Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Teens Mental Health – Anxiety and Smartphones

CHILDHOOD CANCELED – April 3, 2024 - Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation,” published last week, argues that the smartphone-driven “great rewiring of childhood” is causing an “epidemic ... Read More...

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Los Angeles County Library Offers Narcan Clinics

BOOKS SAVE LIVES – April 2, 2024 - All 86 county libraries are stocked with Narcan, and staff has been trained on how to administer the medicine. According to the L.A. County Department of Health, accidental fenta... Read More...

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Can Methadone Vans Deliver the Goods?

STEP RIGHT UP – April 1, 2024 - “This kind of initiative is about using harm reduction, bringing services to where people are; it’s about using an evidence-based strategy,” Dr. Cunningham. “We know metha... Read More...

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Judge Melissa Boyd Sent to Rehab

SENTENCED – April 5, 2024 - Former Shelby County court judge Melissa Boyd pleaded guilty Friday morning. “First your honor, I want to apologize for my relapse with the positive drug test and to the state al... Read More...

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U.K. Drug Treatment Boss Throws Down Gauntlet to Authorities

MAKE IT SAFER – April 7, 2024 - Exasperated by years of fruitless discussions while drug deaths mount, Martin Blakeborough told The Independent that he plans to pilot several “micro” drug consumption spaces. I... Read More...

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Psychological Paths From Loneliness to Smartphone Addiction

NEVER BE ALONE AGAIN – April 5, 2024 - The study was prompted by concerns over digital addiction, a problem recognized by the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization as a public heal... Read More...

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How Loneliness Can Lead To Food Addiction And Obesity

TABLE FOR ONE! – April; 9, 2024 - Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), UCLA Health researchers observed that when shown images of food, especially sweet treats, the brains of lonely individuals ... Read More...

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The Worst Restaurant Breakfasts in America in 2022

MORNING SICKNESS – AUG. 2022 – Making a hot breakfast at home isn't always practical. Luckily, there are loads of restaurants and fast-food chains serving up all sorts of breakfast offerings that can be yours for a r... Read More...

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Alcohol Awareness Month

VIDEO – WE WARNED YOU – April 9, 2024 - This month is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of alcohol use and misuse. It also offers communities a chance to gain more understanding of how individua... Read More...

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Kodak Black Celebrates Sobriety

PILLFREE – April 8, 2024 - The Florida rapper said he’s the happiest he’s ever been since he began to work on his addiction to Percocets. “Bro, my average was 40 Percocets. I’m telling y’all this man. I ain’t ... Read More...

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‘Terribly Strange to be 70’ by Anne Lamott

WE ALL GET THERE – April 10, 2024 - In my teens, already drinking and drugging, I didn’t expect to see 21, Then at 32, I got clean and sober, the miracle of my life from which all other blessings f... Read More...

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RAYE: Tiny Desk Concert video

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE INCLUDES MAY JANE – April 2023 - “I’m a songwriter for a living, okay. I usually have all the words but I’m genuinely speechless.” RAYE told the audience at her Tiny Desk. “All I’ve wanted... Read More...

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Natalie Eva Marie’s Troubled Past, Addiction & Sobriety

SOBERMANIA! – April 5, 2024 - Former WWE superstar Natalie Eva Marie dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player, but poor decisions led her down a dark path of addiction and alcohol abuse. “I feel like I was ju... Read More...

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Lily Allen Admits Her Secret to Staying Sober

THE ORACLE SPEAKS – April 8, 2024 - The singer, 37, has always been candid about her drink and drug abuse, saying quitting alcohol and drugs was the best decision she had ever made. She has now been sober for ... Read More...

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Philadelphia Foundation Award Grants to 13 Addiction Recovery Organizations

BEST D.A. IN AMERICA – PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner awarded microgrants totaling over $357,000 to 13 addiction recovery groups as part of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s ... Read More...

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New York is Ground Zero For Fentanyl Epidemic

MAKE SUBOXONE FREE – April 4, 2024 - It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. Torren showed me how to connect to fentanyl dealers even on social media sites as apparently innocent as Instagram. He showed ... Read More...

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Psychodrama Therapy Gave Me 10 Years of Therapy in One Day

TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT – April 3, 2024 - I sat in front of my “real father” as he stared right through me like he always does. “I don’t see you,” he said in a stern voice. “You never have,” I whispered quietly back. ... Read More...

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Discovering Truth about Our Brains and Addiction

IT’S ABOUT TIME – April 10, 2024 - Ronstroem hopes to help answer one critical question: how does drug abuse influence reward pathways in the brain? Specifically, his research focuses on uncovering how some dr... Read More...

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Kush Addicts Dig up Human Bones to Get High on Drug

GOING TO ANY LENGTHS – April 6, 2024 - Our country is currently faced with an existential threat due to the ravaging impact of drugs and substance abuse, particularly the devastating synthetic drug kush,” Bio said. ... Read More...

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Forced Drug Treatment Could Lead to More Fatal Overdoses

NPR AUDIO – NO ONE FORCED THEM TO START – April 6, 2024 - More people suffering from drug addiction are being forced into drug treatment and threatened with prison if they don’t comply. Some say it’s “tough love.” Cr... Read More...

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96% of Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta and Data brokers

HIPPA THIS – April 11, 2024 - Academics at the University of Pennsylvania analyzed a nationally representative sample of 100 non-federal acute care hospitals – essentially traditional hospitals with emergency ... Read More...

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The Mass Appeal of Anne Lamott

SOBER ROLE MODEL – April 6, 2024 -I t will spoil nothing to tell you that Lamott closes “Somehow” with a quote from her favorite William Blake poem: “And we are put on earth a little space, that we may learn t... Read More...

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Kitty Noir Encourages Those Recovering from Addiction

THE CAT’S MEOW – April 6, 2024 - “A lot of my fans in recovery say that, ‘You’re super inspiring.’ They feel like they can really connect with me on a deeper level since we’re both in recovery and kind of get it,” Ji... Read More...

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Alaska to Post Cancer Risks Warning on Booze

WHY NOT EVERYWHERE? – April 5, 2024 - House Bill 298, would require businesses that sell alcoholic beverages post signs warning of the cancer link. The cancer message would augment the currently required messa... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Richard Feynman

“I would rather have questions that cannot be answered, than answers that cannot be questioned.” – Richard Feynman, b.1918 NY – d.1988 CA ... Read More...

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Crisis of Alcoholism Surging in the US

IT’S CHEAP ENOUGH – April 2, 2024 - The CDC is trying, desperately, it seems, to pound a square peg into a round hole, blaming COVID-19 for a surge in alcohol use and ignoring a glaring problem with the evidence. Tha... Read More...

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These Were Amy Winehouse’s Tragic Final Words

SUPERSTARS DIE TOO – Feb. 10, 2024 - Amy Winehouse was tipsy but still able to hold a conversation. Dr. Christina Romete, the soulful British pop singer’s general practitioner, had been treating Winehous... Read More...

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Time to Fight Digital Addiction in Kids

OR IS IT TOO LATE? – March 30, 2024 - American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis that is driven, in large part, by how much of their day is spent online. The numbers are horrifying: r... Read More...

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Dietitian Influencers Promote Junk Foods and Discourage Weight Loss

BIG PHARMA, BIG FOOD, BIG LIES – April 3, 2024 - Jaye Rochon struggled to lose weight for years. But she felt as if a burden had lifted when she discovered YouTube influencers advocating “health at every size” — urgi... Read More...

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Marian Keyes on How The Best-loved Novelist Beat Alcoholism

BRAINS AND FINESSE – March 30, 2024 - She has been famous, and sober – and married to Tony Baines – for exactly half her life. ‘I was always told when I got to 40, I wouldn’t care about other people’s opinions,’ s... Read More...

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