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Can Online Therapy Help Children of Alcoholics?

ONLY IF IT’S ON INSTAGRAM – Sept. 16, 2021 - How can online therapy help? Online therapy can be an extremely effective way to address and treat any form of mental illness or work through processing of ne... Read More...

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To Reduce Addiction We Have to Thoughtfully Face It

NOT IMPRISON IT – Sept. 15, 2021 - There is a saying in the addiction recovery world; you keep doing the work and keep coming back until the miracle occurs. Over the past 25 years, I have witnessed this occurr... Read More...

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Supreme Court To Review Ban On Safe Injection Sites?

WATCH – TIME TO SAVE THE DYING – Sept. 17, 2021 - The amicus brief filed Friday, signed by dozens of current and former prosecutors and law enforcement officials across the country, said Congress never intende... Read More...

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Mum on Her Fresh Start After Rehab for Alcoholism

HAPPILY SOBER AFTER A TREATMENT – Sept. 19, 2021 - “My mummy and family were taking the kids and I was drinking for days on end. During the week I was fine but then the weekend came. When lockdown hit, m... Read More...

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Chantix Causes Cancer But Don’t Stop Using It

DANGEROUS CHOICES – Sept. 18, 2021 - Chantix was approved by the FDA in May 2006 as a prescription medication to help adults aged 18 and over quit smoking and is typically used for 12 to 24 weeks. The re... Read More...

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Oli Sykes Says Addiction Inspired DiE4u

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER – Sept. 17, 2021 - “I’ve learned over the past year while I’ve been recovering that when you’re in it, addiction is like you’re having an affair. You’re doing this thing behind everyone’s... Read More...

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Book Review – My Body Keeps Your Secrets

MORE WILL BE REVEALED – Sept. 13, 2021 - The people she interviews share gripping stories of violence, bigotry and shame – but also of courage, reclamation and strength. Osborne-Crowley cares deeply for her so... Read More...

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‘Instagram for Kids’ Will Make Kids Suicidal

DOES CAPITALISM CARE? – Sept. 15, 2021 - The demand comes as top lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee announced plans to investigate the company with the help of a “Facebook whistleblower.” “Chi... Read More...

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Ex-Manchester United star Chris Eagles, joined AA after he was found drunk in drivers’ seat of his Audi

SOBRIETY SHOULD BE THE GOAL – Sept. 14, 2021 - At Manchester Magistrates’ Court this week, Eagles claimed he needed his vehicle to take his two children to school. Eagles admitted being drunk while in charge of ... Read More...

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Sigourney Weaver Stands Out As An Alcoholic In Denial

WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT? – Sept. 16, 2021 - I am not of fan of movies that resort to breaking the fourth wall, as it were, and letting their key characters talk incessantly to the audience. It is a de... Read More...

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Misguided Drug Policies Worsening Overdose Epidemic!

ADDICTS’ LIVES MATTER – Sept. 17, 2021 - The United States is at a pivotal moment in its fight against drug overdose, with over 93,000 Americans having lost their lives to fatal drug overdose last year alone, ... Read More...

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Alex Murdaugh’s ‘fall from grace’: Addiction Fueled by Opioids

WATCH – (NOT) USING HIS HEAD – Sept. 18, 2021 - Murdaugh’s attorneys have said their client suffers from an oxycodone addiction and was attempting to get off drugs when he started thinking about suicide. It’s ... Read More...

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How the ‘Pleasure Molecule’ Will Reshape Treatment 4 Psychiatric Diseases and Addiction

IT’S DOPE – Sept. 16, 2021 - Calipari emphasizes that “these data rewrite facts about dopamine, including what it encodes within the brain and how it drives behavior.” This is incredibly important as dop... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Anya Taylor-Joy

“I don't really feel like I belong anywhere, which makes me belong everywhere.” —Anya Taylor-Joy ... Read More...

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Facebook Knew Instagram is TOXIC/DEADLY for Teenagers

WATCH – INSTADEPRESSED - THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW – Sept. 15, 2021 - Leaked documents from Facebook have revealed how the company’s picture sharing platform Instagram is pushing teenagers towards anxiety an... Read More...

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Book Writing Helps Addiction Recovery

WATCH – MEDIA: WORDS MATTER – Sept. 6, 2021 - It’s been my passion, it’s my relief. I would love to tell you I got clean and started my skateboard company and everything was happy, but it doesn’t work th... Read More...

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Golf Memorial Raises $20,000 for Addiction Prevention

WATCH – UNBEARABLE TRAGEDY – Sept. 4, 2021 - “He stayed clean for about nine months then he relapsed, unfortunately,” Smith said. “People said, ‘well, did you try this and did you try that?’ I appreciate what ... Read More...

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Doing the Dance Between Life and Death with Orthorexia Nervosa

WATCH – IF FOOD BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, EAT ON – Sept. 5, 2021 - When she began her recovery, she was able to trace many of her challenges back to the impact of growing up with a difficult home life. She lo... Read More...

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Popular Drinks With More Sugar Than Soda

WATCH – WHY AMERICA IS SO SICK – August 18, 2021 - Snapple Apple We have the same concerns for Snapple Apple that we do for Minute Maid lemonade. Of the 47 grams of total sugar, 42 of them are added—that’s a l... Read More...

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How Diet Affects Mental Health

YOU FEEL WHAT YOU EAT – Sept. 9, 2021 - The old saying goes “you are what you eat,” but a recent study finds it may be more accurate to say your mood is what you eat. Researchers from Binghamton Universi... Read More...

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Royce da 5’9” Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety

WATCH – DA BEST RAP IS SOBER RAP? – Sept. 10, 2021 - This is ‘Tiny Desk,’ the world famous ‘Tiny Desk,’ at the world famous Heaven Studios,” Royce said shortly after opening his 18-minute set with “God Speed.” “Th... Read More...

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John Mulaney on His Addiction and Recovery

WATCH – WHERE HE’S AT – Sept. 12, 2021 - The Chicago native also revealed that he was expecting his first child with Munn and reflected on his future, adding, “You guys saved me from drugs, and Olivia and this... Read More...

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Opioids Have Valid Medical Uses

OPINION by Maia Szalavitz – Sept. 12, 2021 - But opioids are not cigarettes. And as the opioid settlements finally near completion, it is crucial not to misapply lessons learned from tobacco. Fundamentally, th... Read More...

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Addiction Specialists ‘Massive Conflict of Interest’ for Ties to Drug-Testing Industry

ONLY IN CANADA (haha) – Sept. 12, 2021 - “Most of us have to pay crazy amounts of money to use the companies owned by the same group of doctors who dictate our return-to-work requirements,” said Victoria nurse... Read More...

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Megan Fox’s “Pretty Severe Eating Disorder”

VULNERABILITY IS BEAUTIFUL – Sept 9, 2021 - “However, at a certain point, I went through some trauma in childhood and I developed a pretty severe eating disorder and manic depression, which runs in my fa... Read More...

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Stores Have More Time to Submit Cigarette Warnings

COUGH UP A LUNG ON US? – Sept. 1, 2021 - Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers that create their own cigarette advertisements are required to file a plan with the FDA that includes the schedule for ro... Read More...

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Seattle Overdose Task Force Calls for Decriminalization of ALL DRUGS

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP DYING – Sept. 2, 2021 - With respect to psychedelics, the group’s one-page summary said that “municipalities, in the state of Washington and elsewhere, that have an independent ordinance crimi... Read More...

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Pill Mill-ions: America’s Lucrative, Criminally Resilient Quasi-Legal Drug Dealing Enterprise by Christopher Dale

GIVE THEM A DOSE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE – Sept. 11, 2021 - Nurse, we need a prescription pad and a lawyer, STAT. Oh, and refer the patient to the county morgue. According to medical professionals direc... Read More...

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Can a Vaccine Fight Opioid Epidemic?

IN THE BRAIN? – Sept. 7, 2021 - A similar vaccine that prevents opioids from reaching the brain also is being developed by Virginia Tech researchers. This vaccine was developed by Marco Pravetoni, a U... Read More...

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Young Cannabis Users Twice as Likely to Have Heart Attacks

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG – Sept. 7, 2021 - The study did not research how cannabis affects heart health, Ladha said, but he noted that previous research showed the drug can affect a user’s heart rate.&nbs... Read More...

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