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Treating addiction during the pandemic

Recommendations – Apr 10, 2020 - In-person meetings are not just a means to find social connections, they provide accountability. Members have to be accountable to their sponsor or other members in ... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousApril 14 2020Coronavirus

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Bank Employees Call 911 While Robbery Suspect Pauses for Alcoholic Drink

Probably for nerves – April 12, 2020 - Officers subsequently arrived and arrested Gutierrez without incident. He was booked into jail on suspicion of attempted robbery but was released Saturday after posting $30,0... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 14 2020

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Any smoke inhalation is a COVID-19 risk

Quitting Time? – April 10, 2020 -You’re already making your body fight off foreign particles before it even has to fight off the infection.” Dr. Mitchell Glass, a pulmonologist and spokesperson for the... Read More...

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Lena Dunham celebrates two years of sobriety

Girls! Gone Not So Wild – April 10, 2020 - The 33-year-old writer and actress posted a carefree and fresh-faced picture of herself smiling in her pajamas, next to a long and heartfelt caption which updated foll... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020Celebrity SobrietyRecovery

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Telehealth for addiction during a pandemic

Dr. Watson, Come Here, I want you – April 11, 2020 - The rules were revised in order to promote physical distancing, and thus decrease the spread of COVID-19. But the change has also profoundly improved the ability ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addiction

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Addiction treatment center adapts to social distancing amid pandemic

Census 100% – April 10, 2020 - “We were getting more and more recoveries,” Beste said. “Initially when social distancing started, our providers sat together and all talked and decided we are absolutely e... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020CoronavirusRecovery

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Charity compares homosexuality to drug addiction

Not Satire – April 10, 2020 - Last week, the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse opened at tent hospital in Central Park to help hospitals that are overflowing with patients. The organization, which got $700 mill... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020

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Who’s Drinking While Working From Home

Everyone working from home? – April 9, 2020 - If you find yourself or anyone in your household reaching for the bottle as a coping mechanism too often, it can be cause for concern, especially considering the current... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 14 2020

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Ex-Yankees, Mets star Darryl Strawberry’s powerful call for sobriety during coronavirus pandemic

Advice from a Slugger... – April 6, 2020 - The slugger-turned-St. Louis pastor shared a message for those struggling to stay sober during the coronaviruspandemic, per Newsday. “I think so many people are on ... Read More...

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Courtney Friel on Life as a Party Girl, Recovery, and Sobriety

What a Pro! – April 6, 2020 - One night, I had to edit my story back at the station, so I stopped at a drive-through for a bite before heading to the gas station to pick up a large beer. I emptied out my soda, ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirus

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Incredible Human Damage From OxyContin Dealers Continues to Be Revealed

Dead bodies in all 50 states – April 13, 2020 - A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper published last fall sheds light on Purdue’s role. The researchers, economists from the University of Pennsylv... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020Big Pharmaopioidsoxycontin

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Falling Down a Mountain of Meth – A True Story

A Woman’s Tale – April 2, 2020 - I instantly felt a rush of energy and … happiness. From then on and for the next few years, I used only on an occasional weekend: I was going to college and wasn’t going to let ... Read More...

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America’s new opioid shortage

No Plan for pandemic – April 10, 2020 - While the pandemic is unprecedented, such shortages are not. Health experts say the U.S. government has been slow to strengthen the drug supply chain, despite recent painful r... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020opioids

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Chynna Rogers, Philadelphia rapper, dies of overdose at 25

Hard Drugs Down a Dead End Street – April 11, 2020 - The Philadelphia native signed with the agency Ford Models at age 14 after being discovered at the Six Flags Great Adventure park in New Jersey, according to Pitc... Read More...

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Log Cabin! Historic AA site saved

GOOD NEWS on Robertson Blvd. – April 8, 2020 - According to a WeHo City press release, an agreement was signed this week. The City of West Hollywood will lease the site from Beverly Hills for a period of twelve... Read More...

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Opioid Epidemic Hasn’t Gone Away With COVID-19. It’s Just Harder To Address

Hell hath no fury – APRIL 2, 2020 - If a police officer responds to an overdose, they’ll try to revive the person with Narcan and leave extra with the family. But they don’t go back again. Instead, recovery coa... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020opioids

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For Miami addicts, recovery is tough enough. Then came the virus

Pray for the newcomers – MARCH 29, 2020 - Getting clean is challenging enough in regular times, and the coronavirus has also upended South Florida’s fragile care system for people battling alcohol and substance... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Big Pharma is Big Obstacle to Coronavirus Treatment

They’re at it again – April 2, 2020 - Our exit strategy from the global lockdown depends on the development of an effective vaccine, as is well-known. A huge effort is under way to find such a vaccine, but we c... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Big Pharma

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Debbie Harry reveals her heroin addiction was a ‘drag’ as it took too much effort to track down substances

Blondie or Black Tar? – April 2, 2020 - “I wasn’t taking drugs when I was working, so when I was working I wasn’t taking drugs,” she explained. Harry then went on to reveal that acquiring substances took too... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity SobrietyHeroin Addiction

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NIDA Director outlines risks to people who smoke and do drugs during pandemic

Another GOOD Reason to Quit! – April 2, 2020 - The Ideas and Opinions piece raises several important concerns regarding COVID-19 for specific vulnerable populations, including: Patients with already compromised lu... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Tana Mongeau Opens Up About Recent Struggle with Xanax Addiction

1,763,901 views on YouTube - WTF? – April 1, 2020 - “I spent the next six years continuing to bottle in any emotional pain that I could while I was also snowballing into a bigger and bigger point of fame. Mont... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Celebrity Sobriety

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DOJ unleashes $163 million to fight drug addiction

Unleashes wild dogs? – April 3, 2020 - • Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program, $1.75 million available. This program provides financial and technical assistance to ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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A Family’s Journey Helps Shift the Science of Mental Illness

What Lies Beneath – April 5, 2020 - On how the six brothers presented differently with schizophrenia — Donald, while he was really erratic and very off putting at a younger age is now very sweet and kind in his... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Mental Health

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Why Coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs?

So They Don’t Run Out – April 5, 2020 - UK drug policy and crime experts told CNN they were worried over a growing number of reports of shortages and escalating prices for drugs, as international borders close ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Betty Ford

Tribute to a Pioneer! – Read the history of Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center. @History ... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 7 2020Celebrity Sobriety

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Ryan Leaf Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety

One first down at time – April 3, 2020 - The Ryan Leaf comeback story is one for the ages, and it’s a shining example of what can happen when you put all your efforts into turning your life around. As you ca... Read More...

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Cara Santana poses in towel to mark 16 years of sobriety

More will be revealed – April 3, 2020 - In 2015 she told Origin Magazine: ‘I feel very blessed that at a young age I was able to navigate my battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and through recovery li... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus

Curbside Meds – April 3, 2020 - The two medications, both narcotics, have been shown to be at least twice as effective at helping people stay in recovery from opioid addiction as therapies that do not include medicat... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020Coronavirus

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While Corona Makes Headlines, Opioid Addiction Continues to Kill

Still Feeling No Pain – April 2, 2020 - I grew up in rural, rust belt Pennsylvania. Although the economy and opportunity may be limited in this part of the country, it was a wonderful place to be raised. Small schoo... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 7 2020opioidsOverdose

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Coronavirus is causing a rise in drug and alcohol relapses

Will Rehabs Have Enough Beds? – March 30, 2020 - “Social support and active involvement in the program both play a huge role in recovery,” Hulkow said. “In the absence of these, ‘isolation’ and ‘emotional distress’ ... Read More...

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