November 26, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

November 26, 2019 • Vol. 7, No. 13

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At the only two LGBTQ sober houses in the US, residents become themselves while they get clean

Being The Best You! – Nov 19, 2019 - Pentkowski could have picked any sober home in northeast Ohio, but he chose the B. Riley House. “Being in a house that was 24/7 recovery and being that it’s an LGBT house made me ... Read More...

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Compulsive shopping left me $22,000 in debt

Shop ’Til You Go Broke – November 22, 2019 - 122 patients who had sought treatment for compulsive shopping and found 33.6 per cent showed signs of an addiction to online shopping. Researchers linked it to more ... Read More...

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When BDSM and sobriety go hand-in hand

One Snap at a Time – Nov. 20, 2019 - Most of the things that I did with that partner wouldn’t seem that kinky to someone into fetish, but it was all new to me. My partner loved rope and showed me enough to whet my th... Read More...

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Add ‘Reversing Heroin Overdoses’ to Your Resume

Good News – 11/21/2019 - There will offer be formal trainings on to administer the Naloxone, which usually comes as a nasal spray. “Most workplaces are already equipped with fire extinguishers and AEDs. We hope... Read More...

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Danny Trejo, celebrating 51 years of sobriety

As sharp as ever... – NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Way before actor & businessman Danny Trejo played a role in some 250 TV shows and movies and went on to found the Trejo Tacos chain ... he was a drug addict and prison in... Read More...

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Everything I Tried To Finally Get Into Meditation

Ohmmm – November 20, 2019 - It was my love of not meditating that actually led to me pitching this story in order to force a deadline on myself. I know it’s good for me, my therapist has told me it will be good... Read More...

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Eating Disorders Affect More, Younger People

Growing Problem – November 21, 2019 - A recent study led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience in London, suggests that the number of people who experience eating disorders is growing, and ske... Read More...

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Proposed Boulder Co. group rehab home stirs residents

Lock up your weed! – November 21, 2019 - Danny Conroy, co-founder of the 20-year-old AIM House group home in Boulder, attended the meeting to help Bosma answer questions. The AIM facility provides a sober... Read More...

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Doctor arrested for allegedly writing fake opioid prescriptions

Gateway Dealer – Nov. 21, 2019 - The doctor allegedly issued prescriptions for opioids and other drugs without a “legitimate medical purpose.” Authorities say he also allegedly submitted bills to the government to pa... Read More...

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In New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, Addiction Recovery That Can Be Counted On

Harm Reduction = Death Reduction – NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Drug overdoses led to the deaths of more than 70,000 people across the United States in 2017, and more than 68 percent of those deaths involved a prescription or... Read More...

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Meditation Reduced The Opioid Dose She Needs To Ease Chronic Pain By 75%

Quiet – November 11, 2019 - She was born with a malformation in her pelvis that led to pain. Over the span of two decades, she underwent more than a dozen major surgeries, yet none of them gave her relie... Read More...

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Vaping is still safer than smoking

Especially If You Don’t – Nov. 22, 2019 - The number of people who think e-cigarettes pose a similar danger to conventional cigarettes is rising in the US, according to a new survey published this week in JAMA. It fo... Read More...

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Thanksgiving meals donated to families in drug treatment program

Best Share Ever – Nov. 24, 2019 - Eleven families in the juvenile court system will have one less thing to worry about this Thanksgiving after the Fearless Rock Underwater Memorial dive team donated full meals ... Read More...

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Fueled by sobriety: Man running 50 marathons in 50 states

One Mile at a Time – Nov. 23, 2019 - No more repeating an alcohol-fueled set of routines ad nauseam. No more consuming every meal out of a beer bottle, which he did to maintain his alcoholism while keeping off the 50... Read More...

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Inside the destructive life of a shopping addict

This is serious business – November 24, 2019 - “I did all kinds of things I’m not proud of,” says Lisa, a mother of two from the Houston, Texas-area who asked The Post not to use her last name for privacy reasons. T... Read More...

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People Arrested for Vaping

Juul Jail? – Nov. 22 2019 - “I’m now ordering all law enforcement agencies to arrest everybody vaping in public because, like smoking, you contaminate people,” the president told reporters. He added that the use and ... Read More...

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Four Ways Gratitude Helps You with Difficult Feelings

Situations that use to baffle us... – NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - In a 2014 study in Psychological Science, researchers asked 75 participants to remember a time they felt grateful, a time they felt happy, or what they did on... Read More...

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House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

Hey bud! – November 21, 2019 - David Sloane of Fort Worth has been a member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws since the 1980s. “I’m encouraged by all the baby steps were seeing.” Sloane sa... Read More...

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Recovery Advocate Launches a Guide for Life After Addiction

20 Years = 100 Tips – November 21, 2019 - In commemoration of her 20-year recovery journey, award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder of Reach Out Recovery Lindsey Glass is introducing her new book, “100 Tips f... Read More...

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Self Expression Leads to Mental Wellness for Students

With A Little Help From Their Friends – NOVEMBER 21, 2019 - Standing near his own self portrait, senior Keno Page reflected on what he included in his artwork. “My name Keno, but like, a lot of people call me Ken an... Read More...

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Addicts to get ‘pure’ heroin for free at NHS treatment unit

Finally! – Nov. 23, 2019 - Addicts are to be supplied with free heroin at the NHS’s first drug-assisted treatment centre in a “last resort” bid to combat the highest drug death rates in Europe. The drug addicts... Read More...

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Short film ‘Ocean Boulevard’ tackles heroin addiction in Myrtle Beach

Lights, Camera, Narcan? – Nov 23, 2019 - Bobby Brazell got hooked on booze and drugs. It was a way to avoid dealing with a terrible trauma. “It was drinking, then pot, then pain medication,” he recalled. “I developed... Read More...

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Is there satisfaction for the sober curious?

Survey says... – Nov. 15, 2019 - When I drank before my sobriety, I had drank with the intention of getting drunk. I rarely cared about the quality of alcohol that I was consuming. Like any good alcoholic, I cared o... Read More...

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American Medical Association calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

If Only We Could Trust the AMA – November 20, 2019 - “I would be 100% with the AMA if they were seeking a ban on all tobacco products that are smoked, including e-cigarettes,” said Jonathan Foulds, a tobacco addictio... Read More...

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Suicides for kids ages 10 to 14 nearly tripled in last decade

AMERICAN HEARTACHE – WHY? – OCTOBER 22, 2019 - Meanwhile, homicide ranked as the third most common cause of death for teens aged 15-19 and adults aged 20-24, and the fifth most common cause for children ... Read More...

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80 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous Chronicled in ‘Writing The Big Book’

It Didn’t Write Itself – OCT. 23, 2019- The “Big Book,” as it’s commonly known, is arguably the most significant self-help book published in the twentieth century. Released in 1939, it has sold an estimated 37 millio... Read More...

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Prescriptions Aren’t Causing The Opioid Epidemic!

People Refilling Them? – November 24, 2019 - As previously reported here and here, there is no correlation between opioid prescription volume and non-medical use or opioid use disorder among persons age 12 and over. ... Read More...

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Her son died after insurers resisted covering rehab

Bottom Line Hits Rock Bottom – Nov. 22, 2019 - Fahy initially tried to get inpatient treatment for his addiction to opioids, cocaine, and alcohol at two different facilities in New Jersey. But his health plan adminis... Read More...

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Heroin, bullets, and empathy

CSI - Vermont – November 21, 2019 - At first blush, it made no sense. Two young men, cousins, as privileged and connected as you can be in a place this size, dead within hours and 25 miles of each other. But this... Read More...

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Nicotine: How Juul Hooked a Generation

Selling Addiction – Nov. 24, 2019 - From the beginning, there was plenty of evidence of teenage use on social media that should have been apparent to a company that had made social media the core of its marketing str... Read More...

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