Rob Lowe In “Recovery Club” With His Sober Son LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON – April 3, 2023 - “As any parent will tell you, the relationship that a teenager, 20-something, has with drugs and alcohol, it’s a precarious one,” Rob said. “All you can do is lead by exa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Designer Honors Sobriety Through Her Designs VIDEO – OUR DESIGN FOR LIVING – April 5, 2023 - She spent her 20s working in fashion and soaking up Brooklyn’s social scene. “I was not able to turn it off, it eventually led me to be drinking at my jobs,” said M... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Addiction Recovery and Relapse IT CAN BE A PROCESS – April 3, 2023 - Though the statistics vary depending on the addiction, they show that between 40 and 85 percent of individuals relapse and return to using within one year of treatment. Mor... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehabrelapse
Running Club Welcomes Anyone Impacted By Addiction VIDEO – ONE RUN AT A TIME – April 4, 2023 - “I’m in recovery myself. It’s been a couple of years plus, and it’s just been such an amazing experience. Just a sense of community I’ve never experienced,” said Boston Bu... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Stress Awareness Month: How to Cope and Improve Health APRIL SHOWERS? – April 4, 2023 - Stress is defined as physical, mental or emotional strain or tension, and long-term stress has harmful impacts on a person’s mental and physical health. It has many similar symp... Read More...April 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecovery
Bad Sleep Doubles Risk of Killer Lung Disease SNOOZE OR LOSE – April 4, 2023 - The Biobank study set out to see whether the poor sleep and insomnia people with asthma often report, has an impact on the risk of having asthma or not, and whether quality sleep redu... Read More...April 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMental HealthTrauma
Exercise Addiction Isn’t a Myth RUNNER’S HIGH – April 4, 2023 - There is abundant research on exercise addiction (EA), also called “exercise dependence,” in triathletes. One study of 1,285 triathletes found that 20% showed signs of EA, and th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainternetlife expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Doctor Sentenced For Writing ‘medically unnecessary’ Opioid Prescriptions VIDEO – NOT REALLY A HEALER – April 4, 2023 - A former Baton Rouge doctor has been sentenced after evidence at trial revealed he wrote “medically unnecessary” prescriptions for large amounts of opioids, authorities s... Read More...April 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Bold Efforts to Improve Access to Treatment for Opioid Addicts LET THEM IN – April 4, 2023 - Currently in the United States only three medications are indicated for the treatment of OUD. Buprenorphine is the only one that is routinely dispensed by community pharmacists with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Recovery High Schools Help Kids Overcome Addiction HIGHER EDUCATION NOT HIGH – April 4, 2023 - The students attend Colorado’s only recovery high school — one of 43 nationwide. These schools are designed for students who are recovering from substance use disorder and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Texas Has Declared War on Fentanyl and It’s Making the Same Deadly Mistakes. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF – April 4, 2023 - In his February State of the State address, Governor Greg Abbott made addressing the fentanyl crisis an emergency item in this year’s legislative session. Stating that Texas D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
White Supremacists, Fentanyl and Meth DRUG CULTURE IN RED STATES? – April 4, 2023 - The alleged leader of the drug trafficking organization is Jesse James Bailey. Bailey and his cohorts allegedly trafficked huge amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylmethOverdose
Getting Sober Drawing Rabbits MOVE OVER BLINKY – Jan. 23, 2023 - The 1978 animated film Watership Down comes to mind. The film follows a group of animated rabbits on a bloody journey across the English countryside, and likely still lingers ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
12 Artists Who Have Chosen Sobriety VIDEO – AND THE WORK GOT BETTER – April 2023 - Anthony Kiedis is the life of the party no matter what’s in his system and thankfully the artist has been sober now for several decades. But when that was not the case, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Has Lamar Odom Become Betty Ford: I Found My Purpose With Rehab Centers VIDEO – LAMAR MAKES AN ASSIST – April 3, 2023 - Lamar Odom is sharing how he turned his pain into purpose by investing in drug treatment centers ... saying he couldn’t be happier to help others and save lives around... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Covid Vaccine Maker, Johnson & Johnson to pay $8.9 Billion for Knowingly Selling Talc Products That Caused Cancers POWDERS CAN KILL – April 4, 2023 - The company announced the proposed settlement in a securities filing. J&J’s subsidiary LTL Management also refiled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its first attempt w... Read More...April 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancer
From Orgasms to Overdoses AND BACK AGAIN – April 6, 2023 - he Lost Women of Science podcast is made for the ear. We aim to make our transcripts as accurate as possible, but some errors may have occurred nonetheless. In addition, important asp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecovery
Build a Better Brain Through Art AUDIO – THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON ART – April 3, 2023 - “Creativity is making new connections, new synapses,” says Ivy Ross, vice president of hardware design at Google and co-author of Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Tr... Read More...April 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMental Health
Jennifer Lopez Launches New Alcoholic Beverage called ‘Ben’s Next Relapse’? BUT IT’S OK FOR DANNY TREJO? – April 6, 2023 - In an Instagram video Tuesday, Lopez announced her new brand of flavored spritz cocktails, called Delola. “I have been grinding nonstop for decades, and more and more, I... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehab
Guaynaa Reveals He Struggled with Drug Addiction, Now SOBER VIDEO – AND MARRIED TOO! – March 31, 2023 - The “Si te Nota” singer did not reveal what drug he was addicted to. Guaynaa got clean when he was getting to know Pons, who sat with tears in her eyes as he told his... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
How Much Trauma from ‘staggering’ Church Sex Abuses? VIDEO – WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT FRIDAY – April 5, 2023 - The report paints a damning picture of the archdiocese, which is the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the country and spans much of Maryland. Some parishes, scho... Read More...April 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionTrauma
‘Gaming is Proven to be as Addictive as Cocaine!’ VIDEO – SUPER MARIO BROS. CUT THEIR PERUVIAN – April 4, 2023 - ‘You are giving your kid access to stuff that is proven to be as addictive as cocaine, not everybody has active parents!’ ‘As much as I sympathise th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionRecoveryRehabSmartphone Addiction
‘Sober Seder’ Helps Jews in Recovery Experience Freedom CHAG SAMEACH! – April 2, 2023 - In the age of smart phones and internet, your Seder-booking experience is breeze. Yet, those who are in treatment centers may have a hard time experiencing the “freedom” of attending a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 4 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
California to Seek Beds for Mental Health, Drug Treatment FREE FALLING – March 19, 2023 - California, home to nearly 40 million people, has nearly one-third of the nation’s homeless population, and their numbers are growing much faster than in other states, according ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Another Inspirational Story VIDEO – SOBRIETY IS CONTAGIOUS – March 19, 2023 - “I was on probation for some pretty serious felonies and if I revoked I was going to go back for a long time,” said Coleman. “My drug addiction was really strong. I w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Burnout Among Harm Reduction Workers THE FRONT LINE IS DANGEROUS – March 20, 2023 - There are a great many things a person could be doing every day, Graham continued, but never enough time to do them all. So harm reduction workers and community organiza... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
Drug Addiction and Adverse Childhood Experiences NOT A TEST YOU WANT TO ACE – March 27, 2023 - Despite her outward successes, a number of unresolved adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) created vulnerabilities for Malory. Mal was raised by a loving single mot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Addict Shares Recovery Journey at Packed High School Auditorium VIDEO – EDUCATION THAT SAVES LIVES – March 20, 2023 - Lawson says he grew up in a broken home raised by his mother and grandmother, he has never met his father. He says he tried to fill the void by turning ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Zero-Calorie Sweetener Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death VIDEO – HOW SWEET IT ISN’T – Feb. 28, 2023 - People with existing risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes, were twice as likely to experience a heart attack or stroke if they had the highest levels of eryth... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictioninternetlife expectancyTrauma
Beethoven Died of Alcoholism, Promiscuity and VD WORKING FROM HOME WILL DO IT EVERY TIME – March 23, 2023 - Despite being a child prodigy, by the time he was 28 he had reported his first hearing problems. Whether Beethoven contracted syphilis has been debated... Read More...Alcohol AddictionApril 4 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerlife expectancyMental Health