Eight Time Grammy Winner Celebrates ... plus "How the Pandemic saved my life"

Addiction Recovery Digest [View eBulletin as Webpage]( April 12, 2022 | Vol. 9 | No. 35 | Since 2013 [Home]( Mail]( The Most Succe$$ful Drug Treatment That Work$ April 1, 2022 - The Washington Post reported that the program has “a radically simple premise: Get paid to abstain from drugs.” [more@NorthsideSun]( West Virginia Says J&J Created ‘tsunami’ of Opioid Addiction April 4, 2022 - The addiction crisis has affected the state’s police forces, hospitals, foster care system and jails, with effects that will linger for more than a generation, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said during opening statements.[@Reuters]( Walgreens Cries NOT GUILTY On Opioid Charges  April 5, 2022 - A jury has been seated to hear the case against Walgreens, a huge drug store chain with more than 9,000 outlets throughout the country. Opening statements are set for early next week. “We are prepared for trial,” said Walgreens. [@ABCNews]( Most Teens with Substance Abuse Still Suffer as Adults April 1, 2022 - About 12% of 18-year-olds in the study had severe symptoms, i.e. persistent use of drugs despite substantial physical and emotional harm and adverse consequences... [more@UPI]( Addiction in Euphoria April 5, 2022 - It’s not entirely realistic that 200 suburban US 17-year-olds pack into a house party with fentanyl, coke and very little consequences in the next episode. Certainly, the gems on the eyeshadow and perfectly manicured hands do make it all look quite pretty. [more@Mancunion]( The Last Slap Story by Bruce Buschel April 7, 2022 - Poor confused Will Smith. There he was, sitting ringside on what should have been a glorious Oscar night, surrounded by friends and colleagues, and he couldn’t remember if he had been nominated for “Concussion” or “I Am Legend” or “Wild Wild West” or “[Ali]( or “King Richard.” So he just combined all his favorite roles and stomped onstage and “hitch” slapped Chris Rock.. [more@EastHamptonStar]( Does Beautiful Always Mean Good?  April 8, 2022 - A depressing but inescapable feature of beauty is that attractive people receive unearned privileges in life. They are imbued with positive personality characteristics, a bias called the “beauty-is-good stereotype” [more@PsychologyToday]( The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide [audio]( April 4, 2022 - On the afternoon of April 6th, 2021, Trevor Matthews jumped off the roof of his apartment building, on Eighty-sixth Street and Park Avenue, killing himself. He was a few months past his twelfth birthday. The mother of one of his classmates said, “Their childhood ended on Tuesday.” [more@NewYorker]( How Everyone Got So Lonely April 11, 2022 - In Noreena Hertz’s book “The Lonely Century”, she describes “a world that’s pulling apart,” in which soaring rates of social isolation threaten not only our physical and mental health but the health of our democracies. [more@NewYorker]( Philip Lawrence's Life Is Brighter In Sobriety April 8th - He's one third of the prolific songwriting and production team The Smeezingtons, alongside Bruno Mars and Ari Levine, earning eight Grammy Awards for his work. But during our beautifully honest conversation with Philip it was his sobriety that he spoke about with the most pride. [more@MrFeelGood]( Alex Pereira Celebrates Ten Years of Sobriety audio April 7, 2022 - “I’ve had a hard life,” Pereira said. “I only studied until eighth grade. I didn’t like to study, I’ve never read a book. I had many jobs. Then I started drinking, I started drinking a lot. That really messed up my life. I became an alcoholic.” [@BloodyElbow]( Phone Addiction Calling? April 5, 2022 - Cell phone use has been shown to stimulate the production and release of dopamine, which drives the need to use it more and more. The best prevention method for phone addiction is avoidance. [more@VeryWellHealth]( Carl Radke Gets Candid About Sobriety April 5, 2022 - What really opened up the conversation on alcoholism in “Summer House” was Carl Radke’s sobriety journey. [more@TheList]( Marijuana Almost Decriminalized In America April 1, 2022 - Sponsored by Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York. The bill also expunges the record of people convicted of non-violent cannabis offenses, which can haunt people of color and impact the trajectory of their lives and careers.[more@CNN]( Sober Fiesta a Success [video]( April 2, 2022 - Substance disorder centers, recovery houses and other community organizations partnered together to normalize fun without alcohol and to support those actively battling substance dependency. [more@KSAT]( Genetic Link Between Routine Blood Test Results and Mental Health Disorders Found April 6 - The widespread availability of genetic data has allowed us to investigate how huge numbers of tiny changes in the DNA sequence (or “variants”) are related to the risk of mental illness. [more@TheConversation]( Mass Overdose Events Caused by Inadvertent Fentanyl Use April 7, 2022 - “Many of the victims of these mass overdose events thought they were ingesting cocaine and had no idea they were in fact ingesting fentanyl,” highlighting the fact that consumers are not seeking out the deadly drug. [more@CrimeReport]( Expert Explains Root Cause of Addiction April 6, 2022 - Psychologist Nicole LePera took to Instagram to explain the causes of drug addiction and what she observed while interacting with various groups of people who were addicts. “Trauma is the gateway drug.” [more@News18]( Pandemic ‘saved my life’ with Sobriety [audio]( April 4, 2022 - During the shutdown, Decarlis Madison was able to assess how drinking affected his life. He said booze led him to make bad decisions, from drunken driving to altercations that put him behind bars multiple times. “I think the pandemic did a lot for a lot of people, some good and bad, but for me, it did save my life,” he said. [more@WXXI]( Survivor: ‘I was a lucky one. I gotta make it worth it’ [video]( April 6, 2022 - Ryan Christoff found his 16-year-old daughter barely breathing in their home. Little did he know at the time, but his daughter was suffering from an overdose. She had taken a half of a Percocet pill given to her by her boyfriend not knowing that it was laced with Fentanyl. [more@ABCNews]( Elizabeth Heller Uncovers How Addiction Can Create Lasting Changes in Genes April 5, 2022 - Heller’s work and the work of her 10-person lab is focused on molecular brain mechanisms, aiming to uncover chronic changes that can happen and keep happening in the brain long after exposure to addictive substances like cocaine ends. [more@PennMedicine]( The Unexpected Face of Addiction [video]( April 6, 2022 - Chelsie Hermsen was born unconscious after her mother’s placenta ripped and she was without oxygen for the first few moments of her life. Eventually ...“At first, it was only at night. A few drinks to wind down the day. It was no big deal. I thought I deserved i…Like a true addict, I wanted to get drunk as fast as possible…I was no longer only drinking at night, I had progressed to drinking around the clock.” [more@Keloland]( Alcoholic? Gets 30-To-Life for Crash That Killed 3 People  April 8, 2022 - Greenwood’s past DUI conviction in Los Angeles – when he was explicitly warned of the dangers of driving drunk and the possible penalty should he be involved in a fatal DUI crash – allowed prosecutors to file second-degree murder charges. [more@OCRegister]( Nurse Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Patient’s Drugs April 7, 2022 - “This person used their position with CLSM to take medication away from an elderly patient when he was in dire need of it, for their own addiction,”... [more@KXXV]( BOOK REVIEW: We Got This, Kids  April 7, 2022 - Andy intended to someday release as a book to help others who were struggling with their own substance-induced demons. Sadly, he never had the chance to complete his project. He died of suicide in 2017. [more@Amazon]( ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Heading To Prison [video]( April 7, 2022 - “When Dr. Kim dispensed nearly 2 million doses of addictive prescription medications under the guise of a doctor’s care, it was not about the good of the community or an individual’s specific health needs – it was about his selfishness and greed,” said the Special Agent. [more@WECT]( Alcohol Can Have Surprising Effects on Your Hair April 7, 2022 - Excessive alcohol consumption can cause vitamin deficiency, tissue damage, disruption of inflammatory responses, and decreased collagen production. It also impairs your complexion’s antioxidant defenses. [more@Well+Good]( Inmate Uses Poetry To Express Addiction Recovery [video]( April 8, 2022 - “Living in constant denial believing I had all the answers, enjoying the disasters of methamphetamine as it robbed my life like a cancer,” Jon Borel read from his poem “Save Yourself.” It was his 13-year meth addiction that landed him behind bars. [more@YouTube]( Opioid Recovery and the DOJ Disability Protections [audio]( April 6, 2022 - “It signals that DOJ is serious about protecting the rights of individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder, and most specifically, protecting the rights of individuals to receive medications for opioid use disorder,” Regina LaBelle said. [more@BloombergLaw]( Opioid Treatment Violates Discrimination Laws April 5, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Justice is warning employers, healthcare providers and others not to discriminate against people who are using prescribed medication to treat opioid addiction... 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