Teacher Shines at School and Sober Living Facility GIVING BACK TO KIDS & PARENTS – Nov. 29, 2023 - During an OKC Thunder home game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Ginger Allen was brought onto the court and identified as the Teacher of the Game. Ginger sai... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Antique Store Forced to Sell Because of Rampant Drug Use Nearby NO SOLUTION? – Nov. 29, 2023 - Banks refuse to lend to a local business based on the state of San Francisco. Owner Mark Sackett said his venue, which is also an antique store, is being auctioned off because... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and Addiction
We Must Redefine Our Understanding of Addiction REALLY, A MENTAL ILLNESS? – Dec. 1, 2023 - Substance use stimulates profound changes within the brain—it alters the operation of neurotransmitters by interfering with the way neurons send, receive, and process... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Melissa Etheridge’s son died from opioids: ‘He made his choices’ OR DID HE? – Nov. 29, 2023 - Melissa Etheridge has opened up about coping with her son’s death. The Grammy winning singer, 62, lost her oldest son, Beckett Cypher, at 21 in 2020 from causes related to... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
The Brain on Opioids WILLIAM BURROUGHS – Nov. 19, 2023 - In recent years, the opioid epidemic has surged to alarming proportions, casting a shadow over communities worldwide. This crisis, fueled by an increase in the prescription of opio... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – Dec. 3, 2023 - Kelly Clarkson sings... WATCH@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKDj5iNBtTc ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023grammy winner
23 Cool Gift Gadgets for Christmas CHRISTMAS IS COMING – Dec. 1, 2023 - Holiday shopping driving you crazy? It’s not easy trying to find the right gift for every one! It’s also harder this year because so many shops have closed due to the pandemic ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023internet
What’s behind the rise in ‘fake heroin’? DRUG LAWS? – Dec. 1, 2023 - The number of deaths relating to use of synthetic opioids like nitazene, fentanyl, and xylazine are on the rise — here’s what you need to know. Nitazene is a synthetic opioid similar to fe... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addiction
Vaping Makes Kids Nicotine Addicted JUST FOR STARTERS – Nov. 30, 2023 - Vaping a nicotine pod can provide more of the addictive substance than smoking a pack of cigarettes. Anyone vaping a nicotine-laced pod of Juul will be taking in 30 milligrams.&nbs... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and AddictionjuulnicotinesmokingVaping
Emmy-Nominated Actor Ed Begley Jr. to Receive Experience, Strength, and Hope Award AUDIO – WRITE ON! – Nov. 30, 2023 - The Writers in Treatment organization will present Emmy-nominated actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr the Experience, Strength, and Hope Award at the Skirball Cultural Ce... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 5 2023Experience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsGuest HouseLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery AdvocateWriters In Treatment
Robert Downey Jr.: Biography, Family, Addiction, Education and Career A STAR WAS REBORN – Nov. 28, 2023 - Robert Downey Jr., born on April 4, 1965, in Manhattan, New York City, comes from a family with deep ties to the entertainment industry. His father, Robert Downey Sr., was a filmma... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Grief: The Interruption of Everything! PERFECT DEFINITION – Nov. 23, 2023 - Overdoses, addiction, and recovery are all things that happen throughout the year, but during the holidays many are faced with a make-or-break decision. Many times, it reve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Mental Health
Mayor Admits Alcohol Problem: ‘I am a flawed person’ WHO ISN’T? – Nov. 29, 2023 - Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has admitted she has a drinking problem after another incident of drunken behaviour in public. The admission follows questions by RNZ about what happened a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023
Why the DSM Is Mostly False MORE THAN MEDS – Nov. 28, 2023 - In psychoanalysis, little importance was given to diagnosis, unlike the medical tradition. Diagnoses were ‘labels,’ mere shorthand categories for communication. They weren’t ‘real’ an... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023interventionMental HealthRecovery
Listen to a Different Approach Supporting Those With Addiction AUDIO – WWJD? – Nov. 30, 2023 - Almost one-third of adults in the U.S. say they, or someone in their family, have been addicted to opioids. Often, families have been encouraged to use a “tough love” approach ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Meditation Improves Seniors’ Psychological Well-being FOCUSED ON FREEDOM – Dec. 1, 2023 - The longest randomized meditation training trial ever conducted did find meditation significantly boosted a global score of well-being dimensions of awareness, connection an... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023life expectancyMental Health
Once a Homeless Addict, Mayor Takes On Drug Crises HE CAN RELATE – Nov. 25, 2023 - “For 17 years, I was an absolutely horrible individual,” said Carter, the mayor of Oshawa, Ontario. “Horrible individual. I lied, cheated, stole.” Homeless and addicted to drugs ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
I Was Stuck in the ‘Alcohol Matrix’ GETS FULLY AWAKE – Dec. 2, 2023 - I grew up poor in the Midwest, but I went on to become a model with a doctoral degree in psychology. I retired early by investing in income properties around the United States... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 5 2023RecoveryRehab
I Was Diagnosed as a Love Addict OF LIFE? – Nov. 29, 2023 - When I was in my mid-twenties, I sat myself in the consulting room of a steely therapist, who told me that I was doing everything wrong when it came to love. For me, she said, love was all ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 5 2023interventionMental HealthRecoverySexual Addiction
Reporting on Addiction Accurately VIDEO – AND SOBERLY? – Nov. 27, 2023 - The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed, harmful coverage of opioid use disorder and the people and communitie... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
Quote of the Week – Lewis Carroll “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Alice in Wonderland ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023quote of the week
Millie Mackintosh Marks 15 Months! ‘It’s the best thing I’ve ever done for my mental health’ MMMM – Nov. 23, 2023 - Millie posted a series of photos of herself taken around the time of her life-changing decision to her 1.3 million followers. The Quality Street heiress accompanied the images with a lengthy de... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 28 2023
DEEP PURPLE’s GLENN HUGHES Celebrates 26 Years Sober VIDEO – CLASSIC SOBRIETY – Nov. 23, 2023 - “Celebrating 26 years of continued sobriety today. I am one of the lucky ones in all aspects of life, and I’m sending all my love to those who still suffer. Have a happy T... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 28 2023
Clare Kennedy’s Street Recovery Coffee Shop (and food) VIDEO – IT’S OPEN AND NEEDS SUPPORT – Nov. 2023 - Our Recovery Coffee Shop will provide a friendly, safe and sober space for people to be introduced to how to recover from addiction from our volunteers with lived ex... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rehabs Prey on Addicts Trapped in the ‘Florida Shuffle’ VIDEO – WHEN HEALING IS SO PROFITABLE – Nov. 24, 2023 - “We go on a cycle of like traveling from place, to place, to place, to place until I had gone to like at least 24 facilities,” she said. Jaynes had unknowingly ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘American Nightmare’: How 30 Unlicensed Sober Homes Almost Took Over a Community VIDEO – LIKE AN INFESTATION? – Nov. 20, 2023 - “At one point, there was like a person passed out sleeping at the park, needles everywhere, beer cans, and again, the neighborhood has been around for six months at th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘I landed on love’: A Different Approach to Addiction AUDIO – FATHERS LOVE SONS – Nov. 20, 2023 - Ken and his now late wife Barbara turned to support groups for loved ones of people with substance use disorders. The meetings helped them find resources about treatment an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 28 2023RecoveryRehab
Psychiatry Specialist Breaks Down Addiction/Recovery VIDEO – A DOCTORS OPINION – Nov. 20, 2023 - For many dealing with addiction, it can be difficult to admit there is a problem and that they need help. Even when they seek help, it may take several attempts before th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Colts Owner Jim Irsay Says Overdose Almost Killed Him THE END ZONE THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM – Nov. 20, 2023 - Irsay, who has spoken candidly in the past about his battles with drugs and alcohol, made the revelation in an interview with Andrea Kremer for HBO’s ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 28 2023OverdoseRecoveryRehab
As Families and Friends Gather, I’m Thankful for Two Years of Sobriety PRECIOUS TIMES – Nov. 23, 2023 - When I drank, it was epic. Humility aside – if there is such a thing about humbly telling drunk stories – I was the quintessential partier. I was that way all my life, from my “hit ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousNov 28 2023RecoveryRehab