How to Snap Out of a Bad Mood

Dec. 2, 2023 - The impressive findings from this innovative study have real practical value in anyone’s life, even if you do not have diagnosed depression. If all it takes is 10 minutes of daydreaming about something good that’s happened to you to induce brighter thoughts about yourself and the future, why not give it a try? READ@PsychologyToday

Eating Fatty Foods Reduces Brain Oxygenation 

December 6, 2023 - Eating high-fat foods during periods of mental stress attenuated cerebral oxygenation in the pre-frontal cortex, resulting in a depletion of oxygen delivery (39% reduction in oxygenated hemoglobin) compared to consuming a low-fat meal.

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The Partying of the Future

Dec. 6, 2023 - Nothing about this night out is unusual. Well ... except, maybe one thing. That margarita I’m clutching? It’s alcohol-free. The bottles I’m surrounded by? Each one, from the ‘absinthe’ to the ‘whisky’, is as well. The entire bar is... READ@Cosmopolitan

Physician Sentenced in $1.2M Opioid Scheme

Dec. 7, 2023 - Texas-based pain management specialist Oscar Lightner, MD, has been sentenced to seven years in prison over his role in the operation of a pill mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash. 

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REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl

Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and crack cocaine, according to a Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s report. That morning, Ross’s husband found her dead of an overdose, slumped in a bed at their Airbnb, 2 pipes and a baggie with powder residue at her side. READ@WashingtonPost

Opioid Settlement Divides Victims

Dec. 3, 2023 - “If it gets blown up, nobody gets anything,” Carter, said of the settlement. “And still nothing is going to happen to the Sacklers.” Ed Bisch, who lost his 18-year-old son to an overdose in 2001, opposes the settlement because he said the Sacklers will still keep billions of dollars! READ@WashingtonPost

Access to MAT Isn’t a ‘Silver Bullet’ audio

Dec. 6, 2023 - MAT is only effective when combined with psychosocial modalities but the treatment needs to be more widely-adopted, according to Cooper Zelnick, the company’s chief revenue officer. Zelnick, who is in recovery himself, sees improving access to multi-pronged approach to OUD as core to the company’s mission. LISTEN@BHBusiness

She Knows How Addiction Hijacks Learning in the Brain

Dec. 7, 2023 - Erin Calipari comes from a basketball family. Off the court, as a biology major she gravitated toward hormones and neurotransmitters. She grew fascinated with the neurobiology of how and why drugs such as cocaine and opioids are addictive...

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Maintaining Your Sobriety During the Holiday Season

Dec. 7, 2023 - Whether you are watching commercials on TV, scanning your social media, or listening to the radio, the idea of alcohol use being equivalent to holiday merriment is everywhere. These influences can make the holidays challenging for someone in recovery... READ@SPHP

Former Miss America Runner-Up Shares Her Drug Struggles After Jail Time

Dec. 4, 2023 - Cullen Johnson Hill, who was first runner-up in the Miss America 1995 pageant, gave an unfiltered look at “what addiction looks like” to inspire others to quit drinking. “I’ve just come from jail, serving my time that I owed from my second DUI, and this will be my journey... READ@Eonline

Restored Smiles Gives Addicts New Lease on Life

Dec. 7, 2023 - By the time she was 12, Lilly was addicted to drugs and had been sexually abused by her grandfather. Her life was filled with issues that no child should ever have to face. After years of struggle, Lilly landed at Birmingham’s Lovelady Center. 

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Maddi Reese Sharing Sobriety

Dec. 7.2023 - The reality star will also share more about her sobriety journey. It’s a brave move, and one to be celebrated. Maddi is around alcohol day and night. However, she hasn’t had a sip of it in 8 years and intends on keeping it that way... READ@RealityTea

Ways to Strengthen Treatment video

Dec. 7, 2023 - In this video interview, Alexa Connors, LMSW, discusses changes to the U.S. addiction treatment system that could improve results. Connors is assistant director of The Dorm, an intensive outpatient treatment program for young adults in New York City and Washington, D.C. WATCH@MedPageToday

14 Mississippians Died Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

Dec. 7, 2023 - It’s not easy to know what goes on inside Mississippi jails — unlike in many states, they’re not subject to mandatory health and safety standards — but lawsuits and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation reports provide visibility. READ@Propublica

LARGEST Indictment Over FAKE Sober Living Homes

Dec. 6, 2023 - Fraudulent “sober living homes” have been operating in Arizona for years. Defendants agreed to send 75 patients to a fake facility, thinking they would collect $300 per person each week. But investigators were waiting for them. READ@KJZZ

Charlie Sheen Celebrates 6 Years of Sobriety

Dec, 7, 2023 - I'm proud of the choices that I've made and the changes I've made to live a life today that will never look like that mess," Sheen expressed to a news publication of the former shell of a human being he once was. "That was some alien version of myself." LISTEN@OK Mag

Kyle Richards Is a Changed Woman

Dec. 6, 2023 - Between her life-altering decision to get sober and the way she’s dabbled in getting several tiny tattoos—including matching tattoos with Morgan Wade. I chose to stop alcohol because I had returned from a trip and just wanted a reset to my healthy habits.  READ@Stylecaster

Workaholism Is An Addiction

Dec. 2023 - The collected data show that the most workaholic workers have on average a worse mood than the others.” For most people, it quickly gives way to a compulsion to continue the activity even though it objectively makes you quite miserable. READ@Inc

A Warm Welcome: Drug Use and Homelessness audio

Dec. 7, 2023 - Drug use and homelessness are complex issues, and many people automatically link the two together. However, did you know that a minority of Utah’s homeless population are adults with a substance abuse disorder? LISTEN@UPR

Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder

Dec. 6, 2023 - Dr. Amy L. Cohen, 35, was taken into custody after an investigation was triggered by harassing and antisemitic threats being sent to the family of a woman who was dating Cohen’s ex. She was arrested on attempted murder charges and is accused of trying to set fire to a 99-year-old woman’s home — over an ex. READ@WTAJ

Rodents Offer New Insights Into Diversity of Addiction

Dec. 1, 2023 - The researchers first gave the rats cocaine, and the animals learned how to self-administer the drug. Eventually, they developed either high or low levels of addiction. To study how addiction in the absence of drugs affected the brain, the researchers next withheld the drug to make the rats go through withdrawal. 

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Sugar and Diabetes: You Decide

Nov. 29, 2023 - While eating sugar does not automatically cause diabetes, a diet rich in added sugars, saturated fats and excess energy intake is associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes... READ@EatingWell

Tarek El Moussa Remembers His Alcoholism and Gaining 50 Lbs. Dec. 6, 2023 - “I was 20 years old fishing for salmon in Alaska. Unfortunately, all I remember was the terrible hangover I had. I had drank over 30 shots of vodka ... I can still feel the throbbing in my head and pulsing vein on my temple.” READ@KVUE

Why Is Big Pharma Developing Pill for Alcohol Addiction? Dec. 8, 2023 - We sat down with Cary Claiborne, CEO and president of Adial Pharma, to discuss the challenges of treating alcohol abuse and company’s solution – a serotonin-3 receptor antagonist that could affect neurotransmitters like dopamine and modulate the behavioural effects of alcohol. READ@BioPharmaReporter

‘Safe Passage’ Offers Path to Recovery video

Dec. 7, 2023 - In Pekin, anyone looking for drug addiction treatment can walk in and drop off drugs and paraphernalia without being charged. While just one person has come forward so far this year, Police Chief Seth Ranney believes the Safe Passage program still saves lives. WATCH@25NewsNow

I Was Hooked on Opioids for Years

Dec. 8, 2023 - I was on Prozac by the age of ten. Although Prozac might have been beneficial for me at the time, the increasing number of medications I was put on was not the best approach for me. The concept of taking a pill to improve one’s mood was introduced to me at a young age, so the beginning of my addiction story is not unique. I tried OxyContin for the first time when I was 14 with my friends... READ@Newsweek

Single Mothers Reclaim Men From Alcoholism

Dec. 7, 2023 - Using sports, the young mothers hope to woo the sober men back to the field to sharpen their talents instead of spending their leisure time at drinking dens,The young women, some of whom were once married but separated from their husbands following devastation caused by the killer drinks... READ@PD

Is it possible to be in a happy relationship with an addict?

Dec. 7, 2023 - Dear Hera, Is it possible to stay in a (happy) relationship with an addict? When I met this person three months ago, it was by chance, and we fell in love very quickly. He’s smart, sexy, emotionally intelligent, charismatic, kind and thoughtful. Initially, I wasn’t aware of the extent of his cocaine use – READ@TheSpinoff

Ibogaine Helped Me Beat Heroin Addiction video

Dec. 7, 2023 - As an injecting drug user for 20 years, I have personal experience with ibogaine. My life was transformed - potentially saved – when I used ibogaine to rid myself of withdrawal from heroin. I then spent years treating others with ibogaine… 

WATCH@CourierJournal

Happy Birthday to the Chairman of the Board 12/12/1915

Hear-FRANK SINATRA@The Christmas Song Youtube