June 12 2018

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Party Girl’s journey to sobriety: ‘I don’t think about alcohol at all now’

From Drinker to Darling – June 4, 2018 - Maz Compton is a self-confessed party girl, or at least she used to be. The former 2DayFm breakfast radio host and MTV VJ never considered herself to be an alcoholic, in fact, sh... Read More...

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North Carolina Rehab Program Sent Clients To Work For No Pay At Adult Care Homes

North Carolina. Is that in America? – May 25, 2018 - The program Recovery Connections Community operated out of two facilities in Buncombe County and one in Harnett County. It was founded in 2011 by Jennifer Warren, an ... Read More...

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With 17 million pills in Madison County, this man helps police fight opioid crisis

Beautiful – June 6, 2018 - In 2014, Madison County had the second-highest number of prescription painkillers in the nation. In that year, there were enough pills in the county for each person, including children, to hav... Read More...

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Addiction behaviors tied to specific impairments in six brain networks

Science May One Day, Blah Blah Blah – June 6, 2018 - Specific impairments within six large-scale brain networks during drug cue exposure, decision-making, inhibitory control, and social-emotional processing are associat... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Ahbra Schiff

Stick with the Winners! – Ahbra Schiff is proud to be a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous, a mom, and part of Leonard Buschel’s Writer’s In Treatment, and the media produced under its auspices.“My life has changed be... Read More...

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Philly developer opens recovery center in memory of his son

From Grief to Gift – June 6, 2018 - Jon Orens closed his first sale 30 years ago at 3900 Ford Rd., selling a property in Northwest Philly’s Park Plaza condos. Since then, he’s made a name for himself as a real estate de... Read More...

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Anthony Bourdain Exposed The Dark Secrets Of Kitchens: Addiction And Mental Illness

Unblinking – June 9, 2018 - “In America, the professional kitchen is the last refuge of the misfit,” Anthony Bourdain once wrote. “Admittedly, it’s a life that grinds you down,” he added. “Most of us who live and operat... Read More...

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Stigma Is A Barrier To Addiction Treatment. Lift The Label Hopes To Squelch The Shame

Help Is Available – June 4, 2018 - Colorado’s $1.8 million Lift The Label campaign is all about challenging the perceptions of people with opioid addiction and encouraging them to get help. The campaign leverages a memo... Read More...

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Murder gets man life sentence in ‘pill mill’ rivalry

Crime and Punishment – JUNE 5, 2018 - An Essington man was sentenced to life in federal prison Tuesday for having a drug rival murdered to edge out competition in the region’s lucrative opioid market. But neither the de... Read More...

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Suicide Prevention Resources and Support Available

There is Help Available – June 8, 2018 - Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that suicide rates increased by 25 percent across the U... Read More...

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Americans are depressed and suicidal because something is wrong with our culture

Jackass Was a Big Hit on TV – June 9, 2018 - Don’t pathologize the despair that is a rational response to a culture that values people based on ever escalating financial and personal achievements ... In September of 200... Read More...

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How to recognize food addiction

Are You Eating While You Read This? – June 5, 2018 - The list of substances or behaviors to which adolescents can become unhealthily attached, even addicted, can seem endless to a parent inclined to be caring and protec... Read More...

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HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

MEDIA: NYT Book Review – June 4, 2018 - Michael Pollan has long been concerned with the moral dilemmas of everyday life. “Second Nature,” his first book, was ostensibly about gardening, but really about ways to overcome... Read More...

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Two more charged in drug urine-test kickback scheme

There’s gold in them there bladders – June 1, 2018 - Two men connected to a Delray Beach-area lab linked to kickbacks for urine tests for people in treatment and recovery for substance abusehave been arrested, a day aft... Read More...

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Massena facility doubles number of beds for children seeking recovery

Younger than Springtime – June 6, 2018 - She said abuse of substances such as heroin is on the rise. Buckley said in 2016, 23 percent of the admitted patients were diagnosed with opiate addiction. So far in 2018, 32 per... Read More...

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Suicide is desperate. It is hostile. It is tragic. But mostly, it is a bloody mess.

A Daughter’s First Person Account – Originally published: May 19, 1996 - The blood was like Jell-O. That is what blood gets like, after you die, before they tidy up. Somehow, I had expected it would be gone. The police... Read More...

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Buyer beware: Out-of-state drug rehab homes

Out of the FOG - Into the FOG – June 9, 2018 - The nation’s ongoing opioid and heroin abuse crisis isn’t just big business for street-corner drug dealers and unscrupulous medical and pharmaceutical professionals. It’s ... Read More...

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Alcoholics Anonymous: Hand-in-hand to sobriety

AA Indian Style – June 11, 2018 - “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” Every AA meeting starts with the group c... Read More...

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Can Legal Cannabis Help Slow the Opioid Epidemic in the U.S.?

High Times – June 10, 2018 - Imagine stopping 115 needless deaths in the U.S. every day. It’s not a guarantee, but with recent developments in cannabis research, experts believe it could be on the horizon. Opioid drug o... Read More...

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The Goldbergs actor Jackson Odell is found dead in a sober living home in California, aged 20

Jesus, NO! – June 10, 2018 - According to police, there was no signs of foul play. Authorities said an investigation is ongoing and details surrounding the actor’s death have not been released. Odell is seen on The Gold... Read More...

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123 Deaths a Day: Inside Crisis of Rising Suicide Rates

Dr. John Mann - Columbia University – June 11, 2018 Full Story @ DemocracyNow.org... Read More...

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Pilgrims visit Dr. Bob’s grave on Founders Day in Akron

AA @ 83 with MAT, Magical Assisted Treatment – June 9, 2018 - The pilgrim wore a silver skull ring that had ruby-color eyes. He stood in the rain Saturday at Akron’s Mount Peace Cemetery and turned over some of the sobr... Read More...

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Love City: 24 Hours of Romance, Lust and Heartache in New York

Let’s Never Forget LOVE – June 10. 2018 - A full day with the city’s lovers and their endless expressions of romance, from hand holding to getting married, shopping at Ikea to attending sex parties... Full Story @ ... Read More...

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FDA sends warning letters to online marketers over opioids

What Took So Long? – June 5, 2018 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has warned nine online networks, operating a total of 53 websites, that they must stop illegally marketing potentially da... Read More...

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Eight doctors with ties to Staten Island with criminal convictions

Bad Medicine – June 6, 2018 - Test-referral scams. Running pill mills to dispense powerful painkillers. Medicare fraud. In recent years, eight doctors who either practiced or lived on Staten Island have been criminally ... Read More...

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‘Angels in America’ again: It’s time to humanize addiction

Only One more month on Broadway - GO NOW! – June 1, 2018 - One of the most sought-after tickets on Broadway these days is “Angels in America,” a revival of Tony Kushner’s seminal play about the AIDS crisis and its after... Read More...

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Trump launches opioid campaign that targets young people using shock value

If I Had a Hammer... – June 7, 2018 - The White House is starting an anti-opioid advertising campaign targeting young people Thursday, one of its most concrete steps to address opioids since the Trump administration dec... Read More...

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Despair, hope and drugs in America: Is anyone safe?

Is Anyone Safe? – June 3, 2018 - While America was diverted by homegrown terrorism, economic stress and mass shootings, another scourge quietly moved to the fore. Drug addiction is nothing new. What is new is which part... Read More...

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Should an Addict’s Relapse Be Punished with Criminal Sanctions?

Tough Love or Tough S**t – June 4, 2018 – As soon as Julie Eldred was granted probation for stealing jewelry to buy drugs, she got busy fulfilling the judge’s conditions. She began an intensive outpatient treatment prog... Read More...

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