September 8, 2020 • Vol. 8., No. 3 |
| |
New Jersey Govenor signs ‘Overdose Awareness Day’ resolution - Sept. 2, 2020 -The new law received minimal attention this week as the Garden State acknowledges it lost 2,900 residents to fatal drug overdoses in 2018 compared with more than 14,000 residents who died from novel coronavirus complications since March. more@Trentonian |
|
|
|
Addiction and overdose are dirty words. That only makes them more dangerous. Sept. 1, 2020 - The call that changed my life came, like so many do, in the darkest hours of the early morning. Mine was at 3 a.m., in my dorm room, during the spring semester of my freshman year of college. “Your mom died,”... more@NBCNews |
|
|
|
Kristen Bell and kids celebrate dad’s 16 years of sobriety ‘birthday’ Sept. 2, 2020 - According to a heartfelt post shared by Bell, Shepard awoke to a sign made by 7-year-old daughter Lincoln reading, “Happy Sobriety Birthday Dady.” The young artist also drew and attached a picture of “Harry Potter” character Ron Weasley, which Bell called “absolutely random, and also perfect.” more@PageSix |
|
|
|
Captain Sandy Celebrates 32 Years of Sobriety August 31, 2020 - Staying clean one day at a time has been an incredible journey,” she continued. “32 years ago today they told me if I don’t pick up a drug or drink that I would live a life beyond my wildest dreams. That has happened and continues to happen even when times are hard. more@CheatSheet |
|
|
|
Q&A with LOCKDOWN Producer: Bob Messinger September 7, 2020 - Bob Messinger has studied screenwriting under some of the brightest writers in both New York and L.A. His scripts have placed in competitions like Francis Ford Coppela’s 2006 American Zoetrope Contest, the 2011 Garden State Film Festival competition (Finalist), and eleven of his scripts have been winners in the Indie Gathering International Screenwriting Competition (2012-2020). Bob was inducted into the Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fame 2018. @AddictionRecoveryeBulletin |
|
|
|
She had to have something WATCH |
‘There is happiness on the other side.’ A survivor of drug addiction speaks out WATCH Sept. 1, 2020 - Lily Owen, 29, admits she is lucky to still be alive. Four years ago, a toxic drug addiction almost turned into a fatal overdose.“I was using methamphetamines daily,” she told SBS News. “I was also mixing that with benzos (Benzodiazepines), so Valium and GHBs (Gamma-hydroxybutyrate). more@SBS |
|
|
|
THE END OF EVERYTHING (Astrophysically Speaking) August 4, 2020 - Traditional speculation about the end times, the end of days, comes from religion, where it is called eschatology. Apocalypse, doomsday, Judgment Day — all this, for theologians, provides a way of thinking about the meaning or purpose of existence. The End of Everything” is a pleasure. more@NYTimes |
|
|
|
A show showing the reality WATCH |
MTV to premiere series on teenagers battling addiction WATCH August 31, 2020 - Thinking back over the year her students and staff at Northshore Recovery High School in Beverly were filmed for a documentary TV series, the school’s director, Michelle Lipinski, reflected on the years she’s spent working to help young people with their recovery — including how much has not changed or improved in the battle to help save them. more@Boston |
|
|
|
One person a day died of an overdose in SF last year - Sep. 1, 2020 - A homeless man named Garrett (no last name given) smokes Fentanyl while sitting along Turk Street in San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. A new report reveals 441 people died in San Francisco of an overdose in 2019. SF experienced a staggering 70% increase in overdose deaths last year, and 2020 is expected to be even worse... more@SFChronicle |
|
|
|
Al-Anon: Recognizing Abuse and Those Left Behind August 30, 2020 - “I learned from a group of very wise strangers. “I found a few people in the support group who sounded like they successfully navigated the chaos of this family disease. I decided this was my higher power.” Co-founded in 1951, Al-Anon was created to help those in need of support when dealing with a loved one suffering from alcoholism. |
|
|
|
Foundation works to put naloxone in recovery homes Sept. 1, 2020 - The Clinton Foundation, Direct Relief International and other nonprofit and advocacy groups aims to curtail the overdose epidemic that is largely overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. They delivered 155,000 doses of the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone to recovery homes in 5 states hit hard by overdoses. more@USAToday |
|
|
|
Each Day Sober Slowly Helps Alcoholics’ Brains Recover - Sept. 2, 2020 - “For people with AUD [alcohol use disorder], the brain takes a long time to normalize, and each day is going to be a struggle,” explained senior study author Rajita Sinha, a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience. “For these people, it really is ‘one day at a time.’” more@HealthDay |
|
|
|
Road to recovery leads to becoming a rabbi August 27, 2020 - “AA led me back to Judaism, because I had really lost touch with God,” said Stern. “When I got sober I got a very solid spiritual foundation.” Stern started going back to synagogue and praying again. He learned to talk with God in his own language. |
|
|
|
Company to Launch LSD-MDMA Clinical Trial August 31, 2020 - “Staying on a pill a day for the rest of your life is not a solution. If you could visit your therapy once a year to deal with your problems and issues, that seems like a better solution for society.” more@Forbes |
|
|
|
Navigating sobriety as a teen: ‘They told me I was going to die’ WATCH Sept. 4, 2020 - “Every time I got out of treatment, I truly believed that I wasn’t gonna do this anymore. And every single time I found myself messed up again, I wondered, ‘How did this happen?’” he said. “I really believed it.” ... After graduating early from that final program, Owen returned home and surrounded himself with like-minded sober people. more@Yahoo |
|
|
|
And the young shall lead us WATCH |
11-Year-Old Boy Helping Others After Losing Mother WATCH - Sept. 2, 2020 -At A Cut Above hair salon in Washington County, you’ll find the owner — Rhonda DiBello — and her grandson, Preston Robinson. Preston, 11, is on a mission in memory of his mother, Melissa Moeller, who died as a result of a drug overdose years ago. more@CBSPittsburgh |
|
|
|
Loving sobriety on two wheels WATCH |
Port St. Lucie resident bikes 46 miles to celebrate sobriety WATCH Sept. 4, 2020 - “I enjoy pushing myself and doing things I normally wouldn’t do but a wonderful guy in the recovery community here offered to lend me one of his really good bikes and coached me through the ride.” more@CBS12 |
|
|
|
I Thought Jail Would Help Me Get Clean. I Was Dead Wrong. - Sept. 3, 2020 - Taking OxyContin morphed into smoking heroin morphed into injecting heroin. My recreational use had descended into hellish addiction—but somehow I partially kept my life together. I worked full time in the service industry and bought as much heroin as the tips I earned would allow... more@MarshallProject |
|
|
|
Matt Brown Tells Fans Never ‘Give Up’ or ‘Surrender’ After Sobriety Update Sept. 2, 2020 - Words of wisdom. Alaskan Bush People alum Matt Brown told fans to “never give up” or “surrender” in an uplifting message on Tuesday, September 1, weeks after sharing an update about his sobriety journey. The Discovery Channel star posted a new photo of his artwork and revealed he has been “into drawing a lot lately.” more@InTouch |
|
|
|
‘How lucky I am to be alive right now’: Alcohol recovery in the time of COVID-19 Sept. 3, 2020 - My name is Jenny, and I’m an alcoholic. I have been sober for six months. I knew that I could not tough out my addiction alone, so I have seen first-hand the difficulty—and joys—of seeking support for addiction in the age of lockdowns, where virtual gatherings are the only option. more@NBCNews |
|
|
|
Coffee drinkers can dodge liver damage Sept. 3, 2020 - Coffee lovers who are a healthy weight but drink too much booze have a lower risk of developing alcohol-induced cirrhosis of the liver, which kills 300,000 people around the world every year. more@NewcastleStar |
|
|
|
Mural depicts journey from addiction to recovery Sept. 3, 2020 - “Now I See in Color,” has risen. It took two boom lifts hoisted Ryan Ramthun, 40, and Neil Eiden, 21, into the air to install the first set of 5-foot by 5-foot parachute cloth tiles on which the mural images were painted. It took four days for the 144-tile mural to come to life. more@WausauDailyHerald |
|
|
|
Antioch Alumni Angie Bryan: Advocating for Young Adults In Recovery Sept. 1, 2020 -The innovative program, titled Gauchos for Recovery (GFR), is an ongoing lifestyle support system for young adults invested in sober living. The program is available for all young people regardless of their status ... Young people who are not enrolled in school at all are encouraged to get involved. Alumni and even students still in high school, looking for lifestyle support, are welcome to the Gauchos for Recovery program. more@OdysseyOnline |
|
|
|
CLANCY IMISLUND: Longtime director of the Midnight Mission dies Sept. 3, 2020 - He turned his life around and then helped many in AA and on L.A.’s skid row. Clancy stayed sober and for the next 62 years he carried the message around the world, giving talks almost weekly at AA meetings from South Dakota to Reykjavik, Iceland, and becoming a sponsor to thousands @LATimes |
|
|
|
Oscar De La Hoya’s wild life of addiction and now a comeback at 47 Sept. 4, 2020 - The American won 11 world titles, amassed a personal fortune of £150million - and even got caught in a cross-dressing scandal ... Yet despite his demons (addiction), the 47-year-old shocked the sporting world earlier this year by announcing his plans to come out of retirement - more than a decade after hanging up his gloves. more@TheSun |
|
|
|
VIRTUAL REEL Recovery Film Festival Nov.6-12, 2020 Our 12th year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
