12 Overdoses in 24 Hours in Harrisburg VIDEO – THE DIRTIEST DOZEN – Sept 9, 2023 - Potential signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose include: Loss of consciousness. Markedly constricted or pinpoint pupils. Breathing difficulties (slowed, labored... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSept 19 2023Trauma
British Media Report Rape and Emotional Abuse Allegations Against Russell Brand DID HE? – Sept. 16, 2023 - Brand issued a video statement on Friday denying the allegations. “Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely re... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 19 2023Sexual AddictionTrauma
She’s the Woman on the Line AUDIBLE LIFE PRESERVER – Sept. 10, 2023 - The hotline serves people who worry using alone makes them vulnerable to dying by overdose. And there is reason for concern. Total overdose deaths have climbed to nearly 110,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 19 2023suicideTrauma
I Loved My Alcoholic Dad – But He Died Alone ESSAY – Sept. 3, 2023 - She had to be strong and resolute, meaning she was often unable to talk about her feelings and mine. I can see the generational effect of addiction on us all. I became aware that my dad had... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionSept 12 2023suicideTrauma
Dumping Dirty Syringes and Bodily Fluids into Dumpsters Costs Kaiser Permanente $49 Million BRAIN SALAD SURGERY? – Sept. 8, 2023 - “Nurses, physicians and patients could inadvertently touch blood or bodily fluids containing dangerous pathogens. Custodians and sanitation workers could be stuck by a us... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionSept 12 2023Trauma
City Official Resigns After Creating ‘Doom Loom Walking Tour’ of San Francisco VIDEO – SATIRE OR SALACIOUS? – Aug. 28, 2023 - The sold out weekend tour was canceled and on Monday Ludlum resigned, saying it was all satire and, “the causes of the conditions we witness daily are not individual a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionMental HealthOverdoseSept 5 2023Trauma
The Pope Says: ‘We Cannot Be Indifferent’ to People Caught in Drug Addiction WWJD? – Aug. 27, 2023 - Francis underlined in his message that it is often teens and young adults who fall into addiction, especially in a society in which they are “deprived of points of reference” during a delicate... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 5 2023Trauma
Docs Struggling as Flesh-Rotting ‘Zombie Drug’ Grips NY VIDEO – MODERN LEPROSY? – Aug. 28, 2023 - “There was a change in his behavior when he started using xylazine — he started going cuckoo,” his heartbroken mother, Merri Eddy, recently told The Post. “I didn’t know what... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 5 2023Trauma
Ecuador is Hooked on Dangerous Drugs BORDERLINE – Aug. 24, 2023 - Teenage drug users play games and sports to improve social and behavioural skills. The Puyo centre has 42 beds with separate wings to treat boys and men. Some of the teenagers, many from ... Read More...Aug 29 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanaopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinsmokingteenagersTrauma
Drugs in America: Prohibition to 21st-Century Binging BOOK REVIEW – Aug. 23, 2023 - Quick Fixes is organized into brief essays, each nominally about a specific drug—alcohol, cocaine, meth—and its social significance. Fong dwells little on the pharmacological effects of ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 29 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinpotRecoveryRehabsmokingTrauma
Entire Neighborhood Sets up Booby Traps to Protect Themselves from Drug Addicts VIDEO – HORRIFYING – Aug. 16, 2023 - Kensington has gained international attention for its excessive public drug use and has become a focal point for high crime and poverty in the City of Brotherly Love. The neighb... Read More...Aug 22 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdoseTrauma
Horrifying Amount of Americans Won’t Make it to Old Age VERY SAD STORY – July 31, 2023 - On a white board at the end of the room, across from the sofas, the names of former clients who have died of overdoses in the past few years are listed. Though the town has a populati... Read More...Aug 8 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseTrauma
Flesh-Rotting Tranq Infects Cocaine Supply VIDEO – SCARY TIMES – July 31, 2023 - “We’ve seen an increase in street-level distribution of cocaine-xylazine mixture,” Frank Tarentino, the special agent in charge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s... Read More...Aug 8 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionOverdoseTrauma
He Shouldn’t Have Died In Jail NEW JERSEY TRAGEDY – July 27, 2023 - Somewhere along the line at Boston College, Odom’s not sure exactly when, her son started to spiral, first with signs of mental illness — schizoaffective disorder, she says... Read More...Aug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMental HealthTrauma
Wealthy Sackler Family Avoids Civil Lawsuits Over Opioid Deaths THE 3 FACES OF EVIL – July 25, 2023 - Under a deal reached last year with thousands of state and local government entities, the company is to become a new entity, with its profits being used to fight the opioid epide... Read More...Aug 1 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Most Emergency Call Centers Understaffed PAY THEM MORE – July 27, 2023 - While the survey did not do a census of every 911 center, “the clear response from the sample is that most centers are understaffed,’ NENA CEO Brian Fontes told Axios. Respon... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
New York Launches Overdose Prevention Campaign STOP THE DYING – July 13, 2023 - New York health officials on Tuesday launched a public service campaign highlighting the importance of naloxone, a medication that is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 25 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Nan Goldin vs. The Powers of the Opioid Death Cash Grab ARTISTS SAVE LIVES – July 17, 2023 - Nan Goldin’s photography is a lesson in capturing life; its raw brutality and beautiful banality. Best known for her celebrated slideshows, Goldin’s work documents humanity as a s... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 25 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Sheriff’s Homeless Outreach Finds Mental Illness & Addiction AUDIO – IT’S COMPLICATED – July 12, 2023 - Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper on Wednesday announced the results of a recent homeless outreach effort and called for robust funding to address serious problems that p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJuly 25 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
What Holds Us Back From Breaking Chains of Addiction? BAD HABITS – July 9, 2023 - What holds us back from recovery? Externals or things outside ourselves — such as being in a certain place — can slow recovery. Our own internal thoughts and addiction desires ca... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 18 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
ER Visits for Teen Girls Booming NOT AN EASY TIME – July 12, 2023 - A second study in JAMA Network Open also showed that mental health visits to EDs across the United States decreased less than non-mental health visits during the pandemic, showing m... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 18 2023Mental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Alcohol Consumption Surged During Covid — and Deaths Followed ALCOHOL IS A DRUG – July 13, 2023 - Mississippi saw a 159 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths, the nation’s biggest leap, along with a 10 percent rise in apparent consumption. In Delaware, consumption increase... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusJuly 18 2023Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
San Francisco’s Open-Air Drug Mart THE CITY BUY THE BINDLE – July 10, 2023 - Dervin Amado Arteaga Ervir, a 15-year-old boy from the Honduran village of El Escano de Tepale, had just parted ways with his father when he joined other young Honduran migra... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 18 2023life expectancyOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Injection Sites Would Save Lives NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT – July 9, 2023 - But addiction is not governed by commonsense, reason or logic. It is a compulsive, self-destructive disease. Addicts who can’t use in a safe environment will play Russian roul... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 18 2023OverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
Steve-O: SHOCKING Story Of Childhood Trauma, Addiction, Mocking Death & Craving Attention! VIDEO – FABULOUS FILM – July 6, 2023 - 0:00 Intro03:07 Early context07:54 Your mother addiction17:33 How I got validation23:13 Why stunts?27:23 I always think about death30:05 I always think I’ll los... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 11 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
“He Was Drinking Four Liters of Coffee a Day” Coach Comes Clean on Jo Lindner’s Death at 30 UNHEALTHY ADDICTIONS CAN KILL – July 2, 2023 - Jo Lindner, famously known as Joesthetics, died at the young age of 30 due to an aneurysm. An aneurysm is a condition where an artery balloons up and damages the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 11 2023Mental HealthTrauma
Is It Time for Prince Harry to Get Over His Addiction to Trauma? THE MYTH OF NORMAL – June 26, 2023 - Last week, Bloomberg reported that, before Harry and Meghan’s $20 million Spotify deal went belly up, Harry even pitched an idea around his favorite topic: childhood trauma... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionJuly 4 2023Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
A Symbol of What Humans Shouldn’t Be Doing CAN YOU WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THIS? – June 25, 2023 - A handful of the octopuses – the fifth generation to be born in this Spanish multinational’s concrete-and-glass office and research centre – skim through the shal... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 4 2023Trauma
Pregnant Women on Suboxone Had Their Babies Taken Away AUDIO – CRIMINAL & WRONG – June 29, 2023 - To help with her recovery, Dass had been taking Suboxone, a medication that binds to the receptors in the brain that crave opioids, preventing withdrawal without creatin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 4 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
Longtime Coroner Sentenced for Illegally Prescribing Drugs VIDEO – MONEY FOR SOMETHING – June 29, 2023 - He also worked as a family physician for 45 years, most recently practicing in both Crescent Springs and Fort Wright. In October 2021, the Kentucky Board of Medical ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 4 2023RecoveryTrauma