November 26, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 13
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Prescriptions Aren’t Causing The Opioid Epidemic!
November 24, 2019 - A new study reported in the Annals of Emergency Medicine pours more cold water on the false but persistent narrative that the opioid overdose crisis was caused by doctors prescribing opioids...More@NationalInterest
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Her son died after insurers resisted covering rehab
Nov. 22, 2019 - Down south, Fahy got caught in what’s now known as the “Florida shuffle” — a quagmire of low-quality, weakly regulated addiction treatment centers and sober homes. It was at one of these sober homes where Fahy overdosed on fentanyl and cocaine. More@Vox
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Heroin, bullets, and empathy
November 21, 2019 - The bullets arrived before the dawn, announcing themselves with a loud crack that said this wasn’t some crank in a pickup popping off a couple of drunken, random rounds with a .22. @BostonGlobe
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Nicotine: How Juul Hooked a Generation - Nov. 24, 2019 - ...grabbing more than 75 percent of the vaping market and tallying more than $1 billion in sales in 2018. At the end of last year, it was valued at $38 billion, more than the Ford Motor Company. More@NYTimes
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Addicts to get ‘pure’ heroin for free at NHS treatment unit
Nov. 23, 2019 - The drug addicts will get medical grade heroin to inject up to three a times a day supervised by NHS nurses and health experts at the Heroin Assisted Treatment” (HAT) centre in Glasgow.@Telegraph
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“To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.” —Claude Monet
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Short film ‘Ocean Boulevard’ tackles heroin addiction in Myrtle Beach - Nov. 23, 2019 - “If you could imagine your worst day of being alive, and multiply that times a million, (that’s) what it was like,” he said of his addiction. “Every night you pray to die and you’re angry to wake up.” More@PostAndCourier
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Recovery Advocate Launches a Guide for Life After Addiction
Nov. 23, 2019 - “If you could imagine your worst day of being alive, and multiply that times a million, (that’s) what it was like,” he said of his addiction. “Every night you pray to die and you’re angry to wake up.”
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With help From Their Friends WATCH
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Self Expression Leads to Mental Wellness for Students WATCH
NOVEMBER 21, 2019 - Students are learning about mental wellness through art through the SAFE Project, which stands for “Students Are Free to Express.” More@News5Cleveland
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Is there satisfaction for the sober curious?
Nov 15, 2019 - You see, I am an alcoholic and have been alcohol free for over a decade. I understand that no one around me should pay the price for my malady, and so I have learned to live with alcohol around me and in my home. More@GritDaily
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Alicia Fox opens up about alcoholism & recovery
Nov. 20, 2019 - WWE fans haven’t seen Alicia Fox since the Raw Reunion show this summer ... Now, she’s opening up about her issues with alcohol, and what she’s doing about them. More@CagesideSeats
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If Only We Could Trust the AMA Watch
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American Medical Association calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products WATCH - Nov. 20, 2019 - Most of those sickened said they vaped THC, the high-inducing ingredient in marijuana, not nicotine. Officials believe a thickening agent used in black market THC vaping products may be a culprit. More@ABC7
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Suicides for kids ages 10 to 14 nearly tripled in last decade
OCTOBER 22, 2019 - … suicide rate among 10 through 24-year-olds has increased 56 percent over the last decade as violent deaths (suicide and homicide) continue to be leading causes of death for that age bracket.
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80 Years Of Alcoholics Anonymous Chronicled In ‘Writing The Big Book’ LISTEN
OCT. 23, 2019 - The Mountain Life speaks with historian, rare book dealer, and writer, William H. Schaberg. He has chronicled the 80 plus years of Alcoholics Anonymous in his new book, Writing The Big Book: The Creation of A.A.
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At the only two LGBTQ sober houses in the US, residents become themselves WATCH
Nov 19, 2019 - “They’re coming in here beat up, disowned by family, lovers — they have nothing, no clothing,” Correa said. “We help connect them to all the resources they need to be productive members of society. More@KXLF
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Compulsive shopping left me $22,000 in debt
November 22, 2019 - “As a rule, to be addicted to something you have a substance in your body, however in recent years we talk about behavioural addictions. The evidence we have shows there are similar changes in the brain and also with sex and porn...More@iNews
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When BDSM & sobriety hook up Nov. 20, 2019 - How was I supposed to get naked with strangers without liquid- or pill-fueled courage? I was pretty sure that my sober life was going to be a sexless and joyless purgatory. @Mic
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Add ‘Reversing Heroin Overdoses’ to Your Resume
11/21/2019 - The program, called “Reverse Overdose Oregon,” will provide employers with Naloxone, a medication used by paramedics to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose... More@EugeneWeekly
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Danny Trejo, celebrating 51 years of sobriety LISTEN
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 inmate...
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How I Got Into Meditation
Nov. 20, 2019 - Meditation is in many ways more accessible than ever, with the rise in proponents of mindfulness coinciding with the rise in apps that aim to bring mindfulness within reach. It is a confusing world to step into for the first time ... More@Refinery29
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Eating Disorders Affect More Younger People Today
Nov. 21, 2019 - (T)he number of people who experience eating disorders is growing and skewing younger, with children as young as eight being diagnosed. Currently, there are an estimated 30 million people living in the United States with an eating disorder. @PennToday
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Proposed Boulder, CO group home stirs residents ire
November 21, 2019 - A business management plan with strict rules — which will include a zero-tolerance policy for drug and alcohol use — is being created for enforcement by the proposed facility’s eventual operator...More@DailyCamera
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Doctor arrested for allegedly writing fake opioid scrips
Nov. 21, 2019 - The doctor, Martin Escobar, 56, of Youngstown, is charged by criminal complaint with illegally distributing controlled substances and committing health care fraud, the FBI said. @News5Cleveland
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In NY’s Hell’s Kitchen Addiction Recovery Can Be Counted On - NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Dr. Zehra Siddiqui was appointed to be the medical director of Ryan Health’s Chelsea-Clinton branch last year. Within weeks, she was on the front lines of fighting one of the largest crises facing the U.S. health care system today — opioid addiction... More@DirectRelief
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Meditation Reduced The Opioid Dose She Needs To Ease Chronic Pain By 75% LISTEN
Nov. 11, 2019 - “Mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy and clinical hypnosis appear to be most useful for reducing pain,” says study author Eric Garland... @NPR
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Vaping is still safer than smoking - Nov. 22, 2019 - Tobacco kills up to half of its users, which is why cigarettes are considered the deadliest consumer product ever introduced to the market. More@Vox
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Thanksgiving meals donated to families in drug treatment program - Nov. 24, 2019 - Each of the bags contained a turkey, pumpkin pie, rolls, mashed potatoes, green beans and corn. Burrow said enough money was donated that each family will also receive a ham for Christmas... More@Sentinel-Record
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Fueled by sobriety: Man running 50 marathons in 50 states WATCH
Nov. 23, 2019 - He first started drinking as a shy, 13-year-old kid because he thought it would help him “be cool.” The drinking, and his dependency on it, grew, to the point where 20 to 30 beers in one sitting was normal. On March 2, 2015, he had enough... More@Fosters
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Inside the destructive life of a shopping addict
November 24, 2019 - Lisa, a 56-year-old registered nurse, had blown through her and her husband’s $10K of savings, taken out three clandestine loans and accrued $50K in credit-card debt. More@NYPost
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People Arrested for Vaping
Nov. 22 2019 - “I’m now ordering all law enforcement agencies to arrest everybody vaping in public” Duterte told reporters at a late-night press conference this week that he viewed e-cigarettes as “toxic” and was going to ban them completely. More@Vice
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Live happier, with more freedom and more joy
November 16, 2019 - How blessed do you feel right now? Are you enjoying all that God has given to you? Or, are you letting life’s challenges get in the way of being thankful? You are God’s light in the world...
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Four Ways Gratitude Helps You with Difficult Feelings
NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - Grateful people tend to cope with stress in smarter ways and regulate their negative emotions more skillfully. Here are four ways gratitude can help you manage your emotions when you’re faced with challenges in life. More@GreaterGood
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House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Legalize Marijuana Nationwide WATCH
November 21, 2019 -“People who have been arrested over all these years are disproportionately not only people of color but people of lower socioeconomic status,” The bill will now go to the full House for a vote, then to the Senate. More@DFW-CBS
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