Psychologists Learn What Religion Has Known for Years WE ARE ALL GOD? – Sept. 14, 2021 - Even very subtle actions—like moving together in time—can exert a significant effect on the mind. We see synchrony in almost every religion the world over: Buddhists an... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionGodlife expectancyMental HealthSept 21 2021
Stores Have More Time to Submit Cigarette Warnings COUGH UP A LUNG ON US? – Sept. 1, 2021 - Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers that create their own cigarette advertisements are required to file a plan with the FDA that includes the schedule for ro... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCancerDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancynicotineRecoverySept 14 2021smoking
Black Deaths Are Increasing Faster Than Whites ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER – Sept. 10, 2021 - Addiction specialist Edwin Chapman has made it his life’s work to fight the drug epidemic in the Black community. He says that drug addiction in these communities has alway... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabSept 14 2021Trauma
Keith McCants, ex-NFL Player Struggled Who with Addiction Dead at 53 TOO DAMN SAD – Sept. 2, 2021 -“Before was over with, I was consuming over 183 pills a week, not knowing the effects it had on my liver or my kidneys,” McCants said in a 2015 Vice Sports interview. He was neve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 7 2021Super BowlTrauma
Canada’s Drug Policy — Not Drugs — Is Killing People OH CANADA, OH NO – August 31, 2021 - It’s mind-boggling communities across Canada must still organize for an annual awareness day to draw public and policymakers’ attention to poisoned street drugs ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 7 2021Trauma
How One Alcoholic Drink Raises Risk Irregular Heartbeat WATCH IT – THE POWER OF BOOZE – Sept. 2, 2021 - “This demonstrates that whenever we consume alcohol, it is presumably having a nearly immediate effect on the electrical workings of our hearts,” Gregory Marcus,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
Philip Morris Wants to Sell Medicine To Treat Cigarette Caused Lung Disease LISTEN – FROM SELLING DRUGS TO SELLING MEDICINE – Sept. 2, 2010 - All cigarette companies know the industry that established their fortunes is fading, as smoking rates decline worldwide. Most are investe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerinterventionlife expectancynicotineSept 7 2021smoking
Nurse Shares Story of Recovery at South Jersey Ministry PLEASE WATCH – REAL HEROES – August 25, 2021 - “I had tried to commit suicide numerous times. I had been in and out of programs. I had lost my nursing license. There was nowhere for me to go,” she said. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicideteenagers
A Chat with Heroes of Al-Azeema Rehab ADDICTION WITHOUT BORDERS – August 28, 2021 - Hassanein Ahmed, 27, also decided to quit drugs after a decade of addiction. “I decided to seek treatment for myself. I did not want to continue what I was doing,”... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Charlie Watts “I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.” —Charlie Watts ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerlife expectancyRecovery
Luring Its Youth Into Tight Grip Of Addiction KASHMIR BLUES – August 18, 2021 - That first encounter with charas happened on a day Murad would never forget, and not because of his introduction to charas. It was the day he’d won a local football comp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancymarijuanaopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoverysmokingteenagersTrauma
Hazelden Betty Ford Sets Pace on Employee Vaccinations PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR – August 29, 2021- “Vaccinations are especially important to us because people with substance use disorders are at significantly higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and experiencing... Read More...August 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionlife expectancyMental Healthnonprofit organizationRecovery
Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Claims 6 Lives in 8 Days FATAL LINE – August 17, 2021 - “We collectively urge that anyone who has purchased cocaine, or other narcotics, recently on the North Fork or Shelter Island, or know of a family member or friend that has purchased,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Quote of the Week – Chuck Close “Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.” —Chuck Close (July 5, 1940 – Aug. 19, 2021) ... Read More...August 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyquote of the weekRecovery
Psychiatry Is the Cause, Not the Solution CHEMICALS THINKING – August 8, 2021 - Despite the details, the general theme is the same: someone starts having “psychiatric symptoms,” they are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder and prescribed medic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Quote of the Week – Mahatma Gandhi “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi ... Read More...August 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyquote of the week
87 Ways to Feel Healthier at Home NOT ONE OF THEM IS HAND SANITIZER – July 26, 2021 - Thankfully, you can leverage your living space and what you do in it to feel healthier and happier on the daily, no expensive renos required. Of course... Read More...August 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronaviruslife expectancyMental Health
Saginaw Grant, ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘The Lone Ranger’ Dead at 85 PEACE – August 1, 2021 - “Saginaw loved this country and fought in Korea as a Marine. He bore the mark of this service as a proud reminder and had a deep love for bulldogs (the mascot for the US Marines),” the ... Read More...August 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancy
For Philadelphians in recovery there are ‘worse things in life than being isolated’ HUNGER AND A COLD DEATH – July 28, 2021 - “During the pandemic, they wouldn’t let us leave the house, you couldn’t go see your family — you couldn’t do anything, really,” he said. “I’m on methadone, and they to... Read More...August 3 2021CompassionCoronavirushomelessinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Overdose deaths from meth up in LA County WATCH – WORKING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER – July 24, 2021 - “We had a high increase in relapse because our meetings were shut down,” she said. During the height of the pandemic, the report documented nearly 1,400 a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 27 2021life expectancymethOverdose
Losing My Brother to Opioids During the COVID-19 Pandemic NO VACCINE FOR THIS EPIDEMIC – July 20, 2021 - If you had told me at any point in the last ten years while my brother, Jeremy, was battling his opioid addiction, that it would end in a St. Louis hospital... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 27 2021life expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Memoir recounts author’s journey through addiction, relapse, and recovery WATCH – BOOK REVIEW: QUITTER: A MEMOIR – July 20, 2021 - With the pandemic came isolation and with isolation came, for some, a greater desire to consume alcohol. Author and journalist Erica C. Barnett joins New D... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 27 2021life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mother of singer Keyshia Cole dies from drug overdose GRIEF IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR – July 19, 2021- Her death was first announced by Cole’s sister Elite Noel, who shared the news on Instagram, describing her passing as “the worst pain ever … to see my ma... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionJuly 27 2021life expectancyMental HealthOverdose
Former Baltimore Raven running back Lorenzo Taliaferro dead at 28 TOO SOON, TOO YOUNG, TOO SAD – July 20, 2021 - Taliaferro, 28, died in December of what was described as a heart attack. A spokesperson with the York County Sheriff’s Office said Taliaferro was transport... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 27 2021life expectancyMental HealthOverdoseTrauma
Is Gut Health is Linked to Mental Health? FOLLOW YOUR GUT...IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION – July 20, 2021 - Have you ever had a “gut feeling” about a situation? Or maybe you get butterflies in your stomach when you’re nervous? You may even feel like yo... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionJuly 27 2021life expectancyMental HealthObesity
How the Sacklers Got Away With Murder? MILLIONAIRE KILLERS GO FREE – July 14, 2021 - Though they are widely reviled for profiting from a public health crisis that has resulted in the death of half a million Americans, they have used their money and ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 27 2021life expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
How Business Can End the Addiction Epidemic by Leslie Glass HONEST, OPENMINDED AND WORKING – July 13, 2021 - The extraordinary effort to combat and end the COVID pandemic included a massive public information drive to educate and inform people about the disease and how ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 27 2021life expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
More women are dying in jail ENDLESS TEARS – July 15th, 2021 - Experts told The 19th that the numbers underscore the need to not only assist women’s needs inside the jails, but to also implement systemic reforms, services and progra... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 20 2021life expectancyMental HealthsuicideTrauma
How ERs Fail Patients With Addiction LISTEN – THE FAMILY AFTERWARD – July 15, 2021 - On March 11, 2020, though, Suzanne grew worried. Jameson, 30 at the time, was slipping in and out of consciousness and saying he couldn’t move his hands. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 20 2021life expectancyOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
“Someone knows”: The power of Brian “Egypt” NO SUSPECT IN SIGHT – July 17, 2021 - I’m really struggling to believe that no one has seen anything,” Powers Smith said in tears. More than a year later, no witnesses appeared and the suspect w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 20 2021life expectancy