Jails Finally Allowing Medical Care For Opioid Addiction FINALLY SOME HUMANITY – Feb. 18, 2022 - Sedgwick’s joins at least a few other Kansas jails that do so, including Crawford County in southeast Kansas. “I mean, something’s got to change,” Crawford County She... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 22 2022interventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Father Sues Pharmacy After Son Overdoses J’accuse – Feb. 7, 2022 - Facts of the Case - Mr A was a 21-year-old university student who had a problem with recreational drugs. His childhood friend, Mr Z, 20, also was struggling with substance... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 15 2022life expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Mom Says 17-Year-old Son Was Denied Treatment For His Drug Addiction VIDEO – KEEP TRYING AND STAY ALIVE – Feb. 8, 2022 - Benton says she was stunned when her 17-year-old son was discharged from Novant without receiving any treatment. “Told my dad, you have to come get him. W... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 15 2022interventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Drug Refuge Lets San Francisco’s Addicts Inject DEATH REDUCTION? – Feb. 11, 2022 - A short distance from the headquarters of technology giants on Market Street in San Francisco, Pauline Wise left a city-run drug addiction facility after smoking fentanyl. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 15 2022interventionRecoveryRehabTrauma
“I appreciate life”: Dan O’Toole On One Year of Sobriety VIDEO – 24/7, 365 – Feb. 10, 2022 - “I got fired on a Wednesday, the Super Bowl was on a Sunday. So once my kids got picked up on their usual schedule on Thursday, it was game on. I was like, ‘Okay, so I’ve go... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 15 2022interventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
She Celebrates 10 Years of Sobriety With State Trooper Who Arrested Her VIDEO – SUPER TROOPER – Feb. 10, 2022 - Martin’s parents were summoned to pick up her daughter, while Martin rode with trooper Hathaway to the Hennepin County Jail. Ten years later, Hathaway and Martin recal... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 15 2022interventionRecoveryRehab
Mothers Protest SF Safe Injection Site IT’S COMPLICATED – Feb. 4, 2022 - Mothers Against Drug Deaths will protest outside the center at 8 a.m. Saturday to demand that city officials shut down an area of the center where supervised drug use is taking... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 8 2022interventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Student’s Death Renews Calls to Stock Narcan in Schools ALONG WITH EDUCATION? – Jan. 25, 2022 - What they’re saying: “ supports safe and effective management of opioid-related overdoses in schools through incorporating emergency rescue medication into school eme... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 1 2022interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
What Forgiveness Really Means STEP 9 ANYONE? – 2022 - “To forgive is to assume a larger identity than the person who was first hurt,” poet and philosopher David Whyte observed as he dove for the deeper meanings of our commonest concepts. B... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 1 2022interventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Lessons From Business Leader With 25 Years of Sobriety STEPS TO SUCCESS – Jan. 25, 2022 - To me, the 12 steps are about life transformations, not new year’s resolutions. For the first part of this series, I’m focusing on the first six steps. I’ve pulled the steps ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 1 2022interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week –Greta Thunberg “We can’t save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change — and it has to start today.” —Greta Thunberg ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 1 2022life expectancyquote of the weekRecoveryTrauma
Perry Gaidurgis – Shattering the Silence 43 YEARS IN THE MAKING – Jan. 20 2021 - Perry Gaidurgis (oldest of eight children) was released in 1979 from the Southern Maryland Correctional Camp after serving three years of an eight year sentence for an ei... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 25 2022RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Q&A with Clinical Director of The Foothills, Bridget Camacho STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Jan. 21, 2022 - Bridget Camacho is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in adolescent and family treatment, experiential therapy, and animal assisted interventions. She re... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 25 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
X Factor’s Janet Devlin – Transformation, Alcoholism & Health Battle STAR FACTOR – Jan. 18, 2022 - Back in 2011, then-16-year-old Janet Devlin peered out at the judges from underneath a mass of hair, looking utterly terrified. Her voice trembling, she explained she was... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 25 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Dr. Drew Applauds “Euphoria” for Its Portrayal of Drug Addiction VIDEO – GOOD CONVERSATION – Jan. 17, 2022 - If your not a drug addict or kicked the stuff or tried it then you shouldn’t have a say on how it is, they say mental health but you had to get to that space somehow... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 25 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Campaign to ‘End Addiction Stigma’ Garnering Attention VIDEO – FROM STIGMA TO STIGMATA – Jan. 17, 2022 - Seivwright said Vermont Department of Health surveys have found 1 in 6 people who recognized they needed help didn’t get it — because they worried stigma would... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 25 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
DJs And Ravers Are Embracing Sobriety DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY HEALTHY – Jan. 14, 2022 - A quarter of people surveyed by charity Action on Addiction said their drinking increased in lockdown, and nearly a quarter of people experiencing problems with... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 18 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Olympic Boxer Shares How Quitting Alcohol Changed His Life STEPS INTO THE RIGHT CORNER – Jan. 15, 2020 - One of the most immediate things he noticed within the first week of no longer drinking was a huge improvement in his sleep. “I used to think I needed to drink to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewJan 18 2022RecoveryRehab
New York Plans to Install ‘Vending Machines’ With Anti-Overdose Drugs HARM REDUCTION – Jan. 8, 2022 - This is really about expanding access to health and wellness services,” he said of the initiative, a $730,000 pilot program seeking up to six contractors. The main purpose of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 11 2022RecoveryRehab
How We Look Differently at People With Mental Illness and Addiction DISCRIMINATION RUNS DEEP – Jan. 4, 2022 - The consequences of stigmatizing people with these diseases can be severe. People who face public stigma are less likely to seek treatment, see reduced career opportun... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJan 11 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Granite Recovery Centers Bought by BayMark Health Services SOLD – Jan. 5, 2022 - Granite Recovery Centers, which operates two residential addiction treatment centers and several sober living homes in Southern New Hampshire, has been acquired by BayMark Health Services... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 11 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addiction Programs Struggle With Staffing LISTEN – VACANCY – Jan. 7, 2022 - “High Point’s admissions team provides all callers with the BSAS hotline, but with many programs not accepting admissions, there isn’t much that can be done at the present tim... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 11 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why Mindfulness is the Most Important Skill of 2022 ORDER, DESIGN, TENSION, BALANCE, HARMONY – Dec. 30, 2021 - Some people use the breath as a physiological tether to the present, particularly as they meditate. Rhythmic breathing calms the nervous system ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusJan 11 2022Mental HealthRecovery
700,000 US Teens Navigate School Without Family Support or Permanent Housing EDUCATION IS NOW A LUXURY ITEM – Jan. 3, 2022 - Others, like Ruby, were booted out when they became pregnant. “Since coming to Covenant House six months ago, they’ve helped me with food, clothing, diapers for ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirushomelessinterventionJan 11 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Reinvent Addiction Recovery For Young People by Eve Goldberg TRUTH AND COMPASSION – Dec. 29, 2021 - It has been seven years since my son passed away from an accidental opioid overdose. He would have been 31 now. I thought that at this point, it would get easier. But as ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 11 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Sidney Poitier “I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.” —Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJan 11 2022life expectancyquote of the week
Limits on Virtual Addiction Treatment May Soon Return THIS IS A SIN – Dec. 30, 2021 - Absent evidence of abuse, says Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., telehealth should continue for medically-assisted opioid treatment. “We’ve now had 18 months to have telehealth exp... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 4 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Edie Falco Gave ‘Nurse Jackie’ Writers a Deeply Personal Ultimatum REAL LIFE EDUCATION – Dec. 31, 2021 - It’s hard to imagine that this talented, hardworking actor ever struggled with alcohol abuse. But Falco shared with The Guardian that she’s battled addiction since her col... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 4 2022life expectancyOverdoseRecovery
Dopamine Dressing Will be 2022’s Biggest Trend GOOD ON SALADS TOO – Dec. 24, 2021 - “She believed the colour yellow made her look ‘washed out’ due to being caucasian,” Dr Karen says. “She then reported back that the colour not only lifted her spirits, bu... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetJan 4 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Modern Economy Is Built On Addiction AND WE LOVE IT – Dec. 27, 2021 - It’s a behaviour that seeks to medicate fear, sorrow, boredom, regret, anomie, heartbreak, or the existential heebie-jeebies: take your pick. That desire — the desire to take y... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 4 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction