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How to Deal with Illness During Addiction Recovery

Avoid narcotics – Oct. 19, 2020 - No Time to Self-Medicate Most individuals who were actively abusing drugs or alcohol will have turned to these potentially harmful substances as a means of self-medication, reg... Read More...

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Wearing masks could save more than 100,000 US lives through February

Please Live Longer – Oct. 23, 2020 - “The fall/winter surge will intensify in November and December, reaching a peak in January. Many states will face enormous pressure on hospital capacity and will likely have to re... Read More...

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How to Talk About Mental Illness in a New Relationship

Crazy For You – Oct 22, 2020 - According to Dr. Wilfred Van Gorp, a psychologist and the former president of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, this conversation should happen “at the point you trust t... Read More...

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The ‘Sober Mom Squad’ Is An Online Community For Moms Who Don’t Drink

Ladies who don’t lunch – Oct. 23, 2020 - When a person is addicted to a substance — whether it is a drug or alcohol — and they get clean, there is a 40-60% chance that they will relapse at least once before th... Read More...

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Lena Dunham on “Magical Things” Since Sobriety

GIRLS gone mild – Oct. 23, 2020 - The pandemic has brought a whole new layer of anxiety, and also a whole new mode of needing to sit with myself. It’s like hitting a new level in a video game and having to battle dif... Read More...

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How Sobriety Helped Me Wake the F*ck Up Politically

Think Feel Act – Oct. 20, 2020 - Hearing racist and homophobic insults were a standard part of life in Waco. So common that I didn’t think much about it. I, too, even engaged in ignorant dialogue and derogatory slurs... Read More...

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Chasing the News…Sobriety Slam! Episode 3 – Rebels

WATCH - Web Series Host: William Cope MoyersEpisode 3: Rebels“Maintaining sobriety through 2020 and beyond”Sober artists discuss the pandemic, creativity and Zoom rooms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krvJs7s9vd4&a... Read More...

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Telemedicine for drug addiction treatment

Talk to the screen – Oct. 12, 2020 - Telemedicine has long been seen as a potential remedy, but pre-pandemic adoption rates were low among addiction treatment providers, according to studies by Lori Uscher-Pin... Read More...

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Apparel Co. shares message of gratitude with recovery community

WATCH – Paying it forward – Oct. 15, 2020 - As Chris Bilyk pulls a shipping label off the printer he says, “I’m a one man show.” Moments later Bilyk slides a gray t-shirt into a bag and seals the end. “This... Read More...

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Shocking rise in number of cocaine deaths among women

Be Careful!!! – Oct. 15, 2020 - She said: ‘Loss of addiction psychiatry expertise through lack of training places and community services often being split from the NHS are only making things worse, with patients with... Read More...

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Lena Dunham Hosts Friendly House Annual Gala on Oct. 31

Everyone is a guest, no tickets needed! – Oct. 19, 2020 - Guests worldwide can access the gala by logging on to the link. Friendly House events are known for their auctions that include an impressive array of unique ... Read More...

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Meet Ahbra Kaye of REEL Recovery Film Festival

A Star is Re-Born – Oct. 15, 2020 - Sobriety, not property and prestige, has given me the most meaningful gifts. I am part of a fellowship of people who understand what I’ve been through, who loves me as I am and who... Read More...

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Linsey Godfrey Celebrates Sobriety Milestone

The sober days of our lives – Oct. 4, 2020 - Days of Our Lives fans also commented on how impressed they were with her succeeding during the quarantine. It was stressful for a lot of people. All over social media, we... Read More...

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How a chat with Mother Teresa and Jesus helped Jim Wahlberg

WATCH – What about the Pope? – Oct. 2020 - Jim joined Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden from his Fort Lauderdale home for this week’s edition of Florida’s Fourth Estate to talk about being in recovery for 32 years now, ... Read More...

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The Future of Work and Our Mental Health

Not Business as Usual – Oct 10, 2020 - The workplace has forever changed. In March 2020, more than a third of the world population went into lockdown, and by the end of April 2020, 1.6 billion workers li... Read More...

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Mother’s Little Helper Is Back

“What a drag it is getting old” – Oct 3, 2020 - That is from a mother in California in early September, when she was trapped inside with her three children for days because the air was so thick with smoke tha... Read More...

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Chasing the News … Stone Cold Sober – Episode 3: Rebels

Episode 3: Rebels “Maintaining sobriety through 2020 and beyond” Sober artists discuss the pandemic, creativity and Zoom rooms. Thursday, Oct. 22, 5pm PT, 8pm ET FREE: Click to Register ... Read More...

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DEBUNKED: Intersections of Addiction, Homelessness and the COVID-19 Pandemic

LISTEN – Public Radio – Sep. 28, 2020 - For those experiencing homelessness, navigating life during coronavirus brings some unique challenges. “The fact that the current opiate epidemic isn’t being addresse... Read More...

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Virtual fitness classes strengthen those battling addiction

WATCH – Time to stretch... – Oct. 1, 2020 - The organization has provided free athletic activities and a sober support community to more than 36,000 people across the United States. Now, clients can log on to ... Read More...

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‘The Drug Became His Friend’: Pandemic Drives Hike In Opioid Deaths

New York Times - Real (Bad) News – Sep. 28, 2020 - In the six months since Covid-19 brought the nation to a standstill, the opioid epidemic has taken a sharp turn for the worse. More than 40 states have recorded incr... Read More...

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When Donald Went After Hunter Biden For His Addiction, He Went After Me Too

President of U.S. Demeans S.U.D. sufferers – Oct. 1, 2020 - Even the Real Housewives know that kids are always off-limits. Around 20 million Americans ages 12 and older have a substance abuse disorder, according to a... Read More...

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Delilah Montagu on Sobriety and Writing ‘Savage’ Songs About Her Girlfriend

Rising sober star – Sep. 23, 2020 - After finding her rhythm during lockdown with her mum and girlfriend – “I took up dancing, not very well, but I realised how happy it made me” – 22-year-old Delilah re... Read More...

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Rural moms recovering from addiction struggle to stay connected during pandemic

Dial Up? – Sep. 25, 2020 - With the pandemic putting programs like these on hiatus, patients like Megan, who has been with Moms in Recovery, was relieved when the program started up again virtually. (She declined to ... Read More...

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Addiction Campuses Rebrands to Vertava Health

School days are over... – Sep. 21, 2020 - In lieu of COVID-19, Vertava Health now offers virtual care programs that allow patients to receive treatment online. Vertava Health offers personalized virtual treatm... Read More...

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Struggling addicts turn to telehealth for better or worse

Soulless Screens? – Sept. 14, 2020 - Amid the global pandemic, group gatherings have become nearly impossible. Weddings have been put on hold indefinitely, schools are turning to virtual learning and offices are enco... Read More...

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Walk for Hope brings together those mourning deaths

Aren’t we all? – Sep. 19, 2020 - As boys, Justin Reason had a knack for talking his younger brother, Aaron, into a variety of daredevil stunts. Aaron recalled his brother daring him to jump out of a second-s... Read More...

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Finding and Maintaining Sobriety During COVID-19

Lionrock Recovery Rocks – Sep. 16, 2020 - National Online Recovery Day was created to bring widespread awareness to the tens of millions of people suffering from SUDs that effective online services and support system... Read More...

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E-Cig clouds aren’t ‘Vapour’, scientists warn, they are ‘Aerosol’

Chemical Addiction – Sept. 19, 2020 - As such, public health experts argue ‘aerosol’ is a more accurate description, as e-cigarette clouds have been shown to contain harmful chemicals that may hang in the air a... Read More...

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People with addiction disorders at greater risk for COVID-19

Lighting up the virus – Sep. 19, 2020 - Study co-author Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, said people with addiction disorders often have compromised lungs and cardiovascul... Read More...

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Vaping Links to Covid Risk Becoming Clear

Smoke gets in your lungs... – Sept. 4, 2020 - At one point, Mr. Moein said, his doctors gave him a 5 percent chance of survival. He resolved that the wax pen he had vaped before his hospitalization would be hi... Read More...

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