Americans are dying young at alarming rates Gone Too Soon – November 26, 2019 - About a third of the estimated 33,000 “excess deaths” that the study says occurred since 2010 were in just four states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Indiana — the first two of ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
What a Difference a Year Makes Faces of Addiction – November 29, 2019 - Among them is Jen Elizabeth, 42 and from the city of Temecula in California, who was brought up surrounded by addiction and suffered sexual abuse as a child. She began drinkin... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Men who regularly smoke cannabis have increased risk of developing testicular cancer It Takes Balls – December 1, 2019 - The researchers added: “Sustained marijuana use may increase the risk for testicular cancer.” They estimated that long-term users of cannabis were 36 per cent more likely to... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Opioid Overdose Risk is High After Medication Treatment Ends Stay safe no matter what... – December 2, 2019 - Buprenorphine, which won FDA approval in 2002 to combat opioid addiction, is dispensed to almost one million individuals annually. However, an estimated 50% to 80% of ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
China Cracks Down on Fentanyl Will it do any good? – Dec. 1, 2019 - “I don’t sell any more.” Until recently, much of the illicit fentanyl that found its way to the United States came like this: easily ordered online from a source in China and ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Quote of the Week "The remedy is in our hearts and equally, in the heart of the animals, we call the Universe." —Nikola Tesla ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Benefits of a Gratitude Journal WRITING DOWN THE BONES – November 27, 2019 - Gratitude is an emotion that expresses appreciation and thankfulness. Keeping a gratitude journal to write down your experiences and feelings can be good for your health p... Read More...Dec 3 2019
At the only two LGBTQ sober houses in the US, residents become themselves while they get clean Being The Best You! – Nov 19, 2019 - Pentkowski could have picked any sober home in northeast Ohio, but he chose the B. Riley House. “Being in a house that was 24/7 recovery and being that it’s an LGBT house made me ... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Compulsive shopping left me $22,000 in debt Shop ’Til You Go Broke – November 22, 2019 - 122 patients who had sought treatment for compulsive shopping and found 33.6 per cent showed signs of an addiction to online shopping. Researchers linked it to more ... Read More...Nov 26 2019
When BDSM and sobriety go hand-in hand One Snap at a Time – Nov. 20, 2019 - Most of the things that I did with that partner wouldn’t seem that kinky to someone into fetish, but it was all new to me. My partner loved rope and showed me enough to whet my th... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Add ‘Reversing Heroin Overdoses’ to Your Resume Good News – 11/21/2019 - There will offer be formal trainings on to administer the Naloxone, which usually comes as a nasal spray. “Most workplaces are already equipped with fire extinguishers and AEDs. We hope... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Danny Trejo, celebrating 51 years of sobriety As sharp as ever... – NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Way before actor & businessman Danny Trejo played a role in some 250 TV shows and movies and went on to found the Trejo Tacos chain ... he was a drug addict and prison in... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Everything I Tried To Finally Get Into Meditation Ohmmm – November 20, 2019 - It was my love of not meditating that actually led to me pitching this story in order to force a deadline on myself. I know it’s good for me, my therapist has told me it will be good... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Eating Disorders Affect More, Younger People Growing Problem – November 21, 2019 - A recent study led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience in London, suggests that the number of people who experience eating disorders is growing, and ske... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Proposed Boulder Co. group rehab home stirs residents Lock up your weed! – November 21, 2019 - Danny Conroy, co-founder of the 20-year-old AIM House group home in Boulder, attended the meeting to help Bosma answer questions. The AIM facility provides a sober... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Doctor arrested for allegedly writing fake opioid prescriptions Gateway Dealer – Nov. 21, 2019 - The doctor allegedly issued prescriptions for opioids and other drugs without a “legitimate medical purpose.” Authorities say he also allegedly submitted bills to the government to pa... Read More...Nov 26 2019
In New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, Addiction Recovery That Can Be Counted On Harm Reduction = Death Reduction – NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Drug overdoses led to the deaths of more than 70,000 people across the United States in 2017, and more than 68 percent of those deaths involved a prescription or... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Meditation Reduced The Opioid Dose She Needs To Ease Chronic Pain By 75% Quiet – November 11, 2019 - She was born with a malformation in her pelvis that led to pain. Over the span of two decades, she underwent more than a dozen major surgeries, yet none of them gave her relie... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Vaping is still safer than smoking Especially If You Don’t – Nov. 22, 2019 - The number of people who think e-cigarettes pose a similar danger to conventional cigarettes is rising in the US, according to a new survey published this week in JAMA. It fo... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Thanksgiving meals donated to families in drug treatment program Best Share Ever – Nov. 24, 2019 - Eleven families in the juvenile court system will have one less thing to worry about this Thanksgiving after the Fearless Rock Underwater Memorial dive team donated full meals ... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Fueled by sobriety: Man running 50 marathons in 50 states One Mile at a Time – Nov. 23, 2019 - No more repeating an alcohol-fueled set of routines ad nauseam. No more consuming every meal out of a beer bottle, which he did to maintain his alcoholism while keeping off the 50... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Inside the destructive life of a shopping addict This is serious business – November 24, 2019 - “I did all kinds of things I’m not proud of,” says Lisa, a mother of two from the Houston, Texas-area who asked The Post not to use her last name for privacy reasons. T... Read More...Nov 26 2019
People Arrested for Vaping Juul Jail? – Nov. 22 2019 - “I’m now ordering all law enforcement agencies to arrest everybody vaping in public because, like smoking, you contaminate people,” the president told reporters. He added that the use and ... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Four Ways Gratitude Helps You with Difficult Feelings Situations that use to baffle us... – NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - In a 2014 study in Psychological Science, researchers asked 75 participants to remember a time they felt grateful, a time they felt happy, or what they did on... Read More...Nov 26 2019
House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Legalize Marijuana Nationwide Hey bud! – November 21, 2019 - David Sloane of Fort Worth has been a member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws since the 1980s. “I’m encouraged by all the baby steps were seeing.” Sloane sa... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Recovery Advocate Launches a Guide for Life After Addiction 20 Years = 100 Tips – November 21, 2019 - In commemoration of her 20-year recovery journey, award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder of Reach Out Recovery Lindsey Glass is introducing her new book, “100 Tips f... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Self Expression Leads to Mental Wellness for Students With A Little Help From Their Friends – NOVEMBER 21, 2019 - Standing near his own self portrait, senior Keno Page reflected on what he included in his artwork. “My name Keno, but like, a lot of people call me Ken an... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Addicts to get ‘pure’ heroin for free at NHS treatment unit Finally! – Nov. 23, 2019 - Addicts are to be supplied with free heroin at the NHS’s first drug-assisted treatment centre in a “last resort” bid to combat the highest drug death rates in Europe. The drug addicts... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Short film ‘Ocean Boulevard’ tackles heroin addiction in Myrtle Beach Lights, Camera, Narcan? – Nov 23, 2019 - Bobby Brazell got hooked on booze and drugs. It was a way to avoid dealing with a terrible trauma. “It was drinking, then pot, then pain medication,” he recalled. “I developed... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Is there satisfaction for the sober curious? Survey says... – Nov. 15, 2019 - When I drank before my sobriety, I had drank with the intention of getting drunk. I rarely cared about the quality of alcohol that I was consuming. Like any good alcoholic, I cared o... Read More...Nov 26 2019