January 23, 2024 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

January 23, 2024 • Vol. 11, No. 23

Milk Tea Addiction Linked to Anxiety and Depression Among Youths

AND ADULTS – Jan. 15, 2024 - The study’s authors suspect that the youths have turned to milk tea as a coping mechanism or a means to regulate emotions. They believe addiction to the sugary drink could be just as dama... Read More...

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Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones

VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like zombies. Kush—unlike the drug of the same name in the U.S.—is a mixture of several substances, including can... Read More...

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If Your Index Finger is Shorter Than Your Ring Finger? You May Be a PSYCHOPATH

JUST DON’T DRINK – Jan. 16, 2024 - From The Joker to Patrick Bateman, psychopaths have featured in many famous blockbuster hits throughout the years. Now, scientists have revealed an easy way to ident... Read More...

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Exhibit on Addiction At Harvard’s Sackler Museum, Yes, Those Sacklers!

AUDIO – IRONIC AND IDIOTIC – Jan. 17, 2024 - As we left the second floor gallery, I looked up at the entrance. Regal silver letters announced it was the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. My stomach churned as I realized th... Read More...

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Colts Owner Jim Irsay In Suspected Overdose

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Jan. 17, 2024 - He said he’s been to rehab “at least 15 times” and once overdosed while attempting to detox when he mixed multiple drugs. “The doctor goes, ‘Um, Jim, you’re one lucky man ... Read More...

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A New 360-Degree Approach to Addiction

WE HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING – Jan. 17, 2024 - Current addiction treatment involves talk therapy, medication, and outside support. Additional strategies can help people who are struggling to overcome their addictio... Read More...

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Breathwork Study: Placebo Effect Works

DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH – Jan. 17, 2024 - “Accordingly, we found no measurable effect of coherent breathing over and above a well-designed breathwork placebo at improving mental health and wellbeing. This is no... Read More...

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‘I lost my brothers to alcoholism’ – Now She Fights Against Drug Abuse

GRIEF INTO ACTION – Jan. 17, 2024 - Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has explained her passionate fight against drug and substance abuse stems from the pain of losing her brothers. Speaking at the University on Wednes... Read More...

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Ukrainian Military Experimenting with Ibogaine

WAR IS HELL – Jan. 17, 2024 - Ukraine is working with a founder of the Yippie movement to provide ibogaine to soldiers on and off the battlefield. This is possibly the first study to report evidence for a single trea... Read More...

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Man Finds Sobriety Through Recovery Program

VIDEO ONLY – IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – Jan. 16, 2024 - The Salvation Army is working to combat San Francisco’s drug addiction problem with a recovery program. We spoke with one man who turned his life around and foun... Read More...

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Warning Issued (again): ‘Tech Neck’ is Bad For Your Health

SWAN SONG – Jan. 19, 2024 - We can appreciate the irony here, this is being written by someone sitting at a desk with a computer and you’re probably reading it on your phone. Chiropractor Steven Knauf warned t... Read More...

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Understanding the Brain’s Role in Addiction

I THINK THEREFORE I USE – Jan. 18, 2024 - The researchers focused on the brain’s reward system, a critical factor in the development of addiction. They discovered that prolonged cocaine use can lead to changes in t... Read More...

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“I looked like a grandma at 40 thanks to obesity, alcoholism & tanning beds – now I’m reverse-aging”

BEFORE AND EVER AFTER – Jan. 19, 2024 - A WOMAN whose battle with psoriasis, obesity, and alcohol left her looking like a grandma has revealed how she turned back the clock. At her heaviest, Christie Martin, 58, w... Read More...

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Faith-Based 12-Step Addiction Recovery Workbook Offers Wisdom

BOOKS CAN HEAL – Jan. 17, 2024 - HB Publications today announced the release of The Old Testament 12 Step Workbook: A 90 Day Program of Bible-Based Addiction Recovery. Written by Boruch Binyamin, this life-cha... Read More...

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3 DOORS DOWN Singer Brad Arnold Celebrates Eight Years of Sobriety

8 YEARS! NOT 8 BALLS – Jan. 19, 2024 - Brad Arnold celebrated the eighth anniversary of his getting sober on January 19. The 45-year-old musician posted a photo of his AA sobriety medallion, which has the word... Read More...

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“Rainbow Connection” with Kermit the Frog, and New Yorkers at Lincoln Center

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 2023 - This past October, Kermit the Frog and Choir! Choir! Choir! helped us to celebrate the new David Geffen Hall with a special sing-along performance of “Rainbow Connection.” Look clos... Read More...

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Disney Star Adam Hicks Pressured to Keep His Addiction ‘Secret’

BAD IDEA? – Jan. 16, 2023 - He struggled for years with substance abuse. He later had a string of headline-making arrests, and was incarcerated for four years. Now six years sober, Hicks is proud to say his addiction... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis – Best Lesson She Learned In Recovery on TV

VIDEO – PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP – Jan. 16, 2023 - “I’m sober for a long time, long time — almost 25 years. And the best thing I learned last year in recovery was people aren’t pleased when you stop people-pl... Read More...

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L.A. Musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez Found Dead of Possible Fentanyl Overdose

TOO SAD – Jan. 21, 2024 - Jose “Luis” Vasquez, a California musician who found fame with the post-punk project the Soft Moon, and John “Juan” Mendez, a popular Los Angeles DJ who performed as Silent Servant, w... Read More...

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“Pawn Stars” Rick Harrison Breaks Silence After Son Dies of Overdose at 39

SAD NEWS INDEED – Jan. 20, 2024 - Rick Harrison memorialized his son in a brief Instagram post after his death was reported on Friday. Harrison shared a photo of his son, Adam. KLAS obtained a statement from the Harr... Read More...

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Hugh Hefner ‘Was so addicted to painkillers and Viagra’ – Friends Feared He Would Die From an Overdose

FEELING NO PAIN – Jan. 19, 2024 - A new memoir from his widow Crystal Harris, 37, whom he married in 2012, has revealed that many of Hefner’s family members were concerned about him years earlier. Hef be... Read More...

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‘My Sobriety – That’s My Legacy’ says Dustin Rhodes

WRESTLED WITH HIS DEMONS – Jan. 17, 2024 - “My sobriety, that’s my legacy,” said Rhodes. “And I understand it’s OK to have bad days. There will be better ones. Life has been an incredible teacher. I’ve learned a lot,... Read More...

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How Ultrarunner Allie Bailey Beat Alcoholism … One Step At a Time

LIKE THE WIND – Jan. 19, 2024 - Alcohol addiction and depression stalked Allie Bailey daily. Running was part of the many steps to a better life, recounted in her memoir There is No Wall. This no-holds-barred extrac... Read More...

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First Responders Immediately Give Suboxone After Overdoses

THIS COULD HELP! – Jan. 18, 2024 - The inability to access medication-assisted treatment is one of the main barriers that prevents people from trying it, Ilg said. At the same time, she explained, people who h... Read More...

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I Was About to Drink Again – Elton John Saved Me!

GOODBYE HANGOVER BRICK ROAD – Jan. 15, 2024 - I wasn’t having a panic attack. I was simply having a conversation with the man who inspired me to turn my life around: Elton John. We were at his annual Aids Foun... Read More...

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Pharmacy That Made Millions Selling Ozempic Knockoff, Gets Shut Down

VIDEO – JUST MAKING MONEY – Jan. 16, 2024 - A Nashville pharmacy that created a knockoff version of popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro was forced to shut down after its chief operating officer died b... Read More...

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San Francisco Blows Past Overdose Death Rate In 2023

VIDEO – LIFE ON THE STREETS – Jan. 17, 2024 - San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdoses in 2023, according to preliminary city data published Wednesday, blowing past its 2022 count of 649 as well as 2020... Read More...

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Super Model Got Hooked On Cocaine and Two Eggs a Week

VIDEO – CARRYING THE MESSAGE – Jan. 16, 2024 - Beverly Johnson says she got hooked on drugs in the 1970s after living on a diet of cocaine, a bowl of rice and two eggs a week in an attempt to become stick-thin. The... Read More...

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Colon Cancer Killing More Younger People Than Ever

VIDEO – WHY??? – Jan. 17, 2024 - Colorectal cancer is the deadliest cancer for men under age 50 — and the second deadliest cancer among women in the same age group, behind breast cancer. Among men and women of all a... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Barbra Streisand

“There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.” – Barbra Streisand ... Read More...

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