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JUUL Use Among Older Teens and Young Adults Soars Juul use among older teens and young adults soared between 2018 and 2019, according to a new study. Read More States Can Now Use Federal Opioid Funds to Tackle Meth and Cocaine A spending bill passed by Congress late last year allows states to use funds earmarked for the opioid crisis to be used instead to tackle the surge in meth and cocaine use, The New York Times reports. Read More   Prescriptions of Benzodiazepines on the Rise, Study Finds Prescriptions for benzodiazepines—used to relieve anxiety, agitation or sleep problems—are on the rise in the United States, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Few People Taking High Doses of Prescription Opioids Fill Naloxone Prescription Fewer than 2% of people taking high doses of prescription opioids have filled a prescription for the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, a new study suggests. Read More Changing Default Computer Settings May Reduce Opioid Prescriptions A new study suggests that simply changing default computer settings in hospitals may reduce opioid prescriptions, HealthDay reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest How To Kick a Meth Habit (Slate How To! With Charles Duhigg) In Oval Office Meeting, Trump Expresses Regret on Vaping Policy (The New York Times) Weed? CBD? New products, new laws are causing confusion in the workplace (USA Today) AI can help find illegal opioid sellers online. And wildlife traffickers. And counterfeits. (Vox) How Philly plans to combat the nation’s worst big-city opioid crisis in 2020 (The Philadelphia Inquirer) College Students Picking Pot Over Drinking in States Where It's Legal (HealthDay News) A Hallucinogenic Root Is Pitched to Davos Set as Treatment for Opioid Addiction (Bloomberg) Acclaimed scientist gets brain surgery for alcohol addiction (BBC News) What Parents Can Do to Prevent Teens From Driving Drunk (HealthDay News) Vaping Is the Darling of Instagram (HealthDay News) Kelly Ripa Revealed She Stopped Drinking After Ryan Seacrest Became Her Co-Host (Oprah Magazine) Listen: How Vaping Regulations Are Playing Out In The States (Kaiser Health News) Juice WRLD Cause Of Death Was Accidental Overdose (NPR) Jessica Simpson opens up about drinking and pill addiction in new memoir (CNN) Smokers Should Quit at Least 4 Weeks Before Surgery, W.H.O. says (The New York Times)

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ADDICTION A SPIRITUAL CONDITION

January 23 , 2020 TRANSFORMATION THROUGH SPIRITUAL TRUTH FROM SCRIPTURE AND THE TWELVE STEPS " TODAY STEP 1 "

Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over chemical substances—that our lives had become unmanageable.

Psalm 88

1 O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.

When you are broken beyond your ability to fix ! God is the only one who can fix all of you !Look at that verse it explains where I was sixteen years ago. We discover God when we are completely done with self. The mess your in was not His plan and somewhere on your journey you took a detour. You got lost and we all have been lost and most are still lost. Give God a chance He is waiting anxiously for you to return to Him! He will renew ,transform, and rebuild you into

the person He designed you to be.  

By Joseph Dickerson/Recovery Connections Network Psalm 103 v 3- He forgives all my sins and Heals all my diseases! Jesus Christ has already won your war with addiction!Matthew 8 v 17 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah,who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”

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January 23, 2020 Become a NAADAC Member and Gain Access to FREE CEs! Did you know that NAADAC members have access to over 145 hours of FREE continuing education (CE) hours through NAADAC’s Free Webinar Series? Every month, NAADAC offers two or more free new webinars and participants have the option to either join the webinar live or access the webinar at a later time through NAADAC's Free On-Demand Webinar Library. Webinar topics range from co-occurring disorders and recovery support to clinical skills and neurobiology. Each free 1-3 hour webinar is presented by a subject matter expert in the addiction profession and worth CEs. While viewing the education is free, non-members must pay to receive CEs ($15 for 1 CE to $35 for 3 CEs). NAADAC members can earn those CEs for free! (Join NAADAC now!) The next live webinar will take place on January 29th at 3:00pm EST. Presenter Mike Bricker, MS, NCAC II, CADC II, LPC, will discuss the behavioral health ethical codes that apply to virtual interactions with clients. Register for Social Media and Ethical Dilemmas for Behavioral Health Clinicians today! If your employer is a NAADAC Organizational Member, you can become a NAADAC member at a discounted rate! Use the Organizational Members Directory to find out if your company is a NAADAC Organizational Member and join NAADAC today! View the FREE Webinar Series Become a NAADAC Member Learn more about NAADAC membership benefits! Join NAADAC today! NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 301, Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703.741.7686 | Fax: 703.741.7698 Contact Us || Subscribe |

From WFS: Conference 2020 Needs You

WFS Needs Your Help to Make Conference a Success! Workshop Facilitators Women who use the New Life Program for their personal recovery are encouraged to apply! We have mentors willing to help you make your first workshop a success, as well as a number of resources available for repeated topics (i.e. Relapse Prevention, First Year, etc.). Workshop presenters receive a complimentary Base Registration, which covers Fri-Sun meals, double room, and conference activities ($300 value in 2019). Submission deadline is February 1, 2020. Learn more about being a conference presenter, see tips and suggestions, and submit a presentation application on our conference page. Interested in leading an informal activity instead? Fill out our new Informal Activity Proposal short form instead! Planning Team Volunteers make the Annual Conference a success and WFS needs your help!  The following conference workgroups are looking for volunteers to help with planning, preparation, and helping at the event: Logistics Workgroup - Making sure the who and what get to the where and when. Programming Workgroup - Developing the formal, official conference activities such as keynote addresses, workshops (breakout sessions, paid-for Friday sessions), WFS meetings. Hospitality & Informal Activities Workgroup – Additional activities and touches that make the conference an all-around great experience. Finance & Budgeting Workgroup - All things financial related to the event. Marketing & Communications Workgroup - Help get the word out about the event and develop the written conference program book. Sponsorship Workgroup – Cultivating corporate sponsors to provide additional funding for the event All volunteers must have completed the Volunteer Application and have a signed Confidentiality Agreement and Electronic Resources Use Agreement on file. Please contact volunteer@womenforsobriety.org with any questions.   Don't forget about fundraising! The 2020 Teddy Bear Challenge is also looking for volunteers before and during Conference to help with the planning and implementation of this fun and creative fundraiser starting in February. The Fundraising Management Team is in charge of the Saturday night fundraising event at the conference, as well. If you have an interest in helping making our conference-season fundraisers a success, email the Fundraising Management Team at fundraising@womenforsobriety.org. Thanks!   Copyright © 2020 WFS, Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: WFS, Inc. PO Box 618 Quakertown, PA 18951-0618 Add us to your address book

ADDICTION A SPIRITUAL CONDITION

January 22,2020 TRANSFORMATION THROUGH SPIRITUAL TRUTH FROM SCRIPTURE AND THE TWELVE STEPS " TODAY STEP 11 "

Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Proverb 6:22

When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.

Addiction is a spiritual battle with self ! Gods Big Book refers to your Spirit as the inner man.Most secular treatment programs leave out the inner self which explains relapse. Recovery must be a total Mind, body, and Spiritual Transformation, and the only program that offers 100% success is Gods recovery program. That success is Guaranteed with the help of His Angels who are available around the clock. Constant communication and Prayer to God and inviting his son Jesus Christ into your Heart and life will complete your connection to God your father. God created you and he knows whats best and He has the power you need to win your Spiritual battle with self.

By Joseph Dickerson/Recovery Connections Network Psalm 103 v 3- He forgives all my sins and Heals all my diseases! Jesus Christ has already won your war with addiction!Matthew 8 v 17 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah,who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”