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Sobriety Boosted Their Careers

NO MORE 3 MARTINI LUNCH –  April 30, 2022 - “I wasn’t an alcoholic and never went to a 12-step…

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‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis For U.S. Teens

VIDEO – The X-GENERATION –  April 23, 2022 - American adolescence is undergoing a drastic change. Three decades ago, the…

3 years ago

Opioid Crisis Leaves Families Shattered and Grieving

LET THE HEALING BEGIN –   April 19, 2022 - In 2010, there were about 21,000 overdoses involving opioids in…

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Veterinarians Suffering From Burn Out

ITS RAINING CATS AND DOGS –   April 18, 2022 - The resulting spike in pet health concerns has been…

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Pandemic Stress & Loneliness Making Addiction More Common

HOW DO WE COPE? –   April 18, 2022 - Eliana Leve, director of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s New…

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Indian Tribes Launch Tool For Addiction Treatment / Education

LEARNING MATTERS –  April 14, 2022 - Dr. Tina Woods leads the Council’s Community and Behavioral Health Services team. She…

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Pandemic ‘saved my life’ With Sobriety

AUDIO – SILENCE IS GOLDEN –   April 4, 2022 - Using alcohol as that escape became the reality for…

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Expert Explains Root Cause of Addiction

LISTEN TO THE SHRINK –  April 6, 2022 - Drug addiction is something that has been battled in various ways.…

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The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide

AUDIO – SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN –   April 4, 2022 - Trevor’s parents, Angela and Billy had been trying…

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How Everyone Got So Lonely

THE PALE BLUE DOT –  April 11, 2022 - She cites many factors that have contributed to this dystopian moment—among…

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How L.A. Got Hooked on Adderall

NO SLOWING DOWN ON SUNSET BLVD. –  March 29, 2022 - None of that is new. Parents have always been…

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There’s Mental Health Crisis Among Nurses

HELP FOR THE HELPERS –   Mar. 31, 2022 - On the morning of January 18, Joshua Paredes came home…

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This Army’s Mission Battles Drug Abuse

SURRENDER TO WIN –   March 31, 2022 - It was then that Jones, an Army combat veteran who served…

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Staying Active Is Must

INERTIA IS NOT KOSHER –   April 2, 2022 - It was at his little brother’s funeral in Georgia that…

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Deadlier Than Covid and Opiates

READ THE LABELS –   March 25, 2022 - Front-of-package warning labels that alert consumers to unhealthy levels of sodium,…

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Why is There Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children?

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN –  Mar. 23, 2022 - Last June, researchers from Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of…

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What Pets Can Teach Us About Mindfulness

THE POWER OF THE DOG - AND CAT, ETC. –   Mar. 24 2022 -  Being brought back to the…

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Overdose Deaths Reduced

GOOD NEWS, FINALLY –  March 21, 2022 - There is no question the state has made progress fighting the drug…

3 years ago

What’s Driving the Dramatic Rise In Alcohol Deaths

VIDEO – BOOZE KILLS TOO...MANY –   March 2022 - Judy Woodruff: We have regularly reported on the continuing rise…

3 years ago

Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic

COLLATERAL DAMAGE – March 22, 2022 - Among adults younger than 65, alcohol-related deaths actually outnumbered deaths from COVID-19 in 2020;…

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Christy Carlson Romano Says It Was ‘Challenging to Be Sober During COVID’

AND SHE DID IT –   March 13, 2022 - She added that, as a mother to two daughters —…

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It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now

AUDIO – LOST AT HOME –   March 6, 2022 - In most cases, their waiting lists were closed as…

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The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety

BOOK REVIEW –  March, 2022 - As some of the millions of people on psychiatric medication inevitably decide to discontinue…

3 years ago

‘Devastating’: London Addiction Recovery Centre to Shut

NO SALVATION? –   Feb. 25, 2022 - That means many London-area residents seeking help with long-term addiction must go…

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What Is Harm Reduction?

DEATH PREVENTION –  Feb. 25, 2022 - Other harm reduction objectives include decreasing the stigma associated with addiction, increasing education…

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Biden Blames Social Media For ‘Mental Health Crisis’

ALGORITHMS ARE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL –   Mar. 1, 2022 - Biden wants to “stop discriminatory algorithmic decision-making…

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Amid Surge in Deaths, a Safe Place to Get High

HARM REDUCTION SAVES LIVES –  Feb. 23, 2022 - Kristina Peterson anxiously tapped the heels of her boots on the…

3 years ago

Teen Girls With Eating Disorders Doubled During Pandemic

IF FOOD BE THE MUSIC OF LIFE –  Feb. 25, 2022 - Covid-19 remained the predominant reason for ER visits…

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Habit or Addiction?

HALF A DOZEN OF ONE, SIX ... –   Feb. 26, 2022 - Before I begin though, to explain the…

3 years ago

Seeing Addiction as Disease

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET –  Feb. 24, 2022 - “We’re in what is now becoming known as…

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