Pandemic Surge In Pornography Addiction...and more!

News You Can't Abuse [View Full eBulletin Here]( June 21, 2022 | Vol. 9 | No. 45 | Since 2013 [Home]( Mail]( Canada Might Print a Warning on Every Cigarette June 11, 2022 - Adding health warnings on individual tobacco products will help ensure that these essential messages reach people, including the youth who often access cigarettes one at a time in social situations.  Each puff is poison.[more@WKYUFM]( 19-Year-Old TikToker Cooper Noriega Has Died June 13, 2022 The TikToker and Model celebrated a year of sobriety in October 2021. He previously discussed his experiences with substance addiction, sharing with his followers that his struggles began when he was 9. [more@Distractify]( The Dangers of Being Too Nice | Dr. Gabor Maté [video]( March 1, 2022 - We all have this sense of betraying ourselves when we are not truly who we are. Some people have this voice or feeling inside that they are betraying them selves. Thats why the body also speaks to us when we are not being authentic. [more@YouTube]( Surprising Side Effects of Marijuana After Age 55  June 13, 2022 - “It has been well established that heavy marijuana use in both young and middle-aged adults can cause mild functional and structural brain impairments affecting attention, processing speed, motor coordination, verbal memory, and executive function,” says Marc E. Agronin, MD. [more@EatThis]( Shattered Kentucky Shatters Fatal Overdose Record [video]( 14, 2022 - Fentanyl Blamed. The report showed that 2,250 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses in 2021 - an ongoing scourge plaguing rural counties and the state’s largest cities alike. [more@WLWT]( Dopesick: Michael Keaton in Conversation [video]( 2022 - Executive Producer and Star Michael Keaton sits down with longtime collaborator and friend Amy Ryan to discuss the importance and relevance of DOPESICK and how he stepped into the role of “Dr. Samuel Finnix. [more@FYC]( Q&A with Adam Nimoy June 17, 2022 - Born during the Eisenhower administration to Leonard and Sandra Zoberblatt Nimoy. He attended University Elementary School, a “lab school” at UCLA, where he was subjected to many psychological experiments. He continued these on his own at UC Berkeley with mind-altering substances. [more@AddictionRecoveryeBulletin]( ‘We can’t get sober here:’ Shelter Unlikely Place To Find Sobriety - June 11, 2022 - The Whitehorse Shelter staff see all kinds — thin and frail, young and old; many are visibly intoxicated. Others keep to themselves, talking or pacing along a wall. Groups hang out at tables or sit on benches sharing drinks from paper cups. [more@YukonNews]( HAPPY AA ANNIVERSARY MONTH [more@YouTube]( Rehab Patients Cite Alcohol, Cannabis As Most Commonly Used Drugs  June 13, 2022 - Results showed that alcohol was the most commonly reported substance used during the past 30 days (35.8%), followed by cannabis (24.9%), misuse of prescription opioids (18.5%), illicit stimulants (14%), heroin (10.2%)... [more@Healio]( Bradley Cooper Opens Up About Addiction [video]( June 15, 2022 - The Oscar-nominated actor shared that when he moved to Los Angeles for his role in “Alias” he felt like he “was back in high school.” “I could not get into any clubs, no girls wanted to look at me. I was totally depressed.” [more@USAToday]( White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly June 15, 2022 - The Biden administration says it plans to cut the number of fatal overdoses in the United States by 13 percent by 2025. That would mean reversing a catastrophic four-fold rise in drug deaths that began in the late 1990s. [more@NPR]( Rabbi and Wife Star in Documentary About LA Treatment Facility June 15, 2022 - In the late 1980s, social worker Harriet Rossetto, founded Beit T’Shuvah, an LA addiction treatment center for formerly incarcerated individuals. At the same time, Mark Borovitz was serving a sentence at the California Institution for Men — and studying his Jewish faith. [more@DesertSun]( the film at the [REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium ]( Minnesota Muslims Find the Mosque a Safe Place to Recover From Alcohol Addiction June 11, 2022 - The same place that caused the woman deep shame later offered her a lifeline. She noticed a group of people meeting in the mosque regularly to support each other. Soon, she was attending the weekly meetings and sharing her own experiences with alcoholism. [more@StarTribune]( Demi Lovato's Addiction Struggles in ‘Skin of My Teeth’ June 10, 2022 - The singer is no stranger to opening up about their struggles with drug addiction, as they have done previously in songs like “Dancing With the Devil” and “Sober.” I survived, but it got harder to breathe. Askin’ why doesn’t make it easier. Go easier on me. Goddamn it, I just wanna be free. [more@Parade]( Guilty Displeasure: Time to Take Porn Addiction In Hand  June 11, 2022 - I recently read about a British MP who was caught by a female counterpart watching porn in parliament, and suddenly realized I have the same problem. In my early 20s, I even watched it during lessons in college. I was lucky I did not get caught. But I constantly felt guilty. [more@TheStar]( Court Decision Endangers Addiction and Mental Health Coverage for 130 Million Americans June 13, 2022 - I’m no stranger to being told “no” by health insurance companies that are supposed to have my back. Back in 2014, my addiction to heroin had taken everything from me. It was quickly chipping away at every aspect of my life—most notably, my health. I couldn’t afford to keep a roof over my head or even have a simple meal once a day... [more@TheHill]( Jennifer Ward-Lealand: Directorial Debut with Film About Methamphetamine [video]( June 13, 2022 - The devastating impact of methamphetamine or “P” on a family is the theme of a new short from actress-turned-director Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand.The 13-minute film, titled Disturb premiered at a film festival in Hawaii. [more@BharatNews]( Australia Has a Pill for Alcohol Dependency June 13, 2022 - 40 years of clinical trials concluded that for every nine people treated with naltrexone, one would be prevented from returning to heavy drinking. It is not the silver bullet for treatment, but for some, it can be revelatory. [more@Vice]( Prisoners To Be Fitted With Sobriety Tags June 15, 2022 - Under the program first tried in Wales, electronically monitored tags checked alcohol levels in sweat for former prisoners who are deemed capable of reoffending after drinking. [more@NationCMYRU]( My Life As An Intersex Comedian  June 17, 2022 - My Transformation is the very opposite of drugs. Last December, I celebrated 20 years of sobriety. They say that recovery is “peeling back the layers on the onion.” Well, turns out, I was a bloody big British organic onion. [more@LATimes]( What Damaged Brains Reveal About Addiction June 15, 2022 - An addiction team at Mount Sinai Health System have begun administering less invasive brain stimulation treatments to patients in their homes or at community centers rather than in hospitals. [more@Advisory]( Elvis Presley’s Legacy of Addiction, Heartbreak & Death June 16, 2022 - Lisa Marie opened up about her addiction to painkillers and opioids in Harry Nelson’s book United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain.]( multi-generational trauma has included addiction, divorce and tragic death. For Lisa Marie, 54, this screening was her first appearance since the loss of her son Benjamin Keough, 27, who committed suicide in 2020. [more@NYPost]( How To Stop Smoking Weed June 16, 2022 - Changing a habit takes effort, whether you decide to nix a daily sugar fix, cut down on alcohol or stop smoking weed.The payoffs are worth it.[@ClevelandClinic]( Scientology Churches Across the Globe Support Drug Abuse Prevention June 16, 2022 - In preparation for International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Scientology Churches have scheduled drug education conferences and open house events where officials and community leaders will brief those attending on the crisis as it affects their communities. [more@GoshenNews]( Ain’t No Stopping Us Now MUSICAL INTERLUDE [more@YouTube]( The Pandemic Surge In Pornography Addiction June 15, 2022 - “I forgot what I was looking for,” Miranda Martinez-Herbert says now. The next thing she knew, a hard-core porn site popped up on her laptop. Graphic scenes of men and women having oral sex and intercourse flashed before her eye[@Gazette]( Ann Wilson on Trailblazing and Drinking While Sober  June 15, 2022 - Q: You’ve been sober for over a decade now. “These days, I will have a glass of wine with a meal, but that’s it. And that’s my thing, is to come to rest on a moderate place like that and not have to be militaristic about it.” [more@Cincinnati]( DEA Holds Inaugural Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic - June 15, 2022 - On June 14 and 15, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram hosted the first-ever DEA Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic for families from across the country who have experienced the profound loss of a child due to a drug overdose or poisoning. [more@DEA]( Post Malone Got Help With ‘Rough’ Battle of Alcoholism [video]( 16, 2022 - During an interview on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show,” the rapper — whose real name is Austin Post — opened up about his past struggles with booze. “I am responsible now,” the “Rockstar” hitmaker revealed. [more@PagesSix](        The Annual REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium  DON'T GET SMASHED! SMASH STIGMA-EAT POPCORN-SAVE LIVES  A seven-day recovery event showcasing films from first-time filmmakers to experienced professionals. 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