Princess of Wales Tells Addicts “recovery is possible” VIDEO – FAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE – Oct. 30, 2022 - The charities leading the Taking Action on Addiction Campaign, along with others, are working across the country delivering life changing work to help people r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Companies Culpable For $1.5 Trillion-a-Year Opioid Crisis to Pay $53 Billion Fine GREEDY MONSTERS – Nov. 2, 2022 - A combination of the growing numbers of people buying illegal opioids, and the ubiquity of fentanyl have driven up overdose deaths in the US to unprecedented levels. In 2... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Shampoo Recalled Due to Cancer Risk BENZENE at CVS & WALGREENS EVERYWHERE – Nov. 1, 2022 - Benzene is a chemical that can cause cancer in humans. Long-term exposure to high levels of benzene can lead to cancers such as leukemia and cancer of ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerinterventionNov 8 2022RecoveryTrauma
Yoga for Addiction Recovery and Mental Health VIDEO – STRETCHING THE SOUL – Oct. 28, 2022 - Daffner said his recovery process was long, trying many times to get clean and never feeling fully prepared. But nearly nine years ago, something clicked when he be... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Brittney Griner “I am a strong, black lesbian woman. Every single time I say it, I feel so much better.” – Brittney Griner ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionNov 8 2022quote of the week
Carey Price On Alcoholism Demons, and His Legacy THE BEST THERE IS – Oct. 25, 2022 - Basu had no intention of forcing Price into speaking about his battles with alcohol abuse that led the goalie to enter the league’s Player Assistance Program before th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lust for Life: How Anne Rice’s Alcoholism Influenced “Interview with the Vampire” VIDEO – INTERVIEW WITH A WRITER – Oct. 24, 2022 - “From the very beginning, alcohol was very bad for me,” Rice says in her video. “For years I was an episodic drunk, then, after a considerable length of time, I... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Lala Kent Celebrates 4 Years of Sobriety VIDEO – REALITY AT ITS BEST – Oct. 24, 2022 - Before she went to bed, however, she also posted a lighthearted “tribute” to sparkling water on her Instagram Stories. “Thank you for making years of sobrie... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Slippery Steps: Rolling & Tumbling Toward Sobriety by Don McLeese MEMOIRS ARE HIP – Oct. 2022 - Q. What inspired the book? “To try to make sense of how the worst day of my life became one of the best days of my life. I often understand something best through the proces... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Kevin Nash: Alcoholism ‘took Scott, and now it’s taken my son’ AUDIO – THE BUZZ THAT KILLS – Oct. 24, 2022 - Tristen Nash went into cardiac arrest while having a seizure. Both appear to be due to withdrawal from alcohol. Both Kevin & Tristen decided to quit drin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Mountain DUI is Coming to Ohio NOT IN HIGH SCHOOLS! – Oct. 26, 2022 - CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Stores in Ohio will soon be selling a drink that is available in less than a dozen other states. The beverage company announced on Wedne... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Americans’ Word Choices Are Part of the Problem A ROSE IS ROSE IS A ROSE – Oct. 26, 2022 - The terms, of course, mean functionally the same thing. But in the field of addiction medicine, the question presents something of a crisis. Even as drugs and alcohol ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Skyrocketing Support for Legal Marijuana BACKING IS HIGH – Oct. 24, 2022 - Measures to legalize recreational marijuana are on the ballot in five states in next month’s election, including four red ones. If they pass, it will mean nearly half of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaNov 1 2022potRecoverysmoking
The Voice in My Head Doesn’t Want Me to Get Sober IT’S A LIE – Oct. 26, 2022 - I hadn’t been doing great before that moment. My career had imploded; my dad was paying my rent at the sober house. My first marriage was over. Oh, and my mom was dying. But I’d put... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
I’m a Behavioral Scientist. Here’s How I Pull Myself Out of a Funk GENTLY – Oct. 2022 - This capacity for inward reflection, as remarkable as it is, causes an unending amount of grief, anxiety, and sadness. It’s really too bad that the adaptive story in our long tale of... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Patients Died From COVID-19 Drug Treatment WHEN THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE ILLNESS – Oct. 23, 2022 - The lawsuits, filed last month in state court against Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center and Redlands Community Hospital and several of their ph... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 1 2022Trauma
Non-Opioid Drugs Could Offer Relief Without Addiction PAIN IS A PAIN – Oct. 2022 - “We are interested in the use of this and related molecules to manage chronic pain in the clinic. Obviously, the interest is in using the compounds by themselves, given that ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 1 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Got 420?… seconds? Brisk 7-Minute Walk Can Help Prevent Heart Disease ONE STEP AT A TIME – Oct. 27, 2022 - Researchers add that easy activities such as washing the car or doing laundry, which have counted as exercise in earlier research, are not enough to stave off heart problems... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthNov 1 2022
John Goodman celebrates 33 years with wife who saved him from alcoholism, Anna Beth Hartzog EVERYBODY’S ALL-AMERICAN – Oct. 27, 2022 - Goodman first met his future wife in New Orleans while filming the 1988 film Everybody’s All-American. The actor attended a Halloween party, where he quickly fell for ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Who Diagnoses Depression? YOU AND YOUR THERAPIST – Oct. 27, 2022 - One study found that the greatest risk factor for depression was traumatic events in early childhood. Trauma in early childhood causes high levels of stress, which can a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthNov 1 2022Recovery
Abbott/Similac Formula Pays $19,000,000 Settlement WHAT DO BABIES KNOW? – Oct. 28, 2022 - According to a class action lawsuit, Abbott falsely advertises its Similac products as able to make more servings of formula than is accurate. Even when following t... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionNov 1 2022Recovery
Redemptive Power of Creativity ART LIGHTS THE WAY – Oct. 27, 2022 - In The Creative High, the evolution of the stories of the nine artists begins with the rawest examples, teetering on the edge of relapse, and ends with the most experi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehab
Apple ‘pauses’ gambling ads after placing them next to kids’ games, addiction recovery apps APPLE’S EVIL GENIUS PLACEMENT – Oct. 27, 2022 - The issue got attention on Twitter early Wednesday when an ad for “Jackpot World” appeared as a suggested app below RecoverMe, an app designed to help users recov... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginterventionMental HealthNov 1 2022Smartphone Addictionvideo games
Jack Black’s Cocaine Use Spiked at 14 SCHOOL OF ROCK INDEED – Oct. 26, 2022 - For Black, family issues and school problems were at the forefront of his teenage years. Black told The Guardian he was just 10 years old when his parents decided to divo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Becoming a Mom Helped Me Quit My Life Long Addiction to Heroin. PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES – Oct. 25, 2022 - I came from an upper-middle-class family. I excelled in school as a popular, straight-A student. I was a cheerleader, an equestrian, and a volleyball player. To the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehabTrauma
Murderous McKinsey & Co. Reaches Deal Over Opioids THEY KILLED FOR MONEY – Oct. 27, 2022 - McKinsey previously agreed to pay more than $600 million to settle opioid claims brought by all U.S. states and territories, and had argued that those settlements ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 1 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Community Is Crucial to Overcoming the Overdose Crisis THERE ARE ANSWERS! – Oct. 28, 2022 - While stigma often stands as a barrier to entry for people with SUD, Macy pointed out, its opposite—acts of compassion and kindness—serve as an entryway. “Change happens whe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 1 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Leslie Jordan Was More Than 2 Decades Sober: ‘The Hardest Thing That I Ever Did’ WE LOST A GIANT – Oct. 24, 2022 - “We were Baptist. There was no alcohol in our family. We were teetotalers,” he said in January 2021. “I remember that, all of a sudden, I wasn’t that awkward kid who didn’t kno... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Chandler Bing’ Spent $9M on His Journey to Sobriety I GUESS HE DIDN’T HAVE A DOLLAR BILL – Oct. 23, 2022 - Matthew Perry says in a recent interview with The New York Times that he spent a literal fortune to get sober. The Friends alum, 53, noted the es... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jemele Hill Witnessed Mom’s Addiction and PTSD FAMILIES CAN HEAL – Oct. 26, 2022 - “She’s dealing with trying to understand the pain that she is in but at the same time mother enough to tell me, ‘Do not do this ever. I’m suffering from something I don’t eve... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab