August 15, 2023 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

August 15, 2023 • Vol. 11, No. 1

Best TV Shows About Addiction And Recovery

I LIKE TO WATCH – Aug. 6, 2023 - Make no mistake about it, while there are tons of crud being shown on television these days, it still can be one powerful tool when it sets its mind to it. Case in point, TV sh... Read More...

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Tim McGraw Gushes Over Faith Hill for Supporting His Sobriety

SOUL MATES – Aug. 10, 2023 - There’s setbacks and there’s times you move forward and do great, and there’s times you set back,” he said. McGraw added, “And that’ll probably be a process throughout the rest o... Read More...

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I’m Sober And My Partner Is Not. Here’s How We Make It Work.

COMMUNICATION & UNDERSTANDING – July 25, 2023 - “There’s been times where he’s drank too much and annoyed me,” Banks said of Tony. “But it happens so, so rarely that it tends to be more comical than annoyi... Read More...

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Mother and Son Write Memoir on Addiction Journey

VIDEO – FAMILY 4TH STEP – Aug. 9, 2023 - Before There Was An After is a powerful and emotional memoir by a mother and son that recounts their seven-year journey through his heroin addiction and multiple attempts at... Read More...

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Santa Clara County Pays Meth Addicts to Get Clean

CASH TALKS NOBODY WALKS – Aug. 4, 2023 - As reported in Mountain View Voice, Santa Clara County has been struggling with a significant drug-related issue, particularly methamphetamine, which accounts for more ... Read More...

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Feds May Shut Down Overdose Prevention Centers in NYC

WHY? – Aug. 8, 2023 - As street drugs have become ever more powerful and deadly, a small nonprofit in Manhattan dedicated to preventing overdoses has drawn politicians and health officials from around the coun... Read More...

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Doctors’ Documentary Shed Light on Addiction

VIDEO – MORE WILL BE REVEALED – Aug. 7, 2023 - The number of physicians reported by the media who were charged relating to opioid-related offenses has tripled since 2000. Goldstein says that over the past five to s... Read More...

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A Space to Grieve Addiction Deaths Without Shame or Guilt

ETERNAL SADNESS – July 24, 2023 - Two years later, Owens moved to Kansas City to be closer to friends and family. Immediately, Owens realized there was an issue. The closest group like GRASP was in St. Louis. Owen... Read More...

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Defeating Addiction and Finding God’s Goodness on the Mountain

MAGIC MOUNTAIN – AUG. 7, 2023 - Johnson is a certified mountaineer and rock climber in California, just outside Yosemite National Park – which is seen as a top rock-climbing area in America. The valley offers death-d... Read More...

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Trey Lewis @16 Years Sober: “Country Music Saved My Life”

REJOICING FOR LIFE – Aug. 8, 2023 - Lewis then reminded others, who may be dealing with substance abuse, that they are not alone. He also took a moment to share some advice while telling folks to “always stay true to... Read More...

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5 Child Stars Who Struggled After Becoming Famous

VIDEO – TALENT CAN BE DANGEROUS – Aug. 10, 2023 - 1, Demi Lovato. The pop star has long struggled with addiction and mental health issues, which stem from their childhood in the spotlight. Following a near-fatal epis... Read More...

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Reading Kafka in the Hospital Cafeteria

POIGNANT and POWERFUL – Aug. 10, 2023 - One thing I had plenty of was time. When I was seeing patients, time had moved too quickly; I always ran behind. I had recurrent nightmares about charts piling up. Then, when r... Read More...

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New Hampshire: The Opioid Crisis Gets Worse

AUDIO – NO END IN SIGHT? – Aug. 9, 2023 - These numbers represent, as you know, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, friends, brothers, sisters,” he said. “And these numbers have names and faces.” After a few years o... Read More...

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Only 1 in 5 People Get Opioid Addiction Meds

WHY IS THIS? – Aug. 7, 2023 - “Failing to use safe and lifesaving medications is devastating for people denied evidence-based care,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whic... Read More...

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From Drug Addict to Defense Attorney

VIDEO – LAW OF ATTRACTION, NOT PROMOTION – Aug. 10, 2023 - Fortunately, Gad’s case caught the attention of attorney Kathleen Zellner, who is well-known for her work on wrongful conviction cases. She found Gad’s sto... Read More...

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I Had to Get Dental Implants – Now There’s No Room for my Tongue

NOTHING TO LAUGH ABOUT – Aug. 10, 2023 - But as the youngster recently revealed to her 2.9 million fans on TikTok, the journey hasn’t been the smoothest – and one of her temporary tooth fixes is just proof. ... Read More...

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‘Sober Life Is So Much Better’

YES, WE AGREE – Aug, 9, 2023 - Owen continued, “Trust me, there’s someone reading this that I affected in my days of being an idiot and I can never take that back … I said things I shouldn’t, as well as did things I... Read More...

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Julia Cameron on Learning to Write Sober

WORDS OF LOVE – Aug. 11, 2023 - “Just try it and see.” I was not at all sure that God would want to write through me. And wasn’t it only normal to want to be a great writer? “In order to write sober, you have to l... Read More...

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Dunkin’ Spiked Coffee and Tea Are Coming Soon

BEWARE OF COPS – Aug. 10, 2023 - According to VinePair, the malt-based drinks are to be produced in collaboration with Harpoon Brewery. The two Boston-area brands originally paired up in 2018 to release season... Read More...

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Ric Flair Recalls His Wild Stories From Rehab

WRESTLING WITH DEMONS – Aug. 11, 2023 - So my roommate’s a doctor from Ft. Lauderdale that is there for digesting crystal meth anally,” Flair said. “That’s one roommate. Now what’s that got to do with me drink... Read More...

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Lil Tay, Teen Influencer, Has Died? NO SHE DIDN’T!!!

MYSTERIOUS DEATH – Aug. 9, 2023 - In a phone interview with The Daily Beast alongside her mother, Angela Tian, Lil Tay said, “Right now I’m in a bad situation and I don’t want to talk about these things,” adding that... Read More...

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Psychedelic Decriminalization

PLANT MEDICINE – July 14, 2023 - “We are excited for Berkeley to join Oakland, San Francisco, and 16 other cities and counties nationwide,” said Larry Norris, PhD, Cofounder of Decriminalize Nature National and Decri... Read More...

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I Was Sober for 10 Years—But a Psychedelic Medicine Changed My Life

AUDIO – IN WHAT WAY – Aug. 10, 2023 - The plant-based medicine is largely illegal in the United States—except for a few cities where it has been decriminalized—and in the United Kingdom, but is legal in Mexico, Costa... Read More...

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Doctor Has More Compassion after his Opioid Addiction

CRAWLING IN THEIR SHOES – August 9, 2023 - The state police and the DEA had recently raided my office. I had been charged, booked, fingerprinted, and the medical board had stripped away my hard-won license to practic... Read More...

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Milwaukee: Drunkest City in America

VIDEO – L’Chaim – Aug. 10, 2023 - InsiderMonkey notes Wisconsin has one of the lowest alcohol tax rates in the country, leading to lower retail and wholesale prices. Some of the drunkest counties in the cou... Read More...

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U.S.A. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022

LISTEN BETTER – Aug. 11, 2023 - A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that the nation’s overall gun suicide rate rose last year to an all-time high. For the first time, th... Read More...

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Former Heroin Addict Dives Into How He Overcame Deadly Habit

VIDEO – WORTH WATCHING – Aug. 10, 2023 - A former heroin addict has opened up about his struggles with addiction and how he got his life back on track. “What people don’t understand about the physical nature of ... Read More...

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‘Painkiller’ on Netflix: Superb Film Feels Painfully Real

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – August 9,2023 - The cast is strong. Matthew Broderick might be one of Hollywood’s most likeable characters, but he delivers a standout, chilling turn as hypercapitalist murderous real... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Franz Kafka

“Literature is the axe that breaks up the frozen sea within us.” – Franz Kafka, b. 1883 - d. 1924 ... Read More...

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Netflix’s OxyContin drama ‘Painkiller’ is just painful

THE PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY – August 10, 2023 - We’ve heard this story before. And we’ve heard it better. That’s really the only reaction you might have after watching Netflix’s limited series “Painkiller,”&n... Read More...

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