March 22, 2022 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

March 22, 2022 • Vol. 9, No. 32

Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic

COLLATERAL DAMAGE – March 22, 2022 - Among adults younger than 65, alcohol-related deaths actually outnumbered deaths from COVID-19 in 2020; 74,408 Americans ages 16-64 died of alcohol-related causes, while 74,075 in... Read More...

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Brain Differences Seen in Children with Binge Eating Disorder

IT STARTS AT BIRTH – March 15, 2022 - “This study suggests to me that binge eating disorder is wired in the brain, even from a very, very early age,” Murray said. “The question that we don’t know, which is some... Read More...

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4-Month-Old Shot to Death By 14 Year Old

NO GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA – March 16, 2022 - The department’s Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit took the teen into custody Wednesday and transported him to the Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center while the in... Read More...

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Rabbi Details His Story of Addiction and Recovery

SHALOM – March 14, 2022 - “What’s significant is that today I sent somebody to rehab, I kissed my kids and walked my dog and I didn’t have to lie to anybody and I can be as honest as I want to and it’s an amaz... Read More...

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Jews Who Drink Too Much Strive for Sobriety During Purim Bacchanalia

L’CHAIM LITE – March 16, 2022 - When Jerry was 21, he was invited to a “white kiddush,” a twist on the Shabbat service that substitutes vodka for the traditional wine or grape juice. It took place during Purim... Read More...

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Paradox Of How Antidepressants Are Tested

DEPRESSED NEED NOT APPLY – March 15, 2022 - One afternoon in April 2018 I answered my rarely-used home telephone to a barrage of questions. On a crackly landline, a researcher from the University of Exeter, UK... Read More...

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Florida Man Calls Police to Verify his Meth is Authentic

CAN’T MAKE THIS S*%T UP – Mar. 16, 2022 - Most drug users tend to keep their dealings under wraps, but one Florida man was arrested after allegedly calling police to check the authenticity of his methamphetami... Read More...

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Mrs. Doubtfire Co-Star Says Robin Williams Gave Him important Addiction Advice

WISHED HE HEARD WHAT HE SAID – March 13, 2022 - Lawrence said Williams gave him a ‘gift’ by being so candid about drug addiction, and gave him an important piece of advice. ‘Don’t ever do drugs. Especially coc... Read More...

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Wes Hurt Shares his Recovery Story at SWSX

VIDEO – HE’S CLEAN FOR A CAUSE – Mar. 18, 2022 - South by Southwest (SXSW) is tackling the growing problem of addiction in America. 275 people die every day in the U.S. from a drug overdose. It’s why Austin ent... Read More...

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Israel Cason, Founder Of Treatment Program, Dies

AUDIO – OF SUPREME SERVICE – March 13, 2022 - He also joined the Fruit of Islam in the Nation of Islam and worked in its local bakery. But after the death of Elijah Muhammad, he resumed drug use. That lifest... Read More...

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Making Peace With Your Body

IT STARTS RIGHT NOW – Mar. 18, 2022 - How long would it be, I wondered, until they would be repeating some version of this refrain? Just moments before, I had listened to a whole different storyline unfold. Tw... Read More...

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Medical marijuana may trigger substance abuse

AND ALCOHOL MAY TRIGGER ALCOHOLISM – Mar. 18, 2022 - “In this first study of patients randomized to obtain medical marijuana cards, we learned there can be negative consequences to using cannabis for medi... Read More...

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Samuel L. Jackson Reveals Drug Addiction in his Early Career

VIDEO – SOBRIETY AIN’T NO “PULP FICTION” – Mar. 18, 2022 - Jackson was addicted to crack cocaine during in the early years of his marriage and career. He said his addiction defined relationships with his famil... Read More...

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‘One Pill Can Kill’

VIDEO – SO CAN ONE LINE – March 18, 2022 - “In less than 12 months (in 2021), DPS crime labs took in 500 submissions of fentanyl. DPS also seized in one year, 288 million lethal doses of fentanyl in Texas,” sai... Read More...

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Kathy Griffin Calls Her Pill Addiction ‘Almost Comical’

WHO’S LAUGHING NOW? – March 18, 2022 - “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” Griffin admitted. “I was just such a crazy workaholic, and all of a sudden, I had this time on my hands, and then I was depressed,... Read More...

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Can Big $ in Addiction Tech, Curb Soaring Overdose Deaths?

ADDICTION IS BIG BUSINESS – Mar. 18, 2022 - David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life. He moved from Southern Cali... Read More...

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Pete Doherty’s Life Without Heroin

VIDEO – CLEAN LIVIN’ – (register for free to read full article) Mar. 18, 2022 - Speaking to The i, Doherty said: “Once lockdown happened, it was a nightmare trying to get back . Plus, I had a driving ban, an... Read More...

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Feeling Out of Balance in Sobriety?

TAKE A STAND, AND THEN STAND THERE – March 16, 2022 - Many people start to feel off-balance when they’re dealing with too many worries or responsibilities. Again, let’s consider the example from earlier; it’s r... Read More...

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Christy Carlson Romano Says It Was ‘Challenging to Be Sober During COVID’

AND SHE DID IT – March 13, 2022 - She added that, as a mother to two daughters — Isabella, 5, and Sophia, 3, whom she shares with husband Brendan Rooney — there were times she felt alone despite being surround... Read More...

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Mental Tricks To Calm Your Racing Mind For Better Sleep

VIDEO – WITH DREAMS – March 13, 2022 - Here’s a way to stop your mind from repetitively listing all the things you need to do (or haven’t done), but it only works if you do it before you hit the sack. ... Read More...

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Startups push ADHD meds through APP ads

PAGING DR. TIKTOK – Mar. 13, 2022 - Combined with other social media posts and sketchy Google search results, the proliferation of drug ads on TikTok can convince kids to diagnose themselves with conditions th... Read More...

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Occasionally Charming Alcoholism Drama

WAIT FOR NETFLIX – March 15, 2022 - The film’s eponymous protagonist, Leslie (Andrea Riseborough), became a household name in her small Texas town when she won the lottery. That fame quickly turned to notoriety... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis Helps LaKeith Stanfield With His Sobriety

CELEBRITIES 12th STEP TOO! – March 16, 2022 - “My experience is that when you feel you are alone, that’s a very scary feeling,” Curtis said about her decision to reach out to Stanfield in 2021 to support his so... Read More...

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Steep Rise in Overdoses Linked to Veterinary Tranquilizer

DON’T PUT YOURSELF DOWN – MARCH, 2022 - Researchers studied 10 locations around the country, and found xylazine was involved in 6.7% of overdose deaths in 2020, compared with 0.36% in 2015. Almost all xylazine... Read More...

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Tips On How To Travel Sober

DON’T DRINK – March 14, 2022 - The No. 1 rule, according to Ginger Blair, LMSW and Certified Addictions Counselor with more than 40 years of experience in behavioral medicine, is this: Plan, plan, plan. “Com... Read More...

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Psychedelic Toad Venom Is In Demand

BEWARE THE FROG YOU KISS – March 20, 2022 - Riding the wave of greater mainstream acceptance of psychedelics for treating mental disorders and addiction, a fast-growing retreat industry is touting the potential... Read More...

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Skin Graft: Next Breakthrough In Addiction Treatment?

BELIEVE IN SCIENCE – March 15, 2022 - Mice forced to drink water laced with cocaine and alcohol were found to ignore their spiked options in favor of plain water after receiving a skin graft of altered human ce... Read More...

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Alcohol Misuse Linked to 232 Million Missed Workdays

THAT’S A LOT OF P.T.O. – March 17, 2022 - Heavy alcohol use is associated with missing work, but the scope of that relationship has not been well understood. Now, based on survey data from more than 110,000 U.S... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Marlee Matlin

“Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.” —Marlee Matlin ... Read More...

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