What is Alcoholics Anonymous and what do they do? They Change Lives. – March 13, 2020 - The 12 steps have been adapted by other support groups, such as Gamblers Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous to help people recover from various addictions, and the term “12... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 17 2020
Osher Günsberg says he wouldn’t be around today if he hadn’t gotten sober Back from the Edge – March 14, 2020 - Ten years ago, I took this photo. It was the first day I woke up and said “That’s it. I can never drink like that again” and meant it,’ Osher explained. I’d been trying to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 17 2020
Faces of Addiction: God delivered man from drugs, alcohol and suicide Grace – March 14, 2020 - He cried, “God, why won’t you let me die?” God whispered back, “Because you haven’t done what I sent you there to do yet.” Slack was among several recovering addicts to speak during a F... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 17 2020Rehabsuicide
Andrew Gillum, Who Ran for Florida Governor, Is Entering Rehab I would too if someone OD'd in my hotel room – March 15, 2020 - Mr. Gillum apologized to his family, friends “and the people of Florida who have supported me and put their faith in me over the years.” I also know... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 17 2020Rehab
‘Lost in Ghost Town’ – Drug Memoir with a Redemptive Finish MEDIA: Book Feature – MARCH 11, 2020 - The timeline bounces back and forth between his childhood, starting at age seven, to his adult life in Venice, California. Growing up, he writes, his father was gone a lot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 17 2020
Protect your mental health during corona times What Me Worry? – March 12, 2020 - We might not notice it during the first few days, but slowly our sleep patterns change, our eating habits shift, and we start experiencing negative thoughts and cynicism a little m... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 17 2020Mental Health
Curiosity Is A Superpower: Use It To Combat Addiction At Your Attention – March 11, 2020 - No matter your addiction, Brewer doesn’t want you to quit cold turkey. Rather, he wants you to go about your regular routine, just be completely conscious whi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 17 2020Rehab
Keepin’ It Friel with ‘American Fix’ author Ryan Hampton Lois Lane & Clark Kent? – Mar. 11, 2020 - Ryan Hampton is an author and activist. He is the author of the book American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis-and How to End It. Ryan opens up about h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 17 2020Rehab
‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’ MEDIA: Film Review – March 12, 2020 - We first meet our heroine, Saki Tadokoro, as a young girl running down a steep river bank to greet her soused father (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) who is partying with his baseball... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 17 2020
A doctor’s radical treatment for pregnant addicts? Get them clean And Love Them – FEB. 26, 2020 - Towers didn’t need a drug test to confirm Lenderman, 14 weeks pregnant, was in the throes of opioid addiction, and this morning still showed the effects of having used the drug t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 17 2020RecoveryRehab
The Buddhist Approach to Addiction Treatment One Minute at a Time – March 13, 2020 - When one has negative feelings and experiences, their natural instinct is to escape the situation with an addiction. Mindfulness teaches us how to interrupt ourselves an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 17 2020Rehab
David Arquette on Wrestling, Addiction, and Losing Luke Perry It’s Complicated – March 13, 2020 - You mention Luke Perry, who died a few months after that match. How did that loss impact yo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 17 2020Rehab
The mental health cost of containing the Coronavirus outbreak Stay Connected – March 13, 2020 - “I do think it’s important to just normalize people’s experience of what’s happening,” said Lewis.... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 17 2020Mental Health
4 charged after pill mill scheme worth $2M busted in Philadelphia Brotherly Love of Money – March 12, 2020 - One of the tenants who spoke to investigators said she did not receive treatment from Okolo, but that he wrote prescriptions for medications in her name without her p... Read More...March 24 2020Philadelphia
12-step programs more effective at maintaining sobriety Promises Not Promotion – MARCH 11, 2020 - In fact, the evidence suggests that 42 percent of all study participants engaged in AA remained completely abstinent one year after starting treatment, compared to 35 ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 17 2020Rehab
‘The only thing missing are the hugs’: How people fight addiction amid Coronavirus social distancing Common Sense and Vigilance – March 13, 2020 - Lowell Cauffiel, a true crime author, screenwriter and producer in Hollywood, attends 12-step support meetings there and said he hasn’t seen a drop in atten... Read More...CoronavirusMarch 17 2020
How many body-brokering cases have been prosecuted under new law? Zero, nada, zilch, none, nil, gornish – March 12, 2020 - “There is no excuse for their failure to prosecute these cases, particularly when we desperately need an all-hands-on-deck approach to this crisis.” Si... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 17 2020opioids
Not Even 9/11 Could Shut Down AA Meetings. Coronavirus is Different. Sobriety comes first, no matter what – Mar. 13, 2020 - The woman said she would still have phone call check-ins and small pot-luck gatherings with her fellow group members if face-to-face meetings ended, but that it ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusMarch 17 2020
Quote of the Week “There is a realm where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.” —Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel ... Read More...March 17 2020quote of the week
Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In It Works If You Work It – March 11, 2020 - One study found that compared with Alcoholics Anonymous participants, those who received cognitive behavioral treatments had about twice as many outpatient visits — as... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 17 2020Recovery
Opinion: Jailing individuals for drug addiction is immoral War On The Wounded – March 3, 2020 - The Controlled Substance Act distinguished five different “schedules” for drugs to huddle underneath. Ignorance was on full display: schedule one drugs — the most “dangerous... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020
‘Strung Out’ Tackles Pain, Stigma And Shame Of Drug Use MEDIA: Book Review – February 28, 2020 - In her new memoir, Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me, essayist and advice columnist Erin Khar writes candidly and at length about this partic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020
Heroin addict: ‘You either going to be high, or dead’ Who Decides? – February 29th 2020 - “It depends on how potent the dope is. And around here, ain’t pretty. It ain’t potent. People who OD and stuff that like, they’re reckless.” Life for Lagenna has been toug... Read More...Addiction RecoveryHeroin AddictionMarch 10 2020
Comedian uses humor to share captivating recovery It’s a very funny disease – March 2, 2020 - “I had a lot of fun in sobriety,” Holbert said. “I got to do shows like this.” For eight years, his alcoholism pulled experiences away from him. Trapped by his addict... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 10 2020Recovery
Drinking Alcohol Weakens Bones of People Living With HIV WARNING – MARCH 2, 2020 - Low bone density is common among people living with HIV, even those who have successfully supp... Read More...Alcohol AddictionMarch 10 2020
Why Addiction Treatment Isn’t “One Size Fits All” Super Size Me – Mar. 3, 2020 - Traditional 12-Step-based treatment centers are incredibly successful and valuable for many, but for those still in a precontemplation stage of change or in denial of the seriousness of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 10 2020Rehab
Justin Bieber found documentary series ‘cathartic’ Growing Up! – Mar. 4, 2020 - Speaking to MTV News, Michael said: “I think the conversations about the more difficult times in his life were cathartic. At one point, he thought the cameras were off and he goes, ... Read More...Celebrity SobrietyMarch 10 2020
The Way Back…Time Out says ** stars Not the worst film of the year – April 24 2020 - The template is too familiar: a star athlete of yore, Affleck’s careworn Jack Cunningham gets a second shot at glory when he is asked to coach his alma mater’s hopele... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 10 2020
Catskill doctor sentenced to 54 months in opioid-distribution case Hypocrite Not Hippocrates – Mar 6, 2020 - “Myra Mabry’s disgraceful conduct demonstrates that she has no business practicing medicine,” Jaquith said. “She betrayed her patients, violated her Hippocratic Oath, and orc... Read More...March 10 2020
17% addicts hooked on de-addiction drug It’s Punjab Jake – Mar. 8, 2020 - De-addiction seems to have become a new addiction in the state. As per a government report, there is widespread addiction of de-addiction drug buprenorphine. At present, abo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020Rehab