May 12, 2020 • Vol. 7., No. 37
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75,000 Americans at risk for overdose death or suicide due to Corona Despair
May 8, 2020 - Well Being Trust is sounding the alarm that the growing unemployment crisis, economic downturns and stress caused by isolation and lack of a definitive end date for the pandemic could significantly increase so-called “deaths of despair” unless local, state and federal authorities take action. @CNN
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“There’s no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. There’s only hurting someone for your own good.” —Kate Bornstein
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Rehab CEO is accused of sexually assaulting staff member - May 4, 2020 - A drug rehab worker has sued her employer, alleging that the company CEO sexually assaulted her twice while she was in a ‘drunken stupor ... the 38-year-old director of admissions at the Recovery Centers for America claimed in the suit that the rehab’s former CEO, (click for name) whom she alleged had a ‘predatory and rapacious desire,’... @DailyMail
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Brain Implants to Treat Addiction Are Dangerous and Promising - May 5 2020 - High Wire is Maia Szalavitz’s reported opinion column on drugs and drug policy. - When a researcher suggested that Gerod Buckhalter have experimental brain surgery to treat his addiction, the 33-year-old former hotel worker jumped at the chance. @Vice
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Dr. Daniel Francis on How to Stay Sober
May 7, 2020 - The first thing you should recognize is that taking action to curb your alcohol consumption doesn’t mean you have to identify as an alcoholic. That means you don’t necessarily need to jump straight into Alcoholics Anonymous or rehab. @Patch
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Pictures reveal the intensity of motherhood
May 8, 2020 - For Mother’s Day, we asked photographers who are mothers to show us what their lives are like now. They responded by revealing the joy and anxiety, the panic and calm, and the gratitude and guilt that they’ve experienced with their children since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. @NationalGeographic
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Don’t Forget About Us: People Still Need Addiction Care - May 10, 2020 - Now we’re simultaneously facing two crises, putting patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) at a significantly higher risk for overdose, death and relapse. When there is so much uncertainty for those with addiction... @Medium
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Don’t Fight the Boredom
May 9, 2020 - It’s a common yet startling paradox that the eras we classify as “interesting times” typically consist of many dull days. As apocalyptic as our own epoch may sometimes seem, it’s also largely defined by static surroundings, unprecedentedly unstructured time. @TheAtlantic
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Little Richard, one of rock’s earliest pioneers, dead at 87 - May 9, 2020 - Pompadoured, mustachioed, slathered with pancake makeup and popping his mascara-painted eyes — “Ooh my soul, I’m the prettiest man in rock ‘n’ roll,” he declaimed — and graced with an ego as outsized as his personality and his voice... @ChicagoTribune
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What Psychologists and Psychiatrists Want You to Know About Anxiety Right Now! WATCH
May 8, 2020 - The good news is that anxiety really isn’t a scary word. The more you understand the facts and how anxiety can affect your body (and—your whole life), the better equipped you’ll be to take back control. Here are 10 facts… @Prevention
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One Book Sparked This Guy’s Recovery From Porn and Sex Addiction May 8, 2020 - From freshman through my senior years, I was watching porn for two to three hours at a shot, every day. I became a zombie, a mindless slave held captive by insatiable lust and craving. It started when I was nine years old, fantasizing about comic book characters, like Psylocke. Next I’d flip straight to the lingerie section of a Macy’s catalog. @MensHealth
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How Stigma Created Japan’s Hidden Drug Problem - May 8, 2020 - There’s extreme social shame around doing drugs, and yet the underground drug scene is thriving in Tokyo. In February, Japanese actress Erika Sawajiri was convicted of possessing a small amount of MDMA powder and liquid LSD. She was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence… @Vice
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Women Who Rise - Jeanie Griffin
May 4, 2020 - Women Who Rise is a collection of 30 stories of women who have risen from situations that inspire the soul’s journey. Ms. Griffin says her life resembled a Wack-A-Mole game. When she wrestled one area under control another situation popped up! She openly admits her self-reliance and self-sufficiency almost killed her. @Amazon
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Pete Davidson Shares Hilarious Story of Quarantining in His Mom’s Basement
May 7, 2020 - The young comic is looking fit and healthy, and part of that may have to do with his clean and sober living while at home during the pandemic.@ETonline
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National Addiction Treatment Leader Expands Services to All Californians
May 5, 2020 - “At the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, we are confronting two very serious illnesses: COVID-19, which we need to keep out of our doors; and addiction, which we need to help patients overcome. Virtual addiction treatment helps on both fronts,” said Hazelden Betty Ford President and CEO Mark Mishek. @PRNewswire
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How a Hell’s Kitchen winner ended up on the streets - May 3, 2020 - The shy but talented cook had made it through to the final on the first US series of Gordon Ramsay’s show Hell’s Kitchen ... he was leading classes at the high-end Sur La Table store by day, then retiring to the underpass to take drugs and sleep at night. @BBC
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Man sentenced to probation, drug treatment for robbing Wells Fargo bank May 1, 2020 - Merceruio entered the bank wearing a hat and dark sunglasses and demanded money, although he did not display a weapon or threaten anyone. He was arrested a week later. @DailyRecord
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New Book Helps People to Overcome Bulimia
MAY 05, 2020 - Robin Clare’s courageous admission that her true addiction was to suffering, gradually developed into the powerful blueprint delivered in these pages. Discover how to end your suffering, and embody the grace that is available to you, regardless of past mistakes. Empowered with the Divine... @PRWeb
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How Do I Stay Sober Now?
May 6, 2020- Why did I think I needed alcohol to have fun? I’d wonder, knowing full well that fun had nothing to do with it. In sobriety, I’d become a new person, I thought — someone braver and calmer who had more hobbies and did more laundry. This version of myself seemed permanent and unshakable, until a few weeks ago. @TheCut
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What Alcohol Does to a Stressed-Out Brain
April 29, 2020 - Hard times call for hard drinks, as almost every down-and-out film hero can attest. And Hollywood tropes aside, the belief that alcohol can help a person “unwind” is a common in the U.S. ... @Elemental
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The hidden links between mental disorders
May 5, 2020 - In 2018, psychiatrist Oleguer Plana-Ripoll was wrestling with a puzzling fact about mental disorders. He knew that many individuals have multiple conditions — anxiety and depression, say, or schizophrenia and bipolar disorder... @Nature
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Legendary Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard Opened Up About Sobriety While In Quarantine
MAY 6, 2020 - Leonard has not been shy to talk about the negative role that he believes drugs and alcohol have played in his life. In July of 2006, he admitted he was an alcoholic and started attending AA meetings. @UPROXX
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The Philosophy of Pronoia
April 17, 2020 - Can we go so far as to say that the entire world or universe is helping us? A number of us will occasionally feel like we’re tapping into that fluid, synchronistic flow of fortune, whereby everything we do is on point... @Medium
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Opioid epidemic was already a national crisis. Covid-19 could be making things worse
May 7, 2020 - When someone overdoses on opioids, another person generally administers naloxone to reverse those effects. Because of social distancing, Volkow said, it’s possible that some individuals may not have anyone else around to administer the life-saving medication. @CNN
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'NO Eviction' order keeps relapsing people in housing - May 8, 2020 - “As I understand it, Gov. Sununu’s order regarding evictions has made it very difficult for recovery houses in the state to discharge folks for violating agreements regarding remaining sober,” ... “There appears to be recovery houses where one or two or more residents have suffered a recurrence.” @LedgerTranscript
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Award Winner: more than 3 years sober and helping others get there
May 7, 2020 - Outreach doesn’t end during this shutdown. One local advocate for those battling addiction hasn’t stopped sharing hope. Stephanie Forrester fought her own battle with addiction, and she won... @WHEC
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Hand sanitizer may trigger relapse for those recovering from alcohol addiction
May 7, 2020 - A pump of hand sanitizer might seem innocuous. But for those recovering from alcohol addiction like Chris Gordon, it can be dangerous. “Vodka is what it smells like, and unfortunately I drank a lot of vodka in my day,” Gordon said. @News3LV
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Michael McClure, famed Beat poet who helped launch the SF Renaissance, dead at 87
May 6, 2020 - “Without the roar of McClure, there would have been no ’60s,” said actor Dennis Hopper. McClure outlasted all of the Beats in a career that spanned more than 60 years. He published 30 books of poetry, plays and anthologies, most recently 2017’s “Persian Pony” and 2016’s “Mephistos and other Poems,”... @SFChronicle
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Financial Assistance for Those Recovering From Addiction - March 9, 2020 - Fortunately, financial aid for drug rehab comes in a variety of forms, from health insurance coverage to state and federal funding. This guide will outline some of the resources designed to provide financial assistance for those recovering from addiction. @Lendedu
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