Addiction Recovery

Addiction treatment center adapts to social distancing amid pandemic

Census 100% –  April 10, 2020   - “We were getting more and more recoveries,” Beste said. “Initially when social…

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Charity compares homosexuality to drug addiction

Not Satire –  April 10, 2020 - Last week, the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse opened at tent hospital in Central…

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Who’s Drinking While Working From Home

Everyone working from home? –  April 9, 2020 - If you find yourself or anyone in your household reaching for…

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Ex-Yankees, Mets star Darryl Strawberry’s powerful call for sobriety during coronavirus pandemic

Advice from a Slugger... –  April 6, 2020 - The slugger-turned-St. Louis pastor shared a message for those struggling to…

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Courtney Friel on Life as Party Girl, Recovery, and Sobriety

What a Pro! –  April 6, 2020 - One night, I had to edit my story back at the station,…

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Incredible Human Damage From OxyContin Dealers Continues to Be Revealed

Dead bodies in all 50 states –  April 13, 2020 - A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper published…

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Falling Down Mountain of Meth – A True Story

A Woman’s Tale –  April 2, 2020 - I instantly felt a rush of energy and … happiness. From then…

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America’s new opioid shortage

No Plan for pandemic –  April 10, 2020 - While the pandemic is unprecedented, such shortages are not. Health experts…

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Chynna Rogers, Philadelphia rapper, dies of overdose at 25

Hard Drugs Down a Dead End Street –  April 11, 2020 - The Philadelphia native signed with the agency Ford…

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Log Cabin! Historic AA site saved

GOOD NEWS on Robertson Blvd. –  April 8, 2020 - According to a WeHo City press release, an agreement was…

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Opioid Epidemic Hasn’t Gone Away With COVID-19. It’s Just Harder To Address

Hell hath no fury –  APRIL 2, 2020 - If a police officer responds to an overdose, they’ll try to…

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For Miami addicts, recovery is tough enough. Then came the virus

Pray for the newcomers –  MARCH 29, 2020 - Getting clean is challenging enough in regular times, and the coronavirus…

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Big Pharma is Big Obstacle to Coronavirus Treatment

They’re at it again –  April 2, 2020 - Our exit strategy from the global lockdown depends on the development…

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Debbie Harry reveals her heroin addiction was ‘drag’ as it took too much effort to track down substances

Blondie or Black Tar? –  April 2, 2020 - “I wasn’t taking drugs when I was working, so when I…

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NIDA Director outlines risks to people who smoke and do drugs during pandemic

Another GOOD Reason to Quit! – April 2, 2020 - The Ideas and Opinions piece raises several important concerns regarding…

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Tana Mongeau Opens Up About Recent Struggle with Xanax Addiction

1,763,901 views on YouTube - WTF? –  April 1, 2020  - “I spent the next six years continuing to bottle…

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DOJ unleashes $163 million to fight drug addiction

Unleashes wild dogs? –  April 3, 2020 -  • Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program, $1.75…

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A Family’s Journey Helps Shift the Science of Mental Illness

What Lies Beneath –  April 5, 2020 - On how the six brothers presented differently with schizophrenia — Donald, while…

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Why Coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs?

So They Don’t Run Out –  April 5, 2020 - UK drug policy and crime experts told CNN they were…

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Betty Ford

Tribute to a Pioneer! – Read the history of Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center. @History

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Ryan Leaf Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety

One first down at time –  April 3, 2020 - The Ryan Leaf comeback story is one for the ages,…

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Cara Santana poses in towel to mark 16 years of sobriety

More will be revealed –  April 3, 2020 - In 2015 she told Origin Magazine:  ‘I feel very blessed that…

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Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus

Curbside Meds – April 3, 2020 - The two medications, both narcotics, have been shown to be at least twice…

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While Corona Makes Headlines, Opioid Addiction Continues to Kill

Still Feeling No Pain –  April 2, 2020 - I grew up in rural, rust belt Pennsylvania. Although the economy…

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Coronavirus is causing rise in drug and alcohol relapses

Will Rehabs Have Enough Beds? –  March 30, 2020 - “Social support and active involvement in the program both play…

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Sobriety struggle in time of isolation for former boxer Mia St. John

Not Down for the Count – April 2, 2020 - “And that was that,” St. John said. “I was gone…

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Duran Duran’s John Taylor Reveals Coronavirus Recovery

Recovery Is Possible –  April 5, 2020 - “I am speaking out to answer to the enormous amount of fear…

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Potential of using psychedelic drugs in psychiatry

Eight hours to salvation –  April 2, 2020 - Brain imaging over the past 20 years has taught scientists a…

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Mezuzah ceremony honors ‘track of Jewish recovery’

No Wine for Passover –  March 25, 2020 - In an isolated patch of Sonoran desert north of Phoenix sits…

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With Meetings Banned, Millions Struggle to Stay Sober On Their Own

However Fellowship Continues! –   March 26, 2020 - On March 13, a dozen people gathered at a Cleveland outpatient…

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