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87% of people with eating disorders say symptoms are worse during COVID

Feast or Famine – August 28, 2020 - The study traces 129 people in recovery or treatment, providing a detailed look at a common scenario, and it joins growing indications that those with eating disorders are s... Read More...

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Casino Reopenings Bring Gambling Addiction Back Into Focus

LISTEN – They'll always take your action at G.A. – August 20, 2020 - But after reopening in mid-June, business is booming again, and counselors are concerned. “Since they’ve reopened, our calls to the hotline numb... Read More...

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Managing Recovery in a Virtual World

Online for life? – August 28, 2020 - Call people: Most support groups will offer a phone list of members. If you like the way a person shares about their recovery, call them after the meeting and talk to them.... Read More...

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Denver Reports 83% Increase in Drug Deaths in First Half of Year

Dying for that Fentanyl Feeling – August 27, 2020 - Health officials are urging people to review the resources below and be proactive about preventing overdose deaths: Find out more about naloxone and where t... Read More...

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I’m celebrating 64 years of sobriety, I know what isolation does to those in recovery

Trying minds for trying times – August 28, 2020 - By all accounts, the number of relapses nationwide has increased since March, as have the numbers of accidental overdoses and suicides. There is little wonder that we... Read More...

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Pennsylvania facilities buckle and begin to close under COVID-19 strain

Oh no! Needed now more than ever – August 26, 2020 - The result is a historically underfunded system buckling under the weight of dual pandemics: addiction and the coronavirus. Since March, 10 facilities have closed,... Read More...

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Mental Health

“Sisters are doin’ it by themselves” – August 28, 2020 - From my work at Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research, I have seen, first-hand, the danger of heightened risk for alcohol and drug abuse that has resulte... Read More...

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WATCH NOW!

WATCH – A Webinar Affair to Remember Chasing the News...Stone Cold Sober! with Dr. Tian Dayton, William Cope Moyers, Ryan Hampton, Courtney Friel, Alonzo Bodden, Tio Hardiman and Leonard Buschel. Maintaining sobri... Read More...

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I Won’t Drink Today, and I Won’t Get the Virus Today

Sobriety is the best defense – August 26, 2020 - For this superpower, I have to thank Alcoholics Anonymous. I joined AA at 19 mostly because I loved cocaine, truly loved cocaine, but also because I loved vodka and ch... Read More...

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Coronavirus pandemic creates ‘perfect storm’ for addiction dangers

WATCH – Bridge over troubled waters – August 18, 2020 - In Clark County, Nevada fentanyl-related deaths have jumped 125% compared to this point last year, according to data from Southern Nevada Health District... Read More...

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Luann De Lesseps: Sobriety’s Helping Me Thru Pandemic

WATCH – Sober Housewives of the Pandemic – August 20, 2020 - Luann understands why studies show alcohol use is way up since the pandemic began in March -- people turn to booze to ease pain — but she says, for her, it... Read More...

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At Talkspace, Start-Up Culture Collides With Mental Health Concerns

Making money from depression? – August 7, 2020 - As Mr. Lori drank a tall glass of red wine and watched, he noticed that a few employees kept glancing his way. Afterward, a member of the marketing department a... Read More...

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Maintaining Emotional Sobriety During Covid-19: The Workbook by Tian Dayton Ph.D.

MEDIA: Book of the Month – 2020 - So this can lead to what’s called “anticipatory grief”, and the feelings or symptoms we’re referring to are referred to as pre-trauma symptoms. We want to avoid these cumulative, pre... Read More...

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Wife assaults husband during celebration of her sobriety

Unclear on the concept – August 21, 2020 - He said the children were locked in the back bedroom and he went outside where she followed him and hit him some more. When he tried to push her away he said she bit him ... Read More...

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What Addiction Recovery Can Teach About Coping With COVID? by Sarah Allen Benton

How to be human? Humane? – August 19, 2020 - Try not to be overly reliant on people, places, and things to make you feel “OK”Acceptance is the answer to all of our problems (not always agreement)“One ... Read More...

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Deadly Overdose Spike During Pandemic

LISTEN – How much more horrible will it get? – August 13, 2020 - Making matters worse is a separate trend: Street drugs are often more dangerous now because more dealers are lacing products with a deadly synth... Read More...

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Twenty years without a drink … then they shut down AA

Opinion: Zoom dooms some – August 16, 2020 - When Covid-19 shuttered the world, it also shuttered AA, which is a lifeline for alcoholics like me. I have depended on its meetings in church halls and community centr... Read More...

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Steve-O Duct-Tapes Himself to a Billboard

Panoramic Putz – August 13, 2020 - On his Instagram Story, he filmed himself atop the structure. “Hey, everybody. So I’ve been up on this billboard, duct-taped, for an hour and a half now,” he said. “Starti... Read More...

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Teen vapers up to 7 times more likely to get COVID-19

WATCH – Must be awesome – August 11, 2020 - So when an unfamiliar virus began sending scores of patients to the hospital with failing lungs, doctors wondered whether there would be consequences for the newly addicted... Read More...

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Recovering writer’s pandemic cautionary tale

WATCH – She’s been there, done that – Aug. 14, 2020 - The Seattle journalist said she missed almost a decade of life when her problem with alcohol grew out of control in 2007. At the height of her addiction, Barnett ... Read More...

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Coronavirus Crisis Disrupts Treatment for Another Epidemic: Addiction

Crazy Times! Drugs Can Kill! – August 2, 2020 - And that has left people who have another potentially deadly disease — addiction — with fewer opportunities for treatment, while threatening to reverse their recovery g... Read More...

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AA meetings still going strong during COVID-19

WATCH – Zoom and six feet away... – August 6, 2020 - He says he was at his wits end: in-and-out of jail and loved ones giving up on him. “I got 56 misdemeanors, 7 DUI’s, 6 felonies, and 16 driver’s suspensions. Th... Read More...

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Duo helps people suffering from addiction

WATCH – Human interest story – August 5, 2020 - “According to numbers I received from the 911 center, we’ve had 277 911 calls involving overdoses. Last year, for the whole year of 2019, I think we had 360. So ... Read More...

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From prison to vegan restaurateur

WATCH – Jane Velez-Mitchell is happy – August 8, 2020 - August 9 marks six years since he attempted to take his own life at the downtown bus loop with a loaded handgun. After an unknown teen talked him down, M... Read More...

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Some say pandemic caused them to go back to their addiction

WATCH – Almost Heaven, West Virginia – August 8, 2020 - Santrock said the stress of COVID-19 along with isolation from the lock down in March caused him to overdose. “We’re addicts. We love to taking the easy road... Read More...

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Sex addicts turn to porn and rehab to avoid hook-ups

Hooked on a feeling... – August 9, 2020 - Ms. McConkey said the prevalence of people going out and having sex with strangers had decreased during the pandemic because of fear of the coronavirus, though it stil... Read More...

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Advocates in recovery make addiction services a voting issue

The Power of the Ballot – August 11, 2020 - The group began its work in earnest in 2018, working closely with Recovery PAC, which has reported over $200,000 in in-kind contributions for things such as media promotion... Read More...

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Psychological Exploration of Zoom Fatigue

You have entered the Zoom Zone – July 26, 2020 - Moreover, how that social interaction happens seems to matter. For instance, functional MRI data reveal that live face-to-face interactions, compared to viewing record... Read More...

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25 Years After Jerry Garcia Passed, Deadheads Mourn His Death

LISTEN - “We will get by, we will survive!” – August 6, 2020 - According to sources familiar with the band’s finances, the Dead could easily command $150 million for rights to its name, likeness and IP. It’s proof... Read More...

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Chasing the News … stone cold sober

Chasing the News ...stone cold sober Webinar hosted by William Cope Moyers“Maintaining sobriety in an era of uncertainty”A conversation discussing the pandemic, resilience and Zoom rooms! August 26, 6pmPDT, 9pmEDT... Read More...

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