#Wellness

Tulalip community celebrates ‘wellbriety’

Jan 29, 20204 min read

Tulalip community celebrates ‘wellbriety’

The celebration of sobriety, or wellbriety, has occurred every so often amongst the local recovery community at Tulalip for years.

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Kevin

May 1, 20182 min read

May is Mental Health Month!

Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. So much of what we...

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Here's What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Drink Too Much Alcohol

Kevin

Apr 25, 20182 min read

Here's What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Drink Too Much Alcohol

Written by AMANDA MACMILLAN Health l April 24, 2018 Some of the effects, like slurred speech and loss of balance, can be very obvious....

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[VIDEO]: A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE IS USING TRADITIONAL CULTURE TO FIGHT ADDICTION

Kevin

Mar 21, 20181 min read

[VIDEO]: A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE IS USING TRADITIONAL CULTURE TO FIGHT ADDICTION

By Zeke Spector, March 15, 2018 [Vice News] A year and half ago, Gabe Stewart stood in tribal court pleading guilty to felony charges...

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Native American Communities Need Help with Opioid Crisis: Senator Fights for More Funding

Kevin

Mar 20, 20181 min read

Native American Communities Need Help with Opioid Crisis: Senator Fights for More Funding

Written by Victoria Kim, March 20, 2018 [The Fix] According to the CDC, Native Americans had the highest overdose death rate of any race...

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Learn to love your brain during Brain Awareness Month

Kevin

Mar 3, 20181 min read

Learn to love your brain during Brain Awareness Month

March 2, 2018 [Southern Illinois University News - news.siu . edu] CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Your brain is essential to everything you do, and...

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A Nasal Spray That Shoots Nanosized Opioids to the Brain May Help People Avoid Addiction

Kevin

Feb 27, 20182 min read

A Nasal Spray That Shoots Nanosized Opioids to the Brain May Help People Avoid Addiction

Written by Ed Cara, February 02, 2018 [Gizmodo] As doctors and scientists struggle to turn the tide of the opioid crisis, which killed...

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Five major psychiatric disorders have overlapping patterns of genetic activity, new study shows

Kevin

Feb 26, 20181 min read

Five major psychiatric disorders have overlapping patterns of genetic activity, new study shows

By Amy Ellis Nutt, February 8, 2018 [The Washington Post] Certain patterns of genetic activity appear to be common among five distinct...

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Parenting an Addict? How to Change Tactics Gracefully

Kevin

Feb 15, 20181 min read

Parenting an Addict? How to Change Tactics Gracefully

By Tyler Jacobson, Published: February 9, 2018 [AddictionBlog .Org] How To Backpedal When Parenting An Addict Parenting is a tough job....

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Judge Lisa Wilson to speak at Lawyers' Assistance Program dinner

Kevin

Feb 14, 20182 min read

Judge Lisa Wilson to speak at Lawyers' Assistance Program dinner

by Glenn Minnis | February 12, 2018 l MadisonRecord . com PEORIA – The Lawyers' Assistance Program (LAP) is slated to hold its annual...

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Kratom: Natural pain remedy or addictive killer?

Kevin

Feb 13, 20182 min read

Kratom: Natural pain remedy or addictive killer?

By Laurie McGinley and Katie Zezima February 10, 2018 [Washington Post ] Andrew Turner’s years in the military left him suffering from...

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Bronx Opioid Court Gives Participants a Chance at Recovery

Kevin

Feb 12, 20181 min read

Bronx Opioid Court Gives Participants a Chance at Recovery

By Victoria Kim, 02/02/18 TheFix .com Once a participant completes their treatment program, their case is dismissed and sealed, according...

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Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Are Causing Life Expectancy in America to Drop Dramatically

Kevin

Feb 9, 20182 min read

Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Are Causing Life Expectancy in America to Drop Dramatically

By Amanda Macmillan, February 8, 2018 TIME Health U.S. life expectancy has decreased for the second year in a row, and an editorial in...

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