INSPIRING TRANSFORMATION – Sep 8, 2022 – After getting out of bed, the couple went downstairs and dumped every last drop of alcohol down their kitchen sink. It has been over a year and Stoecker hasn’t had a drink since. Stoecker’s TikTok was initially made out of boredom. He called himself @thedrunkard and posted videos of himself shot-gunning beers. “You make such a toxic relationship, where you can live without it, and it can’t live without you, which is quite literally a transition with alcohol,” he said of his addiction. “Your entire life you’ve been living with alcohol, living…
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VIDEO – BIG HEARTED YOUNG WOMAN – Sept. 7, 2022 – Local teen creates website to raise awareness about drug addiction. more@YouTube
THE CAPITAL OF DEATH – Sept. 8, 2022 – Now heroin, synonymous with illicit drug use in Mid-Atlantic cities since the 1960s, is close to vanishing from the streets of the nation’s capital. D.C.’s latest opioid overdose statistics, released by city officials in August, show that heroin was detected in only 15 of the 166 opioid deaths recorded in the first five months of 2022. That means just under 1 in 10 overdose victims died after using heroin — either by itself or with other substances — so far this year, compared with more than half of them in…
VIDEO – SHE’S ON IT – Sept. 10, 2022 – Though there are darker themes, ultimately the idea is to be honest, vulnerable, and to share the perseverance of the human spirit. I hope that this song inspires (sober or not) to make the most of life NOW, in the present.” more@mp3sandnpcs
PLEASE DO NOT UNSUBSCRIBE – Sept. 9, 2020 – It’s normal to want to know what’s going on in the world around us. That said, there is 24/7 access to news on the TV and our phones. Much of the news that is reported, especially on a 24/7 news network, is geared to have some sort of sensational or emotional draw,” she adds. While there are clear benefits to staying informed, if you have trouble peeling yourself away from the newsfeed, the key may be controlling consumption. more@HealthNewsHub
VIDEO – WEED WITH A BITE – Sept. 9, 2022 – The admission came during an ESPN Friday Night Fights post-fight press conference in Verona, New York. Tyson, in detail, talks about sobriety and how he longed to be forgiven. ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ had then said, “I want to live my sober life. I don’t want to die. I’m on the verge of dying, because I’m a vicious alcoholic” For someone like Tyson, who was once so abysmally addicted to alcohol and drugs, staying away from either alcohol and substances was nothing short of a miracle. Although…
VIDEO – SAY HEY NA – Sept. 2022 – “I spent so many years in that insanity of active addiction, running in and out, and just that revolving door — you know, trying to get my life back together. That surrender was a struggle,” she went on. “But it was the surrender that was the beginning of the change in my life.” “When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma: either go on as best we can to…
CREATION STORY EVERY DAY – Aug. 27, 2022 – Sometimes I wish the world were a little smaller, so I could meet my guests in person. Adriana is one of those people who I’d love to spend time with. This, for me, was a beautiful, insightful, honest and tender conversation about humanity, addiction, love, capacity to show up or not, and finding our feet again, literally, after profound loss. #cancer #addictionandloss #death #grief #movement #dancinggrief Adriana Marchione has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as a filmmaker, dancer, photographer and is internationally recognized in her work as…
WHO’S MINDING THE REHAB? – Sept. 8, 2022 – Lawyers for MARR wrote in a court filing that a doctor discontinued Carusillo’s lithium treatment after he complained of side effects. Carusillo knowingly violated multiple rules at the facility and had been told that he would be discharged for any further violation, they wrote. The next morning, facility staff discovered he had a cellphone. During a phone conference with facility staff and his parents, Carusillo refused to go to a more intensive treatment facility and only agreed to go to a sober living house, the filing says. Mike Carusillo said…
VIDEO – CAME TO BELIEVE – Sept. 8, 2022 – The thing about addiction is that it’s often very complicated. Anyone who has ever had to support a family member or loved one through an addiction understands what it is to feel helpless and afraid to offer assistance to someone who so desperately needs it. Oftentimes, addicts hit rock bottom before they’ll accept help of any kind, and even then, it’s sometimes too late. But hope and help do exist. The many stigmas that have surrounded addiction are thankfully becoming fewer, and there are many programs and ministries that…
HOW LOW WILL THEY GO? – Sept. 5, 2022 – Policymakers are attempting to better safeguard children’s data generated on social media, online video games and other internet services. California lawmakers last week passed a law that would require many online services to increase protections for children. Britain passed a similar law last year. more@NYTimes
THEY DON’T GIVE A PUFF – Sept 6, 2022 – “Juul’s cynically calculated advertising campaigns created a new generation of nicotine addicts,” Tong said in the statement. “They relentlessly marketed vaping products to underage youth, manipulated their chemical composition to be palatable to inexperienced users, employed an inadequate age verification process, and misled consumers about the nicotine content and addictiveness of its products.” more@DallasNews
VIDEO – TALKING IS DA SOLUTION – Sept. 8, 2022 – He says he knew something was wrong in high school when he would experience going through withdrawal, but he pushed through. After high school, he began using heroin. “It wasn’t until after high school that I realized it was an actual problem,” Kellen said. At age 19, he went to rehab for the first time in Buffalo, New York, but checked himself out of the program in less than 24 hours to figure it out on his own. His addiction continued and he credits Cass as the person who…
SAVE HIM A SEAT – Sept. 8, 2022 – “Too often, I think, we avoid dealing with things. So here’s a little bit of my story. I take my body and — my diet can suck. I drink too much,” Cuomo said. “I’m thinking about that, mostly in terms of why I drink too much. I’m probably what people in the sobriety community would call a ‘normie’ but a hard drinker.” “I drink often and I definitely think it’s not always for the right reason,” Cuomo continued. “I think it’s to settle my mind. I think it’s to deal with…
VIDEO – ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR – Sept. 9, 2022 – Donald Suggs, 51, a staff member at the rehabilitation center and Kelsey Hunt, 28, of Raeford, were taken into custody after a traffic stop led to the seizure of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Suggs was charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine, maintaining a drug vehicle, felony conspiracy, and possessing drug paraphernalia. Suggs was placed in the custody of the Robeson County Detention Center with a $100,000.00 secured bond. Hunt was charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine, felony conspiracy, and possessing drug paraphernalia. more@WMBFNews
MEA CULPA? – Sept. 7, 2022 – As per the report in The International News, in the documentary, Debbie Rowe admitted that she had worked for the famous dermatologist Dr Arnold Klein, who gave Michael Jackson the painkillers, Demerol, which is a powerful and addictive opioid. Blaming herself for being responsible for Michael Jackson’s death and not doing something more, Debbie Rowe broke down and said, “I should have done something and I didn’t. There is a number of people that died from addictions and in some way I was part of it.” However, as per, The Sun, Michael…
DANCING ALL THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – Sept. 6, 2022 – “I’m very proud of myself. I definitely am not thinking too far along cause what helped me get to the four years and what will get me through another four years or hopefully the rest of my life is really thinking about this whole process as one day at a time,” she explained in the clip. “Sometimes one hour at a time, sometimes one minute at a time depending on where I’m at as far as my feelings and emotions go.” “There are days where I do think about…
LET FOOD BE THY MEDICINE AND MEDICINE BE THY FOOD – Sept. 9, 2022 – Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry at the King’s College in London in the United Kingdom investigated exactly how nutrition might affect mental health. They focused their research Trusted Source on the effects of diet on the hippocampus. The hippocampus is an area of the brain that generates new neurons in a process called neurogenesis. Research has linked neurogenesis in the hippocampus to a person’s mood and cognition. Stressful experiences reduce neurogenesis in the hippocampus, while antidepressant drugs appear to promote this process. Factors…
INSTAGRAM? – Sept. 9, 2022 – “What we found is one gene that certainly contributes to making us human,” said Wieland Huttner, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, and one of the authors of the study. The human brain allows us to do things that other living species cannot, such as using full-blown language and making complicated plans for the future. For decades, scientists have been comparing the anatomy of our brain with that of other mammals to understand how those sophisticated faculties evolved. The most obvious feature of the…
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NO MORE EATING YOUR BRAINS OUT – AUG. 31, 2022 – Expanding on work conducted on mice, the team discovered that the cravings just before an episode of binge eating set off a specific low-frequency electrical pattern in a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens. That structure plays a key role in one of our most primitive mammalian behaviors: the pursuit of pleasure. The two patients who volunteered for the study were women who had struggled for years with out-of-control eating and were willing to let researchers implant a suite of four electrodes in their brains. The surgery…
SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS – Aug. 31, 2022 – Demi Lovato has one regret about the recovery journey. As you are probably aware, the 30-year-old musician has always been a vocal advocate for mental health awareness, who’s made destigmatization a priority by being extremely candid about their own ongoing struggles with substance abuse. However, it turns out that she now wishes she was able to take a few things back, specifically the documentaries she made about her sobriety journey, including 2012’s Stay Strong, 2017’s Simply Complicated and 2021’s Dancing with the Devil. The Holy Fvck singer added, “I’m in…
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR – Aug. 28, 2022 – Their agony is by no means unique: it resonates with countless other “American” families beset with addiction, often multi-generational, in a child, spouse, sibling, or parent. Nicole, a woman in her late 20s, sets out to achieve high ground from her addiction. She had OD’d four times in the past year and had been in Rehab 17 times. Her mother, Linda, devotes her able, self-critical self to trying to keep Nicole alive. She has worked hard to overcome the demons of her mother’s addiction. Her voice is articulate, outspoken, and…
GENERATION MEDICATED – Aug. 27, 2022 – Dialectical behavior therapy is a subset of cognitive behavioral therapy, which aims to reframe a person’s thoughts and behavior. D.B.T. focuses initially on behavior and raw emotion, helping the individual surmount moments of crisis and understand what prompted the behavior in the first place. D.B.T. is intensive. The fullest version of the program, which can take six months to a year to complete, has four components: individual therapy for the teenager; group therapy; training for teenagers and their parents to teach emotional regulation, and phone access to a therapist to help during a…
IT’S APP TO HELP – Mar. 22, 2022 – But while the founders of for-profit companies may want to end suffering, said Fred Muench, clinical psychologist and president of the nonprofit Partnership to End Addiction, it all comes down to revenue. Startup experts and clinicians working on the front lines of the drug and overdose epidemic doubt the flashy Silicon Valley technology will ever reach people in the throes of addiction who are unstably housed, financially challenged, and on the wrong side of the digital divide. “The people who are really struggling, who really need access to substance use…
A LITTLE APP WILL DO YA – Aug. 31, 2022 – If you’ve already done that work or you’re looking to get sober, then you might want an app that goes beyond trackers and motivational quotes and dives a bit deeper. Look for apps that offer cognitive behavioral therapy, distractions, and support groups that’ll set you on the right path. While an app is never going to be a replacement for therapy or real-life support, it’s a great tool to have when getting or staying sober. Here are 9 of the best sobriety apps for 2022 to help get…
VIDEO – BLOW YOUR BRAIN TO HEAVEN – Aug. 30, 2022 – “I had to quit my job because the voices in my head were so distracting,” Ethan said, adding that the worst symptom was confusing dreams with reality. “I’d wake up and tell my friends, ‘Yeah, remember when we hung out and did that?’ And they would have no idea what I’m talking about.” “The content of THC not many decades ago was 2%-3%,” Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, told Fox News, adding that marijuana is considered high in potency…
MORE WORK TO BE DONE – Aug. 29, 2022 – Tim Nolan, a nurse practitioner who treats the forgotten and forsaken in rural North Carolina with medical supplies pulled from the back of his Prius. Rev. Michelle Mathis, who runs an outreach with her wife in Mount Airy, North Carolina, a town thought to be the inspiration for Andy Griffith’s fictional Mayberry; she describes herself “like the grandma that does syringe exchange and delivers biscuits.” Nan Goldin, a renowned photographer whose large-scale pop-up protests have brought attention to the opioid epidemic and shame to the Sackler family, whose company,…
NOT TO MENTION HEP C – Aug. 31, 2022 – Infections also may arise from other sources, such as poor dental hygiene, implanted medical devices, chronic skin disorders or burns. The new statement was prompted by advances in understanding the unique challenges of treating heart infections in people who inject drugs, Dr. Daniel C. DeSimone said in a news release. He’s chair of the writing committee for the statement and an associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “More people who inject drugs are having this potentially deadly heart infection,” he said. The proportion of…
IT CAN’T HELP – Aug. 31, 2022 – But what if you’re addicted to something rough, like heroin? It’s true that many performers have died of heroin overdoses. But we hear less about the ones who overcame their addiction, including Eric Clapton and Keith Richards. The experience of American soldiers in Vietnam demonstrates that many people can drop a heroin habit. In 1971, when researchers interviewed nearly 1,000 soldiers in the U.S Army leaving Vietnam, 20 percent said that they had become addicted to heroin while on duty. Usage and addiction dropped to around 1 percent once the soldiers had…