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Overdose Prevention Should Be Part of Each College’s Core Curriculum

BEFORE ALGEBRA – August 11, 2022 - I’m not being alarmist: During that same spring break, four students in Florida overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl; when two friends began to perform CPR, they were expo... Read More...

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‘Recovery’ Will Be Different For Every Patient Fighting Addiction

LIKE A SNOWFLAKE – Aug. 14, 2022 - Peter is a client that often comes to mind. He is a 39-year-old man who works as an accountant in a small business. He has been married to Amara for 10 years and the... Read More...

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National D.A.R.E. Day

REMEMBER SEPT. 15 – Aug. 2022 - The D.A.R.E. program was developed by the Los Angeles Police Department to educate people. As it proved successful, other cities adopted similar approaches, and soon enoug... Read More...

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With ‘Majority’ of Cases Linked to Addiction, Police Dept. Offers Path to Recovery

VIDEO – THIS IS MY AMERICA – Aug. 18, 2022 - Officers have partnered with an embedded social worker to try to get people the addiction and mental health treatment they need. The mission of the Law Enforcemen... Read More...

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John Spent Years Helping People Recover, and Now He’s Celebrating 40 Years Sober

VIDEO – HE WALKS THE WALK – Aug. 9, 2022 - HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A man who has dedicated his life to helping people overcome substance use disorder is now celebrating 40 years in recovery. “Every pict... Read More...

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Officials Push for Gov. Newsom to Approve Safe Consumption Sites

VIDEO – TIME FOR DEATH REDUCTION – Aug. 10, 2022 - People would be able to bring drugs into these sites and use them while a trained supervisor monitors them for symptoms of overdose. These supervisors w... Read More...

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SpeakerTunity® Offers Lists 800 Recovery & Addiction Treatment Centers For Speakers and Authors

YOU HAVE A VOICE, USE IT! – Aug. 3, 2022 - SpeakerTunity® is the Speaker and Leader Resource Company, providing programs, tip sheets and regional directories that get leaders booked for speaking eng... Read More...

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OPINION: Recovery is Beautiful, Recovery is Hard, Choose Life Over Addiction

SINGING A SOBER SONG – Aug. 2, 2022 - For over 17 years, I not only struggled with an active substance abuse disorder, but a mental health disorder as well. If there is something I would like for you to get out... Read More...

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The Most Important Part of Recovery — The Most Difficult to Access

AUDIO – STICK WITH THE WINNERS – Aug. 4, 2022 - One of the most important aspects of recovery — finding an affordable, safe place to live with people supportive of a sober environment — is often the most... Read More...

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Sovereign Health Ordered to Pay $45 Million to Health Net

KARMA IS A BITCH – Aug. 2, 2022 - Health Net, apparently not eager to gloat, said it wasn’t going to comment on the verdict. One of Sovereign’s attorneys, Lisa S. Kantor, said this: “We believe that there were mu... Read More...

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Scottish Prisons Aim To Get Prisoners Off Drugs including Methadone

VIDEO – ABSTINENCE MAKE THE HEART GROW FONDER – July 22, 2022 - James - not his real name - is one of HMP Oakwood’s success stories. He ended up in prison after carrying out armed robberies to fund his heroin a... Read More...

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The Most Brutally Honest Films About Addiction

AND BEAUTIFUL TOO – Aug. 2, 2022 - Drug and alcohol addiction is a topic that has been explored in cinema for decades. It is a sensitive subject that must be handled with care to depict the brutal truths about ... Read More...

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‘BetterHelp is absolutely trying to destroy the mental health world’

WHO’S ZOOMING WHO? – Aug. 7, 2022 - The TikToker, Alicia Murray (@therapywithmillenials) claims that folks who find the information of therapists on a service called CareDash are then redirected to Bette... Read More...

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The Miracle of Sobriety with Mrs. Robinson

VIDEO – LIVE CONVERSATION – July 25, 2022 - To support my show: https://www.patreon.com/hollyrandallu... To make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.me/hollyrandall78 Shop my merch store! https://sho... Read More...

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Dee Taylor-John Celebrating 5 Years Advocates for Education, Healing

VIDEO – WOUNDED HEALER AT WORK – July 29, 2022 - Harm reduction plays a major role in supporting community members experiencing a substance use disorder, said Brandon-based Solange Machado, network co-or... Read More...

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Viral on Tik Tok For Sharing His Journey to Sobriety

VIDEO – GOING PUBLIC ONLINE – July 30, 2022 - He explains “Most of my following knew that I drank heavily. Especially when we would go live, you know I was drinking beer heavily during the lives. A lot of the f... Read More...

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Q&A with Adriana Marchione, MA, REAT, RSMT, Filmmaker

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – July 29, 2022 - Adriana Marchione MA, REAT, RSMT has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as a filmmaker, dancer, photographer and is internationally recognized in her work ... Read More...

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Buzz Aldrin: Astronaut, 92, “Recovery Was Not Easy”

To The MOON and Back – July 27, 2022 - Having been continually asked throughout the years if he was bothered about being the “second” not first man to step foot on the moon, Aldrin carries with him a sense of f... Read More...

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Is Tech Addiction Really a Disease? with Dr. Ryan Drzewiecki

VIDEO – HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? – July 29, 2022- Ryan Drzewiecki, PsyD, LP, the new chief clinical officer at the Arizona-based treatment center Sierra Tucson, specializes in the mental health implic... Read More...

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Online Addiction Studies Certificate Filling Counselor Shortages

A SCHOOL IN YOUR COMPUTER – July 19, 2022 - Patrick Ryan, clinical program supervisor of Recovery Center Missoula at the Western Montana Mental Health Center, serves on the advisory board for the program and ca... Read More...

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At McShin Foundation, Father Tells Family’s Story of Addiction

AUDIO – LOST AND FOUND – July 18, 2022 - The McShin Foundation, a recovery community organization in Henrico County, offered its facilities for Johnston’s stop in Virginia. The foundation provides services to ... Read More...

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Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

NO Pill, NO Surgery, NO Transplants – July 21, 2015 - Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the “disease model” of addict... Read More...

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Danny Trejo Congratulates Son Gilbert on 8 Years of Sobriety

LIKE FATHER LOVES SON – July 17, 2022 - Trejo himself has been sober for more than 50 years and has been recognized by Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment center CRI-Help for his work and advocacy of the re... Read More...

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Supporting Sobriety at Work: How Salesforce Created Inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

ON THE JOB TRAINING – July 14, 2022 - Within five minutes, a colleague reached out to Nelson and explained that he was six days sober — his second time trying — and looking for support groups. She knew instant... Read More...

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Leslie Jordan Recalls Hearing Amy Winehouse’s ‘Rehab’ First Time After Sobriety

A VERY CATCHY DIRGE? – July 11, 2022 - “I thought she shouldn’t be doing that. Who is this, this Amy Winehouse? I got to look her up. And then I started thinking more about it,” Jordan told host Dave Cob... Read More...

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Investors See Far Out Profits in Psychedelic Medicine

AUDIO – WALLS Melt on Wall Street – July 13, 2022 - Empath has since raised $2.1 million of a $10 million target for its first fund and made 10 investments. Portfolio companies include Mindstate Design Labs, w... Read More...

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Lynda Carter ‘begged God’ For Help: “I’ve been in recovery for 23 years.”

VIDEO – IS IT ANY WONDER? – July 4, 2022 - Talking to The Insider about her move towards recovery, she said: “My husband asked me … ‘Can’t you just stop this for the children and for me?’ “I needed help – I be... Read More...

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Amee Gray Wants to Fix Referral Scams And Let Hospitals Do the Job

Call Centers Becoming Obsolete? – July 12, 2022 - Amee Gray found herself in a situation foreign to her but intimately familiar to so many. A family member had survived a drug overdose, and she was trying ... Read More...

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Scotland Calls For Law Change To Give People A Right To Recovery

EVERYONE HAD THE RIGHT TO BE STRONG – July 3, 2022 - Ross insisted the legislation his party has put forward could be a “game-changer” in tackling Scotland’s drugs deaths problem. And he called on SNP and Gr... Read More...

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Lena Dunham, Nicki Minaj and Others Revealed They Got Sober

CELEBRITY SOBRIETY – July 6, 2022 - Jane Lynch The Glee alum recalled her struggles with alcohol addiction during an interview with The Guardian in February 2022, revealing she got sober for a second time afte... Read More...

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