January 28, 2020 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

January 28, 2020 • Vol. 7, No. 22

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Demi Lovato Back on Top

Demi Lovato Sings Her Heart Out – Dylan James wrote “I watched the Grammy’s Sunday night with a group of strangers. I was sitting in the social room at an inpatient hospital that I had been admitted to a week b... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2020Recovery

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Nevada’s Attorney General awarded $700,000 grant to help map where overdoses occur

Gambling with Death – January 15, 2020 - Two areas where the AG plans to spend the grant funds are on developing cross-sector partnerships so that communities can make meaningful use of the data and to establish an ... Read More...

Jan 28 2020Overdose

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How to Treat Insomnia in People Recovering from Drug Addiction

In the Dark – Jan. 24, 2020 - Treatment Options If you have a history of drug abuse, we do not advise solving your insomnia with medications. Any prescription drugs or sleeping pills that need to be consumed cont... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryinsomniaJan 28 2020Rehab

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Sackler Family: Escape From New York

Faces of Evil – JANUARY 24, 2020 - On Thursday, P... Read More...

Jan 28 2020opioidsoxycontinPurdue Pharma

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Aerosmith honored at MusiCares benefit

Russell Brand hosts – Jan. 25, 2010 - Longevity and conflict have become defining characteristics in the shared half-century career of Aerosmith, the classic rockers who were honored Friday at the annual MusiCares Pe... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2020

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At 84, Cajun Great Doug Kershaw Still Going Strong Soberly

All The Right Notes – Jan. 24, 2020 - As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, he’s still looking ahead too — fiddling, singing, writing and performing as the quintessential “Louisiana Man.” Kers... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2020Rehab

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“We do recover.” Nurse practitioner shares success in beating opioid addiction

Just Say No More – Jan. 23, 2020 - “No matter what you’ve done, no matter how bad it’s been, recovery is possible. I think that showing empathy and meeting people where they are is key. And that’s what it took for me... Read More...

Jan 28 2020opioidsRehab

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Recovery from Addiction (suggested by John West)

Easy Does It Easily – January 2020 - It is now well known that the repetition of rewarding behaviors produces changes in brain function and structure that facilitate habits and, for some, sustained compulsivity... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousGuest HouseJan 28 2020Rehab

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Recovery Advocate Brian Cuban to Speak at Law School

University of Arkansas! – Jan. 23, 2020 - He has been in long-term recovery from alcohol, cocaine and bulimia since April 2007, and he speaks and writes extensively about these subjects. Cuban has spoken at col... Read More...

Jan 28 2020Recovery Advocate

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Drug rehab center with links to Scientology given the go-ahead

First Brexit, Now This! – Jan. 25, 2020 - Narconon, which has close links to Scientology, promotes the theories of its founder L Ron Hubbard, including the ‘Purification Rundown’ to rid the body of toxins. The ... Read More...

Celebrity SobrietyGodJan 28 2020Rehab

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Billie Eilish Video – Isolation & Addiction

WATCH (at your own risk) – December 24, 2019 - Additionally, her album engineers got a nod in the best-engineered album category, including her brother and collaborator Finneas, who received three nominations, ... Read More...

Celebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerJan 28 2020

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Interview with Sherry Gaba

Stick with the Winners! January 28, 2020 - Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach who helps people cope with codependency, addictions, trauma, and mental health issues. Sherry is a... Read More...

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United States’ new war on drugs

Nixon Lives – Jan. 26, 2020 - That means a person dealing in one of these analogues — even one that is harmless — could be subject to mandatory-minimum penalties with no opportunity to prove the analogue is benign. F... Read More...

Celebrity SobrietyHeroin AddictionJan 28 2020Overdose

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Harsh state drugs laws doing more harm than good

Bail, Not Jail – Jan. 27, 2010 - So while it’s easy and comforting to think that these laws are holding accountable drug kingpins for bringing poison into our communities, the truth of the matter is much different. M... Read More...

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AI can help find illegal opioid sellers online

Like a needle in a haystack – Jan. 21, 2020 - An estimated 130 people die from opioid-related drug overdoses each day in the United States, and 2 million people had an opioid use disorder in 2018. This public h... Read More...

Jan 28 2020opioids

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Low Life Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison in Opioid Trial

Was it Manslaughter? – Jan. 23, 2020 - Earlier on Thursday, Insys sales chief Alec Burkaloff was sentenced to 26 months in prison for his role in the bribery and fraud scheme. “This was an offense of gre... Read More...

Jan 28 2020Mental Healthopioidsoxycontin

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Appropriate Care After Nonfatal Overdose in Teens Stunningly Poor

Grown-ups at fault – January 14, 2020 - In the addiction treatment field, we actually don’t abide by the old adage of people having to “hit rock bottom” before they are ready to get treatment. This is somewhat ... Read More...

Heroin AddictionJan 28 2020Overdoseteenagers

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‘Bachelorette’ contestant Tyler Gwozdz dies after overdose at 29

TRAGIC – Jan. 23, 2020 - Producers of ABC’s “Bachelor” franchise said a in statement: “We are heartbroken to hear the tragic news of Tyler’s passing today. Our thoughts are with the Gwozdz family and his friends.” ... Read More...

Jan 28 2020Overdose

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Demi Lovato performs for the first time since overdose

Tearful Triumph – January 26, 2020 - She actually wrote the song just before the incident. “I tried to talk to my piano / I tried to talk to my guitar / Talked to my imagination / Confided in to alcohol / I tried and... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2020Overdose

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Opioid victims can begin filing claims against Purdue Pharma

Show Me The Money – Jan. 23, 2020 - Another member of the victims’ committee, 33-year-old Garrett Hade, said he has been sober for nearly five years after a long odyssey through addiction that began with OxyCon... Read More...

Jan 28 2020opioidsoxycontinPurdue Pharma

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Psychedelics: Can getting high improve your mental health?

Everything is Possible – January 24, 2020 - Outside the control of a lab, people began to use psychedelics for their mind-bending effects, swearing the drugs improved creativity and made them happier long past ... Read More...

Jan 28 2020Psychedelics

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Headline Press to publish Bryony Gordon’s sobriety memoir

Coming Out Party in Print – January 24, 2020 - “Bryony has never been afraid to explore the darker aspects of her reality and this book takes the power of her writing to a new level,” said Emsley. “In turn, shocking... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2020

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America’s Favorite Poison

And Tasty Too – JANUARY 14, 2020 - As Bruenig sees it, however, there’s more to be gained than lost in abstaining. In fact, she supports stronger restrictions on alcohol sales. Alcohol’s effects on crime and violenc... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionJan 28 2020

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Motley Crue Icon Calls Out ‘Lazy Alcoholic’ Nikki Sixx

Six of one... – Jan. 24, 2020 - Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God’s world could not stay sober, unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionJan 28 2020Rehab

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Quote of the Week

“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.” —Carl Jung ... Read More...

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Jessica Simpson reveals she was ‘killing’ herself ‘with drinking and pills’

Beautiful Decision – Jan. 20, 2020 - Simpson didn’t tell her parents what happened until she was 12. Even then, she explained, “Dad ... said nothing. We never stayed at my parents’ friends house again but we al... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryJan 28 2020

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