Coping With COVID

Carefully –   Dec. 28, 2020 - With the pandemic monopolizing government time, energy and resources, treatment programs with limited…

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Anthony Hopkins Celebrates 45 Years with Video

VIDEO – The Knight of Sobriety –  Dec. 29, 2020 - Noting that 2020 has been a tough year “full…

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Warning Signs For Technology Addiction In Children

WATCH – Friendly little robots –   Dec 24, 2020 - Online learning and being stuck at home can create…

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How Mental Healthcare and Rehab Changed During Pandemic by Mike Bayer

It’s complicated... –  Dec. 23, 2020 - Second, there’s been a noticeably larger percentage of individuals that come to us…

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San Antonio Mother Who Beat Addiction Gives Back

WATCH – Each one, teach one –   Dec. 24, 2020 - Harper was one of the first mothers to…

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To Protect ‘Children’ From E-Cigarettes, Congress Imposes New Restrictions

Where there’s smoke, there’s money –  Dec. 23, 2020 - Feinstein’s bill amends the Jenkins Act of 1949, which requires…

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Pandemic Blamed for Oregon’s 40% Increase in Drug Deaths

The most horrible time... –   Dec. 23, 2020 - “Many people who are using substances, they may be hanging…

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The Last Time I Drank, My Husband Found Me Bleeding

LISTEN – There is a way out... –  Dec. 24, 2020 - As the sun rose in the sky, the…

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Dangerous Side Effects of Drinking Every Day

WATCH – Not to mention DUI’s –   Dec. 25, 2020 - Perhaps one of the most known effects of…

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‘Kid of the Year’ Made App to Diagnose Prescription Opioid Addiction

And the children shall lead us... –  Dec. 3, 2020 - GR: My pop-culture news is actually MIT Tech Review.…

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Tim Hardin Died 20 Years Ago, Dec. 29, 1980, Bob Dylan Called Him “the greatest songwriter alive”

WATCH – A reason to believe –   Dec. 29, 2020 - After moving to Los Angeles in 1965, he…

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Jared Gordon Celebrates Five Years of Sobriety

One round at a time... –  Dec. 27, 2020 - The incredible thing was he was coming up as an…

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Judy Garland: What Started Her Spiral Toward Drug Addiction

Someone over the rainbow –   Dec. 27, 2020 - Though Garland’s mother and father didn’t have a good relationship,…

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Man Starts Knitting Group to Help People Recover From Addiction

Idle hands... –  Dec. 27, 2020 - As Mendonca spent his days knitting yarn and making his own unique creations,…

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Q&A with Benjamin Oberman, CEO, Film Festival Flix

Stick with the Winners! –   December 23, 2020 - Benjamin Oberman is the Founder, President & CEO of Film…

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Debut Novel Offers up Sobriety at the Apocalypse

MEDIA: Book Recommendation –  Dec. 18, 2020 - Q: Also, as a first-time novelist what was the biggest writing hurdle…

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CC Sabathia on Baseball, Retirement, Alcoholism

WATCH – Trailer for new doc “Under the Grapefruit Tree” –   Dec. 21, 2020 - That painful period, and…

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A Happy News Year Letter

From the Editors – December 29, 2020 - As the year finally comes to an end and the world transitions into 2021, there…

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I jumped in the icy ocean, grateful for my sobriety

WATCH – Rituals Heal –  Dec. 22, 2020 - It’s a spiritual experience when his skin is submerged in the…

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Heather Graham Gets Candid About Sober Living

WATCH – Not skating the issue... –  Dec. 20, 2020 - She said: ‘I don’t drink or do drugs ...…

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Struggling With Addiction? Here’s NYE Lifeline

Start 2021 SOBER –   Dec. 23, 2020 - Last year, Garcia launched the Dallas Sober New Year’s Eve party,…

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Dr. Jennifer Wood, Guiding Patients with Addiction Through Pandemic

No relapses please –  Dec, 25, 2020 - “Patients who were previously well-established in addiction treatment, for example, their clinics…

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Navigating the “Bermuda Triangle” of addiction

WATCH – Don’t disappear –   Dec. 22, 2020 - We’re in a very festive season. But we should keep…

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Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Celebrates 5 Years of Sobriety

Anyone can do it... –  Dec. 24, 2020 - Additionally, Sorrentino is getting ready to be a dad in the…

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Man Serving Life Without Parole for $20 of Weed Freed

The dark ages are ending... –   Dec. 25, 2020 - For most of his sentence, Winslow’s chances of getting…

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Nutrition Science Has Deep Ties to The Food Industry

Big Pharma Meet Big Food –  Dec. 26, 2020 - “This study found that the food industry is commonly involved…

4 years ago

Quote of the Week – Marianne Williamson

“Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called ‘All the Things That Could Go Wrong.’”…

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Walmart Fueled Opioid Crisis

Always Low Prices –  Dec. 22, 2020 - “As one of the largest pharmacy chains and wholesale drug distributors in…

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Beacon House in Pacific Grove Closing

A champ goes down swinging –  Dec. 22, 2020 - An important player in the drug and alcohol addiction treatment…

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Letter from the Editor

December 22, 2020 – Dear readers, Welcome to Christmas 2020. Well, this isn’t your traditional Christmas, but the heartfelt gratitude…

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