to be hard for her to imagine giving up alcohol — until the pandemi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusNov 3 2020RecoveryRehab
Make Democracy Great Again – VOTE Make Democracy Great Again - Vote on Election Day - Tuesday, November 3, 2020. More@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFbsWkaG8eI ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinternetMental HealthNov 3 2020