Following Dad down road to sobriety Great Share – June 5, 2020 - As I sat in those group sessions and listened to people talk about their experiences with alcohol, I felt a sense of panic at how much I related to their experiences. I had been fighting ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJune 9 2020Recovery
Rise in Overdoses Could be Directly Tied to Unemployment It works if you’re working – June 4, 2020 - The unemployment rate is one of the indicators defined by the County of San Diego’s Live Well initiative that determine how well San Diego County residents can live h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusJune 9 2020Overdose
Country star Jaime Wyatt: “I’m lucky to be alive” OUT & SOBER Double Winner – June 5, 2020 - You deal with dark subjects on the album, but it also seems quite hopeful. How do you balance the two? “There’s hope in there because I’m sober now and I’ve come o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJune 9 2020Recovery
Cowboys’ Aldon Smith Shares Passionate Story About Recovery Great Reception – May 29, 2020 - The Missouri product talks about how he was fed up with the way he was living his life. He also focused on his grandmother dying of ALS last year and what she told him on her de... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJune 9 2020Recovery
How I Get Away With Being a Secret Alcoholic Ms. Denial’s Binoculars – June 1, 2020 - Over time, she’s gotten better at hiding her addiction. She only uses a small amount when she’s around other people so as not to display any obvious signs of intoxication. She... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionJune 9 2020
Will the pandemic lead to an alcoholism epidemic? Lead to...? – June 5, 2020 - “But the same way we do with food and exercise and concerns about obesity, we want to have some benchmarks for how to stay healthy.” Kelly Rubinsohn, an opera singer in Philadelphia... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusJune 9 2020
‘No downside’: Johnny Marr, Best Coast & Jason Isbell on how sobriety improves music Up With People – June 2, 2020 - My sobriety began with a jump, falling into murky water. That’s not a metaphor: swimming in the middle of nowhere in my native South Africa in 2012, I picked up a parasitic disea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 9 2020Recovery
COVID-19 has disrupted addiction treatment: a neuroscientist speaks Seeing past the present – May 29, 2020 - What is your reaction to the move from daily clinic visits to monthly prescriptions? One big concern is the possibility of misuse and overdose. There is lots of e... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusJune 9 2020Recovery
A day in the life of someone in recovery during COVID-19 No Matter What? – JUNE 5, 2020 - On March 11, Saige quit drinking for the second time in her life — but this time she would have to navigate recovery during a pandemic. Just three weeks into her sobriety, Gov. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusJune 9 2020Recovery
As a recovering alcoholic, I’m dreading a booze-fuelled end to lockdown One darn day at a time – June 5, 2020 - As an introvert, I initially believed that the isolation process was a dream come true – I didn’t realise how much of a nightmare it would become. That insidious voice of... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusJune 9 2020RecoveryRehab
Is sugar addiction real, and can you beat it? Sugar Magnolia? – June 5, 2020 - Sugar has addictive potential because it releases opioids and dopamine in the brain. Eating sugar also increases the release of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that gives us a “happy” f... Read More...Addiction Recoverydiet sodaEating DisorderJune 9 2020
Quote of the Week – Martin Luther King, Jr. "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." —Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 9 2020quote of the week
Addiction recovery podcast launches Listen Up! – May 26, 2020 - EDGE: Let’s talk about the new podcast series you’re about to launch in conjunction with WSCA. It deals with addiction and recovery, which, on the surface sums it up well enough, but let’s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 2 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘I sold my Club World Cup medal to buy cocaine … I used it in two days’ Use your head! – May 24, 2020 - Every day I went out I would say, “today I can drink as late as I want because when I use cocaine the effect wears off. Let’s go find some”. ‘I was never at home, it was just partie... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020
4 of the Best Revelations From My Sober Life Just like the Agreements – May 20, 2020 - I began to wonder what the hell I was doing with my life. And sure, the human experience was depressing as hell: we were all going to die, the earth and sun included, b... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJune 2 2020Recovery
Vaping Creates A “Slime-Cloak” In The Mouth So Smoke Alone – May 27, 2020 - These slime-cloaks illicit a “huge response from the immune system,” she explains, which could lead to long-term consequences, though the findings are so new that those consequen... Read More...Addiction RecoveryJune 2 2020juulVaping
Even with 26 years of sobriety, the loss of AA meetings is a worry The Medium is the Message – May 28, 2020 - Those attacks, in turn, have caused meetings to require still more passwords and a host deciding who to let join. That, in turn, means newcomers and people without the secre... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJune 2 2020Recovery
Alcoholism: Why this doctor says telemedicine is key right now No parking fees – May 26, 2020 - “Now, more and more people are opting for either home care or telemedicine where they’re not going to be exposed to other people, and they’re able to get care on their schedule in a w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusJune 2 2020Recovery
Health Advocates Expect Surging Demand For Addiction Services Real Live Counselors Are Heroes – MAY 26, 2020 - Some people did relapse because they lacked the skills to cope with the unprecedented stressors they we’re facing, he said. While some vital addiction service... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020RecoveryRehab
James ‘Arg’ Argent: Cocaine addiction was triggered by eating disorder Worth the weight... – May 26, 2020 - James ‘Arg’ Argent has said his drug addiction was a symptom of an eating order after years battling with his weight. The former The Only Way Is Essex star - who recently open... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 2 2020Recovery
Elton John hosts ‘Rocketman’ watch party Crocodile Rock – May 26, 2020 - “Now, more and more people are opting for either home care or telemedicine where they’re not going to be exposed to other people, and they’re able to get care on their schedule in a wa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusJune 2 2020
Operation Nets 50 Tonnes of Cocaine in 45 Days One is too many, and a ton is never enough – May 29, 2020 - “During the development of this phase, when we see that the confiscated tonnes (of cocaine) continues growing and are above the dozens, it allows us to reaf... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020
AMA video update: Experts discuss pandemic’s impact on the opioid epidemic Doctors Being Doctors – May 29, 2020 - And I will end by asking anyone, if they need more information specifically about the AMA’s opioid work, and I’m going to read it because I want to make sure that eve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020opioid crisisopioids
The online success of 12-step recovery programs What would Bill and Bob say? – May 31, 2020 - “Right before everything got shut down, I was at this meeting I go to every week and there was a guy with about two or three months of sobriety. He was doing his 90 in 90... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJune 2 2020RecoveryRehab
Q&A with Dr. Louise Stanger Stick with the Winners! – May 26, 2020 - She is the author of two books, Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal and The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions: A Collective Strategy and was named by London’... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
I lost my son to overdose: What you should know Good Mourning America – May 27, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of Americans into isolation, as doctors continue to look for a cure. It’s unclear if there’s a nationwide trend of drug overdoses ha... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020Overdose
Officials see ‘alarming’ rise in overdose deaths How much worse can it get? – May 30, 2020 - Harris said CPD has seen an increase “in fentanyl and substances that are even stronger than heroin” this year, with some cases of drug users expecting to receive her... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJune 2 2020Overdose
Seven mistakes that destroy your child’s mental strength Only Seven? – May 25 2020 - Tracy Hutchinson, PhD, LMHC, is a therapist with over 18 years of clinical experience. She is a regular columnist for Psychology Today, and her research on positive psychology, mental heal... Read More...CompassiondepressionJune 2 2020lonelinessMental Health
Maintaining Emotional Sobriety During Covid-19: Transforming Trauma into Post Traumatic Growth Tian Dayton PhD does it again! – June 2020 - The idea here is to head trouble off at the pass, to give ourselves the space (and frankly relief) to heal as we go. It’s just so much easier than letting it all pile up ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020Mental Health
FDA finds high levels of carcinogen in diabetes drug metformin Be Careful What You Wish For – May 27, 2020 - The U.S Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it had found high levels of a possible cancer-causing impurity in some versions of the popular diabetes drug ... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020