Mental Health

Woman’s Drug Recovery Tweet Goes Viral

ANYONE CAN DO IT – Feb. 29, 2021 - “On my 49th birthday, I woke up in Butte County Jail again,” shared Sullivan. “I was clean, there are a lot of drugs in jail I was clean at that moment. That is what sta... Read More...

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Is There a Difference Between Sex Addiction and Porn Addiction?

WHERE ONE OR MORE ARE GATHERED – Feb. 2021 - The pattern of failure to control intense sexual impulses or urges and resulting repetitive sexual behavior is manifested over an extended period of time (e.g., 6 mo... Read More...

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Attorney General Stops Deceptive Marketing by Treatment Center

BOTTOM LINE MATTERS MORE – Feb. 12, 2021 - Additionally, the settlement said that their website funneled consumers to what were called “treatment specialists” for a consumer to call for assistance in deciding w... Read More...

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As Overdose Deaths Surge, Rehab Industry Faces ‘Severe Ethical Crisis’

LISTEN – GETTING HELP – Feb. 15, 2021 - “It’s a very hard system to navigate,” said Ryan Hampton, who spent years trying to get help for his addiction to prescription opioids and heroin. His family “was preyed ... Read More...

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This Message Will Self-Destruct: Snapchat & the Tragic Death of a 16-year-old

by Christopher Dale WHAT A PRICE TO PAY – Feb. 16, 2021 - On Sunday, February 7, 16-year-old Samuel Chapman asked his father for a cheeseburger, then went to his room to play video games. An hour later his m... Read More...

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Teen’s Deadly Overdose Prompts Warning About Snapchat’s Role in Selling Drugs

WATCH – WHEN DOES IT STOP? – Feb. 11, 2021 - “I thought the worst thing that can happen on Snapchat were nude pictures or saying something inappropriate or something like that,” Berman said. “I had no idea ther... Read More...

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Breaking the “Body Brokers”: California Non-Profit That Stood Up to Patient Kickback Business

PETE NIELSEN DOES HIS THING – Feb. 12, 2021 - CCAPP knew they had to act to stop this new adversary that threatened to abuse patients and cast a cloud of doubt over the legitimacy of the treatment itself. As soon as... Read More...

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Day Trading, It Can Be Addictive

IT’S NOT GAMBLING ... OR IS IT? – February 13, 2021 - Day trading can be very, very addicting! However, that doesn’t exactly mean that day traders are addicts. I myself am an addict. This March I will be sober ... Read More...

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Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America

POISONED AMERICA c/o BIG PHARMA – 2020 - “I could not put down Gerald Posner’s Pharma, the definitive story of how one family, the Sacklers, set out to get exquisitely rich on the back of unsuspecting Americans... Read More...

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Inside Billie Piper’s Mind

A COMPLICATED PLACE – Feb. 4, 2021 - I’m 34 but this feeling isn’t unfamiliar; this spiralling soothed by the strange comfort of a sterile white room. I felt the same thing when I was just 17, enduring another ... Read More...

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Legalizing All Drugs Is Just the Beginning

SET OUR PEOPLE FREE – Feb. 13, 2021- All the evidence, for decades, shows that the drugs that children under 17 or 18 years old are most likely to use are marijuana, alcohol and tobacco. That’s where my educati... Read More...

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Is Social Media Bad for Sobriety?

MAYBE – Feb. 10, 2021 - Pro Tip: If you’re on social media and see things that trigger you, you should try to counter that with enjoyable things to ruminate on in positive ways. Some people think of a memory, o... Read More...

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Who’s Taking Care of Mental Health Professionals?

DOCTOR (CAN’T) HEAL THYSELF – February 11, 2021 - USA TODAY spoke with half a dozen mental health workers who told us the pandemic has been the most challenging year of their professional lives. Every one of th... Read More...

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Sia’s Awful Movie Portrays Drug Addiction and Abuse With Colorful Musical Numbers

WATCH – CRAPUE du SOLEIL? – Feb. 10, 2021 - Hold on. The worst moment in “Music” is the quick-cut, frenetic, orange-tinted fantasy musical number when the title character flails about making exaggerated facial and b... Read More...

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A ‘Family’ of Artists of the Downtown Eastside

PAINTING THE TOWN CLEAN & SOBER – February 9, 2021 - They’re just a few of the artists who live or work in the Downtown Eastside and are part of a new group called the Downtown Eastside Artists Collective. ... Read More...

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TV Host Dr. Laura Berman’s 16-year-old Son Dies from Overdose from Drug Dealer on Snapchat

WATCH – DEAR GOD, MAKE IT STOP – Feb. 8, 2021 - Berman first shared the news of her son’s death on Instagram Sunday, writing that her son got “the drugs delivered to the house” in an “experimentation gone bad.” “... Read More...

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Can We Control the Voice in Our Head?

TALKING HEADS – February 5, 2021 - to the car (“You know your dad hates you”) and then to work, where the dope, wearing a pin-striped olive jacket and gold chain, keeps the bit going through lunchtime. (“Eat no... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis Marks 22 Years Sober

SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT – Feb. 4, 2021 - “A LONG time ago … In a galaxy far, far away … I was a young STAR at WAR with herself,” she began. “I didn’t know it then. I chased everything. I kept it hidden. I ... Read More...

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Oregon Treats Addiction as a Mental Health Issue

LISTEN – FORTY-NINE MORE STATES NEEDED – Feb. 5, 2021 - And on February 1, the new law, called the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, went into effect. To help break down this act, Portland Monthly spoke wit... Read More...

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‘My Stealing Addiction Gives Me The Illusion Of Control’

DESIGNER BAG...LADY – Feb. 4, 2021 - As an attractive, Caucasian, middle-class woman, I’m hardly the archetypical shoplifter. To my knowledge, I’ve never been suspected, which I’m certain is down to how I look,... Read More...

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Hazelden Betty Ford Expands Addiction Services in Montana

COWBOY UP – Feb. 5, 2021 - Other RecoveryGo™ resources and services now available in Montana and nationwide include a free one-day virtual Family Program, available in English and Spanish; a virtual Chil... Read More...

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Biden Quietly Announces Harm Reduction Among His Drug Priorities

TOO QUIETLY! – Feb. 4, 2021 - The White House seems to have done little to alert media to the changes. Drug Policy Alliance* Director of Media Relations Matt Sutton told Filter that National Public Radio (NPR) ... Read More...

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Work Addiction Can be Harmful to Mental Health

TOO MUCH IS TOO MUCH Feb. 8, 2021 - Work addiction is a clinical condition characterised by an obsessive and compulsive interest in work. People usually work more than they’re required to... characteristics include b... Read More...

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Alcohol deaths hit record high during Covid pandemic

EMPTY BOTTLES, FULL COFFINS – February 2, 2021 - Between January and September, 5,460 deaths were registered with this cause - up 16% on the same months in 2019. It is the biggest toll recorded since reco... Read More...

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Has Society Turned Its Back on Mothers?

IT’S OK, WE’VE GOT EYES IN THE BACK OF OUR HEADS – February 4, 2021 - And yet, the more I hear my patients use the term “burnout,” the more I think it doesn’t capture the depth of despair they describe. T... Read More...

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Journaling to the Rescue in 2021!

SPECIALIZE IN YOUR OWN LIFE – Dec. 30, 2021 - Journaling as inspiration for change could help you consider a new way of doing and thinking about things. Perhaps it will show you what the pandemic has taught you... Read More...

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6 Reasons AA Zoom Rooms Are Inferior to In-person Meetings by Christopher Dale

IS ZOOM AA INFERIOR TO REAL AA MEETINGS? – Feb. 8, 2021 - In-person meetings also allow small acts of kindness – those mini-miracles that exemplify its members’ commitment to helping others – that don’t carry o... Read More...

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Is Social Media Addiction a Myth?

TWEET THIS – February 6, 2021 - “Addicts” who changed their lives through digital detox confess that social media was killing them. Imagine that you’re a typical middle school student having dinner with your family.... Read More...

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‘Bachelorette’ Star Zac Clark Helping Millions Through Sobriety & Recovery

LOVE AND SOBRIETY – February 5, 2021 - When he tried to cash the check, the bank teller knew something was wrong. But instead of calling the police, she called Clark’s father, who rushed to the bank befor... Read More...

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