“Prescription for Sorrow” BOOK REVIEW – Feb. 23, 2021 - Hahn starts at the beginning. Emil Fischer of the University of Strasbourg synthesized iproniazid in 1875, which was used later by the Nazis for V-2 rocket fuel during World ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Mike Sorrentino praises Alcoholics Anonymous ahead of son’s birth TRADITION #? – March 19, 2021 - He also added that Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12-step program “can be related to any addiction or substance” and is a program of “fellowship, and changing perspective and perception.”... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMar 23 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The World’s A Little Blurry – REVIEW LOVING BILLIE EILISH – March 18, 2021 - “I don’t get it,” I yelled into my sister’s ear through throngs of people and piercing screams. “Me neither,” she said, as the crowd suffocating us sang along to th... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiondepressionEating Disordergrammy winnerinternetinterventionMar 23 2021Mental Health
Clinical Director, Andrew Sidoli, MSW, MBA, joins Recover Integrity EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL – March 10, 2021 - Andrew’s is passionate about the operational aspects of treatment. He is a visionary that blends creativity with practicality. He has extensive experience developing inno... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Atlanta shooting suspect was a patient at evangelical treatment center FOR THE LOVE OF GOD? – March 19, 2021 - Most evangelical churches, including Southern Baptist churches, teach that sex is permitted only within heterosexual marriages, similar teaching to the Catholic Church an... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthSexual AddictionTrauma
‘Most sex addicts are not murderers’ WATCH – THAT’S A RELIEF – March 18, 2021 - Carol Juergensen Sheets, a certified sexual addiction therapist, said the proper classification for the behaviors they were accused of was “a disorder of power a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoverySexual Addiction
Gov. Cuomo Announces Award of $50.7 Million to Enhance Addiction Services in NY State SEE WHERE ALL THE MILLIONS GO – March 10, 2021 - New York has a robust system of addiction care, and with better collaboration and coordination people in need will experience easier access to care, including me... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Muralist discovers his faith and talent for painting in prison SERIOUS BRUSH WITH THE LAW – March 13, 2021 - Lane said he cultivated and perfected his art by first creating miniature paintings that he would send from prison to his family. “When you write letters, there’... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecovery
‘Bills’ Jordan Poyer shares poignant message about his fight against alcoholism STANDING IN HIS TRUTH – March 14, 2021 - You can sense the trepidation in Poyer’s message. He eventually says, “Can’t lie even writing this, Im embarrassed, it’s shameful but If I can overcome the struggle of a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Harm Reduction Services to Get $30 Million in First-Ever Federal Funding NOT ALL FOR MAT? – March 16, 2021 - Though the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will have to more thoroughly detail the list of programs eligible to receive the funds, the legislation s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthOverdoseRecovery
Heroic Artist Battles the Stigma of Being Mentally Ill WATCH – THROWING OFF THE STRAITJACKET – March 17, 2021 - As I lurked on Facebook, chatting with various peer advocates in New York, I saw Issa Ibrahim’s paintings and heard bits of his story of having been hosp... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninternetinterventionlonelinessMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecovery
At Last, Some Help for Meth Addiction CAN SCIENCE CLEAN UP THE METH? – April 2021 - A decade ago I traveled on assignment to a Rocky Mountain rehab facility where the rich and famous go to dry out and confront their drug habits. It offered every im... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthmethRecovery
EQUAL Act would close the cocaine sentencing disparity ROCK - POWDER - PRISON - HYPOCRISY – March 19, 2021 - (Though an Asbury Park Press study found that Black usage of crack was only slightly higher than white usage, crack has been stereotypically associated with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Hazelden Betty Ford Sites in Oregon Designated Blue Distinction® Centers PROOF IT WORKS – March 12, 2021 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, which highlights the seriousness of the opioid epidemic and ho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 23 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Confucius “If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.” ―Confucius ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMar 23 2021quote of the week
Treatment Fund Launched in Memory of Neil Lasher A GOOD CAUSE – March 16, 2021 - The Fund, initiated by his life partner Jill Jordon, and administered by Caron, will provide financial assistance for access to addiction and recovery treatment, with an emphasis... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiongrammy winnerinterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather’s Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction BOOK REVIEW – March 2021 - This book has special meaning to me: my son is ‘by-choice’ homeless drug addict. This book helped me understand the why of his choices. They build their own families this way. It was ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMar 16 2021Mental Health
Meghan Markle’s mental health struggles echo Princess Diana’s experience A “ROYAL” FAMILY MATTER – March 11, 2021 - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey first aired on CBS on Sunday, and one area in particular that seems to have resonated is Markle’... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionInterviewlonelinessMar 16 2021Mental HealthsuicideTrauma
Steve-O ‘So grateful’ for 13 years of sobriety A HEALTHY ADDICTION – March 11, 2021 - for giving me the loving nudge that started my journey,” he captioned the side-by-side image that referenced his “Jackass” co-star Johnny Knoxville. Steve-O starred on ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 16 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Major Side Effect Just One Alcoholic Drink Has on Your Body HAND “HIGH” COORDINATION – March 7, 2021 - In other words, don’t be so quick to get behind the wheel of your car, even if you feel “all the way there” after one glass. You might wonder why NASA is looking into th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMar 16 2021Recovery
Sobriety is a Verb SO IS SLOWLY – March 8, 2021 - It wasn’t too long after that last bout of drinking before the cracks in my dependencies started to show themselves. A friend is playing a show at a bar downtown and your friend g... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Family turns tragic loss into ‘Lissy’s Legacy of Love WATCH – NEW LIFE OF GIVING – March 5, 2021 - “I would appear in court and beg the judge to please don’t let her leave the courtroom because there were days that I felt like if she did that, I wouldn’t see her a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 16 2021Mental HealthOverdoseTrauma
‘I have experienced that a life after addiction is possible’ ...AND PLEASURABLE – March 8, 2021 - The road to recovery McCallum said he’s hopeful that his story can help people better understand the reality of overcoming substance addiction, and what they can do to he... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 16 2021RecoveryRehab
He overcame addiction and had three strokes before age 40, then it got worse BOOK REVIEW – MARCH 11, 2021 - “I wouldn’t have written ‘Model Citizen’ if I hadn’t had the fourth stroke,” Mohr recalls in a phone conversation from his home in Seattle. In 2015, Mohr learned that he has an 8-... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Kristen Johnston on her past addictions: ‘It gives me chills’ STRENGTH AND BEAUTY – March 10, 2021 - Talking about her struggles with addiction isn’t new for Kristen Johnston, but the “3rd Rock from the Sun” actor is now approaching 14 years of sobriety and is sharing som... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMar 16 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Difference Between Sex and Making Love NO NAMES or PET NAMES? – Feb. 18, 2021 - A quote I like by Dr. Pat Allen is, “Anyone can have sex. Not everyone can make love. Some people only have sex, but those who can make love can do both.” https://www... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninternetMar 16 2021Mental HealthSexual Addiction
Men struggle with body image issues too MEN SUFFER TOO – March 11, 2021 - I have a great partner. We’ve been together two years. We’re talking about marriage. He’s kind and empathetic with a strong moral compass. We get each other. We communicate wel... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 16 2021Mental Health
The Pandemic Year Was Also the Beginning of My Sobriety FROM THE MURKIEST POND, LILIES BLOOM – March 12, 2021 - On that tough February day, I knew it was time to seriously pursue sobriety. I had a business, but what could it look like if I found clarity, focus, and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Davina McCall says it’s a ‘miracle’ she’s still alive QUITTING TIME ONLY COMES TO THE LIVING – March 12, 2021 - I was partying a lot and it was the ecstasy era and it was late Eighties, early Nineties – summer of love. “Everybody hugging each other, and s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Inventor of cassette tapes passes away WATCH – NO MORE MIX TAPES – March 12, 2021 - This week, Lou Ottens, the inventor of the audio cassette died at the age of 94. That brought back memories of a skill known only by a certain generation. Creating t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 16 2021