Debates over sober-living homes often turn into bullying sessionsHome Sweet & Sour Home – May 17, 2018 - Outspoken Costa Mesa residents are being bullied by representatives of the sober-living industry ... Why? Because they are determined to publicly expose how sober living homes... Read More...May 22 2018
Addiction doctor shares opioid epidemic responseThe Doctor’s Opinion – May 18, 2018 - Dr. James Thompson leans in as the woman sitting on the couch in his office shares her story. As an addiction specialist, every day he examines why it happens, how to stop it and wh... Read More...May 22 2018
Predatory behavior runs rampant in Facebook’s addiction support groupsPreying Not Praying – May 21, 2018 - When Laurie Couch first joined the Affected by Addiction Support Group, a closed Facebook group with 70,000 members, she felt a sense of belonging. Here were people who understood he... Read More...May 22 2018
Homelessness, Addiction and Recovery: Inside Margot Kidder’s Battle with Mental HealthRemembrance – May 14, 2018 - While Margot Kidder is best known for her recurring role as Lois Lane in the original Superman films, she will also be remembered for her long and courageous battle with bipolar disorder, on... Read More...May 22 2018
Cops could soon be armed with cocaine breathalyzersBusted for a DUI - Driving Under Intensity – May 10, 2018 - “Currently, there is a great demand for on-site drug testing,” said Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering in the University at Buffalo S... Read More...May 15 2018
How opioid addiction is hurting businessesWorkers Hard To Find ... Clean – May 7, 2018 - Walmart is making its opioid policy more strict, limiting the duration of such prescriptions and requiring that they be filled electronically. The company announced on Mond... Read More...May 15 2018
How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobbyDrug Addiction Good for Business – April 28, 2018 - The biggest beneficiaries of private prisons’ political donations have been Republican politicians in Florida, Tennessee, and border states with high populations of un... Read More...May 15 2018
Should opioid abusers pay the price for their choices?Choice, Chance or Fate? – May 7, 2018 - Those are contradictory beliefs if you play them out logically, addiction experts say. A person’s early decision to use opioids may have been a choice, they say. But the repeated ... Read More...May 15 2018
7 in 10 say Opioid addiction is a very serious problem – CBS pollIt’s Unanimous – May 8, 2018 - When Americans are asked who they blame most for the opioid addiction problem, people who abuse pain medication top the list (28 percent), followed by pharmaceutical companies who make and... Read More...May 15 2018
TEDX- Depression and spiritual awakening—two sides of one doorPatience and Perseverance – May 2018 - This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is depression, as most of us experience it, meaningless suffering? Dr. Lisa Miller present... Read More...May 15 2018
Passionate plea for a recovery high schoolNon-Higher Learning – May 8, 2018 - Addiction advocates made a passionate plea for Delaware to stop dragging its feet when dealing with the opioid epidemic and devote a surplus of state revenues to the creation of a rec... Read More...May 15 2018
Scientists Have Successfully Tested a Cure for AlcoholismAA Obsolete? – May 8, 2018 - Biologists from the University of Texas tested the world’s first drug for alcoholism – JVW-1034. As scholars have noted, alcoholism is not developing due to the fact that a person has a weak... Read More...May 15 2018
Summertime and sobriety is difficultThe Season of Our Discontent? – May 11, 2018 - He says that’s where the AA program has helped. He can surround himself with people who help him resist the warm weather temptations and stay on the sober path. The challen... Read More...May 15 2018
Owner of detox center given SBA awardStick with the Winners! – May 12, 2018 - Though Orem business owner Tara Gleave came into business ownership in a roundabout way, she is passionate about what she does. This passion led a recent prestigious recognition.... Read More...May 15 2018
Reversing An Overdose Isn’t Complicated, But Getting The Antidote Can BeWho’s On First? – May 7, 2018 - A few months ago, Kourtnaye Sturgeon helped save someone’s life. She was driving in downtown Indianapolis when she saw people gathered around a car on the side of the road. Sturgeon pulle... Read More...May 15 2018
Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s TV ad focuses on mother’s drug addictionIt’s on Television – MAY 7, 2018 - Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s latest television ad focuses on her mother’s addiction to prescription drugs and battle with mental illness. Baldwin unveiled the ad on Monday, a ... Read More...May 15 2018
UCSD developing biosensor that monitors alcohol in people struggling with substance abuseScience is Real – May 9, 2018 - The device now has to be refined so that it can be tested in live animals and, eventually, humans. Hall is trying to create a low-power sensor that can be injected blow the surface of the... Read More...May 15 2018
Biggest addiction facing the world may not be what you thinkSmoke and Glass – May 11, 2018 - ABC News - If you’re worried about addiction killing people, you’re probably worried about drugs. But they pale in comparison to the deaths caused by two everyday addictions: alcohol a... Read More...May 15 2018
How A.I. Can Help Addicts Stay SoberWith AA? – May 9, 2018 - Artificial intelligence is the future. It can predict when we’ll die, help us buy stuff we don’t need, diagnose cancer, and imperfectly predict songs we’d like. It’s not perfect, and sometimes i... Read More...May 15 2018
Teenage Vaping Puts Structure In Place For Heroin AddictionVapeway Drug – May 9, 2018 - Teenage smoking has decreased over the past few years in America, but that is not necessarily good news. “Teenagers have flocked to e-cigarettes, and when combined with use of traditional ci... Read More...May 15 2018
People taking medication face stigma that they’re not ‘fully recovered’Sweet and Sour Bullshit – MAY 10, 2018 - “Methadone is stopping me from putting a needle in my body,” she said. “It doesn’t get you high. It stops the cravings, and even if you do use you’re not going to be able to feel... Read More...May 15 2018
Eric Schneiderman’s Downfall Puts a Spotlight on Men, Alcohol and ViolencePunch Drunk Asshole – May 9, 2018 - As one of his accusers recalls in the piece, Mr. Schneiderman “would almost always drink two bottles of wine in a night, then bring a bottle of Scotch into the bedroom. He would get a... Read More...May 15 2018
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Marks Over 2 Years of SobrietyNarcotics Anonymous has a Winner – May 7, 2018 - Congratulations to Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino on more than two years of being clean! The 35-year-old Jersey Shore star on Sunday posted the achievement on his offici... Read More...May 15 2018
Beyond AA: Where restaurant workers go for helpMore Than Coffee and Cookies – May 11, 2018 - Thirty-five years ago, when Mickey Bakst walked into his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, he realized he was the only hospitality worker in the group. “It was all doctors... Read More...May 15 2018
Steering Addicts Toward HopeStraight Talk – May 09, 2018 - While in prison DeLeon pitched an idea he had to the Department of Corrections. The idea was to have kids hear from other kids who had been in prison. It was to bring the inmates out to th... Read More...May 15 2018
Cheyenne Jackson Celebrates 5 Years of Sobriety After Battle as a ‘High-Functioning Alcoholic’A Very Handsome Sobriety – May 10, 2018 - The 42-year-old American Horror Story star, who also costars in Paramount Network’s upcoming drama American Woman, jumped for joy about reaching that goal in a triumphant Instag... Read More...May 15 2018
Baby boomers seeing a spike in opioid addictionAssisted Living – May 8, 2017 - Ronnie settles into the love seat in his sister’s living room and prepares to tell his story. He asked 8News not to share his full name or show his face during the candid conversation, bu... Read More...May 15 2018
Children of the Opioid Epidemic – NYTimes FeatureFledglings of Big Pharma – May 9, 2018 - It was not until her third month of feeling unwell, in the fall of 2016, that Alicia thought to take an at-home pregnancy test. Until then, she assumed her fatigue and nausea wer... Read More...May 15 2018
How do patients know if a recovery center gets results? … answers are hard to findDepends On Who You Ask – May 9, 2018 - News 5 found that facilities that treat Ohio’s recovering addicts aren’t subject to any state or county regulations that require quality care to stay open. They are subject only to... Read More...May 15 2018
A Tortured, Trippy Benedict Cumberbatch in the Role of a LifetimeDrunk In Public – May 11, 2018 - It’s palpable in a scene where he takes quaaludes and loses all control of his motor functions, sliding across a floor and down a wall as he attempts to flee from an interrogative dinner... Read More...May 15 2018