To Jessica Simpson,”Sober looks great on you.” AUDIO – MAKE UP-FREE? – July 14, 2023 - Jessica Simpson is no stranger to blowing fans away with super-glamorous selfies on Instagram. However, the Open Book author stripped it all back in honor of her 43rd bi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 25 2023
988 Line Gets 5 Million Calls and Texts in 1st Year AUDIO – TALK ABOUT IT! – July 15, 2023 - Last July, the cumbersome 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline became 988. The easy-to-remember lifeline was created to help people dealing with issues like depress... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 25 2023Mental Healthsuicide
AA Helps Many. For others, alternatives exist. NOT EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF GOD – July 14, 2023 - Whenever a movie or television show depicts a person attending a recovery meeting, it is invariably AA. The vast majority of treatment facilities offer only 12-s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 25 2023
Research Explains Neural Basis of Cocaine Addiction BRAIN SCIENTISTS ONLY – July 15, 2023 - These individual differences in neuronal sensitivity may have implications for understanding addiction susceptibility and developing personalized treatments or preventive measu... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 25 2023
“in recovery”? We Need a Better Definition GETTING BACK SANITY? – July 11, 2023 - It came up with this definition after assembling unidentified “leaders in the behavioral health field, consisting of people in recovery from mental health and substance use prob... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘There is hope’: Speakers Share Stories of Recovery WONDERFUL AUDIO – July 16, 2023 - Bush, a peer advocate for people in recovery, recounted his “rock bottom” before a crowd at the second Recovery Speaks event at Nick’s Ride 4 Friends in Auburn Saturday. Over 60 pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New York Launches Overdose Prevention Campaign STOP THE DYING – July 13, 2023 - New York health officials on Tuesday launched a public service campaign highlighting the importance of naloxone, a medication that is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 25 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Ozempic Could Cure Drug Addiction CAN YOU SHOVE IT? – July 15, 2023 - Ozempic, the diabetes drug that went viral for its ability to help people lose weight and eat less, is back in the news this week. The EU announced that it would investigate... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
How Buprenorphine Works to Overcome Opioid Addiction SOUNDS LIKE A MIRACLE DRUG – July 7, 2023 - The drug works by binding to the same opioid receptors in the brain, activating them less intensely than opioids. Thus buprenorphine decreases the craving for opioid... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineJuly 25 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
Harsher Drug Penalties Don’t Help Addicts Recover LEGALIZE IT – July 9, 2023 - While the bill claims to go after high-level dealers and “drug kingpins,” it would actually make it easier for someone simply in possession to be brought in on intent to distribute — and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJuly 25 2023Recovery
Antipsychotics Work Differently Than Scientists Thought WHO KNEW? – July 18, 2023 - A new finding from Northwestern Medicine scientists provides a new avenue to develop more effective drugs to treat the debilitating symptoms of schizophrenia. Traditionally, researc... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 25 2023Mental Health
Leaders Speak Against Safe Syringe Programs VIDEO – LET THEM EAT DEATH – July 18, 2023 - “Simply flooding the community with paraphernalia, making it easier to abuse drugs, is not the answer. I’m calling on the county to come back with real solutions like trea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionJuly 25 2023OverdoseRecovery
The Department of Health & Human Services Distributes $47.8 Million For Drugs, For Addiction and Other Facets of Overdose Prevention & Substance Abuse GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING – July 19, 2023 - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing awards in five grant prog... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 25 2023OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tony Bennett – Fly Me to the Moon – Live on MTV AUDIO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE - RIP Tony Bennett – April 15, 2014 - Fly me to the moonLet me play among the starsLet me see what spring is like onA-Jupiter and MarsIn other words, hold my handIn other words, baby, ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerJuly 25 2023
Legendary American Singer Tony Bennett passes at 96 THE GOOD LIFE – July 21, 2023 - No less than Frank Sinatra called the former singing waiter "the best singer in the business" after he became a star in the 1950s. Bennett went on to win 20 Grammy awards, including a ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerJuly 25 2023
Was ‘Jack the Ripper’ an Alcoholic? THE WARM BEER? – July 16, 2023 - A whole industry has sprung up around the case, including books, exhibitions and tours around the streets of the Whitechapel district where the women were killed. Bax Horton... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 25 2023
Kyle Richards Says Sobriety: ‘Never felt better’ AND SO IT IS – July 16, 2023 - And honestly, life is going to throw us some difficult days. I certainly don’t need to be adding any extra ones to that list.” Richards joked that she still does “stupid things” and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 25 2023RecoveryRehab
Employee at Landmark Recovery Talks About Drug Use at Facility VIDEO – STAFF OR CLIENTS? – July 14, 2023 - The employee says he’s been tasked with responsibilities that he is in no way qualified for and weren’t part of the job description, such as full body cavity searches, cari... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World VIDEO – HIGH HISTORY LESSON – July 18, 2023 - Psychiatrist Halpern and writer Blistein begin with the bad news. “In 2017,” they write, “47,600 people died of opioid-related overdoses—more than gunshots and car crashe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 25 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
COVID Was Hiding Another Epidemic THE DISEASE OF MORE? – July 18, 2023 - That same day on the medical wards, an overhead speaker pages a “rapid response” announcement to my elderly patient’s room; she cannot wake up. And down the hallway, a mi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 25 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Inside Grim Fentanyl Plague that Runs Rampant in NYC & Kills Celebs THE SILENT KILLER – July 14, 2023 - Rapper Lil Peep, a friend of Post Malone, died in 2017 from taking Xanax laced with fentanyl. The next year Miller, another rapper, died from a fatal dose of fentanyl in cocaine. L... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 25 2023Overdose
History of Imperial Valley’s Century-Long Drug Crisis HEROIN WASN’T BORN YESTERDAY – July 10, 2023 - n 1944, Baja California governor, Gen. Juan Felipe Rico declared open war on opium trafficking after another massive amount of narcotics destined for California was seiz... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 25 2023Recovery
Demi Lovato says Vision and Hearing Damage from Overdose a Reminder ‘to stay on the right path’ DAMAGE CONTROL – July 14, 2023 - Lovato previously revealed in their 2021 docuseries “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil” that they experienced several strokes, a heart attack, pneumonia and multiple organ fa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 25 2023Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehab
5 Most Popular Addiction Treatment Centers for the Wealthy QUITTING FOR A PRICE – 2023 - The Pursuitist, the ultimate luxury insider, has explored the world and brought back the inside scoop on the most exclusive and expensive addiction treatment centers for the rich ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Nan Goldin vs. The Powers of the Opioid Death Cash Grab ARTISTS SAVE LIVES – July 17, 2023 - Nan Goldin’s photography is a lesson in capturing life; its raw brutality and beautiful banality. Best known for her celebrated slideshows, Goldin’s work documents humanity as a s... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 25 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Leigh Steinberg is No. 23 on Cal Athletics 100 Best List SHOW ME THE SOBRIETY – July 16, 2023 - Steinberg began college at UCLA then transferred to Cal after one year. He served as student body president, graduated in 1970 and earned his law degree from Berkeley in ’73. Tw... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Gary Oldman Hated To Work Because It Delayed His Drinking Time SID GETS SOBER – IMAGINE – July 10, 2023 - Gary Oldman stayed away from alcohol when he realised he would “die” as a result of his drinking. The 65-year-old “Slow Horses” actor - who quit booze more than... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 25 2023RecoveryRehab
NJ Teams “Wrestle for Recovery” VIDEO – PINNING ADDICTION – July 15, 2023 - That’s where Rob Nucci comes in. He’s the head coach at Raritan High School where the Rockets are two-time defending sectional champions. He doubles as president of Hazle... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sheriff’s Homeless Outreach Finds Mental Illness & Addiction AUDIO – IT’S COMPLICATED – July 12, 2023 - Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper on Wednesday announced the results of a recent homeless outreach effort and called for robust funding to address serious problems that p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJuly 25 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Quote of the Week – Margot Robbie “I just try to keep healthy more so than trying to be thin.” – Margot Robbie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKgaVlMN7IY ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 25 2023quote of the week