August 20, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 6
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How Getting Sober Made Me Cool
August 16, 2019 - As I stayed sober, I realized that my self-awareness of my imperfections didn’t drive people away, and if anything it was the opposite: they helped people feel at ease with me, it built trust.More@Vice.com
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America’s War on Drugs Has Treated People Unequally Since Its Beginning
AUGUST 12, 2019 - They handcuffed her and put her under a police guard until a judge ordered the cuffs removed. Whenever she performed the song “Strange Fruit,” she had the lights turned down. And when they came back on, she was gone. Billie Holiday died in that locked hospital room on July 17, 1959, at age 44.
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Rock Cocaine Makes a Paris Neighborhood ‘Hell’
Aug. 18, 2019 - Many of the drug addicts who come here day after day “compare La Colline to hell,” said Mr. Roué, 27, who has been using drugs on and off since he was 14. “The locals who live nearby and suffer from the chaos we bring must call it hell too.” More@NYTimes.com
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"Sobriety is not a limitation - it's a superpower”
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FDA Pushes for Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes
August 15, 2019 - The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed 13 new warnings that would appear on all cigarettes, including images of cancerous neck tumors, diseased lungs, and feet with amputated toes.
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JUST IN! 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report Data Findings by SAMHSA
August 20, 2019 - Today, SAMHSA released the latest data findings from the 2018 NSDUH. NSDUH provides estimates of the use of illegal substances, prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, as well as mental disorders, treatment, and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders in the United States. More@SAMHSA.org
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The Brazen Way a Chinese Company Pumped Fentanyl Ingredients Into U.S.
AUG 18, 2019 - It offers more than 10,000 different compounds, a vast and head-scratching list, everything from food additives (including synthetic versions of cinnamon) to pharmaceuticals (including the drugs used in Viagra and Cialis) to collagen, pesticides, and more...
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How I Survived Wedding Season in My First Year of Sobriety
August 15, 2019 - By Sarah Levy. Weddings are for partying. I learned this much at my first wedding reception. I was 6, and a flower girl in my cousin’s bridal party. It was 1996, and I heard songs like “Macarena” and Hootie & the Blowfish’s “Only Wanna Be With You” for the first time. I danced for hours... More@NYTimes.com
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Introspection Disconnection VIDEO
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Social Media is Harmful to Teen Girls’ Mental Health VIDEO
Aug. 14, 2019 - In girls, frequent use of social media harmed their health by leading to inadequate sleep, inadequate physical activity and exposing them to cyberbullying ... “The culprit appears not to be social media but that they weren’t getting enough sleep and physical activity,”... More@ABCNews.com
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We Put “Sin Tax” on Cigarettes and Alcohol. Why Not Meat?
Aug. 11, 2019 - The average American consumes more than 200 pounds of meat a year. Meat consumption has hidden costs: When we indulge on a large scale, we do damage to the climate and to our health...More@Vox.com
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Exec. Corner - Ester Nicholson
August 15, 2019 - Ester Nicholson, author of Soul Recovery - 12 Keys to Healing Dependence is a teacher, healer, recording artist and former-addict who brings her incredible journey of transformation to a practical curriculum—addressing the causes and effects of dependence as they occur in contemporary living. Ms. Nicholson infuses the 12-Step process with added spiritual concepts... More@AREB
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11 Years and Counting VIDEO
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How Steve-O Got Sober ... and Stayed Sober VIDEO
August 13, 2019 - #Jackass legend #SteveO tells @grahamwire how he got #sober, got through uncomfortable times and what those struggling can do.
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U.S. Recommends Screening Adults For Illicit Drug Use
AUGUST 13, 2019 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has determined, for the first time, that there is enough evidence to state with “moderate certainty” that screening adults for illicit substance use is overall beneficial. More@StatNews.com
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AA Meets Climate Change
August 16, 2019 - Ten people gather on lawn chairs as the summer sun slips lower. Laura Schmidt kicks off the meeting by asking that everyone share ... But those present haven’t shown up because of their struggle with addiction. They’re discussing their struggle with climate change. More@OZY.com
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Answer the Question VIDEO
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ABC’s ‘What Would You Do?’ Focuses on Opioid Crisis VIDEO
August 16, 2019 - In tonight’s episode, we see what happens when diners witness a family trying to have a serious talk about the excessive use of prescription painkillers. Her husband and son decide to confront the problem on the spot. More@ABCNews.com
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Wendy’s Manager Says ‘Most’ Job Applicants Are ‘Recovering Addicts’ Aug. 13, 2019 - A Wareham resident complained about poor service at @Wendys. The district manager replied in an email saying the town “has little to no talent pool to hire from” & most candidates are recovering addicts “and we cannot hire them...More@Boston25News.com
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Iceland Cuts Teen Drinking
July 31, 2019 - Every weekend, parents all over the Icelandic capital embark on a two-hour evening walk around their neighborhood, checking on youth hangouts.
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Introducing Paradigm HQ
August 14, 2019 - Overlooking the Hollywood Hills, our new offices house our expanding roster of industry professionals, providing them with the optimal space in which to serve our clients past, present and future.
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Purdue Pharma Sought to Divert Online Readers from Critical L.A. Times Series
AUG. 15, 2019 - Internal documents from 2016 show company officials discussed diverting online traffic away from a series of stories published by the L.A. Times that detailed the company’s marketing of OxyContin and its links to deadly opioid crisis. More@LATimes.com
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New Guidelines on Prescribing Fewer Opioids Could Have Massive Impact VIDEO
Aug 16, 2019 - In the seven months after the guidelines were released, the number of prescriptions for fewer pills almost tripled, to 59% from 20%, according to the study. Many physicians prescribed about eight fewer pills, and patients consumed about three fewer.
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The Dangerous New Obsession with Fasting August 17, 2019 - Jack Dorsey, a co-founder and the CEO of Twitter, tweeted that he doesn’t eat for 22 hours of the day, and sometimes not at all ... consuming all of his daily calories between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. “The first time I did it, like day three, I felt like I was hallucinating,” More@HarpersBazaar.com
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Patient-Brokering Kickbacks Brought in Thousands for Mail Order Ring Aug. 16, 2019 - DELRAY BEACH - Conspirators shared hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks by submitting hundreds of high-priced mail-order prescriptions, many of them fraudulent, to a single pharmacy, authorities allege.
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Mystery Lung Illness Linked to Vaping VIDEO
August 16, 2019 - A large number of those stricken ill have been hospitalized, with some in intensive care and on ventilators. At least 31 cases have been confirmed as of Friday, state officials said, and dozens more are under investigation. Medical authorities say it is unclear whether patients will fully recover. More@WaPo.com
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Gene Mutation And Addiction August 16, 2019 - People with this mutation ... are more vulnerable to the effects of stress in their early lives, such as divorce or emotionally distant parents. That heightened vulnerability often leads to consumption of alcohol and drugs... More@MedicalXpress.com
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Drug Tests and Background Checks Are Becoming Less Important to Employers
August 13, 2019 - “America has a talent crunch,” said CEO Steven Lindner. “This one, unlike past ones, is across all age groups. We also see it across all industries.” So...companies are reducing hiring requirements - like drug testing, background checks and the amount of experience and education wanted. More@CNN.com
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Former Alcoholic Offers Liver To Dying Man Ineligible For Transplant Aug. 14, 2019 - “For me, it has nothing to do with his race or anything else. The guy says he wants to live,” Dandy said. “I was an alcoholic for years, but I’ve been sober for almost six years. I was at the verge of death as well. This would be something that would help both of us in our sobriety.” More@CityNews1130.com
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Lawmakers to Overhaul Privacy Rules for Addictive Disorders
August 14, 2019 - Hospitals want Congress to waive the statute that states only substance-use disorder, or SUD, patients themselves can decide who sees their medical history. They argue that given the stakes with widespread opioid addiction, it’s risky...
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Court Listened to AMA on Defining Alcoholism as a Disease, Not a Crime
AUGUST 16, 2019 - The high court’s first reference to AMA policy defining alcoholism as a disease came in a dissenting opinion ... the 1966 case posed the question of whether it is constitutional for California to punish someone who suffers from alcoholism...
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Most Canadians Prefer Drug Treatment That Doesn’t Rely on Opioid Replacement
August 15, 2019 - On the other hand, 48 per cent of respondents indicated they prefer the opposite: treatment that does not aim for abstinence and relies on opioid replacement. More@CTVNews.ca
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Patty Steele Releases “The Gift of Second Chances” a Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Hope
August 16, 2019 - Patty’s drinking began socially and progressed into a powerful addiction gaining control of her adult world. As an addict she drank to medicate the pain of life, desperately trying to numb feelings of shame and defeat. More@MyNorth.com
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Happy 50th Birthday, Matthew Perry - His Best Quotes on ‘Friends,’ Sobriety and Fame
Aug. 19, 2019 - And you realize you need help, so you finally ask for it. And you realize the Matthew Perry plan sucks ... For anybody out there struggling, you need to realize that it’s time to do something about it.”
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Peter Fonda has died at 79
Aug. 16, 2019 - Peter Fonda, the tall, lanky actor and screenwriter who became a star and a counterculture sex symbol in the film “Easy Rider,” carrying on the Hollywood dynasty begun by his father, Henry Fonda, and his sister, Jane Fonda, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles.More@NYT.com
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From Woodstock to Betty Ford to 25 Years Clean & Sober: What a long strange trip it’s been…
August 6, 1969 – “Do you want to go to Woodstock?” Joe asks. “Well, we sure can’t go back to Atlantic City to do our radio show, might as well get out of Philly ... And so began part two of a very thrilling summer. More@AREB
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