July 12, 2022 Issue

Randy Grimes Helping Others And Being Of Service

IN THE CENTER OF THE PACK – July 3, 2022 - “In the eight and a half, nine years that this was going on, not once did anybody ever come and say Randy why are you slurring your words or Randy why are you nodding... Read More...

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Lamar Odom Says The Ghost Of Kobe Bryant Inspires Him To Maintain Sobriety

FROM POINT GUARD TO GUARDIAN ANGEL – July 4, 2022 - Odom has battled drug addiction and depression. Not only did it cost him his NBA career, but it also ruined his marriage to Khloé Kardashian. At one point it ... Read More...

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Lynda Carter ‘begged God’ For Help: “I’ve been in recovery for 23 years.”

VIDEO – IS IT ANY WONDER? – July 4, 2022 - Talking to The Insider about her move towards recovery, she said: “My husband asked me … ‘Can’t you just stop this for the children and for me?’ “I needed help – I be... Read More...

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Amee Gray Wants to Fix Referral Scams And Let Hospitals Do the Job

Call Centers Becoming Obsolete? – July 12, 2022 - Amee Gray found herself in a situation foreign to her but intimately familiar to so many. A family member had survived a drug overdose, and she was trying ... Read More...

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Employees “Silly” Surprise for Manager’s Sober Anniversary

A REASON TO CELEBRATE – 7/1/2022 - In a video shared to Reddit under the name nameless-manager, the manager is seen sitting in his office when his employees come in and spray him with silly string while congrat... Read More...

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How Music Can Help Your Addiction Recovery

HARMONY AND TEMPO – July 3, 2022 - Music therapy is an evidence-based therapeutic method. It can help to reduce anxiety and improve heart rate and learning. Depending on your reasons for getting music therapy ... Read More...

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The Inflation-Proof Economics of Drug Dealing

WALL STREET KNOWS THAT SO WELL – July 4, 2022 - Large shipments continue to be detected that are transported using methods that often exploit commercial infrastructure, particularly intermodal container shipmen... Read More...

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Conflict Zones Are Magnets For Synthetic Drug Production

CHAOS IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS – July 4, 2022 - Opium production worldwide grew seven per cent between 2020 and 2021 to 7,930 tons—predominantly due to increased production in Afghanistan. However, the global area... Read More...

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‘Monumental’ Drug Bust: 5,000 Pounds of Meth Seized

THE ELEPHANT IN THE TRUCK – July 9, 2022 - Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department’s border crime suppression team followed the truck. First, the person who drove it across the border stopped in Otay Mes... Read More...

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Scotland Calls For Law Change To Give People A Right To Recovery

EVERYONE HAD THE RIGHT TO BE STRONG – July 3, 2022 - Ross insisted the legislation his party has put forward could be a “game-changer” in tackling Scotland’s drugs deaths problem. And he called on SNP and Gr... Read More...

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How Gambling Addiction Has Affected Younger Generation

BETTER MATH SKILLS? – July 4, 2022 - Joe was 13 when he started gambling with friends. In college, he became a bookie. “People would text me their bets. I kept a spreadsheet,” he said. “There were many Mondays... Read More...

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Wanna Buy An Old Dinosaur?

AND PUT IT IN WHICH ROOM? – July 5, 2022 - The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period. It predated its relative the Ty... Read More...

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Fall River Novel Shines Light On Addiction Struggles

READ A BOOK – July 7, 2022 - “There are so many things that so many people go through in this world that I wanted to try my hardest to shine light on, whether it be drug addiction, living in poverty, coping wit... Read More...

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Lena Dunham, Nicki Minaj and Others Revealed They Got Sober

CELEBRITY SOBRIETY – July 6, 2022 - Jane Lynch The Glee alum recalled her struggles with alcohol addiction during an interview with The Guardian in February 2022, revealing she got sober for a second time afte... Read More...

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‘Evil does eventually die’: Florida man pens brutal obituary for his ‘abusive alcoholic’ father

VIDEO – BUT IT’S A DISEASE haha – July 7, 2022 - The 48-year-old’s obituary for Lawrence Pfaff Sr seeks to dissassociate and “cleanse” himself from the alleged damage done to him and his siblings by the latter,... Read More...

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How Going Gluten-Free Cured My Depression

FEELING BETTER WITH LESS – July 7, 2022 - Except that every time I ate a bagel, I felt sad. It took me a year to be able to conceptualize what wheat-free would look like as a lifestyle. Wheat was such... Read More...

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LGBTQ+ Individuals Find Help and Hope in Alcoholics Anonymous

Tradition 11 11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films. – July 8, 2022 - In A.A. you will find ... Read More...

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Book Review: The Limits of Drug-Based Psychiatry

LIMITLESS – July 8, 2022 - Take the chemical imbalance theory — as deeply embedded in the contemporary cultural firmament as Freud’s tripartite theory of the mind was a couple of generations ago — which posits ... Read More...

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Q&A with Smart Recovery, Ted Perkins

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – JULY 8, 2022 - Ted Perkins has worked in various professional capacities in the motion picture industry and in senior executive posts at two major studios, including Warner Bros., and ... Read More...

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Move Over, Heroin

A GRAVE DESTINATION – July 6, 2022 - But he said people prefer fentanyl to heroin because it is a consumer-driven industry, it’s less expensive and easily accessible and available. People who are selling it are... Read More...

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Father Says Son’s High School Prescribed Him Anti-Depressants Without Notifying Him

VIDEO – BRAVE NEW WORLD IS HERE – July 3, 2022 - In a viral TikTok, a father shares his shock and frustration that his 15-year-old son’s high school was supplying him with antidepressants without his knowledge... Read More...

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American Cartel: Inside the battle to bring down the opioid industry

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER – July 7, 2022 - Rannazzisi came under attack by a tightknit coalition of drug company executives and lobbyists with close ties to members of Congress, and high-ranking officials insid... Read More...

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Medical Director Sentenced in $112 Million Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme

GUILTY: MONEY FOR NOTHING – July 7, 2022 - According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Santeiro and others admitted patients for medically unnecessary detox services, the most expensive kind o... Read More...

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Can a Target Gift Card Help You Stay Off Meth?

YES. MONEY TALKS NOBODY WALKS – July 4, 2022 - Behind the table, a program assistant hastened to clarify that it was a chance at a gift card — just a chance. But a chance was enough for Mark, who began filling ... Read More...

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Steven Tyler ‘Doing Extremely Well’ After Rehab

TIME FOR A MEETING – July 3, 2022 - In May, the band announced Tyler had entered a treatment facility after he relapsed following 10 years of sobriety. He’s since completed rehab, a rep for Aerosmith confirmed... Read More...

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Playing Russian Roulette…How Fentanyl Addiction Tore a Santa Clarita Family Apart

LAST ADDICT STANDING – July 1, 2022 - Their lives resembled those of the many trapped by addiction – in and out of rehab, jail cells and hospital beds – until the two Santa Clarita parents suffering from fentan... Read More...

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Celebrities Who Have Spoken About Addiction Struggles

EVEN STARS CAN BE HUMAN – July 7, 2022 - Lady Gaga has never been shy about her drug use, often admitting that she has been “addicted to various things” since she was young. After undergoing surgery in Fe... Read More...

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Does Binge Drinking Mean I’m an Alcoholic?

PROBABLY? – July 7, 2022 - Q: Does my binge drinking mean I’m an alcoholic? A: No, it doesn’t. But it could be a warning sign. You need to closely and honestly monitor your drinking behavior to figure out w... Read More...

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July 12, 2022 • Vol. 9, No. 48

Randy Grimes Helping Others And Being Of Service

Lamar Odom Says The Ghost Of Kobe Bryant Inspires Him To Maintain Sobriety

Lynda Carter ‘begged God’ For Help: “I’ve been in recovery for 23 years.”

Amee Gray Wants to Fix Referral Scams And Let Hospitals Do the Job

Employees “Silly” Surprise for Manager’s Sober Anniversary

How Music Can Help Your Addiction Recovery

The Inflation-Proof Economics of Drug Dealing

Conflict Zones Are Magnets For Synthetic Drug Production

‘Monumental’ Drug Bust: 5,000 Pounds of Meth Seized

Scotland Calls For Law Change To Give People A Right To Recovery

Inside the Mind of an Addict

How Gambling Addiction Has Affected Younger Generation

Wanna Buy An Old Dinosaur?

Fall River Novel Shines Light On Addiction Struggles

Lena Dunham, Nicki Minaj and Others Revealed They Got Sober

‘Evil does eventually die’: Florida man pens brutal obituary for his ‘abusive alcoholic’ father

How Going Gluten-Free Cured My Depression

LGBTQ+ Individuals Find Help and Hope in Alcoholics Anonymous

Book Review: The Limits of Drug-Based Psychiatry

Hayden Panettiere Ends Addiction to Opioids & Alcohol

Q&A with Smart Recovery, Ted Perkins

Move Over, Heroin

Father Says Son’s High School Prescribed Him Anti-Depressants Without Notifying Him

American Cartel: Inside the battle to bring down the opioid industry

Medical Director Sentenced in $112 Million Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme

Can a Target Gift Card Help You Stay Off Meth?

Steven Tyler ‘Doing Extremely Well’ After Rehab

Playing Russian Roulette…How Fentanyl Addiction Tore a Santa Clarita Family Apart

Celebrities Who Have Spoken About Addiction Struggles

Does Binge Drinking Mean I’m an Alcoholic?