Oct 15 2019

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It’s About Time Mary J. Blige Stopped Crediting Kendu For Her Sobriety

It’s An Inside Job – Oct. 10, 2019 - Addiction can be extremely isolating, and despite the storylines you may see on shows like “Intervention,” overcoming substance abuse is very much an individual battle. You ... Read More...

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Alcoholics Anonymous rep talks tools offered to help towards sobriety

Relax, This is from South Africa – Oct. 11, 2019 - The month is well underway, and to help those who are wanting to quit alcohol, Thandolwethu caught up with a representative from Alcoholics Anonymous. In the intervi... Read More...

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Elton John talks sex, alcoholism and the wedding present Eminem gave him

Do Tell! – October 12, 2019 - When fellow musician Bob Dylan recently asked the flamboyant pop musician, 72, a technical question about his hit song “Tiny Dancer,” John didn’t hesitate to describe it in lurid terms. ... Read More...

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Patients with vaping related illness being readmitted as little as five days later

Keep Coming Back – Oct. 12, 2019 - CDC did not reveal exactly how many cases of relapse have been reported, but Ms Schuchat said they are aware of fewer than five such cases among the 1,299 that have been reported. ... Read More...

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Breaking up with my Juul: why quitting vaping is harder than quitting cigarettes

Dependency is a Devil – Oct. 9, 2019 - The electronic cigarette Juul was invented as a means to help its two co-founders quit smoking. But it’s surprisingly hard to quit the quitting tool. I found out 27 days a... Read More...

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DMX checks back into rehab and cancels shows ‘as he puts family and sobriety first’

Do The Right Thing – Oct. 13, 2019 - The news comes after DMX failed to show for a performance at Def Jam’s 35th anniversary party on Thursday. The rapper, born Earl Simmons, is no stranger to rehab facilities and he... Read More...

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Insurance companies to charge higher rates for vape users

Paying Through The Lungs – Oct 12, 2019 - Companies like Prudential said that doesn’t matter. It will classify vapers as smokers, allowing them to charge higher insurance rates. “We see it as an attack on the i... Read More...

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Darryl Strawberry Shares His Addiction Story in Albany

A Clean Hit – Oct. 13, 2019 - The Albany community heard from an addiction recovery advocate this weekend, one many know from Major League Baseball. Former star Darryl Strawberry spoke about his struggle with addic... Read More...

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A lost decade and $200,000

Can This Be True? – Oct 9, 2019 - “I got to a point where I didn’t think anything would work,” Michel said, adding that his ex-wife, Johane Amirault, kept pushing their daughters to treatment. “I actually thoug... Read More...

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Opinion: Stop teaching drug abstinence

Just Say No To ‘Just Say No’ – OCT 14, 2019 - Yesterday’s crisis was AIDS, caused by a virus spread primarily through unprotected sex. Today’s crisis is drug overdoses caused as people who use illegal dru... Read More...

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How to kick your cellphone addiction…

It can App'en to anyone – OCT. 13, 2019 - You check the phone when it vibrates, when it pings, when you sit down to breakfast, get out of your car, get into the office, get in the elevator, get out of the elevator. I... Read More...

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Neighbors Concerned Over Malibu’s “Rehab Riviera”

Sun, Sand and Sobriety? – OCT. 14, 2019- Bob Forrest owns Alo Recovery Centers, which provides treatment throughout L.A. County. He knows there are bad operators out there, but he says he has a good relationshi... Read More...

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The Myth of Normalcy By Dr. Gabor Maté

Only One Boat – Oct. 12, 2019 - As Fromm says, it is to the very nature of a society we must look when seeking to understand the sources of mental illness or health. For ultimately, as humans, we are biopyschos... Read More...

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L.A. could ban e-cigarettes & vaping

On the Tobacco Road – OCT. 8, 2019 - “What bans like this are likely to do is increase the use of illicit products and decrease regulation, which ironically will expand the use of the products that are ca... Read More...

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Elton John Talks Drug Addiction

More from Sir Elton – October 13th, 2019 - In particular, John opened up about the important role his drug addiction and eventual sobriety have played in his life’s story. Sir Elton explained that when he originally ... Read More...

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Former Johnson County addiction counselor charged with rape

Some are much sicker than others! – Oct. 10, 2019 - Brown provided her with Xanax knowing she was intoxicated, the affidavit says. The woman later told police Brown had sexual contact with her, and provided text mess... Read More...

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Kat Von D opens up about her sobriety as she visits Bam Margera in rehab

Colorful Recovery – Oct. 7, 2019 - Even though it’s gonna be 12 years in July that I celebrate being clean from drinking and drugs, I still clearly remember the physical pain from withdrawals, the profound desire to ... Read More...

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Hollywood Sobers Up at the REEL Recovery Film Festival

A Safe Projection Sight – October 9, 2019 - Stories of addiction and recovery are inherently dramatic, traumatic and, occasionally, laugh-out-loud funny — which is why the former pot dealer/current drug and alcohol c... Read More...

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Chronic Pain Sufferers Beg the DEA to Reconsider Prescription Opioid Cuts

One man’s ceiling... – 10/11/19 - Vin LoPresti, a stroke survivor, wrote that he took prescription opioids until 2017, when he said federal regulations made the drugs too difficult to obtain. Since then, medica... Read More...

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Mother shares heartbreaking photos of drug-addicted son: ‘Please call us. We love you’

American Horror Story – Oct. 11, 2019 - Cody is still homeless in Las Vegas and I have not heard from him in weeks now. Hearing how bad he is doing is hard but not hearing at all is worse. The unknown is what makes A... Read More...

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Breathalyzer for weed could be a ‘game changer’

Waiting to Exhale – October 13, 2019 - “It’s about creating a balance of public safety and fairness,” Lynn said. “I’ve seen the tragedies resulting from impaired driving up close. And I have a good idea how challengi... Read More...

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O is for opioids: ‘Sesame Street’ to tackle addiction crisis

C is for Compassion – October 10, 2019 - Salia explains that addiction is “getting attracted to something so you keep doing it over and over again. It makes people feel like they need drugs and alcohol to feel OK.” S... Read More...

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Trip to Johns Hopkins’ New Psychedelic Research Center

Tasty Looking – October 12, 2019 - Psychedelic research, while promising, still has a long way to go to make up for the lost time that was collateral damage of the culture war of the 1960s. Both Grob and Nichols poin... Read More...

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My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction

Shuffle Bored – October 14, 2019 - In February, 2017, I stepped off a plane in Tampa, drunk and dope-sick. I was twenty-four, and for the past eight years I had been shooting up heroin, cocaine, and all manner of pi... Read More...

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Quote of the Week

“There are never enough I Love You’s.” —Lenny Bruce ... Read More...

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Man Grows Breasts On Risperdal

Side Boob Effect – Oct. 9, 2019 - Murray’s award is the largest to date among more than 13,000 lawsuits against the company — claiming that Risperdal caused a condition called gynecomastia in boys, involving enlargem... Read More...

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SCREENAGERS: Next Chapter – Must See Film

PARENTS & THEIR CHILDREN - A Must See! Monday, October 14 @ 5pm, Laemmle NoHo (2018) UPDATED version - Explores the impact of social medial and screen time on young people’s mental and emotional well being. ... Read More...

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Toad Venom Big Hit Among Psychedelic New Yorkers

Leap Frog – September 28, 2019 - Users, such as Pall, score the extremely rare resin by hiring foreign shamans, often from Mexico, who travel throughout the US distributing it at ceremonies that cost $200 to $500 a h... Read More...

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