Alcohol Deaths Doubled Since 1999 VIDEO – LIVER DIE – Dec. 2, 2024 - The main causes of alcohol-related death were cardiovascular disease — primarily due to heart attacks and strokes — as well as certain “common and serious cancers” as well as cirrho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024life expectancy
A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction READING MATTERS – St. Martin’s Press - Challenging both the idea of the addict’s “broken brain” and the notion of a simple “addictive personality,” The New York Times Bestseller, Unbroken Brain, offers a radical and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecovery
Jersey Shore’s Mike Sorrentino: ‘9 years clean and sober’ VIDEO – THE PROMISES COMING TRUE – Dec. 3, 2024 - He celebrated the major moment on social media with people applauding him for being clean for nine years. It’s hard to forget the emotional episode from Jersey Shore:... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 10 2024Recovery
Phones in Spain Might Carry Health Warnings LIKE CIGARETTES? – Dec. 4, 2024 - Proposals include banning digital devices for kids under three and restricting their use for those between three and six, except in rare cases. The report also advises rolling out so... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 10 2024Smartphone Addictionteenagers
Banning Social Media for Kids Under 16 VIDEO – FOR OVER 16 TOO? – Nov. 30, 2024 - The National’s Ian Hanomansing asks tech journalist Carmi Levy to break down how real... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 10 2024internetMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Music Therapy Helps People With Young Onset Dementia AUDIO – AND DEPRESSION TOO – Nov. 29, 2024 - It’s estimated more than 400,000 Australians are living with dementia, which impacts them as well as their loved ones. A new pilot study is exploring how songwrit... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024life expectancyMental Health
Overdose Survivors: Medical and Mental Challenges LIFE GOES ON – Dec. 4, 2024 - Surviving overdose is a major sentinel event with significant short- and long-term consequences, depending on the substance involved, severity of the overdose, and timeliness and effecti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionOverdose
Staying Sober This Holiday Season AUDIO – SHARING THE GOOD NEWS – Dec. 4, 2024 - Former ‘Bachelorette’ contestant Zac Clark shares his path to sobriety and how it... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024sobriety
Two Flight Attendants Pulled Off the Job After Failing Sobriety Test GET YOUR OWN DRINK – Dec. 3, 2024 - Two Delta flight attendants were kicked off their route after failing a breathalyzer test and being deemed too drunk to fly. The first blew 0.024, just over the legal limit of 0.00... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDec 10 2024
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Eleven Predictors For Dementia DON’T FORGET THEM – Dec. 5, 2024 - This analysis identified lifestyle factors such as lack of exercise, obesity and not engaging in hobbies at age 60 as key predictors of dementia risk, from a review of 181 potential... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024life expectancyMental Health
Holidays Bring Challenges for People Battling Addiction VIDEO – LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION – ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecovery
Vermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on Methadone TOO MUCH TROUBLE? – &nb... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionmethRehab
Scientists Learn from Coked Up Rats RAT RACE – Dec. 5, 2024 - A new study of lab rats who were given cocaine is shedding new light on the cognition of addiction. Rats that initially overindulged eventually reduced their consumption. CONTINUE@NYPos... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
The “Reemergence” of Carfentanil AVOID AT ALL COST – Dec. 6, 2024 - ...for the most part fentanyl analogs are sometimes a bit more potent than fentanyl and sometimes a bit less, which is a boring explanation with no shock value. For that you’d want ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
Best Movies of 2024 BETTER THAN ON TV – Dec. 4, 2024 - Here are The Associated Press’ Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr’s picks for the best movies of 2024: In between the blockbusters, though, the challenge of not just capturing... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Mental Health
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – OCT. 26, 2024 - 160,430 views Premiered Laurie Anderson and more come together in a concert of new works inspired by poet C. P. Cavafy. Filmed at the Saint Thomas Church in New York ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024grammy winner
Person of the Week: Tio Hardiman STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 10, 2024 - Tio Hardiman, Executive Director for Violence Interrupters, NFP, Two Time Gubernatorial Candidate, and Former Presidential Candidate, has dedicated his life and career to com... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDec 10 2024InterviewRecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Corrupt practices’ by Drug-Treatment Provider Endangered Public GO TELL IT TO THE JUDGE – Nov. 29, 2024 - Rainier Recovery, which runs centers in Lakewood, Gig Harbor and Puyallup, is accused of altering patient records to maximize profits and employing unqualified staff, accordi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Addiction Recovery Care Closes More Facilities ANOTHER TWO BITE THE DUST – Dec. 5, 2024 - Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) has temporarily closed at least two more facilities, officials told WYMT Thursday. (ARC) continues to face significant challenges due to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDec 10 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Many View Substance Abuse as a Health Issue – But In Many States It’s a CRIME JAIL’S CHEAPER THAN REHAB – Dec. 6, 2024 - The American Medical Association’s annual report on the overdose crisis, released last month, repeatedly accused insurance companies of violating federal laws that require t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
Lily Allen never ‘had sex’ with anyone ‘not drunk’… THEM OR HER? – Nov. 30, 2024 - The “Smile” singer confessed she’s never “had sex” with a partner “not drunk” until she married her current husband, “Stranger Things” star David Harbour. “We don’t really talk... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 10 2024
What a New Trump Administration Could Mean for Addiction Treatment by Adi Jaffe Ph.D. INCARCERATION FOR ADDICTS – Dec. 5, 2024 - Trump’s “Agenda 47” proposes an aggressive stance against drug trafficking and addiction, including measures such as naval embargoes on cartels and the death penalty f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionWar On Drugs
My friend was a popular & promising artist – how did he end up on the streets of Portland – addicted & dangerous? IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE? – Nov. 30, 2024 - When I first met Evan B Harris he was fizzing with talent and kindness. So I was shocked to hear he had become homeless and out of control. What happened to him is a story play... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
BREAKING NEWS! ACADIA HEALTHCARE: CORRUPT AS SIN ANYTHING FOR A BUCK – “That business has been built on deception, a New York Times investigation found.” Dec. 7, 2024 - The the country’s largest for-profit chain of 165 methadone clinics has generated more ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Investigation of Deaths at San Francisco’s Largest Publicly Funded Rehab VIDEO – WHO IS AT FAULT? – Dec. 3, 2024 - Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie and reporter Maggie Angst spent 10 months investigating deaths inside San Francisco’s largest publicly funded addiction treatment provi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
What Is Brain Rot? BEYOND DENMARK? – Dec. 1, 2024 - Brain rot is defined as the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 10 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Breaking Down Stigmas Around Addiction TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 4, 2024 - Stigmas can result in poor mental health, physical harm, lack of understanding and fewer opportunities. I saw this firsthand with my brother and the stigmas that were put onto h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Native Youth Connect To Break Cycles of Addiction FOLLOW YOUR ROOTS – Nov. 30, 2024 - The boys, who range in age from 12 to 17, are part of a 90-day youth residential treatment program, a Portland-based nonprofit founded in 1970 to provide culturally competent addic... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – John O’Donohue “Our very life depends directly on continuous acts of beginning.” – John O’Donohue ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024quote of the week