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September 1, 2017
How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (08/19) - Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are challenging the view that it’s a moral failing and researching treatments that could offer an exit from the cycle of desire, bingeing, and withdrawal that traps tens of millions of people. Read more
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The Opioid Emergency: Now What, Mr. President?
USA TODAY (08/25) - The opioid epidemic has become a crisis in every corner of the country. In many communities, more people are losing their lives from overdoses than from homicides, suicides and traffic fatalities — combined. Read more
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In Texas, People With Mental Illness Are Finding Work By Helping Peers
NPR (07/11) - Recovery coaches and peer mentors – known in Alcoholics Anonymous as "sponsors" — have for decades helped people who are addicted to alcohol or drugs. Now, peer support for people who have serious mental illness is becoming more common, too. Read more
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Collaborative Care Shows Promise for Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders
NIDA (08/28) - A NIDA-funded randomized clinical trial found that primary care patients with opioid and alcohol use disorders who were offered a collaborative care intervention were more likely to receive evidence-based treatment and refrain from using opioids and alcohol six months later, compared to patients receiving usual care. Read more
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Smokers Hospitalized for Heart Attacks Often Don't Get Cessation Drugs
REUTERS (08/21) - Few smokers hospitalized for heart attacks and other serious complications of cardiac disease get medication to help them quit smoking, a U.S. study suggests. Read more
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Surgery Is Not the Reason For Most New Opioid Use, Study Says
THE FIX (08/20) – A new JAMA study shows that people are much more likely to use painkillers long term if they receive their first opioid prescription for chronic pain, rather than after a surgical procedure. Read more

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Younger Mothers Are More Likely to Engage in Risky Drinking During and After Pregnancy
SCIENCE DAILY (08/23) - This study of maternal alcohol use is the first to focus on age at transition to motherhood as a predictor of trajectories of risky drinking during a 17-year span. Read more
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Opioid Misuse Can Be Tracked Using Twitter
MEDICAL XPRESS (08/22) - According to a study in the Journal of Medical Toxicology social media such as Twitter can be a useful tool to find out how widespread the misuse of prescribed opioid drugs is in a particular state or town, or to track the dynamics of opioid misuse in a given locality over time. Read more
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Brain-Altering Magnetic Pulses Could Zap Cocaine Addiction
SCIENCE (08/29) - … When the researchers stimulated the animals’ brains in an area that regulates impulse control, the rats essentially kicked their habit. “They would almost instantaneously stop searching for cocaine,” Bonci says. Read more
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Very Brief Mindfulness Training Helped Heavy Drinkers Cut Back
MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (08/24) - Researchers compared the effect of "ultra-brief" mindfulness training against relaxation training (the controls). When a craving arises, mindfulness training teaches you how to just observe the sensations, thoughts, and feelings of that moment without evaluating or analyzing them. Read more
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Perceptions of Health Risks of Cigarette Smoking: A New Measure Reveals Widespread Misunderstanding
PLOS ONE (08/14) - Most Americans recognize that smoking causes serious diseases, yet many Americans continue to smoke. This article examines possible explanation for this paradox. Read more
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How Medicine Treats Opioid Addiction Among Pregnant Women
HUFFPOST (05/17) - ...Unfortunately, instances of drug abuse during pregnancy are not uncommon. Medical professionals have a handful of options in treating overdose and addiction when babies are at stake. Read more
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Criteria for Identification of Smartphone Addiction
PSYCHIATRY ADVISOR (07/27) - The nearly universal availability of smartphones in Western cultures has created a new potential for widespread abuse of the technology in ways that suggest addiction. The DSM-5 examines smartphone use through the lens of a process addiction. Read more
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Federal Agency Announces First Long-Term Study on Marijuana’s Effect on Opioid Addiction
SF GATE (08/10) - The NIH has announced a five-year, $3.8 million grant awarded to conduct the first long-term study to test whether medical marijuana reduces opioid use among adults with chronic pain. Read more
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Intent On Reversing Its Opioid Epidemic, A State Limits Prescriptions
NPR (08/23) - Maine's law, considered the toughest in the U.S., is largely viewed as a success. But it has also been controversial — particularly among chronic pain patients who are reluctant to lose the medicine they say helps them function. Read more
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Medicaid Patients Continue High Prescription Opioid Use After Overdose
MEDICAL XPRESS (08/22) - According to a study published by JAMA, despite receiving medical attention for an overdose, patients in Pennsylvania Medicaid continued to have persistently high prescription opioid use. Read more
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White House Official Says West Virginia Can Fight Drug Crisis with Less Money
CHARLESTON GAZETTE-MAIL (08/24) - The acting chief of staff for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said, during a trip to Charleston, that West Virginia can fight the drug crisis while receiving less federal money by making sure money is “well-spent.” Read more
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Evaluated by Researchers
MEDICAL XPRESS (08/19) - Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) are being implemented in an increasing number of states to address misuse, and a team of Penn State researchers have been investigating their impact. Read more
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-How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction
-The Opioid Emergency: Now What, Mr. President?
-In Texas, People With Mental Illness Are Finding Work By Helping Peers
-Collaborative Care Shows Promise for Opioid & Alcohol Use Disorders
-Smokers Hospitalized for Heart Attacks Often Don't Get Cessation Drugs
-Surgery Is Not the Reason For Most New Opioid Use
-Younger Moms More Likely to Engage in Risky Drinking During & After Pregnancy
-Opioid Misuse Can Be Tracked Using Twitter
-Brain-Altering Magnetic Pulses Could Zap Cocaine Addiction
-Brief Mindfulness Training Helped Heavy Drinkers Cut Back
-Perceptions of Health Risks of Cigarette Smoking
-How Medicine Treats Opioid Addiction Among Pregnant Women
-Criteria for Identification of Smartphone Addiction
-Federal Agency Announces First Long-Term Study on Marijuana’s Effect on Opioid Addiction
-Intent On Reversing Its Opioid Epidemic, A State Limits Prescriptions
-Medicaid Patients Continue High Prescription Opioid Use After Overdose
-W.H. Official Says WV Can Fight Drug Crisis with Less Money
-Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Evaluated by Researchers
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Ride for Recovery XIII

The month of September is National Recovery Month. There will be plenty of events for people in recovery and those that support them. We continue to build our recovery together by gathering with others and joining the circle of recovery.

On September 16, 2017, support those individuals who are making the choice for a sober life by attending the 13th Annual Ride for Recovery.

The Ride for Recovery motorcycle ride and family picnic supports Livengrin's mission by increasing public awareness about the disease of addiction and treatment while raising funds which directly benefit patient programs, charitable care, and other services.

This year's picnic will include a bounce house, slide, game truck, horse and carriage rides and other activities for kids. For adults, there will be volleyball, horseshoes, a band, a DJ, vendors and other happenings. Food will be served throughout the day. The picnic will wrap up with a meeting and finish with Livengrin's first-ever fireworks display!

The price is $10 for picnic attendees and $25 for motorcycle riders. You can register by clicking here.

We are in need of volunteers!!! Please read the volunteer flyer by clicking the button below. All recovery house residents are encouraged to speak with their house managers about the Ride for Recovery volunteer options. Please share the flyer with your friends!

We hope to see you on September 16th at the Ride for Recovery and the other Livengrin events during National Recovery Month and all year long.

The Ride for Recovery Schedule:
2:00 PM Ride Registration and Volunteers Start
3:00 PM Ride Starts
4:00-8/8:30 PM Picnic and Entertainment
9:00 PM Volunteering Ends


For sponsorship options, please contact Scott F. Blacker:
215.638.5200x1011 or SBlacker@livengrin.org.

 
Click here to download the volunteer flyer

EVENTS


Team Livengrin

Recovery Walks! 2017

Saturday, September 23rd - 7:45 AM to Noon
Meet at the Livengrin Tent - 7:45 AM to 8:30 AM
Group Photo - 8:30 AM to 8:45 AM
Line up - 8:45 AM
Walk starts - 9:00 AM


Penn's Landing

 

 

Livengrin Alumni Meeting

 
Sunday, September 17th
6:00 PM


Shanahan Hall
4833 Hulmeville Road
Bensalem, PA  19020



Please arrive early to get a seat!


RockSoberFest II

 
Saturday, September 30th
11:00 AM to 7:30 PM


Macungie Memorial Park
50 N. Poplar Street
Macungie, PA  18062



This is a free event. Rain or shine.
If you have any questions email:sbarr@livengrin.org

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Please join us on Facebook at the new Livengrin Alumni Facebook group. Please share your inspirational pictures and quotes or recovery events. You can click here or copy and paste the link below.

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Friday, September 1, 2017

TWELVE STEPPING WITH SUPPORT FROM SCRIPTURE


Psalm 91 v 10 - For He shall give His Angels charge over you.To keep you in all your ways.



STEP 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God

Why wouldn't you Step three your Life! Imagine everyday you awake there are Gods mighty Angels waiting and guarding your every move. Angels are real and we need them! I couldn't count a number of times I have escaped danger and certain death back then in active addiction. So even in the craziness, I believe they assist because I should be dead when I look back at the Life I lived. Step three your life and pray believe and trust you can't go wrong when you have an Army of Angels watching over you.




By Joseph Dickerson/Recovery Connections 8-31-17
Need Help email us recoveryfriends@gmail.com
Jesus is the Truth the Life the Way!