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WHO statement – Avoid alcohol altogether so that you do not undermine your own immune system and health and do not risk the health of others
World Health Organization to issue a two-page statement on the topic. “Avoid alcohol altogether so that you do not undermine your own immune system and health and do not risk the health of others,” it advises. “Heavy alcohol use is a risk factor for acute...
Alcohol sales as an essential business
Across the U.S., governors are terming alcohol sales an essential business and loosening restrictions to permit home delivery and carryout cocktails, Are alcohol sales actually essential? According to the federal government, just over...
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Acclaimed scientist gets brain surgery for alcohol addiction
Microbiologist Frank Plummer has become the guinea pig in a clinical trial investigating whether brain implants can help treat alcohol use disorder. He’s loved his work describing it as vital and exciting, but stressful, with 12-hour days that began with coffee and...
A small light in the absolute darkness of grief …
In 2011 I was made aware of Deena Metzger through a workshop by a Shaman Jeanie Griffin at West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders (WCSAD) – a very welcome change from all the sessions on the BDMA – Brain Disease Model of...
Doctors now prescribing social connection
Studies show that loneliness is as bad for your health as smoking or obesity. People who are lonely are at higher risk of diabetes, heart disease and dementia. What if the entire community was treated as part of the health care system, and if social...
81 Mental Health Resources available to all of us
Many of these resources are available whenever you need them. (No need to schedule an appointment between the hours of 9 and 5.) Support groups, hotlines and call centers, websites, and online forums, and even apps can be put into action when you have a crisis or...
In the US – more than 500 reports of lung damage associated with vaping
CA Department of Public Health Issues Public Health Advisory Health Advisory urges everyone to refrain from vapingThe California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a health advisory this week urging everyone to refrain from vaping, no matter the substance or...
Guidelines for Anonymity in the Digital World
I got this in a newsletter and thought it was useful to share: Tradition Eleven: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television, and other public...
Can Food Get Clean?
This is article is a good read. I’d like to read more from the writer, Nadia Berensteien who is currently working on a book, recounting the history of flavor science and the flavor industry in the United States beginning in the mid-nineteenth century....
How can nature’s variety be commoditized and rendered uniform?
This article raises so many questions about the future of food – here are some excerpts that struck me, read the full article here How should food be made to taste? This question has vexed manufacturers since the earliest days of factory-made foods, when...
‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t use Facebook like you or me. The 33-year-old chief executive has a team of 12 moderators dedicated to deleting comments and spam from his page, according to Bloomberg. He has a “handful” of employees who help him write his posts and...
Recovery by any means necessary under any circumstances
The addiction recovery experience has been sliced and diced in all manner of categories: secular, spiritual, and religious; natural recovery, peer-assisted, and treatment-assisted; and abstinence-based, moderation-based, and medication-assisted, to name just a...
I may have a problematic or compulsive Smartphone use pattern!
The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction offers us this test so we can gauge the level of our smartphone compulsion. It only takes a few minutes to answer the questions. I scored 7 out of 15 so my diagnosis is … It is likely that you may...
Addiction Treatment (By Itself) Is Not Enough
Addiction treatment as a stand-alone intervention is an inadequate strategy for achieving long-term recovery for individuals and families characterized by high problem severity, complexity, and chronicity and low recovery capital. In isolation, addiction...