Virtual fitness classes strengthen those battling addiction WATCH – Time to stretch... – Oct. 1, 2020 - The organization has provided free athletic activities and a sober support community to more than 36,000 people across the United States. Now, clients can log on to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMental HealthOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Running is a big part of my sobriety tool kit,’ woman shares sobriety story with Hispanic community WATCH – No Escaping – Oct. 2, 2020 - “Running is a big part of my sobriety tool kit. I use it when I’m having a hard day or I feel triggered,” said Rosales. For about ten years, Rosales said she suffered with addi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMental HealthOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jab on Hunter Biden’s Drug Addiction Horrifies Treatment Advocates Stigma in high places – Oct. 1, 2020 - “Addiction is a medical condition that affects millions of Americans each year, irrespective of any demographic. It is a disease, not a moral or character failing,” Marvi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jessica Chastain Transforms Into Alcoholic Assassin in ‘Ava’ REVIEW: Sounds atrocious – Oct. 1, 2020 - The credits that follow serve as our quick-fire backstory on Ava, a former high valediction voted “Most Likely To Succeed” who went off the rails after a DUI incident. She jo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOctober 6 2020Rehab
Lou Johnson, Dodgers’ home run hero dies at 86 Safe at Home – Oct. 2, 2020 - Later that season, Johnson hit a solo homer off Jim Kaat in the fourth inning of a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the decisive seventh game of the World Series, making a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRehab
Purdue Pharma Family to Keep Its Billions Billions and Billions – Oct. 4, 2020 - With the launch of OxyContin, in 1995, Purdue unleashed an unprecedented marketing blitz, pushing the use of powerful opioids for a huge range of ailments and asserting that its... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020oxycontinPurdue Pharma
Ireland court rules Subway’s sandwich bread is not legally bread How sweet it is... – October 1, 2020 - The case was brought before the court by Subway franchisee Bookfinders Ltd. which claimed that the bread Subway served qualified as a “staple food,” which, in Ireland, means t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addictionOctober 6 2020
Q&A with author and recovery coach, Laura Martella Stick with the Winners! – October 1, 2020 - Laura Martella is an accountability and certified recovery coach with over 20 years of active sobriety. She has a strong track record for creating sustainable change in the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tommy Lee was ‘drinking 2 gallons’ of vodka a day Lightweight – October 3, 2020 - “She was like, ‘Baby, I don’t know, I don’t think I’ve ever even seen anybody drink that much. Like, you’re kind of scaring me,’” he quoted her saying, noting she asked him whet... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ann Arbor, Michigan Decriminalizes Psychedelics Groovy – October 1, 2020 - On September 21, the City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan voted unanimously to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelics. It becomes the fourth US city in two years to adopt such a refo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020PsychedelicsRecovery
Mike Tyson Knows He’s an Alcoholic but Refuses to Call Himself One WATCH – He can call himself anything he wants – Sept. 28, 2020 - Mike Tyson was 41-1 as a pro boxer — his lone loss coming against James ‘Buster’ Douglas — when he was convicted of rape in 1991. Tyson was sentenced t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020
10 Most Commonly Used Illegal Drugs in America When some go High/Others go Low – Sep. 29, 2020 - 1. Methamphetamine Number of drug reports: 417867 Percent of all cases: 27.47% Methamphetamine was most common in the South (183427 reports). 4. Heroin Num... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionOctober 6 2020
Many Residential Addiction Centers Don’t Offer MAT, at a Deadly Cost Harm Reduction is Death Reduction – Sep. 29, 2020 - Without it, Berry entered the halfway house unmedicated. Because he had been abstinent for months, his tolerance was far lower than it was when he entered rehab o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRehab
How to Have a Disagreement Like an Adult Stop interrupting? – Sep. 30, 2020 - From his home in La Jolla, Calif., Mr. Chopra, 73, has been looking out at the anxious and angry state of the world and he’s not surprised. Some people may think this moment in ti... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMental HealthOctober 6 2020
Documentary tells heartbreaking and hopeful stories of addiction WATCH – Reel Recovery Film – Oct. 1, 2020 - Justin was my heart with legs. Now, he is my heart with wings. Part of me is with him. I will never be who I was before his death. However, I want to be clear that part of ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabrelapse
‘The Drug Became His Friend’: Pandemic Drives Hike In Opioid Deaths New York Times - Real (Bad) News – Sep. 28, 2020 - In the six months since Covid-19 brought the nation to a standstill, the opioid epidemic has taken a sharp turn for the worse. More than 40 states have recorded incr... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
How Many Meds Does It Take to Get Sober? Depends who you ask – Sep. 29, 2020 - It used to be against the law to treat narcotic addicts with narcotics (The Harrison Act). In 2000, the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) changed that. DATA gave physici... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020
In Joe Biden’s response to attacks on Hunter Biden’s drug use, I saw my own father WATCH – I see America – Oct. 1, 2020 - He was dishonorably discharged” — which he was not. “For cocaine use,” Trump added. My father is a one-time Republican and now a staunch Biden supporter, but you can never assum... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Costa Mesa addiction treatment CEO faces federal charges Arrested envelopment - Read List – Oct. 3, 2020 - The massive federal crackdown charges defendants with submitting more than $6 billion in fraudulent claims to federal health care programs and private insurers. That ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Paul Tillich “Language … has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.”—Paul Tillich ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOctober 6 2020quote of the week
When Donald Went After Hunter Biden For His Addiction, He Went After Me Too President of U.S. Demeans S.U.D. sufferers – Oct. 1, 2020 - Even the Real Housewives know that kids are always off-limits. Around 20 million Americans ages 12 and older have a substance abuse disorder, according to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRehab
Mac Davis, singer-songwriter dies at 78 He did it all – Sep. 30, 2020 - Mac Davis, a singer-songwriter who parlayed a string of hits for Elvis Presley into a varied career as an actor and recording artist, blending country and pop in chart-topping songs su... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lady Gaga and her mother offer advice for opening up about mental health to parents WATCH – Family Values – Sep. 22, 2020 - Gaga thanked her mother for her honesty and gave her own advice, noting that not everyone has parents who are receptive to conversations about mental health. “I think... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 29 2020
The Quest for a Medication to Treat Methamphetamine Addiction No meth heads on the staff? – Sep. 21, 2020 - Thus began a quest to find a molecule that would maintain lobeline’s ability to inhibit the target VMAT2, but would be safe and effective for human use. Also, the researc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmethSept 29 2020
Courage, Creativity & Celebration: Dr. Flowers & Robin French with Dr. Louise Stanger WATCH – Listen to the Lions – Sep. 10, 2020 - Introducing Dr. Louis Stanger Topic: Courage, Creativity, Communication & Celebration Host: Dr. James Flowers, PhD, LPC-S, Founder, J. Flowers Health Institu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 29 2020
Mexico’s drug war leaves 39,000 unidentified bodies in its morgues But if drugs were legal...? – Sep. 22, 2020 - Mexico’s militarised crackdown on organised crime has left nearly 39,000 unidentified bodies in the country’s morgues, which are often unable to handle the volume of co... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancySept 29 2020Trauma
Delilah Montagu on Sobriety and Writing ‘Savage’ Songs About Her Girlfriend Rising sober star – Sep. 23, 2020 - After finding her rhythm during lockdown with her mum and girlfriend – “I took up dancing, not very well, but I realised how happy it made me” – 22-year-old Delilah re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
FDA requires stronger warning for Xanax, Valium and other benzodiazepines What a downer – Sep. 24, 2020 - “Although benzodiazepines are very helpful for short term treatment, providers need to consider the risks and benefits of prescribing longer courses of these medications,” she s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 29 2020
Riz Ahmed Is a Drummer Going Deaf WATCH – I hear ya – Sep.24, 2020 - Lou finds him a sober living home for the deaf, where he begins to grapple with his new reality and what it means for the life of music he’s always known. Sound of Metal marks the d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
How can son in rehab benefit from life insurance? Advice Column – Sep. 24, 2020 - Dear Barry, If your wife dies first, your $100,000 insurance policy will pass to the alternate beneficiaries that you named on the insurance company beneficiary form. If you ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020