Workaholism Is An Addiction AND THAT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 2023 - The collected data show that the most workaholic workers have on average a worse mood than the others.” For most people, it quickly gives way to a compulsion to continue the activity... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 12 2023interventionlife expectancyMental Health
Sugar and Diabetes: You Decide NO KIDDING – Nov. 29, 2023 - “Your body needs insulin to metabolize sugar. Insulin helps transport the glucose into the cells of the body,” says Tina Cheng, D.O., a pediatric endocrinologist from Good Samaritan Unive... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 12 2023life expectancy
Mental Health Benefits of Staying Active and Pickleball for Reducing Anxiety PLAYING FOR LIFE – Nov. 27, 2023 - As we grow older, I have learned we are no longer that well-oiled machine. We creak and groan a bit and it is not uncommon for activity levels to change. More of our time may... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 5 2023life expectancyMental Health
Meditation Improves Seniors’ Psychological Well-being FOCUSED ON FREEDOM – Dec. 1, 2023 - The longest randomized meditation training trial ever conducted did find meditation significantly boosted a global score of well-being dimensions of awareness, connection an... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023life expectancyMental Health
Powerful Effects of Love A LIFE OF LOVE – Feb. 11, 2020 - We’ve all heard some version of the phrase “Love heals all wounds”. And while this line might sound a little corny, there’s actually more truth to that statement than you might think... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyMental HealthNov 28 2023
Algorithm Sued for Denying Care for Medicare Members AI vs. AI – Nov. 15, 2023 - The lawsuit alleges that the health insurer and its subsidiary, NaviHealth, used an algorithm called nH Predict to systematically deny medical claims from patients recuperating from illnes... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyNov 21 2023
Tattoos Helped Me Make Sense of Death and Prison IT’S ART and TRIBAL – Nov. 17, 2023 - The next tattoo came after six of us formed a small biker gang: Lost Souls. We had a knack for wrong turns and misguided shortcuts, and often got turned around on some bac... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthNov 21 2023
The Blue Dot by Carl Sagan THE BIG PICTURE – From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it’s different. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, ev... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyNov 14 2023
How Much Caffeine Is Too Much? BEAN THERE DONE THAT – Oct. 27, 2023 - Although caffeine can have a positive impact on focus and energy, consuming too much of it can give way to some unpleasant implications, Kevin Shah, M.D., cardiologist and direc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyOct 31 2023
The Role of Faith and Spirituality in Supporting Addiction Recovery PRAYER AND MEDITATION – Sept. 8, 2023 - Faith, irrespective of whether it’s tied to a specific religious doctrine or a more general belief in a higher power, often embodies hope. In times of difficulty, faith ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 19 2023
She’s the Woman on the Line AUDIBLE LIFE PRESERVER – Sept. 10, 2023 - The hotline serves people who worry using alone makes them vulnerable to dying by overdose. And there is reason for concern. Total overdose deaths have climbed to nearly 110,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 19 2023suicideTrauma
Ryan Leone: How the Writer and Activist Lost His Battle with Addiction A SAD TALE TO TELL – Sept. 6, 2023 - He also founded The Prodigy Foundation, a non-profit organization that aimed to end mass incarceration and expand literacy in American prisons. He was engaged to Karina Fra... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancySept 12 2023
Dr. Hyla Cass – Using Amino Acids and CBD for Mental Health VIDEO – DR. FEELGOOD LIVES! – Sept. 2, 2023 - Dr. Cass shares her early observations during her residency, where she noticed the limited effectiveness and side effects of medications. This led her to explore alternat... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthRecoverySept 12 2023
San Fransisco’s “Doom Loop Walking Tour” Takes Tourists Up-close and Personal to See Squalor, Urban Decay and Homelessness VIDEO – DON’T BLAME THE HIPPIES – Aug. 14, 2023 - A tongue-in-cheek ad for the tour claims: “You’ve read the headlines. You’ve seen the Tweets, now get close and personal to the Doom and Squalor of downtown San Fra... Read More...Aug 22 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionhomelesslife expectancyMental HealthOverdose
Teenage Smokers Grow Dispersant Brains VIDEO – DON’T BECOME YOUR GRANDPARENTS – Aug. 16, 2023 - A new study suggests that the brains of teenagers who take up smoking may be different from those of adolescents who don’t take up the habit — dat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 22 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancynicotinesmokingteenagers
A Space to Grieve Addiction Deaths Without Shame or Guilt ETERNAL SADNESS – July 24, 2023 - Two years later, Owens moved to Kansas City to be closer to friends and family. Immediately, Owens realized there was an issue. The closest group like GRASP was in St. Louis. Owen... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 15 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyOverdoseRecoveryRecovery Advocate
U.S.A. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022 LISTEN BETTER – Aug. 11, 2023 - A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that the nation’s overall gun suicide rate rose last year to an all-time high. For the first time, th... Read More...Aug 15 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthsuicide
Jerry Garcia Gone 28 Years Today AUDIO – AND THE BAND PLAYED ON – Aug. 8, 2023 - Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942 and died on August 9, 1995 at the age of 53. Each year, the “Days Between” Garcia’s birthday and the a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 15 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerlife expectancy
Horrifying Amount of Americans Won’t Make it to Old Age VERY SAD STORY – July 31, 2023 - On a white board at the end of the room, across from the sofas, the names of former clients who have died of overdoses in the past few years are listed. Though the town has a populati... Read More...Aug 8 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseTrauma
Behind Hollywood’s Rise in Suicides ALL SAD ENDINGS – Aug. 3, 2023 - A number of mental health experts told TheWrap that although suicides among the general population rose during the pandemic, people who work in entertainment can be particularl... Read More...Aug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMental Healthsuicide
Quote of the Week – Sinead O’Connor “When you live with the Devil you learn there’s a God very quickly.” – Sinead O’Connor, b. Dec. 8, 1966 - d. July 26, 2023 ... Read More...Aug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerlife expectancyquote of the week
Antidepressants, Antipsychotics & Benzos All Increase Suicide Attempts SAD BUT TRUE – July 10, 2023 - The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is a contested construct that many researchers and clinicians believe should be eliminated from the DSM and ICD. The vast majority of pe... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 18 2023life expectancyMental Healthsuicide
Substance Abuse Is Climbing Among Seniors BOOMERS STILL BONGING? – July 9, 2023 - Until a few years ago, even as the opioid epidemic raged, health providers and researchers paid limited attention to drug use by older adults; concerns focused on ... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 18 2023life expectancy
Milan Kundera, Renowned, Reclusive Writer and Dissident, Dies in Paris at 94 READ BOOKS – July 12, 2023 - “I dream of a world where writers are obliged by law to keep their identity secret and use pseudonyms,” he wrote in the 1986 essay, “The Art of the Novel.” Kundera used the sentence to re... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 18 2023life expectancy
San Francisco’s Open-Air Drug Mart THE CITY BUY THE BINDLE – July 10, 2023 - Dervin Amado Arteaga Ervir, a 15-year-old boy from the Honduran village of El Escano de Tepale, had just parted ways with his father when he joined other young Honduran migra... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 18 2023life expectancyOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Three Patients Die Within a Week at Rehab WHAT A SAD WAY TO GO – July 12, 2023 - All three of these cases are suspected of involving some type of drug overdose; however, aspects of the incidents are suspicious, and no conclusions or determinations hav... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 18 2023life expectancyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Are We Confusing Happiness With Something Else? KEEP IT SIMPLE – June 2023 - Martela, a philosopher and researcher at Aalto University in Espoo, 12 miles from Finland’s capital, Helsinki, treasures the freedom his three children have there. “Young childr... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 27 2023life expectancyMental Health
Daniel Ellsberg, Whistleblower, Gone at 92 VIDEO – GOD, PLEASE MAKE MORE MEN LIKE HIM – June 16, 2023 - Ellsberg’s demise came about four months after he announced on Twitter that he had been diagnosed with “inoperable pancreatic cancer.” “I’m sorry to r... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJune 20 2023life expectancy
George Winston: Pianist Sought to Echo Nature, Passes at 74 A SONG IN HIS HEART – June 8, 2023 - is inspiration remained rooted in the natural world, trying to convey the shifting seasons or moments such as a moonlit night or waves on a beach. His music also became par... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerJune 13 2023life expectancy
The Troubled Life of Edgar Allan Poe THE PIT SWINGS BOTH WAYS – June 5, 2023 - Previous articles in this blog have described the tortured lives of remarkably creative and accomplished figures, including Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, and Abraham Linco... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 13 2023life expectancylonelinessMental Health