Free Film Screening Saturday Night at the Movies July 11, 2020 at 9:00pm. Screening the film, The First Day: A Focus on the Beginning. Presented on In The Rooms by REEL Recovery Film Festival July 8, 2020 –The Virtual REEL ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 7 2020RecoveryREEL Recovery Film Festival
Woman’s suspected overdose spotlights hidden deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic She could have been a contender... – June 28, 2020 - The virus knocked down all the supports she had carefully built around her: no more in-person Narcotics Anonymous meetings, no talks over coffee with a trusted fri... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Overdose
FDA again declines to approve non-opioid painkiller What’s really going on? – JUNE 29, 2020 - The FDA has been pushing drugmakers to develop alternatives to opioid-based painkillers as the United States grapples with opioid addiction, with prescription opioids involve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
How Attorneys Can Help As Addiction Cases Rise Post-Pandemic by Sue Bright When will it end? – June 28, 2020 - In establishing a solid defense for legal cases, take time to discuss the client’s history with drugs and alcohol. Attorneys can play an important role in ensuring their clients be... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
‘It was a perfect storm how I got sober’: Student battles through addiction to graduate WATCH – Miracles Do Happen! – July 1, 2020 - Morrison started out at Lane Community College writing for the student-run newspaper, The Torch. Two years later, he transferred to the U of O and quickly got involved ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryJuly 7 2020Recovery
Providing Vapes to Incarcerated People Freedom would be even better – JUNE 30, 2020 - One aspect is the potential benefits of nicotine and the harms of withdrawal to people in this setting. Nicotine has calming properties which help to explain, for exampl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryJuly 7 2020Vaping
Art exhibit removes the stigma of addiction WATCH – Celebration time is now – July 2, 2020 - This is a disease condition. This isn’t just a series of bad moral decisions and that’s what they come into the treatment center with. We’re trying to disjoint that id... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Involuntary treatment for the addicted is unconstitutional? Coercion or Compassion? – July 1, 2020 - On Wednesday morning, Cameron and local leaders and advocates gathered in overwhelming support of Casey’s Law, asserting its 16-year impact on people with substance use disord... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
How To Achieve Emotional Sobriety Balancing Act As If – June 30, 2020 - The next step is recovery is emotional sobriety, or learning to deal with the uncomfortable feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that the addictive behaviors attempted to cover up o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCompassionJuly 7 2020Recovery
North America to Hold the Lion’s Share in Addiction Treatment Market, 2020 to 2025 America’$ Rehab Dream – July 3, 2020 - Recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased drug addiction relapses. Hence, companies in the addiction treatment market are capitalizing on the demand for... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
Internet addiction causing emotional issues in teenagers Oh, only teenagers? – July 2, 2020 - Lead author James Donald from the University of Sydney said the rate and intensity of online activity among teenagers is increasing daily. “We also know that many platforms on ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetJuly 7 2020Smartphone Addiction
‘Left with nothing’: Funding shortfall cancels opioid response grants What’s more important? – JULY 4, 2020 — Change the Outcome was one of more than two dozen programs that sought but failed to receive funding through Minnesota’s landmark Opioid Epidemic Response Law, which in its ear... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
Charlie Sheen on Quitting Smoking: “The Sooner the Better” Poof – July 04, 2020 - from Charlie Sheen, dear @my lungs,it was one year ago TODAY,that i quit smoking!hashtag -YOU’RE WELCOME!if i could goback in time and have NEVER STARTED,i would absolutely do so!i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 7 2020nicotineRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsmoking
Q&A with Ken Pomerance Stick with the Winners – July 2, 2020 - Kenny has over 37 years of long-term recovery and has been married to his wife, Jamie, for over 32 years. Jaime has 34 years of long-term recovery. Kenny and Jamie have two ch... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewJuly 7 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
The Opioid Crisis and America’s Addiction to Prohibition Lock up 'dem addicts Now! – June 29, 2020 - For individuals addicted to opioids or suffering from chronic pain, a war on drugs has never been a prescription for improving wellness. This dominant abstinence‐based pol... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
‘I’m a f**king grandma!’ Sia is sober and a GRANDMOTHER at the age of just 44 Sobriety is Wild – July 1, 2020 - The musician, whose real name is Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, said that her adopted children now call her ‘Nana’. The Grammy-nominated artist joked that she was trying to get them to... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 7 2020Recovery
The Seattle journalist talks addiction and sobriety in memoir Report from the Great Northwest – July 1, 2020 - In Quitter, Barnett exercises the trademark candor people have come to expect from her Twitter feed and on her local news blog The C is For Crank. But instead of apply... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx celebrates 19 years sober Still a Teenager – July 3, 2020 - Nikki Sixx had previously struggled with substance abuse, while even overdosing from heroin in 1987. Since that moment in time, he has been active in a recovery program, noting that ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 7 2020Recovery
Robbie Williams has strange new “addiction” Hole in the head or hole in one? – July 2, 2020 - “This is something I was explaining to my wife Ayda. My addictions will manifest every day. So when I wasn’t sleeping last night, I was playing golf online. It’s some... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 7 2020Recovery
A Memoir of a Canadian Rock Star WATCH - MEDIA: Recovery Memoir – June 30, 2020 - Great Big Sea founding member Séan McCann and his wife Andrea Aragon discuss their book, “One Good Reason: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love,” and how... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 7 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Real-life Frankensteins’ $52M scheme involving sober living patients undergoing surgery for cash & prizes Faces of Greed – July 3, 2020 - A Beverly Hills surgeon, his girlfriend and four others were charged in connection with an elaborate scheme, paying patients at Southern California sober living homes to undergo medica... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
End the War on DRUG Addicts by JOHN STOSSEL WATCH – Free Treatment Instead? – July 1, 2020 - But “one problem kept cropping up,” CARL HART says in his soon-to-be-released book, Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, “the evidence did not ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
Western addicts head to Thailand to detox Seeking Help Overseas – July 1, 2020 - Chiang Mai, Thailand (CNN) — Kneeling beside a gutter within a walled compound adjoining a complex of golden-roofed temples, 50 men in red pajamas with the word “overcome” on th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Novartis pays $678 million to settle kickbacks to doctors Chump Change – JULY 1, 2020 - Over the years, speaker programs have been a controversial practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Federal prosecutors have alleged the programs are sometimes nothing more than social e... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020
Hispanic community, racial disparities in healthcare add to the burden Healthy is for the Wealthy – July 1, 2020 - In recent years, the opioid overdose crisis ravaging Philadelphia has often been painted as affecting mostly white people. But even as overdose deaths slowly decrease among... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Beverly Hills Doctor Pleads Not Guilty In Alleged Fraud Scheme I’m Innocent! I’m Innocent! I’m Innocent! – July 3, 2020 - Dr. Randy Rosen pleaded not guilty Thursday to 88 felony counts in two separate cases, while Rosen’s girlfriend 41-year-old Liza Visamanos of Los Angeles, pl... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020
Top Movies About Addiction Recover Movies are Miraculous – July 1, 2020 - For some, watching movies can be a form of relaxation and entertainment. But for others, it can be more than that. It can serve as an inspiration, or as a way to learn valuable ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Quote of the Week – Toni Cade Bambara “The role of the artist is to make revolution irresistible.” —Toni Cade Bambara ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 7 2020quote of the week
Jim Morrison died on July 3, 1971 LISTEN - WAY TOO SOON! – June 27, 2020 - Written by Morrison himself, the song featured on their epic LP Waiting for the Sun and is a staple of any Doors fan’s collection. The track ranks high as one of the mos... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020life expectancyPsychedelics
Addiction recovery: telehealth has pros and cons Or just cons? – June 25, 2020 - “It has made treatment available to some people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get it because they’re in rural areas or far away, but it is lacking some of that in person inte... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneCoronavirusinternetJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab