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In ‘Smacked,’ a tale of addiction behind a veneer of success

MEDIA: Book Review – Jan 30, 2020 - Zimmerman begins “Smacked” with her dramatic discovery of Peter’s corpse in his “architectural trophy” of a house, “all sharp angles and sunlight.” Though divorced, they are bonded... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2020

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War On Drugs Has Been a 100 Year War on Our Neighbors

War On Drug Users – Feb. 3, 2020 - For more than a century, the U.S. has worked through the U.N., and its predecessor the League of Nations, to build a harsh global drug prohibition regime – grounded in draconi... Read More...

Feb 11 2020War On Drugs

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Opioid executive admits to ‘no morals’ ahead of prison term

COLD BLOODED MURDERERS – JANUARY 23, 2020 - Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.comT&Cs and Co... Read More...

Feb 11 2020opioids

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Proof positive power of AA in our town

Our primary purpose... – February 6, 2020 - For sure, there are families in this town that struggle with someone addicted, and many of those addicted are seeking help. At Christ Church Greenwich the 12-Step mee... Read More...

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Recovery advocate accused of sexual assault, weapons charges

One Bad Apple? – February 7, 2020 - Burki is accused of doing the same thing on Jan. 28, the court documents say. However, on this occasion, he also held his victim’s hands down causing bruising to both arms, accordi... Read More...

Feb 11 2020Recovery Advocate

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Quote of the week

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” —Soren Kierkegaard ... Read More...

Feb 11 2020quote of the week

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Addiction center charged with 3 patient deaths

Rehab charged with 3 patient deaths – February 4, 2020 - Until now, the Sober Homes Task Force and Aronberg’s office had made more than 100 arrests, mostly patient brokering and insurance fraud charges. These are the... Read More...

Feb 11 2020Rehab

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‘Dark’ Pee-wee Herman Reboot Where He’s an Alcoholic

Childhood will never be the same again – Jan. 31, 2020 - While Judd Apatow and Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos have both turned the project down, the Safdies might offer Reubens a little hope. That s... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionFeb 4 2020netflix

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Book on human trafficking helps woman confront her own addiction

Reach one, teach one – Jan 31, 2020 - For more than two decades Nancy Yarbrough Banks has helped free women from the bonds of sex trafficking and addiction. Now, her book, “The Exodus, Where New Beginnings Happen.” i... Read More...

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Women of ‘Guest House’: Featured in New Documentary

Film Premiere – Jan. 27, 2020 - Many of the women at Guest House have struggled with addiction. But despite the daunting statistics around opioid addiction and the likelihood of previous offenders ending ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020Guest HouseRecoveryRehab

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Anger in America – new remedy emerges: Compassion

Angels in America – Jan. 30, 2020 - The focus on compassion comes more than a decade after the explosion in the U.S. of “mindfulness” — practices focused on attention, awareness and breathing. Health experts sa... Read More...

CompassionFeb 4 2020

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Man lights joint in court while facing marijuana charge

The High Court? – January 29, 2020 - The courtroom erupted into laughter at Spencer’s action, disrupting the normal daily activity in the court. Spencer was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduc... Read More...

Feb 4 2020marijuanapotweed

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Addiction psychiatrist accused of using cocaine, marijuana with patient

Who’s The Crazy One? – Jan. 28, 2020 - Officials say the video footage also showed Billing smoking what appeared to be marijuana from a glass bong, as well as white residue on a mirror next to a rolled-up bill.... Read More...

Feb 4 2020marijuanaRehab

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Lungs ‘magically’ heal damage from smoking

It’s NEVER Too Late – Jan. 29, 2020 - The overwhelming majority of cells taken from a smoker’s airways had been mutated by tobacco, with cells containing up to 10,000 genetic alterations. “These can be thoug... Read More...

CancerFeb 4 2020Nicorettesmoking

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First time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises — a little

Good News – Jan 29, 2020 - Suicides continued to increase in 2018, as did deaths from... Read More...

CancerFeb 4 2020life expectancy

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Yale doctors take on opioid addiction

There’s a Pill for Everything – Jan. 30, 2020 - In 2008, when D’Onofrio and Yale collaborator David Fiellin, M.D., director of the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine, received a grant from the National Institut... Read More...

Drug Abuse and AddictionFeb 4 2020opioids

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Keyshia Cole Shares Video, Reveals Mom Checked Herself into Treatment Facility

It’s A Family Affair – January 29, 2020 - Cole grew up with a strained relationship with her mother who was forced to give her up for adoption due to her addiction. Through the years, they had their ups a... Read More...

Alcoholics AnonymousFeb 4 2020OverdoseRehab

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Artie Lange announces 1-year sobriety

Bravo! Keep Coming Back – Jan. 31, 2020 - That brush with the law followed a January 2019 arrest in which the comedian was taken into custody for possession of a controlled substanceAt the time, a post on his T... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020

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You Remember Jessica Simpson, Right? Wrong

New York Times Loves Recovery – Jan. 29, 2020 - When Jessica Simpson walks into a room you’re surprised by three things. The first, and they warn you about this — they say all celebrities are, but trust me, you... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020

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Exhibition for Stacie after recovery from alcoholism reignites love of art

Sobriety Ink – Jan. 30, 2020 - The 35-year-old, who recently moved from Wolverhampton to Ramsgate, said: “I have always been an artist and at 16 I started working in a tattoo parlour as an apprentice. Two years... Read More...

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Why My Friend Silvio Horta’s Life and Death Matter

Till Meth Do Us Part – JANUARY 28 2020 - I learned that meth is certainly not a drug just for people in trailer parks. It is incredibly prevalent in all parts of society, and particularly in gay culture. Statis... Read More...

Feb 4 2020gayinterventionmeth

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Demi Lovato delivers all-time great version of national anthem

Back from the dead – Feb. 3, 2020 - And she’d excel in both of those incredibly high-pressure, high-profile challenges. At the Grammys, Lovato was so emotional that it took her two tries to get through the intensely ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020OverdoseRehabSuper Bowl

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He Avenged His Son’s Murder—And Exposed the Opioid Crisis in America

On Netflix - True Story! – Feb. 03, 2020 - As The Pharmacist explicates via familiar non-fiction elements—elevated by both Schneider’s recordings and his alternately ... Read More...

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Q&A with Tim Ryan

Stick with the Winners! – February 2, 2020 - Despite a successful business career as a high-tech recruiter, Tim Ryan found himself in the grips of heroin use and ultimately was sentenced to prison for drug-related co... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate

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Andrew Zimmern – 28 years sober

Cooking Up A Better Life – Jan. 29, 2020 - ...he also used the opportunity to encourage others currently going through a similar struggle. About three years after first opening up about his past struggles, Z... Read More...

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District Attorney will no longer prosecute people for possession of buprenorphine

Life Saving – January 29, 2020 - “Instead of expanding access to treatment and saving lives, government inaction has led to the creation of active street markets for these medications in Philadelphia and elsewhere,”... Read More...

Addiction RecoverybuprenorphineFeb 4 2020Heroin AddictionPhiladelphia

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My family was ripped apart by addiction and mental illness

So Sad – January 27, 2020 - Kevin Keast was a supportive husband, an amazing father and a compassionate social worker. He also struggled with mental illness and heroin addiction. That addiction ultimately kille... Read More...

Addiction RecoverydepressionFeb 4 2020Mental Healthsuicide

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Investors Taking Wait-and-See Approach to Addiction Treatment Sector

Have I got a rehab for you... – January 31, 2020 - “We’re still getting a lot of calls from people who are struggling for one reason or another. It seems to be people who have a lot of beds in either detox or r... Read More...

Celebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020Rehab

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American Addiction Centers borrows $10 million from lenders

Treatment Millions – Jan. 20, 2020 - That news came the same day AAC announced founder Michael Cartwright was stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by McWilliams, who at the time was the company’s chief financia... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020Rehab

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Anne Elizabeth Lapointe: Helping Others, a Passion and a Mission

Canada Dry – January 31, 2020 - Anne Elizabeth works at the house for nineteen years. She started as a worker with pathological gamblers. “I started at the bottom of the ladder, so to speak, and then we started... Read More...