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Dedee Pfeiffer Talks Road To Sobriety

WATCH – IT TAKES ALL KINDS – April 20, 2021 - Dedee Pfeiffer, best known for her role in the hit ‘90s sitcom “Cybill”, is back on the small-screen after taking a 10-year break to sober up and get her masters in... Read More...

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Sober for years she helps addicts through pandemic

JUST LIKE MOTHER TERESA – April 22, 2021 - Oh, and the pandemic. She almost did not have time for it, she says. She’s not being cavalier or reckless, Ross says. “I have literally just been so busy,” she said. “... Read More...

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Mother about son’s fatal fentanyl overdose to reignite opioid conversation

WATCH – SO MANY GONE – April 20, 2021 - Debbie had walked downstairs in her home that morning to where Matthew and his young son were sleeping. “I found Matthew collapsed on the floor and I knew he was gone,... Read More...

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Alcoholics Anonymous: CONCERNED ABOUT A DRINKING PROBLEM?

AA PROMOTION? – April 21, 2021 - We discovered that we had an illness called alcoholism - often referred to by the medical community as “Alcohol Use Disorder.” We found out that many people suffered from the... Read More...

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‘Saying YES to Drug Addiction, One Drug Den at a Time’

CALIFORNIA DREAMING – April 22, 2021 - The State Senate Republicans noted they are fighting to combat the deadly fentanyl epidemic, while their Senate Democrat colleagues appear to be normalizing substance abus... Read More...

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Wavelengths’ Founder Warren Boyd, Opens Rehab in Hometown Petaluma

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN – April 13, 2021 - One unique addition Boyd brings to his Petaluma location is equine therapy, where clients feed, groom, and ride horses. This therapeutic approach helps build communicati... Read More...

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Wake Up and Discover How to Be a Sexual You Without Alcohol

THE BEDROOM IS THE PLAYGROUND FOR ADULTS – April 24, 2021 - But from my experience, recovery from alcoholism is an ongoing cycle of Pain-Growth-Slide, no matter what the topic. This means: There’s going to be p... Read More...

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The Secret to Staying Mentally Sharp

NO DULL READING – April 24, 2021 - Okay, so we can blame excess inflammation for killing brain cells. How do we get them back? Actively working to fight off inflammation. This not only prevents neurons from dyi... Read More...

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Shining With the Brilliance of 1 Million Suns

WATCH – MORE SUNSCREEN PLEASE! – April 23, 2021 - The expanding shell of gas and dust that surrounds the star is about five light-years wide, which equals the distance from here to the nearest star beyond the Sun, P... Read More...

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Victims of Prescribed Harm Are Abandoned by Psychiatry

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – April 24, 2021 - I felt fortunate that I had the means to see a psychiatrist when I was 17. After my psychiatrist tapered me rapidly off Klonopin in approximately a week, my perceived lu... Read More...

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The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want

MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1968 - The Rolling Stones performing “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” From The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Recorded before a live audience in London in 1968, The Rolling St... Read More...

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Jerry Lee Albin, Who Found Sobriety After a Hard Life, Dies, 75

WHAT A LOVE STORY!!! – April 19, 2021 - They divorced in 1952; Mr. Albin’s mother cited “extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty.” Mr. Albin said his father had once shot his dog to teach a lesson. Jerry Lee le... Read More...

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Jack Osbourne celebrates 18 years: ‘It’s life on life’s terms’

STILL NEEDS ALANON – April 22, 2021 - Alongside a screenshot of an app which tracks his sobriety, he wrote: “It’s not that it get easier or harder, It’s just that it’s life on life’s terms. If anyone is trying to ge... Read More...

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Cost and value of opiate detoxification treatments

IT’S SIMPLE & IT’S COMPLICATED – April 23, 2021 - The difference is still clearly evident when comparisons are made of the full detoxification treatment packages. In our calculations, the costs of a 3-week in-pa... Read More...

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Is fear of opioids leaving patients in pain?

DOCTOR’S DILEMMA – April 23, 2021 - We heard from someone who has reached the end of his rope: “In June, I will have suffered from severe chronic pain for 28 years. I will be dead before then. My doctor has cut me b... Read More...

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New Yorkers ‘Just 4/24’ holiday to ‘celebrate in the name of sobriety’

LITTLE LATE for 2021, but GREAT IDEA! – April 20, 2021 - “Just for 24 is a day to celebrate your recovery and support your friends in recovery by having fun in the name of sobriety,” she added. She said that... Read More...

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Macklemore talks about his 2020 relapse to Dax Shepard: ‘The disease of addiction is crazy’

WATCH – BACK TO BASICS – April 20, 2021 - “I really, really resonated with the episode,” the 37-year-old songwriter expressed, adding how amazed he was by Shepard’s ability to be “vulnerable and honest” with hi... Read More...

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Lindsey’s father, Michael ‘the Body Broker’ Lohan arrested

FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMES EARLY – April 23, 2021 - Said Aronberg, “Mr. Lohan was investigated by our Sober Homes Task Force and he’s being charged with receiving kickbacks for referring patients to drug treatment. Pa... Read More...

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West Virginia overdose deaths set new record amid pandemic

WHEN WILL IT STOP? – April 22, 2021 - Data analysis published in the American Journal of Public Health, which analyzed overdose deaths across 31 states, found West Virginia’s increase during that month to be si... Read More...

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One saleswoman’s journey to sobriety and entrepreneurship

IMAGINATION – April 19, 2021 - From the outside, she said, she was keeping it all together, but internally, she said she realized she was “not doing so good.” But Taylor, who now considers herself in recover... Read More...

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How One Man Overcame His Drug Addictions by Faith

HIGHER POWER WORKS – April 22, 2021 - At the age of 20, Barr was held down by a group of friends while they injected heroin into his veins, which started his 22-year drug addiction. At the height of his addicti... Read More...

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Lindsay Lohan’s father Michael arrested for steering patients to rehab firms

WATCH – ALL IN A DAY'S WORK – April 23, 2021 - Said Aronberg, “Mr. Lohan was investigated by our Sober Homes Task Force and he’s being charged with receiving kickbacks for referring patients to drug treatment. Patie... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Greta Thunberg

“We can’t save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change – and it has to start today.” —Greta Thunberg ... Read More...

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OxyContin Owners Only Worth $11 Billion

LIVING BODY SNATCHERS – April 20, 2021 - Members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP are worth approximately $11 billion, documents released Tuesday by a congressional commit... Read More...

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Former Incarcerated, Drug Addict and Dealer Shares Story of Sobriety and Success

“YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, ANTHONY BROWN” – April 17, 2021 - Growing up in Ohio to a single mother who was an alcoholic and suffered from depression, Brown never met his father and was the victim of severe physical ab... Read More...

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Drug companies to finally face first opioid trial

MAKING MONEY BURYING OUR CHILDREN – April 16, 2021 - J&J in a statement called its marketing of the drugs “appropriate and responsible,” Israel-based Teva said it will defend itself against these “unproven ... Read More...

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From Yale to Wall Street to homelessness.

NOW HE’S RISING UP – April 17, 2021 - Lost his business, his home, the car he was living in, and landed on the streets of Los Angeles. For about six years, home for him and his common-law husband was a le... Read More...

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I’m Bipolar. Is Romance Off-Limits For me?

I LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY April 15, 2021 - I remember receiving my diagnosis clearly; it was May 2014. I was 33 years old. I was seated across from a man I’d never met before, after being involuntarily hospitalized.... Read More...

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Peer Workers, Better Outcomes

ONE ON ONE – April 3, 2021 - Peers are a growing workforce in behavioral health, with an estimated 30,000 or so workers employed nationwide. Additionally, over three-quarters of states reimburse peer services t... Read More...

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“Without sobriety, this album or this band wouldn’t exist.”

ROYAL BLOOD – April 16, 2021 - “There are people in my life now who have got sober, and now helping fucking crack addicts,” says Kerr. “It’s amazing. Someone reached out to me that way. I feel like I have a res... Read More...

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