Murderers Lose Appeals of Opioid Convictions MONEY TALKS EVERYONE WALKS – August 25, 2021 - He remains the highest-ranking pharmaceutical executive convicted for helping fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. His co-defendants Michael Gurry, Sunrise Lee... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Chrissy Teigen: I was “Basically A Functioning Alcoholic” YOU GET YOUR FEELINGS BACK – August 25, 2021 - Chrissy Teigen has opened up about her relationship with alcohol and revealed that she’s dealing with unresolved trauma over losing her baby last year. Chrissy... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Nashville’s Broadway Called ‘alcoholic theme park’ MUST WATCH – JACK DANIELS TILT-A-WHIRL – August 26, 2021 - There’s no shortage of headlines that highlight exactly what’s happening on Lower Broadway in Nashville. From a security guard being attacked to... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecovery
Dreamland Author Pens Second Book On Addiction MEDIA: THE LEAST OF US by SAM QUINONES – August 26, 2021 - The Least of Us deepens the story of our nation’s opioid epidemic, including the spread of mass supplies of synthetic drugs, as well as delving into the ne... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rudy Giuliani Denies Being an Alcoholic HE TOOK THE FIFTH – August 27, 2021 - “I’m a functioning, I probably function more effectively than 90 percent of the population,” Giuliani added. The former mayor was responding to recently published claims by hig... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMental Health
Nordkraft — Painful, Lyrical Operatic Trip into Addiction BRING IT TO AMERICA – August 26, 2010 - Those qualities alone would be enough to make Nordkraft operatic. But in this case, Ejersbo’s novel is best put to one side. Nordkraft the opera trades in the psychologi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecovery
Is Phone-Snubbing a Sign of Mental Illness? LET ME CHECK GOOGLE – August 25, 2021 - “Some people who have high social anxiety or depression are more likely to be addicted to their smartphone,” says the study’s lead author, Juhyung Sun, from the Un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Tim McGraw ‘Went Straight’ to Faith Hill to Get Sober WATCH – LOVE CONQUERS ALL – August 26, 2021- McGraw previously told PEOPLE that whiskey was his drink of choice, but that he had difficulty limiting the amount he drank, and that it got “to the point where I f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Legislature May Reexamine Forced Sobriety Program ATTRACTION NOT COERCION – August 25, 2021 - The law originally limited the program to people with a previous drug or alcohol conviction. But the 2019 amendment expanded the program to people accused but not co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Today! International Overdose Awareness Day PRAYER FOR THE DYING August 31, 2021 - “He grew up in a good decent home,” said Campos’ grandmother. “He had trouble sleeping.” Her grandson took a pill given to him by a friend to help him sleep, and it was lac... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Do You Have an Addictive Personality? TOO MUCH ISN’T ENOUGH – August 27, 2021 - Approximately 10% of the population will develop a personality that is addictive. This type of individual will develop harmful, self-destructive, compulsive beha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
Quote of the Week – Charlie Watts “I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.” —Charlie Watts ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerlife expectancyRecovery
Have AA Meetings Become Superspreader Events? by Christopher Dale MASK UP! – EXCLUSIVE by Christopher Dale for the Addiction/Recovery eBulletin August 24, 2021 - Alcoholics Anonymous is supposed to save lives, not risk them. And that, in ten words, is why if... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why Hospitals and Insurers Don’t Want You to See These Prices? MO MONEY MO MONEY MO MONEY AND SCREW YOU – August 22, 2021 - “We do not post standard cash rates, which typically will not reflect the price of care for uninsured patients.” Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angele... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Jessica Wilde: She Chose Sobriety On “Daylight” WATCH (X-rated) – LIVING THE SOBER LIFE – August 20, 2021 - Filmed and edited by Nathaniel, and direction and styled by Toby Corton, the visual takes place in a somewhat sketchy-looking hotel room as Wil... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Luring Its Youth Into Tight Grip Of Addiction KASHMIR BLUES – August 18, 2021 - That first encounter with charas happened on a day Murad would never forget, and not because of his introduction to charas. It was the day he’d won a local football comp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancymarijuanaopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoverysmokingteenagersTrauma
Quantifying Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction Among People in Drug Treatment Programs HELPFUL AND USEFUL – August 16, 2021 - Shrestha and Copenhaver, who are both researchers in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, have been studying drug treatment interventions and HIV prevention am... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Drug Addiction Took My Congregant’s Life A RABBI MOURNS – August 17, 2021 - Although our community had grown close to him, I had no idea that Jeff struggled with addiction until it took his life. Who knows what opportunities may have been open ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthOverdoseTrauma
Q&A with Kristabell Stansbury, CEO Chrysalis CC HEALING IN THE ROCKIES – August 17, 2021 - Hi Kristabell, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today? I was born and raised in what used to be... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Pandemic Changes Young People’s Relationship to Substances CLOSER? – August 18, 2021 - By the end of 2020, Tan said she was finishing multiple bottles in one night—until one particularly jarring experience forced her to reflect on her habit. “I remember there was a sn... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Bravo’s Captain Sandy Marks 33 Years of Sobriety ANCHORED IN THE PROGRAM – August 17, 2021 - A lot of hard work has gone into maintaining that sobriety for more than three decades, a process that Captain Sandy has been open about on Below Deck Me... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What Can Surfing Tell Us About Addiction? BOOK REVIEW – July 8, 2021 - How convincing this book is as a therapeutic primer, I am utterly unqualified to judge. What I can say is that you don’t need to love or even be interested in surfing to feel passa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Why We Missed Hugs WARMTH AND AFFECTION – August 16, 2021 - Similar to regular hunger, touch hunger serves as an alert that something important is missing – in this case, the sense of security, intimacy, and care that come... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
The Hidden Pandemic: Addiction NO VACCINE ‘CEPT GOD – August 20, 2021 - Because many who are already addicts are having to self-isolate or remain at home during a lockdown, there is also great risk of overdose. Emergency services are ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Lisa Riley ‘so bloody happy’ celebrating six years of sobriety LIVING THE SOBER LIFE ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME – August 19, 2021 - Well done young lady,’ a Twitter user replied. Another posted: ‘Well done x I’m at 8 years x you are a lovely and beautiful lady x.’ ‘Congratula... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
10 Things Marlee Matlin Suggests Doing Now NOW AND FOREVER – August 9, 2021 - 6. Get good sleep I used to go to bed at 2 or 3 a.m. and sleep till noon. Now I like going to bed at 9:30. I need my energy to do the things I have to do during t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
ERs New Approach To Those Who Struggle With Addiction LOVE THEM – August 21, 2021 - For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she treated people with mental illness but f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehab
The CIA Helped Export Opium From Afghanistan WATCH – BIG PHARMA’S BIG PARTNER – Sept. 19, 2015 - In the same month, it was reported that opium production is stronger than ever in Afghanistan, which now produces 90 percent of the world’s supply of t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionopioid crisisOverdoseWar On Drugs
Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Claims 6 Lives in 8 Days FATAL LINE – August 17, 2021 - “We collectively urge that anyone who has purchased cocaine, or other narcotics, recently on the North Fork or Shelter Island, or know of a family member or friend that has purchased,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Stevie Nicks on Drug addiction: ‘I survived by myself’ YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY – August 18, 2021 - Nicks added that the concept of publishing her life story has taken her years to think about. If she ever did, she added, it would need to be chopped up into four di... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab