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Three Virginians Fighting Addiction Their Own Way

VIDEO – PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH – April 14, 2022 - Virginia has been plagued by addiction since the late 1990s when Purdue Pharma introduced Oxycontin. Since then, the regulations surrounding the accessibility of... Read More...

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Fun and Sobriety Are Not Mutually Exclusive

AUDIO – DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING – April 13, 2022 - Your friend says to you, “Let’s get drunk and have some fun.” Or maybe they say, “We got so drunk last night—wasn’t that fun?” Depending on the person m... Read More...

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‘The Flight Attendant’ Season 2 Does Better With Sobriety

IF YOU LOVE TV – April 13, 2022 - Cassie’s new side job as a CIA asset is a perfect lead-in to a twisty new mystery, but unlike last season, which had very clear stakes – Cassie woke up next to a dead body in a... Read More...

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Criminalizing Drug Addiction Doesn’t Decrease Overdoses

LEGALIZE THEM ALL? – April 14, 2022 - A bill moves through Colorado’s legislature to tighten penalties on the possession and distribution of fentanyl, experts note the complexities and hardships of addiction. ... Read More...

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Not Arrested, But Rescued

VIDEO – FROM PRISON TO PASSION – April 15, 2022 - “I am loved, I am healed, and free from all addiction,” could be heard in the New Birth Christian Ministries Church in Tennille. This graduation signifies th... Read More...

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How to Find the Right Mental Health App

COME ON GET APPY – April 13, 2022 - These apps claim to help with issues as varied as addiction, sleeplessness, anxiety and schizophrenia, often by using tools like games, therapy chatbots or mood-tracking dia... Read More...

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Indian Tribes Launch Tool For Addiction Treatment / Education

LEARNING MATTERS – April 14, 2022 - Dr. Tina Woods leads the Council’s Community and Behavioral Health Services team. She says the goal is to remove barriers for people seeking information or care. “Half the... Read More...

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Owner of Florida Rehab Ring Convicted In $58 Million Fraud

ADDICTED TO CASH – April 15, 2022 - She would then subject the patients, many of whom were in their teens or early 20s and were still on their parents’ insurance plans, to random drug testing — sometimes as of... Read More...

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Can AA Evolve To Include Marginalized Members?

AUDIO – AA EVOLUTION – Dec. 23, 2021 - All guests reference the 10th tradition of AA (which states: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public co... Read More...

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What Happens When You Lose Both Parents To Addiction

PAIN & GRIEF – April 16, 2022 - Her dad’s addiction “spiraled” after her mom’s death. She lived with her dad and grandmother until she was five years old, and then her dad moved to Arizona; she continued to... Read More...

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South African Recovery Center Owner Celebrates 7 Years Sober

SOBRIETY HAS NO BORDERS – April 14, 2022 - Founder of Laqakhaza Iphara Recovery Movement, Emmanuel Msomi, celebrated his NPO’s (non-profitable organization’s) birthday and his seven years of sobriety. “You can... Read More...

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Janet Devlin ‘almost died many times’ On Booze

MORE THAN NINE LIVES – April 11, 2022 - It was just really bad I was literally going missing for days. “I wasn’t able to do any work and I wasn’t a functioning human at all, so something had to give. ... Read More...

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Emily Weir Says She Goes to AA Meetings for Her Battles with Alcoholism

VIDEO – STEPS TO RECOVERY – April 13, 2022 - Weir said she first began experiencing anxiety and panic attacks when she was just 19, shortly after her parents divorced. She went through ‘what was effectivel... Read More...

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What’s Being Done to Stop the Scourge of Fentanyl?

NOT ENOUGH, BUT THEY’RE TRYING – April 14, 2022 - The drug has been the subject of a number of legislative efforts at both the state and national level. Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 2... Read More...

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Mental Health Problems Cause Reduced Cognitive Function

ITS A LOT TO THINK ABOUT – Why it matters - In recent decades, mental disorders have become increasingly prevalent in the United States and around the world, particularly in young adults and ado... Read More...

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The Talk You Have To Watch

VIDEO – LISTEN AND LEARN – April 7, 2022 - Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former Los Angeles Times reporter, and author of three acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. He is the acclaimed author ... Read More...

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Paying People To Stay Off Drugs Works

AND COSTS LESS THAN A FUNERAL – April 9, 2022 - This new strategy called “contingency management” is similar to several other successful drug prevention programs that use drug testing to confirm qualification f... Read More...

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Instagram and Snapchat Addiction Allegedly Led to 17-Year-Old Boy’s Suicide

MEDIA OVERDOSE DEATH – April 12, 2022 - The suit, shared with Gizmodo and filed on behalf of Wisconsin teen Christopher J. Dawley by the Social Media Victim Law Center, seeks to hold the two companies accounta... Read More...

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“Real Housewife” Pulls Back Curtain on Her Eating Disorder

VIDEO – YOU CAN BE TOO THIN – April 12, 2022 - In the carefully curated Bravo universe, thinness is considered a laudable moral success, and the Real Housewives franchise is ground zero for linking it to aspira... Read More...

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Showtime’s ‘The First Lady’ Spotlights Betty Ford’s ‘Dramatic’ Life

GERALD WHO? – April 15, 2022 - Once back home in Michigan, Ford married and divorced one of her local suitors. To this day, she remains one of only two divorcée first ladies. (Florence Harding beat her to being... Read More...

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Phone Addiction Calling?

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? – April 5, 2022 - The use of cell phones has become an integral part of society. While cell phones have many benefits, many people have developed what some researchers consider an addicti... Read More...

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Carl Radke Gets Candid About Sobriety

SUMMER HOUSE STAR – April 5, 2022 - Given his sobriety, it may seem shocking that Carl Radke’s jobs include appearing on the crazy partying show that is “Summer House” as well as working as the Vice President ... Read More...

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Sober Fiesta a Success

VIDEO – MERRY MARIACHI – April 2, 2022 - Christine Varela Mayer, PhD, is the owner of Los Patios and a licensed chemical dependency counselor. Varela Mayer is also the CEO of Blue Heron Recovery, a rehabilitati... Read More...

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Mass Overdose Events Caused by Inadvertent Fentanyl Use

TIME TO QUIT? – April 7, 2022 - Less than a week earlier, on March 4, 21 individuals overdosed — 3 of whom died — at a homeless shelter in downtown Austin Texas, after ingesting crack-cocaine and methamphetamin... Read More...

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Pandemic ‘saved my life’ With Sobriety

AUDIO – SILENCE IS GOLDEN – April 4, 2022 - Using alcohol as that escape became the reality for many Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoho... Read More...

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Survivor: ‘I was a lucky one. I gotta make it worth it’

VIDEO – GRATEFUL EVERY DAY – April 6, 2022 - Ryan Christoff said he had known that his daughter “smoked a little weed” occasionally, but had no idea that the sophomore had actually been secretly experimenting ... Read More...

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Elizabeth Heller Uncovers How Addiction Can Create Lasting Changes in Genes

HARD SCIENCE – April 5, 2022 - I studied at the University of Pennsylvania for undergrad in the early 2000s before going to Rockefeller University for a PhD in Molecular Biology. I was drawn back to Penn becau... Read More...

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The Unexpected Face of Addiction

VIDEO – DRINKING FROM HER WHEELCHAIR – April 6, 2022 - “I was raised to believe I could keep up with everyone else. And for the first time in my life, I wasn’t able to keep up with my peers. And that sent me i... Read More...

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BOOK REVIEW: We Got This, Kids

THE ULTIMATE DEFEAT – April 7, 2022 - The newly published book, “We Got This, Kids,” is Andy’s story told in his own words. It provides his innermost thoughts about his life choices, his alcoholism, his sobriet... Read More...

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Alcohol Can Have Surprising Effects on Your Hair

TIME TO WIG OUT? – April 7, 2022 - First, too much booze on a regular basis can weaken your hair and lead to breakage. Alcohol can “inflame your scalp, so if you have any scalp-related issues, it exacerbates t... Read More...

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