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Sober living, addiction treatment conflicts return to lawmakers’ crosshairs

The good, the bad and the ugly – Dec. 4, 2020 - On Thursday, Dec. 3, three Congress members introduced a bill aimed at improving the quality of care offered to recovering addicts living in sober living homes. ... Read More...

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Tallulah Willis Credits Mom, Demi Moore, for Her Sobriety

Sober mother, sober daughter – December 3, 2020 - Willis also said she finds herself “becoming mother in the most complimentary way” and feels that Moore is someone she can “really draw from.” “She’s even,... Read More...

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Has Diana’s Bulimia Taught Us Nothing?

Weighing the Alternatives – December 3, 2020 - That’s when she started the binge-purge cycle; uncontrollably eating large quantities of food before forcing herself to vomit. “I’d go to the corner shop and buy a... Read More...

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The Social Media Addiction Bubble

Thumbs Down – Nov. 30, 2020 - The September debut of “The Social Dilemma” on Netflix sounded this alarm for millions of viewers. The documentary centers on Tristan Harris, the former Google engineer who has ... Read More...

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Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love

Now more than ever... – Dec. 2020 - In the general Buddhist style of befriending complexity through simplicity and with his particular gift for simple words strung into a rosary of immense wisdom radiating imm... Read More...

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IMAGINE – John Lennon & Yoko Ono Live at New York City Benefit

WATCH – Imagine – 12/8/2020 - October 9, 1940, Liverpool - December 8, 1980, New York City more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpLSN-D05Z8&feature=youtu.be ... Read More...

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12 Step Meetings: What is was like, what happened and what it’s like now!

Hindsight IS Indeed 2020 – by Dr. Don Grant, MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV, PhD November 27, 2020 - In the early 2000’s, I began to notice sobriety support “chat rooms” online, and online recovery opportunities inc... Read More...

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FDA Study Shows Severe Perils of Benzodiazepines

WATCH – Valium, Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, oh my – Dec. 2, 2020 - The FDA has not produced a report on the hundreds of thousands of complaints that have been made to them about BZDs, but just 104 “focused case se... Read More...

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From A.A. to Zoom – Treatment Goes Online

An Alphabet Soup of Recovery – November 28, 2020 - Though online rehab rose as an emergency stopgap measure, people in the field say it is likely to become a permanent part of the way substance abuse is treate... Read More...

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Sobriety: an indigenous woman tells her story

WATCH – Struggles and successes – Nov./Dec. 2020 - ‘Turning Points’ continues: stories produced, directed and told by indigenous people from Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, part of an empowerment... Read More...

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Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network Convened for First Summit

Still working to heal... – Nov. 24, 2020 - “Collaboration is powering 21st century health care, and that’s what our Patient Care Network and this annual summit are all about – working together and learning fro... Read More...

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Celebrities who have discussed sobriety in 2020

Talk is cheap? – Nov. 28, 2020 - In some cases, stars speak out to help provide support to other addicts and show a pathway to sobriety. While others share their stories for a sense of freedom and to be open w... Read More...

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Drug deaths were on rise locally; then the virus hit

The American way of death – Now, 2020 - Overdose deaths have spiked in San Diego County this year, as an already worsening drug epidemic collides with the coronavirus pandemic. Over the summer, that amounted to... Read More...

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‘Recovery is possible’: beating drug addiction to spread hope

Never stop trying ... it pays off with life – Nov. 29, 2020 - Henry continued to use and would go on to fail more than 50 drug tests administered through Indiana Department of Child Services, who still allowed ... Read More...

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Thanksgiving has new meaning for former gang member

WATCH – Grateful for a new slice of turkey and sober life – Nov. 28, 2020 - “I never really was thankful for life,” Pennebaker said. He served prison time, and he came to Longview in 2017. At one point, he was h... Read More...

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Weirdest Mental Health Tips For Winter

Freezing My Depression Off – November 27, 2020 - Immerse Your Head In Water "Feeling anxious? Bend over, hold your breath, and immerse put your face in a bowl of cold water for up to 60 seconds. This... Read More...

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New Addiction Framework to Empower Patients and Reduce Stigma

A time of reason... – Nov. 27, 2020 - Pickard then writes about neuroscientist Marc Lewis’ learning model, which considers both the disease and choice model problematic. While the choice model demonizes the ad... Read More...

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Hulu series on opioid addiction will star Michael Keaton

MEDIA: DOPESICK by Beth Macy hits the small screen – November 27, 2020 - Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Keaton will executive produce and star alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Rosario Dawson and Kaitlyn Dever.... Read More...

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Ex-49ers linebacker Aldon Smith addresses his troubled past

We all have a comeback inside us – Nov. 27, 2020 - “When I drank, it was always to numb,” he said. “It was to not be anxious. It was to be liked. It was for me to like myself because I didn’t know who I was, an... Read More...

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5 Reasons to Start Addiction Treatment

And to stay alive – Nov. 23, 2020 - Everyone knows that tobacco causes cancer, and severe dental problems can happen due to the use of methamphetamine. It is common to hear about deaths occurring due to drug ov... Read More...

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Stimulants Are Increasingly Involved in Overdoses of Young People

SPEED KILLS – Nov. 23, 2020 - Hadland says while there are few options to treat stimulant addiction, efforts to deal with the opioid epidemic should make special consideration of young people and other drugs. ... Read More...

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Sober Sonnet

How to Recover In Iambic Pentameter – November 28, 2020 - Everything that I loved, I cared about no more, A vast of emptiness, I tried again and again to ignore. Drugs and alcohol were my escape, One ... Read More...

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World’s most prestigious consulting firm proposed paying CVS rebates for OxyContin Overdoses

As the Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Dead – Nov. 27, 2020 - When Purdue Pharma agreed last month to plead guilty to criminal charges involving OxyContin, the Justice Department noted the role an unidentified consul... Read More...

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The Other Health Crisis: A Resurgent Drug Epidemic

The Opiate of the Masses is Opioids – November 28, 2020 - More than 70 public health organizations in a Tuesday letter to Biden urged him to elevate the head of the White House drug office into his Cabinet, ci... Read More...

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Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty

As Guilty as Josef Mengele – Nov. 24, 2020 - Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally admitting its role in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of de... Read More...

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Is Work Addiction Hurting Your Career?

High or Low Bottom Line – November 28, 2020 - “They intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.” —Aldous Huxley. The end result of these differing work styles may look the same ... Read More...

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Miley’s Honest Update About Her Sobriety

Discomfort Zone – November 24, 2020 - Rather than getting mad at herself for going backward on her sobriety journey, Cyrus used the opportunity to figure out what caused the setback. “One of the things I’ve use... Read More...

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This therapist fights online toxicity, one TikTok video at a time

Scrolling for Sanity – November 27, 2020 - The thought of joining TikTok last year made clinical psychologist Julie Smith apprehensivAs the video-sharing app’s popularity was surging in late 2019, it was bette... Read More...

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Man finds hope, gratitude and sobriety

WATCH – From way down, to marriage, work and sobriety – Nov. 26, 2020 - “I got sober right before COVID hit.” As addiction rates began soaring during the pandemic, he kept moving forward. “I told myself t... Read More...

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