December 12, 2023 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

December 12, 2023 • Vol. 11, No. 18

Restored Smiles Gives Addicts a New Lease on Life

PUT ON A HAPPY FACE – Dec. 7, 2023 - By the time she was 12, Lilly was addicted to drugs and had been sexually abused by her grandfather. Her life was filled with issues that no child should ever have to face.... Read More...

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Maddi Reese Sharing Sobriety

REALITY SOBRIETY – Dec. 7.2023 - The reality star will also share more about her sobriety journey. It’s a brave move, and one to be celebrated. As the VIP Manager of Republic Garden & Lounge, Madd... Read More...

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14 Mississippians Died Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

TAX DOLLARS AT WORK – Dec. 7, 2023 - It’s not easy to know what goes on inside Mississippi jails — unlike in many states, they’re not subject to mandatory health and safety standards — but lawsuits and Mississ... Read More...

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LARGEST Indictment Over FAKE Sober Living Homes

IT’S JUST WRONG – Dec. 6, 2023 - Ten people were indicted by a grand jury on felony charges including patient brokering following a sober-living homes sting operation, the Arizona Attorney General’s office announced ... Read More...

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Workaholism Is An Addiction

AND THAT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 2023 - The collected data show that the most workaholic workers have on average a worse mood than the others.” For most people, it quickly gives way to a compulsion to continue the activity... Read More...

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A Warm Welcome: Drug Use and Homelessness

AUDIO – COMPASSION WHERE IT’S NEEDED – Dec. 7, 2023 - Drug use and homelessness are complex issues, and many people automatically link the two together. However, did you know that a minority of Utah’s homeless popu... Read More...

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Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder

A WOMAN SCORNED – Dec. 6, 2023 - Dr. Amy L. Cohen, 35, of Narbeth, was taken into custody after an investigation was triggered by harassing and antisemitic threats being sent to the family of a woman who was d... Read More...

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Rodents Offer New Insights Into the Diversity of Addiction

THIS IS NO MICKY MOUSE STUDY – Dec. 1, 2023 - The researchers first gave the rats cocaine, and the animals learned how to self-administer the drug. Eventually, they developed either high or low levels of addiction.... Read More...

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Sugar and Diabetes: You Decide

NO KIDDING – Nov. 29, 2023 - “Your body needs insulin to metabolize sugar. Insulin helps transport the glucose into the cells of the body,” says Tina Cheng, D.O., a pediatric endocrinologist from Good Samaritan Unive... Read More...

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Tarek El Moussa Remembers His Alcoholism and Gaining 50 Lbs.

HARD TO FORGET – Dec. 6, 2023 - “I was 20 years old fishing for King salmon in Alaska. Unfortunately, all I remember was the terrible hangover I had. I had drank over 30 shots of vodka and whatever else I coul... Read More...

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Why Is Adial Pharma Developing Pill for Alcohol Addiction?

REALLY? – Dec. 8, 2023 - We sat down with Cary Claiborne, CEO and president of Adial Pharma, to discuss the challenges of treating alcohol abuse and company’s solution – a serotonin-3 receptor antagonist that could a... Read More...

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‘Safe Passage’ Offers Path to Recovery

VIDEO – A VERY GOOD THING – Dec. 7, 2023 - In Pekin, anyone looking for drug addiction treatment can walk in and drop off drugs and paraphernalia without being charged. While just one person has come forward so fa... Read More...

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I Was Hooked on Opioids for Years

BUT NOT FOREVER – Dec. 8, 2023 - Eventually, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and prescribed Concerta, leading to my exposure to stimulants. The concept of taking a pill ... Read More...

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Single Mothers Reclaim Men From Alcoholism

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SMARTing – Dec. 7, 2023 - The young women, some of whom were once married but separated from their husbands following devastation caused by the killer drinks, have been driven to despera... Read More...

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Is it possible to be in a happy relationship with an addict?

MAYBE? – Dec. 7, 2023 - Dear Hera, Is it possible to stay in a (happy) relationship with an addict? When I met this person three months ago, it was by chance, and we fell in love very quickly. He’s smart,... Read More...

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Ibogaine Helped Me Beat Heroin Addiction

VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED – Dec. 7, 2023 - As an injecting drug user for 20 years, I have personal experience with ibogaine. My life was transformed - potentially saved – when I used ibogaine to rid myself of withdraw... Read More...

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Kyle Richards Is a Changed Woman

BUT STILL SOBER – Dec. 6, 2023 - Between her life-altering decision to get sober and the way she’s dabbled in getting several tiny tattoos—including matching tattoos with Morgan Wade. I chose to stop alcohol b... Read More...

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Ways to Strengthen Treatment

VIDEO – LISTENING and LOVE – Dec. 7, 2023 - In this video interview, Alexa Connors, LMSW, discusses changes to the U.S. addiction treatment system that could improve results. Connors is assistant director of The Do... Read More...

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REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl

EUPHORIA HAS A PRICE – Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and crack cocaine, according to a Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s report. That morning, Ross’s husband found h... Read More...

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Access to MAT Isn’t a ‘Silver Bullet’

AUDIO – IT’S A START? – Dec. 6, 2023 - MAT is only effective when combined with psychosocial modalities but the treatment needs to be more widely-adopted, according to Cooper Zelnick, the company’s chief revenue offi... Read More...

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Opioid Settlement Divides Victims

MONEY MATTERS – Dec. 3, 2023 - “If it gets blown up, nobody gets anything,” Carter, of Maynard, Mass., said of the settlement. “And still nothing is going to happen to the Sacklers.” Ed Bisch, who lost his 18-year-ol... Read More...

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She Knows How Addiction Hijacks Learning in the Brain

BY STUDYING – Dec. 7, 2023 - Erin Calipari comes from a basketball family. Off the court, as a biology major she gravitated toward hormones and neurotransmitters. She grew fascinated with the neurobiology of how and ... Read More...

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Maintaining Your Sobriety During the Holiday Season

NO SLIPPING ... ON THE ROCKS – Dec. 7, 2023 - Whether you are watching commercials on TV, scanning your social media, or listening to the radio, the idea of alcohol use being equivalent to holiday merriment is... Read More...

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Former Miss America Runner-Up Shares Drug Struggles After Jail

PRAYERS – Dec. 4, 2023 - Cullen Johnson Hill, who was first runner-up in the Miss America 1995 pageant, gave an unfiltered look at “what addiction looks like” to inspire others to quit drinking. “I’ve just ... Read More...

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How to Snap out of a Bad Mood

MIND OVER WHAT’S THE MATTER – Dec. 2, 2023 - The impressive findings from this innovative study have real practical value in anyone’s life, even if you do not have diagnosed depression. If all it takes is 10 m... Read More...

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Eating Fatty Foods Reduces Brain Oxygenation

THAT’S NOT GOOD – Dec. 6, 2023 - Eating high-fat foods during periods of mental stress attenuated cerebral oxygenation in the pre-frontal cortex, resulting in a depletion of oxygen delivery (39% reduction in oxygenat... Read More...

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The Partying of the Future

STILL INCLUDES SEX – Dec. 6, 2023 - Nothing about this night out is unusual. Well... except, maybe one thing. That margarita I’m clutching? It’s alcohol-free. The bottles I’m surrounded by? Each one of them, f... Read More...

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Physician Sentenced in $1.2M Opioid Scheme

MAKING A LIVING KILLING – Dec. 7, 2023 - Texas-based pain management specialist Oscar Lightner, MD, has been sentenced to seven years in prison over his role in the operation of a pill mill clinic that unlawfu... Read More...

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Charlie Sheen Celebrates 6 Years of Sobriety

GREAT RECOVERY – Dec. 7, 2023 - “I’m proud of the choices that I’ve made and the changes I’ve made to live a life today that will never look like that mess,” Sheen expressed to a news publication of the former... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Rabindranath Tagore

“The one who plants trees, knowing that he/she will never sit under their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.” – Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1841 ... Read More...

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