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You got sober? Good for you, but we can’t date

ESSAY/OPINION/AL-ANON SHARE – March 27, 2021 - My brilliant and weirdly eccentric father, who I thought was the most interesting man in the world, indulged in a combo of pills and alcohol. Even as a teenager... Read More...

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Marti Pellow: ‘Every day I punch addiction in the face!

WATCH – SINGING SOBER – March 29, 2021 - Of all the pop stars, Pellow seemed such an unlikely addict – so clean-cut, bouncy and upbeat. After being outed by the tabloids in 1999, he never denied his problems. B... Read More...

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‘I’m more worried about my mental health than getting COVID-19’

SICK OF SCHOOL – April 1, 2021 - Campbell Stowell, another first-year student, reiterated these worries. “My depression and anxiety are at their peak,” said Stowell, describing how the simplest of tasks such as... Read More...

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This Is Your Brain on Junk Food

HAPPY AS HELL – March 25, 2021 - “I had tried to avoid the word addiction when I was writing ‘Salt Sugar Fat,’” he said. “I thought it was totally ludicrous. How anyone could compare Twinkies to crack cocaine w... Read More...

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RHONY’s Leah McSweeney Celebrates 1 Year of Sobriety

A YEAR IS A YEAR, WELL DONE – March 30, 2021 - She continued, “When I found out that I was in fact going to be on the show I thought to myself that it may be a good time to stop drinking again but it was much t... Read More...

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Paige talks about her sobriety

WRESTLING FOR LIFE – April 1, 2021 - “Honestly, the drug thing, (stopping drugs), kind of happened when I got the call that I could go back to WWE because that lifted my spirits a lot. I was like, ‘Damn, well, ... Read More...

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Stimulus money fueling addictions

WATCH – BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD – April 1, 2021 - She said the correlation became clearer when checks rolled out. Some people relapsed or would stop showing up for treatment. “Engagement specialists, recovery c... Read More...

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The Guest House: Ocala’s best kept secret

HEALING AND HOPE – April 2021 - The Guest House, located on a rustic estate in Silver Springs, has been in operation since 2016. It is one of the nation’s leading centers for treating addiction and destructive ... Read More...

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“Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness’

CATCH HER IF YOU CAN – April 2, 2021 - Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale Of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness is a true story, laced with wicked humor and much pathos, of Mary Goggin’s Irish Catholic upbringing... Read More...

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Film about addiction made by people in recovery

THREE BULL-MASTIFFS IN A CORNER KITCHEN – April 2, 2021 - Like a pea pushed down a snowy mountain, is how Sam Batley describes his spiral into addiction. From the age of 15, his consumption of substances gained... Read More...

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Minnesota band “Communist Daughter” embrace new Alaska home

WATCH & LISTEN – BEING SOBER IS VERY COOL – April 2, 2021 - After almost a decade of steady touring and hustling to make their harmonious indie-rock group Communist Daughter one of Minnesota’s great shoulda-been... Read More...

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Man accused of ‘body brokering’, kickbacks from sober living homes in Orange County

BUSINESS OF GREED – March 30, 2021 - Prosecutors say more than $350,000 in suspected kickbacks were paid to Moore by the sober living home operators. The money was “covered up by bogus contracts for ‘marketing’... Read More...

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Q&A with Amy Dresner, Best-Selling Author

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 6, 2021 - Amy Dresner is a journalist, author and former comedian as well as a recovering addict and alcoholic. She was a regular columnist for the addiction/recovery magazine Th... Read More...

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Ernest Hemingway: How Mental Illness Plagued Writer & Family

A FAREWELL TO SANITY – April 1, 2021 - He also had a fraught relationship with his mother, who dressed Hemingway as a girl when he was a child. Hemingway’s third wife, journalist Martha Gellhorn, would later at... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During Covid-19

LISTEN – HUNGRY GHOSTS – April 1, 2021 - The White House plan drew praise from Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., who represents one of the states hit hardest by the opioid epidemic. “I have long pushed to expand ... Read More...

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George Floyd could change how we talk about drug abuse and Black Americans

WATCH – LONG OVERDUE CONVERSATION – April 3, 2021 - As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, Floyd, the father of two young daughters, started using again: he lost his job as a nightclub security gu... Read More...

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‘Jackass’ team ‘tortured’ me with 90-day rehab stint’ says: Bam Margera

WATCH – 18 DIFFERENT JAGGED LITTLE PILLS – April 2, 2021 - “What’s the point of a $5 million contract that I have to walk on eggshells and jump through your hoops — which is already impossible — to obey if I’m dead?... Read More...

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Alcohol really does go straight to the head!

IT’S SO CLOSE TO THE MOUTH – March 27, 2021 - The old adage claiming alcohol “goes straight to the head” is actually true according to new research. Scientists say booze breaks down in the brain, rather than th... Read More...

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Drug treatment should be incentivized, NOT forced

LISTEN – ATTRACTION NOT COERCION – MARCH 31, 2021 - The Washington Post has been running a series about reimagining public safety, and one of the guest columnists is Kassandra Frederique, the executive director of t... Read More...

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ADDICTION TREATMENT: DISASTER LOOMING

SYSTEMATIC BREAKDOWN – March 24, 2021 - In a spectacular display of stigma related to the disease of addiction and its treatment, there has not been a rush to expand capacity, address decades of old workforce s... Read More...

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Safer injection facilities are a much-needed weapon in the opioid epidemic

DEATH REDUCTION – April 3, 2021 - Doctors or nurses based at SIFs provide treatment or give referrals to treatment for people with opioid addiction. In my work as a buprenorphine doctor, many of my patients say... Read More...

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I’m a mom who drank daily during COVID-19

WATCH – TIME TO WINE DOWN – April 2, 2021 - Between 2019 into 2020, reports of women binge drinking rose amid the COVID-19 pandemic -- now many, particularly mothers, say they’re reevaluating their relationship... Read More...

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“Another Round”—A Nuanced Picture of Our Relationships With Alcohol

ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD...TO REHAB – April 1, 2021 - Martin is initially the most hesitant of his pals, but soon he’s discreetly taking sips of vodka at school. He delivers a passionate, welcomed lecture about dr... Read More...

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New York State of Mind…Altering Substances

MORE THAN A SPIKE LEE JOINT – March 31, 2021 - Anyone with a previous marijuana conviction that would now be legal under the law will have the rap expunged or be re-sentenced. And New Yorkers will now be legall... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Diane Ackerman

“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” —Diane Ackerman ... Read More...

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Veteran Surprised With New Car For Graduating Program

HAPPY TEARJERKER – March 23, 2021 - Thomas was convicted of crimes that led to probation. He said he served in the Navy for seven years and had PTSD and anxiety. He said at one point he tried to kill himself by... Read More...

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The Rise of Therapy-Speak

“HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?” – March 26, 2021 - Perhaps the language of mental health is burgeoning because actual mental health is declining. According to one report, nineteen per cent of adults ex... Read More...

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‘Recovery Café’ opens to help people struggling with addiction

SOBRIETY IS ON THE MENU – March 25, 2021 - Glass explained she had been addicted to several different drugs for 19 years, including pain killers, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. She said she has now been... Read More...

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Michael Douglas: “I don’t wish the ‘experience’ on anybody”

“I AM AL-ANON” – MARCH 25, 2021 - Michael Douglas is opening up about one of his biggest struggles as a father. Speaking to AARP the Magazine, the “Wall Street” actor, 76, got candid about son Cameron’s drug ab... Read More...

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