SOBER REWARD – Feb. 2, 2025 – I bared my life, I Went through so much, I dedicated myself to sobriety and God told me that I would be rewarded. That he would should me just how good it can get. And I have to thank God. CONTINUE@YahooNews
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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Jan. 29, 2025 -Kennedy now credits his faith; 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous-style programs, which also have a spiritual foundation; and the influence of a book by philosopher Carl Jung for helping him beat his own opioid addiction. “I became a drug addict when I was 15 years old,” Kennedy said last year during an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman. “I was addicted for 14 years. During that time, when you’re an addict, you’re living against conscience … and you kind of push God to the peripheries of your life.” If confirmed as head of the Department of…
VIDEO – WHO AM I? – Jan. 28, 2025 – An example is checking your blind spot when driving down the road,” Gowin said. “When you look back in front of you, you need to remember what you saw in the blind spot before you can make a good decision if you want to change lanes or not. “Losing working memory means that retaining that information might require more effort and be more challenging.” “For years, clinicians, family and friends who knew heavy cannabis users understood that their memories were ‘shot’ — there’s even a term for this, ‘stoner,’ as…
DRUNKEN ENGLISHMEN/WOMEN – Jan. 23, 2025 – Half of drivers pulled over on suspicion of drug-driving are found to be over the legal limit, an investigation has found, sparking calls for minsters to take fresh measures to tackle the ‘growing epidemic’. Data for the first seven months of 2024 also showed nearly half of drivers drug tested were in excess of the limit. Drug-driving rules consist of very low limits for eight illegal drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, risk-based limits for eight drugs that have a medical use, and a separate approach to amphetamines that aims to balance legitimate…
VIDEO – LISTEN GOOD – Jan. 2025 – In this eye-opening episode of Finding New Waters*, we sit down with acclaimed journalist and author Sam Quinones, whose investigative work has redefined how we understand addiction and community resilience. Known for his groundbreaking books *Dreamland and *The Least of Us*. CONTINUE@FindingNewWaters
VIDEO – STOP THE MADNESS – Jan. 29, 2025 – Mayor Lurie’s ordinance aims to cut through the city’s red tape to address the fentanyl crisis. “People in San Francisco are suffering, every day that we don’t act is another day of life lost to addiction, to overdose and to despair. our response must be just as urgent as the crisis that we are facing,” Lurie said. If the board of supervisors approve this plan, it would essentially give the mayor’s office the power to approve city contracts that would normally go through the board. But this isn’t quite a…
IT’S NOT SNAKE OIL – Jan. 30, 2025 – Alice Cooper has been sober for 42 years, but the shock rocker recently shared in a new interview with People that you don’t need alcohol to embody a punk rock spirit. Cooper is promoting his new partnership with WhistlePig that has produced an alcohol-free version of an Old Fashioned dubbed, The Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry Cocktail. The drink is paired with a special rye-infused vinyl pressing of Cooper’s 2019 EP, Breadcrumbs, with 100% of the proceeds going to Giving Kitchen, which provides assistance to food service workers. Cooper says his…
DEPENDS – Jan. 30, 2025 – During his Senate confirmation hearing to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested antidepressant drugs may be as addictive as heroin — a claim contradicted by research. “Antidepressants and heroin are in different universes when it comes to addiction risk,” says Keith Humphreys, who studies addiction at Stanford University. “In my 35 years In the addiction field, I’ve met only two or three people who thought they were addicted to antidepressants versus thousands who were addicted to heroin and other opioids.” A study published in the medical journal the…
VIDEO – TRAGEDY – Feb. 1, 2025 – The family of porn star Emily Willis is suing the rehab center where she was found unconscious resulting in her sustaining permanent brain damage while at the facility for treatment for her ketamine addiction. Summit Malibu and its parent company Malibu Lighthouse Treatment Centers allegedly committed adult abuse, negligence and unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business practices resulting in Willis’ vegetative state, The 26-year-old, whose real name is Litzy Lara Banuelos, entered the rehab center for her addiction to the dissociative anesthetic drug, which she was taking 5 to 6 grams of per day, her family alleges. Yesenia Lara Cooper – Willis’…
TIME WILL TELL – Jan. 30, 2025 – It’s the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in more than 20 years, offering an alternative to both opioids and over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen and acetaminophen. Two studies in more than 870 patients with acute pain following foot and abdominal surgeries showed Vertex’s pill provided more relief than a dummy pill but didn’t outperform a common opioid-acetaminophen combination pill. “It’s not a slam dunk on effectiveness,” said Michael Schuh of the Mayo Clinic Vertex began researching the drug in the 2000s, when drug overdoses were rocketing upward, principally driven by mass…
OH THOSE BRITS – Dec. 22, 2024 – The ASA said that six brokers – Which Rehab?, Help 4 Addiction, Rehabs.UK, Rehab Guide, Action Rehab and Serenity Addiction Centres – had posed as direct treatment providers or impartial advice services when they were principally referral companies earning commission from partner facilities. A seventh service, UK Addiction Treatment (Ukat), a chain with “200 CQC [Care Quality Commission] regulated detox and rehab beds across the UK” was found in breach of the advertising code for running a directory website, UK Rehab, that failed to make clear it owned the clinics it refers…
“Be you. That’s always enough. Effort will never be questioned.” – Jalen Hurts
GREAT VIDEO – Jan. 2025 – Lyuba had hopes of a better future when she and her husband immigrated to Israel in 2010 from Ukraine. The fitness trainer and mother of two overcame countless challenges to make a home for her. All was well until her husband Yevgeny relapsed on his former drug addiction. “He was very aggressive and would verbally attack me and my children. My youngest started having hysteria attacks where he would become unresponsive. My oldest was constantly stressed – she didn’t want to see or talk to him.” Yevgeny’s addiction only got worse. He lost his…
NICE GAL – Jan. 22, 2025 – “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Mary Cosby didn’t make a whole lot of friends on the show in her first few seasons. But in season five, fans got to see saw a softer side of Cosby as she played a lot nicer with her fellow cast members and even opened up about her son Robert Jr’s issues with drug addiction and his road to recovery in a November episode of the show. Now, in a new interview with Vulture, Cosby opens up about the support she received from a billionaire…
AND BANK ACCOUNT – Jan. 20, 2025 – “Alcohol irritates the stomach lining and increases acid production, causing heartburn and acid reflux,” he warns. “After two weeks without alcohol, these symptoms reduce significantly as your stomach lining heals and acid levels normalize.” “Most drinkers will have experience of going a week without alcohol, so you may be familiar with some of the early benefits, such as improved sleep, productivity, decision-making, and healthier eating patterns,” Dr Abraham explains. “Alcohol disrupts sleep by reducing REM cycles, leading to poorer quality rest. Better sleep enhances productivity, learning and problem-solving.” Alcohol can also cause…
HIGHEST POWER – Jan. 16, 2025 – When the airplanes struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the shockwaves resonated beyond New York City. For Phyllis A. Thorne, the tragedy ignited a fire within her soul, an awareness of the battle she was losing to drug addiction. It was in that tragic moment while sitting in a drug house in Saginaw smoking crack and watching the attack on television that she decided she would not let addiction write her ending. “I remember seeing the plane crash into the building and I heard God say that my life could…
AUDIO – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Jan. 17, 2025 – The future of addiction treatment could be in treating the brain itself. A new trial at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is exploring whether using ultrasound waves on parts of the brain associated with addiction could disrupt connections that contribute to cravings. Danny Lewis: For most of his life, Joe Hilton has struggled with addiction and substance abuse starting when he was just a kid in West Virginia. Joe Hilton: Growing up, at an eight-year-old’s birthday party, there would be five or six coolers. Only one of them would…
WHY? – Jan. 17, 2025 – Overall cancer rates rising among women under 50, as well as those 50 to 64 years old. These trends represent a marked change for an illness that has long been considered a disease of aging, and which used to affect far more men than women. These trends represent a marked change for an illness that has long been considered a disease of aging, and which used to affect far more men than women. The shifts reflect declines in smoking-related cancers and prostate cancer among older men and a disconcerting rise in cancer in people…
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS – Jan. 18, 2025 – The money will go to Moderna, the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company that previously developed a COVID-19 vaccine. Since 2023, Moderna has been working to create a “pandemic influenza vaccine” which would help protect against certain viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu. The new funds build on the $176 million that HHS gave to Moderna last July. It has mostly infected livestock and other mammals, but there have been at least 67 confirmed human cases so far, including one death in Louisiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. California…
VIDEO – BETTER DAYS NOW – Jan. 20, 2025 – The former Made In Chelsea star, 35, decided to go sober two and a half years ago after noticing she became an ‘angry’ and ‘nasty’ drunk – and hasn’t looked back since. She said: ‘I just remember a night where you would go over to a mum’s house, there would maybe be like eight of you there, and it would be an episode of like Desperate Housewives Of Chiswick where I’d suddenly be in a catfight with some woman I had just met. And then trying to get home and…
IT’S FLORIDA JAKE – Jan. 22, 2025 – Unfortunately, inaccurate and incomplete information is what Floridians have come to expect from the state’s social service agency. Abused children and senior citizens, overcrowded foster homes. Is staff overworked and ill-prepared to handle some difficult social ills facing Florida? Or is there simply an uncaring culture in the DCF workplace? A recent examination by Palm Beach Post Investigative reporter Antigone Barton found that DCF failed to live up to a promise to state Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, to post records on its website to better inform addiction treatment clients about the programs…
ONE BRUSH STROKE AT A TIME – JAN. 22, 2025 – A picture is worth a thousand words, but for those battling addiction, a brush and canvas can say so much more. The Allen County Treatment Court, Lighthouse Peer Support Center, and the Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board are hosting a show with artwork done by people that are in recovery. The artists are finding or using some hidden talent for painting that they may not have explored before or have forgotten while they were trapped in their addiction. For people in recovery, art…
VIDEO – ON THE CASE – Jan. 21, 2025 – I wish I knew how to help some of these people. If a person is working hard to stay sober, the last thing they need is more obstacles and more stress. It must be confusing for caseworkers because the people who are continuing to take drugs, swear up and down that they don’t take drugs. CONTINUE@YouTube
VIDEO – DEATH HAS NO MERCY – Jan. 22, 2025 – Gayden, a disgraced former doctor, prescribed more oxycodone in six months from his beachside office than the entire state of California before his world came crashing down. He was the subject of my “Monster on the Beach” podcast. CONTINUE@FloridaToday
DOGGY STYLE – Jan. 22, 2025 – Beyond the gilded gates that lead to the pristine grounds of the Narconon Africa Rehabilitation Centre in Rustenburg, North West, an unsuspecting observer would not anticipate that executives at the Church of Scientology-backed rehab have flouted even the most basic labour laws, leaving vulnerable workers penniless and helpless. “We have not been paid in five weeks, but even before December, we went eight weeks without receiving our salaries. While we beg for peanuts, the people who run this facility are getting paid for the work that we do, but we get nothing,” whistle-blower…
TIME WILL TELL – Jan. 2025 – An overdose prevention center opening its doors this month in Providence, Rhode Island could offer important insights into how these centers might reduce the harms of opioid addiction in the United States. The center, run by the nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW and funded by money received from legal settlements with opioid makers, is the third such site in the U.S. and the first authorized by a state law. Whether this approach works to reduce overdose deaths is among the questions researchers will examine through a grant from the National Institutes of Health, which also…
CELEBRATING 2025! – Jan. 21, 2025 – Neoviva, a leading luxury rehab centre launches Switzerland’s first and only assurance programme in addiction treatment. With a structured and tailored approach, Neoviva’s programme addresses the unique needs of each client, blending cutting-edge therapeutic methods with comprehensive aftercare. The Neoviva Guarantee is a testament to the effectiveness of their personalised Signature Programme and reflects confidence in the programme’s ability to help clients achieve sustainable recovery. “Our track record speaks for itself, with countless success stories of lasting recovery. The Neoviva Guarantee is our way of putting action behind our words. We’re so convinced…
VIDEO – NALTREXONE COMMERCIAL – Jan. 23, 2025 – Volpicelli said he thinks Naltrexone is the gold standard for medications to treat AUD, having been around for 30 years and proven to be safe and effective. Markers in patients who would be a good candidate for Naltrexone include an individual who find that they have a hard time controlling how much they drink. He said a study done with college students who have a family history of alcohol problems found that after 3 drinks, the craving for alcohol increased. He said those involved had increased energy, unlike the students who…
VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – Today – Live in Antibes, July 24-25, 1965.- “All I want is equality for my sister, my brother, my people, and me.” This is brilliant, universal, and timeless. – She had the nerve, it had to be said and so she did say it. – Her whole point was to let you know, she wasn’t performing; she was informing! “Doing things gradually will bring more tragedy” timeless work. She’s a legend. To see her facial expressions and body language while performing brought tears to my eyes. The hurt and anger, frustration and a million slights…
IT HAPPENS, SOMETIMES – Jan. 22, 2025 – Ripa, 54, opened up about the subject during the episode of Live With Kelly and Mark while speaking with guest co-host Andy Cohen, who was filling in for Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos. Cohen, 56, explained that he expected “some” weight loss after giving up booze for the month of January but admitted that it hasn’t “really happened yet,” which prompted Ripa to share her experience with putting on a few pounds while abstaining from the sauce. “I told you, when I quit drinking, I expected there to be this windfall of weight…