June 2, 2020 • Vol. 7., No. 40
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Officials see ‘alarming’ rise in overdose deaths
May 30, 2020 - “2017 was our bad year, and that was pretty consistent across the state if you looked at other counties. We managed to dial that down significantly, but it’s creeping back up for sure,” said Bartholomew County Deputy Coroner. @TheRepublic
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More people are taking drugs for anxiety and insomnia - May 25, 2020 - “Many people are addicted to these drugs.” Prescriptions for anti-anxiety drugs, such as Klonopin and Ativan, rose 10.2% in the United States to 9.7 million in March 2020, from 8.8 million in March 2019... @WSJ
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Big Pharmacy Chains Also Fed Off the Opioid Epidemic - May 27, 2020 - A new court filing Wednesday morning asserts that CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens and Giant Eagle as well as those operated by Walmart are complicit in perpetuating the crisis ... The retailers sold millions of pills in tiny communities... @NYTimes
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Glen Campbell’s Widow Recounts His Battle with Alcoholism – and Night He Pointed Pistol at Her WATCH - May 27, 2020 - “When he wasn’t drinking, he was the best guy in the world,” Kim tells PEOPLE. “But I feared every time he took a drink. I used to tremble, physically shake all over... @People
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Drug rehab clinic is accused of firing nursing staff during pandemic
May 29, 2020 - Nurses at a drug rehabilitation clinic say management fired the entire nursing staff in April The executive director did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment and the clinic’s parent company said it was company policy not to discuss personnel matters. @BusinessInsider
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Ancient credo inspired Nick Saban and helped Ryan Shazier heal
May 21, 2020 - Aurelius, the second-century Roman emperor, practiced a philosophy called Stoicism that argues individuals shape their destinies by controlling what they can and letting go of what they cannot. @ESPN
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Christo, Fearless Maker of Massive Public Artworks, Dead at 84
May 31, 2020 - “Christo lived his life to the fullest, not only dreaming up what seemed impossible but realizing it,” the statement reads. “Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s artwork brought people together in shared experiences across the globe, and their work lives on in our hearts and memories.” @ArtNews
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I lost my son to an overdose: Here’s what you should know May 27, 2020 - “What do you do when you think your son’s dead or you think something’s wrong? I remember walking up to his apartment and Jesus said to me, ‘It is OK. It is my turn to look after him.’ I think that’s what will give me peace, is knowing I will see him again.” @GMA
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Q&A with Dr. Louise Stanger
May 26, 2020 - Dr. Louise Stanger LCSW, CDWF, CSAT-1, CIP is a preeminent clinician, author and educator. Her works appear in Thrive Global, Huffington Post, Keys to Recovery and other national publications. Dr. Louise is a leading interventionist and thought leader in the behavioral health and addiction treatment field. @AREB
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Seven mistakes that destroy your child’s mental strength - May 25 2020 - Minimizing your kid’s feelings - Always saving them from failure - Overindulging your kids - Expecting perfection - Making sure they always feel comfortable - Not setting parent-child boundaries... @CNBC
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Maintaining Emotional Sobriety During Covid-19: Transforming Trauma into Post Traumatic Growth - June 2020 - This workbook contains the kind of information that helps you to gain insight into which of these issues or feelings might be showing up for you. It gives you a user-friendly way to understand and process them so you can transform feelings and thoughts that might undermine your feelings of well-being into Post Traumatic Growth. @Amazon
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FDA finds high levels of carcinogen in diabetes drug metformin May 27, 2020 - In December, the FDA had started an investigation into metformin, a drug is used as an initial treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes. NDMA contamination was responsible for the recall of heartburn drug Zantac... @Yahoo
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Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84 May 27, 2020 - He sought to shock the country into dealing with AIDS as a public-health emergency and foresaw that it could kill millions regardless of sexual orientation. @NYTimes
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Zachary Quinto Has an Attitude of Gratitude
May 27, 2020 - For Quinto, (getting sober) was not a case of wasted days and wasted nights with a rapidly vanishing bank balance ... The real turnabout at the deepest seat of consciousness came when he noticed an important aspect of his life — had gone missing.
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Addiction recovery podcast launches
May 26, 2020 - “Addiction and Recovery,” ( www.wscafm.org/listen/podcasts) is being created with all of the above in mind. It’s a platform for help and for hope – an undefined winding trail of stories laid out for the listener to find meaning in, and/or, share it with someone who might be able to benefit from it/them in some meaningful way. @SeaCoastOnline
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‘I sold my Club World Cup medal to buy cocaine and used it all in two days’ May 24, 2020 - ‘After I was acquainted with cocaine, I lost everything else. Because at the start I was a moderate user. Until cocaine became more important in my life, I started to lose everything I had. Any money saved I used to buy drugs. @DailyMail
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4 of the Best Revelations From My Sober Life
May 20, 2020 - Capitalism and society were The Enemy and I didn’t want to conform to their bullshit! And then I hit thirty. And some of my ideas began to seem a bit … limiting. @Medium
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Vaping Creates A “Slime-Cloak” In The Mouth
May 27, 2020 - When bacteria in the oral microbiome are exposed to vapor, they coat themselves in a slime layer ... That “slime-cloak” makes it difficult for healthy bacteria to attach to the colony, but doesn’t stop pathogenic characters from latching on. This creates an even more virulent environment. @Inverse
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Even with 26 years of sobriety, the loss of AA meetings is a worry May 28, 2020 - “The effect of this shutdown on the recovery community has been awful,” he said. “AA and other recovery meetings have shifted to Zoom, but that’s not a long-term solution. Even with password security, the Zoom bombers sneak in to disrupt meetings with obscene comments, dirty pictures, pictures of whiskey bottle... @PressHerald
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Health Advocates Expect Surging Demand For Addiction Services
MAY 26, 2020 - “Most people in recovery have a relapse prevention plan where they identify stressors that they’re likely to face and what they can do to maintain their sobriety throughout it,” LaMarca said. “No one’s relapse prevention plan had worldwide pandemic on it.” @WOSU
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Alcoholism: Why this doctor says telemedicine is key right now May 26, 2020 - “So, there are a lot of people who have been sober for years who are unfortunately relapsing due to the boredom and lack of other things to keep their mind occupied.” ... “A lot of people typically go to a treatment center when they relapse, which means they enroll at a residential center or a hospital where they’re in a group setting... @Yahoo
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James ‘Arg’ Argent: Cocaine addiction was triggered by eating disorder
May 26, 2020 - Argent revealed when he attended a rehab clinic in Thailand at the beginning of the year he was the heaviest he has ever been ... he also credited the show with helping him find love with co-star Gemma Collins, 39. Argent said she was “not an enabler” ... He added that now he is clean and sober they are eager to get married and start a family. @Yahoo
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Elton John hosts ‘Rocketman’ watch party
May 30, 2020 - Elton John shared several anecdotes about his drug-taking past while leading a watch party of his biopic Rocketman. “It took a fairly Herculean effort to get yourself noticed for taking too much cocaine in the music industry…” @NME
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Operation Nets 50 Tonnes of Cocaine in 45 Days
May 29, 2020 - The Orion V operation - which includes 26 countries from the Americas and Europe - took place from the start of April until May 15. Some 150 people were arrested and dozens of watercraft and four airplanes were confiscated. @NYTimes
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Doctors Being Doctors WATCH
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AMA video update: Experts discuss pandemic’s impact on the opioid epidemic WATCH
May 29, 2020 - as you can see from the conversation here, do all that we can to increase access, to be able to connect with our patients, patients who have substance use disorder and our patients who have pain. @AMA
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The online success of 12-step recovery programs
May 31, 2020 - Meetings are the lifeline of recovery, and so globally, within mere moments of shutdowns, 12-step recovery found new hope online, with existing meetings and new ones alike springing up on web platforms immediately... @CultMTL
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