May 9, 2023 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

May 9, 2023 • Vol. 10, No. 39

DEA May Limit Access to Buprenorphine

REALLY? – May 2, 2023 - Since 2020, the federal government allowed telehealth providers to prescribe the medication without a medical visit to ensure people could still get it during lockdowns and reduce exposu... Read More...

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Documenting Sobriety Can Restore Relationships

100% PROOF – May 1, 2023 - By sharing the moving stories of Soberlink clients who have successfully rebuilt their lives and relationships, the “Proof is Powerful” initiative brings attention to the significance of t... Read More...

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‘Yellowstone’ Star was in Debt Amid Drug Addiction: ‘I had no clothes, I had no money’

$400,000 in DEBT – May 7, 2023 - “I lost everything in the fire. I had no car, I had no clothes, I had no money — I was $400,000 in debt,” Bentley recalled. After moving to Hollywood, The Hunger Games star s... Read More...

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Teenagers Devise Alexa Skill For Those Struggling With Alcohol Addiction

TECH TO THE RESCUE – May 2, 2023 - After starting to code at the age of nine, Eleora proposed an Alexa skillcalled ‘Sober Tracker’ to help those struggling with alcohol addiction and substance abuse after being inspi... Read More...

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Fentanyl Strikes Again: Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Died From OD

PRINCE, TOM PETTY, MAC MILLER – MAY 2, 2023 - His bandmates first said they thought he died after accidentally falling and hitting his head, although, at the time, our law enforcement sources told us it was more myst... Read More...

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Ultra-Processed Foods Lead To Depression

WHAT A SURPRISE – Feb. 14, 2023 - UPFs are notoriously low in fiber, which could also cause the breakdown of normal regulatory mechanisms by disrupting the gut microbiome. This could cause immune dysregulation, the i... Read More...

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I used to drink heavily and got sick all the time. I got sober last year and haven’t gotten sick once.

SHE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE – May 2, 2023 - Instead, for me, the social implications of quitting alcohol proved most difficult. I had always leaned on alcohol as a crutch for my social anxiety, so I avoided large social g... Read More...

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Meditating On The Road To Recovery

FROM CHEAP DIVE, DEEP DIVE – May 4, 2023 - He found that “it was a really difficult thing to find people to connect with in recovery and sobriety in Northwest Ohio. I was always just a little bit different … There wa... Read More...

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Can Cannabis Aid Addiction Recovery?

GOD, GRANT ME THE IRONY... – May 4, 2023 - When I decided to quit drinking alcohol because it was spiraling my life out of control, weed was never something I had questioned to quit as well,” Katie shared, “Alc... Read More...

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People With Anxiety and Mood Disorders More Likely To Become Problem Drinkers

NOT IF THEY SMOKE POT – May 3, 2023 - “Our findings show that on a drink-for-drink basis, those with anxiety and depression experience more symptoms related to alcohol use disorder. If addiction were a competition, t... Read More...

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Post-Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: Is It Real?

REHAB INDUSTRY CONSPIRACY? – May 4, 2023 - The idea of it was introduced by Terence Gorski and Merlene Miller in their 1982 book Counseling for Relapse Prevention, and they expanded upon it in Staying Sober: A ... Read More...

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Recovering Addicts Turn To Science to Map the Effects of Meth

CAN BRAINS BOUNCE BACK? – May 5, 2023 - New Zealanders are some of the world’s biggest meth takers: wastewater testing has placed it in the top four consumers worldwide. The country’s physical isolation – 4,000... Read More...

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Ellsworth Acres Helps Women Recovering Through Agriculture

GROWING NEW LIVES – May 5, 2023 - Erin Helms started Ellsworth Acres when she noticed that addiction recovery services did not address the person as a whole. She was working as a counselor at a treatment center in Oh... Read More...

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Drinking While Working at Home

NAPPING ANYTIME – May 5, 2023 - Remote work, for some people, is accompanied by a substantial increase in alcohol consumption. During the COVID pandemic, more than a third of Americans reported consuming more alcohol... Read More...

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Sobering Facts—Doctors Talk Addiction

FRIGHTENING – May 2, 2023 - The leading medical professionals discussed treatment, including medication and long-term recovery with members of the Kittitas County recovery community and others looking for clari... Read More...

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Hooked on Fentanyl: Man Shares Journey to Sobriety

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE – May 3, 2023 - From the couch of his addiction treatment center, 49-year-old Michael Padrta is hopeful to finally be on a new path after almost 40 years of drug use and two stints in pri... Read More...

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16 Celebs Who Opened Up About Getting Sober

MODERN ROLE MODELS – May 5, 2023 - Though some, like Ben Affleck and Demi Lovato, experienced highly publicized setbacks, their slip-ups haven’t stopped them from resiliently pursuing sobriety. Others faced add... Read More...

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Nun Remembered as “Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous”

A REAL HIGHER POWER – March 4, 2023 - At the time, alcoholism was not treated as a medical condition. The patient had been brought to her by Dr. Bob Smith, a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous who was working at S... Read More...

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How the FDA Helped Fuel the Opioid Epidemic

WALL STRET JOURNAL: OPINION – May 2, 2023 - At an April Senate subcommittee hearing, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf blamed the pharmaceutical industry for a lack of nonaddictive nonopioid pai... Read More...

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‘El Chapo’ Sons Smuggling Cheap Fentanyl Into US

IT’S A LIVING ... FROM DYING – May 2, 2023 - Synthetic opioids ‒ mostly fentanyl ‒ now kill more Americans every year than the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined, feeding an argument among some politic... Read More...

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Not Treating Addicts in Criminal Justice Settings Violates 4 Ethical Principles

THE AMERICAN WAY? – May 4, 2023 - Unfortunately, our medical system in the United States is violating all four of those principles by not routinely treating substance use disorders in the criminal justice syste... Read More...

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Lawmakers Push Back Against ‘Harm Reduction’

INSANITY – May 4, 2023 - A nonprofit group called Safehouse has been negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department, hoping to open supervised injection clinics in Philadelphia. If this measure is approved and... Read More...

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‘Breaking Bad’ Is the Best Crime Show of All Time

OR THE SOPRANOS? – May 4, 2023 - A crime drama that aired on AMC from 2008 to 2013, “Breaking Bad” was created by Vince Gilligan and starred Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who t... Read More...

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How Often You Need To Vacation?

WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE FUNDS – May 4, 2023 - In fact, research—such as a February 2023 study published in Molecular Psychiatry—links chronic stress with an increased risk of most chronic diseases, mental health condit... Read More...

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Australia Cracks Down on Illegal Sales to Reduce Teen Vaping

PROTECT THE CHILDREN – May 2, 2023 - Vapes are only legal with a prescription in Australia, but Butler said an “unregulated essentially illegal” black market has flourished in convenience stores, tobacconists a... Read More...

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FILM: Swimming To Sobriety

ONE MILE AT A TIME – May 4, 2023 - Tuff, 42, despite spending his summers on a 10-square-mile island, never really learned how to swim until he quit drinking at 32 years old when his sponsor suggested he try co... Read More...

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JetBlue First Major Airline to Serve Non-Alcoholic Beer

LESS TURBULENCE – May 5, 2023 - The Financial Times ranked Athletic Brewing as the fourth fastest-growing company in the country in 2021, and by 2022, the company had made it onto Time’s list of the 100 Most Influent... Read More...

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Loneliness is as Deadly as Smoking

YOU GOTTA HAVE FRIENDS – May 5, 2023 - “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It’s like hunger or thirst. It’s a feeling the body sends us when something we need for survival is... Read More...

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What Is “Sobersplaining”?

LET ME TELL YOU... – May 5, 2023 - Two types of sobersplainers John Stuart Mill, in On Liberty(1859), observes that it is part of human nature for each of us to assume we are right about the goodness or rightne... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Ernest Hemingway

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” — Ernest Hemingway ... Read More...

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