December 25, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

December 25, 2018 • Vol. 6, No. 23

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Local drug treatment program is giving vets new life

Surrender To Win – December 19, 2018 - On Dec. 13, the treatment court team, with the aid of numerous vets, made fleece blankets and scarves, which will later be donated to Hope Not Handcuffs and Macomb County Friends o... Read More...

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Recovering Drug Addicts Credit Profit For Changing Lives

Treatment Works – Dec. 18, 2018 - When Adamovic was just 14 years old, she became addicted to drugs and that led her to a life in and out of jail. “The drugs felt good. They made everything feel good. From the first tim... Read More...

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Someone Loves You – VIDEO

Merry Christmas – Laura Nyro (born October 18, 1947; died April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings ... Her style was a hybrid of Brill Buildin... Read More...

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Six ways to keep your addiction recovery on track over the holidays by Marty Cook

Christmas on the ‘natch! – December 21, 2018 - 1. Put your sobriety first. Don’t stop going to meetings because a family event is the same night. Instead, double up on meetings. Schedule exercise, meditation and meetin... Read More...

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The value of owning more books than you can read

Reading. Remember that? – Oct. 2018 - I love books. If I go to the bookstore to check a price, I walk out with three books I probably didn’t know existed beforehand. I buy second-hand books by the bagful at the Friends... Read More...

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Cincinnati Raises Legal Age To Buy Cigarettes To 21

Prevention Rules! – DEC 12, 2018 - A first violation would carry a fine of $500 and a second violation would increase to $1,250. It would also require businesses to pay $500 a year for a tobacco retail license to the ci... Read More...

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James Bond Has a ‘Severe Chronic Alcohol Problem,’ According to Health Experts

Shaken and Stirred – DEC 12, 2018 - But a new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia,however, casts a shadow on all this booze, saying Bond displayed “severe alcohol use disorder” over the course of six dec... Read More...

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Robert Bly: The Poet Of Minnesota And Mythical Men

Magician, Mesmer or Merlin? – December 21, 2018 - Robert Bly grew up in Western Minnesota in a family descended from stoic Norwegian immigrant farmers. Bly says he experienced “a recovery of feeling.” ... “Certain emoti... Read More...

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Americans are getting fatter but not taller

USA USA USA – Dec. 20, 2018 - One factor may be the shift in the country’s population. There is a growing number of Mexican Americans, who account for about two-thirds of Hispanics in the US, and that group tends to be ... Read More...

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Eliza Dushku Celebrates 10 Years of Sobriety

A Decade of One Day at a Time – November 28, 2018 - Eliza Dushku just hit a major milestone in her sobriety and says she’s incredibly “grateful” to be at this point in her life. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum, 37, ce... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Dec 4 2018

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How One Gym Uses Exercise to Fight Addiction

One Push-Up at a Time – Nov 20, 2018 - The nonprofit was founded in 2006 by 33-year-old triathlete and climber Scott Strode after experiencing firsthand how sports and adventure outings assisted in his own recovery from... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Nov 27 2018

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A New York Soccer Story: ‘Coach Jake’

Local Sober Hero – 2017 - “I was dysfunctional, like my kids,” he said. “Some succeeded, I just helped get a kid into Cornell. I told Bouna Coundoul not to go to overseas. He didn’t listen. He listened to bad advice. Yo... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Nov 6 2018

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Using the outdoors to help others get clean

Breathe Deeply – Oct. 26, 2018 - Growing up in Venice Beach, it wasn’t uncommon for kids to try alcohol at a young age. Most of DuPrez’s friends started drinking in elementary school, and in third grade, he found himsel... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Oct 30 2018

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Reel Recovery: Conquering Addiction With Film

For the Love of Cinema & Recovery – OCT 24, 2018 - An addiction specialist and counselor who has been sober for 24 years, Buschel — who co-founded the festival with his longtime friend Robert Downey Sr. — also co-f... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Oct 30 2018

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Boy George talks ‘the day he became sane’ and a decade of sobriety

MAN of the Hour – October 22, 2018 - “In recovery, we talk about rock bottoms, you know? And everybody has their own rock bottom,” George elaborated. “Some people, it could something really mundane. For me, it was liter... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Oct 23 2018

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Martin Sheen on Sobriety

Celebrity Sobriety – 09/28/18 - Sheen, who was being awarded with LA Chefs’ Human Rights Hero Award for his work with the homeless in Los Angeles, said that he was proud of his son’s efforts to follow a healthier path a... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Oct 2 2018

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Sia Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety: ‘You Can Do It’

Celebration of Life – September 11, 2018 - “When you’re in a different place every day, there’s this kind of madness that sets in. It’s easy to get away with getting high, because everybody’s drinking on the road,” Sia ... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Sept 18 2018

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Drug Court grads clean, sober and moving forward

Drug Policy Crimes – August 29, 2018 - “The opportunities I thought were erased have been given back to me,” said Christopher Lacey after exiting the courtroom. Lacey and eight other graduates were recognized by the pro... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Sept 4 2018

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Seven Things That Inevitably Happen to Your Personal Life When You Get Sober by Holly Glenn Whitaker

There is a Solution – August 17, 2018 - This year, I celebrated five years sober. It’s been over six years since I first started seriously questioning my relationship with alcohol and considered a life without it ... Th... Read More...

Aug 21 2018Dec 25 2018

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Stunning turnaround by formerly addicted mom whose baby was adopted by policeman

Recovery is Possible! – July 6, 2018 - The words that saved Crystal Champ’s life were delivered like a spear into the heart. She had just arrived at a drug treatment facility in Central Florida in December, and a therap... Read More...

Dec 25 2018July 10 2018

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Selma Blair Celebrates Two Years of Sobriety: “I Am a Living Miracle”

Bravo! – June 22, 2018 - Congratulations, Selma Blair! The 45-year-old actress took to Instagram on Thursday, June 21 to celebrate two years of sober living. “Two years sober. Two years feeling everything and nothing. T... Read More...

Dec 25 2018June 26 2018

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The Creative Arts Comfort and Heal During Chaotic Times by Ericha Scott, Ph.D

Beauty Saves Lives – May 2018 - We are living in complicated and difficult times. We are all affected by what is happening on the world stage, regardless of nationality, political affiliation, gender, age, race or relig... Read More...

Dec 25 2018June 19 2018

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Executive Corner with Ahbra Schiff

Stick with the Winners! – Ahbra Schiff is proud to be a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous, a mom, and part of Leonard Buschel’s Writer’s In Treatment, and the media produced under its auspices.“My life has changed be... Read More...

Dec 25 2018June 12 2018

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8 Ways Sex Changes When You’re Sober

It Gets Shorter? – May 14, 2018 - Sex can be an incredibly vulnerable experience. For people who struggle with alcoholism, the desire to dull some of the more uncomfortable feelings associated with sex - like fear, anxi... Read More...

Dec 25 2018May 22 2018

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At Coachella Eminem Dedicated “Not Afraid” to his fans for helping him reach 10 years sober

Music and Love – April 16, 2018 - Today Eminem has performed at Coachella Festival and of course he dedicated his one of the three diamond songs, the Grammy winning single, “Not Afraid” to his fans: Eminem says: “I’m te... Read More...

April 24 2018Dec 25 2018

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10 years sober, Chris Herren opens facility

Player/Coach/Healer/Businessman – March 7, 2018 - “For the past 10 years I’ve had a plan for a place like this,” he says. “I believe there is a void for anyone who is struggling, anyone who is not thriving. The center,... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Mar 13 2018

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Jodie Sweetin: “I’ve Been Sober For Six Years From Drugs”

No Artificial Sweeteners – Feb. 24, 2917 - Sweetin, 36, revealed: “I have not had any alcohol in at least eight years, and I have been sober from illegal substances for at least six years. “I take my sobriety very serio... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Feb 27 2018

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5 Ways to Get Sober in the New Year

Many Paths, One Destination — Dec. 31, 2017 - New Year’s resolutions come and go, but a resolve to get sober is accessible and sustainable throughout the year. Experts working in addiction treatment ... Read More...

Dec 25 2018Jan 2 2018

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