Coronavirus

What We Lose: From the Classroom to Zoom

Body Language and Focus –  May 4, 2020 - These Zoom intimacies are often endearing, and at times I welcome…

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Overdose deaths outpacing COVID-19 deaths in Tri-State area

How It Works –  May 10, 2020 - “Since we were on the forefront of telehealth, we have been able…

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Pandemic Superstar and Human Delight Leslie Jordan

OUTrageous OUTstanding –  April 27, 2020  - Jordan’s distinct personality has filled a wide coronavirus need. His (usually) twice-daily videos…

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Pete Davidson Shares Hilarious Story of Quarantining in His Mom’s Basement

No more debasement – May 7, 2020 - “Me and Judd released this video to kind of try and get…

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How Do I Stay Sober Now?

Same as it ever was ... (sans meetings) –  May 6, 2020 - I quit drinking on July 14, 2019,…

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Legendary Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard Opened Up About Sobriety While In Quarantine

Float like a butterfly, sting like a virus – MAY 6, 2020 - Those meetings have been a staple in…

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‘NO eviction’ order keeps relapsing people in housing

Catch-22 – May 8, 2020 - “We come from a different philosophy, we truly believe the treatment process can be…

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Pictures reveal the intensity of motherhood

Belated Happy Mother’s Day –  May 8, 2020 -  Karla Gachet (Topanga Canyon, California) We are lucky to live surrounded…

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Dr. Daniel Francis on How to Stay Sober

90 Zooms in 90 Days? –  May 7, 2020 - All that probably comes as a relief, but what should…

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Don’t Forget About Us: People Still Need Addiction Care

OPINION: Ryan Hampton –  May 10, 2020 - Nationally we’re seeing increased unemployment and poverty, mandatory changes to daily routines,…

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Don’t Fight the Boredom

What day is it? – May 9, 2020 - People are so motivated to avoid boredom that they’ll often take…

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What Psychologists and Psychiatrists Want You to Know About Anxiety Right Now!

For your information: –  May 8, 2020 - In this hurry-up world, we’re not always 100% in tune with what’s…

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75,000 Americans at risk for overdose death or suicide due to CoronaDespair

The long and winding road –  May 8, 2020 - The group is calling for a robust approach from local,…

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‘A Pandemic Within Pandemic;’ Recovering Addict Tim Ryan, Talks Staying Sober During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Just “Don’t” – May 3, 2020 - Tim Ryan, a recovering heroin addict and host of A&E’s 2017 documentary “Dope…

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Why the Pandemic Will Challenge the Brain Disease Model of Addiction

It’s Complicated –  APRIL 28, 2020 - That drug use is a reaction to external stress may sound obvious, but…

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Due to Lockdown, Christians Are Developing Huge Porn Addiction

Small Problem? –  MAY 2, 2020 - Oh, and he claims that if you were to “print out the data”…

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Google, Facebook, Twitter team up to support addiction recovery during pandemic

Watching the Detectives – APRIL 25 2020 - Given that Alcoholics Anonymous alone has over 66,345 groups in the U.S.,…

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Addicted to screens? Quarantine life could add to the threat

It's too late to stop now – April 26, 2020 - But screen time is essentially mandatory for many Garden…

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Fear and Courage in the Time of COVID-19

By Thomas Moore – Sometimes it is not only all right but appropriate to be afraid and anxious. In these…

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NYC Rolls Out Courier System to Deliver Methadone

Just Like Weed in LA –  APRIL 23, 2020 - The patient’s “home” OTP may be far from the hotel.…

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Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access to Online Treatment for Opioid Addiction

NPR Report –  April 20, 2020 - “I wish there was another way to get this done besides a pandemic,”…

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I walked out of rehab and into pandemic

SOBER –  April 21, 2020 - Recovery is difficult and all too often bound toward failure. As someone new to…

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LISTEN: Alcoholism And Coronavirus

Listen, this guy’s an Idiot –  APR 20, 2020 - Consider the plight of the alcoholic during this coronavirus shutdown.…

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‘Not the same on Zoom’

Reality TV Anyone? –  April 20, 2020 -  In normal times, he’d be able to turn easily to his counsellor,…

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Getting people into rehab can be hard. Try doing it during the coronavirus crisis

If not now, when? –  APRIL 24, 2020 - In recent days, Heller said, he has heard from a couple…

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Coronavirus isolation could mean death for America’s opioid addicts

So Could Scoring –  April 25, 2020 - “Instead of walking in, they call or we do it through video…

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Locked down? Open up to … cross-genre singer Laura Nyro

Woman of the Other World –  April 26, 2020 - Nyro, born Laura Nigro, died at age 49 in 1997.…

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Addiction Crisis Looms As Most Vulnerable Fall Through Pandemic Cracks

Catch Them If You Can – April 25, 2020 - She said  while the funding for prevention and early intervention…

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Lizzo Reveals How Quarantine Has Affected Her Mental Health

110% Real –  April 22, 2020 - Lizzo has always been a positive light in the music world since her…

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Extra Payments Motivate Sobriety & Employment for People Recovering from Addiction

Cash is King –  April 20, 2020 - In a report on the study, described in the Journal of Epidemiology…

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