Ingestible “smart pill” May Detect Overdosing THEN WHAT? – Nov. 17, 2023 - n this study, 10 participants undergoing sleep studies at the WVU Medicine Sleep Evaluation Center swallowed a Celero Systems Vitals Monitoring Pill (VM Pill), a device the size of a vita... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionNov 21 2023OverdoseRecovery
Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Stay Clean & Sober HEALTHY LIFESTYLES TAKE WORK – Nov. 2, 2023 - Addiction is both biological and social First, it is important to know where addiction originates. It is not a choice someone made. Addiction is “a ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 21 2023RecoveryRehab
Surprising Trick for ‘snapping out of’ Panic or Anxiety Attack Instantly GET THEE BEHIND ME – Nov. 9, 2023 - ‘The more harsh the taste - sour, spicy, anything in between - the more likely your brain is going to step outside of that anxious thought and more into what you’re tasting,’ Ms Pa... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthNov 21 2023
Dealing with Addiction Before Ruining Festive Holidays DON’T BE THE TURKEY – Nov. 15, 2023 - It can also be hell for the loved ones of those struggling with addiction as they are often not equipped to deal with their needs. To help people better understand addiction, bra... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 21 2023RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Doctor Sentenced in $5,000,000 Pill Mill Thrill MAKING A LIVING KILLING – Nov. 16, 2023 - Rosenfield, Taylor, and their co-conspirators issued prescriptions for opioids, including approximately 752,000 pills of oxycodone and 419,000 pills of hydrocodone, un... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Mobile Addiction Services Stop Overdoses SAVING LIVES DAILY – Nov. 16, 2023 - Reducing overdose deaths goes beyond helping people stop using opioids, panelists said. It also requires offering harm reduction resources, like sterile needles, that make using l... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 21 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Recovery Requires ‘whole person’ Care HUMANS ARE BEINGS – Nov. 16, 2023 - “When we’re running a county and we have incarcerated individuals who need access to medication to help their brain get better so that they can become more productive members of ou... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 21 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Navigating Addiction in the Holiday Season NO WILD TURKEY – Nov. 17, 2023 - That doesn’t mean that you should invite disaster to your holiday gatherings, but you can consider appropriate precautions for health and safety. Sometimes, it simply isn’t saf... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 21 2023RecoveryRehab
Algorithm Sued for Denying Care for Medicare Members AI vs. AI – Nov. 15, 2023 - The lawsuit alleges that the health insurer and its subsidiary, NaviHealth, used an algorithm called nH Predict to systematically deny medical claims from patients recuperating from illnes... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyNov 21 2023
Addiction Ravaged My Family and Tribe NATIONALLY – Nov. 14, 2023 - At 61 years old, I have lost far too much to drugs, and I’ve never done anything more than weed, as a teenager. I have three sons and one daughter, and while I know that my husband and I ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Dean McDermott Is Staying at a Sober Living Facility AND MAKING AMENDS – Nov. 15, 2023 - He hopes his time there will allow him to soon make amends with his family, including wife Tori Spelling. The couple split in June. “All she’s ever done to this day... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 21 2023Rehab
VIDEO: What Happens in Recovery VIDEO – TAKE A LOOK – Nov. 17, 2023 - Illustrated new series explores life after addiction in West Virginia. The Gazette Mail spent weeks following men in a sober living house in Charleston, WV as they struggle to ov... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 21 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Canada to Legalize Killing Drug Addicts AUDIO – CHRISTIAN RADIO REPORTS – Nov. 15, 2023 - Supporters of MAiD for people with drug addiction promise that safeguards will be put in place, such as requiring multiple attempts at substance abuse treatment fir... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 21 2023Recovery
Ketamine Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of PTSD and Depression WHAT COULD GO WRONG? – Nov. 8, 2023 - We analyzed six randomized controlled trials representing 259 patients with moderate to severe PTSD. In all trials, about half were injected with ketamine. The rest receiv... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 21 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse. THEN WHAT? – Nov. 6, 2023 - One week, students were instructed to pay attention to things they wouldn’t typically notice, such as a sunset. Another, they were told to sleep more, eat right, and exercise. They ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthNov 14 2023
Man Helps Others in Recovery With ‘Sober Yoga’ VIDEO – STRETCHING NEW HABITS – Nov. 7, 2023 - “I couldn’t have two beers, I had to have 12 beers. I couldn’t have a glass, I had to have the whole bottle,” said Zak Stinnett. “It’s internal pain. It’s physical pain.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 14 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Transgender Activist Tracie Jada O’Brien is Definitely Iconic HARVEY MILK WOULD BE PROUD – Nov. 9, 2023 - Tracie’s story is one of gender transition, performing as a showgirl, sex work, addiction, sobriety and activism. It would be impossible to capture it all in one column. Th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 14 2023RecoveryRehab
Blacking Out & Waking Up on a Plane, I Needed Help Getting Sober HE FIGURED RIGHT – Nov. 10, 2023 - It all started to come back to me. Not just how I got on the plane in yet another blackout but how I ended up here, at the lowest point of my life. It was a life full of new lows. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 14 2023RecoveryRehab
Administration Urges Schools to Carry Opioid Overdose Drug SAD STATE OF AFFAIR – Oct. 31, 2023 - “We will encourage businesses, restaurants, banks, construction sites, schools, others to think about this — think about it as a smoke alarm or a defibrillator, to make it as eas... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Massive Addiction Resource List Developed by Doctors Released GREAT LISTINGS – Nov. 2, 2023 - American Psychiatric Association The American Psychiatric Association, founded in 1844, is the oldest medical association in the country. The APA is also the largest psyc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 7 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Trauma Therapy and Addiction IT’S COMPLICATED AND SAD – Oct. 31, 2023 - Research has illuminated a significant connection between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD), underscoring the intricate relationsh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 7 2023Recovery
Should Oregon Allow Forced Addiction Treatment? VIDEO – ATTRACTION NOT COERCION? – Nov. 2, 2023 - Washington passed “Ricky’s Law” in 2016, which allows for someone with a serious substance abuse disorder to be involuntarily committed to inpatient care. But Orego... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 7 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Law Could Increase Demand for Addiction Treatment CALIFORNIA DREAMING – Nov. 2, 2023 - Gov. Gavin Newsom last month signed SB 43, which broadens eligibility for both conservatorships and shorter-term involuntary holds in hospitals to include people whose addi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Vic Mensa On His Sobriety Following Car Crash BOTTOM TO TOP – Nov. 1, 2023 - Taylor: You put it in your post you want to handle your emotions head on now. And I think as men, that’s something that is shied away from. It’s like, I’m gonna suck it up. I’m ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 7 2023RecoveryRehabsobriety
Wife of North Dakota Gov. All In On Recovery Journey VIDEO – RIGOROUS HONESTY – Nov. 3, 2023 - Kathryn Burgum, wife of Gov. Doug Burgum (R-N.D.), is using her husband’s 2024 presidential campaign to share her personal story of addiction and recovery in hopes that it wi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Some Children So Addicted They Have to Sleep With Vapes Under Pillow ADDICTIVE ANY WAY YOU TAKE IT – Nov. 1, 2023 - In September, VicHealth and Quit released research revealing e-cigarette retailers are advertising vaping products on social media specifically designed for teenagers to... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionjuulNicorettenicotineNov 7 2023smokingteenagersTraumaVaping
Overcoming Failure to Launch Syndrome NEEDS A SHOVE OR A PUSH? – Nov. 1, 2023 - Failure to launch syndrome refers to the phenomenon where young adults struggle to transition into independent living and adulthood. This issue has become increasingly common... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthNov 7 2023
Attorney Who Ran Sober Living Homes Sentenced for $22M Urine Fraud GREED TRUMPS MORALS – Nov. 1, 2023 - Ganong was charged on May 19, 2017, with the following felony counts: Conspiracy to commit medical insurance fraud 13 counts of insurance fraud Sentencing Enhancements ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Christian College Fined $37.7 Million for Cheating & Lying NOT EXACTLY VERY CHRISTIAN – Oct. 31, 2023 - The Education Department says 7,547 students enrolled in its doctoral programs from Nov. 1, 2018, to Oct. 19, 2023. The government is fining the school $5,000 for its misr... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionNov 7 2023
Matthew Perry Was Brave to Speak About Sobriety Without Full Recovery OPINION: TIME WILL TELL – Nov. 1, 2023 - I can’t stand moral puritans who sniff about free will and justify the deaths of addicts by saying they are “chosen”. Anyone who has known or been a person with substan... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 7 2023RecoveryRehab