42 Books That Made 2020 A Little Less Awful All Books Matter – Dec. 30, 2020 - One example: Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devoted family, legions of Insta followers — and a massively ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusJan 05 2021lonelinessMental HealthRecovery
What a Year of Staring at Our Own Faces on Zoom Has Done To Us Zoom Zoom on my desk, who’s the fairest? – December 30, 2020 - This year, we’ve spent an unholy amount of time staring at our own reflections on Zoom calls, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts and FaceTime. We sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 05 2021life expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapse
Coping With COVID Carefully – Dec. 28, 2020 - With the pandemic monopolizing government time, energy and resources, treatment programs with limited support are left to feel around in the dark. “We need more real-time data like ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJan 05 2021life expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecovery
Pandemic Blamed for Oregon’s 40% Increase in Drug Deaths The most horrible time... – Dec. 23, 2020 - “Many people who are using substances, they may be hanging by a thread as is,” said Dr. Tom Jeanne, deputy health officer with the Oregon Health Authority. “Throw in... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDec 29 2020depressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinrelapsesuicideTrauma
Dr. Jennifer Wood, Guiding Patients with Addiction Through Pandemic No relapses please – Dec, 25, 2020 - “Patients who were previously well-established in addiction treatment, for example, their clinics may have closed due to COVID, and they’re not able to be seen in person any... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 29 2020depressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninternetinterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseTrauma
GIVING GRIEF MEANING, A Method for Transforming Deep Suffering into Healing & Positive Change by Lily Dulan, MFT MEDIA: Book Recommendation – DEC. 2020 - “...In a world where so many people are hurting, we need honest, authentic voices speaking their truth and sharing their stories of overcoming with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 22 2020depressioninterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
What a Way to Start My 20’s! A dream deferred is a dream denied – December 11, 2020 - The shutdown of society worsened my disordered thoughts around food and body image and the aggressive advertising I’ve received for “home workouts” and “... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 15 2020Eating Disorderinterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental Health
Woman’s Overdose Death Shocks Family Not another statistic – December 11th, 2020 - After getting clean, she started working there and helped other women in recovery keep tabs on their medications and appointments. She had found her purpose hel... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionDec 15 2020depressionDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoserelapse
Has Diana’s Bulimia Taught Us Nothing? Weighing the Alternatives – December 3, 2020 - That’s when she started the binge-purge cycle; uncontrollably eating large quantities of food before forcing herself to vomit. “I’d go to the corner shop and buy a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020depressionEating DisorderinterventionlonelinessMental Health
The Social Media Addiction Bubble Thumbs Down – Nov. 30, 2020 - The September debut of “The Social Dilemma” on Netflix sounded this alarm for millions of viewers. The documentary centers on Tristan Harris, the former Google engineer who has ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 8 2020GaminginternetinterventionlonelinessMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
The Crown shines light on an eating disorder Not to be mistaken for “The Purge” on FOX and Friends – NOVEMBER 21, 2020 - Currently streaming on Netflix, The Crown‘s fourth season has been garnering a lot of attention, more than any of its previous seasons. The... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating DisorderinterventionlonelinessMental HealthnetflixNov 24 2020
The Moms Aren’t Alright Next it’s the “Kids” – November 21, 2020 - Mothers are also facing a financial reality that becomes more strained by the day. It is important to remember that most women are in the labor force—in 2016, 74.5% of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthNov 24 2020
Pandemic taking a toll on parents Mommy Merlot and Daddy Doobie – Nov. 9, 2020 - In a May survey conducted by the Research Triangle Institute International, researchers polled 993 people from across the United States about their drinking habit... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninsomniainterventionlonelinessMental HealthNov 17 2020Recovery
Types of Teen Addictions parents should be on the lookout for LISTEN – Check their phones daily – Nov. 9, 2020 - Screen Addiction While almost every parent stresses over the amount of time their kids spend on electronic devices every day, you wouldn’t think t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressionfood addictionGaminginternetinterventionlife expectancylonelinessmarijuanaMental HealthNov 17 2020RecoveryRehabSexual AddictionSmartphone AddictionteenagersVapingvideo games
Sarah hid her addiction from everyone, then it all unravelled. WATCH – When suicide is off the table – Nov. 9, 2020 - hey completed seven rounds of IVF, before they realised their reality: their story wasn’t going to end in children. “I would’ve been happy to put... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental HealthNov 17 2020RecoveryRehabsuicide
Kids ER visits for mental-health concerns increase during pandemic Suffer the little children – November 13, 2020 - “Many mental disorders commence in childhood, and mental health concerns in these age groups might be exacerbated by stress related to the pandemic and abrupt d... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthNov 17 2020Trauma
How to Recognize Teen Cyberbullying With virtual interaction becoming even more prevalent during this time of social distancing, teen cyberbullying is on the rise. One out of every three teens has experienced cyberbullying. Because it causes distress a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassioninternetinterventionlonelinessMental Healthnonprofit organizationNov 10 2020RecoverysuicideteenagersTrauma
U.S. Is ‘Facing A National Mental Health Crisis’ LISTEN – WHY? – Oct. 26, 2020 - For more than a decade, the American Psychological Association has issued a report based on extensive surveys called “Stress in America.” This year’s report begins on a somber no... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental HealthNov 3 2020
How to Deal with Illness During Addiction Recovery Avoid narcotics – Oct. 19, 2020 - No Time to Self-Medicate Most individuals who were actively abusing drugs or alcohol will have turned to these potentially harmful substances as a means of self-medication, reg... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthOctober 27 2020RecoveryRehab
Shocking rise in number of cocaine deaths among women Be Careful!!! – Oct. 15, 2020 - She said: ‘Loss of addiction psychiatry expertise through lack of training places and community services often being split from the NHS are only making things worse, with patients with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthOctober 20 2020
How a chat with Mother Teresa and Jesus helped Jim Wahlberg WATCH – What about the Pope? – Oct. 2020 - Jim joined Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden from his Fort Lauderdale home for this week’s edition of Florida’s Fourth Estate to talk about being in recovery for 32 years now, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthOctober 13 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mother’s Little Helper Is Back “What a drag it is getting old” – Oct 3, 2020 - That is from a mother in California in early September, when she was trapped inside with her three children for days because the air was so thick with smoke tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressionlonelinessMental HealthOctober 13 2020
Rural moms recovering from addiction struggle to stay connected during pandemic Dial Up? – Sep. 25, 2020 - With the pandemic putting programs like these on hiatus, patients like Megan, who has been with Moms in Recovery, was relieved when the program started up again virtually. (She declined to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics Anonymouscell phoneCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetlonelinessMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020
87% of people with eating disorders say symptoms are worse during COVID Feast or Famine – August 28, 2020 - The study traces 129 people in recovery or treatment, providing a detailed look at a common scenario, and it joins growing indications that those with eating disorders are s... Read More...Alcohol AddictionCoronavirusEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapseSept 1 2020
I’m celebrating 64 years of sobriety, I know what isolation does to those in recovery Trying minds for trying times – August 28, 2020 - By all accounts, the number of relapses nationwide has increased since March, as have the numbers of accidental overdoses and suicides. There is little wonder that we... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusfentanyllonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 1 2020
YouTube star Landon Clifford’s suicide after struggle with depression…drugs WATCH – Life’s Struggle – August 29, 2020 - YouTube star and young father Landon Clifford hanged himself after struggling with depression and drug addiction for years, his heartbroken wife told their nearly 1.4 milli... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetlonelinessMental HealthSept 1 2020suicide
Coronavirus pandemic creates ‘perfect storm’ for addiction dangers WATCH – Bridge over troubled waters – August 18, 2020 - In Clark County, Nevada fentanyl-related deaths have jumped 125% compared to this point last year, according to data from Southern Nevada Health District... Read More...Alcohol AddictionAugust 25 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapse
At Talkspace, Start-Up Culture Collides With Mental Health Concerns Making money from depression? – August 7, 2020 - As Mr. Lori drank a tall glass of red wine and watched, he noticed that a few employees kept glancing his way. Afterward, a member of the marketing department a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 25 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlonelinessMental Health
What Addiction Recovery Can Teach About Coping With COVID? by Sarah Allen Benton How to be human? Humane? – August 19, 2020 - Try not to be overly reliant on people, places, and things to make you feel “OK”Acceptance is the answer to all of our problems (not always agreement)“One ... Read More...Alcohol AddictionAugust 25 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlonelinessMental Health
Screen addiction causes children to lose ability to draw And to think... – August 16, 2020 - Bekaroglu said “addiction” in children emerges by the age of 4, when the parents and child cannot establish quality communication and interaction. Sometimes the child cannot... Read More...August 18 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetlonelinessMental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games