Chris Therien’s New Book Chronicles Alcoholism And Sobriety THE ULTIMATE HAT TRICK – Dec. 10, 2022 - In Philadelphia Flyers orange and black, defenseman Chris Therien cut an imposing figure on the ice, a stalwart physical presence for over a decade in the NHL.&nb... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes Blocked SHALLOW BREATH – Dec. 8, 2022 - The FDA declined to comment. Lawyers for the companies - which include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, ITG Brands LLC and Liggett Group LLC - did not immediately respond to requests fo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionnicotinesmoking
FILM REVIEW: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ GO SEE A GOOD MOVIE – Dec. 2, 2022 - “It’s not a biodoc in any standard sense, thank God — Poitras, whose own career has revolved around the War on Terror, is much too ambitious a filmmaker to box ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalTrauma
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Best documentary of the year calls for accountability in opioid crisis VIDEO – ACTIVISM SAVES LIVES – Dec. 7, 2022 - As the opioid epidemic rages on across the U.S., impacting Canada as well, Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras is telling the story of renowned artist and activist... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Woman Suing Her Psychiatrist VIDEO – CRUDE RUDE AND SUED – Dec 7, 2022 - An Albany woman battling a drug addiction said her fight for sobriety was nearly derailed by an angry and abusive psychiatrist. Now Dawn McGrath is suing the doctor a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Break Your Addiction to Hustle Culture VIDEO – CORPORATE CON JOB – Dec. 7, 2022 - In her new book, “Corporate Rehab: Ditch the Hustle Culture and Thrive Again,” Jennie Blumenthal shares how to live a more balanced life. Click@YouTube... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022interventionInterviewMental HealthRecovery
Who Read What in 2022: Literary Voices FOR BOOK WORMS ONLY – Dec. 8, 2022 - Abraham Verghese - For many of us in health care, 2022 felt like a gift compared to the two preceding years. Still, I was restless, anxious about Covid-19’s next chapter. “T... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 13 2022Mental Health
Quote of the Week – Amanda Palmer “You’re an artist when you say you are. And you’re a good artist when you make somebody else experience or feel something deep or unexpected.” – Amanda Palmer ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022quote of the week
Hunter Biden’s Recovery Should Be Acknowledged STILL ANONYMOUS? – Nov. 28, 2022 - In an otherwise excellent article about pending House GOP probes into the administration, the entire description of Hunter Biden consisted of his “long history of drug use and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mental Health Is Biggest Health Concern Says Surgeon General VIDEO – ONLY A CONCERN – Nov. 2, 2022 - Dr. Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, says the mental health crisis is the biggest concern facing the country because it impacts so many people and different facets of li... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Dr Gabor Maté Live in London | The Myth of Normal LIVE VIDEO – CAN YOU HAVE A HAPPY CHILDHOOD NOW? – Nov. 2022 - We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Joining us live on stage in London, the renowned physic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 6 2022internetinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Cannabis For Pain Relief? Review of 20 Studies Provides Sobering Results YOU CAN’T INHALE A PLACEBO – Nov. 29, 2022 - This corroborates the results of a 2021 meta-analysis. In fact, this 2021 meta-analysis also found that higher-quality studies with better blinding procedures... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanapotRecoveryRehabsmoking
Big Pharma Muscles In On Obesity Gold Rush CHEWABLES? – Nov. 28, 2022 - Yet a class of drug known as GLP-1 analogues sold by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly appears to be almost as good. The U.S. group’s Mounjaro, for example, reduced patients’ weight by mor... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022diet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionRecovery
From the High Life to Rock Bottom TO TELEVISION – Nov. 26, 2022 - From harmless tipple to devastating turmoil, Lisa Greenberg knows how easy it is to fall into the grip of alcohol addiction. The wife of Todd Greenberg, one of Australia’s bes... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022interventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Addiction and Stigmatizing Language A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME STILL HAS THORNS – Nov. 29, 2022 - When our clients use these words to identify themselves or their behaviors, we typically pause the conversation to explore what they mean becau... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
He Was My Childhood Hero, But He Is Unrecognizable After Many Years Of Drug Abuse AUDIO – A HERO ONCE MORE – Nov. 2022 - He recently talked to host Joy Sutton on “Addiction Talk” about how he ended up hitting rock bottom and how he managed to get treatment and recovery. First of all... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Overdose Deaths Of Seniors Tripled in Two Decades PITY THE LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND – Nov. 30, 2022 - Drug overdose deaths more than tripled among people age 65 and older during the past two decades while deaths from alcohol abuse increased more than 18% ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionOverdose
Their children struggled with addiction. Now, they’re fighting against the war on drugs NIXON WAS GUILTY – Nov. 22, 2022 - Both strongly advocate for a more rational approach to how we treat substance use in the U.S. “To throw money at going after the supply side and building up criminal... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Hilary Phelps Shares Her Effort to Help Others VIDEO – HELP EVERYONE MORE – Nov. 29, 2022 - From the moment I started drinking, I was a blackout drinker, which means I would drink until I would forget and wake up the next morning, not know what happened, no... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022interventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
We Can’t Overlook Substance Abuse Among Seniors BOOMERS MATTER – Dec. 2, 2022 - Most people don’t think about grandma or grandpa having an addiction problem. Most of the concern and lament over the SUD epidemic centers around young people and lives lost “too... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
A Military Wife’s Descent Into Meth Addiction—And Her Agonizing Journey AUDIO – WHITE POWDER DEVIL – Dec. 3, 2022 - She was on a neighbor’s back deck, sipping wine and smoking cigarettes. Lauren admired her neighbor, another military wife, who displayed such boundless ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmethRecoveryRehabTrauma
National Meth Awareness Day POOR MAN’S COKE? – Nov. 30, 2022 - National Meth Awareness Day is observed to educate more people about the dangers of meth abuse and its impacts on many American families and communities. It also stresses the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionmethRecovery
Noah Cyrus on LP “The Hardest Part,” Recovery From Addiction VIDEO – FAMILY MATTERS – Dec.1, 2022 - Noah Cyrus Talks Debut Album “The Hardest Part”, Addiction, Losing Her Grandma & Billy Ray Cyrus... Click@YouTube ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Robert Downey Jr. on Addiction: “It took me 20 years to become a person again.” BOYS TO MEN – Nov. 30, 2022 - Robert was aware of what his father was doing from a very young age and explained: “I always knew what was going on in that basement”. He started using when he was ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lust For Life: The Dopamine Addiction PAINT FASTER – Nov. 29, 2022 - In the age of social media, online shopping and unlimited streaming, we have a constant stream of content readily available to us in various formats. Pornhub. Twitter, Shei... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone Addiction
Marijuana Use Soars Among Young Adults THE WORLD HAS GONE TO POT – Nov. 28, 2022 - Other states, such as Florida and Pennsylvania, have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes. The Gallup analysis buttresses a recent study by Templ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmoking
TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Kids to Their Deaths SOCIAL DILEMMA DEATH – Nov. 29, 2022 - The game had a name: the blackout challenge. Kids around the world were choking themselves with household items until they blacked out, filming the adrenaline rush they go... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 6 2022internetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTraumavideo games
Fifteen Years of Insanity’: How Robert Downey Jr. Made Peace With His Maverick Father VIDEO – GOD LOVES DOCUMENTARIES – Nov. 29, 2022 - In his father’s underground western Greaser’s Palace, a seven-year-old Robert Downey Jr plays, in his own words, “a boy who got his neck slit by God”. This, per... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Holidays Can Be Challenging for Alcoholics In Recovery MORE TIME FOR THE SERENITY PRAYER – Dec. 3, 2022 - Linda said the purpose of all meetings is for members to share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may solve their common proble... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Fentanyl’s Scourge Visible in Los Angeles (warning: graphic images) IT’S NOT A DISASTER MOVIE! – Nov. 28, 2022 - The federal government says the highly addictive and lethal synthetic drug has quickly become the deadliest drug in the nation. While help is available, it is... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma