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New Hope For Cocaine Addiction

STOP THE MADNESS – Oct. 5, 2023 - The findings, published October 5, 2023 in Nature Neuroscience, helped the researchers identify a potential new treatment for cocaine addiction, a disease that is poorly under... Read More...

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California Rushing to Decriminalize Psychedelics by David Smith

AUDIO – TRIPPING OUT – Oct. 4, 2023 - Many young people followed. They rode the wave of psychedelic journeys, until they didn’t. The federal government classified hallucinogens as Schedule 1 controlled substances, co... Read More...

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Recovery Reinvented Sheds Light on Addiction

LISTEN UP – Oct. 6, 2023 - She also spoke on the importance of meeting patients where they are. A majority of incarcerated individuals also struggle with addiction. She said correctional facilities are also ad... Read More...

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Before there was ZOOM There was IntheroomsRooms.com

VISIONARIES – Oct. 4, 2023 - Ron says, “Fifteen years ago we were told by all the experts and advisors that a site like InTheRooms.com would not work. They said we would never reach 10,000 members and people w... Read More...

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Finding Serenity in Sobriety: Tips, Tricks and Tools

YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH ONE YOU’LL NEED – Oct. 1, 2023 - Acceptance Acceptance is the conscious act of embracing reality, acknowledging both the pleasant and the unpleasant aspects of life. In the context of s... Read More...

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Eddie Randle Shares His Story

MORE FOOD...FOR THOUGHT – Sept. 29, 2023 - On paper, my life seemed together. My career was progressing, and I convinced myself I was happy. That lie shattered in a crash I will never forget. People ask me why I am s... Read More...

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Governor and First Lady Highlight Progress at Recovery Reinvented

IT HAPPENS TO ANY OF US – Oct. 5, 2023 - “Recovery is a gift. It’s a gift that has lasting impact and acts as a force multiplier for people who are surrounded by a person who finds recovery,” the governor said... Read More...

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Addicted, Homeless and Running from the Cops: How High-Flying Event Planner Hid Out at the Waldorf Astoria

VIDEO – RICHES TO RAGS TO THE STEPS – Sept. 30, 2023 - “I was headed downhill fast. If the judge hadn’t sent me to Rikers I might not be alive,” Norman told The Post. Born in Oregon, he was living his dre... Read More...

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Company Knew All About Dangerous Breathing Machines They Sold

PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE – Sept. 27, 2023 - “Black shavings in the chamber,” said one 2011 report that was kept from the government. “Contaminated with unknown sticky substance,” noted another three years later. ... Read More...

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Sly Stone on Addiction and Aging

STILL ALIVE! – Oct. 6, 2023 - In fairness, this couldn’t have come as news. It was, he says, the fourth time in recent years he had been taken to hospital in an ambulance, suffering from breathing difficulties: the m... Read More...

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Sober Homes Promised Shelter But Some Delivered Fraud

CRIMES OF GREED – Sept. 18, 2023 - Officials assert the schemes may have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, while sparking wide-reaching fraud investigations, dozens of indictments, and an overhaul of bi... Read More...

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Social media Used to Reunite Native Americans with Those Caught Up in Fake Sober Homes

AUDIO – TRAVESTY – Sept. 15, 2023 - For months, fraudulent sober living homes have been targeting tribal reservations across the western U.S., including the Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe, coercing vul... Read More...

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6 Traits That Will Help You Thrive as a Counselor

YOU HAVE MONEY ALREADY – Sept. 29, 2023 - Flexibility An effective counselor possesses the ability to adapt their worldview and has a profound comprehension of multicultural issues within therapeutic sett... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment Clinic on Wheels

ON THE ROAD...TO RECOVERY – Sept. 15, 2023 - When asked why Addiction Treatment Services opted to add mobile unit services outside of the main hub in Traverse City, she said “it’s needed.” “People struggle ... Read More...

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Testimonies Signal Strength of Recovery

VIDEO – TELLING IT LIKE IT IS and WAS – Sept. 29, 2023 - Mountain Comprehensive Care hosted its second ‘Recovery Rally’ with community partners. The rally gives those battling addiction access to resources and a... Read More...

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Addiction’s Common Ground: A Universal Brain Circuit Revealed

IT’S COMPLICATED – Sept. 25, 2023 - One limitation to the study is because the data came from previous studies and the findings are correlative, the authors could not conclude causation. Stubbs also noted ther... Read More...

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Inside the Country’s First EVER Sober House for Women

VIDEO – FRIENDLY HOUSE – Sept. 29, 2023 - September is ‘National Recovery Month’ so California Live’s Lawrence Zarian visits L.A.’s ‘Friendly House,’ a recovery facility helping women treat substance & alcohol ab... Read More...

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I Was 10 Years Old the First Time I Got Drunk. Now I’m Sober Helping Others Quit.

AS IT SHOULD BE – Sept. 27, 2023 - I certainly didn’t make things easy for my parents. By the time adolescence struck, my status as a difficult child was well-established. I rebelled at every turn. In time, I ... Read More...

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Celebrate Recovery Allows Addicts, Families to Share Positive Results

TOGETHER MAGIC CAN HAPPEN – Sept. 28, 2023 - The Community Paramedicine Program has been a stepping stone to recovery by providing counseling and services to families battling addiction, connecting patients to needed... Read More...

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Court Forces Sober Living Participants Out

VIDEO – OUT OF HERE – Sept. 28, 2023 - TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A judge has weighed in on the struggle for sober living residents to stay at a Southside hotel and apartment complex, which isn’t good for them. O... Read More...

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AJ McLean: Two Years Sober: ‘One Hell of a Journey’

VIDEO – GROWING UP – Sept. 28, 2023 - Now he’s honouring the work he’s done for the past couple of years in getting to a healthy place mentally and physically. On 26 September, the 45-year-old music icon too... Read More...

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Strength in Sensitivity: Becoming a “Borderline” Psychotherapist

I DO, I DON’T, I WILL, I WON’T – Sept. 22, 2023 - I’m now 49 years of age, and after 22 years of psychoanalysis that is still ongoing, 13 years of which I was heavily medicated on psychotropics, I am now medication f... Read More...

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Governors Take Naloxone Training at State House

WITH JUDGMENT-FREE COMPASSION – Sept. 28, 2023 - “Overdose has touched so many Maryland families, including my own,” said Lt. Gov. Miller. “We need to create a seat at the table for everyone as we continue to ident... Read More...

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US to Combat Opiates With Nuevo War on Drugs

VIDEO – WILL IT WORK? – Sept. 19, 2023 - Primary elements of the strategy include: Reducing the international supply of illicit opioids, reducing the supply of opioids in the United States, attacking the enab... Read More...

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Phil Mickelson: He Gambled Away a Billion Dollar$

CHAMP CHANGE – Sept. 19, 2023 - Mickelson has been relatively quiet since Walters’s comments became public. Mickelson returns to competition this week with Saudi-backed LIV Golf outside Chicago. Walters sai... Read More...

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5 Lifesaving Items to Add to Any First Aid Kit

BE A HERO – Sept. 28, 2023 - We spoke with Lisa Hendy, a canyon district ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, where she oversees all of the park’s backcountry rangers and river patrol (she was formerly the fi... Read More...

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Jeff Tweedy on Judaism and Staying Sober

MUCH TO SAY – Sept. 13, 2023 - You were skeptical of religion growing up, but you converted to Judaism as an adult. What role does Jewish tradition and belief play in your life these days? We’re primarily s... Read More...

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What Patients and Doctors Don’t Know About ‘Benzo’ Withdrawal

IT’S BRUTAL? – Sept. 2, 2023 - After struggling to quit on my own, and unsure of where to turn, an online search led me to several frightening, confusing weeks in detox and rehab facilities. Despite the interv... Read More...

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‘I just wanted to be a good dad’ – Mr. Agnew Reflects on 20 Years Sober

VIDEO – FATHER KNOWS BEST – Sept. 5, 2023 - “My story actually is so huge, and the journey is so wide.” Sobriety and recovery gave it back. “20 years, 20 plus years, it’s amazing.” Amazing, not easy. He had a s... Read More...

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Tony Hoffman Brings Message of Hope and Recovery to Schools

VIDEO – WISDOM FROM A REAL BIKER – Sept. 5, 2023 - Tony Hoffman, founder of pH Wellness and a former BMX athlete who struggled with drug addiction and spent time in prison, has spoken to over 500,000 students in the ... Read More...

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