December 10, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

December 10, 2019 • Vol. 7, No. 15

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Pussycat Dolls Reunite, Reveal Battles with Bulimia, Alcoholism

Group Effort – November 30, 2019 - After teasing a reunion on Instagram earlier this week, Scherzinger, 41, confirmed to The SunThursday the group is coming together for a huge tour. “The Masked Singer” judge also op... Read More...

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5 sobriety support groups that aren’t AA

All Roads Lead to Abstinence? – December 2, 2019 - Plus, not everyone who struggles with alcohol use is clinically addicted: Anyone, regardless of their drinking habits, can feel like alcohol takes a toll on th... Read More...

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Being of service at holiday time

A Helping Hand – December 5, 2019 - He knows a thing or two about it. “I was going to make an effort to be of maximum service and help other people as I’d been helped because people gave me a helping hand when I real... Read More...

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One patient got 17K pain pills

Doctor Thug – Dec. 4, 2019 - A New Jersey doctor whose license was suspended after a patient died of an opioid overdose is now facing drug dealing charges. Authorities in Burlington County say Morris “Moishe” Starkma... Read More...

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Hopeless alcoholic decides to sober up after seeing a shocking picture of himself

Good Decision – Dec. 1, 2019 - “That said, given how much I normally drank - a bottle and a half of whisky a day at one stage - a few glasses of wine was a mere hors d’oeuvre for me.” Having been asked to... Read More...

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Hollywood Poll: 24% of Assistants Driven to Increased Substance Use

Occupational Hazard – DECEMBER 3, 2019 - Some of the survey’s findings point to gender and racial disparities within the industry. (Around 70% of the assistants surveyed were women, in contrast with the upper e... Read More...

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Letting Go of the Thief: “A Ninety Day Journey Inside the Thoughts of an Alcoholic. by Pamela D Pesta

MEDIA: Book Recommendation – Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read because it’s a real story of a common, and heartbreaking epidemic. Pamela D. Pesta takes you on her journey through alcoholism, not ... Read More...

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Center owner gets 10 years in prison, must pay $24 million

Swine, Sleaze or Slimy? – Dec. 6, 2019 - And it largely worked. Eric Snyder, the owner of a Delray Beach halfway house and a treatment center who was the mastermind of the operation, was handed a 10-year sentence by ... Read More...

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The history of OxyContin

Doomed to Repeat Itself – DECEMBER 3, 2019 - Below is a timeline of Purdue’s activities as revealed by the newly released documents (and some that were already public), and excerpts from those records. Click on... Read More...

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Kratom is widely available despite warnings of addiction, risks

Available At Now Your Local 7-11 – December 7, 2019 - Kratom is a plant that grows naturally in southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. A relative of the coffee plant, kratom affects the s... Read More...

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Medication-Free Treatment in Norway

Back To Basics – Dec. 8, 2019 - The Hurdalsjøen Recovery Center can be seen as both part of that initiative, and distinct from it. But with “medication-free” offerings within the public sector surviving and gro... Read More...

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Sometimes it makes sense to jail addicts

NEVER unless they committed a real Crime? – Dec. 7, 2019 - The threat of incarceration as an incentive for the addict to remain substance free is a nation-wide criminal justice practice that affects thousands of addi... Read More...

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Dopamine Fasting; the Newest Tech Trend?

At Least You Won’t Be Hungry – DECEMBER 9, 2019 - Proponents, including lots of tech startup types, go to different extremes as far as what they eliminate on a dopamine fast. Some simply treat it like a digital or so... Read More...

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Lil Mo Beats Addiction: ‘Let The Toxic Go’

Smack Down – DECEMBER 4, 2019 - “SPENT SOOOOO MUCH PAYING OTHER PEOPLE BILLS JUST TO BE HIGH AND A FUNCTIONING ADDICT,” LIL MO WROTE. “I WAS HIGH AND THINKING IT WAS OK CUZ I COULD AFFORD IT. I’M LIL MO. I’M FAMOUS.... Read More...

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Artist’s Corner – Domenic Esposito

Stick with the Winners! – Domenic Esposito is an artist and activist living in the Boston area. Esposito is the son of immigrant Italian parents and was raised in both Boston and Italy. As an artist and social ... Read More...

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The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans

Population Control? – December 6, 2019 - No one predicted the ferocity of the opioid epidemic,” American Society of Addiction Medicine President Paul Earley told BuzzFeed News. “Ten years ago people did not recognize... Read More...

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Detox Units Closing at All 11 NYC-Run Hospitals

OMG WTF? – DEC. 2, 2019 - The inpatient detox units at all 11 city-run hospitals are about to close — steering people struggling with alcohol and drugs back into already busy emergency rooms, THE CITY has learned. Th... Read More...

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Demi: “Don’t believe the rumors”

Demi Does it Again? – December 5, 2019 - In July 2018, the pop star was hospitalized following an overdose. After spending eleven days in the medical facility, she checked herself into rehab. “This illness is not som... Read More...

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Shocking number of children show signs of smartphone addiction

So Focused! or Attachment Disorder? – December 07, 2019 - While many people think of addiction as a behavior driven by things such as drugs, alcohol, or tobacco, the concept of addiction to technology has become a se... Read More...

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Crack vs. Heroin: Drug wars’ racial double standard

Separate and Unequal – December 8, 2019 - In the late 1980s, the crack epidemic launched a War on Drugs that disproportionately arrested and punished black Americans.But a generation later, when a new drug scourge st... Read More...

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Ron Leibman, Tony and an Emmy winner: ‘Angels in America,’ ‘Where’s Poppa?’ and ‘Friends,’ Dies at 82

OBITUARY: RIP Ron Leibman – Dec. 6, 2019 - Mr. Leibman, red-faced and cackling, is a demon of Shakespearean grandeur, an alternately hilarious and terrifying mixture of chutzpah and megalomania, misguided brilliance... Read More...

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Six drug companies subpoenaed in federal opioids probe

Who Will DO Time? – November 27, 2019 - Teva, for example, reported that it received an April subpoena from the Justice Department for “documents relating to the manufacture, marketing and sale of opioids.” In ... Read More...

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Let’s Talk: Addiction & Recovery Podcasts with William Cope Moyers

Words of Wisdom – Hear what leading addiction and recovery experts are talking about—addiction trends, topics and challenges as well as research, practices and advances that point the most promising way forward. Auth... Read More...

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Tufts Removes Sackler Name

Cutting out the wound – December 5, 2019 - Dr. Harris A. Berman, the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine observed, “They feel the names are incongruous with the mission of the school and what we’re trying... Read More...

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7 Heroin Users Die From Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Black Death – December 5, 2019 - The source of the heroin is unknown and an investigation is continuing, the county said. Most black-tar heroin is produced in Mexico and sold in the United States west of the Mississi... Read More...

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Inside Paracelsus Recovery, the Drug Rehab for the World’s Super-Rich

Detoxing the 1% – Dec. 5, 2019 - At the International Conferences on Addiction and Associated Disorders in London in April, Chris Coplans of Narcotics Anonymous told a reporter for Tatler magazine: “The trend i... Read More...

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Chronic disease prevention could ease opioid crisis

Addicted Forever? – Dec. 5, 2019 - One in four U.S. adults is living with at least one chronic disease Preventing chronic disease could help curb the opioid epidemic, according to research from the University of G... Read More...

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Quote of the Week

"If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees. If your plan is for 100 years, educate children." —Confucius ... Read More...

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Brad Pitt reflects on alcoholism, past mistakes with with Sir Anthony Hopkins

Stars Align on Sobriety – DEC. 03, 2019 - “I’m realizing as a real act of forgiveness for myself for all the choices that I’ve made that I’m not proud of, that I value those missteps, because they led to some wisdom,... Read More...

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