THE WEEKEND • Dec. 4-7, 2020 • Vol. 8., No. 15 |
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World’s most prestigious consulting firm proposed paying CVS rebates for OxyContin Overdoses Nov. 27, 2020 - “This is the banality of evil, M.B.A. edition,” McKinsey consultant who reviewed the documents, said of the firm’s work with Purdue. “They knew what was going on. And they found a way to look past it... more@NYTimes |
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FDA Study Shows Severe Perils of Benzodiazepines WATCH - Dec. 2, 2020- Bernie Silvernail, founder and director of the Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices, noted “More than 20 voluntary organizations with over a hundred thousand members worldwide have been dedicated for years to informing the world of the dangers of benzodiazepines. Watch 52 min. film. more@MadinAmerica |
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The Other Health Crisis: A Resurgent Drug Epidemic November 28, 2020 - More than 76,000 people died of a drug overdose between April 2019 and April 2020, according to the most recent data, the most ever recorded during a 12-month period. “Since the pandemic hit we have not been able to control the opioid epidemic,” said Nora Volkow ... more@Politico |
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Is Work Addiction Hurting Your Career? November 28, 2020 - All work addicts work too much, but not all act alike. Some are too careless, others too ploddingly scrupulous. Some can’t get started; others plunge in on a dozen projects and finish little. more@Forbes |
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Ex- SF 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith addresses troubled past - Nov. 27, 2020 - A third arrest in 2015 for driving under the influence ... “Being in a place now where I have everything back and it’s better than it was before, I’m just grateful for being able to see the light”.Smith, who has been in and out of rehabilitation centers for much of the past seven years, told the newspaper he hopes his story inspires others who might be struggling. @MercuryNews |
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Miley’s Honest Update About Her Sobriety November 24, 2020 - “I would never sit here and go, ‘I’ve been f*#king sober,’” the Plastic Hearts singer said. “I fell off and I realized that I now am back on sobriety, two weeks sober, and I feel like I really accepted that time.” more@Bustle |
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Brandon Marshall opens up about his mental illness November 27, 2020 - Marshall wants to break the stigma that men should simply “man up” and “suck it up” when it comes to mental health. “Real men face things,” he said. “You can’t just face your strengths. You’ve got to face your challenges and your weaknesses. And it’s OK to not be OK. more@PhillyTribune |
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Therapist fights online toxicity, one TikTok at a time November 27, 2020 - “I think I was the first therapist on there,” Smith, told CNN. “I thought I was going to be trolled or ignored.” A year later, and she posts videos on mental health several times a week and has amassed more than 2.2 million followers. more@CNN |
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Man finds hope, gratitude and sobriety WATCH Nov. 26, 2020 - “I had a promising career in film ... COVID-19, civil unrest, virtual learning, unemployment, and a turbulent election have brewed the perfect storm for increased stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He felt even more alone when his mother passed away. The work became less and less and the partying became more and more. He was 21 when he went to his first recovery meeting. more@WRDW |
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12 Step Meetings: What is was like, what happened and what it's like now! by Dr. Don Grant, MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV, PhD November 27, 2020 - In the early 2000’s, I began to notice sobriety support “chat rooms” online, and online recovery opportunities increasing. My observations of this phenomenon caused me to direct my doctoral work towards a non-prejudicial investigation of their use and efficacy value...@AddictionRecoveryeBulletin |
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Childhood drug addiction inspired The Queen’s Gambit Nov. 27, 2020 - “It’s an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it.” So says teen prodigy Beth Harmon of chess, the game she comes to dominate in new Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit. Walter Tevis published his novel The Queen’s Gambit in 1983, following a life of alcoholism that had its roots in his early years. @Her |
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5 Reasons to Start Addiction Treatment Nov. 23, 2020 - Although addiction is a treatable disorder like any other chronic disease, the results can vary depending on the patient’s condition and the kind of treatment undergone. The chemicals in the drugs affect the body and brain... more@LiistStudio |
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Stimulants Are Increasingly Involved in Overdoses of Young People - Nov. 23, 2020 - “We need to not focus soley on opioids — we really need to be aware that more often than not, overdose deaths are involving other substances, not just opioids.” more@WBUR |
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New Addiction Framework to Empower Patients and Reduce Stigma - Nov. 27, 2020 - The moral model of addiction is partially responsible for this stigmatization. It considers drug use a choice and a bad one—the addict is considered weak, lazy, selfish, etc. Thus, people with addictions are seen as deserving of the ill-treatment commonly meted to them. On the other hand, the disease model insists that addiction... more@MadInAmerica |
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Sober Sonnet November 28, 2020 -You always think “this will never happen to me, until you are drowning in the addict’s crashing sea’. To honor her 6th year without drugs or alcohol, Mandy Richard wrote a poem. more@BayToday |
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Hulu series on opioid addiction stars Michael Keaton November 27, 2020 - The 8-episode limited series is inspired by the bestselling book, “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America,” by Virginia author Beth Macy. Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Keaton (who previously starred in “Clean and Sober” also about addiction and recovery) will executive produce and star alongside Peter Sarsgaard... more@OANow |
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Trey Anastasio Raises Over $1 Million For New Treatment Center WATCH Nov. 29, 2020 - Trey Anastasio, best known as the leader of Phish, had access to the empty Beacon Theater on Upper Broadway, where he performed full shows to eager fans tuning in via Twitch. Anastasio, who regularly speaks about his recovery from drug addiction, was arrested in 2006. He raised money for The Divided Sky Fund, a new arm of Phish’s pre-existing Waterwheel Foundation. more@VanityFair |
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From A.A. to Zoom - Treatment Goes Online November 28, 2020 - “It’s both challenging our preconceived concerns about what is necessary for treatment and recovery but also validating the need for connection with a peer group ... said Samantha Pauley, director of virtual services for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation ... Dr. Lynn Hankes, 84, who has been in recovery for 43 years says, “Members thank Zoom for their very survival.” more@NYTimes |
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Sobriety: an indigenous woman tells her story WATCH - Nov./Dec. 2020 - Told by indigenous people from Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, part of an empowerment journalism project in partnership with the Global Reporting Center. Tonight, we hear from Louise Beaulieu, who speaks about being placed in a religious residential school, losing her language and culture, and her struggle with alcoholism. more@PBS |
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Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network Convened for First Summit Nov. 24, 2020 - The Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network, the first collaborative of its kind in the addiction treatment industry, convened hundreds of participants from 125 member organizations for its inaugural national summit. The virtual event, held Nov. 19 and 20, brought together several hundred representatives from health care organizations across the country to discuss the future of addiction care...@HazeldenBettyFord |
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Here’s how much exercise you should get a week Nov. 26, 2020 - Regular physical activity can reduce the risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer, and it has positive effects on mental health and reducing cognitive decline, the World Health Organization said. more@USAToday |
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Celebrities who have discussed sobriety in 2020 Nov. 28, 2020 - From decades-long milestone accomplishments (Elton John) to one-year anniversaries (Heather Locklear) and even brave admissions of a relapse (Dax Shepard), celebrities have embraced 2020 to speak candidly about getting clean. @FoxNews |
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Drug deaths were on rise locally; then the virus hit Now, 2020 - The skate parks were closed. He missed his friends. The in-person family counseling he’d started a few months earlier was now conversations through a computer screen. So, to lift his spirits, his parents allowed him to celebrate his landmark birthday in the backyard of their Encinitas home. But someone must have brought Alexander several doses of cocaine as a gift, sparking cycles of relapse and self-detoxing that revealed a hidden struggle with drug use... more@ENewspaper |
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‘Recovery is possible’: beating drug addiction to spread hope - Nov. 29, 2020 - “So for me in my active addiction, I went full bore. I never wanted to stop and didn’t think I would stop,” said Henry, who during that period of his life, overdosed seven times. “That should have been a wake-up call, but it didn’t slow me down then.” more@JCOnline |
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Thanksgiving has new meaning for former gang member WATCH Nov. 28, 2020 - Celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday at the Hiway 80 Rescue Mission was a new experience for Californian Benjamin Pennebaker. Not because he was at the mission, but because he never celebrated before. Growing up in LA, being around gang members and stuff like that, being in that lifestyle, holidays were something not enjoyable,” he said. more@KLTV |
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Weirdest Mental Health Tips For Winter November 27, 2020 - “The most unusual (and very effective) mental health tip I’ve used is cold therapy. This includes things such as ice baths, cold showers, and simply being outdoors in the cold for long periods of time. It sounds crazy... more@Bustle |
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