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☆ I was in the best shape of my life when I got hit by a car. The debilitating pain during recovery left me emotionally shredded.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Winston Chiang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Then, when I was riding my bike one day, a car hit me, and I was left with injuries. Although I'd been depressed and lonely at my Long Island high school, going to college at Binghamton University improved my life. I could pay the rent for my one-bedroom apartment, save in a 401(k), and pick up any tab I needed to. An avid cyclist, I'd learned there were only two types of bicycle crashes: those you could walk away from and those you couldn't. Two years later, I still need therapy — physical and psychological.

Persons: I'd, Winston Chiang, nag, Vicodin, I've, Blessed Organizations: Binghamton University, Ivy League Locations: New York City, freefall

☆ Opinion: Matthew Perry wanted to escape being Chandler Bing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Commentators have paid tribute to Perry and to Chandler in equal measure. As Perry made clear in his 2022 autobiography, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” it did not. Chandler, Perry insisted, was a front. Three weeks before his audition for “Friends,” Perry said he fell to his knees and prayed “God, you can do whatever you want to me. Though Perry wanted to escape Chandler, he kept him around, because heaven forbid anyone saw what he was hiding.

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☆ Matthew Perry’s life full of joy and pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Matthew Perry achieved global fame and career success, bringing joy to audiences around the world. Perry wrote of the loneliness he experienced during his cycles of substance abuse and recovery and worked hard to help others doing the same. In his book, Perry wrote that Roberts agreed to appear in the series only if she could be in a storyline with Chandler Bing. Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. That’s what I want.”“When I die, I don’t want ‘Friends’ to be the first thing that’s mentioned,” he added.

Persons: Matthew Perry, ”, Perry, Hank Azaria, “, Matthew, ” Azaria, ” Perry, “ I’ve, ‘ Will, Chandler Bing, Matt LeBlanc, Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow, Phoebe Buffay, David Schwimmer, Ross Geller, Courteney Cox, Monica Geller, Jennifer Aniston, Rachel Green, Reisig, Julia Roberts, Roberts, ” Julia Roberts, Betty Ford, Monica, Danny Feld, Sara ”, “ That’s, you’ll, hadn’t, Diane Sawyer, Julia Weeks Organizations: CNN, AA, Hollywood, NBC, Getty Locations: ”, Minnesota, Malibu

Matthew Perry, the beloved actor who starred as Chandler Bing on “Friends,” has died. “We are devastated by the passing of our dear friend Matthew Perry. Matthew Perry at the 2022 GQ Men Of The Year Party on November 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. (l-r) Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry (second row) Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston. Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty ImagesOn “Friends,” Perry starred alongside Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow in the comedy about a tight knit group of friends living in New York City.

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☆ Fast, cheap and deadly
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +18 min

Fast, cheap and deadly How fentanyl replaced heroin and hooked AmericaLeer en EspañolReuters obtained and analyzed ten year’s worth of data on drugs seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at ports of entry along the southern border. It shows: Fentanyl seizures by weight more than tripled in the last quarter of 2022 compared to a year earlier. Pills were mentioned in nearly half of fentanyl border seizure incidents in 2022, up from just 6% five years earlier. A fifth of fentanyl seizures take place on pedestrians, the Reuters analysis shows. Over the same period, heroin seizures fell more than 80% from over 2,000 kg, according to the Reuters analysis.

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☆ AI-Targeted Internet Advertisements Fueling Looming Addiction Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Albert Fox Cahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

A new breed of direct-to-consumer services is aggressively using targeted ads to sell habit-forming medications. In short, AI and surveillance capitalism, which empower today's targeted ads, have joined forces with the deadly OxyContin playbook. As the Journal reported, after ADHD medications grew to 20% of the VC-funded company's business, driving a $4.8 billion valuation, things came crashing to earth. We as a society may have come to accept being stalked by targeted ads, but consequences are much graver when the product itself is a danger. But above all, we need rules that ban targeted ads for drugs that can get patients hooked.

Persons: Taylor Swift, they're, haven't, Van Zee, OxyContin, prescribers, Dr, David Sack, Anthony Yeung, recreationally, Yann Poncin, shih, Ryan Haight, Ryan Haight Act's, Albert Fox Cahn Organizations: Circle, Purdue, American, of Public Health, Sackler family's pharma, Physicians, Yale School of Medicine, Bloomberg, Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Health, Human Services, Ryan, Twitter, FDA Locations: Canadian, California, United States, New Zealand, New York

☆ Tech execs are stressed out. Half are heavy drinkers and 45% take painkillers, a new study says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Half of tech executives reported heavy drinking in a new survey. The study polled 501 tech executives at companies with at least 1,000 employees. The survey, titled "2023 Mental Health in Tech Report," was taken between April 27, 2023 and May 15, 2023. Along with long-term fears of job loss, some tech executives reported struggling day to day. Steven Tweedie/Business InsiderAlong with controlled substances, heavy alcohol use was reported by tech executives.

Persons: Steven Tweedie Organizations: Morning, Health, Mental Health Services Locations: Colorado

☆ States are banning an energy pill dubbed 'gas station heroin' after people suffer opioid-like withdrawals, paranoia, and hallucinations
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Known as "gas station heroin," tianeptine is sold under names like Za Za Red and Tianna. Users often buy tianeptine, sold under brand names including Za Za Red, Tianna, and TD Red, hoping for a boost of energy and better focus. Tianeptine's withdrawal symptoms mirror those of opioidsQuitting the drug requires an approach similar to quitting opioids, according to the FDA. In Wetumpka, Alabama, the local hospital's detox unit has attracted attention for helping people get off the drug, local television station WSFA reported in February. "People with a history of opioid use disorder or dependence may be at particular risk of abusing tianeptine," according to the FDA's guidance.

☆ Ketamine is being sold as a depression wonder drug. For some, it's making everything worse.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +42 min

The infusions at the ketamine clinic in his West Texas hometown were a Christmas gift from his grandmother. About five years ago, more and more of my friends started using ketamine recreationally. IV ketamine treatment centers charging $400 to $2,000 an infusion popped up all over the country. "Ketamine used as directed in an appropriate clinical setting very rarely leads to any dependence," Mindbloom says on its website. Like Nadia, most of the people I interviewed said when they started using ketamine, they didn't think it was possible to become dependent on it.

☆ Matthew Perry recalls ‘scary’ confrontation with Jennifer Aniston over his addiction
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Alexander Kacala | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Matthew Perry is opening up about his decades-long battle with addiction, and how Jennifer Aniston was the friend who really stepped up and intervened. In a sneak peak of Sawyer’s interview with Perry, the 53-year-old “Friends” star details his substance issues like never before. “Secrets kill you,” Perry said in the preview clip, obtained by E! Sawyer quotes Aniston as saying: “We know you’re drinking.”“Imagine how scary a moment that was,” Perry responds. Perry added that Aniston’s support was desperately needed in his recovery journey.

☆ The One Where Matthew Perry Writes an Addiction Memoir
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Elisabeth Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I had eight doctors going at the same time,” Perry said. And then I go to this place, and I’m going to take five because I’m going to be there longer. For the record, Perry isn’t a huge fan of secrecy as it pertains to Alcoholics Anonymous, where he sponsors three members. After his extended stay in a Los Angeles hospital, Perry started tapping out his life story on the Notes app on his phone. Sunshine”) before but, “writing a book I had not really thought of before,” he said.

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☆ Jennifer Aniston confronted Matthew Perry about his substance abuse during Friends years
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Matthew Perry is continuing to share candid moments from his long journey to sobriety and the struggles he endured during his run on NBC’s “Friends” while yoyo-ing between addictions to Vicodin and alcohol. In an excerpt from his new book “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry recounts how a visit from costar Jennifer Aniston to his trailer made him realize that his secret behavior when it came to alcohol wasn’t so secret. “‘I know you’re drinking,’ she said,” Perry, now 53, writes in the memoir, in an excerpt published by the Times of London. “You can track the trajectory of my addiction if you gauge my weight from season to season – when I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol; when I’m skinny, it’s pills. And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people.”“Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” by Matthew Perry, will be published by Headline on November 1.

☆ 'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Reveals Harrowing Addiction Journey
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Perry has written a memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” which will be published Nov. 1. Perry shares that he has gone to rehab 15 times, but he doesn’t say how long he’s been sober. "It's important, but if you lose your sobriety, it doesn't mean you lose all that time and education," he says. Perry talks about how his alcohol addiction was just beginning when he was 24 and cast on the TV show “Friends.” Perry, now 53, played Chandler Bing on the show. It doesn't matter if you're successful or not successful, the disease doesn't care,” Perry said.

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☆ Matthew Perry opens up about serious addiction problem and how his ‘Friends’ castmates ‘saved’ him
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Drew Weisholtz | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

It could be said that (doing the show) saved me,” he told the magazine in advance of the book’s release. When he got the part, his alcohol addiction was just starting, but it was only the beginning of his troubles. “If you gauge my weight from season to season — when I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol; when I am skinny, it’s pills. Perry has been to rehab 15 times and undergone 14 surgeries related to his addiction. In 2021’’s “Friends” reunion, Perry opened up about the stress he felt to perform while on the show.

☆ Opioid Crisis Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2017-09-18 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

March 29, 2017 - Trump signs an executive order calling for the establishment of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. April 9, 2018 - The US surgeon general issues an advisory recommending that Americans carry the opioid overdose-reversing drug, naloxone. The settlement will be used to fund addiction research and help cities and counties with the opioid crisis. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for its role in the state’s opioid crisis. November 15, 2022 - Walmart agrees to the framework of a $3.1 billion settlement, which resolves allegations from multiple states’ attorneys general that the company failed to regulate opioid prescriptions contributing to the nationwide opioid crisis.

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