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“If somebody’s got an alcohol problem or a drug problem, there’s nothing you can do”: the epic life of Don Airey, the man who has worked with Ozzy Osbourne, Ritchie Blackmore and Gary Moore and lived to tell the tale
Ozzy, Richie Blackmore, Gary Moore - keyboard maestro Don Airey has worked with them all and has the stories to prove it
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“If there’s a message it’s live every day as if it’s your last. I went through a very sticky patch… The freedom of not being enslaved by addiction is marvellous”: John Wetton’s return from the darkness
Jailed for Their Own Safety, 14 Mississippians Died Awaiting Mental Health Treatment
Local officials often say they have no choice but to #jail people awaiting treatment for mental illness & #SubstanceAbuse — even if they’re not charged with a crime.
But some people have died in the system that's supposed to protect them.
A challenge competition with a $50 million purse seeks new strategies to attack the global substance abuse epidemic, including personalized diagnostics and treatments.
It's not fair that when you get #sober all you get is sober. There should be a reward, like you can get a little high just from accomplishing tasks or something.
“the #HeatDome was a foreshock of the world to come, with impacts both immediate and long-lasting. Yet it occurred in a world that has only warmed, on average, about 1.2 degrees since 1850. We’re now racing to 1.5 degrees and are likely to cross that threshold by the mid-2030s.” #ClimateCrisishttps://mastodon.social/@ryanschultz/110906759659640682
🧵 I continue to be amazed at #naiveliberalism, or the idea that freedom from any form of control is always the right answer.
It tends to result in people who systematically look down on all ways society tries to care for the disadvantaged, even warning labels on products.
One person for example made jokes about labels on cigarette boxes, and ”SOLVENT ABUSE CAN KILL INSTANTLY” on scent dispensers in toilets. He was bright-eyed in declaring how those make people abuse the products more.
But this type of viewpoint is actually super shallow: It delights only in unearthing ”a loophole” that seems smart on the surface, but it reveals the person has no deep understanding of #addiction, #substanceabuse as a thing that happens to actual people at all.
I did proceed to explain to them that the labels are not there to stop people from abusing solvents, but from taking that last hit that will kill them. And the cigarette labels are to make less people pick up smoking.
Embracing Diversity: Supporting Trans and Gender-Diverse Children
In a rapidly evolving world that increasingly recognizes and embraces the diversity of human experiences, it is crucial for parents to deeply understand and actively support transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse children.
Mental hospitals warehoused the sick. Congress wants to let them try again. (www.politico.com)
Lawmakers are on the verge of allowing Medicaid to cover substance use treatment in the facilities.