September 22, 2020 • Vol. 8., #5 |
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Owner of substance abuse facilities accused of sexually assaulting patients Sept. 17, 2020 - Houston Police Department detective Dawn Baker discusses the arrest of serial sexual assault suspect Michael Hubacek, 42, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at the Houston Police Department headquarters in Houston. more@HoustonChronicle |
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E-Cig clouds aren’t ‘Vapour’, scientists warn, they are ‘Aerosol droplets’ - Sept. 19, 2020 - Researchers say normal cigarette smoke may contain more toxicants, recent evidence suggests e-cigarette clouds can still expose bystanders to nicotine, heavy metals, ultra fine particulates, volatile organic compounds... more@ScienceAlert |
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Making guitars saved a man from addiction WATCH!!! - Sep. 18, 2020 - Earl Moore remembers the day his father walked out. He was 12 years old and hundreds of miles away at his grandparents’ house in Florida when his father broke the news over the phone. more@CNN |
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People with addiction disorders at greater risk for COVID-19 - Sep. 19, 2020 - People with a recent addiction disorder diagnosis were more likely than others to develop COVID-19, and the connection was strongest among those with opioid and tobacco use disorders. more@UPI |
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What Everyone Should Know About Teen Suicide Prevention - September 18, 2020 - Even before the pandemic began, the youth suicide rate in the United States was the highest in recorded history. In fact, seven out of every 10 teenagers are struggling with their mental health right now. when depression and anxiety go up, teen suicide rates also go up. more@NewportAcademy |
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Q&A with Dr. Jamie Marich September 17, 2020 - Dr. Jamie Marich (she/they) describes herself as a facilitator of transformative experiences. A clinical trauma specialist,Jamie is the author of seven books on trauma recovery and healing, with many more projects in the works. |
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Addiction is a Disease? Sept. 14, 2020 - Many people see heroin addicts as despicable, depraved criminals, without conscience or morals ... Some proclaim addiction to be a choice, not a disease. Actually, lifestyle choices are major contributors to many diseases, including diabetes, heart disease and many cancers. more@IndianapolisRecorder |
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Pittsburgh’s first sober pop-up bar, shares her story of recovery and self-care Sep. 15, 2020 - During these transitional times, how many of us have turned to self-improvement and discovery? Carolyn Hilliard, co-founder of the sober pop-up bar concept Empath, embarked on her unlikely journey of self-care five years ago. At that time, she began her recovery from alcohol. more@NextPittsburgh |
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She's Curious and Sober WATCH |
‘Sober Curator’ showcases fun ways to live a dry lifestyle WATCH Sep. 14, 2020 - “I think everybody in life is allowed a certain amount of alcohol in their lifetime and I had already maxed mine out by 30,” she said. more@King5 |
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NY charges Johnson & Johnson with fraud over opioid claims - Sep. 17, 2020 - Johnson & Johnson and its Janssen Pharmaceuticals affiliate were accused of specifically targeting elderly patients for opioid treatment despite the risks, and in marketing materials characterizing opioid addiction as a myth. more@NYPost |
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Doctor faces charges for over-prescribing for cash after 2 patients die Sep. 17, 2020 - It was a lucrative business, allegedly earning the doctor $140,000 over 2 years from a drug company. But two patients died. The indictment alleges the drug company paid Moran ‘kickbacks’... more@PennLive |
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5 Tricks Helped Me Not Drink During My First Week of Sobriety - Sep. 19, 2020 - That’s right – after more than two decades of being a dedicated boozehound, I was giving the stuff – cold turkey. more@Brobible |
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3 ways sobriety made me a better advisor Sep. 17, 2020 - 1. Our common welfare should come first; success depends on unity. When my partners and I started our own company in 2016, we wanted to recreate the kind of culture we’d grown to love in our previous firm. more@Financial-Planning |
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‘The Centers’ CEO resigns in Ocala Sept. 13, 2020 - After less than three years at the helm of The Centers, Dr. Donald Baracskay has resigned ... Ivan Cosimi said SMA has a long history of mergers and acquisitions dating back to its founding in 1960, when the Stewart Marchman Center and Act Corporation combined... more@Ocala |
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Struggling addicts turn to telehealth for better or worse - Sept. 14, 2020 - “Those who may have social anxiety (which many use alcohol and drugs to handle) can feel more comfortable from behind their phone or computer screen, so they can open up more freely,”... more@YahooSports |
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Sixxed to the twelve steps WATCH |
Nikki Sixx talks recovery, sobriety WATCH Sept. 15, 2020 - There was a time when no one would have imagined that Nikki Sixx, bassist and songwriter for one of the most notoriously hard-partying rock bands of all time, Motley Crüe, would be one of music’s leading recovery spokespersons... more@Yahoo |
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The little ones left behind WATCH |
Family sells t-shirts to benefit overdose victim’s child WATCH - Sep. 14, 2020 - His family raised awareness and money for his three-year-old daughter, Sophia, by selling $15 t-shirts. Schultz wasn’t the only victim of fentanyl poisoning in the incident. 23-year-old Josh Steinfurth, his co-worker at Beal Distributing, also overdosed and died. more@KeloLand |
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Sometimes I Feel Like ... offers poetic inspiration Sep. 15, 2020 - This poetic anthology describes the many emotions, feelings and thoughts that Hunter has had while he was dealing with the trauma of sexual abuse, alcoholism and drug addiction. more@GlobeNewswire |
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Sebastian Velasquez looks back on his journey to five years of sobriety Sep. 17, 2020 - “I am actually very proud of my sobriety. It took me a lot of strength and dedication to get to the 5 years sober,” Velasquez told BGN. “In a sense, it became very personal to me to overcome alcoholism because it had destroyed my career and caused many problems in my personal life.” more@BGN |
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Exploring science, addiction and the soul in ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ Sep. 15, 2020 - “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.” —C.S. Lewis |
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The Bachelor’s Juliette On Surviving A Major Drug Addiction - Sep. 16, 2020 - The Bachelor’s Juliette Herrera spoke to The Hit Network’s Xavier, Juelz & Pete about her dark history of her struggling with a major drug addiction and revealed how she finally was ‘set free’. more@Hit |
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$16.7 million grant awarded to reduce drug deaths Sep. 18, 2020 - The program’s main focus is reducing opioid use, but they also support services for stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine. more@NBC15 |
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Gran’s moving words on deathbed help alcoholic turn his life around Sep. 19, 2020 - He now has a huge following on online as he gets himself sober. The 40-year-old said: “When I was 13 I was attacked and left for dead. “I was assaulted in Kent in 1994 with snooker balls in a carrier bag and I had a blood clot on the brain. more@DerbyTelegraph |
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Common myths about addiction Sep. 16, 2020 -Alcoholics and addicts are bad people. The image of an alcoholic or addict being someone who lives under a bridge couldn’t be further from the truth. Addiction crosses all societal boundaries. more@PostAndCourier |
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Walk for Hope brings together those mourning deaths - Sep. 19, 2020 - “I’ve buried three friends in the last month from overdoses,” said organizer Ryan Troub. “It’s bad out there right now, and we’re trying to bring some light to it and say hey, we do recover. more@HeraldBulletin |
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Father recovering from addiction confronts past pain Sep. 19, 2020 - I reflect on my past, on the history of colonization and the wave of effects that have impacted generations; families deprived of their cultures, children robbed of their childhoods, lost souls stripped of their identity. more@CBC |
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Dad battling alcoholism sent heartbreaking text before taking own life Sep. 18, 2020 - The inquest heard he sent a number of text messages in the days leading up to his death saying he intended to take his own life. He also posted a picture of a noose and a bottle of vodka on Facebook... more@Mirror |
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Lionrock Recovery Rocks WATCH |
Finding and Maintaining Sobriety During COVID-19 WATCH - Sep. 16, 2020 - September 22 is the first-ever National Online Recovery Day, which recognizes the importance of telehealth treatment and online recovery support programs for the over 22 million people living in recovery and the 20 million people struggling with substance use disorders. more@WSAW |
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Did the ‘Benadryl Challenge’ Prompt Warnings of Overdose Risk? - Sep. 15, 2020 - The so-called “Benadryl Challenge” went viral on TikTok in 2020, challenging teenagers to overdose on the allergy medication to elicit hallucinatory effects, prompting warnings from medical experts over the potential risk of overdose death. more@Snopes |
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What Happened Inside Ed Buck’s Apartment? September 16, 2020 - On July 27, 2017, four LA County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call from the Laurel Apts. in West Hollywood. A young Black man was lying unresponsive on the floor … The tenant of the apartment, Ed Buck described the man as his “friend” who had injected meth about 2 hours earlier … A second man died 18 months later. more@NYTimes |
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