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Illinois grapples with rise in sports gambling problems as bets hit $1 billion a month

CHICAGO — The safest bet before Sunday’s Super Bowl is that there would be millions of dollars spent gambling in Illinois. Wagers placed with the state’s sports gambling industry soared in 2022, with gamblers betting nearly $10 billion and casinos raking in $800 million in revenue from gamblers’ aggregate losses.

Chicago Tribune

Column: Narcan saved her six times from a fentanyl death. Why today won’t be the seventh

Fentanyl was 26-year-old Bree Dobbins’ drug of choice.

Tribune News Service

A new start after 60: at 63 I finally paid off my debts – and ditched the credit card

After overcoming her addiction to drinks and drugs, Suzy Morrison realised she also had an unhealthy relationship with money. Two years later she was solvent – for the first time in her life

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Patsy Palmer's massive net worth, on-set addiction, and Malibu home

The actress is attempting to skate her way to victory on Dancing on Ice

Liverpool Echo

'Photos show what drug addiction did to my beautiful late daughter'

A coroner ruled Helen Stobbart's death at the age of 51 was drug-related but her mother believes more could have been done to save her

Wales Online

RTE viewers deeply moved by comedian Willa White's 'powerful' chat on recovery journey with Tommy Tiernan

The Ballymun native is now a successful comedian and theatre actor

Dublin Live

'I kicked my drug addiction after 26 years - and now I want to help others'

“If I didn't end up in prison, I was probably gonna be dead” - A woman who turned her life around after being on the streets and abusing drugs for decades shares inspirational story

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Irish President enjoys Derry City match despite security alert disruption

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he was also ‘delighted’ to attend the event.

The Independent UK

BBC Mrs Brown's Boys Danny O'Carroll refused one item to lose three stone

The actor said he tackled his 'addiction' to feel like a new person

Liverpool Echo

The Fight To Criminalize Opioid Prescribing

Over 88 percent of opioid overdose deaths now involve either heroin or fentanyl. Targeting prescriptions is not an efficient way to address mortality.

Reason

Cuts to Glasgow care homes and addiction services proposed to save £22m

Savings options drawn up to plug a huge budget gap also include closing a children's residential home, shutting a day centre for people with learning disabilities and slashing funding for care home beds.

Glasgow Live

Coronation Street legend's dark battle with booze as he marks 25 year milestone

Coronation Street icon Kevin Kennedy, who played Curly Watts for 20 years, and during his addiction would drink a bottle of vodka on his way to set every day, has marked 25 years of sobriety

Daily Mirror

Kids As Young As Eight Getting Support For Gaming Addiction

They use the game as a form of escapism, and it is a coping mechanism for something.

Zenger

Michael Pascoe: Pokies industry’s fingerprints remain on Dominic Perrottet’s policy

And when judging the credibility of an election policy, it’s wise to also consider what is not there if the government or opposition was serious about NSW’s appalling pokies addiction.

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Dublin Live

Violent criminal who told pregnant partner he would 'rip' baby out during brutal beating jailed for 13 years

Dean Paget was sentenced to 14 years with the final 12 months suspended for two years on condition he work with probation services and continue to deal with his drug and alcohol addiction

Irish Mirror

New figures reveal number of homeless deaths in Dublin as expert outlines factors

Homeless people are much more likely to be victims of violence while living on the streets

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to help ‘written off’ people with mental health issues back to work

Shadow work and pensions secretary says it is wrong to think people with addiction or mental health problems do not want to work

Daily Mirror

Woman says vaping addiction saw her on life support with life-threatening lung condition

Amanda Stelzer, 34, would get through one liquid vaping cartridge a day until she was left struggling to breathe

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Daily Mirror

Crypto traders with 'hundreds of thousands' on line seek rehab help for addiction

People caught up in the frenzy of impulsive crypto trading face symptoms similar to other types of addictions and may turn to rehabilitation clinics for support

Manchester Evening News

The 'sober raves' changing clubbing in Greater Manchester - and the incredible story behind them

Ben Riley hit rock bottom but has clawed his way back up to create DryWave

Wales Online

Man spared jail until he started talking and the judge changed his mind

A defendant set to walk free managed to talk himself into a prison sentence and it was only his lawyer who saved him

Salon

Addiction treatment, bare-bones style

Charging high fees without guaranteeing access to evidence-based care is common in the addiction treatment industry

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab in peril as No 10 refuses to say if Sunak knew of complaints

Downing Street won’t answer whether PM was aware of possible complaints about Raab’s alleged bullying before appointing him

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak just like Boris Johnson in ‘brushing off’ Tory sleaze, says Starmer

Labour leader attacks Tory ‘addiction to sleaze and scandal’ at PMQs

WEKU

Native Americans left out of 'deaths of despair' research

During the time that deaths from addiction and suicide among white Americans rose by about 9%, deaths among Native Americans shot up by about 30%, a new study shows.

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