Snapchat on Trial For Murder also, John Stamos, Adele, Lala Kent and Lil Yachty

News Just For You [View Full eBulletin Here]( Oct. 24, 2023 | Vol. 11 | No. 11 | Since 2013 [Home](  [Fan Mail]( Thousands of Children Sent To Very Profitable Scandal-Plagued Health Care Giant Oct. 18, 2023 - Universal Health Services, the country’s largest psychiatric hospital chain, claims on its website to provide compassionate care with a “relentless focus on quality” to thousands of patients each year. And it does well by investors. The publicly traded, Fortune 500 company brought in $13.4 billion last year. [READ@MotherJones]( The Life and Death Fight for Control of Methadone Oct. 20, 2023 - The debate centered on a single question: whether U.S. doctors should be able to prescribe methadone directly to patients. The current methadone treatment paradigm is costing thousands of lives. [READ@StatNews]( Psychiatric Patients Restrained 50 Times More Often Than National Average [video]( Oct. 15, 2023 - His ankles and wrists bore scars — the result, he said, of repeatedly being strapped to a bed with restraints at Los Angeles General Medical Center. “That hospital is like one bad dream after another.” The hospital’s restraint rate is 50 times higher than the national average. [WATCH@LATimes]( Cities Ponder Opiate Friendly Facilities for Drug Use Oct. 23, 2023 - The street and sidewalks were dotted with used syringes and their discarded orange caps. Health experts have long endorsed a controversial strategy to blunt the opioid epidemic, facilities in which people are allowed to take illicit drugs under professional supervision. [READ@NYTimes]( West Virginia has Nation’s Worst Drug Problem, But Fewer Homeless than LA [audio]( Oct. 12, 2023 - WV leads the nation in overdose deaths per capita — by a wide margin. But this state best known for coal mines and the leafy Appalachian Mountains has one of the country’s lowest rates of homelessness. [LISTEN@SwokNews]( Cops Use Opioid Settlement Cash for More Cop Cars [audio]( Oct. 20, 2023 - Policing expenses mount quickly: $25,000 for a law enforcement conference about fentanyl in Colorado; $18,000 for technology to unlock cellphones in Southington, Conn.; $2,900 for surveillance cameras and to train officers and canines in New Lexington, Ohio. [LISTEN@NPR]( Actor Michael K. Williams’ Dealer Gets 5 Years for His Death [video]( Oct. 11, 2023 - A member of a New York City drug-dealing crew blamed for the fentanyl-laced heroin overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams has been sentenced to five years in prison. Luis Cruz was the third of four defendants to be sentenced. Cruz was sentenced in federal court in Manhattan. [WATCH@NBCNY]( Snapchat on Trial For Murder   Oct. 18, 2023 - Suit claims Snapchat make kids easy targets for dealers. Hanh Badger was working from home the morning of 17 June 2021. She went to the kitchen to grab a second cup of coffee and noticed her daughter’s bedroom door was still shut. Badger found Brooke, 17, pale and motionless in bed... [READ@TheGuardian]( Screen Time Linked to Psychological Distress October 28, 2023 - Addiction to screens—computers, smartphones, televisions, game consoles and other digital devices—is linked to mental illness, in Adults. [READ@NYPost]( Jeffrey Epstein Survivor Dies in Florida of Overdose Oct. 17, 2023 - Carolyn Andriano, testified against Ghislaine Maxwell in her trial for sex-trafficking minors has died of an accidental overdose of methadone, fentanyl and alprazolam. [READ@USAToday]( How To Support Employees Overcoming Addiction [audio]( Oct. 19, 2023 - According to addiction specialist Dr. Louise Stanger, “Addiction is a chronic disease that affects the brain in complex ways. Like other chronic diseases, it requires comprehensive long-term treatment and ongoing support to manage. [@Forbes]( John Stamos’ Tell-All Memoir ‘If You Would Have Told Me’ Oct. 20, 2023 - John Stamos says it was his DUI arrest in 2015 that got him on the road to sobriety. The 60-year-old actor, who revealed he was abused by his babysitter as a child, talks about his recovery in his new memoir... [READ@DailyMail]( Adele Quit Drinking After Being a ‘Borderline Alcoholic’ Oct. 18, 2023 - Adele told US Vogue that during her first emergency shopping run during lockdown she bought the cult rosé Whispering Angel & ketchup. “Whispering Angel turned me into a barking dog,” she said. “It did not make me whisper.” [READ@TheGuardian]( BIG NEWS: Fructose Causes Obesity Oct. 20, 2023 - It’s not the biggest source of caloric intake, it does trigger the urge to eat fattier foods, at higher quantities, resulting in overindulgence in food. “Although practically all hypotheses recognize the importance of reducing ultraprocessed and ‘junk’ foods...  [READ@ScienceAlert]( Why Nutrition Matters in Recovery with Dr. David Wiss [video]( Oct. 16, 2023 - Dr. Wiss has found a powerful correlation between poor health and poor nutrition. His goal is to bridge the current gap between mental and physical health by pushing people to focus on how adequate nutrition can improve them both. [WATCH@YouTube]( Lala Kent: Without ‘My Sobriety I Wouldn’t Be Here’ [video]( Oct. 15, 2023 - In an interview with Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Lala Kent shared the strategies she employs to maintain her sobriety in a cast known for indulging in a cocktail or two, or perhaps even more. “I believe that my obsession with my sobriety is what keeps me steadfast in this mindset,” she explained. [WATCH@CheatSheet]( Mindfulness Retrains Addicted Brain’s Dysfunction Oct. 18, 2023 - Mindfulness is a mental state characterized by present-moment awareness and non-judgmental attention to one’s thoughts, feelings, and sensations. It involves intentionally paying attention to the present moment. [READ@PsyPost]( Lil Yachty & Lucki Discuss Sobriety [video]( Oct. 20, 2023 - Attempting sobriety is hard enough as is, but for those who work or play in environments where substances are readily available, abstaining can feel anything but easy. Time and time again we’ve seen recording artists and entertainers fall victim to the demons of substance abuse... [WATCH@HotNewHipHop]( Using Healing Sounds in Addiction Recovery [video]( Oct. 12, 2023 - We’re really working with expanded layers of healing that are profound and particular to the human experience. It might even take you to elements we could call transpersonal, that is connection with something greater than ourselves. [WATCH@VPM]( A.A.’s Step 12 Oct. 10, 2023 - The second portion of step 12, trying to “carry this message to alcoholics” and people with substance use disorder, naturally emerges from having had a spiritual awakening. All who have fallen into addiction share the common fate of never intending to hurt themselves or others. [READ@PsychologyToday]( Why is Treatment an Essential Step in the Addiction Recovery? Oct. 15, 2023 - While the road to recovery is unique for every individual, there is a consensus among experts that professional treatment is an essential and non-negotiable element in this process. [READ@IntelligentLiving]( Telehealth May Improve Access for Opioid Addicts Oct. 18, 2023 - Starting buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder through telehealth was associated with an increased likelihood of staying in treatment longer compared to starting treatment in a non-telehealth setting. [READ@NewsMedical]( Treatment Center Is Magnet for Drug Users [VIDEO ONLY]( Oct. 17, 2023 - Homeless people who camp nearby said that the area around the Blackburn Center is a popular hangout. Many are on the waiting list to get inside. [WATCH@YouTube]( State Testing Wastewater for Opioids Near Schools [video]( Oct. 18, 2023 - “What we’re doing here is taking our expertise and applying it to something that is so topical, fentanyl, and looking for that chemical, that illicit drug in the wastewater,” New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney said. [WATCH@KOAT]( Involuntary Drug Treatment Offered as Solution to ‘Misery and Squalor’ Oct. 19, 2023 - Some Pennsylvania senators want to create an involuntary treatment process in the commonwealth for drug addiction as thousands continue to die every year from overdoses. [READ@GantNews]( More Young Women Hospitalized With Alcoholic Hepatitis [video]( Oct. 20, 2023 - New research from St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne has found a dramatic increase in people with alcoholic hepatitis since Covid. While it has traditionally been a disease mainly of older men, doctors have noticed a rise in young women being hospitalised. [WATCH@YouTube]( THE ARTS: ‘Baby Foot’ wades into the world of addiction, alcoholism and recovery [video]( Oct. 20, 2023 A deck of cards, a stack of pamphlets, a schedule of meetings. Even before the play begins, the space upstairs at the Matrix Theatre is already telling a story. Tim Venable’s play was previously produced in New York City, now it is in LA. [WATCH@SpectrumNews1]( Arts Program Helps Addiction Recovery [video]( Oct. 19, 2023 - “Try to help everyone see law enforcement not as enforcers. Those that are battling addiction as not addicts or criminals, but to see us all as fathers, sons, sisters, mothers, what we truly are every day and not just what’s in a badge and not what is in addiction.” [WATCH@LEX18]( Stop Using Alcohol as Crutch For Confidence  Oct. 20, 2023 -As social animals with the need to belong in a tribe or community, “we get anxious in social situations because, with social anxiety, there is a sense that people will judge or reject us,” said clinical psychologist, Dr Ellen Hendriksen, author of How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety. [READ@NewsHub](   [***If this was sent to you by a friend, please subscribe HERE]( [Home]( [Fan Mail]( [Visit our website]( 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!](