DOJ unleashes $163 million to fight drug addiction Unleashes wild dogs? – April 3, 2020 - • Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program, $1.75 million available. This program provides financial and technical assistance to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction
Stop Trying to Be Productive Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – April 1, 2020 - “It’s tough enough to be productive in the best of times let alone when we’re in a global crisis,” said Chris Bailey, a productivity consultant and the author of “Hyperfo... Read More...April 7 2020Mental Health
A Family’s Journey Helps Shift the Science of Mental Illness What Lies Beneath – April 5, 2020 - On how the six brothers presented differently with schizophrenia — Donald, while he was really erratic and very off putting at a younger age is now very sweet and kind in his... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Mental Health
Why Coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs? So They Don’t Run Out – April 5, 2020 - UK drug policy and crime experts told CNN they were worried over a growing number of reports of shortages and escalating prices for drugs, as international borders close ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction
The Set Aside Prayer: Opening up to new possibilities. Now More Than Ever – No Better Time - The intention of the prayer is so simple and beautiful. It can be applied to any area of your life: wanting a new experience in relationship to yourself and others, a new experie... Read More...12 Step ProgramAlcoholics AnonymousApril 7 2020
Betty Ford Tribute to a Pioneer! – Read the history of Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center. @History ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 7 2020Celebrity Sobriety
Ryan Leaf Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety One first down at time – April 3, 2020 - The Ryan Leaf comeback story is one for the ages, and it’s a shining example of what can happen when you put all your efforts into turning your life around. As you ca... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Cara Santana poses in towel to mark 16 years of sobriety More will be revealed – April 3, 2020 - In 2015 she told Origin Magazine: ‘I feel very blessed that at a young age I was able to navigate my battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and through recovery li... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery
Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus Curbside Meds – April 3, 2020 - The two medications, both narcotics, have been shown to be at least twice as effective at helping people stay in recovery from opioid addiction as therapies that do not include medicat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Coronavirus
Global Lockdowns Resulting in ‘Horrifying Surge’ in Domestic Violence Home is Where the Heartache Is – April 6, 2020 - “We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing COVID-19, but they can trap women with abusive partners,” Guterres said. “Over the past weeks, as... Read More...April 7 2020Coronavirus
While Corona Makes Headlines, Opioid Addiction Continues to Kill Still Feeling No Pain – April 2, 2020 - I grew up in rural, rust belt Pennsylvania. Although the economy and opportunity may be limited in this part of the country, it was a wonderful place to be raised. Small schoo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020opioidsOverdose
Coronavirus is causing a rise in drug and alcohol relapses Will Rehabs Have Enough Beds? – March 30, 2020 - “Social support and active involvement in the program both play a huge role in recovery,” Hulkow said. “In the absence of these, ‘isolation’ and ‘emotional distress’ ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020RecoveryRehabrelapse
A.A. Saved My Life. Can It Work Online? It Works If You Work It – April 2, 2020 - I caught my breath to see someone so addled, probably still drunk or high, make this disclosure to a crowd of internet strangers who couldn’t, not really, look one anot... Read More...12 Step ProgramAlcoholics AnonymousApril 7 2020
Sobriety a struggle in time of isolation for former boxer Mia St. John Not Down for the Count – April 2, 2020 - “And that was that,” St. John said. “I was gone from there.” When she regained consciousness, she was in the driver’s seat of her car, parked in the garage of her condom... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 7 2020Celebrity Sobriety
The Reason You’re Exhausted Is ‘Moral Fatigue’ Not the Long Commute – March 27, 2020 - And then came the coronavirus. It took a while — and many confusing press conferences, whether it’s trying to decide if you should visit a sick family member, order delivery, ... Read More...April 7 2020Coronavirus
Duran Duran’s John Taylor Reveals Coronavirus Recovery Recovery Is Possible – April 5, 2020 - “I am speaking out to answer to the enormous amount of fear being generated by the pandemic, some of it entirely justified, and my heart goes out to everyone who has had t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyCoronavirus
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