February 13, 2024 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

February 13, 2024 • Vol. 11, No. 26

Owner of Sober Homes Facing Felony Gun and Drug Charges

LOADED – Feb. 2, 2024 - The owner of a faith-based sober living & behavioral health counseling non-profit in Lexington is facing several charges after police found drugs and guns at his home. Steven Smith, the ow... Read More...

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SOBER: What Does It Mean? Anything!

NEW YORK TIMES – Feb. 4, 2024 - Notions of what constitutes sobriety and problematic substance use have grown more flexible in recent years as younger Americans have shunned alcohol in increasing numbers while ... Read More...

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27 People Share Their Rock Bottom Moment of Clarity

LOOK BACK – DON’T GO BACK! – Feb. 8, 2024 - For many people who struggle with alcohol, becoming sober can feel almost impossible. There is hope, though. While attaining sobriety isn’t easy, there are untold ev... Read More...

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‘Just say no’ can kill kids.’

TEACH, DON’T PREACH – Feb. 3, 2024 - Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a suspected overdose in a high school bathroom in Hollywood. Police reported that she and a friend had purchased pills they th... Read More...

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Young People Are Drinking Less

UNTIL WHEN? – Feb. 6, 2024 - Young people seem to be getting the message about the dangers of alcohol use. Underage consumption has been decreasing steadily for decades, according to the National Institute on ... Read More...

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Lack of Oversight In Treatment Industry Leads To Corruption

HEALTH-CARE IS WEALTH-CARE – Feb. 7, 2024 - The report highlighted questionable practices at treatment facilities and sober living houses that the state has been investigating for years. They included allegations of ... Read More...

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New Jersey Will Receive Nearly $9.5M from Opioid Settlement

AIN’T ENOUGH – Feb. 2, 2024 - “When you visit a physician, you do not expect that the details of your most intimate and personal struggles with illness and pain will be converted into pharmaceutical product ma... Read More...

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‘From Rags to Riches’: Musician Talks About Addiction

SINGING A NEW TUNE – Feb. 3, 2024 - In 2020, Johnson told his story about how he initially got started in music: his mother having a keyboard around the house and learning how to play the piano. Over the last four ye... Read More...

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Marijuana Use Increases Asthma Risk

VIDEO – WEED=WHEEZE – Feb. 2, 2024 - “In the first nationally representative study of cannabis use and asthma in the U.S., a consistent positive linear relationship (dose-response) was observed between frequency of... Read More...

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Fake Scientific Papers Push Research Credibility to Zero?

WHO YOU GONNA CALL? – Feb. 3, 2024 - Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the iceberg. Tens of thousands of bogus research papers... Read More...

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Psychedelic Drugs Can Treat Addictions — Time We Got Over Moralistic Fears!

AUDIO – THEIR NOT A SLIP? – Feb. 8, 2024 - In 1933, the founder of AA, Bill Wilson, achieved his abstinence as a result of a psychedelic experience, and when LSD was made available for research in the Fifties, ... Read More...

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Doing a Play about Recovering from Alcoholism

THE LOST WEEKEND FOUND – Feb. 8, 2024 - As a person who is a recovering alcoholic, I was always looking for this kind of play. I’ve never quite seen a story like this on stage, or read it. I read it furiously i... Read More...

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How Sobriety Became a Secret Weapon for Young Creatives

AND OLD CREATIVES TOO – Feb. 8, 2024 - For filmmaker Molly Manning-Walker – whose astonishing and critically-acclaimed debut film How to Have Sex perfectly distils British drinking culture – her experience with drink... Read More...

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‘Butterflies’ Is a Compelling and Evocative Piece on Sobriety

AUDIO – ONCE A CATERPILLAR – Feb. 8, 2024 - Her latest release, ‘Butterflies’, can be considered her most intimate and introspective work to date. Within the lyrics lies a subtle nod toward her struggles with mental ... Read More...

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Fentanyl-Detecting Dogs at Work

MAN’S BEST FRIEND – Feb. 5, 2024 - Washington State has advanced a bill to train drug-sniffing dogs to detect fentanyl—and limit police liability in civil lawsuits over damages that result.Police wouldn’t be l... Read More...

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Mickey Mantle’s Struggles: Alcoholism and Regrets

HOW MUCH BETTER...? – Feb. 10, 2024 - In 1962, Mantle wasn’t exactly a young buck anymore. Before notions like staying hydrated and getting enough sleep, they all must’ve been miserable, and his devastating le... Read More...

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Virginia Recognizes Service of John Shinholser of The McShin Foundation

VIDEO – A TRAILBLAZER – Dec. 2023 - U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today honored Virginian John Shinholser on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for his dedication to Virginians seeking reco... Read More...

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Drew Barrymore: “I Can’t F**king Believe I’m Alive Sometimes”

WHAT A LIFE – Feb. 8, 2024 - “Part of why I’m single now is because I had so much fun. Part of why I don’t miss drinking is because I did. I’m glad I had a nudist, exhibitionist, wildflower, wild-child, little... Read More...

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SNL Player on 40-Year Coke Habit & Surviving Gunshot Wound

LIVES TO TELL THE TALE – Feb. 3, 2024 - Garrett Morris has had quite the Hollywood ride.”Some producers didn’t want a Black cast member but Lorne Michaels knew the show needed one,” Morris, who just received a... Read More...

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Unraveling Mystery of Kansas City Chiefs Fans’ Frozen Fentanyl Deaths

THE END – Feb. 3, 2024 - She walked upstairs, looked out the large back windows and saw a grisly tableau on the snow-covered patio. Mahoney first spotted the frozen body of one man, David Harrin... Read More...

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Gambling and the Politics of Addiction

BUREAUCRACY NOW – Feb. 7, 2024 - Historically, addiction has often been seen as a criminal problem. The addicted person acts wrongly or illegally, and the problem of addiction is one of assigning blame and, where app... Read More...

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We Document Our Whole Lives Online – but Should We?

YOUR 15 MINUTES IS OVER – Feb. 8, 2024 - ‘You Don’t Need To Document Everything’ questioned it all. The essay was promoted by a video taken on New Year’s Eve in Paris, which showed hundreds of people recording the f... Read More...

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Online Sports Betting Rises Due to Online Gambling

VIDEO – YOU CAN’T LOSE, IF YOU DON’T BET – Feb. 7, 2024 - Brian Meister once gambled and lost a year’s salary in one night of sports betting. He is a recovering sports gambling addict who now shares his story in th... Read More...

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After Struggling With Opioids Jamie Lee Curtis Is 25 Years Sober

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY – Feb. 3, 2024 - I was an opiate addict, and I liked to get opiate buzz,” the “Halloween Kills” star explained on July 2023. “And if fentanyl was available, as easily available, as it is today on... Read More...

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Minnesota Treatment Centers Closing Down

SAD FOR THE LOCALS – Feb. 3, 2024 - Minnesota teens struggling with drugs or alcohol have few options for help after several treatment centers closed last year. Clinics that prescribed opioid addiction medi... Read More...

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Scientology-Linked Rehab Left People’s Minds Shattered

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE – Feb. 3, 2024 - An unregulated rehab centre linked to the Church of Scientology put mentally ill people through intense psychological drills that allegedly left them “traumatised” and... Read More...

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Phthalates aka “everywhere chemicals” Found in the Womb

VIDEO – IS NO PLACE SAFE? – Feb. 7, 2024 - The US saw roughly 57,000 preterm births caused by phthalates in 2018. More than 8 million metric tons of phthalates and similar chemicals are consumed annually — ei... Read More...

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Here’s How To Curb Your Sugar Addiction

ONE MACAROON AT A TIME – Feb. 7, 2024 - Professor Serena Bartlett is an addiction neuroscientist. She has studied sugar and its effects on the brain. “Sugar uses exactly the same neural pathways as alcohol and... Read More...

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Podcast Details Sexual Misconduct in the Treatment Industry

AUDIO – LOCK THEM UP – Feb. 3, 2024 - Her reporting details two women’s efforts to bring to justice the owner of a network of treatment centers in California and Colorado who was routinely sexually assaulting clien... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Usher

“My idea of artistry has always been ‘try everything until you find out what works.’” – Usher ... Read More...

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