August 2, 2022 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

August 2, 2022 • Vol. 9, No. 51

‘Back from Broken’ Podcast Series

AUDIO – EVERYONE LOVES PODCASTS – August 2022 - Vic Vela, a Colorado native, has been a professional journalist for nearly 20 years, after graduating from the Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2000.&nb... Read More...

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To Raise Successful Kids Neuroscience Says Do This

PERCHANCE TO DREAM MORE – July 2022 - Finally, in districts that have in fact delayed start times, it does appear that students shift a considerable chunk of their newfound time to sleep. It all seems to add u... Read More...

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FDA’s Flawed Approach to Accelerated Drug Approvals

FOLLOW THE MONEY – July 25, 2022 - NPR found that 42% of currently outstanding confirmatory studies – or 50 of them – either took more than a year to begin following accelerated approval or hadn’t started at al... Read More...

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Medicating Complexity

TIED WITH PLACEBO – July 25, 2022 - A paper in the journal Molecular Psychiatry recently tried to examine the scientific evidence for the serotonin hypothesis of depression from several possible angles and fou... Read More...

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The Miracle of Sobriety with Mrs. Robinson

VIDEO – LIVE CONVERSATION – July 25, 2022 - To support my show: https://www.patreon.com/hollyrandallu... To make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.me/hollyrandall78 Shop my merch store! https://sho... Read More...

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Hollow Metropolis Films Announces Release of Addiction Documentary ‘Fall Fight Shine’

TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK – July 24, 2022 - Director and neuroscientist Charlotte Wincott collaborated with numerous addiction experts to tell the scientific stories that comprise “Fall Fight Shine,” which... Read More...

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Easy Online Access Fed Mum’s Benzo Habit

VIDEO – FROM CRAMPS TO AMPS – July 28, 2022 - “It got really bad,” said Sara, now 47, from Pembroke Dock. “Where a doctor might prescribe two painkillers, I would take six or eight in one dose, three or four ti... Read More...

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NHL Player Bobby Ryan Opens Up Drunken Arrest at Airport

NOT ENOUGH ICE – July 28, 2022 - According to ESPN, the 35-year-old free agent was arrested at Nashville International Airport on July 25 after he allegedly tried to shoplift and appeared to be a danger ... Read More...

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Jake Owen Gets Candid About Choosing Sobriety

AUDIO – FOR GOD AND COUNTRY – July 29, 2022 - “317 days ago I embarrassed myself after drinking too much alcohol one night. It wasn’t the first time either,” Owen reflected in his caption. “The next day I told ... Read More...

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Dee Taylor-John Celebrating 5 Years Advocates for Education, Healing

VIDEO – WOUNDED HEALER AT WORK – July 29, 2022 - Harm reduction plays a major role in supporting community members experiencing a substance use disorder, said Brandon-based Solange Machado, network co-or... Read More...

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Viral on Tik Tok For Sharing His Journey to Sobriety

VIDEO – GOING PUBLIC ONLINE – July 30, 2022 - He explains “Most of my following knew that I drank heavily. Especially when we would go live, you know I was drinking beer heavily during the lives. A lot of the f... Read More...

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Trump Calls for the Execution of Drug Dealers

THE FINAL SOLUTION – July 27, 2022 - The former president’s claims contradict decades of research and data on the death penalty. Numerous studies have debunked the notion that capital punishment deters people ... Read More...

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Q&A with Adriana Marchione, MA, REAT, RSMT, Filmmaker

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – July 29, 2022 - Adriana Marchione MA, REAT, RSMT has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as a filmmaker, dancer, photographer and is internationally recognized in her work ... Read More...

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A Decisive Blow to the Serotonin Hypothesis of Depression

The Truth Hurts...BIG Pharma – July 19, 2022 - “There is no such thing as a scientifically established correct ‘balance’ of serotonin,” Lacasse and Leo cautioned more than a decade ago, joining numerous other ... Read More...

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Model Exposes the Dangerous Side of the Fashion Industry

SHE’S WORTH THE WEIGHT – July 29, 2022 - I felt like I was constantly being body-shamed by people in the fashion industry. I remember getting measured for a job and being told that even my fingers were t... Read More...

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Residents Raise Money for Addiction Billboard

VIDEO – COMMUNITY HEARTACHE SHARED – July 30 2022 - Video Only - Boonville residents raise money for addiction billboard. more@WAGMTV ... Read More...

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Jamie Campbell Bower Opens Up About Addiction and Sobriety in Powerful Statement

VIDEO – REALITY? – July 27, 2022 - Taking to Twitter today (Jul 27), Jamie tweeted: “12 and a half years ago I was in active addiction. Hurting myself and those around me who I loved the most. It got so bad tha... Read More...

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Today’s Potent Pot Could Be Prescription for Addiction

HIGHER and HIGHER – July 26, 2022 - The researchers found that people who use high-potency marijuana are more likely to experience addiction than those using low-potency products. The study also suggests that p... Read More...

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Family Alcohol History May Put You at Risk of Junk Food Addiction

TOO MANY TWINKIES? – July 17, 2022 - “People who have a family history of addiction may be at greater risk for developing a problematic relationship with highly processed foods, which is really challenging in a... Read More...

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Buzz Aldrin: Astronaut, 92, “Recovery Was Not Easy”

To The MOON and Back – July 27, 2022 - Having been continually asked throughout the years if he was bothered about being the “second” not first man to step foot on the moon, Aldrin carries with him a sense of f... Read More...

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Ivana Trump Threw a Champagne Dinner Party for Rehab Pals

$50,000 GLASS OF BUBBLY? – July 28, 2022 - Ivana Trump went to rehab in Malibu, where she met another Ivana—Guinness heiress Ivana Lowell—who shared her experience with Airmail. When Lowell found herself in ... Read More...

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New York City Busts Decline, Overdose Deaths Soar

LIVE AND LET DIE? – July 30, 2022 - Before their son Paul fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine, Robert and Donna Mina of Staten Island recall few, if any services to help him — and allegedly littl... Read More...

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New Jersey’s EXTREME Plan to End Fentanyl Deaths

COULD LOCK THEM UP WORK? – July 25, 2022 - He said this may sound harsh but “it is such a volatile and lethal drug, those who inject or inhale fentanyl run the risk of immediate death.” “It’s very lethal, th... Read More...

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Is Tech Addiction Really a Disease? with Dr. Ryan Drzewiecki

VIDEO – HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? – July 29, 2022- Ryan Drzewiecki, PsyD, LP, the new chief clinical officer at the Arizona-based treatment center Sierra Tucson, specializes in the mental health implic... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – BILL RUSSELL

“Friendship is a full-time job.” – BILL RUSSELL (1934-2022) ... Read More...

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