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How Instagram ‘Traps’ People with Eating Disorders

WITH SMOKE, MIRRORS AND FILTERS – Dec. 3, 2021 - “People with eating disorders can get trapped in a vicious cycle of content related to disordered eating and weight loss,” says Nagata. In cases like these, he ... Read More...

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Documentary Highlighting America’s Addiction Epidemic

WATCH – FILMS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Dec. 3, 2021 - “My part in particular,” Green said. “When you see it, you see young people really responding to these creative exercises and learning coping skills, protec... Read More...

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Lights, Camera, Recovery w/ Ahbra Schiff

LISTEN – READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP – Dec. 1, 2021 - Almost 6 years after first meeting him, Ahbra has been working alongside Leonard to put on the REEL Recovery Film Festival (Now in its 13th year) and the Experi... Read More...

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Q&A with Nat’l Dir. of Outreach, J. Flowers Health, Claudia Schwarz MFT

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 3, 2021 - Claudia Schwarz is a Board Certified, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has decades of experience in various mental health settings. In addition to having a success... Read More...

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Edie Falco Talks About Getting Sober Three Decades Ago

SHE’S SINGING LIKE A SOPRANO – Dec. 1, 2021 - In a recent interview with The Guardian, Falco, 58, revealed that she’s been sober since she was 29, after finding herself in a place where she was controlled by h... Read More...

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Kids Facing Depressing Social Media Addiction

WATCH – AND IT’S FREE – Dec. 1, 2021 - Dr. Martin Paulus, who is a psychiatrist with the Laureate Institute for Brain Research said a team is studying the teenage brain and the side effects of social media. He... Read More...

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“Sober sober is the only way to be,” Demi Lovat-oh!

CLEAN IS NOT A JUDGMENT – Dec. 2, 2021-For context, Demi previously revealed that they were “California sober” — i.e. only drinking alcohol and smoking weed in moderation — in their documentary, Dancing with t... Read More...

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How to Master Boundaries in Recovery

PLAYING IT SAFE – Nov. 30, 2021 - The term “boundary” is defined by Lexico as both “a limit of something abstract, especially a subject or sphere of activity” and “a line which marks the limit of an area; a di... Read More...

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Scotland Promises “Rehab for every addicted person who wants it”

AMERICA DOES NOT – Nov. 30, 2021 - Funded rehab was virtually abandoned in Scotland after being regarded as ineffective and too costly by SNP health ministers in recent years. But the drug death rate has soare... Read More...

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Luann De Lesseps Opens Up About Her Sobriety

THE SOUL KNOWS – Nov. 29, 2021 - The road to sobriety hasn’t been an easy one for de Lesseps. She went into rehab after the arrest, but it didn’t seem to take. She was soon drinking again, which ultimately led... Read More...

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This Strip of Paper Can Save Lives

PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO DIE, THEY JUST WANT TO GET HIGH – Dec. 1, 2021 - “We’re at a greater risk for having unknown substances put into the drugs,” said Tanya, 45, who lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. She asked t... Read More...

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Ben Affleck Is Thankful for “Second Chances” After Getting Sober

GRATEFUL EVERY DAY – Dec. 1, 2021 - He added that, though he wishes he “did not have to learn some lessons the hard way,” the “difficulties” of alcoholism helped him “learn those things in an authentic, meanin... Read More...

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12 of the Best Movies That Deal Frankly With Addiction & Recovery

WATCH – DON’T LOSE YOUR WEEKEND – Dec. 2, 2021 - Addiction and recovery are potent sources of drama, and are thus frequently portrayed in media. They’re also easy to get wrong: to veer into melodrama, or to re... Read More...

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Drugs Nearly Destroyed This New Mexico Town. Meet the Survivors

THE LAND OF RE-ENCHANTMENT – Dec. 3, 2021 - My family has called Chimayó home for more than 300 years, and I spent most of my summers there with my grandmother in the 1960s and 1970s, surrounded by relatives w... Read More...

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New York City’s NEW Supervised Injection Sites Reversed 9 Deaths In Less Than a Week

WATCH – HEAVEN CAN WAIT – Dec. 4, 2021 - The mayor says workers intervened as overdoses were happening. The drug injection centers are the first of their kind in the nation. Overdose Prevention Cen... Read More...

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New York Opens First Supervised Safe Injection Sites

NEW YORK ENLIGHTENED STATE OF MIND – Nov. 30, 2021 - Mayor Bill de Blasio began championing safe injection sites in 2018, citing their use and success in European and Canadian cities. The decision to officiall... Read More...

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Teen Making a Difference for Those Impacted By Addiction

WATCH – NEVER TOO YOUNG TO HELP – Nov. 24, 2021 - “Seeing Mom going through rehab and jail, it made me feel like I was alone,” Smith said. “My anger kept building up, and I didn’t know. I felt worthless. I fel... Read More...

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One Drink Can Age Your Brain by ‘11 years’ if Consumed More Than Twice Daily

DON’T FORGET TO QUIT – Nov. 21, 2021 - One study from Boston University School of Medicine followed a cohort of 4,200 people, who periodically underwent cognition and memory tests. Participants were asked t... Read More...

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From ‘Ted Lasso’ to ‘Insecure,’ TV’s Therapists Keep Getting Better

BETTER THAN ZOOM OR FACETIME – Nov. 26, 2021 - It’s been more than 20 years since Tony reluctantly sat down in Melfi’s office, where he was referred after suffering a panic attack. And although“The Sopranos” wasn’t... Read More...

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Volunteers of America Launches Program for Parents with Addiction

WATCH – MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION – Nov. 23, 2021 - More than four years later, Compton, 33, is sober, has a job with Volunteers of America Mid-States, the non-profit agency that helped her, and is studying for... Read More...

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Marc Lee Shannon Celebrates Sobriety

NOT TOO MANY NOTES! – Nov. 25, 2021 - “I’m ... just celebrating that whole feeling of if you would have told me eight years ago that I’d be sitting here talking to you (from Joshua Tree) getting ready to relea... Read More...

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America’s Gambling Addiction is Metastasizing

THAT’S A BIG SPREAD – Nov. 2021 - As a direct result, sports-betting revenues grew 69 percent from 2019 to 2020 and another 270 percent during the first quarter of 2021. Total gambling revenues in the U.S. are... Read More...

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He Overcame Childhood Trauma to Become an MMA Champ

THE REAL FIGHT OF HIS LIFE – Nov. 26, 2021 - He was too young at the time to truly understand that this was the result of alcohol addiction, but his family tried to explain it to him anyway, referring to those... Read More...

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Woman Suing Former Rehab CEO Speaks Out

WATCH – SHE’LL HAVE HER DAY IN COURT – NOV. 24, 2021 - Speaking under conditions of anonymity to protect her identity, the woman who goes by the fictitious name of “Gahyne Doahe” to protect her identity explai... Read More...

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5 Main Benefits of Visiting an Addiction Medicine Specialist

A SECOND OPINION – Nov. 24, 2021 - Some addiction medicine specialists treat only alcohol addictions. Others will go beyond this and offer treatment for dependency on other drugs. As a patient, you’ll benefit great... Read More...

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Ketamine Klinics Treating Mental Injury Emerge in Seattle

KINDA KOOL IF IT WORKS – Nov. 28, 2021 - Carnahan is the director at a Westlake clinic opened last month by Field Trip Health, a Nasdaq-listed company selling medically supervised “psychedelic journeys.” She c... Read More...

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A New Wearable Could Detect and Reverse Overdoses

WORTH PUTTING ON CLOTHES – Nov. 28, 2021 - “Discreetness and comfort are high priorities for these sorts of devices. Traditionally, naloxone is administered either nasally or through intramuscular injection. S... Read More...

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DMX Doc Director on DMX: “I partially owe my sobriety to him”

WE ALL OWE SOMEONE – Nov. 27, 2021 - “You know that thing when you meet somebody famous and you’re super disappointed. It was the complete opposite of that,” Frierson said. “It was like everything I hoped for ... Read More...

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2019 Experience Strength and Hope Awards Recipient, Jodie Sweetin, on Getting Sober

SOBRIETY IS THE SWEETEST THING – Nov. 22, 2021 - “How do I manage my own head that is just loud and negative and awful to me sometimes, but nobody else can hear it? You’re stuck in it,” the 39-year-old told Al... Read More...

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In UK Alcoholics & Addicts Who Died While Receiving Treatment Rose by a 25%, ‘Shocking’ Stats Show…Due to Lack of Face-to-Face Care

WE CAN’T SEE YOU NOW – Nov. 25, 2021 - But ‘changes to lifestyle and social circumstances during lockdowns’, as well as Covid itself, may have also driven the death rate upwards, it added. Ian Hamilton, a d... Read More...

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