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Addiction Recovery

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Extra Payments Motivate Sobriety & Employment for People Recovering from Addiction

Cash is King – April 20, 2020 - In a report on the study, described in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health online Feb. 21, the investigators say their intervention could be used widely in low-inc... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusRecovery

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Heather Locklear Celebrates 1 Year of Sobriety with Empowering Message from Maya Angelou

The Wisdom of Recovery – April 21, 2020 - “I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one,”... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity Sobriety

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JACK OSBOURNE Celebrates 17 Years of Sobriety

Maturity is Attractive – April 21, 2020 - I surrendered to the fact that I will never be a ‘normal’ drinker and that drugs and alcohol will only ever lead to bad things for me. I went to meetings, worked ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery

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‘Zoom fatigue’ is taxing the brain. Here’s why it happens.

Sobering information – APRIL 24, 2020 - This leads to problems in which group video chats become less collaborative and more like siloed panels, in which only two people at a time talk while the rest listen. Be... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousApril 28 2020CoronavirusRecoveryRehab

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Eminem Celebrates 12 Years of Sobriety

Clean Dozen – April 20, 2020 - Posting a photo of Eminem holding up his sober accomplishment chip, Royce Da 5’9” corrected his ten-year achievement to twelve years and wrote a touching message on social media. ... Read More...

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Recovery and sobriety during quarantine

Good time to be awake – April 18, 2020 - Stuber explained that a sense of community is key for those struggling with addiction and mental illness. “It is critically important that you’re able to connect with... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Recovery

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Women recovering from human trafficking and addiction making masks for nonprofit

Not for Halloween! – April 11, 2020 - The projects are helping keep the lights on. “That’s almost two months of rent,” Smith says. “And right now, while the women aren’t working, we have to pay for all their... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Coronavirus

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The Importance of Getting Someone Off Drugs

Meds can be tricky – April 11, 2020 - This isn’t hard to imagine since we’re talking about people who often haven’t experienced a state that isn’t chemically influenced for many years. It’s not exactly a surpri... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020RecoveryRehab

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‘I was slow-killing myself!’ Comedian Robert Webb reveals battle with alcoholism

No Laughing Matters of the Heart – April 12, 2020 - The mitral valve is a small flap in the heart that stops blood flowing the wrong way and if there are issues with it it can affect how blood flows around the ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 21 2020

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The Scary Relationship Between Vaping and Coronavirus

Vent-O-Later – April 13, 2020 - Research on vaping’s long-term health effects is still limited. But given what we know about smoking, COVID-19 and other respiratory infections, health experts confidently say th... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020CoronavirusVaping

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Officials, health experts worry coronavirus will set back opioid fight

Staying on the defensive – April 10, 2020 - Only three months ago, when reported U.S. coronavirus cases were in the single digits, the Trump administration celebrated some rare good news in the battle against o... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Coronavirusopioids

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CJ Sparxx on Sobriety: ‘My Life Only Gets Better Every Day’

Better not Easier – April 18, 2020 - The Playboy model, and Instagram influencer bares more than her body on social media with her honesty and gratitude for her sobriety. “My life only gets better every d... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery

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Is COVID-19 triggering your eating disorder?

Make Peace with your Pantry – April 16, 2020 - This is objectively a difficult time and self-care has never been more important. ” A person might also feel triggered by the increased conversations surrounding f... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020CoronavirusEating Disorder

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Pop Singer Drea Jeann’s Battle with Addiction

Papa don't preach... – April 15, 2020 - I couldn’t continue living the way I was. I was either going to die, or get clean at that point. I wished death upon myself numerous times, and even tried. It was extremely se... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Seth Rogen on smoking weed during quarantine

Rehabs Get Ready for BONGERS – April 17, 2020 - Rogen turned 38 on April 15 and to celebrate the day, his wife Lauren Miller had some of Rogen’s pals drive by and wish happy birthday, which suited the “Superbad... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020CoronavirusmarijuanaMental Health

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“Reclaiming My Life,” New Book on Addiction, Recovery, & Healing

When a son dies too young – March 2, 2020 - Maryland mother and wife, Tammy Lofink, experienced a parent’s worst nightmare when her son Robert Mason Lofink died of an overdose. Out of a strong desire to help ot... Read More...

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Good Morning Destroyer of Men’s Souls: a memoir

When romance and substance abuse collide – April 17, 2020 - But, as Oakland writer Nina Renata Aron points out in “Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls,” her own unflinching new memoir of addiction, romance and co... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Celebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction

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Shelter in Place is an Invitation to Sober Up

Privacy to Change – April 11, 2020 - My life has become infinitely more interesting since I ditched the drink, but this did not happen in my first few months of getting sober. The truth is, your sobriety evolve... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Recovery

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He Spent 20 Years Battling Addiction. Now Fitness Is Helping Him Stay Sober.

How It WorkOuts – APR 15, 2020 - Back to 2015, when I was withdrawing in bed, unable to eat or even drink water. My son, who was 8-years-old at the time, started to recognize that something was seriously wrong with ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 21 2020

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How America’s ‘Bedlam’ Became Jails and Streets

From Bad to Worse to the Streets – April 17, 2020 - Over the course of the late 20th century, psychiatric hospitals emptied out about 1.4 million of their patients in a process of de-institutionalization. But m... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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“America’s Other Epidemic” by Beth Macy author of DOPESICK

from The Atlantic – May 2020 - Nikki thought about going back. But then she remembered one of her last conversations with her grandmother. She had forbidden Nikki from going to a certain friend’s house. They’d both ... Read More...

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Walmart Under Criminal Investigation for Opioid Sales

Blue Coated Drug Dealers – April 13, 2020 - In her letter to Special Master David Cohen, Singer cited a recent ProPublica article that revealed that the U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Texas sought to ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Big PharmaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioids

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Addiction battle unabated in Kensington

Hooked - WATCH in Horror – April 18, 2020 - Flynn also talked to Michael, a man born and raised in the Kensington neighborhood, who says he is not planning on leaving the area. He’s a recovering addict, so he’s... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Coronavirus

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Coronavirus: Gabor Maté on How Your Past Is Affecting Your Present

Be Here Now – April 8, 2020 - This came at the right time for me. A reminder to stop scrolling, as I was using my technology as a way to avoid some powerful feelings of grief which this current situation ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Coronavirus

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Psychiatrists Count on Teletherapy to Reach Isolated Patients

Face to FaceTime Therapy – April 9, 2020 - There are now also even fewer in-person treatment options for some of the most acutely mentally ill in New York, Muskin says; the psychiatric wards at Columbia, where ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020cell phoneCoronavirus

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America’s having a nervous breakdown. Can telemedicine fix it?

It Will Take More Than That – April 9, 2020 - For therapists, there’s an added challenge of building trust with their patients when there’s a digital barrier between them. “So much of counseling has to do... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020cell phoneCoronavirusRecovery

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I’m Struggling to Stay Sober. AA Zoom Meetings Are Keeping Me Afloat

Better Than Nothing! – April 5, 2020 - The grace of being saved that night was too precious to squander — a gift I was determined to live up to although I was terrified of what my life would be like without alc... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 14 2020

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Trey Anastasio Shares New Song

Phishing for Answers – April 6, 2020 - "Are You There Colleen?” is the 10th new song shared by Trey Anastasio since the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic led him to join millions of others sheltering in place and u... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020Celebrity SobrietyCoronavirus

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Our Health Is in Danger. Wellness Wants to Fill the Void. Can it?

Very Disturbing READ – April 6, 2020 - The caption is riveting. Bacon has assembled a menagerie of emoji — toadstool, ringed planet, garlic bulb, DNA double-helix, lathered bar of soap, the yin and yang symbol ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020

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Dear Abby: Friendship with alcoholic causes guilt, sorrow

Ab-alon? – April 5, 2020 - Dear Enabler: I have two suggestions for you, and I hope you will avail yourself of both. The first is to go online to al-anon.org to find the nearest location for meetings (you will ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 14 2020