The “Alcoholic Gene” – Who’s at Risk?

Who Isn’t? –   June 1, 2019 - Addiction is a disease. Consider heart disease for a minute. Heart disease…

5 years ago

Is Mindfulness More Than 10-Minute Hack?

Drive-Thru Enlightenment –  June 2, 2019 - A few years ago my wife told me an amusing story about something…

5 years ago

What I Like About WCSAD

BBQ, Pool Parties and Karaoke – June 4, 2019 - Johann Hari, said in his Ted Talk in 2015 that “the…

5 years ago

Heroin Overdose Parties Are Dehumanizing Myth

Naloxone for Party Favors –  May 16, 2019 - By the time I was first dosed with naloxone—the drug that…

5 years ago

‘Doctors gave me antidepressants – It took four years for my low mood and brain fog to be diagnosed as the menopause’

Women Hoodwinked –  May 29th 2019 - Katie, now 50 and living in London with husband Hugh, said she didn’t…

5 years ago

Clinic owner gets 6 years for selling $580K of illegal opioids

Dealing in plain sight –   May 31, 2019 - Shariff also tried to carry out a separate home health…

5 years ago

Samantha X opens up on alcoholism and latest career change

It’s Never Too Late for Therapy –  JUNE 3, 2019 - Many people imagine the life of an escort to…

5 years ago

‘To Honor This Heartbreak’

Honoring AA & Life/Death –  June 1, 2019 - As Gustafson explained in conversation with NPR’s Scott Simon, though, Madelyn’s…

5 years ago

DISTURBED Continues Campaign Raising Addiction and Mental Health Awareness

Rockin’ Conversation –   May 31, 2019 - The two-time Grammy-nominated band (rounded out by drummer Mike Wengren and bassist…

5 years ago

Energy drinks linked to frightening side effects for your heart?

Monstrous Red Bull –  May 29, 2019  - Thirty-four healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 40 were randomly…

5 years ago

Ex-NFL Star Robert Smith ‘Marks 7 Years of Sobriety’

Winning Record –  MAY 22, 2019 - The 47-year-old has been open about his struggles with alcohol -- saying he…

5 years ago

Mama June’s Intervention Flops

Nobody's Perfect –  JUNE 1, 2019 -  The family attempted to pick up the pieces of their lives, and June’s…

5 years ago

Video Game Addiction Officially Recognized by WHO

It’s all in the game –  May 31, 2019 - The WHO has officially declared video game addiction as a…

5 years ago

Man running four miles day for sobriety

Not Running Away –  MAY 30, 2019 - Through his company Egress Endurance, Parks also encourages others to find a…

5 years ago

Robin Williams’ son helps to raise awareness about suicide

Family Matters –  MAY 30, 2019 - I prepared for days before, even venting to a dear friend moments before…

5 years ago

Curse of The Lost Boys: Drug addiction, untimely death and grooming fears

Looking back at the blackness –   MAY 31, 2019 - Corey had been a huge star, alongside pal Corey…

5 years ago

Sobriety School Will Change the Way You Think About Drinking

All is not total abstinence –   MAY 29, 2019 - Tempest’s mission is to be a digital recovery solution…

5 years ago

Garbage Headlines Show Benefitting Addiction, Recovery

No Trash Talk Here –   June 1 2019 - 100 percent of proceeds from the evening went to the…

5 years ago

Which US States Have the Worst Drug Problems?

ALL? –  June 1, 2019 -   10. NEW MEXICO. New Mexico came in 10th overall (where first is the…

5 years ago

Quote of the Week

"Treat people as if they are who they can be and you help them to become who they’re capable of…

5 years ago

Quote of the Week

HAPPY 200th to America's Poet – "To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle."…

5 years ago

Amazon Threatened Over Release of New Book About ‘Rehab Mogul’ Chris Bathum

Soon to be a best-seller? –  May 28, 2019 - Author Evan Wright apparently used the story from Cliff Brodsky…

5 years ago

Deepak Chopra: This is the Best Way to Manage Stress

Suggested by John West –   May 23, 2019 -  1. Remove yourself stressful environments — and breathe This is…

5 years ago

Healing as Subversive Act by Gabor Maté

Society is Sick, Why Shouldn’t We Be? –  May/June 2019 - A study done two years ago showed the more…

5 years ago

Nicotine exposure in newborns alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction

Suggested by Ben Levenson –  May 22, 2019 - Molecular memory - When young neurons are exposed to a foreign…

5 years ago

Gen Z Depression: Why Our Young Adults Are at Risk

Souls on Ice? –  May 15, 2019 - The findings of the study include the following Gen Z depression statistics:…

5 years ago

7 Ways to Promote Spiritual Growth in Sobriety

Only 24 and so wise... –   May 21, 2019 - 1. Develop an attitude of gratitude On awakening each…

5 years ago

Son Pleads Guilty in Pill Mill Doctor’s Slaying

Revenge in Ohio –  May 23, 2019 - Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said in a release that 21-year-old Jonah…

5 years ago

My Miscarriage Made Me Grateful for My Sobriety

from The Oprah Magazine –   May 23, 2019 - But neither of us could have foreseen that I would…

5 years ago

American Addiction Centers’ Facility Launches Program to Help Veterans Struggling with Addiction

Patriotic Salute –  May 22, 2019 - “The patients spend the majority of their time in group therapy sessions with…

5 years ago