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Week of April 13, 2006 |
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family, and to all persons afflicted with- or affected by - THE
DISEASE OF ADDICTION. There IS a better way....
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THIS WEEK'S SHOW:
SATURDAY, APRIL 15th, 2006
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April Pot
Pourri
AL-KO-HAUL AND KO-KANE!!
SIAMESE TWINS
 Cocaine and
alcohol are are like Siamese twins; they are frequently
combined and are often inseparable. Essentially all cocaine
users drink alcohol while using cocaine.
Cocaine is a stimulant; alcohol is a sedative. "Coming down"
from the extreme "high" of cocaine is very unpleasant and the
"comedown" is softened by using alcohol at the same time.
But there's another reason why this drug combination is so
common. Researchers have found that when cocaine and alcohol
are ingested simultaneously, the two molecules combine in the
bloodstream to form a substance known as "cocaethylene". When
people mix cocaine and alcohol, they are compounding the
danger each drug possesses alone, and are unknowingly
performing a complex chemical experiment within themselves.
Cocaethylene has a longer half life than the simple cocaine
molecule, and it is also more powerful as a stimulant. The
sedative effects of alcohol also seem to help the cocaine user
"keep on going" during their coke-using sessions. Regardless
the reasons, cocaine and alcohol together are synergistic on
many levels and represent a huge problem for addicts.
While in recent years methamphetamine has overshadowed cocaine
as the drug of choice for many stimulant addicts, many of them
do prefer the much more electrifying and jolt-like euphoric
high of cocaine. But cocaine will take you down faster than
any other drug known to man for this very reason.
 This
Saturday we will discuss COCAINE and ALCOHOL; both the
precipitous but dangerous highs that are achieved, as well as
the subsequent unbelievably hopeless and demoralizing lows and
depression that follow. Anyone knowing in advance what the
combination of cocaine and alcohol ultimately will do to them
would NEVER pick up in the first place!! Do NOT do this at
home!!! ...or anywhere!
Don’t miss this exciting and highly informative show! Live!!
This Saturday night, April 8th, 6 – 8P Pacific Time on 99.5
FM KKLA Los Angeles and 10 other cities…and…streaming on
the web. Our show call-in number is 888/995-5552 for your
questions and comments. Remember….. RECOVERY WORKS!!!
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2.
STRAIGHT TALK FROM THE
DOC by Dr Steve
More on Campral(TM) for
Alcoholism
 Last
week I discussed ‘Medications for Alcoholism” and underlined the
fact that although several medications DO exist for this
specific addiction, that relatively very few alcoholics are
aware of this fact, and only about 2-3% of those who my benefit
from them are actually on them.
Campral is the newest of these medications. It is approved
by the FDA for “maintainence of sobriety from alcohol in
conjunction with behavioral therapy AFTER being detoxed from
it”. It is NOT meant to assist with detox from alcohol and is
not approved at this point in time for treatment of other drugs
of addiction.
 Of
key pertinence is that alcoholics who take
Campral and are engaged in AA have a sobriety rate that is
2-4 times higher than those on placebo(that is, not taking
Campral and using 12-Step groups only). This 2-4 times rate
looks very appealing but must be tempered by the realization
that continuous sobriety rates for alcoholics even at only 90
days after start of treatment are disappointingly low: about
13%.
However, when one considers that taking
Campral may improve that to nearly 50%, the
Campral advantage looks much more appealing.
Camrpal is generally well-tolerated and is not addictive. It
requires a physician’s prescription. Side effects are primarily
diarrhea and headache in less than 20% of people who take it.
Those with advanced kidney disease may not be able to take it.
My opinion?? If YOU are an alcoholic and need an extra bit of
help to keep sober, ask your doctor about
Campral.
This is Dr Steve, giving it to you Straight!!!
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THOUGHT FOR RECOVERY- by BOB MUNCK
 Each week
on our show this past year, Bob has shares his "Thought for
Recovery", a unique personal reflection meant to inspire those
of us in Recovery. This is from a man with 15 years of
personal sobriety, and with many years of recovery leadership.
He has seen and heard it all. He has sponsored hundreds of men
during that time. Bob's "Thoughts" will focus on pearls of
wisdom that all alcoholics and addicts in Recovery can use to
enhance their own Recovery. We reprint this week's Thought for
Recovery here:
Denial Can Distort
 Denial is
a powerful tool. It is like putting a steel cover over the
truths that we never want to face or think about. Never
underestimate its ability to distort a person's vision of the
truth!!
We have become experts at using Denial as a tool to make
reality more tolerable. We have learned only too well how to
stop the pain caused by the Truth of reality. We never think
about changing our circumstances, but we pretend that our
circumstances are something other than what they really are.
We must not be too hard on ourselves. While there is one part
of us that is busy creating a false reality, there is another
part of us that is working on accepting the truth.
Dear God, I pray that it is now the time to find that part
of me that is willing to Face the truth. Please give me the
strength to Let it sink in gently. I need to know the Truth,
so that I can progress in my 12 step program! Amen
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4.
MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
WITH RECOVERY RADIO
Recovery Radio Seeks
Show Sponsors
 The
Recovery Radio Show is more that just a radio show.
We are a comprehensive set of resources for addicts and their
families. Our uniqueness is that each week we reach hundreds of
thousands of addicts and their families who are still
suffering…over 500,000 people each week. We do this in many
ways, the most obvious of which is over the airwaves every
Saturday night in Los Angeles and 10 other cities,
coast-to-coast.
In addition, we will soon be publishing “California Together”,
a monthly newspaper targeted at the recovery community
throughout Southern California. We will be publishing this in
partnership with Bill and Barbara Brown, publishers of “Arizona
Together”, which periodical has been meeting the needs of
the Arizona recovery community for over 15 years. The two will
be sister publications.
We maintain one of the most popular “recovery radio” websites in
the world! Both Google and Yahoo have rated ours to be #4, and
this after only 6 months of existence! That is phenomenal, and
testimony to the fact that we are “doing something right!” Our
weekly e-newsletter, the FLASH! reaches many people each week as
well, with timely updates on what is happening with Recovery
Radio and the recovery world in general.
Future projects include an “800 HELPLINE”, the HOW Program USA
“recovery scholarships”, Fourth Step Workshops with Bob and Dr
Steve, and “The Art of Recovery- Southern California” recovery
community annual convention.
What does this all mean? It means that those organizations whose
business is related to recovery and/or recovery products have a
unique opportunity to engage- at the ground-floor level- in an
extremely effective marketing alliance with The Recovery Radio
Show.
Ours is a highly-targeted audience. We reach over 500,000 people
each week (conservative estimate). Approximately 60% of our
callers are family members or loved ones of an alcoholic or
addict who NEEDS RECOVERY. They are looking for solutions to get
their loved on into recovery. About 30% of our callers are from
addicts or alcoholics who are IN RECOVERY, and want and need
recovery-oriented products.
More so, ALL of our listeners are learning more about a
societal problem that in reality affects essentially every
single person in this nation. Addiction is by far the #1 public
health problem in the nation today, costing our society over $4
Billion/year. It is long overdue that our nation accepts
addiction for the medical disease that it is. We are doing our
part to effect that change.
If you are with a business or organization that might benefit
from a marketing relationship with Recovery Radio, please
contact us. We will be happy to discuss the many ways that you
can benefit from joining our team…and at the same time help AND
benefit from our growing fan and listener base.
CONTACT US
if you would like to explore sponsorship or marketing
opportunities with Recovery Radio Show. Toll-Free:
866.334.0471., ext. 102 (Bob), or ext. 111 (Dr Steve).
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HYTHIAM, Inc. continues as our partner and sponsor!!!
 We
are pleased to announce that
HYTHIAM, Inc. continues to
partner with Recovery Radio as one of our sponsors!!! Purveyor
of the new and extremely exciting methamphetamine treatment
protocol called "PROMETA"
(TM), Hythiam was founded in 2002 and is located in Los Angeles.
The PROMETA (TM) protocols are currently being evaluated in a
large placebo-controlled, random, double-blind clinical study.
Results thus far are VERY promising. BUT...this radical approach
to the once dismal treatment of "speed" addiction- which likely
will revolutionize the world of addiction treatment- is
available to addicts NOW!! Hythiam also has PROMETA (TM)
protocols for cocaine and alcohol, too!! For more information,
call (866) 426-3741, or visit
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That's it for
this week....Join us this Saturday Night, won't you?????.....6-8
Pacific Time...on-air, or on the web.
Yours very truly, and in sobriety,
Dr Steve, Bob, and the Recovery Radio Crew |
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