Mental Health

Judy Garland: What Started Her Spiral Toward Drug Addiction

Someone over the rainbow – Dec. 27, 2020 - Though Garland’s mother and father didn’t have a good relationship, her father was more emotionally supportive of her than her mother. And in 1935, Garland’s father u... Read More...

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Man Starts Knitting Group to Help People Recover From Addiction

Idle hands... – Dec. 27, 2020 - As Mendonca spent his days knitting yarn and making his own unique creations, fellow residents at the facility began to take notice. One by one, Mendonca’s solo hobby turned i... Read More...

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A Happy News Year Letter

From the Editors – December 29, 2020 - As the year finally comes to an end and the world transitions into 2021, there is one overarching emotion suffusing our mission. Gratitude. Yes, gratitude for every reader of th... Read More...

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Heather Graham Gets Candid About Sober Living

WATCH – Not skating the issue... – Dec. 20, 2020 - She said: ‘I don’t drink or do drugs ... I used to have a frozen yogurt addiction!’; seen recently on Instagram for an appearance on Conan. Heather also spi... Read More...

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Struggling With Addiction? Here’s a NYE Lifeline

Start 2021 SOBER – Dec. 23, 2020 - Last year, Garcia launched the Dallas Sober New Year’s Eve party, but COVID-19 forced her to reimagine the concept as an online resource available to anyone seeking help — ev... Read More...

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Man Serving Life Without Parole for $20 of Weed Freed

The dark ages are ending... – Dec. 25, 2020 - For most of his sentence, Winslow’s chances of getting out were virtually nil. He is guilty of the crime he was convicted of, so there was no path to getting his c... Read More...

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Beacon House in Pacific Grove Closing

A champ goes down swinging – Dec. 22, 2020 - An important player in the drug and alcohol addiction treatment network for more than 60 years is closing at the end of the month, a victim of a combination of the p... Read More...

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Letter from the Editor

December 22, 2020 – Dear readers, Welcome to Christmas 2020. Well, this isn’t your traditional Christmas, but the heartfelt gratitude to our subscribers, contributors and sponsors/advertisers is invested with the sam... Read More...

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John Mulaney Has Checked Into Rehab

Admitted into not ‘Checked’ into – Dec. 21, 2020 - The former Saturday Night Live writer, 38, is seeking treatment after relapsing following a decades-long battle with addiction. Mulaney’s rep did not immedi... Read More...

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Heartwarming! Drug Rehab Centre Offers Free Treatment Via Christmas Raffle

Win Win – Dec. 18, 2020 - Even before the COVID-19 pandemic put millions of Americans out of work, lacking the financial means to pay for addiction treatment meant people have long relied on a mixed bag of reh... Read More...

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Restaurateur Launches Sober Living House

WATCH – Cooking with Love – Dec. 18, 2020 - A well-known Chattanooga business owner who has been sober for 19 years has opened a home to help other women struggling with addiction. Restaurant owner Scottie B... Read More...

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Brantley Gilbert Celebrates 9 Years of Sobriety

Save the Country ... Music – Dec. 18, 2020 - Gilbert’s battle with substance abuse began soon after he graduated from high school, in Jefferson, Georgia. As the son of a Baptist preacher, the singer had a relig... Read More...

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GIVING GRIEF MEANING, A Method for Transforming Deep Suffering into Healing & Positive Change

by Lily Dulan, MFT MEDIA: Book Recommendation – DEC. 2020 - “...In a world where so many people are hurting, we need honest, authentic voices speaking their truth and sharing their stories of overcoming with... Read More...

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Overdose epidemic needs state action to remove barriers to care

Make it Free? – DEC. 16, 2020 - “SADLY, THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC CONTINUES, AND IT HAS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,” SAID PATRICE A. HARRIS, M.D., M.A., CHAIR OF THE AMA OPIOID TASK F... Read More...

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15 Foods You Should Be Eating Every Day

You are what you eat – Nov. 19, 2020 - “Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it.” The leading cause of both death, disability, and disease within the United States is diet. B... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Outpace COVID-19 Deaths in SF

Heaven’s Overcrowding... – Dec. 19, 2020 - The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far worse if it wasn’t for the nearly 3,000 times Narcan was used from January to the begi... Read More...

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Unmasking Mental Illness and Addiction in Pandemic World

Madness of America – Dec. 18, 2020 - New York City struggled and then regained its footing after becoming the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring. Like the rest of the United States, it is again exp... Read More...

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Man guilty in $32,000,000 pawn shop scheme targeting drug addicts

Crime pays, for a while – Dec. 16, 2020 - The defendants “specifically recruit boosters who are opioid addicts and who use the proceeds of their ‘sales’ to purchase illegal drugs,” IRS special agent Giulio Scoc... Read More...

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

WHY? – Dec. 17, 2020 - The primary driver behind the record-breaking numbers appeared to be the use of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which increased 38.4%. Of 38 U.S. jurisdictions with available synth... Read More...

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Take The ACE Quiz — And Learn What It Does And Doesn’t Mean

Holiday Fun – 2015 - So, you’ve got your score. Now what? First, remember that the ACE score isn’t a crystal ball; it’s just meant as guidance. It tells you about one type of risk factor among many. It doesn... Read More...

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Waxahatchee’s ‘Saint Cloud’ Confronts Sobriety & Recovery With Vivid Empathy

WATCH – Music soothes the savage addiction – December 18, 2020 - Katie Crutchfield grew up in Alabama and lives in Kansas City, but the story behind Saint Cloud, her fifth and best album as Waxahatchee, begins... Read More...

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Addicted Australia

WATCH – America should do one... – Dec. 9, 2020 - Ten Australians fighting their addictions. What does it take to change a life? New series, Addicted Australia. We gain extraordinary access to the lives of a gr... Read More...

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New Luxury Recovery Center Opens in North Alabama

WATCH – The sumptuousness of sobriety – Dec. 7, 2020 -The recovery center offers a non-clinical approach to the problem of drug and alcohol dependence by using the 12 steps. “Hard things happen in life, but... Read More...

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Police commander asks if drug use is really crime?

War on Addicts! – Dec. 10, 2020 - But there’s also fallout from alcohol and even second-hand smoking. Both these legal drugs often have unwanted side effects on the individual who chooses to use them. We deal with a... Read More...

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Emily Summit with Leonard Buschel

Happy. Sober. Free! – December 2020 – Learn secrets on how to cultivate freedom, confidence, joy and abundance in sobriety! Free online show! Hosted by Emily Killeen. more@HappySoberFree ... Read More...

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Danny Trejo, 52 Years Sober, Urges Those Fighting Addiction to Seek Treatment During Pandemic

What a wonderful way to live! – Dec. 13, 2020 - The spot — part of CRI-Help’s “Fight” campaign — debuts on the eve of the center’s 50th anniversary and is aimed at raising awareness around substance abuse recov... Read More...

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Peter Young, priest who lifted up the downtrodden, dies at 90

One soul helping another... – Dec. 9, 2020 - At first, he said, the politicians saw his priest’s collar and dismissed him as just another do-gooder but, after presenting them with the cost of incarceration, he ... Read More...

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Prison ‘aha’ moment leads to research into mental health and addiction

It works if you work it... – Dec. 10, 2020 - For a study funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Vest and his colleagues examined assessments on 406 people diagnosed with both mental illness and sub... Read More...

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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Sinners!

Mormons gone wild – Dec. 9, 2020 - Jen goes outside with Heather to remind us that it cannot be later than 1 p.m. and to give Lisa a chance to stir the pot a bit further. They come back in so Mary can call Heather ... Read More...

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