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Dec. 7, 2021 | Vol. 9 | No. 17 | Since 2013
This Strip of Paper Can Save Lives
Dec. 1, 2021 - These strips can detect fentanyl, the deadliest drug in the United States, when it’s mixed with other drugs. The drug is 50 times more powerful than heroin and is extremely cheap to produce. It makes for an effective cutting agent that can stretch a supply of heroin or juice up fake prescription pills. more@WHDH
Ben Affleck Is Thankful for “Second Chances”
Dec. 1, 2021 - “There’s a lot that I would want my younger self to understand. Some things, honestly, that I’m too self-conscious of or shy about to be really candid about with the whole world because they’re mostly mistakes.” more@HarpersBazaar
Fentanyl-Laced Vape Pens Among Teens WATCH
Dec. 2, 2021 - Drug treatment advocates and school officials in Kentucky are warning about the early signs of a dangerous and potentially deadly trend among teens. They say vape pen products are being laced with fentanyl. more@WKYT
Edie Falco Talks About Getting Sober Three Decades Ago Dec. 1, 2021 - ...opening up about living a clean and sober life. The Impeachment: American Crime Story star is reflecting on why she began drinking, and how she decided to stop. Drugs were too expense. “I was a big fan of cocaine if it was around, but I could never afford any,” Falco shared. more@ETOnline
Drugs Nearly Destroyed This New Mexico Town. Meet the Survivors - Dec. 3, 2021 - I entered a world of profound social dysfunction that is paradoxically filled with human kindness, affection and care. It’s a landscape littered with the casualties of long-term trauma amid unwavering resilience. more@RollingStone
Kids Facing Depressing Social Media Addiction WATCH
Dec. 1, 2021 - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and the list of social media sites continues to grow. Many kids and adults on are their phones constantly and doctors say kid’s brains react to social media addictions the same way as if they were addicted to drugs. more@WHIO
“'Sober sober' is the only way to be” Demi Lovat-oh!
Dec. 2, 2021- Fast-forward to today, and Demi posted on their Instagram story, “I no longer support my ‘California sober’ ways.’” more@BuzzFeed
Q&A with Nat’l Director of Outreach for J. Flowers Health, Claudia Schwarz MFT
Dec. 3, 2021 - Claudia Schwarz is a Board Certified, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has decades of experience in various mental health settings. She has a successful private practice. The Addiction/Recovery eBulletin is pleased to have Claudia as part of this weeks Executive Corner. more@AdditionRecoveryeBulletin
How to Master Boundaries in Recovery
Nov. 30, 2021 - Returning home from a treatment program can be incredibly difficult without healthy boundary-setting, an essential sober skill. “The only people who get upset about you setting boundaries are the ones who benefited from you having none.” 
Scotland Promises “Rehab for every addicted person who wants it”
Nov. 30, 2021 - The latest measures were announced by drugs minister Angela Constance, whose reign has signaled a major return to abstinence based rehab as a valid way of tackling Scotland’s drug deaths crisis. more@DailyRecord
Luann De Lesseps Opens Up About Her Sobriety
Nov. 29, 2021 - Yet another newly-sober celeb is Luann de Lesseps, one of the wealthiest of the “Real Housewives of New York.” De Lesseps shared with People how she’s been struggling to give up alcohol since a 2017 arrest on charges. more@TheList
Young Adults Struggle More with Alcohol Misuse
Nov. 29, 2021 - Unlike older adults young adults don’t usually present major physical health issues, like liver problems, until later in life. This is partially why people don’t perceive young people to struggle with addiction the same way as elders. @Alligator
Lights, Camera, Recovery w/ Ahbra Schiff LISTEN
Dec. 1, 2021 - Today’s guest, Ahbra Schiff, joins us from Studio City, California to talk about a couple of upcoming events that shine a light on addiction and mental illness recovery. She also gives us the miraculous backstory on how she got involved with these exciting events. more@TurningPointofTampa
Doctors Seeing Cannabis Hyperemesis (vomiting) Syndrome Surge
Nov. 26, 2021 - “And it can get very serious because if someone is continually vomiting, then they’re losing fluids and they’re losing electrolytes, and then that can lead to other complications and organ dysfunction.” Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS more@EatThis
Australia is the Drunkest Country In the World
Dec. 3, 2021 - On average, Australians drank alcohol in line with the global average of two nights a week, and became heavily drunk about once every two weeks.
How Do We Stop Them Overdosing?
Dec. 2, 2021 - Portugal as a successful case study: In 2001, the country decriminalized (but did not legalize) the use of all illicit drugs in small amounts. Overdose deaths plummeted, to the point where the country now has one of the lowest rates of drug death in Western Europe. more@NYTimes
Alcoholism Within the Black Community LISTEN
Dec. 1, 2021 - After being gone for 11 years I am BACK ... with a new mentality and a new focus creating for you The Conversation Piece!! We are going to be having those tough conversations our community refuses to have. more@BlogTalkRadio
Kathy Griffin Details How Living With Drug Addiction Led to Her Attempted Suicide WATCH
Dec. 2, 2021 - While appearing on The View Thursday in part to promote her role in the TBS comedy Search Party, the comedian and actress echoed earlier comments about when she began misusing pills, telling the co-hosts that it started “a couple years before the Trump thing.” more@HollywoodReporter
Elton John ‘You learn to pass the message on’
Dec. 3, 2021 - Elton John has explained why he feels compelled to try and help fellow musicians struggling with drugs and alcohol abuse... more@Independent
Recovery Community Mourns Loss of Recovery Coach Laurie Quinn WATCH
Dec. 2, 2021 - “She was someone who really felt that her passion and her calling in life was to help people struggling with substance use disorder and help them survive.”
The Real Substance of Addiction
Dec. 2, 2021 - The narrative of the drug junkie has been exhaustively explored in film, famously in Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream,” as well as recent television, like Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria.” Other junkies, such as the sex junkie in Steve McQueen’s “Shame” or the food junkie in Marti Noxon’s “To The Bone,” have been covered...
12 of the Best Movies That Deal Frankly With Addiction and Recovery WATCH
Dec. 2, 2021 - These 12 movies aren’t perfect in their depictions, but they do shine a light on aspects of addiction and recovery that reflect real life, if not quite capturing it with 100 percent accuracy. more@LifeHacker
Injectable Pellet, Fentanyl Vaccine
Dec. 1, 2021 - They had one last chance to save their son — pellet implants of a drug called naltrexone. They are placed under the skin. Naltrexone pills have to be taken quite frequently. Some injectable medicine lasts 30 days. more@News5Cleveland
3 Dead in Nashville of Apparent Overdoses Involving White Powdery Substance 
Dec. 4, 2021 - The Metro Public Health Service says their surveillance system has detected “a fatal increase in drug overdose activity over the last 24 hours.” After using white powder, three people are suspected of overdosing and died. more@Eminetra
Shocking Effect Eating KFC for a Month Had on Aussie Fitness Guru! WATCH
Dec. 2, 2021 - The biggest effect wasn’t on his body, rather his brain. ‘My self-esteem, my confidence went down and my conflict resolution and the way I interacted with people all went down. “That is because this type of diet releases more serotonin and drops the dopamine”, said Conan Visser. more@DailyMail
Men Struggling To Be Seen and Treated For Their Eating Disorders - Dec. 18, 2021 - All three of the men I spoke to have had long and hard battles with eating disorders and have potentially struggled to get treatment because of their gender. And all of them believe that not much has changed over the years. “If I was a woman in the same situation, would I have got that support? There’s a good chance I probably would.” more@TheTab
How Instagram ‘Traps’ People with Eating Disorders 
Dec. 3, 2021 - Dr. Jason Nagata has seen it time and again. As an asst. professor at UC San Francisco, he treats teenagers who’ve been hospitalized due to their eating disorders. Even as patients lie in their hospital beds, he says, many still post and share dieting and weight loss content on social media. more@CNET
Documentary Highlighting America’s Addiction Epidemic WATCH - Dec. 3, 2021 - ‘Tipping the Pain Scales’ is a documentary that “seeks to get at the heart of creative solutions to help deal with and conquer this epidemic,” according to spoken word artist and educator Joseph Green, who is featured in the film.
NYC Opens First Supervised Safe Injection Sites
Nov. 30, 2021 - Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, said the city was moving to address a public health crisis. “Every four hours, someone dies of a drug overdose in New York City,” he said. “We feel a deep conviction and sense of urgency in opening overdose prevention centers.” more@NYTimes
New York City's NEW Supervised Injection Sites Reversed 9 Deaths In Less Than a Week WATCH
Dec. 4, 2021 - “Just a week ago, these lives likely would have been lost. Compassion. Care. It takes real work to end this crisis, and our city is ready to lead the way,” Mayor de Blasio’s office said. more@ABC7NY