July 16, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

July 16, 2019 • Vol. 7, No.1

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Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley on How Sobriety and Tom Petty Changed His Life

To Sum It All Up... – July 16, 2019 - Steve Baltin: How did getting sober affect you musically? Deryck Whibley: From six years old I wanted to be a musician and so I followed that path. But once all the par... Read More...

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In 7 years, 76 Billion Opioid Pills Flood America

Is it Love, Pain or Profits? – July 16, 2019 - The information comes from a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States — from m... Read More...

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The First Day Movie with Chris Herren

New York Theatrical Premier Nov. 1, 2019 – Theatrical Premiere at the 11th REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium - Los Angeles and on November1st at the 7th Annual NY Reel Recovery Film Festival & Sympo... Read More...

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Suboxone Maker Agrees To Pay $1.4 Billion In Settlement

They’ll Say Anything To Sell Drug$ – July 11, 2019 - In announcing the Reckitt Benckiser settlement, the Justice Department noted that Suboxone is a medication designed to help people suffering from opioid dependen... Read More...

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The Burgeoning Benzo Crisis

Mother’s Little Helper – July 8, 2019 - Often, women don’t know what they’re getting into. “Most people taking psychiatric drugs these days do not get an adequate explanation about the nature of the medication,” says... Read More...

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NCAD Spotlight: Data Will Drive Better Outcomes, Reimbursement

Business is Business and Nobody Lies – July 8, 2019 - Joanna Conti, BS, MS, considers her family “extremely fortunate” to have found programs that treated her daughter for an alcohol addiction despite ha... Read More...

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Jobs Van picks up panhandlers and drives them towards a brighter future

A Square Meal and a Full Heart – JULY 09, 2019 - Cira loves his work, although he says when he first considered taking a job driving around picking up homeless people, his wife needed some convincing. Cira not ... Read More...

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Dwight Gooden Arrested on Cocaine Charges in New Jersey

Stopped Going to Meetings? – July 12, 2019 - Known by the nickname “Doc,” Gooden was electric as a starting pitcher. He had a fastball that approached 100 miles per hour and a devastating curveball, and he domi... Read More...

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Florida might be making a ‘dent’ in opioid epidemic

Thanks to Naloxone – July 08, 2019 - “It feels like the resources that are being provided are helping the problem,” David Daniels said. He’s an operations manager at Big Bend Community Based Care, which provides subs... Read More...

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In an Alcohol-Soaked Nation, More Seek Booze-Free Social Spaces

Hang Up On Hangovers – July 9, 2019 - Since giving up booze, Logan-Rice said, she has seen alcohol in unexpected places — even an assisted living facility that offered bottles of wine as door prizes when she at... Read More...

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“He Threw Wine In My face.”

Ala-none too soon – JULY 12, 2019 - We had walked into a Thai restaurant for dinner, been seated, and told by the waiter that they didn’t serve alcohol. David said, “No worries, mate,” ordered a Coke, and then excuse... Read More...

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Police officer went radio silent. He was found alive, overdosed on heroin

Cops Cop Too! – July 12, 2019 - Ellery was initially charged on April 15 with just a single, municipal summons of driving while intoxicated, according to a copy of the summons obtained by NJ Advance Media. The case... Read More...

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Opioid treatment may reduce contact with law enforcement

So Would Decriminalization – July 12, 2019 - “Contact with the criminal justice system – both in terms of crime and imprisonment – among opioid-dependent people is associated with a significant economic b... Read More...

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Police warn not to flush drugs down toilet for fear of creating ‘meth-gators’

First the Squirrel, Now This? – July 15, 2019 - That’s the warning coming out of the Loretta Police Department in Tennessee after investigators said they caught someone “attempting to flush methamphetamine alon... Read More...

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Juul CEO tells parents ‘I’m sorry’

And I’m Rich – JUL 13 2019 - “First of all, I’d tell them that I’m sorry that their child’s using the product,” said Burns, who joined Juul in late 2017. “It’s not intended for them. I hope there was nothing that we ... Read More...

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‘Carried him out in a body bag’: Woman says man overdosed, died on airplane

D.O.A. Where's the NARCAN?– July 15, 2019 - “Appreciate @lynnelyman sharing this tragic experience. Flight Attendants are aviation’s first responders and we need the proper tools to respond and save lives. In the air... Read More...

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Florida cop planted meth on drivers. One lost custody of his daughter.

War of Decency – July 11, 2019 - It was October 2017 and Bowling was on his way to the store to pick up diapers with his friend Shelly Smith when they saw the flashing lights swirl in the rearview mirror. He ha... Read More...

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Addiction Costs Employers $100 Billion Every Year

Stockholders Up In Arms? – July 9, 2019 - Substance use disorder is a mental health disorder that has expensive and destructive effects on both the person who is suffering, and the people around them. The loss... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Ryan Hampton

Stick with the Winners! – July 15, 2019 - Over four years into recovery from a decade-long opioid addiction, Ryan Hampton has been rocketed to the center of America’s rising addiction recovery advocacy movemen... Read More...

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REEL Recovery Film Festival Partners with National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

RRFF Partners with NAMI – July 11, 2019 - Films accepted for the REEL Recovery Film Festival Week will be shown on NAMI Day, Sunday, October 13th, from 1pm to 9pm. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit N... Read More...

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Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side of Quitting Opioids

NEW BOOK: In Pain – July 8, 2019 - Interview highlights On what happened when he tried tapering opioids after an ill-advised consultation with a plastic surgeon, who recommended abruptly redu... Read More...

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Canadian singer who quit drinking calls for booze-free options at music venues

More Than Just Diet Coke – July 11, 2019 - Before you quit, how much did drinking feel like a part of your job? I would say it felt like a huge part of my job. As musicians, I mean, it would be a shocking situ... Read More...

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Le’andria Johnson Talks Alcoholism and Her Journey to Sobriety

Singing a Soul Song – JULY 14, 2019 - Do you feel like alcohol impeded on your relationship with God? I feel like alcohol impeded on my life other than just God, my family, my children, my ca... Read More...

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A Peek Into Opioid Users’ Brains as They Try to Quit

NA or CVS? – July 9, 2019 - One reason: “People say you’re just changing one drug for another,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who is leading that first-of-its-kind study. “Th... Read More...

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Study finds psychiatric diagnosis to be ‘scientifically meaningless’

Pick a Card, Any Card! – JULY 8, 2019 - The main findings of the research were: • Psychiatric diagnoses all use different decision-making rules • There is a huge amount of overlap in symptoms between diagnoses ... Read More...

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Even Heroes Can Struggle With Addiction

Freeing the Slave Within – July 12, 2019 - William Wilberforce, the parliamentarian known for leading the legislative fight to end the British slave trade, struggled with opioid use over 45 years. That biographers re... Read More...

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Francine Shapiro, Developer of EMDR, Dies at 71

Left right, left right, left right... – July 11, 2019 - The sting of the memory quickly faded, and the student, Francine Shapiro, glimpsed her future. In the ensuing years she developed a popular, if contro... Read More...

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Hello, Therapy Cows.

Udderly Effective – July 12, 2019 - From a lush, secluded pasture on the Mountain Horse Farm, a 33-acre bed-and-breakfast in the Finger Lakes region of New York, 3-year-old Bella and 2-year-old Bonnie are the highlan... Read More...

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Why are intelligent people more likely to abuse drugs?

We’re Geniuses – June 30, 2019 - When Ronald Graham, a concerned friend and fellow mathematician, bet him $500 that he couldn’t stay off his drug of choice for a month, Erdos accepted and easily won the challe... Read More...

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Quote of the week

“Smile from your heart; nothing is more beautiful than a woman who is happy to be herself.” —Kubra Sait ... Read More...

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