February 25, 2020 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

February 25, 2020 • Vol. 7, No. 26

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Do you keep an employee with an opioid addiction?

Send to NA or Treatment – Feb. 18, 2020 - Addiction may be grounds for getting fired, but in the end, that may hurt not only the employee but the business. It’s not an easy decision for business owners. Do you ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020opioidsoxycontinRehab

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Homeless left waiting weeks for drug treatment, mental health care

Please Hurry! – February 17, 2020 - “When you look at homelessness, one of the pieces is drug addiction, and it needs to be tackled and addressed with intensity,” Carlos Baldovinos, the executive director of ... Read More...

Feb 25 2020homelessRehab

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All the ways that diet soda might kill you

Smart people drink these? – February 19, 2020 - “Diet soda can alter your gut microbiota, which can have negative impacts on digestion and hormone regulation,” says Oh. More research is needed to understand exa... Read More...

diet sodaFeb 25 2020

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Bassist Chris Kael Celebrates 2 Years of Sobriety

We Can All Punch In – February 19, 2020 - He wrote: “I post this not as a pat on the back for myself. Rather, this is for you. To those who have less time than my two years - keep putting one foot in fro... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 25 2020Recovery

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A Raw and Honest Look at the Lies of Addiction (Book Excerpt)

MEDIA: Book Recommendation – FEBRUARY 19, 2020 - Tessa and I met toward the end of my stay in rehab. She’d been attending their intensive outpatient program. She was five years old than me, a rock ‘n’ roll girl throu... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020

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Walgreens responsible for man’s opioid addiction

Everyone was in on it – February 19, 2020 - Subsequently, Faulhaber has suffered from an array of bodily and mental damages, the suit continues, including “severe” discomfort and pain, functional disabilities, ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020opioids

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Zonked on Vicodin in the Corner Office

MEDIA: Whacked Non-Fiction – Feb. 11, 2020 - It remains a bit of a mystery how the 28-year-old Peres, who was working as a correspondent in Paris, got the head job at a major Condé Nast title, and an even bigg... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2020Vicodin

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This Is What Happens When You Take 550 Doses of LSD At Once

Not Recommended! – Feb. 21, 2020 - A trip can sometimes last 12 hoursor more, pumping up heart rate, intensifying colors and sounds, and altering the perception of time. Because the LSD molecule, which mimics s... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2020

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Food Addiction is Real – And Overcoming it Isn’t Easy

No Joke – Feb. 22, 2020 - If you said yes to any of these questions, you, or someone you know, might be suffering from food addiction. What’s food addiction? It’s an addiction to junk food that’s as stron... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020

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Three women with addiction-prone pasts open recovery center

Healing Headquarters – Feb. 20, 2020 - “We decided to sign up. We said, ‘Oh, heck -- why not? What are we doing? We’re not doing much. Sure, we’ll do it,’” Collins recalled. “That started this journey.” That journ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020RecoveryRehab

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They Fell in Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him…

Spoiler Alert - He Dies – February 24, 2020 - “He was just this really sweet, no-nonsense person who was committed to justice and equity,” she says. “Even though he was suffering in many ways, he had a very ca... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020

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Ben Affleck – how sobriety made him happier

Sober To The Core – February 22, 2020 - The actor spoke openly about his family’s history with addiction and said that five years from now, he hopes people will say that he’s “sober and happy” and seeing his ki... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 25 2020Rehab

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One man’s journey – addiction & the power of his poetry

Black Words Matter – February 19, 2020 - After 13 trips to detox and an equal number of arrests, Kearse “hit rock bottom” on the roof of his mother’s house in a failed suicide attempt. Today Kearse is Vice Pres... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020Recovery

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Addicts & Alcoholics to Spend $31.17 Billion on quitting by 2027

Steps, Stock Markets and Meds – Feb. 20, 2020 - For the addicts of drugs like opioids, the addiction initiates with receiving medications with relatives & friends who have been prescribed with... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2020Rehab

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Smartphone Addiction Has Same Effect On Brain As Drug Use

Siri, I can’t quit you – February 18, 2020 - Grey matter in the brain is vital, as it contains a majority of neuronal cell bodies and includes the regions that are associated with muscle control, speech, and se... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020Smartphone Addiction

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Amanda Bynes & fiancé announce 1-year sobriety in apology video

So Open – February 21, 2020 - “I’m sorry to everyone whom I called ugly on Twitter,” Bynes said. “I was feeling so ugly at the time and it was really hard for me to express myself at the time because I wa... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 25 2020

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Many pitfalls of universal drug screening for new mothers

She lost her baby to a bagel – February 19, 2020 - This policy, known as universal screening, proactively screens all new mothers regardless of whether drug use is suspected. Those who favo... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020

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Demi Lovato Says Struggles With Eating Disorder Led to Sobriety Slip and Overdose

Addition is Addiction – February 18, 2020 - “I think when you have certain people around you that are telling you certain things that you should look a certain way, it makes it harder,” she says. “I was i... Read More...

Celebrity SobrietyEating DisorderFeb 25 2020Rehab

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‘Living Proof:’ Portraits Share Stories of Addiction and Recovery

Reality In Your Face – February 20, 2020 - We are honored that they would step forth and share their stories with the community and trust us to be a part of this work,” said Jennifer Muggeo, deputy director of ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 25 2020

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AA Shares New Video: “Young & Sober in A.A.: From Drinking to Recovery”

AA’s First Commercial – Feb. 21, 2020 - Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of people who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, no cost, all gender, apolitical and... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousFeb 25 2020Recovery

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Major Study That Fueled National Vape Panic Has Been Debunked

Who Can’t You Trust? – Feb. 19 2020 - Last June, the authors, Stanton Glantz and Dharma Bhatta of the University of California San Francisco, stated in the original study that vaping and smoking cigarettes pose... Read More...

Feb 25 2020Vaping

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Teaching Kids How to Reverse an Overdose in a Dystopian Present

Teach Your Children Hell – Feb. 23, 2020 - In Carter County, where 56,000 people live in a cluster of small cities and rural towns on the North Carolina border, nearly 60 people have died from opioid overdoses ... Read More...

Feb 25 2020Overdoseteenagers

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Doctors Received $1.5 Million in Free Lunches From Pharma Companies

Free Meals for Dead Bodies – Feb. 21, 2020 - That’s a dangerous practice,” Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said. Farley says free meals by doctors offered by big pharma are, at least, partly to blame for the ... Read More...

Big PharmaFeb 25 2020

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Public Radio’s “Back from Broken” – stories of addiction, struggle & recovery

Good Radio – Feb 21, 2020 - The podcast will consist of 10 episodes released every other Friday and focus on conversations with people of all walks of life – including some celebrities – who have dealt with st... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 25 2020Recovery

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Ben Affleck Tried to Drink Away the Pain. Now He’s Trying Honesty.

More than a comeback! – Feb. 18, 2020 - Affleck, Oscar-winning writer, director of the Oscar-winning “Argo,” better actor than you remember — and, yes, alcoholic, divorcé and proud possessor of a mythical back ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 25 2020

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Quote of the Week

“Just try new things, don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar!” –Michelle Obama ... Read More...

Feb 25 2020quote of the week

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It’s time to get real about heroin addiction. It’s time to decriminalize this drug!

Decriminalize Heroin! – February 19, 2020 - I CAN SAY without a shred of doubt that the most stigmatized people in our society are those who use illicit drugs. ‘Junkies’, ‘dopeheads’ and ‘crackheads’ are some of the... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2020Heroin Addiction

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