July 28, 2020 • Vol. 7., No. 48 |
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Mother and children likely perished as result of overdose - July 26, 2020 - Mother found deceased on Thursday most likely died of an overdose and her two children subsequently perished due to a heat stroke after being left in their car seats ... evidence collected at the scene indicated an apparent overdose of a undisclosed substance. more@inForney |
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DRUGS: What America gets wrong about drugs? WATCH - July 20, 2020 - In this video, Maia Szalavitz, public policy and addiction journalist; Carl Hart, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University; Ethan Nadelmann, founder of the Drug Policy Alliance; and Harvard University economist Jeffrey Miron... more@BigThink |
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Recovery Unplugged Addresses Addiction in Minority Communities - July 23, 2020 - In the midst of one of the most significant civil rights movements in years, Recovery Unplugged has been taking an in-depth look at the lesser-discussed issue of addiction in minority populations, including how income disparities & insurance access affect treatment and recovery... more@PRNewswire |
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Black-Owned Rehab CEO Petitions on Behalf of Black Addicts - July 22, 2020 - Tanya Young Williams, CEO of Pivot Treatment & Wellness Centers in Palm Beach County, Florida, today announced she is petitioning Congress, and specifically the Congressional Black Caucus, to earmark federal dollars for addiction and recovery in underserved Black communities. more@PRNewswire |
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‘The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth’ July 25, 2020 - Quitting alcohol has been fantastic for me – but I avoided telling people, for fear of being thought boring. I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to dance anymore, to have sex with the lights on, or do any number of the little things that make life worth living. more@TheGuardian |
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‘I Got Me Sober, I Made The Choice’ July 24, 2020 - Lala Kent opened up about her sobriety on Instagram. The podcast host shared her thoughts on alcoholism as well as how she remains alcohol-free with her followers Friday. The starlet also revealed that it has been over a year and a half since she had a drink. more@Inquisitr |
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David Sheff says: Safe-injection sites should be allowed to protect drug users July 22, 2020 - ...is a safe place for IV drug users to get high — they bring their own drugs and are given clean needles. Trained volunteers monitor them to be sure they don’t overdose ...11 countries have similar sanctioned safe consumption sites, but the U.S. has none! more@USAToday |
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Mark Morton: He Accepted Dying From Addiction July 22, 2020 -Guitarist of Lamb of God, Mark Morton, announced that he was sober for one and a half years. Mark explained the difficult process of letting go of all the long going habits and urged his fans who had the same problems to get help.@MetalheadZone |
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Technology And Pornography Addiction: Three Leading Factors July 23, 2020 - Accessibility, affordability and anonymity via modern technology are the “triple A” underlying conditions that allow pornography addiction to spread.more@HometownStation |
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Film:‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’ - July 24, 2020 - The source material is Mariko Kikuchi’s autobiographical online manga, the title of which translates literally as “My father, who becomes a monster when he’s drunk, causes me pain.” Narrated by the innermost thoughts of a daughter during the 25 years she spends watching her father drink himself to death... more@Variety |
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Mysterious brain structure sheds light on drug addiction - July 23, 2020 - Do you remember where you were when you first heard that two planes had crashed into New York’s Twin Towers? Or where you had your first kiss? Our brains are wired to retain information that relates to the context in which highly significant events occurred. more@MedicalXpress |
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Woman dies after drinking alcohol on empty stomach July 19, 2020 - Alice Burton Bradford, from Brighton in the UK, died suddenly after she suffered from alcoholic ketoacidosis, a metabolic complication when combining alcoholic consumption and starvation. more@Yahoo |
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Overdose Deaths Are Skyrocketing ... My Brother’s Was One Of Them. July 24, 2020 - Following an emergency appendectomy in 2012, Matt, then 35, became hooked on painkillers. In a few short years he progressed from OxyContin to heroin. He chased them with benzodiazepines like Xanax and Klonopin. more@HuffPost |
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US Overdoses: Wide Regional Variations July 20, 2020 - Contributing to fatalities decreasing by more than 50 percent. In Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner followed suit, vowing to no longer charge people for buprenorphine possession. In New Jersey the Department of Health has created “Harm Reduction Centers”... more@FilterMag |
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Zachary Quinto celebrates 4 years sober July 20, 2020 - Posting a photograph of himself to Instagram on Sunday, the actor — who has beforehand spoken about his points with alcohol and marijuana — wrote, “four years sober sun-kissed selfie. grateful for immediately!” more@GruntStuff |
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Arsonist ‘turns life around’ July 29, 2020 - The man accused of setting fire to a house while intoxicated is now on the path of sobriety and turning his life around for the sake of his daughter. Matthew Hanson now wakes up and prays, lists the things he is grateful for and is committed to online support programs in replacement of AA meetings cancelled ...@Castanet |
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Moms and Execs who are also recovering alcoholics on getting through the pandemic, sober! WATCH July 22, 2020 - It’s easy to joke that the acute stresses of 2020 are enough to drive anyone to drink. But that would be a dangerous option for Shannon Urban. In addition to being an executive and a divorced mother of a 9-year-old daughter, she is also a recovering alcoholic. more@CNN |
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Chad Mattson Talks Impact of Sobriety, Streams Six ‘Reason’ Tracks LISTEN July 22, 2020 - His early 20’s spent in drug culture, Mattson recounted the day he took that small step toward giving His life back to God, and to recovery, when he chose to stay sober for almost an entire day in order to attend a Bible study. more@AmericanSongwriter |
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How one man went from 11 years sober to getting addicted again July 23, 2020 - “I went to my doctor and got put on an anti-depressant. That didn’t work, so they doubled it,” he described. “That didn’t work.” In his mind, Keith knew of something that could potentially fix his problems — alcohol. more@FM100 |
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Bottoming out in NYC WATCH |
Loose Women fans praise ‘inspirational’ Terri White as she recounts alcoholism and mental health struggles WATCH July 23, 2020 - Terri, who is the editor of film magazine Empire, appeared on ITV’s Loose Women today to talk about her new book that chronicles her struggles with alcoholism and mental health. The journalist spoke frankly about her experiences and her highly acclaimed new book, ‘Coming Undone’. more@TheSun |
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FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients - July 22, 2020 - For patients with a higher risk of overdose, such as those with a history of opioid addiction, doctors should consider prescribing naloxone alongside the opioid. The same recommendations will appear on drugs used to control opioid addiction, such as methadone. more@APNews |
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Death By Overdose or By Ventilator? July 24, 2020 - by Ryan Hampton. Imagine every ventilator in the United States being switched off, all at once. That’s what leaders are doing to recovery funding for addiction services in America — and they count on us dying before anyone notices.@Medium |
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Idle hands are the devil's playthings WATCH |
People turning to alcohol amid high unemployment WATCH - July 23, 2020 - “There are many people in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous who have been there and know exactly where they are and what they are thinking,” said a local AA member. Keeping their social distance, AA has successfully moved meetings online, with new members continuing to join. more@WOWT |
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Business News Update: Oregon Trail Recovery July 26, 2020 - Jen’s story, like her husband Ben, by the time Jen Randolph reached sobriety, she had lost so much, including her son. Her family was well-known and liked in Oregon City and even the public shame of arrest could not get her sober. |
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New York Hotel to House 283 Homeless Men Recovering from Substance Abuse July 24, 2020 - The residents will be moving in on Monday ... The residents are coming from two shelters in the East Village. One, the Kenton Hall Men’s Shelter, is for homeless men taking methadone, a medication meant to help people dealing with opioid abuse. |
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Sackler Family Could Get Away With Murder July 22, 2020 - The billionaire Sacklers who own Purdue Pharma, maker of the OxyContin painkiller that helped fuel America’s opioid epidemic, are among America’s richest families The federal court handling Purdue’s bankruptcy case will help them hold on to their wealth by releasing them from liability... more@NYTimes |
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Five Worst Things You Can Do for Your Body WATCH July 23, 2020 - We all have unhealthy habits, but some are much worse than others. In this post, we reveal the worst things you can do for your body. The most common New Year’s resolutions include pledges to eat healthier, exercise more, and lose weight. Sadly... |
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