January 21, 2020 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

January 21, 2020 • Vol. 7, No. 21

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Beauty sleep could be real

Gay Schluffen* – JANUARY 15, 2020 - “It’s intuitive to think our matrix should be worn down by wear and tear, but it isn’t and now we know why: our body clock makes an element which is sacrificial and can be re... Read More...

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Acclaimed scientist gets brain surgery for alcohol addiction

Science may one day do so...now? – Jan. 19, 2020 - Dr. Plummer tried treatment - rehab programmes, support groups, counselling, medications - but any relief was temporary. He would inevitably slip back into drinking... Read More...

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Vancouver Introduces World’s First Opioid Vending Machine

Just Like Coke – Jan. 17, 2020 - Opioid use has continually increased over the years in Vancouver, and there have been thousands of recent overdose deaths in British Columbia. The vending machine is part of an ... Read More...

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Book Review of Roland William’s “Recovery Is A Verb”

MEDIA: Book Recommendation - January 15, 2020 - The book is divided into four separate but interrelated parts, each dealing with different aspects crucial to getting and staying clean and sober. Each ch... Read More...

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‘I’m you in 10 years’: Michigan’s new anti-marijuana ads raise eyebrows

Do you want fried brains with that? – Jan. 17, 2020 - Robin Schneider, the executive director of the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, said the ad ... Read More...

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London Calling: Dark web drug dealers are targeting middle-aged, middle-class users with ‘ethically sourced’ and ‘conflict free’ cocaine

It’s Not Delivery, It’s Your Dealer – January 19, 2020 - The dark web is a thriving marketplace for the drug and dealers are trying to stand out by sharing their ‘ethical’ credentials in a bid to improve their ... Read More...

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Methadone can help people beat opioid addiction

The Cost of Living - Clean – January 16, 2020 - Megan King had long used drugs casually. But when her brother died of a drug overdose in 2010, her use of opioid painkillers, heroin, and benzodiazepines “just ki... Read More...

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Smoking linked to mental illness

Another Reason to Quit – February, 2020 - Researchers decided to find out us... Read More...

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Miss America stresses opioid education during overdose symposium

Competition for Compassion – January 14, 2020- The VCU Pharmacy student turned Miss America returned to campus Tuesday — for the first time since her win for the national title — to talk about opioid education for th... Read More...

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Twitter’s ‘Secret Drug Addict’ Talks About Cocaine at the Height of Britpop

Anonymous – Jan. 20, 2020 - When did you first engage with drug treatment? I knew in 1998 that my relationship with drugs wasn’t right, and the doctors sent me to a drugs service on Pentonville Road. I was in ... Read More...

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Demi Lovato’s Next Album Will Focus on Her Journey to Sobriety?

Long and Winding Road... – Jan. 17, 2020 - This is definitely a big deal for Demi since this will be the first album she’s released since she almost died from that overdose. What caused it was never confirmed, ... Read More...

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Ben Affleck Is Focusing on ‘Being Healthy’

New Year, New Ben – January 15, 2020 - Affleck, 47, is leaning on his loved ones for support as well. “He’s anchored himself around his family,” adds the insider. Not surprisingly, his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner,... Read More...

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Recovering alcoholic to cycle across six countries

Putting the Wheels Back On – Jan. 17, 2020 - He hit rock bottom two years ago, but found a lifeline in the charity Action on Addiction. The charity helped him get back on track and on July 12 he will be attempt... Read More...

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Fitness Instructor Shares Her Story of Overcoming Heroin Addiction

Running the Steps – Jan. 14, 2020 - At 17, I went to rehab. I was scared, but had hope that rehab would be the positive thing I needed. While at rehab, I experienced genuine vulnerability, connection, and community, ... Read More...

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Benzos ‘element’ of overdose epidemic

Meet Dr. Downs – January 20, 2020 - Doctors often prescribe them to relieve acute anxiety, agitation or to help someone sleep. Taken over the long term, they can become addictive. In older adults, the drugs have been... Read More...

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Comedian takes on mental illness

It’s a Laughing Matter – January 17, 2020 - It’s just comedians are much more likely to talk about it.” Bamford says she would love to talk to people who don’t have the financial/cultural resources to handle il... Read More...

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) Endorses Legalizing Drugs

No need to move to Portugal – January 19, 2020 - She was responding to a voter who asked whether her plan to end the war on drugs centered on more harm reduction and treatment or if it involved moving to “legalize a... Read More...

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Alcoholic deaths have doubled every year since 1999

Dying for a drink? – Jan. 13, 2020 - Nearly half of alcohol deaths were due to liver diseases or overdoses linked to alcohol alone or alcohol and other drugs. The other half included, among many factors, car cr... Read More...

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From Division 1 to dead: How opioids claimed the life of a once-promising player

Fentanyl From Hell – January 13, 2020 - Lunn’s death at age 37 brought a tragic end to a promising life. His basketball prowess and magnetic personality brought him no shortage of opportunity. He attended an elite pr... Read More...

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Before deadly plane crash, sobriety brought these 4 together

So SAD – Jan. 17, 2020 - For Mikel Peterson, Jan. 11 was supposed be a chance at a better life. Since he was a teenager in Billings, Peterson, 35, had struggled with addiction. Within the last few months his older si... Read More...

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Americans are binge drinking themselves to death

Suicide on the Rocks – January 17, 2020 - Their research indicates that alcohol is even deadlier than illicit drugs, including opioids, which claimed the lives of about 70,000 in 2017, according to the Centers ... Read More...

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US Drug Overdose Deaths Drops for First Time Since 1990

Good Sign – January 18, 2020 - Carroll commended some local officials for trying to look past incarceration as a means to solve the epidemic, and instead looking for ways to offer treatment. Instead of arrestin... Read More...

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Astronauts and addiction: Ending the stigma

Healing Inner Space – January 16, 2020 - Aldrin said he was marginalized and shunned by NASA and the Air Force when he revealed his struggles with alcoholism and depression. It was not until 2007, when NA... Read More...

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5 arrested in $3.2 million Southern California sober living home fraud scheme

Not Real Drug Counselors – Jan. 17, 2020 - Taken into custody this week were Steven Lomonaco, 61, of Laguna Beach; Mahyar “Christian” Mohases, 37, of Santa Ana; Robert Williams, 41, of Murrieta; Nicholas Reeves... Read More...

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Scientists Give Psychedelics the Serious Treatment

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – January 16, 2020 - Psychedelic drugs—once promising research subjects that were decades ago relegated to illicit experimentation in dorm rooms—have been steadily making their way... Read More...

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Timbaland reveals how he overcame drug addiction and lost 130 pounds

God has him under construction – January 13, 2020 - At that same time, he was going through a bad divorce with his wife Monique Idlett, and facing the pressure of being $4 million behind on his taxes from the prior t... Read More...

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Beverly Hills Wants Historic AA ‘Log Cabin’ Gone

Like Tearing Down Nate'n Al's – January 15, 2020 - “The Log Cabin is like an iconic way station for sobriety in Los Angeles,” said James Maclean, who runs a support meeting across the street at the West Hollywo... Read More...

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Quote of the Week

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Read More...

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Body brokering, where addicts are sold as investments, can continue in sober homes

Good Morning – Jan. 15, 2020 - The bill, SB 486, by Sen. Pat Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, sought to add “commercially operated recovery residences” to the list of places that can’t give or receive anything of value ... Read More...

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