New addicts post COVID-19 pandemic

EVEN AS COVID-19RESTRICTIONS ARE BEINGEASED, MANY PEOPLE ARESTILL WORKING FROMHOME--AND THOUSANDS MOREHAVE LOST THEIR JOBSBECAUSE OF THECORONAVIRUS.NEW THIS MORNING,WE'RE ASKING, ARE YOU ADIFFERENT PERSON THANYOU WERE WHEN THEPANDEMIC STARTED?SPECIFICALLY, HAVE THEREALITIES OF ADDICTIONHIT YOU OR A LOVED ONE?IN A REBOUND KCREPORT, I LOOK INTO WHYTHERE ARE NEW ADDICTSPOST-COVID-19.IT'S NOT A SHOCK TO HETHAT ALCOHOL SALESWERE UP, WAY UP, DURINGTHE TWO PLUS MONTHAMERICANS WERE BEINGASKED TO STAY HOME.LOTS OF PEOPLE WEREDRINKING MOREFREQUENTLY.THE CONSEQUENCE:SOME OF THEM AREFINDING IT HARD TO SLOWDOWN, AS THEY TRY TOREBOUND FROM THEPANDEMIC.Tom Langhofer/Pastor of RecoveryMinistries, Church of theResurrection7:"People that are gettingnervous about their situationin realizing that they're goingto be forced to go back towork here pretty soon.

In thehabits they've gotten intothey're not sure they can getout ofTOM LANGHOFER WORKSWITH ADDICTS AT CHURCHOF THE RESURRECTION.HE SAYS HE'S SEEN ANUPTICK IN RECENT WEEKSIN PEOPLE WHO AREAFRAID THEY'REBECOMING ADDICTED.Tom Langhofer/Pastor of RecoveryMinistries, Church of theResurrection6:41They're isolating, And youknow, isolation is not a verygood thing for people that arestruggling.nats of phone ringingFOR THIS STORY, TOM PUTME IN TOUCH WITHSOMEONE HE'S BEENHELPING.Taylor question9:13"were you having to work frohome and you were at homeor on your own like what,where, where does thepandemic fit in through all thisjake/struggling with alcoholism9:20 "So oftentimes whenthese things happen sales arthe first first people to go.

SoIwas one of the first I was laidoff fairly early into thpandemic."9:43"I went from, you knowworking eight to five job nowI'm able to stay up tillmidnightand wake up whenever I wanAnd do whatever I want."11:53 "I would say I wasprobably drunk for about aweek straight."YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROMJAKE IN THE SECOND PARTOF THIS SERIESTOMORROW MORNING.IT'S NOT JUST ALCOHOLTHAT PEOPLE ARESTRUGGLING WITH.BROOKE WESLEY IS ATHERAPIST AT BELLATORE,AND WORKS WITH PEOPLEWITH EATING DISORDERS.Brooke Wesley/Bellatore15:04we can really get hypervigilant about our foods, somepeople are utilizing foodbinging and purging morebecause of inflation aloneliness, we're really seeinga drastic increase in theseverity of symptoms and alsolike people trying to figure outhow to self soothe in a timewhere they're feeling prettyisolated.TYLER JINKS SPOKE TO MTOO.

HE COUNSELS MENWHO ARE ADDICTED TOSEX AND PORNOGRAPHY.Tyler Jinks/Sex & Pornographyaddiction counselor21:40One of the things that cameout about two weeks into thepandemic.

A popularpornography website calledPornhub basically announcedthat they were going to givefree access as a gift toeverybody that was stuck athomeTRAFFIC FOR PORNHUB,THE SITE TYLERMENTIONED SPIKED IMID-MARCH WHEN THATFREE ACCESS BECAMEAVAILABLE.Tyler Jinks/Sex & Pornographyaddiction counselor22:03It's like sitting down in frontofan alcoholic and saying here'syour virtual glass of beer, takea drink you don't even have topay for it.

It's right here.ALCOHOL, FOOD,PORNOGRAPHY.

JUSSOME OF THE ADDICTIVEBEHAVIORS THAT PEOPLEARE FACING NOW, THATTHEY WEREN'T PRE-COVID-19.TOMORROW MORNING ON41 ACTION NEWS TODAY, IWILL HAVE ANOTHERREPORT ON NEWADDICTIONS IN THE MIDSTOF THE PANDEMII'LL TALK MORE WITHPEOPLE WHO HAVE MADECHANGES IN THE LASTTHREE MONTHS ON HOWTO TELL THE DIFFERENCEBETWEEN AN ADDICTIONAND A BAD HABIT, FORYOU, OR OTHER MEMBEROF YOUR FAMILY.wrap up stor