Walgreens Accused Of Fueling Opioid Addiction To Get More Customers MONEY MONEY MONEY – April 25, 2022 - The companies have denied the allegations, saying that they sold opioid medications that were prescribed by doctors. The defendants will make their opening statements in th... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Fighting the Stigma of Addiction VIDEO ONLY – SMASH STIGMA, SAVE LIVES – April 27, 2022 - Dr. Omar Abubaker shares the story of his son’s losing battle with heroin addiction. Dr. Abubaker believes that his son, Adam’s addiction beg... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
California Considering Safe Injection Centers AUDIO – LIFE SAVING SITES – April 28, 2022 - MCCLURG: At the time, he was grappling with his sexuality in a conservative town in Virginia. MCCOY: I wasn’t quite in the closet, but I wasn’t really open ab... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Woman With Global Fashion Success: There Is ‘Life After Addiction’ VIDEO – A BETTER LIFE TOO – April 27, 2022 - She later moved to London, as she needed medical treatment following an accident after she overdosed. “I’d caused myself a severe head injury through an overdose ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMay 3 2022OverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
Runner Raises Money After Son’s Dad Dies From Drugs VIDEO – DOING HER BEST – April 28, 2022 - “I saw it as an opportunity to combine two things that I am really passionate about which is running and advocating for people with substance use disorders and their fa... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 3 2022Recovery AdvocateTrauma
Breaking the Misconceptions of Sobriety AUDIO – ROSECRANCE PRODUCED – April 27, 2022 - Tune in while Rosecrance’s Director of Alumni Relations Colleen Fry and Paul Gilmet who is the Director of Access at Rosecrance’s Lakeview Campus join WGN’s John ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewMay 3 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
How to Talk to Kids about Drugs VIDEO – EARLY AND OFTEN – April 28, 2022 - “You have to have a very direct conversation,” she said. “You have to say, ‘I’m not saying you’re going to do it, but in the event you’re around people and doing it, I... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancyMay 3 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Addiction Recovery High School MIGHT Open VIDEO – WHAT GOOD? – April 26, 2022 - “This school keeps those students separate from the general education students, so they can work on their recovery and continue in their recovery and not be subject to thos... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagersTrauma
CBD for Opioid Withdrawal? TRY EVERYTHING – April 28, 2022 - Medications for OUD treatment, such as methadone (Methadose), buprenorphine (Subutex), and buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), help reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms. H... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
Ireland Baldwin Recalls Being “Tortured” by Eating Disorders VIDEO – WHEN SNACK FOODS KILL – April 26, 2022 - “I just hit a total breaking point,” she told the talk show’s co-host Willow Smith. “I was self-medicating with Xanax and I was drinking. And I have a lot of al... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
U.S. Army Sued Over Discharging Soldiers with Drug Addiction AUDIO – GET LOST ADDICTS – April 28, 2022 - Army veteran Mark Stevenson, with help from students at Yale Law School, is suing Army Secretary Christine Wormuth in federal court in Connecticut, seeking to force ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Pharmacies Block Telehealth Adderall Prescriptions NO PILLS FOR YOU! – April 27, 2022 - Online mental-health companies Done and Cerebral have grown quickly since they were founded in 2019 and serve tens of thousands of patients between them. Both companies char... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022RecoveryRehab
Did Doctors Kill His Son? Now Dad is Fighting Back VIDEO – ADDICTING YOUTH FOR PROFIT and LOSS – April 27, 2022 - “I promised for the rest of my life, I would change the killer of addiction, everywhere I can and anyway I can,” the professor of oral and maxillo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMay 3 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
The Dark Side of Life Trading Crypto INSOMNIA, ADDICTION, DEPRESSION, OH MY – April 28, 2022 - Therapists, such as Aaron Sternlicht of New York, say they are seeing an influx of people seeking help for crypto addiction, though treatment is availa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionGaminginternetinterventionMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Empire of Pain – Audiobook Review LISTENING TO CRIMINALS – April 29, 2022 - A remarkable piece of narrative reporting and a sweeping family saga, New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe’s award-winning book about the Sackler family and its role... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMay 3 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecovery
Quote of the Week – James Brown “The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.” —Happy Birthday, James Brown (May 3, 1933 - Dec. 25, 2006) ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerMay 3 2022quote of the week
Artist Uses Woodworking To Overcome Addiction VIDEO – 12 WOODEN STEPS – April 19, 2022 - “It’s kind of amazing how many times I’ve heard the story that led them to woodworking,” Hardin said. One tool Hardin still keeps in his shop today is his Lufkin ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 26 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
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 the U.S. By 2020, that number had ballooned to 68,630. And during the isolating, stressful, and financia... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
I Took A Break From Weed After Smoking For 3 Years HOW LONG DID THAT LAST? – April 20, 2022 - Before I share how my “No Marijuana March” went, let me make a couple things clear: I love weed (still do), and I am certainly not condemning anyone who partakes in d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmarijuanapotRecoveryRehabsmokingweed
Keith Urban’s ‘Lucky’ That Addictions, Sobriety ‘Hasn’t Defined Creativity’ THE MUSE NEVER LEFT HIM – April 18, 2022 - Keith Urban says he’s “lucky” that his music and creativity remain unaffected by his sobriety now 15 years later. He told the Sunday Times, “I’m glad it didn’t change ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides? WHO CAN TELL? – April 21, 2022 – Suicides and drug overdoses can happen in clusters when people become desensitized to death, says Connery, who’s also the clinical director of McLean Hospital’s Division of Alc... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmasuicideTrauma
Kicked Out of Christian Program Because of Her Sexual Orientation VIDEO – WWJD – April 19, 2022 - “The state successfully argued that early termination could not be considered until resolving the alleged probation violation. Judge Souto then heard testimony from multiple witn... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Multiple Middle School Students Possibly Overdose MIDNIGHT IN AMERICA? – April 22, 2022 - A source told Mid-Hudson News that the students were reported to be suffering from a reaction to a drug that they had ingested. Poughkeepsie City School District Super... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyOverdoseteenagersTrauma
Coffee House Offers Fresh Start to Recovering Addicts VIDEO – COFFEE AND ADDICTS, WHAT A FIT – April 22, 2022 - “We felt like we could have a business that would really help people coming out of incarceration and recovering from addition,” Paula Holtz said. Fr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
San Francisco Gets $10 million opioid Settlement NO ONE GOES TO PRISON – April 20, 2022 - San Francisco sued Endo, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Allergan Plc, drug distributor Anda Inc, pharmacy Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc in 2018. The companies cr... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO – April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa) district have become ground zero in an opioid overdose crisis that is killing thousands of Califor... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Nicki Minaj Opens Up About Sobriety VIDEO (at your own risk) – PUTTING AWAY THE GANGA – April 22, 2022 - “I used to b happy when I was high,” Nicki wrote in part. “Now I’m happy when I’m sober. No judgment to anyone. Be gentle with yourself.” Sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
‘Teen Mom 2’ Star Shares Uplifting Message About His Sobriety UP BUT NOT HIGH – April 20, 2022 - In an April 20 Instagram post, Sean shared a series of photos of him with his girlfriend, “Teen Mom” star Jade Cline, and their daughter, Kloie, alongside a lengthy capt... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
NAATP Strives for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Addiction Treatment A FORCE FOR CHANGE – April 4, 2022 - In 2020, NAATP engaged a DEI Advisory Committee to discuss the impact of systemic racism and other forms of discrimination on addiction treatment and recovery. This Committee no... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabUncategorized
He Went To a Recovery House and Was Murdered VIDEO – WHAT HORRORS – April 19. 2022 - The suspect? The house manager, Kevin Rice, who police said killed Pulling and tried to steal his bank card. “I don’t think he belonged here, I really don’t,” Chelchas... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 26 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabTrauma