July 21, 2020 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

July 21, 2020 • Vol. 7, No. 47

Bill could make remote addiction treatment permanent

Virtual Hugs? – July 15, 2020 - “It’s a good idea because it helps reach people who have challenges getting treatment,” said Scott Rasmus, executive director of the Butler County Mental Health & Addiction Recover... Read More...

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Influential Women: Franki Buckman, The Molly Project

WATCH – Making the world a better place... – July 13, 2020 - Professional advice: “The automotive industry, motorsports specifically, is still primarily dominated by men, especially when it comes to leadership ... Read More...

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Prisoner Ran Crack Cocaine Ring From His Cell

An inside job – July 13, 2020 - An investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Rhode Island Task Force determined that using his prison call account and the accounts of others, Gome... Read More...

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CVS Fined … Almost Nothing

Druggists do it legally – July 16, 2020 - CVS also agreed to distribute a memo to its pharmacists in the state, highlighting a law that requires them to take action if working conditions in their pharmacies could lea... Read More...

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One Step at a Time Is Easier Said Than Done

QUITTER: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – July 7, 2020 - There are many ways to recover from alcoholism, a key message of “Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery,” and even more ways to wri... Read More...

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First recovery centre for Indigenous women opens in Calgary

WATCH – Home Sweet Homes – July 17, 2020 - Shannon Little Light is the first resident of the Red Woman House, Calgary’s first recovery home for Indigenous Women. “I was couch surfing. I had no home. If I didn’t ha... Read More...

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A Real Risk: Prescription Drug Addiction During COVID-19

CVS open 24/7 – July 17, 2020 - To the surprise of many, prescription drug addiction is spiking during this period alongside the use of illegal drugs and alcohol. Looking beyond common misconceptions around drug addi... Read More...

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A.A. in the “golden era of alcoholism”

Still works if you work it – July 17, 2020 - “It’s like no matter where you go – there you are,” Megan said. “And that is why A.A. has meetings worldwide.” Scott had a suicidal breakdown and was drinking to blacko... Read More...

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Doctor arrested, suspected of fraud to feed opioid addiction

Addicted Doc – July 15, 2020 - Hughes, who works at Nebraska Foot and Ankle, has written 63 prescriptions for 4,300 pills for Digilio over the last two years, which drug investigators believe was overprescribing, the... Read More...

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Sober journalist launches book about losing his beloved wife to cancer

Love and Loss – July 15, 2020 - Ian explained how both addiction and grief require a person to work through fear and anxiety. He refers to the unanswered questions that he had after his wife died as well as the feeli... Read More...

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Couple sent their daughter to Florida for treatment -then she died

WATCH – Too Young! – July 19, 2020 - An Annapolis couple thought by sending their daughter to Florida, she would get help from a mental health program, and later, enter a drug treatment program. But now they’re griev... Read More...

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3,000 miles for addiction recovery

Walking the walk, coast to coast – July 19, 2020 - People celebrate milestones differently. My wife and I took a cruise to Alaska to commemorate 30 years of marriage. Others do outlandish things while some prefer ... Read More...

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Q&A with writer and podcaster, Laura Robbins

Stick with the Winners! – July 14 - Laura Robbins has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee, and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity... Read More...

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Cliff Brodsky: The Man Who Knew Too Much And Too Little

Jailhouse Rock – July 21, 2020 – By John Lavitt When Cliff Brodsky, a successful music producer and songwriter, first met now-imprisoned rehab mogul Christopher Bathum at a 12-Step meeting in 2011, he did not real... Read More...

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Georgia addiction centers pay $122 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits

Easy Money – July 13, 2020 - Universal Health Services, a for-profit public company which runs about 30 psychiatric facilities involved in the settlement, did not admit to any wrongdoing in agreeing to settle. “UH... Read More...

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“Lockdown Has Been the Hardest Period of My Sober Journey”

Zoom Gloom – July 16, 2020 - With Alcoholics Anonymous moving online, gyms closing and support networks being socially distanced, sobriety during lockdown has been harder than normal for many. As we emerge from... Read More...

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Why It’s OK To Not Be OK Right Now.

WATCH – Only Human – July 16, 2020 - But if statements like this are all you’re hearing from your friends and family, that excess of positivity can be, well, negative. This kind of encouragement and self-talk is s... Read More...

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Horrors of opioid addiction explored in LA writer’s memoir

The Heart And Other Monsters – July 17, 2020 -The voice speaking above serves as a narrator throughout her sister’s ghastly descent into the hellacious pit of drug addiction is that of Los Angeles-based author Rose A... Read More...

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Centuries of Racism Have Created a Mental Health Crisis Among Black Americans

Hate is a family disease – July 15, 2020 - After being taken to a field and told to “run,” he instead proceeded to kneel on the ground with his hands up. That didn’t stop a police officer from beating him to the grou... Read More...

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Psychiatric nurse pens book on surviving homelessness and drug abuse

WATCH – Park Bench to Park Avenue – July 15, 2020 - Brown shares his raw journey out of homelessness in a book titled “From Park Bench to Park Avenue.” The park bench refers to the many years of homelessness. T... Read More...

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Overdoses skyrocket: states slash treatment budgets

Death Wish? – JULY 16, 2020 - The budget cuts — many spurred by state budget shortfalls wrought by the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic — will hit behavioral health services when they are needed most... Read More...

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Telemedicine is a magnet for fraud and data theft

Just Be Careful – JULY 13, 2020 - “Most telehealth practitioners do not receive formal information security and privacy training,” said Leming Zhou, a professor of health informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. ... Read More...

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Opioids Are Still The King For Many Doctors

NPR LISTEN – Loving Pills – July 17, 2020 - DR. GERY GUY: There’s still three times the amount of opioids being prescribed as there was in 1999, and there’s also substantial variation across the country. MANN: You... Read More...

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She Ate and Ate, and Never Felt Satisfied

EMPTY: A Memoir by Susan Burton – June 23, 2020 - “In many ways,” she writes, “my adolescence was typical. Prototypical, even. I was an awkward middle-schooler who transformed herself with the help of Seventeen magaz... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – John Lewis

“Anchor the eternity of love in your own souland embed this planet with goodness."—John LewisFeb. 21, 1940 - July 17, 2020 ... Read More...

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Ex-Rehab Mogul Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Patients

From slime, to time - 53 years in State rehab – JULY 14, 2020 - Bathum was convicted in February 2018 of 31 counts, including forcible rape, sexual penetration by a foreign object, forcible oral copulation, sexual ex... Read More...

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