| Excellent Interview About Robin, Addiction and Depression | | Robin Williams’ Hidden Pain Revealed by Comedy Store Owner, Plus… Yahoo News anchor, Bianna Golodryga talks with Jamie Masada, founder of the Laugh Factory and a long-time friend of Williams. Dr. Jeff Gardere explains that depression and substance abuse is more common than one may think, and Williams was no exception. “He was a lifelong addict. It’s a lifelong illness that you take a day at a time … this is a medical problem – we have to stop seeing people who have drug addiction as evil, bad, weak people.” CONTINUED | | How Real A Risk Is Social Media Addiction? A blog post by social media marketer Jason Thibeault, “Why I just quit Facebook,”is sparking new debate about the risks of social media addiction. Thibeault’s essay went viral soon after he posted it on LinkedIn on Thursday, getting more than 700,000 views the next day. CONTINUED | | BENCHMARK RECOVERY CENTER | | Singer Reveals How He Overcame Dangerous Battle With Prescription Drug Addiction “Welcome Home,” Habedank’s first solo album, comes a little more than a year after the singer checked himself into a treatment facility outside of Nashville, Tennessee, to combat his prescription drug dependence. Habedank was originally introduced to prescription medications to treat an ulcer on his throat, but his usage eventually spiraled out of control. CONTINUED | | DR. KREVOY EATING DISORDERS PROGRAM | | Time to Warn Drinkers About the Risk of Cancer People have become accustomed to labels on cigarettes warning about the risk of smoking causing cancer and other diseases. And our research, published in the latest edition of BMC Public Health, shows similar labels could help consumers better understand the harms of drinking alcohol. There is growing evidence that alcohol increases the risk of certain types of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. CONTINUED | | Teenager Rebecca Durkin Killed ‘Cruel Alcoholic’ Mother Judge Clement Goldstone QC said she had suffered “long-term cruelty” at the hands of her mother. “You did your best for each other, but you suffered long-term cruelty at her hands. Her addiction to alcohol clouded her judgement,” Judge Goldstone, the Recorder of Liverpool, told her. “You’d had enough and that is something you will have to live with for the rest of your life.” CONTINUED | | Watch 2013 REEL Recovery Highlight Reel | REEL Recovery Film Festival HIGHLIGHT
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See clips from last year’s Award Winning REEL Recovery Film Festivalwith Paul Williams, Russell Brand, Robert Blake, Barbara Eden and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. SEE VIDEO | | Die Fledermauscatel or Ride Of The Valkyries to the Dealer’s House | | Drink And Drug Addictions ‘Blighting Lives Of Classical Musicians’ Addiction is blighting the lives of many classical musicians as they grapple with performance anxiety and antisocial hours, a cellist has said. The cellist, who was addicted to alcohol and prescription pills, said the problem was rife in the classical music world. Lander, who began drinking to self-medicate her concert hall panic attacks, told Radio Times: “Addiction problems are widespread among classical musicians, for many reasons. CONTINUED | | Drug Czar Promotes Treatment, Tells Personal Story As the nation’s drug czar continues to warn people about the potential death and destruction from substance abuse, he’s also encouraging them to tell their stories about treatment and recovery. Usually he starts with himself. Michael Botticelli, acting director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, also embraces another title: “I’m one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives.” CONTINUED | | Celebrity Big Brother’s Leslie Jordan Reveals Dangerous Crystal Meth Addiction VIDEO “Part of my recovery – I’m in recovery – I go to these meetings and stuff,” he began before Kellie asked him about what his addictions were. “Alcoholic,” Leslie said before adding: “And crystal meth. Back in the day in gay bars, they’d give you a bump and you’d dance all night and then it got to the point where I’d do my bump and just want to go home.” CONTINUED | | Dr. Gabor Maté’s Lesson from Robin Williams: Take Depression Seriously Death, Robin Williams once said, is “the ultimate closing.” The turbulent comic genius found that closing recently, at his own hands. The thought of suicide was not new to him and in a 2010 interview he accused himself of not having “the balls to do it.” Why and how the fear of dying was finally overcome by despair at the thought of living must remain a mystery, but the questions raised by Williams’ tragic death are for all of us to ponder. CONTINUED | | VISIT OUR NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES | FOR EVERY
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Leonard Buschel – Send an email | | Counseling For Young People With Drinking Problems Not As Beneficial As Previously Believed “The results suggest that for young people who misuse alcohol there is no substantial, meaningful benefit of motivational interviewing,” said lead researcher David Foxcroft, in a press statement. “The effects we saw were probably too small to be of relevance to policy or practice.” There may be certain groups of young adults for whom motivational interviewing is more successful in preventing alcohol-related problems. CONTINUED | | What It Was Like, What Happened, What Happens Now? | | Planning Sleazy Hooker Parties: Inside TV Anchor Pat O’Brien’s Shocking Drug & Alcohol Addiction In his new memoir, the former Insiderreporter – who has now been clean and sober for nearly six years – opens up about his debilitating cocaine habitin the late 70’s, when he was working as a hard news reporter in Hollywood. “I was doing an insane amount of coke, maybe up to $2,000 a week in today’s money.” CONTINUED | | LDS Church Releases Video On Porn Addiction To bring attention to the peace that comes through recovery from addiction, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday released a video entitled, “Overcoming Pornography Addiction: The Healing Power of Jesus Christ.” The LDS Church also made significant changes in the past month to its resources for spouses and family members. CONTINUED | | After Opening Night Reception-JADE HOTEL | | Opening Night Selection For New York REEL Recovery Film Festival Gracie knows hangovers. She’s intimately acquainted with them. But this one? Oh boy! Why did she wake up, half-undressed, on a Florida beach, 1100 miles from home? Filmmakers in Person. 8PM Friday, September 16, 2014 Following Opening Night Reception – JADE HOTEL 52 W 13th St, New York, NY. CONTINUED | | Where Winning Could Mean Losing | | Beat the Odds of Addiction Gambling is becoming a huge problem for young people especially young men. A culture of gambling has grown up around sport and availability has escalated enormously because of online gambling. I find it almost impossible to give advice on this matter. It’s such a secretive pastime. Huge sums of money can be lost in an instant. Despair is a word commonly used by the addict, the family and by those who help with the problem. CONTINUED | | REEL Recovery Film Festival LAS VEGAS | | |