Heart of the Matter – Podcast AUDIO – LADIES OF THE DAY – Sept. 2024 - Braunwyn Windham-Burke, who starred in two seasons of the hit Bravo TV show “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” joins Elizabeth Vargas for the season 6 premiere episode of... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewSept 10 2024
Doctors Use Problematic Race-Based Algorithms Every Day EVEN IN THE NORTH – Sept. 3, 2024 - As she went down the list, one of the factors tripped her up every time: Was the child Black? If not, add a point. The more points, the higher the risk of a UTI, which meant the ch... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancySept 10 2024
His New Approach to Recovery: William Cope Moyers On His Hidden Painkiller Addiction WHAT A MENSH – &... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 10 2024
Police Raid Largest Drug Lab in Polish History VIDEO – PEOPLE ARE HIGH EVERYWHERE – Aug. 30, 2024 - In a joint operation involving Poland’s Central Bureau of Investigation and Ukraine’s Department for Combating Drug Crime, officers seized nearly 200 kg of synthet... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionSept 10 2024
Why Are Physicians Not Addressing Addiction? TOO COMPLICATED? – &nbs... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionSept 03 2024
Acadia Healthcare Holding People Captive To Maximize Insurance Payouts WHAT EVIL GREED LURKS IN CORPORATE HEALTHCARE? – Sept. 1, 2024 - A New York Times investigation found that success was built on a disturbing practice: Acadia has lured patients into its facilities and held them again... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 03 2024
20 Million Fentanyl and Xylazine Test Strips Distributed BETTER SAFE THAN DEAD – Aug. 30, 2024 - Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York State has surpassed the milestone of distributing 20 million fentanyl and xylazine test strips statewide. These efforts and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylharm reductioninterventionRecovery AdvocateSept 03 2024
Going to Prison for ‘exploiting’ Native Americans PRISON HAS TO HURT – Aug. 22, 2024 - Diana Moore, 44, of Mesa was ordered this week by a judge to pay over $21 million in restitution to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for fraudulently billing the pu... Read More...Aug 27 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaintervention
Her Son Died In His Dorm. Where was the Narcan? WHERE IS LOVE? – Aug. 23, 2024 - This spring, Vera-Schubert reached out again, saying Bobby had relapsed. On April 12, a roommate found him slumped over his desk in his dorm, apparently overdosed from fake Xan... Read More...Aug 20 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdose
Implantable Robotic Narcan Dispenser Reverses Overdoses VIDEO – GET SOME TODAY – Aug. 24, 2024 - Researchers have developed a new device that will help to eliminate those delays and potentially save the lives of people who overdose. About the size of a stick of gum, it ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 20 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Have Hackers Stolen the Social Security #s of Every American? CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT – Aug. 14, 2024 - Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog, said that bad actors could do “all kinds of things” with the leaked information, the most worrisome probably being to try to take... Read More...Aug 20 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainternetintervention
Lamar Odom and Others Share Stories VIDEO – TALKING AND WALKING THE TALK – Aug. 8, 2024 - Rachael Keegan says childhood trauma led her to addiction. And along the way, she says she abused every kind of drug, from opioids to meth. “At a certain ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 13 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
TV11 Investigates Evergreen Recovery’s Former Clients Abandoned and Afraid VIDEO – HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? – Aug. 8, 2024 - Shut down amidst a fraud probe, Evergreen Recovery’s closure leaves vulnerable clients in unsafe conditions. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 13 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Pill That Could End the Opioid Epidemic AUDIO – VERY IMPORTANT – Aug. 8, 2024 - This approach of broadening access has worked elsewhere. In the ’80s and ’90s, France pushed this treatment to address its heroin crisis and saw overdose deaths drop by 79 pe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 13 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Study Using Ketamine to Break Alcohol Addiction BETTER THAN ANTABUSE – Aug. 8, 2024 - Prof Celia Morgan, who is leading the trial, said the initial stages had found participants stayed away from alcohol for longer. She said: “We think that ketamine helps... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 13 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
Facility Cooperating With FBI Investigation Into ‘Possible’ Fraud ANYTHING IS ‘POSSIBLE’ – Aug. 2, 2024 - ARC has developed a reputation for aggressive expansion since it was launched by Tim Robinson, a lawyer who founded the company with a single halfway house for alcohol t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 06 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Power of Positive Thinking in Overcoming Addiction WE LOVE YOU NORMAN VINCENT PEALE – Aug. 2, 2024 - Your mind will be key in overcoming your addiction. Its past workings lead you to substance use and its current state will lead you out of it. If you wan... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 06 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Harm Reduction Seeks to Help Addicted Individuals VIDEO – LET THERE BE LIGHT – July 30, 2024 - Harm reduction programs look to help those dealing with addiction by providing them with things like clean needles. Critics say harm reduction only makes things wor... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 06 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Med Students Begin Their Careers With a White Coat and Narcan FINALLY – July 26, 2024 - For first-year medical students in Philadelphia, the beginning of their career in health care is often marked with ceremony, sacred oaths and, more recently, tools to combat the addic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 06 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecovery
San Francisco Could Pay Cash to Stay Clean VIDEO – WEEKLY STIPEND – July 29, 2024 - The proposal, called “Cash Not Drugs,” would create a voluntary sobriety incentive for eligible residents on public assistance, offering up to $100 a week for those who test... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 06 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
In-Home Addiction Provider Aware Recovery Raises $3.5Million HOUSE CALLS ARE BACK IN – July 24, 2024 - Aware Recovery offers in-home substance use disorder (SUD) care. The provider is able to treat people with alcohol, opioid and other substance use disorders. Aware off... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 30 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Dopamine Disruption Impairs Mentalizing Abilities BRAINS MATTER – July 22, 2024 - “The main implication of our work is that in disorders with dopamine dysfunctions, in addition to producing the primary symptoms associated with these disorders (such as motor s... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 30 2024Mental Health
Non-profit Rebrands To Support Struggling Addicts HELPING OTHERS MATTERS – July 25, 2024 - Families Against Narcotics (FAN) is now called Face Addiction Now. The organization assists over 100,000 people annually through its various programs. FAN started 16 ye... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 30 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
RFK Jr. Wants to Send People Addicted to Antidepressants to “Wellness Farms” FREE OVERNIGHT CAMP – July 24, 2024 - RFK Jr. suggests creating “wellness farms” to “reparent” those struggling with addiction by growing organic food and taking away screens. He says it’ll also be a place for... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 30 2024Rehab
Hang Up Your Cellphone Addiction VIDEO – THE NEW CIGARETTES, BUT USEFUL – July 22, 2024 - Almost 50% of Americans are addicted to their cell phones. On average, people check their phones every 12 minutes throughout the day. Whether texting, cal... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 30 2024Smartphone Addiction
Energy Drinks Pulled After Dire Warning WORSE THAN COKE? – July 25, 2024 - Energy drinks with as much caffeine as nine cans of Coca-Cola have been removed from store shelves in a major crackdown blitz About 700 drinks were seized from South Australian re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 30 2024
Sobriety Advocate & Herbalist Overcomes Homelessness SUPPORT SOBER ENTREPRENEURS – July 13, 2024 - Valerie Wiener is following her dream by choosing a healing path as an herbalist. Also known as Mother Wanderer Earth Medicine, the mother of two says, “I’m a huge... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediahomelessinterventionInterviewJuly 23 2024Recovery Advocate
Watching HBO’s ‘Teen Torture, Inc. REVOLTING – July 16, 2024 - “Teen Torture, Inc.” is the latest documentary aimed at exposing alleged abuses within the massive “troubled teen” industry, which caters to parents and state agencies desperate to ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 23 2024Mental HealthteenagersTrauma
Acupuncture Can Shorten Methadone Treatments EAST MEETS WEST – July 10, 2024 - Eight weeks of acupuncture was found to reduce the dose of methadone needed to control opioid cravings, which could make patients likelier to stick with their treatment. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 16 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
How Portland Police and Activists Teamed Up to Fight Addiction WITH HEART AND SOUL – July 10, 2024 - Mr. Schmautz is president of the Portland Police Association. He doesn’t want to incarcerate drug users, but he believes public drug use should qualify as a misdemeanor. D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 16 2024