Surprising Side Effects of Marijuana After Age 55 MUNCHIES ARE ALL FROM WHOLE FOODS – June 13, 2022 - Marijuana has the potential to worsen delirium in dementia patients, experts say. “The psychoactivity, or the high that cannabis causes, is another potential... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 21 2022marijuanaMental HealthpotRecovery
A Dizzying Exchange About Vertigo MORE KAFKA THAN HITCHCOCK – June 7, 2022 - I drove to the Stony Brook Southampton Emergency Room. After a nurse took my vitals and asked if I had had anything to eat or drink (I had not), Dr. Michael Ameres ask... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Dog Anxiety: 7 Reasons Your Dog May Be Stressed LEAF BLOWERS? – June 10, 2022 - Some types of dog anxiety are fairly easy to understand: When your dog cowers under the table during a thunderstorm, you know it’s not crazy about loud noises. Other reactions a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Emma Thompson Faces Her Body Image Issues IT’S NOT THE LOOK OF HER FACE, IT’S THE LOOK ON HER FACE – June 9, 2022 - Beloved actress Emma Thompson has opened up about facing her body image struggles through her latest role in the upcoming film, Good Luc... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Book Review “Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind” RELIVING THE FIRE WITHIN – June 11, 2022 - The 43-year-old entrepreneur opens up about how his personal life fell apart shortly before Walmart’s $310 million acquisition of Bonobos in 2017 came together. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Revolutionary New Referral System For SUD Patients IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL GET HEALED – May 26, 2022 - RecoverWell offers a cyber-secure, HIPAA-compliant technology platform to improve patient outcomes by bridging the gap directly between crisis centers and... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecovery
‘Dial 988’ Suicide Prevention Hotline to Launch on July 16 Already Needs Significant Improvements DIAL WHAT? – June 10, 2022 - The RAND report confirms what many mental health experts already know — there’s more work to be done to create a comprehensive mental health crisis system that can serve everyone’s ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJune 14 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
5 Pillars To Staying Sober ANOTHER PATHWAY – June 8, 2022 - “I have memory of being outside a bar in England in blackout, lying in the gutter covered in my own vomit,” Veronica Valli recalls vividly of a night she thought was fun more t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Medical Model Traumatizes, Retraumatizes & Perverts Healing AT LEAST IT’S IN NETWORK – June 7, 2022 - It would surprise many people who are hostile to psychiatry’s chemical and electrical “treatments” to discover that they too may embrace a medical model if their approa... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJune 14 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Phil Mickelson Lost $40 Million Gambling and Works For Saudi Arabia JUST EARNING A LIVING – June 7, 2022 - Mickelson told Harig that he isn’t formally resigning from the PGA Tour and that he’s “looking forward to playing the U.S. Open” next week. The U.S. Open is organized by ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyGamingJune 14 2022Mental HealthSuper Bowlvideo games
Mental Health Clinics in School? NO! Says School Board WHO’S MORE CRAZY? – June 5, 2022 - In March, Killingly’s board members rejected the plan by a vote of 6 to 3. After that, dozens of supporters of the clinic filed a complaint with Connecticut’s Board of Educati... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoverysuicideteenagersTrauma
13,000 Tickets in NY State on Memorial Day Weekend VIDEO – SOBER DRIVERS DON’T LOSE THEIR VOWELS – June 7, 2022 - Troopers arrested 213 people and investigated 808 crashes. more@WNYT ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Dr. Gabor Maté! Reason Why Our Society Is So Toxic VIDEO – PEOPLE’S POLLUTED MINDS – May 29, 2022 - Who is Gabor Maté? A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Teen Wolf Actor Colton Haynes Writes About Addiction and Sexual Abuse In New Memoir IT AIN’T BEEN EASY – May 28, 2022 - Colton Haynes’ most raw role to date is that of author. The actor, whose blue eyes and sharp jawline you might know from series “Teen Wolf” and “Arrow,” bares his soul in “M... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Deaf and Homeless Father Gains Sobriety and Restores Family HE SEES WHAT COUNTS – May 31, 2022 - Porter-Henderson’s parents divorced when she was young, and her mom moved with her and her little sister from Chicago to Mississippi. But she was always a daddy’s girl, and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionInterviewJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
How Beauty Became Our Damaging Obsession IT’S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER – June 2, 2022 - “We have an epidemic of body image anxiety,” Professor Widdows says. “We have to move away from that.” “We need to start taking it seriously.” Josep... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 7 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Is Your Pursuit of Wealth Unhealthy? MONEY MONEY MONEY – May 31, 2022 - Psychologists often classify the preoccupation with wealth as a “process addiction,” a category that also includes a fixation on gambling, sex, or even exercise (though the ps... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Company Recalls Millions of Medicines & Dirty Medical Products JUST LIKE BABY FORMULA – June 3, 2022 - Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation CEO and owner Lou Kennedy said in a statement that the company is “cooperating” with the FDA on the recalled products. “While ther... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Did the Pandemic Cause Mental Illness in Kids or Just Make it Worse? VIDEO – THE OTHER PANDEMIC WITHIN A PANDEMIC – June 3, 2022 - There is probably a small group of kids who get long Covid where you might say that there is some direct impact of the Covid virus on the brain, but... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Some Opioid Addictions Begin in the Hospital AND END UP ON THE STREET – MAY 27, 2022 - It was a nurse who first introduced Stretch to opioids The nurse instigated the shot. I think she understood I was pretty miserable and offered me one where n... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessMay 31 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Ties Between Illicit Drug Use and Youth Suicidality CRAZY TIMES – May 26, 2022 - The investigational schizophrenia treatment xanomeline/trospium (KarXT) yielded significantly greater improvements in all five Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Marder fa... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 31 2022Mental HealthRecoverysuicide
Addiction Counselor Transformed Basement into Art Gallery to Support Students VIDEO – ART SAVES LIVES – May 26, 2022 - “Our district has seen an increase in the number of suicide assessments being completed, increased levels of grief, and increased aggression within behavior,” he said. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 31 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mom Lived and Died An Alcoholic and It Haunts Me FAMILY TIES – May 24, 2022 - At some point that “fun” drinking turned into a nightly routine that meant I couldn’t have important conversations with my mum past a certain hour, because they’d turn into an argu... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousInterviewMay 31 2022Mental HealthRehabTrauma
California Parents Could Sue For Social Media Addiction GOOD LUCK – May 24, 2022 - Business groups have warned that if the bill passes, social media companies would most likely cease operations for children in California rather than face the legal risk. The propo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMay 31 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
108,000 Drug Deaths in 2021 Bear Out Prediction From Five Years Ago DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS – May 25, 2022 - The special section—based around the Pitt team’s landmark research article in Science that analyzed nearly four decades of U.S. drug overdose data—contains commentary by fo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMay 31 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinrelapseTrauma
Theft, Gambling & Infidelity are Unusual Signs of Depression LIKE WHACK-A-MOLE – May 25, 2022 - In 2002, Lejoyeux noted that patients with kleptomania and pyromania had significant numbers of depressive episodes. In fact, there’s a body of research concerning gambling. R... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionGaminginterventionMay 31 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabvideo games
‘Bridgerton’ Star Hospitalized Due to Mental Health Problems BEAUTY HIDES THE PAIN – May 27, 2022 - “I just want to be honest with everybody, I have been struggling,” she told her 231,000 followers, adding: “So, I’m in the hospital at the minute and I’m gonna get discha... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionInterviewMay 31 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Quote of the Week – Friedrich Nietzsche “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Nietzsche ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 31 2022Mental Healthquote of the week
Americans are Crazy Stressed About Money VIDEO – NICKEL AND DIMED – MAY 18 2022 - Americans are more stressed about money than they’ve ever been, according to the American Psychological Association’s latest Stress In America Survey. “Eighty-seven ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 24 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Beating The Stigma VIDEO – FORWARD THINKING – May 17, 2022 - “A lot of it, for me, was feeling worthless,” she said. “I had lost my family, I had lost everything important to me. It was tough asking for help but I knew I couldn’t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 24 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab