Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Good morning everyone, this Friday evening will be a special night at road to recovery with a concert from the band Grandeur coming through all the way from Missouri. Starting at 7pm www.grandeurband.com They will also be playing the following night at Souled Out coffeehouse in the Northeast.. please invite some friends out for this Halloween alternative event. I will be sharing a message from Matthew chapter 11 verse 28 to 30 "Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." See you there!! Bring some goodies!!

San Francisco Bill Would Require Drug Makers to Fund Take-Back Program
October 23rd, 2014/



Officials in San Francisco have introduced a bill that would require drug manufacturers to fund and manage a take-back program for prescription drugs. The move follows a decision earlier this month by a federal appeals court that forces drug makers to pay to dispose of unused and unexpired medications in Alameda County, California.

San Francisco has a pilot drug take-back program, The Wall Street Journal reports. The pharmaceutical industry provides about 40 percent of the funding for the program. The bill would expand the number of drop-off sites from 13 to as many as 60.

“There has been great demand for a permanent solution to this environmental, public health and public safety issue. We all have unused and leftover drugs in our homes, but not all of us have a reasonable means to properly discard them,” San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu said in a statement.

Alameda County passed an ordinance in 2012 to establish a drug take-back program. The county said the measure is the first in the nation to require drug makers to set up a program to dispose of expired and unused medications. County officials said the annual cost of the program will be about $330,000. The industry trade group, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, estimates the program would cost drug makers about $1.2 million.

The county wants to reduce contaminants in drinking water by giving people an alternative to flushing their medications down the toilet. Officials also hope the measure will reduce prescription drug abuse by reducing the amount of medication in home medicine cabinets.

The pharmaceutical industry filed a lawsuit that claimed the measure violates the Constitution by interfering with interstate commerce. The suit argued safe disposal of unused medications should be a shared responsibility, and that requiring drug companies to pay for the entire cost would ultimately result in increased prices for consumers.

Participation in High-Contact Sports Increases Teens’ Risk of Substance Use: Study
October 23rd, 2014/


Teens who play high-contact sports such as football, hockey, lacrosse or wrestling are more likely than those who play noncontact sports to drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes or marijuana, a new study suggests.

Playing noncontact sports such as tennis, swimming, track and gymnastics reduced the risk of substance use, Medical Xpress reports.

“Competitive sports participation can either inhibit or amplify substance use. It just depends upon which type of sport adolescents are involved with,” researcher Philip Veliz of the University of Michigan said in a news release.

Veliz said teens who play high-contact sports see their body as an instrument that can be easily gambled with. Those who play sports involving minimal or no contact are focused on maintaining their fitness, he added. The findings cast doubt on the belief that participating in any type of competitive sport will discourage teens from engaging in risky behaviors like substance use, Veliz noted.

The researchers used data from the annual Monitoring the Future survey, which asks teens about a range of topics including substance use, academic performance and participation in competitive sports. More than 21,000 teens were asked about substance and illicit drug use during a 30-day period, the article notes. The findings appear in the journal Substance Use & Misuse.

NIH Provides Grants to Explore Use of Social Media to Prevent, Treat Substance Use
October 23rd, 2014/


The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund researchers who are studying the use of social media, including Facebook and Twitter, to prevent and treat substance use and addiction.

The NIH announced it will provide grants totaling more than $11 million over three years, according to Medical Daily. “We hope to learn more about how changing technologies affect interpersonal communications and factual knowledge about tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs, including the nonmedical use of prescription drugs,” Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said in a news release.

Scientists can use social media to identify current attitudes and myths about alcohol, drugs and tobacco, the article notes. They can also use social media to convey accurate information to the public, and to learn about patterns of use, risk factors and behaviors associated with substance use.

Grant recipients include Dr. Sean Young of the University of California, Los Angeles, who will use his NIH award to study the feasibility of using social media to reduce prescription drug abuse among patients with chronic pain. Dr. Yong Ge of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will use data mining techniques to extract tweets related to substance use. Dr. Warren Bickel of Virginia Tech will investigate whether social networks can support continued recovery


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“Expanding Your Recovery Toolkit” Workshop Nov. 18 in Doylestown



Free monthly workshop series for individuals and families with a current or pastdrug/alcohol addiction issue. Next session meets Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc., 252 W. Swamp Rd., Unit 12, Doylestown, Pa. Featuring presentations by speakers in recovery, plus a group discussion period. Refreshments. To register, call 215-345-6644, ext. 3151 or email RPetrolawicz@councilsepa.org.

Monday, October 27, 2014


October 27 Chp 64 v 8 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALM


Their own tongues will ruin them ,and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.



Scorn-the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt.


Step 8- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.


The only one in this world who can truly understand scorn is someone who struggles with addiction .We don't wake up one day and say when I grow up I want to be an addict . Addiction is slow and subtle . Pain caused by our self medicating ways is in no way meant to be personal .The wreckage of my life is and was not pre-meditated . I have hurt you deeply and you feel like I hate you ! What can I say to explain my actions , I am liar and you cant trust me. When I was an addict scorn is the way I feel and your hate will not help me overcome or get out of my prison. Look pass the pain I am causing and please forgive me ! Jesus teaches Love tears down all strongholds but if you hold onto the scorn love cant get through and neither will you .


1 Corinthians 13 4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.


By Joseph Dickerson
 Many Young Children Receive Wrong Medicine or Dose at Home: Study


Many Young Children 
Receive Wrong Medicine or Dose at Home: Study




Almost 700,000 children younger than 6 received the wrong medication or dose at home between 2002 and 2012, a new study finds. Just over one-fourth of these mistakes involved a child receiving the prescribed dose twice.

One-fourth of medication errors in young children involved those under a year old,HealthDay reports. While most of the medication mistakes did not require treatment, they did lead to 25 deaths and about 1,900 critical care admissions, the researchers note in the journal Pediatrics. The researchers analyzed medication errors reported to the National Poison Data System.

“Even the most conscientious parents make errors,” said lead author Dr. Huiyun Xiang, Director of the Center for Pediatric Trauma Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. “One caregiver may give a child a dose, and then a second caregiver, who does not know that and wants to make sure the child gets the proper amount of medicine, may give the child a dose, too,” he said.

Another common mistake parents make is to measure the dose incorrectly, the study found. Eighty percent of errors involved liquid medication. “Young children are more likely to be given liquid medicine than medicine in other forms, like tablets or capsules,” Xiang said. He noted many prescription and over-the-counter children’s medications are in liquid form.

“A second reason is that liquids can be difficult to measure correctly,” Xiang added. “Some liquid medications are measured in milliliters, other in teaspoons, some with measuring cups, some with syringes. That can be confusing to parents and caregivers.”

He advises parents to use a smartphone app to keep a medication schedule. Only use the measuring cup or syringe that comes with the medication, he recommends.

Dietary Supplements with Banned Drugs Often Still on Sale Long After Recalls Issued
October 22nd, 2014/


Dietary supplements containing banned drugs often remain on sale long after they have been recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), doctors at Harvard Medical School have found.

The FDA has identified more than 400 supplement brands that contain banned pharmaceutical ingredients, and has issued a recall for 70 percent of them, according toReuters.

The study involved 27 supplements recalled between 2009 and 2012. They were marketed for sports enhancement, weight loss and sexual enhancement. Two-thirds were manufactured in the United States, the article notes. The researchers purchased the supplements from manufacturer websites at least eight months and up to four years after they were recalled.

After testing the supplements’ chemical makeup, the researchers found 18 of the supplements still contained a banned pharmaceutical ingredient. These included a weight loss drug linked to heart attack and stroke called sibutramine, and a laxative called phenolphthalein that is being removed from many markets because of a potential link to cancer. The findings appear in JAMA.

“There’s no question that these supplements that contain pharmaceuticals are not allowed to be sold, there are clear-cut laws,” lead author Dr. Pieter A. Cohen told Reuters.

The FDA noted the supply chain for dietary supplements is extremely fragmented. “One product manufactured by an unknown company overseas may be sold by dozens of different distributors in the United States,” the agency said in a statement. “The individuals and businesses selling these products generally are difficult to locate, operate out of residential homes, and distribute via Internet, small stores, and mail. Products are shipped through the international mail facilities and are often misdeclared as unrelated goods to avoid detection. Even after recall and enforcement action against one major distributor, the product may continue to be widely sold.”


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Tune into "the Conversation" when our guest will be “The Entrepreneur’s HR Strategist Dethra Giles. Dethra, the managing partner of ExecuPrep will be sharing HR tips to growing successful companies.






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Hear the spookiest tales in horror literature that secretly contain the answers to some of life's biggest mysteries. Dare to join us and Occult Master Lon Milo DuQuette.These stories will stay with you, haunting you from the shadows...eternally.






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That's Entertainment's host Tammy Jones-Gibbs will be talking with actor Harold Perrineau to talk about his new role on the new NBC supernatural series, "Constantine."






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This week Host Peter Lamont talks to Captain Lee Rosbach, star of Bravo's hit show, Below Deck. Captain Lee will discuss leadership, the challenges of being the literal and figurative captain of the ship, his management style and more.






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Tomorrow night October 23rd at 7:00pm EST on the Addict’s Mom Live Video Online Meeting on In the Rooms topic will be Understanding Codependency. To join us sign up for f.ree at www.intherooms.com, you must log in with Google Chrome or Firefox. Sign on at about 6:55pm, please check your settings to make sure your microphone is on.

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Codependency can be so very painful and debilitating.

For codependents, being open and honest in close relationships may be difficult. Instead of being assertive, initiating action, and meeting your own needs, you hide your truth, react, and feel responsible for others. You become anxious and try to manage, c...ontrol, and manipulate, often by pleasing or giving advice. Some codependents turn themselves into pretzels trying to accommodate others, because they feel too guilty to say “No.”


Contrary to what you might think, not all codependents are caretakers or are even in a relationship. Codependents have all different personalities, and symptoms vary in type and severity among them. There are codependents who seek closeness, while others avoid it. Some are addicts, bullies, selfish, and needy, or may appear independent and confident, but they control, or are controlled by, a personal relationship or their addiction. A relationship marked by addiction or abuse is a sign of codependency. But not all codependent relationships are abusive. Sometimes they are just very out of balance where one person is the contributor and keeps the relationship going, and the other is the consumer and doesn’t contribute much and is unavailable in many ways. Codependency is about control, enabling, care-taking, and looking outside of ourselves, being needed, in order to fill that hole inside.

Barbara Theodosiou, founder of The Addict’s Mom will be speaking heart to heart with Debbie Sherrick an expert on Co-dependency with over 25 years of experience.

About Debbie Sherrick:

Debbie Sherrick has been motivated by her own personal journey to healing and health, Debbie Sherrick is a certified Holistic Health Counselor and Codependency Life Coach teaching people how to unite mind, body and spirit for a successful healthy life style.

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Monday October 27, 2014 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM EST

Join Faces & Voices of Recovery and Young People in Recovery for a webinar where you will learn about:
  •     Addressing the rights of people with HIV and substance use disorder in the workplace
  •     The Americans with Disabilities Act and how it affects them
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Join Faces & Voices of Recovery for a webinar presented by Ben Bass, Faces & Voices Board Member. He will draw on his experience with the Texas Recovery Initiative and the El Paso Alliance to describe how providers can move support services for people with substance use disorder and HIV into a recovery oriented system of care; the background of the movement to do so in Texas and beyond; best practices in the field; and the growth of peer recovery and HIV supports.

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Registration deadline is October 28, 2014. The webinar will be recorded and available online.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014


Synthetic Marijuana-Related ER Visits More Than Doubled in One Year
October 21st, 2014/



A new government report finds emergency rooms visits related to synthetic marijuana more than doubled between 2010 and 2011, HealthDay reports.

Synthetic marijuana, also known as “K2” or “Spice,” is especially dangerous because there is a widespread misconception these drugs are safe and legal, according to Pamela Hyde, Administrator at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). “These injury reports compel us to get the word out to all segments of the community — especially youth — that these products can cause significant harm,” she noted in a news release.

Emergency rooms reported more than 28,500 visits linked to synthetic marijuana in 2011, up from 11,400 in 2010, according to the report. Among teens ages 12 to 17, the number of visits linked to synthetic marijuana rose from about 3,800 to nearly 7,600 during that year. Among young adults ages 18 to 20, ER visits linked to synthetic marijuana rose from about 2,000 to more than 8,000.

Short-term effects of synthetic marijuana include loss of control, lack of pain response, increased agitation, pale skin, seizures, vomiting, profuse sweating, uncontrolled/spastic body movements, elevated blood pressure, heart rate and palpitations. The drug takes effect in three to five minutes, and the high lasts from one to eight hours. In addition to physical signs of use, users may experience severe paranoia, delusions, hallucinations and increased agitation. Its long-term effects are unknown.

The Synthetic Drug Prevention Act of 2012 specifically prohibits the sale or possession of some types of synthetic marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration and nearly all states have also taken some regulatory action against these products once they have been identified, according to SAMHSA. “However manufacturers of these compounds continue to modify their chemical structures in an attempt to evade current laws,” the agency notes.

Buprenorphine Better Than Detox For Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment: Study
October 21st, 2014/


Buprenorphine maintenance therapy is more effective than detoxification for patients being treated for prescription opioid dependence, a new study finds. The researchers, from Yale University, said primary care doctors do not have evidence-based guidelines to decide between the two treatments.

The researchers conducting the 14-week study followed 113 patients with prescription opioid dependence, Health Canal reports. The patients in the detox group received six weeks of stable doses of buprenorphine followed by three weeks of tapering doses, while patients in the maintenance group received ongoing buprenorphine therapy. All patients received physician and nurse support and drug counseling for 14 weeks.

Patients in the detox group tested positive for illicit opioid use more frequently than those in the buprenorphine maintenance group, lead researcher Dr. David Fiellin reported inJAMA Internal Medicine. Maintenance group members were also less likely to use illicit opioids. Few patients in the detox group stayed in treatment or were able to abstain from using opioids after they stopped taking buprenorphine.

“For prescription opioid dependence, buprenorphine detoxification is less effective than ongoing maintenance treatment, and increases the risk of overdose and other adverse events,” Fiellin said in a news release.

“It is very common for patients seeking treatment to request detoxification,” he added. “They want to be off of everything as soon as possible as opposed to considering long-term treatment, but unfortunately there’s no quick fix for the disease. The majority of patients will do better if they receive ongoing maintenance treatment.”

New Label for Opioid Painkiller Embeda Will Say Drug Has Abuse-Deterrent Features
October 21st, 2014/


The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new labeling for the opioid painkiller Embeda that states the drug has abuse-deterrent features, the Associated Pressreports.

The label will indicate Embeda has properties expected to reduce abuse of the drug when it is crushed and taken orally or snorted, the article notes. The drug can still be misused if it is swallowed intact.

Embeda contains morphine and naltrexone, and comes in extended-release capsules. It is approved to treat pain that is severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment, and for which other treatment options are not sufficient, according to aFDA news release. When taken properly, the drug releases only the morphine in the capsule. When the capsule is crushed, the naltrexone blocks some of the euphoric effects of the morphine, and can cause withdrawal in people who are dependent on opioids.

The FDA noted it is not known whether the abuse-deterrent properties of the drug will lead to a reduction in people who abuse the drug intravenously.

“Preventing prescription opioid abuse and ensuring that patients have access to appropriate treatments for pain are both top public health priorities for the FDA,” said Sharon Hertz, MD, Acting Director of the Division of Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Addiction Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “The science behind developing prescription opioids with abuse-deterrent properties is still evolving and these properties will not completely fix the problem. But they can be part of a comprehensive approach to combat the very serious problem of prescription drug abuse in the U.S.”

The FDA is requiring Pfizer to conduct postmarketing studies of Embeda to further assess the effects of the abuse-deterrent features of the drug.

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