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Alcohol Deaths Doubled Since 1999

VIDEO – LIVER DIE – Dec. 2, 2024 - The main causes of alcohol-related death were cardiovascular disease — primarily due to heart attacks and strokes — as well as certain “common and serious cancers” as well as cirrho... Read More...

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A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

READING MATTERS – St. Martin’s Press - Challenging both the idea of the addict’s “broken brain” and the notion of a simple “addictive personality,” The New York Times Bestseller, Unbroken Brain, offers a radical and ... Read More...

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Jersey Shore’s Mike Sorrentino: ‘9 years clean and sober’

VIDEO – THE PROMISES COMING TRUE – Dec. 3, 2024 - He celebrated the major moment on social media with people applauding him for being clean for nine years. It’s hard to forget the emotional episode from Jersey Shore:... Read More...

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Phones in Spain Might Carry Health Warnings

LIKE CIGARETTES? – Dec. 4, 2024 - Proposals include banning digital devices for kids under three and restricting their use for those between three and six, except in rare cases. The report also advises rolling out so... Read More...

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Overdose Survivors: Medical and Mental Challenges

LIFE GOES ON – Dec. 4, 2024 - Surviving overdose is a major sentinel event with significant short- and long-term consequences, depending on the substance involved, severity of the overdose, and timeliness and effecti... Read More...

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Staying Sober This Holiday Season

AUDIO – SHARING THE GOOD NEWS – Dec. 4, 2024 - Former ‘Bachelorette’ contestant Zac Clark shares his path to sobriety and how it... Read More...

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Two Flight Attendants Pulled Off the Job After Failing Sobriety Test

GET YOUR OWN DRINK – Dec. 3, 2024 - Two Delta flight attendants were kicked off their route after failing a breathalyzer test and being deemed too drunk to fly. The first blew 0.024, just over the legal limit of 0.00... Read More...

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Your Deadly Diet?

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Holidays Bring Challenges for People Battling Addiction

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Vermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on Methadone

TOO MUCH TROUBLE? – &nb... Read More...

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Scientists Learn from Coked Up Rats

RAT RACE – Dec. 5, 2024 - A new study of lab rats who were given cocaine is shedding new light on the cognition of addiction. Rats that initially overindulged eventually reduced their consumption. CONTINUE@NYPos... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Tio Hardiman

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 10, 2024 - Tio Hardiman, Executive Director for Violence Interrupters, NFP, Two Time Gubernatorial Candidate, and Former Presidential Candidate, has dedicated his life and career to com... Read More...

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‘Corrupt practices’ by Drug-Treatment Provider Endangered Public

GO TELL IT TO THE JUDGE – Nov. 29, 2024 - Rainier Recovery, which runs centers in Lakewood, Gig Harbor and Puyallup, is accused of altering patient records to maximize profits and employing unqualified staff, accordi... Read More...

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Addiction Recovery Care Closes More Facilities

ANOTHER TWO BITE THE DUST – Dec. 5, 2024 - Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) has temporarily closed at least two more facilities, officials told WYMT Thursday. (ARC) continues to face significant challenges due to ... Read More...

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Many View Substance Abuse as a Health Issue – But In Many States It’s a CRIME

JAIL’S CHEAPER THAN REHAB – Dec. 6, 2024 - The American Medical Association’s annual report on the overdose crisis, released last month, repeatedly accused insurance companies of violating federal laws that require t... Read More...

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Lily Allen never ‘had sex’ with anyone ‘not drunk’…

THEM OR HER? – Nov. 30, 2024 - The “Smile” singer confessed she’s never “had sex” with a partner “not drunk” until she married her current husband, “Stranger Things” star David Harbour. “We don’t really talk... Read More...

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What a New Trump Administration Could Mean for Addiction Treatment by Adi Jaffe Ph.D.

INCARCERATION FOR ADDICTS – Dec. 5, 2024 - Trump’s “Agenda 47” proposes an aggressive stance against drug trafficking and addiction, including measures such as naval embargoes on cartels and the death penalty f... Read More...

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BREAKING NEWS! ACADIA HEALTHCARE: CORRUPT AS SIN

ANYTHING FOR A BUCK – “That business has been built on deception, a New York Times investigation found.” Dec. 7, 2024 - The the country’s largest for-profit chain of 165 methadone clinics has generated more ... Read More...

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Investigation of Deaths at San Francisco’s Largest Publicly Funded Rehab

VIDEO – WHO IS AT FAULT? – Dec. 3, 2024 - Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie and reporter Maggie Angst spent 10 months investigating deaths inside San Francisco’s largest publicly funded addiction treatment provi... Read More...

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What Is Brain Rot?

BEYOND DENMARK? – Dec. 1, 2024 - Brain rot is defined as the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial ... Read More...

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Breaking Down Stigmas Around Addiction

TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 4, 2024 - Stigmas can result in poor mental health, physical harm, lack of understanding and fewer opportunities. I saw this firsthand with my brother and the stigmas that were put onto h... Read More...

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Native Youth Connect To Break Cycles of Addiction

FOLLOW YOUR ROOTS – Nov. 30, 2024 - The boys, who range in age from 12 to 17, are part of a 90-day youth residential treatment program, a Portland-based nonprofit founded in 1970 to provide culturally competent addic... Read More...

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‘A Want in Her’ Review: A Daughter’s Shattering Testament to Her Mother’s Alcoholism

MUST SEE – Nov. 21, 2023 - In her extraordinary debut feature, Irish artist and filmmaker Myrid Carten fixes her camera, when possible, on her erratic, alcoholic mother Nuala —On a busy Belfast shopping street, in br... Read More...

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Gracyn Tanche Is Recovering From Addiction ‘OUT-LOUD’

AUDIO – A DIFFERENT TRIBE NOW – Nov. 27, 2024 - “I didn’t think in a million years I’d ever make it,” the 35-year-old mother of one said from her home. “I have struggled with addiction through the majority of my adul... Read More...

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Life-Saving Opioid Treatments Lacking in NC Rehabs

VIDEO – A SHAME – Nov. 27, 2024 - Chelsea Moore never imagined she’d be advocating for better addiction treatment options. Three years ago, she hit rock bottom after overdosing while pregnant. “I was with very exp... Read More...

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Popular Musician Shares Sobriety Struggle

EVERYTHING’S DIFFERENT – Nov. 26, 2024 - It’s been four years and five months since Sam Tutanuak of Rankin Inlet had a drink of alcohol or a puff of marijuana. Tutanuak, 57, who now resides in Iqaluit, said believ... Read More...

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Catholics in Recovery

AUDIO – THE HIGHEST POWER – Nov. 25, 2024 - Catholic in Recovery is “a nonprofit organization that seeks to serve those suffering from addictions and unhealthy attachments,” such as alcohol and drug abuse, gambling, ... Read More...

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California On Drugs?

OR NOT? – Nov. 26, 2024 - The song and the concept are called California sober: the idea that you can be considered drug free if the only substance you use is cannabis. (Booze, in moderation, sometimes gets a pass, t... Read More...

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Lion’s Gate Recovery Gives 2 Full-ride Scholarships For Sobriety Seekers

VIDEO – ‘TIS THE SEASON OF GIVING – Nov. 22, 2024 - “Watching families come back together that, by all means, addiction had destroyed, that’s what we’re doing here,” said Kelly Cluff, director of marketing and admiss... Read More...

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‘I watched porn morning, noon and night’

UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS – Nov. 29, 2024 - Shaun Flores was 11 years old when he first started watching porn, after being introduced to it by a friend. “I was hooked almost immediately,” the now 30-year-old says. ... Read More...

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