13 Predictions for 2023, Meditation for Beginners ...and lots more!

NEWS YOU CAN'T REFUSE [View Full eBulletin Here]( Jan. 24, 2023 | Vol. 10 | No. 24 | Since 2013 [Home]( [Fan Mail](   1-Year-Old Dies of Fentanyl Overdose, Mommy Arrested [video only]( Jan. 14, 2023 - Kenner’s mother, 34-year-old Alexis Callero, was arrested earlier this week for second-degree murder, cruelty to a juvenile and various drug charges. [Click@WWLTV]( Fentanyl Test Strips on the Dance Floor? Partygoers Face New Reality Jan. 18, 2023 - When she goes out, singer-songwriter Kalie Shorr always ensures she’s carrying the basics: wallet, keys—and fentanyl test strips. “When I’m at clubs, people just whip out cocaine—on the dance floor, sometimes,” said Ms. Shorr, who is 28 lives in Los Angeles. [Click@WSJ]( 13 Predictions for Life in 2023 Jan. 10, 2023 - Oh, the possibilities of a new year. This will be the one, we say, when we’ll exercise more, spend a little less and stop devoting entire weekends to binge-watching. Change is in the air. What will the rest of 2023 bring? READ IT NOW [@NYTimes](     Priscilla Presley Tried To Save Lisa Marie From Drugs By Turning To Scientology [video]( Jan. 17, 2023 - “Priscilla realized how horrible things were and she did what she usually does to save her daughter - she resorted to Scientology to get her back in line.” 2019 saw Priscilla, a stalwart supporter of the cause, pleading with church leaders to permit her daughter to join in Narconon. [@MusicTimes]( Dr. Nora Volkow on Drug Addiction [audio]( Jan. 17, 2023 - A look at drug issues facing the country today and how they’ve changed. We discuss the issues of drug addiction, the distribution of fentanyl, and the rising number of overdose deaths from the opioid crisis with Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) [Click@NPR](   Heroin Nasal Spray Increases Harm Reduction Options Jan. 17, 2023 - However, these options ( oral tablets of pharmaceutical-grade heroin) don’t always meet every participant’s needs. While some people may want to avoid injecting, they may still desire the “rush” or rapid onset that injecting provides— which is missing if you use the tablets. [Click@FilterMag]( Portugal’s Response to Addiction Sparks Global Envy [video]( Jan. 16, 2023 - While many European countries are struggling to tackle a rise in drug trafficking and drug use, some are looking to Portugal for inspiration on how to successfully reform their judicial and medical response...[Click@France24](   Thich Nhat Hanh Documentary Premieres [video]( Jan. 11, 2023 - I Have Arrived, I Am Home comes from filmmaker Max Pugh and showcases footage of the late Thich Nhat Hanh’s journey home to Vietnam in 2018, as well as funeral ceremonies following his death. [Click@LionsRoar]( How to Incorporate Meditation Into Your Daily Life Jan. 19, 2023 - As soon as you open your eyes in the morning, try to move to a sitting position at once, and again, gather your being for one long moment. If you wake up with the aroma of meditation and go to sleep with it, you will begin to influence your subconscious mind and create... [Click@30Seconds]( How The Brain Creates Consciousness Jan. 21, 2023 - Each of us knows that we are conscious, in terms of having thoughts, perceptions, and feelings, but we are unable to prove it to anyone else. Only we have access to the mysterious essence... [Click@MedicalNewsToday](   Hilary Phelps Kept Her Sobriety Secret for 15 Years and Now She’s Speaking Out Jan. 17, 2023 - There were no poignant social media posts to mark the milestone. Girlfriends didn’t treat her to lunch. She was terrified of what people would think — the stigma surrounding alcoholism is pervasive, especially for women. [Click@Today]( Quit Lit Targets Women’s Sobriety Jan. 19, 2023 - Quit Lit gave my patients and me an easy way to talk about dependence and addiction. Several of these memoir-cum-motivational guides are bestsellers, including “This Naked Mind,” ... “The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober” and “Quit Like a Woman.” [Click@WashingtonPost]( Moms Are Changing The Narrative Around Weed Jan. 24, 2022 - ‘I don’t necessarily smoke to get high, I smoke to get normal.’ “We cannamoms advocates compare weed moms and wine moms all the time to make a point about the hypocrisy of it all... [Click@Romper]( Drunk Driver Complains About Having to Watch ‘Die Hard,’... Again Jan. 17, 2023 - The man said he had just left a Christmas celebration at his dad’s house, where his brother had forced him to watch “Die Hard.” [Click@Cleveland]( Author Celebrates 29 Years Sober With Emotional Message Jan. 20, 2023 - “Back in January 1994 I thought my life was over.” Marian Keyes, the bestselling author has said it has “been the most wonderful journey,” and shared a hopeful message on Twitter to anyone who may be struggling with alcohol. [Click@SundayWorld]( Three Tips For Travelling When Sober Jan. 17, 2023 - Grabbing life by the horns is common, from taking on physical challenges to seeing the world. And for those wanting to do the latter, here are three top tips to make sure you not only enjoy it, but stay on track with your sobriety too… [Click@TravelNews]( Addiction Crisis Causing Spike In Endocarditis Cases Jan. 17, 2023 - Patients with endocarditis, an inflammation of the heart lining caused by infection, require complex, thoughtful care — care that the U.S. health system is ill-equipped to provide. [Click@StatNews]( SAMHSA’s Methadone Reforms Are Toothless Jan. 12, 2023 - For the first time ever, and only because of the publicized lethal threat of COVID, the agency relaxed guidelines for take-home doses.“People get so overwhelmed with disappointment with how these clinics operate. You get treated like an idiot and that leads to not giving a damn.” [Click@FilterMag]( Women Search For Solutions After Mass Overdose Event [video]( Jan. 13, 2023 - Nine people overdosed, and seven of them died in one small area. One thing that surprised me was the ages of the individuals,” Pihl said. “… from senior citizens to middle-aged.” [Click@Fox2]( Former Pro Pitcher and Addiction Survivor Awarded Key to the City [video]( Jan. 16, 2023 - Off the field, Michael Jackson struggled with alcohol and drug abuse. His addiction cost him his career and landed him in and out of prison. Now works as a drug counselor. [Click@ABC7NY]( David Crosby, Long Time...Gone at 81 Jan. 19, 2023 - The death came as a surprise to those who followed his very active Twitter account, which he’d kept tweeting on as recently as Wednesday. One of Crosby’s [final tweets]( day before he died was to make a light-hearted comment about heaven: “I heard the place is overrated… cloudy.” [Click@Variety]( Judge Invalidates FDA Graphic Cigarette Health Warnings Jan. 9, 2023 - Judge issued a decision vacating graphic cigarette health warning regulations because the regulations violate the free speech protections under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. By vacating the regulations, the graphic cigarette health warnings are nullified and devoid of any legal effect. [Click@CStoreDecisions]( Crosby’s Music Always Lifted Me Up Jan. 21, 2023 - When I learned Friday that singer-songwriter David Crosby had died, I was overcome by a sadness that I could not immediately name. It was not exactly about the man, whose life I knew had been ravaged by drugs and other forms of self-destruction. [Click@WashingtonPost]( Michael J Fox Became an Alcoholic After Parkinson’s Diagnosis [video]( Jan. 21, 2023 - The actor got his big break in the ‘80s on Family Ties, but just as it looked as though everything was going right, his life was turned on its head. “I was the Prince of Hollywood,” he recalls in new documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. He first noticed something was up following a night out in 1990, when he woke up with a hangover and a twitching little finger. [Click@Unilad]( The Eerie Story of the Chelsea Hotel [video]( Jan. 20, 2023 - Located on 23rd street in Manhattan, it was the temporary home for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Joni Mitchell, Mick Jagger, and Chet Baker. Jack Kerouac feverishly typed On the Road, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke dreamed up 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Miloš Forman penned his screenplay for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ... Nancy Spungen, 20, was discovered on a bathroom floor with a knife plunged through her body, at the hands of Sid Vicious. [Click@AnOtherMag]( Sobriety Resolution: Have a ‘sober buddy’ [video only]( Jan. 20, 2023 - [Click@YouTube]( Do You Suffer From Work Addiction?  Jan. 19, 2023- Like any addiction, workaholism is a real condition. Like most of my peers, I was committed to my job and tried to do good work. But I wasn’t about to sacrifice everything for it. Collin, on the other hand, wore his exhaustion and lack of personal life as a badge of honor. [Click@Forbes]( $30 Million Gift to Build an Addiction Treatment Center Jan. 19, 2023 - The Buffett donation was a one-time gift to pay only for the buildings. It was up to the CEO and her team to find money to run the programs. And that has proven difficult. [Click@MM+M]( Is Sobriety Becoming a Status Symbol? Jan. 19, 2023 - Some experts believe that quitting alcohol is now a status symbol. “Living alcohol-free gradually seems to be the new riding a cargo bike,” said sociologist Walter Weyns. “We simply live in times of heightened responsibility,” he explains. Trends often start with young people and surveys show that this age group is increasingly abstaining from alcohol. [Click@BrusselsTimes](   [Home]( 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!](