Can Watching TikTok Cause Insanity?

Awesome Addiction Almanac March, 15, 2022 | Vol. 9 | No. 31 | Since 2013 [Home]( [Fan Mail]( [View eBulletin as Webpage]( Six West Point Cadets Overdose On Spring Break [video]( March 11, 2022 - A hazmat team went to the home to try to identify what the students had overdosed on. Authorities said they believe it was an unknown powder substance that could be laced with fentanyl. [more@MiamiHerald]( ‘You Murdered My Daughter’: Relatives of OxyContin Victims Confront the Sacklers March 10, 2022 - Her voice quaked as she addressed three members of the billionaire Sackler family, makers of OxyContin — who sat expressionless on the video screen and one unseen, Dr. Richard Sackler, the opioid deaths mastermind watched hidden, his camera off. [more@NYTimes]( Watching War on Social Media Affects Your Mental Health - Mar. 8, 2022 - Disturbing photos and videos fill the screens of people seeking updates across the world: damage to buildings and bodies after shelling in cities like Kyiv and Kharkiv, people and pets huddled in shelters... [more@Time]( TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness [video]( Dec. 26, 2021 - “What shocked me the most was how many videos there were about multiple-personality disorder because of how rare it is,” she said. She and other doctors around the country say they’re seeing more teens coming in with self-diagnoses derived from TikTok. [more@WSJ]( TikTokers are Redefining What It Means to Get Sober Mar. 7, 2022 - One of the coolest things about sober TikTok is that you get the nuance of what sobriety looks like for different people. Rio Romeo, a 23-year-old TikTok creator in California, has been documenting their sobriety journey since the beginning... [more@MIC]( Artist Predicted Social Media Addiction 50 Years Ago Mar. 8, 2022 - Since the advent of the smartphone, we have been consuming content via ever-changing feeds, Korean artist Nam June Paik envisioned such a scenario some 50 years ago. [more@MustShareNews]( Even One Drink a Day Can Be BAD for the Brain March 4, 2022 - I almost never drink but when I do, I always feel a little bit stupid the next day. Now, two drinks a day is linked to reduced brain volume in healthy adults. [@MIC]( Is Atlanta Ready for a Zero-Proof Cocktail Bar? March 8, 2022 - Founded by sober bartenders Lissa Eubanks and Savannah Rainey in 2021, the March 10 event is the first in a series of pop-ups planned over the next several months, and a preview of the duo’s future Atlanta bottle shop & bar. [more@EaterAtlanta]( Dr. Peter Hayden, Recognized Pioneer of Black Sobriety Mar. 10, 2022 - He was drinking a lot and ended up living on the streets. An accident sent him to treatment, where had a realization. The program was operated primarily for and by White people; the few Black and Indigenous people in treatment with him did not stay sober. [more@MinnesotaSpokesmanRecorder]( Jane Goodall and Margaret Atwood Still Have Hope for the Planet March 1, 2022 - Over the course of their respective 60-year careers, Jane Goodall and Margaret Atwood have each translated a reverence for the natural world into groundbreaking work that’s shifted the conversation around the fight for environmental justice. [more@HarpersBazaar]( Alex Cameron Confronts Addiction [video]( March 10, 2022 - Oxy Music’s greatest strength is that it makes the plight of an addict easy to understand and sympathize with, and may even help addicts who tune in feel less alone. It is not the first album to tackle the psyche of a drug addict... [more@Exclaim]( What Amy Winehouse Taught Us About Denial and Alcoholism - March 8, 2022 - While denial is a normal part of a healthy personality, its overuse is dangerous. Her father said, “Part of the problem is she doesn’t think she’s got a problem. She thinks she can do what she does recreationally and get on with the rest of her life.” [more@PsychologyToday]( Confessions of a Grunge God [audio]( March 7, 2022 - Hear Mark Lanegan on Addiction, Losing Kurt Cobain. “When a drug addict loses a friend, they just do more drugs,” the late Mark Lanegan says on the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. [more@RollingStone]( Lil Bo Weep Has Passed Away [video]( March 7, 2022 - Winona Lisa Green. She fought hard against her demons as we all did side by side next to her and picking up the broken pieces over and over again but she could not fight any more and we lost her,” the grieving father said.[@HotNewHipHop]( 'Euphoria' Star Says Working in Porn Led to Eating Disorder - Mar. 9, 2022 - “it just turned into an eating disorder because I was so young at the time. He (her agent) said that to me when I was 18, and it was so f---ing freaky because no one in my whole life had ever said that I was fat.” [more@People]( ACLU Sues Over Sobriety Program March 8, 2022 - The ACLU has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Teton County’s 24/7 Sobriety Program, saying that court-ordered daily drug and alcohol tests violate the constitutional rights of people not yet convicted of a crime. [more@JHNews&Guide]( New Yorkers With Marijuana Convictions Will Get First Retail Licenses - March 9, 2022 - To be one of the state’s first licensed retailers, you or a member of your family must have been convicted of a marijuana-related offense. [more@NYTimes]( Will There Ever Be a ‘Cure’ for Addiction? March 7, 2022 - So think of this week’s Giz Asks—wherein we investigate whether there could ever be a cure for addiction—as a kind of thought experiment. Below, our experts weigh in. [more@Gizmodo]( Valerie Bertinelli on Doing Cocaine in the Van Halen Days Mar. 10, 2022 - Bertinelli spoke on the Literally! With Rob Lowe podcast about doing cocaine with the band 40 years ago. “We all did in the ‘80s,” Lowe, who got sober in 1990 replied. [more@YahooNews]( Sabrina Burkholder’s Incredible Transformation March 9, 2022 - Back in 2018, Sabrina opened up about having to make a 180 with her life after hitting rock bottom. At the time, she entered rehab following a near-fatal heroin overdose. “Active addiction on the left and recovery on the right. I’m so grateful.” [more@Life&StyleMag]( Josh Peck Opens Up About His Past Drug and Alcohol Addiction Mar. 9, 2022 - “I was always looking for something outside to fix my insides,” says Peck, who has been sober since 2008. “But eventually I realized that whether my life was beyond my wildest dreams or a total mess, it didn’t change the temperature of what was going on in my mind. [more@People]( Woman Chose Sobriety For a Better Life [audio]( March 9, 2022 - It’s been two years since Angie Chaplin’s doctor presented her with a stark choice. He said, “You can keep drinking and you will die. Or you can stop drinking and have a chance at a better life.” [more@IowaPublicRadio]( Women’s History Month: Authors Share Stories of Overcoming Drug Addiction [video]( March 10, 2022 - NBC 5’s Christian Farr talked to two Chicago area authors who are sharing their inspirational stories through their new books detailing their fight against drug addiction. [more@NBCChicago]( It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now audio March 6, 2022 - Angelle Haney Gullett lost her father in September and knew she would need grief counseling. She contacted 25 therapists in the Los Angeles area. None were accepting any new clients. [more@WashingtonPost]( The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety  March 8, 2022 - “We’re in a silent epidemic of psychiatric medication withdrawal. The United States is the most medicated country in the world, and there has been a precipitous rise in prescriptions for psychiatric medications since entering the pandemic.” writes Ellen Vora, MD. [more@NextBigIdeaClub]( 6.6 Million Opioid Doses and $250 Million In False Billings March 10, 2022 - A multi-state network of pain clinics participated in the scheme from 2007 to 2018 in which doctors refused to provide patients with opioids unless they agreed to expensive, unnecessary and sometimes painful back injections... [more@Fox2]( New Program Pays Drug Abusers to Stay Clean audio Mar 10, 2022 - Under the plan, participants would agree to in-person urine tests twice a week for 24 weeks, and receive escalating rewards for each clean test. The payments would start at $10 and escalate to $26.50 in the 12th week. [more@WashingtonPost]( Sobriety and Financial Security: Raiders’ Maxx Crosby Is Doubly Thankful After Signing $53 Million Guaranteed [audio]( - March 11, 2022 - It already was going to be a special day for Crosby, who in a Twitter post noted that it is two years to the day that’s he been sober. Two years ago, Crosby, then living in Hollywood, checked into rehab for alcoholism. [@FresnoBee]( [Home]( Mail]( 11111 [Resources]( [Visit our website]( [Send us your Comments,](mailto:ahbra@writersintreatment.org) [Compliments or Complaints](mailto:ahbra@writersintreatment.org) [[Facebook] ]( [[Twitter] ]( [[Instagram] ]( [[LinkedIn] ]( [[YouTube] ]( Addiction Recovery eBulletin | PO Box 1745, Studio City, CA 91614 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Constant Contact Data Notice]( Sent by ahbra@writersintreatment.org powered by [Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.]( [Try email marketing for free today!](