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Apr. 13, 2021 | Vol. 8 | No. 34 Since 2013
Sackler Family’s Self-Pitying Emails
April 8, 2021 - Empire of Pain” by the new book by Patrick Radden Keefe exposes the Sackler family—the secretive billionaires who kept America steadily supplied with OxyContin. more@DailyBeast
'The Crime of the Century' Examines Deadly Opioid Crisis WATCH PREVIEW
April 7, 2021 - The Crime of the Century takes a broad look at the various facets that fueled the epidemic, from the PR campaigns that claimed opioids like OxyContin were safe, to the sales reps who encouraged doctors to prescribe millions... @Rollingstone
Biden Pledges Assertive Action to Address Opioid Crisis
April 5, 2021 - “The addiction crisis has already taken so much, and I grieve with all those who have lost someone,” Biden said. “We also celebrate those who are recovering. We hold them in our hearts and commit ourselves to helping more families know the joy and relief of recovery.”@PsychCongress
Pandemic drinking is dangerous for women WATCH
April 8, 2021 - Alcohol consumption has increased during the pandemic and it could be putting women at increased risk of breast cancer. Dawn Nickel of SheRecovers comments on how to break away from “mommy wine culture.” more@CBC
Q&A: Co-Founder, Next Level Recovery, Amanda Marino
April 9, 2021 - Amanda Marino is a Certified Intervention Professional (CIP), Certified Recovery and Life Coach, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Alternative Medicine, she has over a decade of substance use disorder and mental health treatment. 
Global Sober Books: True Works of Genius 
April 13, 2021 - Peter T. has authored eight books, and very few folks know his full name. Such is a life and a lifestyle shaped by Alcoholics Anonymous. In early 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic slammed the brakes on most travel, Peter put the finishing touches on the seemingly oxymoronically named Liquid Sober. It was the seventh and final installment in a series of themed coffee table-style books showcasing how truly global an organization Alcoholics Anonymous has become – and how internationally binding its principles are for those living in recovery. 
Can 12-Step Groups and Psychedelics Coexist?
April 8, 2021 - The promising preliminary and ongoing studies on using psychedelics for alcoholism … cocaine and opioid addiction, how psychedelics might coexist or overlap with 12-step programs or MAT is an open question. more@Vice
Ibogaine: Promising Treatment for Addiction
April 5, 2021 - Life events flipped through his mind’s eye in rapid fire. Other times, painful memories slowed to a crawl. Marcus saw himself having conversations with his dead father, with buddies he’d lost to the wars over the years, with God. “You can’t hide from the medicine,” he says. @Time
Charlie Sheen: “Tigers Blood”, “Winning”, Two and a Half Men and The Road To Recovery WATCH
March 23, 2021 - Charlie Sheen opens up about the breakdown that was front and center in the public eye. “Winning” “Tigers Blood” and what was really going on in his life at that point. With long-term sobriety and a new way of life, Charlie opens up about the first time he tried a substance at the age of 10. more@YouTube
Ca. Senators OK Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics  - April 6, 2021 - The law would remove criminal penalties for possessing or sharing a wide range of psychedelics—including psilocybin mushrooms, DMT, ibogaine, LSD and MDMA—for adults 21 and older. more@MarijuanaMoment
Teenage Brains Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana?
March 29, 2021 - “The content of THC is much higher, and the higher the THC content, the greater the risk of adverse effects.” It’s more likely to alter synaptic connections in younger brains, leading to stronger memories of pleasure and reward. more@NYTimes
How to ‘inoculate’ kids against addiction
April 6, 2021 - Parenting for substance abuse prevention should begin in preschool, and starts with knowledge about general health topics and building healthy behaviors such as washing hands, brushing teeth, eating nutritious food, and exercise. more@Today
...You’re Addicted to Likes WATCH
April 6, 2021 - In this world of ubiquitous social media, we often seek constant recognition and approval from people like bosses, family and friends. It is an issue called “validation addiction” that can cause low self-esteem and stifle one’s true character. more@Fox59
Kate Gunn on living sober:”The benefits were extreme and that’s what keeps us going.” LISTEN
April 4, 2021 - Writing two books, completing a marathon, finishing a marketing diploma and taking up sea swimming. Those are just some of the things author and digital marketer she achieved after giving up alcohol. more@NewsTalk
‘Portraits of Recovery’ paints a hopeful picture of Native addiction treatment WATCH
April 5, 2021 - The film features the addiction and recovery stories of three Red Lake Chemical Health employees, including Carl White, who describes how, after years of addiction and attempts at treatment, he eventually found sobriety using traditional methods. more@MinnPost
Heroin-Using Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Drugs - April 10, 2021 - Dr. Hart, 54, the first tenured African-American science professor at Columbia, is a gadfly among drug researchers and a rock star among advocates for decriminalizing drugs. In a phone interview from his home in Westchester, where he is on sabbatical (Editors note: forever?) more@NYTimes
At George Floyd’s Treatment Center, Clients See Racism in Addiction Assumptions
April 11, 2021 - For some men at Turning Point, where Floyd attended a 90-day treatment program in 2017, the focus on his drug use is an example of how chemical dependency among African Americans can be disproportionately stigmatized and used to justify their mistreatment. more@PBS
Twin’s fitness journey to sobriety inspires business WATCH - APRIL 5, 2021 - Addiction left its mark on Mitch Ashburn’s life early on. As a toddler, drug addiction took the lives of each of his parents just a month apart from each other...more@WTKR
Maxx Crosby details his road to sobriety on ‘NFL Total Access’ WATCH
April 6, 2021 - Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby details his road to sobriety on ‘NFL Total Access’ more@NFL
New experiment hints that a particle breaks the known laws of physics
April 7, 2021 - The Standard Model is arguably the most successful scientific theory, capable of stunningly accurate predictions of how the universe’s fundamental particles behave.A heavier sibling of an electron, known as a muon, is challenging the “Standard Model” of all the particles in the universe. more@NatGeo
Jimmy Kimmel blasted for joking about Hunter’s drug addiction - April 9, 2021 - Social media users branded the pair ‘dumb and dumber’ after they laughed together about how the president’s son used to smoke crack cocaine and then take his clothes off. more@DailyMail
April is Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month
April 9, 2021 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that 13-percent of Americans either started or increased their use of addictive substances as a way to cope with the pandemic. more@Fox13Now
America Has Been Through An Opioid Crisis Before
April 9, 2021 - America’s earliest opioid crisis occurred 150 years ago, in the aftermath of the Civil War, when an epidemic of prescription opioid addiction killed tens of thousands of Army veterans. Tragically, America’s vintage opioid addiction epidemic shares...@Vice
Caron Treatment Centers cuts unusual contract with Independence Blue Cross
April 9, 2021 - Since adopting the insurance contracts that put it at risk, Caron’s average daily census at its Pennsylvania facility has increased to 148 from 100, according to Bradley F. Sorte. He will become president and CEO in July. more@Inquirer
How I learned to love Zoom 12-step meetings
April 8, 2021 - Everything moved over to Zoom. It was awkward: We looked up people’s noses. We forgot we were on mute — or not on mute. A fellow comedian and alcoholic who performs under the name ANT tells me about one woman who took her phone into the bathroom during a Zoom meeting early on. “You could hear the plopping of her poo,” he recalls.“She put the camera back on her face like nothing happened.@InputMag
Zoom Is Not A Mirror
April 8, 2021 - As I prepare for Zoom, I carefully position my face and shoulders in the frame of the camera. Most of my body, is hidden. [This promotes] the idea that the parts of you that exist outside the camera’s frame don’t matter... more@TheCrimson
Georgia Plans To Crack Down On Halfway House ‘Cash Cows’ LISTEN
April 9, 2021 - “They needed money and they say, ‘Hey, I have a house. If I open up my house to five or six people, 10 people, 12 people and put them on the floor on sleeping bags or whatever and charge them all $200 a week, then I’ll be sitting pretty and, you know, who cares.’” more@GPB