Mental Health

Thousands of California Inmates Waiting for Access to Addiction Treatment

Prisoners of War –  Dec. 9, 2020 - “They understand our concerns and recognize there is a substantial backlog,” he…

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AJ McLean ‘Inspires’ By Sharing Sobriety Journey On ‘Pretty Messed Up’

WATCH – Open books are easier to read –   Dec. 9, 2020 - ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante caught up…

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‘Last Christmas my drinking was destructive. This will be my first sober December.’

A merrier Christmas for sure –  Dec. 9, 2020 - Just this week, The National Health and Medical Research Council…

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Philadelphia Nearing Record for Fatal Drug Overdoses

Death Marches On –   December 6, 2020 - In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week, researchers monitoring…

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Rehab Programs Promise Recovery Through Work — But Deliver Slave Labor

WATCH – It works if you work it? –  Dec. 8, 2020 - But many of the workers in these…

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Lizzo Gets Real About Her Body Image

WATCH – Celebrities ... they’re just like us –   December 11, 2020 - Lizzo came forth reflecting on her…

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Addicted to Indignity

This is your brain on resentment –  December 12, 2020 -  To be clear, the retaliation doesn’t need to be…

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What Way to Start My 20’s!

A dream deferred is a dream denied –  December 11, 2020 - The shutdown of society worsened my disordered thoughts…

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24-Hour Hotline Launched for People Using Alone

Medically Assisted Telephone –  December 10,  2020 - New Yorkers who are using drugs alone, and who would like someone…

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Woman’s Overdose Death Shocks Family

Not another statistic –   December 11th, 2020 - After getting clean, she started working there and helped other women…

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A Safer Psychedelic Drug to Treat Depression and Addiction

Psychedelics For Addicts? –  Dec. 9, 2020 - A chemically tweaked version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine appears to relieve…

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Machine Gun Kelly on undergoing therapy for drug abuse

Issues always come up... –   Dec. 1, 2020 - “I had my first therapy session… That’s the first time…

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“Exercise is Essential for Your Mental Health and Happiness”

Jumping Jacks for Joy –  November 30, 2020 - Just weeks after working out for 24-hours solid and raising over…

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How to Talk to Loved Ones About Their Mental Health

WATCH – From the Heart –   Dec. 1, 2020 - The year 2020 has exacted a psychological toll on…

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2020 Most Admired CEOs: Mark Mishek, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Leaving the helm to others... –   Dec. 1, 2020 - You must pay to read entire article. When Mark…

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‘People Are Having very Hard Time Maintaining Recovery’ in Pandemic’

WATCH – When the going gets tough... –  Dec. 4, 2020 - Addiction specialists are encouraging employers to understand that…

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Moms Are Speaking Out on Drug Laws That Tear Families Apart by Gretchen Burns Bergman

Is America a penal colony? –   DEC. 4, 2020 - The holidays are always difficult for those who must…

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Kentucky Teacher of the Year’s Story of Addiction and Recovery

Neither regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it –   December 3, 2020 - I thought…

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Central Florida Overdose Deaths up 70% During Pandemic

WATCH – The madness is horrific –   Dec. 4, 2020 - Sheriff Dennis Lemma talks to Good Day Orlando…

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‘Lockdown had me drinking again’

Vigilance always –   Dec. 6, 2020 - From the beginning of lockdown in March, Pam had been fighting a…

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My Father Is An Alcoholic, And It Hurts Even Though I’m Grown

Brutal –  Dec. 5, 2020 - He missed so many things that were important to us. Before he knew it,…

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Chasing the News … stone cold sober – Episode 4

WATCH – Fascinating rhythm –   Nov. 17, 2020 - Sobriety, creativity, serenity and laughter in the Coronaverse.  A conversation…

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Q&A with Creator of The Global Sober Series of Giant Books

Stick with the Winners! –  December 4, 2020 - The Global Sober Series grew out of the Anonymous author’s first…

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The Queen’s Gambit Shows Knowledge Can’t Defeat Addiction – OPINION

Check(mate)-ing out –  November 3, 2020 - Even when she wakes up severely hungover in Paris, she whips her head…

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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…

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The Social Media Addiction Bubble

Thumbs Down –  Nov. 30, 2020 - The September debut of “The Social Dilemma” on Netflix sounded this alarm for…

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Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love

Now more than ever... –   Dec. 2020 - In the general Buddhist style of befriending complexity through simplicity and…

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12 Step Meetings: What is was like, what happened and what it’s like now!

Hindsight IS Indeed 2020 –  by Dr. Don Grant, MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV, PhD November 27, 2020 - In…

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From A.A. to Zoom – Treatment Goes Online

An Alphabet Soup of Recovery –   November 28, 2020 - Though online rehab rose as an emergency stopgap measure,…

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Sobriety: an indigenous woman tells her story

WATCH – Struggles and successes –  Nov./Dec. 2020 - ‘Turning Points’ continues: stories produced, directed and told by indigenous people…

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