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Addiction Almanac [View Full eBulletin Here]( Sept. 6, 2022 | Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Since 2013 [Home](     [Fan Mail]( September is National Recovery Month Sept. 1, 2022 - Recovery Month, started in 1989, is a national observance held in September to promote and support  treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery possible in all its forms. [more@newrez]( New Hampshire Gets $40.5 Million From Opioid Moguls Johnson & Johnson [video]( Sept. 1, 2022 - The state further claimed Johnson & Johnson made misleading statements about its opioids and promoted they were rarely addictive... [more@WMUR]( Traffickers Target Teens With ‘rainbow fentanyl’ Deaths [video](. 31, 2022 - “Fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes - is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” aid DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. [more@6ABC](     The Day Heroin Tried to Steal My Arm May 2019 - I knew the abscess in the crook of my left elbow was getting bad when it became the size of a lemon and I woke up one morning having trouble extending, rotating and flexing my arm. Even in my heroin-addled, 21-year-old mind, I was like, “Oh, shit, maybe I should get this looked at.” [more@OZY]( “New Meth” Is Nothing to Fear. It Isn’t New. It’s Just Meth. Sept. 1, 2022 - There’s no evidence that P2P-produced meth is any more or less neurotoxic than ephedrine meth. [more@FilterMag]( Sam Quinones Is Wrong Says Zackary Siege  Sept. 4, 2022 -  The other day I got a concerned ping. Someone alerted me that Sam Quinones, bestselling author of [Dreamland]( more recently The Least of Us, two books about America’s overdose crisis, appeared [as a guest]( [Marc Maron’s podcast, “WTF]( Out-of-Pocket Cost of Naloxone Soars for Uninsured Individuals Aug. 26. 2022 - From 2014 to 2018, the out-of-pocket cost for naloxone increased more than 500% per prescription for those without insurance. The total number of naloxone prescriptions grew exponentially, with 386,249 prescriptions written in 2018, up from 11,432 in 2010. [more@AddictionProfessional](     Zac Clark Celebrates 11 Years of Sobriety Aug. 31, 2022 - Zac Clark is has been taking it one day at a time for 4,015 days now. In a video on Instagram on Tuesday, the former Bachelorette contestant, 38, opened up about his major milestone in his substance-free life. [more@People]( French Montana To Help People In Music Business Struggling With Addiction [video]( Aug. 27, 2022 - Rap star is doing his part to wipe out the scourge of drug addiction thanks to a new partnership with the Guardian Recovery Network. “When I lost my good friend Mac Miller to addiction, it was devastating to all of us. I only wish he had services like NAQI before it was too late.” [more@AllHipHop]( Singer AJ McLean on Reaching One Year of Sobriety [video](. 4, 2022 - Alexis and AJ dive into his family life, parental relationships, his first stint of sobriety from 2001-2007. [more@News](     All About Shopping Addiction Aug. 31, 2022 - Simply put, there’s a difference between a shopping addiction and occasional leisure shopping. But it’s important to know that if your shopping habits become extreme. [more@EverydayHealth]( Deep Brain Stimulation New Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder Aug. 31, 2022 - Out-of-control eating that causes shame, regret or health problems is psychiatry’s most recently recognized eating disorder. It’s thought to affect as many as 5% of American adults, most — but not all — of whom are obese. [@LATimes](     Demi Lovato Regrets Making “Sobriety” Documentaries Aug. 31, 2022 - “I was so high the whole time smoking weed (while filming Dancing with the Devil) that I wasn’t focused,” she said ... finally realizing that “sobriety is what works for me and nothing else,” Lovato confessed that she no longer identifies with the term “California sober”. [more@PaperMag](     Film Review of Our American Family Aug. 28, 2022 - In this film, we travel for four years in the life of a Philadelphia family upended by the tsunami of an active addiction. The directors’ (Hallee Adelman and Sean O’Grady) camera knows to take special aim at the family’s kitchen table. [more@PsychologyToday]( ‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Suicidal Teens Aug. 27, 2022 -“There’s no medication for suicidal behavior,” said Michele Berk, psychologist at Stanford University. “The patient needs to learn other behavioral skills that the medication does not teach you.” Dialectical behavior therapy does.[more@NYTimes](     Money Flows Into Addiction Tech Mar. 22, 2022 -Just days off cocaine, the tech entrepreneur was scribbling designs for his next startup idea: a digital platform that would make clinician paperwork easier, combined with a mobile app to guide patients through recovery. [more@FierceHealthcare]( The 9 Best Sobriety Apps Of 2022 Aug. 31, 2022 - When you want to make a big change, it never hurts to have a little extra support. That’s the idea behind sobriety apps. There’s a wide range apps available, from simple habit trackers to apps that provide access to sober communities and support groups…read on for suggestions. [more@Bustle](     High THC Marijuana Linked To Psychiatric Illness [video]( Aug. 30, 2022 - Two years after becoming an avid marijuana user, Ethan was only 18 when he developed cannabis-induced psychosis, a condition including severe hallucinations, delusions and paranoia. [more@Fox](    Activist Talk About Loss and Fighting Big Pharma with ‘Dopesick’ author Aug. 29, 2022 - The heroes in [Beth Macy]( latest book are “stone rollers,” people who, like the women of Bethany in the biblical story of Lazarus, move heavy rocks while defying custom to raise others from the slow spiritual (and often physical) death of addiction. [more@BurlingtonCountyTimes]( People Who Inject Drugs Can Develop Dangerous Heart Defects Aug. 31, 2022 - People who inject drugs are at higher risk for infective endocarditis if they are exposed to bacteria by re-using needles or from other injection practices that aren’t sterile. [more@Heart]( Does Isolation Feed Addiction? Aug. 31, 2022 - CONNECTION CAN HEAL. People do get better: about three-quarters of people who try to overcome a substance use problem succeed. For half, it takes only two attempts. [more@PsychologyToday](     Kanye West: ‘My porn addiction destroyed my family’ Sept. 1, 2022 - “Hollywood is a giant brothel Pornography destroyed my family I deal with the addiction instagram promotes it Not gonna let it happen to Northy and Chicago,” he said. [more@PageSix](     Matt Willis to Reveal Addictions in Heartbreaking New Documentary Sept. 1, 2022 - “It will reveal how some of his problems stemmed from a childhood where his parents made him feel he should conform to male stereotypes. That included telling him that boys don’t cry, which meant he never shed a tear until he was 29 years old.” [more@TheSun]( Tyreek Lewis, 35, Died For Seeking Pain Relief — And Unknowingly Bought a Fentanyl Pill Sept. 3, 2022 - The 35-year-old from North Philadelphia worked as a truck driver, and long days in the driver’s seat had put him in enough pain that his girlfriend made him a doctor’s appointment... [more@Inquirer]( 5 Celebrities With Non-Alcoholic Beverage Brands Sept. 3, 2022 - Here are 5 stars that launched their own line of non-alcoholic drinks. One is supermodel Bella Hadid. [more@Insider]( Artists MUST Expose Corruption, Urges Opioid Crisis Film Director Sept. 3, 2022 - A documentary about artist [Nan Goldin]( fight to hold members of the Sackler family to account for the opioid crisis is “a challenge to other artists” to use their power to expose corruption, its director [Laura Poitras]( has said. [more@TheGuardian]( Barbara Ehrenreich, Author Fought Injustice, Dies at 81 Sept. 2, 2022 - She wrote more than 20 books on social justice themes ranging from women’s rights to inequality and the inequities of the American healthcare system. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer. [more@TheGuardian]( Drug Czar Says Stigma Among Doctors Culprit In Addiction Crisis Sept. 2, 2022 - Calling out doctors for their role in poor treatment outcomes; arguing that the addiction medication buprenorphine is widely misunderstood; and a new addiction intervention that offers rewards — often cash — in exchange for cessation of drug use. [more@StatNews](     [Home](    [Fan Mail]( [Visit our website]( [Send us your Comments,](mailto:ahbra@writersintreatment.org) [](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!](