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God’s Storehouse Soup Kitchen expands

WATCH – HUMAN INTEREST STORY – May 7, 2021 - An old store sitting off Old Town Street may not look like much, but one day it’ll be everything the town needs. “We are all together; if you can look around you ... Read More...

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Processed foods making you sick?

IF IT’S IN A PACKAGE, IT’S PROCESSED – May 7, 2021 - Scientists already knew prior to this study that the Western diet of heavily processed foods was linked to health issues. “Broad changes in societal dieta... Read More...

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Q&A with Peter Werth, CEO of Recovery T’s n’ Things

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 29, 2021 - Peter Werth was born in South La and raised in a poor area of El Monte. My dad was a WW2 POW and when he came to America he carried back a lot of turmoil wi... Read More...

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If your teenager was addicted to opioids, would you know?

TURNING HEARTACHE INTO HEALING – May 5, 2021 - I am an anesthesiologist who administers fentanyl every day to patients. I have also heartbreakingly lost both of my adult sons to accidental opioid overdoses. I c... Read More...

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Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict In 26 Hours

WATCH – DID DO HARM – April 30, 2021 - They had a short break on Friday before returning to one of the longest running deliberations in the history of the Oklahoma County courthouse. “They’ve never told us t... Read More...

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Sobriety Makes Our Sex Life So Much Hotter

AND NO MORE SUNRISE DESPERATION – May 4, 2021 - What was your sex life like before you got sober? TAWNY: My sex life was very performative. It was for the other person. I had fun and it felt good—don’t... Read More...

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How Addicts Survived COVID

WATCH – CHEERLEADERS FOR SOBRIETY – May 6, 2021 - Max Hyde- 2 days agoAs an opioid addict of 10 years, I survived Covid by finally getting clean. Got some Kratom from a local head shop, used that lightly instea... Read More...

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Rapper, producer create music on addiction, recovery

MUSICAL EXPRESSION – May 7, 2021 - Lerner enrolled in the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami to study hip-hop. But college brought its own pressure, and Lerner began to self-medicate, turnin... Read More...

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The Sacklers Launched OxyContin. Everyone Knows It!

GREED KILLS, GREED KILLED – May 6, 2021 - Before Richard Sackler—father of David Sackler, who’s married to Joss—became president of Purdue Pharma, he played a central role in the company’s launch of OxyContin i... Read More...

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They used drugs as children then turned their lives around. Here’s how!

SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND – May 2, 2021- But when she was 26 years old, a phone call with her father made her realize the “living hell” she had put her family through. That’s when she decided to re... Read More...

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Quote of the Week Salvador Dali

"I don't do drugs, I am drugs." —Salvador Dali, Born May11, 1904 ... Read More...

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A Groundbreaking Groundbreaking – Betty Ford Center’s $30 million expansion

by Ahbra Kaye Yesterday, May 4th, the Addiction/Recovery eBulletin had the opportunity to be part of a groundbreaking, well, groundbreaking. The Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage begins construction of a $3... Read More...

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The Price of Saving a Life

CANADA DOES IT FOR FREE – April 29, 2021 - Naloxone is not a new drug. It was first patented in 1961 as a medication to reverse the common side effect of constipation in patients prescribed opioids, but was approved... Read More...

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Four Good Days’ is a familiar addiction drama, elevated by powerful performances

MEDIA: FILM REVIEW – April 28, 2021 - What sets “Four Good Days” apart from the many other films of its ilk are Close and Kunis, who sharpen and elevate its well-worn contours with vivid performances that are h... Read More...

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‘Positive parenting’ can buffer against alcoholism in adulthood

STICK WITH THE WAFERS – April 28, 2021 - “Parents establish norms around drinking in childhood and adolescence and their attitudes and behaviour can influence their offspring’s use. What our study has shown is that ... Read More...

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2020: Worst year for drug overdoses in recorded history

WATCH – AMERICAN DEATH MARCH – April 26, 2021 - “I really don’t see our workload going down significantly for 2021,” added Dr. Jim Caruso, the chief medical examiner in Denver. “The first couple of months of 20... Read More...

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Addiction Is Not A Moral Failing

LISTEN – ERASING STIGMA WITH ART – April 28, 2021 - VOLKOW: I’m a painter myself. And I was struck by the intensity of his images. HAMILTON: When the scientist and the artist finally met, they found... Read More...

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Treatment center using art to bust addiction stigma

WATCH – SKETCH NOT SKETCHY – April 27, 2021 - The staff at the Walker Center said their focus this month is on spreading awareness and reducing the stigma associated with alcohol addiction. They offer outpatien... Read More...

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New Guidelines For Opioid Treatment Are A ‘Big Deal’

LISTEN – LET THE HEALING BEGIN – April 27, 2021 - “Some physicians actually don’t want to prescribe it because they don’t want to go to the extra burden of doing the training,” says Dr. Nora Volkow, director of... Read More...

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The Case for Legalizing Heroin

NO MORE FENTANYL!!! – April 29, 2021 - The addiction researcher Carl Hart argues against the distinction between hard and soft drugs. Hart, who was one of the first Black scientists to attain tenure at Columbia... Read More...

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Powerful memoir of addiction and hope

MEDIA: BOOK REVIEW – April 30, 2021 - So many of her family members — her parents and her children, a brother and former husbands in particular — were addicted to drugs and alcohol, as she was, and were in and ... Read More...

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Million $ Listing star Fredrik Eklund Shares Sobriety Milestone

WATCH – MILLION DOLLAR FAMILY – April 30, 2021 - Eklund also thanked MDLNY for allowing him to be his most vulnerable. “The miscarriages, having the kids, getting married … all of these things leading up to ... Read More...

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‘RHOC’ Star Braunwyn Windham-Burke’s ‘Gift’ of Sobriety

WATCH – REALITY UNWRAPPED – April 29, 2021 - After 2020, like many others, she’s found benefits of slowing down as well. “I now realize that pausing is important, to take a moment to reflect and know that... Read More...

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Kelly Osbourne Opens Up About Relapsing

WATCH – CAN A PICKLE EVER BE A CUCUMBER AGAIN? – April 27, 2021- “I don’t know why my nervous breakdown happened at the end of the lockdown, I made it all the way through, everything was great, and my life was perfe... Read More...

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Q&A with Founder of Healing House in Kansas City, Bobbi Jo Reed

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – May 4, 2021 - Bobbi-Jo Reed is a person in long-term recovery with 25 years of continuous sobriety. She has provided safe, transitional housing for thousands of individuals over the pa... Read More...

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FDA official who approved OxyContin got $400,000 gig at Purdue Pharma a year later

GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOR SALE — May 2, 2021 - Purdue Pharma's sale of OxyContin, a formulation of the narcotic oxycodone that was said to slow down the release of the strong painkiller when taken as prescribed, h... Read More...

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A Survivor’s Perspective on San Francisco’s Drug Crisis

WHAT CAN BE DONE? – April 26, 2021 - Mr. Wolf, whose mother immigrated from Mexico, spoke to the dealers in Spanish and helped them wire money to their families in Honduras. They showed him pictures of the home... Read More...

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The United States Of Meth

SPEEDING TOWARDS OUR DEMISE – April 27, 2021 - As the pills piled up, Jon DeLena was shaken. He’d lived through a spike in cocaine trafficking in Miami in the early 2000s and the dramatic rise in heroin and fen... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side

DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK – Nov. 16, 2013 - “I didn’t know you could overdose on Suboxone,” Mr. Verrill said in an interview at a federal prison in Otisville, N.Y. “We were just a bunch of friends getting high and... Read More...

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How Bad is Pandemic Drinking Problem for Women?

TWELVE STEPS ARE WAITING – April 21, 2021 - Even before the pandemic began, some Americans were drinking significantly more alcohol than they had in decades past — with damaging consequences. In 2020, researche... Read More...

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