Steep Rise in Overdoses Linked to Veterinary Tranquilizer DON’T PUT YOURSELF DOWN – MARCH, 2022 - Researchers studied 10 locations around the country, and found xylazine was involved in 6.7% of overdose deaths in 2020, compared with 0.36% in 2015. Almost all xylazine... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMarch 22 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
What Amy Winehouse Taught Us About Denial and Alcoholism REST IN PEACE – March 8, 2022 - Denial was dangerous for Winehouse because it interfered with her ability to accept the help she needed to meet a challenge she could not overcome on her own. Pride certainly got... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Lil Bo Weep Has Passed Away VIDEO – TOO F*#KING TRAGIC – March 7, 2022 - This weekend we lost the fight for my daughter’s life against depression , trauma , PTSD and drug addiction that we have been fighting since we got her back from Am... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Euphoria star Says Working in Porn Led to an Eating Disorder SKIN AND BONERS – Mar. 9, 2022 - With the help of mental health professionals, Euphoria’s Chloe Cherry has recovered from an eating disorder, but it’s something she’s not sure she would have developed if it wa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Sabrina Burkholder’s Incredible Transformation RETURN TO AMISH STAR – March 9, 2022 - “I remember feeling very weird and that was my last thought. Half an hour later I woke up surrounded by paramedics … I was suddenly hit with memories of what happened wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now AUDIO – LOST AT HOME – March 6, 2022 - In most cases, their waiting lists were closed as well, even though Gullett was willing to pay hundreds of dollars in cash for each session. She spent February’s Super Bo... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety BOOK REVIEW – March, 2022 - As some of the millions of people on psychiatric medication inevitably decide to discontinue their meds for one reason or another, what I’m witnessing is that there are legions of pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Federal Government Allows Program to Pay Substance Abusers to Staying Clean LISTEN – MONEY FOR NOTHING – Mar 10, 2022 - A new legal opinion from the Biden administration appears to clear the way for wider use of an underutilized harm reduction technique: paying people addicted to drug... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
‘You Murdered My Daughter’: Relatives of OxyContin Victims Confront the Sacklers THEY KILLED THOUSANDS – March 10, 2022 - “This is a day like no other in the history of American jurisprudence,” Anne Andrews, a lawyer on a committee for 70,000 relatives and those in recovery, said just befo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness CRAZY – Dec. 26, 2021 - “We have to convince these kids to release their self-diagnoses but when they leave us they go right back into that TikTok community which reinforces their beliefs,” said Don Grant, exec... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressioninternetinterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Watching War Unfold on Social Media Affects Mental Health THANK YOU CAPT. OBVIOUS – Mar. 8, 2022 - It’s a lot to process. “I definitely don’t think that anybody should ever be used to seeing things like this,” Lubkova says. “But that’s kind of what it came down to. If... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Synthetic Opioids Stronger than Fentanyl in US MORE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER? – Mar 1, 2022 - Krotulski said current trends suggest nitazenes, or any other drugs for that matter, are unlikely to surpass fentanyl in their prevalence, as Mexican cartels have a... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMarch 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Marin Rehab Faces Sexual Abuse Lawsuit WHERE WAS HR? – Feb. 27, 2020 - Vazquez, 35, filed the lawsuit on Feb. 8 in Marin County Superior Court. The suit seeks special damages, general damages, punitive damages and attorney fees. Carter could not... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Exposing the Sackler’s Greed For the Deadly Opioid Disaster HOW THE MURDERERS WENT FREE – Feb. 27, 2022 - For decades the Sackler name was synonymous with often extravagant art world philanthropy – since 2009, the Sackler Trust had given around £170m to art institution... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 8 2018opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Biden Blames Social Media For ‘Mental Health Crisis’ ALGORITHMS ARE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL – Mar. 1, 2022 - Biden wants to “stop discriminatory algorithmic decision-making that limits opportunities for young Americans,” the White House said. “When a girl sea... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusinternetinterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
White House Plan Would Spend $41 Billion On Drug Policy THAT’S A LOT OF DOPE – March 2, 2022 - Biden’s 2022 proposed budget provides a total of $17.5 billion for drug trafficking supply reduction efforts. The Biden policy to combat drug addiction and overdoses call... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 8 2018opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehabTrauma
Were These Doctors Treating Pain or Dealing Drugs? DO NO MORE PHARMA – Feb. 28, 2022 - Dr. Ruan has been serving a 21-year sentence in federal prison, convicted in 2017 for illegally prescribing opioids and related financial crimes. To collect millions of dolla... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
If Only I Had ‘Euphoria’ During Height of My Drug Addiction VIDEO – THIS IS NOW – Feb. 28, 2022 - It’s making addicts and the people who love them feel less alone, and it’s illuminating the dark reality of addiction for people who might be struggling to understand. The ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMay 8 2018Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Book Review: A Sweeping History of Addiction MEDIA: BOOKS MAKE SENSE – Feb. 25, 2022 - “The Urge” ultimately unfolds as far more than an addiction memoir. Arriving at a time when the so-called opioid epidemic has become a defining crisis of our time, it ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 1 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Dr. Husel Ordered Lethal Doses of Fentanyl VIDEO – ANGEL OF MERCY OR ANGEL OF DEATH? – Feb. 22, 2022 - In an email sent in late November 2018, Gregory Dresbach wrote to his supervisor: “Well, here we go again.” It was in reference to how patient Meli... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMarch 1 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Euphoria Holds Up a Mirror to My Addiction Experience. This show quite literally saves me. By Natalie Alcala IS HOLLYWOOD, AGAIN, GLAMORIZING DRUG ABUSE IN EUPHORIA? OR IS IT TRUTH TELLING? – Feb 21, 2022 - TV and film elevate storylines by incorporating interesting people, exciting visuals, brilliant dialogue, and a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 1 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Navigating Grief As A Result of Substance Abuse HEART ACHE FOREVER – Feb. 24, 2022 - But on December 19th Jenna received a phone call that her sister was cold and unresponsive on the floor ... “I also knew that she had that watch on but it didn’t alwa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMarch 1 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Snapchat Promises New Rules to Fight Drug Sales IT’S ABOUT TIME – Feb. 24, 2022 - Snapchat says it’s making changes to make it harder for kids to buy drugs on its platform, and it has to do with how “friends” are recommended on the app. An NBC News inves... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinternetinterventionMarch 1 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Mom Shares Son’s Battle with Addiction in Obit THE GOOD DIE YOUNG – Feb. 25, 2022 - Hunter Lee Clemons died on Feb. 10 “after a long battle with addiction,” his mother, Christy Couvillier, wrote in his obituary, according to CBS affiliate KLFY. Sharing ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionInterviewMarch 1 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecovery AdvocateTrauma
Treating Drug Dealers Like Serial Killers by Chris Dale EXAMINING THE CHARGES AGAINST 4 MEN CONNECTED TO ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS’ DEATH – Feb. 28, 2022 - Twenty years to life. That’s how much prison time 39-year-old Irvin Cartagena faces for allegedly cau... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMarch 1 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Quote of the Week – President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine "We know what we are protecting: the country, the land, the future of our children." —President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 1 2022quote of the weekRecoveryTrauma
Portrait of Meth Addiction in the Czech Republic VIDEO – DOCU ROCK-U – Feb. 15, 2022 - An intimate portrayal of methamphetamine addiction in the Czech Republic, Europe’s largest producer, through the life of Lenka, an addict of over 20 years. Lenka’s elde... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 22 2022methRecoveryTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 22 2022harm reductioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehabTrauma
US Could Ease Restrictions On Prescribing Opioids WHAT A RELIEF, FOR SOME – Feb. 15, 2022 - Drugmakers in the 1990s marketed new opioids as less addictive and pushed for wider use among patients. “We overdid it with prescription medications – we were kind o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 22 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Your Body Knows You’re Burnt Out TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS – Feb. 15, 202 - Burnout, as it is defined, is not a medical condition — it’s “a manifestation of chronic unmitigated stress,” explained Dr. Lotte Dyrbye, a physician scientist who stud... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma