Posts Tagged ‘addiction’
GriefSPEAK: Running from memories, numbing the pain – Mari Nardolillo Dias
GriefSPEAK: – Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD By Mari Dias, EdD, contributing writer on grief, grieving “Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.” (Albert Camus, from The Rebel) One of my clients said she is “addicted to nostalgia.” Could be worse. Addicts (whether substance abuse and/or…
Read MoreThe Power of Lived Experience: Why peer support is essential for recovery – Ocean State Stories
This story is published in partnership between RINewsToday.com and Ocean State Stories, a journalism initiative at Salve Regina University. by Ann MacDonald ‘We want people to know that they don’t have to be alone in their mental health challenges.’ Jeremiah Rainville, manager of peer programs at NAMI Rhode Island, the local chapter of the National…
Read MoreJohn Tassoni’s RecoveryTV RI debuts in National Recovery Month – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Hosted by John Tassoni, Jr., the program seeks to create a broader audience for conversations around recovery in Rhode Island John Tassoni, Jr., with a distinctive voice schooled in the Rhode Island vernacular, is launching a new endeavor, serving as the host of RecoveryTV RI, with the first show slated to…
Read MoreAfghanistan. The swirl of opium, big business, big money, big government, and the Taliban – Richard Asinof
PART One Image courtesy of the National Museum of American History – A British East India Trade Company coin struck in 1835, the firm that declared a monopoly on opium sales and distribution beginning in 1775, and which was very involved in opium production in Afghanistan. PROVIDENCE – Rachel Maddow does not often miss capturing…
Read MoreTassoni ends 11 year run on radio
John Tassoni, president of The Sentinel Group, announced his company will issue its final broadcast of its acclaimed radio shows on June 28, 2021. Tassoni started the Common Ground media outlets eleven years ago to provide an outlet for organized unions to have a media voice. After issuing a print edition every month for twelve…
Read MoreWanna bet on it? – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Real Money Without much fanfare, problem gambling has kept growing during COVID-19 The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted so many of our lives. The losses have been traumatic. Every day, it seems, there are new statistics revealing how the risks from increased stress keep playing out – increased demand…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: The Midnight Cry – Dr. Mari Dias
By: Dr. Mari Dias Krista was five years old when her father first put the needle in her arm. He wanted her to experience how heroin made one feel. Dad also took Krista along on his drug deals and shortly thereafter began to offer her in trade for a hit. Fast forward 25 years. Krista…
Read MoreTasting Addiction – by Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer I think we are all getting a taste of the misery that is addiction. I know that social media is a distraction on its good days, a compulsion most of the time and an absolute obsession when things in the real world turn upside down. We all have an opinion,…
Read MoreWhat we talk about when we talk about recovery
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com – contributing writer An interview with John J. Tassoni, Jr. a business leader, social activist, recovery advocate, former member of the R.I. State Senate, and the host of Recovery Radio on WPRV-AM There are many facets to John J. Tassoni, Jr., who in addition to serving as the Director of Operations…
Read MoreAddiction Happens in 5 Days
New RI Ad Campaign Targets 18-34 Year Olds in RI with Truth Initiative Truth Initiative is America’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to making tobacco use a thing of the past. Our mission is clear: achieve a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco. Four new advertising theme campaigns will begin in Rhode…
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