Time has paused, life has paused, why can’t sobriety pause too?
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Sober Reflections From the Dance Floor
One gift of sobriety, along with holding down a job and not losing my kids to the courts, is that I now get to do something I really love, dancing—safely.
Coronavirus, ‘Plandemic’ and the seven traits of conspiratorial thinking
Learning these traits can help you spot the red flags of a baseless conspiracy theory and hopefully build up some resistance to being taken in by this kind of thinking.
Capitalizing on Smoking Cessation Could Curb Coronavirus Deaths
The data we have so far show that smokers are over-represented in COVID19 cases requiring ICU treatment and in fatalities from the disease.
A Lesson from Sobriety: You Are Allowed to Feel Hopeful
Having hope during a terrible situation isn’t the same as false hope. Hope is a fundamental ingredient of human resilience, a mechanism that sets our brains apart from other species.
Physicians Fear For Their Families As They Battle Coronavirus With Too Little Armor
“With emergency rooms and hospitals running at and even over capacity, and as the crisis expands, so does the risk to our healthcare workers. And with a shortage of PPE, that risk is even greater.”
Addiction Is ‘A Disease Of Isolation’ — So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk
“We consider addiction a disease of isolation…Now we’re isolating all these people and expecting them to pick up the phone, get online, that sort of thing — and it may not work out as well.”
When Purell is Contraband, How Do You Contain Coronavirus?
Handwashing and sanitizers may make people on the outside safer. But in prison it can be impossible to follow public health advice.
As The Coronavirus Spreads, Americans Lose Ground Against Other Health Threats
As the world struggles to control COVID-19, U.S. health officials are refighting battles they thought they had won, such as halting measles outbreaks, reducing deaths from heart disease and protecting young people from tobacco.
They Fell In Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him From Helping Himself.
Beeler worried that a failed drug test — even if it was for a medication to treat his addiction (like buprenorphine) — would land him in prison.