March 1 2022

“I am certain that the LSD experience has helped me very much”

AS WE TRIP THE ROAD OF HAPPY DESTINY – Feb. 9, 2022 - All this because, after that August day, Wilson believed other recovering alcoholics could benefit from taking LSD as a way to facilitate the “spiritual ex... Read More...

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Book Review: A Sweeping History of Addiction

MEDIA: BOOKS MAKE SENSE – Feb. 25, 2022 - “The Urge” ultimately unfolds as far more than an addiction memoir. Arriving at a time when the so-called opioid epidemic has become a defining crisis of our time, it ... Read More...

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Dr. Husel Ordered Lethal Doses of Fentanyl

VIDEO – ANGEL OF MERCY OR ANGEL OF DEATH? – Feb. 22, 2022 - In an email sent in late November 2018, Gregory Dresbach wrote to his supervisor: “Well, here we go again.” It was in reference to how patient Meli... Read More...

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‘Crack pipes’ Are Not the Problem — Stigmatizing Harm Reduction Is

NO MORE SHAME – Feb. 17, 2022 - I know that safer use supplies keep people safe, that’s why I was so disgusted to see misdirected outrage in response to the federal government finally providing funding to harm ... Read More...

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Euphoria Holds Up a Mirror to My Addiction Experience. This show quite literally saves me. By Natalie Alcala

IS HOLLYWOOD, AGAIN, GLAMORIZING DRUG ABUSE IN EUPHORIA? OR IS IT TRUTH TELLING? – Feb 21, 2022 - TV and film elevate storylines by incorporating interesting people, exciting visuals, brilliant dialogue, and a... Read More...

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When Heroin Came to the Projects – a Memoir

REMEMBRANCE OF TIMES PAST – Feb. 21, 2022 - There were pre-announcements that something big was coming. Wondering what it was got everyone’s curiosity. I did not know the guys who brought it in. The one I saw w... Read More...

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One More Drink Will Kill Me – Says James ‘Arg’ Argent After ‘bad relapse’

THE ENGLISH RELAPSE TOO – Feb. 21, 2022 - Arg broke his silence for the first time since we revealed paramedics rushed to save him, claiming he is full of regret for putting his life in danger and vowed it wil... Read More...

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Patrick Kennedy Marks 11 Years of Sobriety

ADVOCATE FOR SOBRIETY – Feb, 22, 2022 - Patrick Kennedy is marking a major milestone in his journey from addiction as he celebrates 11 years of sobriety. Kennedy, 54, the son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy an... Read More...

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Amid a Surge in Deaths, a Safe Place to Get High

HARM REDUCTION SAVES LIVES – Feb. 23, 2022 - Kristina Peterson anxiously tapped the heels of her boots on the tile floor inside the brightly lit lobby. Moments earlier, she had given her date of birth to an int... Read More...

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Navigating Grief As A Result of Substance Abuse

HEART ACHE FOREVER – Feb. 24, 2022 - But on December 19th Jenna received a phone call that her sister was cold and unresponsive on the floor ... “I also knew that she had that watch on but it didn’t alwa... Read More...

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Teen Girls With Eating Disorders Doubled During Pandemic

IF FOOD BE THE MUSIC OF LIFE – Feb. 25, 2022 - Covid-19 remained the predominant reason for ER visits among kids – particularly among children too young to be vaccinated during the Omicron wave, when visits for... Read More...

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Snapchat Promises New Rules to Fight Drug Sales

IT’S ABOUT TIME – Feb. 24, 2022 - Snapchat says it’s making changes to make it harder for kids to buy drugs on its platform, and it has to do with how “friends” are recommended on the app. An NBC News inves... Read More...

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4.4 Million Galaxies Are Now Visible

VIDEO – ALONE? NO WAY – Feb. 22, 2022 - “Each time we create a map our screens are filled with new discoveries and objects that have never before been seen by human eyes,” astronomer Timothy Shimwell of ASTRON... Read More...

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Can Retail Therapy Actually Be Helpful?

SHOPAHOLICS UNITE! – Feb. 25, 2022 - “Retail therapy” can get confused with “shopping addiction,” but these terms have different meanings. During retail therapy, you are in control of your spending and feel ... Read More...

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Woman Uses Life Experience To Help Women Tackle Sobriety

A FOUR LEAF CLOVER – Feb. 25, 2022 - Having grown up familiar with alcoholism, binge-drinking and using recovery coaches in her own life, Joanne wanted to add to the chain of recovery by forming a specialised p... Read More...

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Mom Shares Son’s Battle with Addiction in Obit

THE GOOD DIE YOUNG – Feb. 25, 2022 - Hunter Lee Clemons died on Feb. 10 “after a long battle with addiction,” his mother, Christy Couvillier, wrote in his obituary, according to CBS affiliate KLFY. Sharing ... Read More...

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Habit or Addiction?

HALF A DOZEN OF ONE, SIX ... – Feb. 26, 2022 - Before I begin though, to explain the automatic thing my legs do most mornings, I’d like to ask “What is your biggest dream?” A doctor acquaintance of mine rec... Read More...

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Kit Harington Opens Up About Sobriety and ‘Exorcising Demons’

VIDEO – GAME OF GROANS – Feb. 24, 2022 - Harington says that when some people find out that he’s playing the role of Henry V, their first thought is of his Game of Thrones character Jon Snow. While he admits t... Read More...

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Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students

THE VEXED GENERATION – Feb. 18, 2022 - This is the way I frame a lot of the talk about happiness on the podcast: Our minds lie to us. We have strong intuitions about the things that will make us happy, and we u... Read More...

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Michael Keaton’s Emotional Speech After Winning His SAG Award for Dopesick

TEARFUL ACCEPTANCE – Feb. 28, 2022 - Michael Keaton was teary-eyed as he accepted the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award for best male actor in a television movie or limited series. He won the award for “Dopesic... Read More...

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4 U.S. Companies Will Pay $26 BILLION To Settle Claims For Opioid Crisis

AUDIO – WHEN? – Feb. 25, 2022 - “This settlement represents real accountability,” said North Carolina state Attorney General Josh Stein, who helped negotiate the deal. Stein noted that most of the funds are ... Read More...

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Seeing Addiction as a Disease

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET – Feb. 24, 2022 - “We’re in what is now becoming known as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic. The first wave was the over-prescription of analgesics like oxycodone, morphine and... Read More...

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Amphetamine Use Linked to Heightened Risk of Psychosis Among Women

ISN’T REAL LIFE IS SCARY ENOUGH? – Feb. 19, 2022 - These psychotic episodes usually subside after a few days, but may persist for years in up to 15% of users. While the link between amphetamine misuse and ps... Read More...

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Elton John Is Eminem’s Unofficial Sponsor

GOING THE EXTRA 8 MILES – Feb. 25, 2022 - Elton John has been living sober for over 30 years. And in that time, the Grammy-winning artist has been able to reflect on his life before and after he found his sobr... Read More...

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A Frustrating Path “From Mental Illness to Mental Health”

A FAILED SYSTEM – Feb. 22, 2022 - Dr. Insel, 70, who left N.I.M.H. in 2015, calls the advances in neuroscience of the last 20 years “spectacular” — but in the very first pages of his new book, he says that, fo... Read More...

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Agents Seize $3M in Meth Hidden in Onions

THAT’S A LOT OF TEARS – Feb. 26, 2022 - “This was not only a clever attempt to try and smuggle in narcotics, one I haven’t seen before, but also time consuming to wrap narcotics into these small packages,... Read More...

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Gaming Addiction Is Now a Globally Recognized Illness

VIDEO – NO TIME FOR MANICURES – Feb. 24, 2022 - Among gamers and parents and even within the medical community, there’s disagreement about whether gaming addiction is real. Either way, the WHO’s designation cou... Read More...

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Bitcoin, Recovery and an Addiction to Debt

A GLOBAL OBSESSION – Feb. 23, 2022, - Many people’s lives are characterized by similar obsessive-compulsive behaviors. People can be addicted to work, sex, food, power, wealth, possessions and so on. Any extern... Read More...

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Treating Drug Dealers Like Serial Killers by Chris Dale

EXAMINING THE CHARGES AGAINST 4 MEN CONNECTED TO ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS’ DEATH – Feb. 28, 2022 - Twenty years to life. That’s how much prison time 39-year-old Irvin Cartagena faces for allegedly cau... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine

"We know what we are protecting: the country, the land, the future of our children." —President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ... Read More...

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