Friday, July 28, 2017
“This Is How We Make Monsters” | The Fix
“This Is How We Make Monsters” | The Fix: A doctor and nurse clash over how to manage pain in a patient with a history of addiction.
5 Misconceptions About Addiction and Recovery | The Fix
5 Misconceptions About Addiction and Recovery | The Fix: Someone who is high-functioning may still go to work, maintain healthy relationships, have their finances in order, and appear to have their life together overall.
The Challenges of Being Wonder Woman | The Fix
The Challenges of Being Wonder Woman | The Fix: Even Wonder Woman couldn't conquer alcoholism with a Lasso of Truth. 'The most important thing I learned is that I didn’t have to do it alone.'
England Swings Sober
"I'll never be recovered": Davina McCall's years of addiction hell & how AA keeps her on right track
July 15, 2017 - "People like Prince William and Prince Harry have definitely helped with that ... "It is about people talking about their experiences so others don't get judged as much." ... She believes that the Duchess of Cambridge being patron of Action On Addiction will really help the cause.
Obituary R.I.P. Damon McGuire
Damon McGuire
May 2, 1949 - July 15, 2017
July 2017 -Damon was employed by ... the county Health Services Agency for a career that spanned over twenty-five years in the recovery field. His advocacy and commitment to the transformational power of recovery changed lives and the community forever. Damon belonged to the people.
Preventable DeathsPreven
Heavy drinking will kill 63,000 Englishmen and women over next five years, doctors warn
July 23, 2017 - Senior members of the medical profession and health charities are urging the government to bring in minimum unit pricing of alcohol and a crackdown on drink advertising to avert what they claim is the "public health crisis" of liver disease deaths.
Research from some of Britain's leading academic experts on alcohol has found that alcohol misuse will lead to 62,905 deaths between 2017 and 2022 and cost the NHS £16.74bn to treat.
NOT ALL REHABS ARE CORRUPT
RAGS to riches to rags: How a booming addiction treatment biz goes bankrupt
July 21, 2017 - By 2015, Solid Landings employed 1,200 and the number of addicts seeking its help quadrupled to 3,000 a year ... Fennelly was named one of O.C.'s most influential people, Solid Landings was voted one of O.C.'s top workplaces, and his pay exceeded $82,000 a month. He bought a luxury condo in the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas - complete with white-gloved doormen, valet parking, 24-hour concierge service and spectacular views - for $1.77 million in 2015 ... In October, Solid Landings was hit with an investigative subpoena from the California Department of Insurance. It was exhaustive, demanding that the company hand over an enormous trove of documents on everything from the nonprofit, Solid Landings Foundation, to records of money used to buy insurance for clients, to protocols used for urine testing, according to the subpoena.
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