Does Binge Drinking Mean I’m an Alcoholic? PROBABLY? – July 7, 2022 - Q: Does my binge drinking mean I’m an alcoholic? A: No, it doesn’t. But it could be a warning sign. You need to closely and honestly monitor your drinking behavior to figure out w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 12 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
San Francisco Opens a Psychiatric Center Without Stigma STOP THE MADNESS – June 27, 2022 - The five-story, 150,000-square-foot building represents a visible departure from older psychiatric facilities that are located in secluded places with obscured facades. “We... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 5 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Drug Overdoses Continue to Rise Inside NYC Homeless Shelters SAD to TRAGIC to DEADLY – June 30, 2022 - The rate of overdose has prompted immediate action from DHS and has spurred calls for more effective federal, state and local strategies to keep drug users safe amid a ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJuly 5 2022life expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Life-size Sculpture of Philip Seymour Hoffman at Eastman Museum WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM – May 29, 2022 - This is not happenstance. James Declan Tobin, the film producer who commissioned the memorial, is a friend of Hoffman’s family and was insistent that the sculpture port... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 5 2022Mental HealthTrauma
How To Learn To Finally Love Yourself by Harriet Harrer YOU ARE ONE OF DA KINE – July 1, 2022 - Early in my childhood, I suffered in silence on most days, trying to get away from the hecklers and the beautiful people who thought they would be blessed with their look... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 5 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Overdose Deaths Rise Behind Bars NO NARCAN THERE? – June 19, 2022 - Even if Alabama’s prisons and jails are especially overrun by drugs, death, and violence, their problems are not unique in the U.S. Within three weeks this spring, incarcerate... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 5 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Less Than 25% with Depression Respond to Treatment THAT’S DEPRESSING – June 27, 2022 - Their rationale for conducting the study was their belief that “Despite plenty of effective antidepressant (AD) treatments, the outcome of major depressive disorder (MDD) is... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJuly 5 2022life expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
The Cosmic Miracle of Trees VIDEO – HAVE TIME FOR A POEM? – 2022 - Blake’s genius sprang from his unusual spiritual disposition. Both drawn to and discomfited by religion, he chose instead to live in a world of abstract spirituality, amid... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 5 2022Mental Health
4 Deep Psychological Reasons Smart Women Get Stuck In Unhealthy Relationships AND BOOZE DOESN’T HELP – June 27, 2022 - Did you know that women who have a healthy relationship with their fathers tend to grow into healthier, happier and stronger women? Unfortunately, for many of us,... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 5 2022lonelinessMental Health
Are Smartphones Making Kids Dumb? JUST CALL THEM DIGITAL DRUGS – June 29, 2022 - I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Their images — and “cool factor” — take hits because I won’t let the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 5 2022Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Understanding Substance Abuse and Addiction EDUCATION IS PREVENTION – June 2022 - Symptoms of use and abuse disorders and developing addictions include these behavioral changes: Impulse control issuesLack of motivationDisinterest in previous things th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 5 2022Mental HealthRecovery
‘Night of the Living Rez’ Chronicles One Tribe’s Struggle with Addiction AUDIO – LIFE WITH RESERVATIONS – July 2, 2022 - MORGAN TALTY: (Reading) Riding over the bridge to the island, I sense that even though their problems were their own, there was no escaping how those problems sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 5 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
White House Backs Extension of Telehealth Addiction Treatment FACE TO FACE, SORT OF – June 22, 2022 - In a report released Wednesday, the White House office laid out steps for broadening telehealth access for individuals struggling with addiction. The plan calls... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 28 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Dangerous’ Electro Convulsive Therapy Disproportionately Prescribed to Women IT’S SHOCKING! – June 19, 2022 - The scale of which ECT is being used in England has been laid bare, and found to be disproportionately prescribed to women who make up two thirds of patients. NHS da... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJune 28 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Psychiatric Drugs Do Not Improve Disease THEY DO MAKE MONEY – June 20, 2022 - His examples are psychiatry’s two mainstays of treatment, antidepressants and antipsychotics. For instance, he notes that antidepressant treatment increases suicide attempt... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 28 2022Mental HealthPsychedelicsRecoveryRehabTrauma
People Who Practice These 3 Daily Habits Are The Happiest ONLY 3? – June 20, 2022 - Nothing is impossible when you learn how to manifest, and regularly practice the good habits that go along with that. If one of my clients is committed to setting goals and makin... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 28 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Quitting Kratom Is Easy? SHE DON’T NEED NO 12 STEPS – June 23, 2022 - I took my last dose Saturday morning. I didn’t experience so much as any discomfort. On Sunday, I went hiking. On Monday, I went to a Pride Gay Skate event at the r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJune 28 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
International Day Against Drug Abuse 2022: All You Need to Know IT’S NOT WORKING? – June 25, 2022 - The figures are reflective of the scale of the drug abuse menace across the world. While the United States usually tops the list of nations with most drug abuse deaths, the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 28 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New Drugs With High Abuse Potential Most Likely to Be Approved FASTEST BUY AND BUY AND DIE? – June 21. 2022 - “Despite the prevalence and societal costs of pain in the United States, investment in pain medication development is low, due in part to poor understanding of the probab... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 28 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
The Traumatic Effects of Roe v. Wade Reversal NO WORDS NECESSARY – June 24, 2022 - A post-Roe America means millions of women seeking abortions will face a new set of mental-health challenges, three national organizations said in a joint statement on Frid... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 28 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Pandemic’s Increased Drinking Is Having Disastrous Effects VIDEO – WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY... – June 20, 2022 - “Drinking in your house and not leaving is one thing,” said Marisa Silveri, a neuroscientist at McLean Hospital and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harva... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusJune 28 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Quote of the Week – Margaret Atwood “We lived, as usual by ignoring. Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 28 2022Mental Healthquote of the weekTrauma
Demi Lovato Talks Addiction Struggles in ‘Skin of My Teeth’ SHARING IN A SONG – June 10, 2022 - Lovato has been extremely candid when it comes to their drug addictions, and the struggles they have gone through. In July 2018, the singer suffered a near-fatal opioid over... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJune 21 2022Mental HealthopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
Guilty Displeasure: Time to Take Porn Addiction In Hand ADVICE COLUMN – June 11, 2022 - I also realise my past relationships were also disastrous. As I engaged in sexual activities, I began to realise I was keen on porn and sometimes had difficuty maintaining an er... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionJune 21 2022Mental HealthRecoverySexual Addiction
Court Decision Endangers Addiction and Mental Health Coverage for 130 Million Americans RYAN HAMPTON OPINION – June 13, 2022 - I went to many treatment centers in my area but was told that without the “right” insurance I would have to wait for a scholarship bed to become available. The list filled... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 21 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What Damaged Brains Reveal About Addiction IT AIN’T GOOD – June 15, 2022 - In particular, lesions positively connected to the cingulate and insula and negatively connected to the medial prefrontal cortex were more likely to be associated with smoking r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 21 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Elvis Presley’s Legacy of Addiction, Heartbreak & Death UNCHAINED MELODY – June 16, 2022 - In a video seen by The Post, she told the crowd: “My life is a little bit kind of down right now. You’re pulling me up. so thank you. “I’m so proud of this movie, I really... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerJune 21 2022Mental HealthRecovery
The Pandemic Surge In Pornography Addiction VISUALS OVERLOAD – June 15, 2022 - Though Martinez-Herbert didn’t quite understand what was going on, the acts she saw for the first time were appealing enough to launch an addiction that today, at age 24, she’... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionJune 21 2022Mental HealthRecoverySexual Addiction
My Life As An Intersex Comedian PRONOUNS ARE FREE – June 17, 2022 - This was no Master Plan to go from big lesbian at BBC Entertainment to a transmasc, nonbinary, intersex in West Hollywood. Well, not mine. Every year in sobriety, I have ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewJune 21 2022Mental HealthRecovery
The Dangers Of Being Too Nice – Dr. Gabor Maté VIDEO – NO MORE MR. NICE GUY? – March 1, 2022 - In this video Gabor Mate tells us how we all have this sense of betraying ourselves when we are not truly who we are , we know if we are being ourselves or not. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewJune 21 2022Mental HealthRecovery