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Addiction recovery centers adapt to COVID-19 pandemic

Flexibility Matters – March 23, 2020 - “We do still do in-person evaluations for people needing immersion services, and we do still have our partial hospitalization program running as well,” explained Dreisbach. “... Read More...

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Think you’re isolated during the pandemic? Just ask an addict

Alone at last – March 24, 2020 - An ex-addict with a dream His dream has a name: Marvin’s Corner, to honor a wealthy New Yorker who befriended Schmidt, 64, when he was a young man adrift on drugs. He envisions... Read More...

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Keeping it together while staying apart

Not-quite-Social Services – March 25, 2020 - “We hear a lot of people saying I feel very alone, I’m very anxious and scared. We’re getting a lot more calls about suicide and suicidal thinking,” Christina Bradle... Read More...

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Managing an eating disorder during self-isolation

Think Healthy – March 25, 2020 - Plus, Jude explains, being isolated without our usual social interactions and routines can increase this need to take control in unhealthy ways. Eating disorder habits provide ... Read More...

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Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood on Covid-19 sobriety: ‘If I can do it, you can’

Gathering No Moss, or Virus – March 28, 2020 - “Or if they’re worried about ‘What do I do next?’, there’s always people out there that can help,” he continued. “If I can do it, you can. I’ve been there and ... Read More...

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What Is Soda Addiction?

Six a day? – 2020 - Addiction is a mental and physiological disorder characterized by the continued use of a substance even though it affects you negatively. People can become addicted to a variety of... Read More...

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Elizabeth Vargas on Experience with Anxiety & Alcoholism

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With Meetings Banned, Millions Struggle to Stay Sober On Their Own

However Fellowship Continues! – March 26, 2020 - On March 13, a dozen people gathered at a Cleveland outpatient clinic for their daily therapy group. They represented a patchwork of addictions: to alcohol, cra... Read More...

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Coronavirus Pandemic Has Made The Opioid Epidemic Even Worse

You Call That An Epidemic? – March 27, 2020 - With countries closing their borders and movement restricted, recovery advocates are worried that opioid use will become more dangerous. If supplies diminish... Read More...

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Jersey Announces More Than $163 Million Available to Fight Addiction Crisis

Seabrook House, did you see this? – March 24, 2020 - “Our nation is facing the difficult challenge of curbing substance addiction, which threatens public safety and is among the Administration’s top domestic p... Read More...

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Quarantining patients at PA. drug treatment centers could pose risk, but many have nowhere else to go

Damed if you do... – March 24, 2020 - “We have people who do not have a home to go back to,” said Paul Bacharach, president and CEO of Gateway Rehab, which owns 14 treatment facilities across Western Pennsylva... Read More...

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Online Help to Stay Sober

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking – March 26, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has put severe stress on millions of people in recovery for substance use issues, as well as on friends and family who are trying to ... Read More...

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During COVID-19, L.A.’s Rehab Centers Are Still Addressing the Drug Crisis

Still Working Hard – March 25, 2020 - More recently, overdose deaths from stimulants have surged, potentially representing the next phase of the drug crisis. Overdoses from psychostimulants like cocaine and methamphe... Read More...

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Addiction treatment professionals losing crucial support during pandemic

Helping the Helpers – March 27, 2020 - “In every crisis that has occurred in this country, whether it’s earthquakes or hurricanes or floods, people have abused more substances,” said Dekker, an addiction and p... Read More...

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Coronavirus Crisis Shows Marijuana Is ‘Essential’ And Mainstream

America’s Medicine – March 23, 2020 - Advocacy groups have pushed governors and state officials to ensure that medical marijuana patients in particular can maintain access to the cannabis they need. But becaus... Read More...

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For those struggling with alcoholism, there are online options

I hope you have a computer! – MARCH 25, 2020 - For recovering alcoholics, “Go to a meeting,” is the answer to most problems. Want to drink? Go to a meeting. Lost your job? Go to a meeting. Getting a divorce? G... Read More...

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Overcoming Addiction On Your Own Is Totally Possible

Don’t scuba dive alone... – March 27, 2020 - But quitting is not impossible, though it is hard and may take several tries. Success doesn’t come from wishing and wanting, but finally realizing that you need ... Read More...

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This Is What Sobriety in a Time of Crisis Looks Like

I’m in the right hand corner – MARCH 24, 2020 - “We have a format for how we hold AA meetings,” she says, “and we’re sticking to that format online.” The chairperson kicks things off, there’s a preamble, and th... Read More...

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James Kennedy Gives Update On Mom’s Sobriety

Really? – March 24, 2020 - How James is Keeping Busy During Coronavirus Quarantine. Everyone on the VPR cast is handling the coronavirus quarantine differently. Some VPR stars are playing virtual drinking game... Read More...

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PLAYLIST FOR THE ISOLATION

Turn It Up to 11 – March 27, 2020 - The Official Charts Company used Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other services to track the fastest-growing catalogue songs this week. You’ll Never Walk Alone originally feature... Read More...

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Don’t You Miss This Now?

Wish this was this morning? March, 30, 2020 – @YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM4QSYDxa1A&feature=youtu.be ... Read More...

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How Johnson & Johnson used a ‘super poppy’ to make narcotics…

What is the Band-Aid for an overdose – March 26, 2020 - As far back as 2011, advocates and victims were calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration to lower the quota of drugs that may be produced in the Un... Read More...

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How Video Conferencing Saved My Sanity—And My Wardrobe

Some priorities don’t wear off – March 17, 2020 - And then the Zoom meeting request came from my boss. For those who don’t know, Zoom is essentially a group FaceTime, albeit a little more corporate and complic... Read More...

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RECOVERING alcoholic who hid away in baggy clothes shaved 19 years off her age

Tearjerker – March 26, 2020 - Paulette, who’s 47, appeared on Channel 5’s 10 Years Younger in 10 D... Read More...

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Isolation Is Changing How You Look

Mirror, Mirror... – March 25, 2020 - As the coronavirus pandemic shut down cities and cloistered people indoors around the world, images began to circulate online of what appeared to be nature retaking territo... Read More...

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How to Apply 12 Step Principles During Covid-19 Times by Dr. Tian Dayton

A Must Read! – March 25, 2020 - We have experienced helplessness, before, it is a natural reaction to feeling overwhelmed, it’s part of the collapse that can accompany trauma. But there is a profound, psycholo... Read More...

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In a Town Where Meth Is Eclipsing Opioids, Everyone Feels the Pain

Another Meth to Clean Up – March 28, 2020 - Opioids, heroin and fentanyl remain abundant, cheap and deadly in this part of Kentucky. In 2017, the rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the state was nearly twice the... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Robert Strauss

“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.” ―Robert Strauss ... Read More...

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Russell Brand & Dr. Gabor Mate: Pandemics & Infodemics – Wisdom In Time of Covid-19

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