A Widow, Not A Wife: ‘Smacked’ Explores An Ex-Husband’s Secret Addiction

NPR Fresh Air! –  February 4, 2020 - “I tried to listen for a heartbeat and I couldn’t hear one…

5 years ago

Supermodel Sobriety with Jennifer Gimenez

Straight Up! –  FEBRUARY 5, 2020 - She also appeared on the reality shows Celebrity Rehab and Sober House.  Jennifer…

5 years ago

Florence Welch celebrates six years of sobriety

She’s Gotta Not Have it –  February 5, 2020 - She then captioned the painting of a red heart, “I…

5 years ago

Justin Bieber gets candid about mental health struggles and addiction

The Bieb’s Battle Within – February 03, 2020 - Bieber’s marijuana abuse was only one addiction he was fighting. At…

5 years ago

Catastrophe’s Delaney 18 years sober

12th Step work –  February 5, 2020 - Thank you to everyone who’s helped me along the way. Delaney previously…

5 years ago

Q&A with Mitch Prager

Stick with the Winners! – February 2, 2020 - This fueled his passion to teach those suffering from substance use…

5 years ago

Baby boomers driving surge in hospital admissions for alcoholism

Dying for a drink? –  February 6, 2020 - Meanwhile, the industry body the Alcohol Information Partnership predictably downplays the…

5 years ago

Emory, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation form ‘Addiction Alliance’

Solution Based –    February 7, 2020  - “I was ready to give up. I just wanted to die. My…

5 years ago

San Francisco to open tent ‘sobering’ center for meth users

It has come to this! –  February 6, 2020 - HealthRight 360, one of the largest San Francisco drug treatment…

5 years ago

There are Now 14,000+ Treatment Facilities

Healing is Available –  February 4, 2020 - Reforms are pending. Private equity firms are investing. This new study examines…

5 years ago

In ‘Smacked,’ tale of addiction behind a veneer of success

MEDIA: Book Review – Jan 30, 2020 - Zimmerman begins “Smacked” with her dramatic discovery of Peter’s corpse in his…

5 years ago

War On Drugs Has Been 100 Year War on Our Neighbors

War On Drug Users –  Feb. 3, 2020 - For more than a century, the U.S. has worked through the…

5 years ago

Opioid executive admits to ‘no morals’ ahead of prison term

COLD BLOODED MURDERERS – JANUARY 23, 2020 - Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top…

5 years ago

Proof positive power of AA in our town

Our primary purpose... –  February 6, 2020 - For sure, there are families in this town that struggle with someone…

5 years ago

Recovery advocate accused of sexual assault, weapons charges

One Bad Apple? – February 7, 2020 - Burki is accused of doing the same thing on Jan. 28, the…

5 years ago

Quote of the week

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” —Soren Kierkegaard

5 years ago

Addiction center charged with 3 patient deaths

Rehab charged with 3 patient deaths – February 4, 2020 - Until now, the Sober Homes Task Force and Aronberg’s…

5 years ago

‘Dark’ Pee-wee Herman Reboot Where He’s an Alcoholic

Childhood will never be the same again –  Jan. 31, 2020 - While Judd Apatow and Netflix chief content officer…

5 years ago

Book on human trafficking helps woman confront her own addiction

Reach one, teach one – Jan 31, 2020 - For more than two decades Nancy Yarbrough Banks has helped free…

5 years ago

Women of ‘Guest House’: Featured in New Documentary

Film Premiere –  Jan. 27, 2020 - Many  of the women at Guest House have struggled with addiction. But despite…

5 years ago

Anger in America – new remedy emerges: Compassion

Angels in America –  Jan. 30, 2020 - The focus on compassion comes more than a decade after the explosion…

5 years ago

Man lights joint in court while facing marijuana charge

The High Court? –  January 29, 2020 - The courtroom erupted into laughter at Spencer’s action, disrupting the normal daily…

5 years ago

Addiction psychiatrist accused of using cocaine, marijuana with patient

Who’s The Crazy One? –  Jan. 28, 2020 - Officials say the video footage also showed Billing smoking what appeared…

5 years ago

Lungs ‘magically’ heal damage from smoking

It’s NEVER Too Late – Jan. 29, 2020 - The overwhelming majority of cells taken from a smoker’s airways had…

5 years ago

First time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises — little

Good News –                                    …

5 years ago

Yale doctors take on opioid addiction

There’s a Pill for Everything –  Jan. 30, 2020 - In 2008, when D’Onofrio and Yale collaborator David Fiellin, M.D.,…

5 years ago

Keyshia Cole Shares Video, Reveals Mom Checked Herself into Treatment Facility

It’s A Family Affair –  January 29, 2020  - Cole grew up with a strained relationship with her mother who…

5 years ago

Artie Lange announces 1-year sobriety

Bravo! Keep Coming Back –  Jan. 31, 2020 - That brush with the law followed a January 2019 arrest in…

5 years ago

You Remember Jessica Simpson, Right? Wrong

New York Times Loves Recovery –  Jan. 29, 2020 - When Jessica Simpson walks into a room you’re surprised by…

5 years ago