Alcohol Awareness Month VIDEO – WE WARNED YOU – April 9, 2024 - This month is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of alcohol use and misuse. It also offers communities a chance to gain more understanding of how individua... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Kodak Black Celebrates Sobriety PILLFREE – April 8, 2024 - The Florida rapper said he’s the happiest he’s ever been since he began to work on his addiction to Percocets. “Bro, my average was 40 Percocets. I’m telling y’all this man. I ain’t ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehab
‘Terribly Strange to be 70’ by Anne Lamott WE ALL GET THERE – April 10, 2024 - In my teens, already drinking and drugging, I didn’t expect to see 21, Then at 32, I got clean and sober, the miracle of my life from which all other blessings f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
RAYE: Tiny Desk Concert video VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE INCLUDES MAY JANE – April 2023 - “I’m a songwriter for a living, okay. I usually have all the words but I’m genuinely speechless.” RAYE told the audience at her Tiny Desk. “All I’ve wanted... Read More...April 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Natalie Eva Marie’s Troubled Past, Addiction & Sobriety SOBERMANIA! – April 5, 2024 - Former WWE superstar Natalie Eva Marie dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player, but poor decisions led her down a dark path of addiction and alcohol abuse. “I feel like I was ju... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehab
Lily Allen Admits Her Secret to Staying Sober THE ORACLE SPEAKS – April 8, 2024 - The singer, 37, has always been candid about her drink and drug abuse, saying quitting alcohol and drugs was the best decision she had ever made. She has now been sober for ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoverysobriety
Philadelphia Foundation Award Grants to 13 Addiction Recovery Organizations BEST D.A. IN AMERICA – PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner awarded microgrants totaling over $357,000 to 13 addiction recovery groups as part of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New York is Ground Zero For Fentanyl Epidemic MAKE SUBOXONE FREE – April 4, 2024 - It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. Torren showed me how to connect to fentanyl dealers even on social media sites as apparently innocent as Instagram. He showed ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Psychodrama Therapy Gave Me 10 Years of Therapy in One Day TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT – April 3, 2024 - I sat in front of my “real father” as he stared right through me like he always does. “I don’t see you,” he said in a stern voice. “You never have,” I whispered quietly back. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental Health
Discovering Truth about Our Brains and Addiction IT’S ABOUT TIME – April 10, 2024 - Ronstroem hopes to help answer one critical question: how does drug abuse influence reward pathways in the brain? Specifically, his research focuses on uncovering how some dr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental Health
Kush Addicts Dig up Human Bones to Get High on Drug GOING TO ANY LENGTHS – April 6, 2024 - Our country is currently faced with an existential threat due to the ravaging impact of drugs and substance abuse, particularly the devastating synthetic drug kush,” Bio said. ... Read More...April 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Forced Drug Treatment Could Lead to More Fatal Overdoses NPR AUDIO – NO ONE FORCED THEM TO START – April 6, 2024 - More people suffering from drug addiction are being forced into drug treatment and threatened with prison if they don’t comply. Some say it’s “tough love.” Cr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRehab
96% of Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta and Data brokers HIPPA THIS – April 11, 2024 - Academics at the University of Pennsylvania analyzed a nationally representative sample of 100 non-federal acute care hospitals – essentially traditional hospitals with emergency ... Read More...April 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainternetintervention
The Mass Appeal of Anne Lamott SOBER ROLE MODEL – April 6, 2024 -I t will spoil nothing to tell you that Lamott closes “Somehow” with a quote from her favorite William Blake poem: “And we are put on earth a little space, that we may learn t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Kitty Noir Encourages Those Recovering from Addiction THE CAT’S MEOW – April 6, 2024 - “A lot of my fans in recovery say that, ‘You’re super inspiring.’ They feel like they can really connect with me on a deeper level since we’re both in recovery and kind of get it,” Ji... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Alaska to Post Cancer Risks Warning on Booze WHY NOT EVERYWHERE? – April 5, 2024 - House Bill 298, would require businesses that sell alcoholic beverages post signs warning of the cancer link. The cancer message would augment the currently required messa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoverysobriety
Quote of the Week – Richard Feynman “I would rather have questions that cannot be answered, than answers that cannot be questioned.” – Richard Feynman, b.1918 NY – d.1988 CA ... Read More...April 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
Crisis of Alcoholism Surging in the US IT’S CHEAP ENOUGH – April 2, 2024 - The CDC is trying, desperately, it seems, to pound a square peg into a round hole, blaming COVID-19 for a surge in alcohol use and ignoring a glaring problem with the evidence. Tha... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehab
These Were Amy Winehouse’s Tragic Final Words SUPERSTARS DIE TOO – Feb. 10, 2024 - Amy Winehouse was tipsy but still able to hold a conversation. Dr. Christina Romete, the soulful British pop singer’s general practitioner, had been treating Winehous... Read More...Alcohol AddictionApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyOverdoseRecovery
Time to Fight Digital Addiction in Kids OR IS IT TOO LATE? – March 30, 2024 - American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis that is driven, in large part, by how much of their day is spent online. The numbers are horrifying: r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Dietitian Influencers Promote Junk Foods and Discourage Weight Loss BIG PHARMA, BIG FOOD, BIG LIES – April 3, 2024 - Jaye Rochon struggled to lose weight for years. But she felt as if a burden had lifted when she discovered YouTube influencers advocating “health at every size” — urgi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction
Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids SOUL DAMAGE – March 31, 2024 - “We’ve never seen anything like this. There’s massive evidence of harm,” Jonathan Haidt says. “It happened in many countries at the same time, at a specific point in time: the mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024cell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Marian Keyes on How The Best-loved Novelist Beat Alcoholism BRAINS AND FINESSE – March 30, 2024 - She has been famous, and sober – and married to Tony Baines – for exactly half her life. ‘I was always told when I got to 40, I wouldn’t care about other people’s opinions,’ s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehab
I Stopped Drinking for Three Months and It’s Not as Simple as the Internet Says OR IS IT? – March 29, 2024 - A quick search for sober motivation will send you off on a stream of brightly coloured listicles that advise making plans that don’t involve alcohol, spending time with friends who ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Sunday Brunch Star Gaby Roslin’s Whirlwind Romance – Grief and Sobriety IT’S ALL IN THE GAME – March 31, 2024 - Gaby, who first found fame in 1992 on The Big Breakfast, revealed last year that she completely cut alcohol out of her life - and she has never looked back. It’s been ov... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Anthony Kim Details Issues With Addiction and ‘Scam Artists’ WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE HOLE – April 3, 2024 - “Golf is important to me and not important to me at the same time,” Kim said. “I’ve had some very dark moments. I’ve had some very low moments. I felt very alone, even w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Former Users and Experts Debate Kratom WORTH DISCUSSING – March 29, 2024 - After struggling with alcoholism for two years, Aaron thought that trying out kratom as an alternative to drinking – as suggested by the ad he saw on Instagram – seemed like a good... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ranch Offers Love and Shelter to Children Impacted by Addiction Epidemic CALM IN THE STORM – Feb. 10, 2024 - Children can often be the overlooked victims of the drug epidemic, with some kids losing one or both parents to drug addiction. “At full capacity, we see possibly 50 childre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hopes to End the Stigma of Addiction VIDEO ONLY – IT’S ABOUT TIME – March 29, 2024 - New campaign hopes to end the stigma of addiction. CONTINUE@WFMJ ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Screen Time Addiction Needs to be Dealt with NOW DISTRACTIONS FROM ONESELF – April 1, 2024 - Getting addicted is the most logical thing for the brain to do. Sure, accomplishing a goal such as finishing an economics chapter, or going to the gym, would release... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMental HealthSmartphone Addiction