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A Frustrating Path “From Mental Illness to Mental Health”

A FAILED SYSTEM – Feb. 22, 2022 - Dr. Insel, 70, who left N.I.M.H. in 2015, calls the advances in neuroscience of the last 20 years “spectacular” — but in the very first pages of his new book, he says that, fo... Read More...

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Gaming Addiction Is Now a Globally Recognized Illness

VIDEO – NO TIME FOR MANICURES – Feb. 24, 2022 - Among gamers and parents and even within the medical community, there’s disagreement about whether gaming addiction is real. Either way, the WHO’s designation cou... Read More...

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West Palm Beach Doctor Convicted of $31 Million Health Care Fraud

VIDEO – MONEY IS ADDICTIVE – Feb. 11, 2022 - A doctor known for his expertise in treating alcoholism and drug abuse faces decades behind bars after he was convicted of helping bilk insurance companies out of mi... Read More...

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CDC To Soften Opioid Prescription Guidelines

VIDEO – GOING BACKWARDS? – Feb. 12, 2022 - Opioids can be an important tool in treating severe pain from cancer, surgery and serious injuries. But they also can be addictive — even when used under doctors’ ord... Read More...

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Woman Beats Addiction

VIDEO – LIVES TO HELP OTHERS – Feb. 15, 2022 - “Pain pills, cocaine ... the one that took me the furthest down was meth,” said Dykes. Dykes continued to struggle with addiction even after her son Addison wa... Read More...

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‘Lisa’s Light’: Couple Aim to Illuminate Addiction

CATHARSIS – Feb. 16, 2022 - Her parents, Gary and Judy Stoefen, have written a book detailing her successes and challenges in hopes that it will steer others from a similar path. The couple, who met while gr... Read More...

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Signs of Porn Addiction and When to Get Help

AUDIO – POWERFUL – Feb. 12, 2022 - “At this point in time, there is no recognized diagnosis of ‘pornography addiction,’ and there is no evidence that pornography is inherently ‘addictive’,” Joshua Grubbs, asso... Read More...

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Delilah Hamlin Celebrates 6 Months of Sobriety After Accidental Overdose

VIDEO – ALIVE AND WELL – Feb. 18, 2022 - “I found a psychiatrist and he over-prescribed me,” she said. “He over-prescribed me with one medication that one of my friends takes for 10 milligrams and he gave me 2... Read More...

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Lifesaving Addiction Treatment Out of Reach for Many Americans

NOT ALL EQUAL – Feb. 17, 2022 - These gaps in care put patients struggling with OUD at risk, and many need effective treatment now more than ever. Understanding these disparities can help state policymakers imp... Read More...

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Is Marijuana Addictive?

HABIT FORMING – Feb. 17, 2022 - Addiction and dependency are two terms that are often used interchangeably. There are differences between the two. Addiction happens when a person uses a substance such as al... Read More...

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Marvel Putting Iron Man in Rehab For a “nasty” Drug Addiction

28 DAYS – Feb. 17, 2022 - It’s good to show that anyone - even someone like Tony Stark - can falter, and ask for help. And from what we know about Iron Man #20, he’ll complete a stint at rehab and emerge with ... Read More...

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Can ‘Safe’ Injection Sites Make a Difference?

IS ICE CREAM COLD? – Feb. 17, 2022 - This month, drug-policy experts also flagged the Department of Justice’s decision to revisit the federal government’s opposition to a safe drug-injection site in Philadelphi... Read More...

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I Am an Alcoholic In Rehab

VIDEO – FIRST HAND ACCOUNT – Feb. 19, 2022 - As I write this in my marble notebook, I am a stereotype, drinking coffee, smoking a cigarette, dry just a few days. It’s a chilly morning for Southern California. I... Read More...

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Julia Cameron’s ‘Seeking Wisdom’ Goes Deeper than ‘The Artist’s Way’

AUDIO – MORE WISDOM – Feb. 21, 2022 - When author Julia Cameron first got sober, she was told to pray. In her new book, Seeking Wisdom, Cameron writes about the connection of spirituality and creativity, and he... Read More...

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Interview with Leigh Steinberg a.k.a. Jerry Maguire

TOUCHDOWN – Feb. 15, 2022 - The first drink was Russian Roulette. After I took the first drink, it wasn’t clear what would be the eventual outcome. It could be anything from a blackout where I did not remember ... Read More...

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Jane Lynch on Her Sobriety: In and Out and In Again

VIDEO – ON THE PATH – Feb. 16, 2022 - “The first time you , it’s like: ‘Ah, I found it. I feel happy in my body, this feeling of bliss. No one can say anything to me that would make me upset or feel badly about... Read More...

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I Was An Addicted Doctor: Rehab Made Me Question How Much We Understand About Addiction

THE DOCTOR’S OPINION – Feb. 8, 2022 - The next day, I meet with the whole treatment team – half a dozen psychiatrists, therapists and counsellors facing me across a massive table in one of those windowles... Read More...

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Marian Keyes on Sobriety and Marriage

ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – Feb. 15, 2022 - Lauded by contemporaries, including David Nicholls and Jo Jo Moyes, there’s light and dark in all Keyes’ novels, equal measures of hilarity and heartbreak. She has explore... Read More...

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Elle King, Multi-Grammy Nominee on Motherhood and Sobriety

A MOST CREATIVE ACT – Feb. 15, 2022 - Later in the interview, King, 32, publicly disclosed for the first time that she had contracted COVID-19 during the Christmas holidays and that it had spread to at least on... Read More...

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Marian Keyes: From Alcoholism To Author of the Year

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE LEXAPRO – Feb. 18, 2022 - After reading the short story, Poolbeg Press contacted Keyes to ask her to write a full-length book which resulted in Keyes writing her first novel, Waterm... Read More...

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Brain Surgery May Help People Overcome Drug Addiction

VIDEO – IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Feb. 15, 2022 - By his 20s, Buckhalter was using heroin, and drugs were all he could think about. By the time Mahoney proposed surgery, Buckhalter was at the end of his rope.&nbs... Read More...

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‘Relentless Advocate’: Chef Gabriel Rucker Opens Up About Sobriety

VIDEO – GOURMET COFFEE ONLY? – Feb. 17, 2022 - “I’m lucky that I have also a father that’s in recovery, too,” he said. These days, Rucker also finds support in a group called Ben’s Friends. “There’s winem... Read More...

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Jails Finally Allowing Medical Care For Opioid Addiction

FINALLY SOME HUMANITY – Feb. 18, 2022 - Sedgwick’s joins at least a few other Kansas jails that do so, including Crawford County in southeast Kansas. “I mean, something’s got to change,” Crawford County She... Read More...

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Fake ‘crack pipe’ Story Hurts Battle Against Addiction

A CRACK IN THE STORY – Feb. 15, 2022 - It started with a story in the Washington Free Beacon that falsely said a federal Department of Health and Human Services grant was handing out free “crack pipes” to Black... Read More...

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Who Owns Addiction Treatment Medicine?

PHARMA PHARMA? – Feb. 10, 2022 - In April 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took steps to lower some barriers for doctors (and nurse practitioners and physician assistants) to prescribing ... Read More...

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“15 Years Ago I Was Waiting To Die”

FROM HEROIN TO HEROINE – Feb. 2, 2022 - Parker is honest about what it took to recover, hard work, medical attention and a lot of help from agencies dedicated to providing support for those in recovery. “I h... Read More...

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Hugh Wallace On Going To Rehab and ‘falling off wagon’ During Lockdown

TV IS ADDICTIVE TOO – Feb. 8, 2022 - “I was in rehab for alcoholism in Stanhope Street and there were people there who couldn’t tell their partners they were attending.” Hugh and his partner Martin Cor... Read More...

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Drug and Alcohol Addiction, OH MY

EDUCATE AND ELUCIDATE – Feb. 8, 2022 - Addiction viewed through an existential-humanistic lens. I view addiction, and the road to recovery, through an existential-humanistic lens. This includes the fo... Read More...

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Parker McCollum Committed to Sobriety

AUDIO – NEW COUNTRY MUSIC – Feb. 2022 - He wrote the song in seven minutes, and he did it sober. This was a turning point for the rising star, because he realized he didn’t need to use drugs to produce the son... Read More...

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Mom Says 17-Year-old Son Was Denied Treatment For His Drug Addiction

VIDEO – KEEP TRYING AND STAY ALIVE – Feb. 8, 2022 - Benton says she was stunned when her 17-year-old son was discharged from Novant without receiving any treatment. “Told my dad, you have to come get him. W... Read More...

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