Holidays Bring Challenges for People Battling Addiction VIDEO – LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION – ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecovery
‘Corrupt practices’ by Drug-Treatment Provider Endangered Public GO TELL IT TO THE JUDGE – Nov. 29, 2024 - Rainier Recovery, which runs centers in Lakewood, Gig Harbor and Puyallup, is accused of altering patient records to maximize profits and employing unqualified staff, accordi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Lily Allen never ‘had sex’ with anyone ‘not drunk’… THEM OR HER? – Nov. 30, 2024 - The “Smile” singer confessed she’s never “had sex” with a partner “not drunk” until she married her current husband, “Stranger Things” star David Harbour. “We don’t really talk... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 10 2024
Breaking Down Stigmas Around Addiction TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 4, 2024 - Stigmas can result in poor mental health, physical harm, lack of understanding and fewer opportunities. I saw this firsthand with my brother and the stigmas that were put onto h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Native Youth Connect To Break Cycles of Addiction FOLLOW YOUR ROOTS – Nov. 30, 2024 - The boys, who range in age from 12 to 17, are part of a 90-day youth residential treatment program, a Portland-based nonprofit founded in 1970 to provide culturally competent addic... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘A Want in Her’ Review: A Daughter’s Shattering Testament to Her Mother’s Alcoholism MUST SEE – Nov. 21, 2023 - In her extraordinary debut feature, Irish artist and filmmaker Myrid Carten fixes her camera, when possible, on her erratic, alcoholic mother Nuala —On a busy Belfast shopping street, in br... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Popular Musician Shares Sobriety Struggle EVERYTHING’S DIFFERENT – Nov. 26, 2024 - It’s been four years and five months since Sam Tutanuak of Rankin Inlet had a drink of alcohol or a puff of marijuana. Tutanuak, 57, who now resides in Iqaluit, said believ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024
Catholics in Recovery AUDIO – THE HIGHEST POWER – Nov. 25, 2024 - Catholic in Recovery is “a nonprofit organization that seeks to serve those suffering from addictions and unhealthy attachments,” such as alcohol and drug abuse, gambling, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Suits’ Patrick J. Adams Sober After “Drinking Too Much” AND TOO OFTEN – Nov. 26, 2024 - “I was still trying to live my life as a 25-year-old and doing my patterns of like how I would numb myself, take care of myself and deal with my insecurity and my fears,” he explained.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024Interview
Why Aren’t More People Talking About America’s Alcoholism? AUDIO – DENIAL? – Nov. 29, 2024 - I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her, seven people in our extended family, i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Reverend Richard Coles ‘Destroyed’ by Husband’s Fatal Alcoholism at 43 SADNESS ALL AROUND – Nov. 20, 2024 - Richard tragically lost his husband, fellow priest David, 43, to alcoholism in December 2019 - nine years after they married - and said part of him had been destroyed by the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Long Ring Fingers Can Point To a Love For Alcohol BIG THUMB FOR TRAVELERS? – Nov. 26, 2024 - Your hands may hold the key to why you enjoy a drink so much. Researchers found relationships between high alcohol consumption and long 4th digits relative to 2nd digits. Th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Kate Middleton Speaks Up for People with Addiction ‘Recovery Is Possible’ ROYALTY OUT LOUD – Nov. 28, 2024 - In a message penned in support of Addiction Awareness Week, the Princess of Wales said that progress is being made in tackling the prejudice and stigma around addiction and urged pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Zebra striping’: is this the best way to drink alcohol? HALF MEASURES INDEED – Nov. 27, 2024 - Lapping up booze nervously with my tongue, in case a crocodile jumps out and eats me. Oh, then no, this isn’t what zebra-striping is at all. But congratulations on remaining une... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024sobriety
Flavor Flav Sends Message About Being Mindful of Friends on Their ‘Sobriety Journey’ This Holiday Season HAPPY! NOT HIGH! – Nov. 27, 2024 - “Mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference,” said the rapper, who just celebrated 4 years sober. “Since my bestie has been sober, I always have stuff to make moc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousbuprenorphineCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024sobriety
Sobriety on Thanksgiving: ‘It’s Got a Holiday Built in’ VIDEO – TOASTING WITH TURKEY – Nov. 22, 2024 - Ashley McBryde is feeling proud — for good reason. The 41-year-old country star attended and performed at the 2024 CMA Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 26 2024Recoverysobriety
Charles Kelley Says Getting Sober Was the ‘Best Decision I’ve Ever Made in My Life’ SINGING A NEW SONG – Nov. 15, 2024 - Lady A singer Charles Kelley is looking back on the moment he decided to give up drinking in Hulu’s new docuseries It’s All Country. “Success is a double-edged sword, for sure. Yo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 26 2024
High-Functioning Alcoholic Beat Addiction and Overcame Bulimia THE LIFT SHE NEEDED – Nov. 17, 2024 - Even after her friends found her passed out on the bathroom floor during a free-flow brunch at a restaurant, Julie Landau thought she could carry on drinking. It took a second... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 26 2024RecoveryRehab
Dawn Holland Pleads Not Guilty of $300,000 Embezzlement Charges AUDIO – EVIDENCE? – Nov. 15, 2024 - Ms. Holland, the founder and former executive director of the sober living rehabilitation facility DAWNS House in Bend, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to allegedly em... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tulsa Woman Celebrates 3.5 Years of Recovery with Heartfelt Photo Shoot PRETTY PICTURES – Nov. 15, 2024 - The light didn’t come instantly. Crystle Moore had to fight to get away from the darkness she carried for most of her life. “I was still very angry, depressed, and I had so much f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Brittanie Averill On Joys of No Alcohol and Following Your Food Dreams AUDIO – NOT SOBER SOBER – Nov. 17, 2024 - This woman loves preparing all kinds of food. She attributes much of her success and happiness to being sober from alcohol, which she and her husband, Steve, became on Jan. 1... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 26 2024
The Delicate Path of Treating Doctors ROMANCE IMBALANCE – NOV. 11, 2024 - THE DARKEST moment in Courtney Barrows McKeown’s path to recovery came when she considered driving over a bridge. As she tells it, she had been drinking from a bottle of wine and c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024
Grateful for Alcoholics Anonymous WE ALL ARE – Nov. 2024 - Dear Annie: I’m writing in response to your column about the woman whose marriage had become strained due to her husband’s drinking. Kudos for emphasizing that he needs Alcoholics Anonymous, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousNov 26 2024
Happy Birthday Bill Wilson VIDEO – HE IS THE MAN – Nov. 26, 2024 - Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee c/o Stamp Development U.S. Postal Service 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 3300 Washing... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 26 2024
Denzel Washington Reveals 10 Years Sobriety After Alcoholism Bout HIGH FUNCTIONING – Nov. 20, 2024 - “Wine is very tricky. It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, all of a sudden,” he added, talking about his vice. “I never got strung out on heroin. Never got strung out on coke. Never... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 26 2024
15 Incredible Films With Gut-Wrenchingly Depictions of Alcoholism DON’T MISS THESE – 2023 - 1. “Barfly” (1987) Directed by Barbet Schroeder and based on the life of poet Charles Bukowski, “Barfly” is a darkly comic, semi-autobiographical account of Bukowski’s ye struggling writer. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 19 2024
Why Rider Strong Hated Filming The Infamous Alcoholic Episode JUST AS HANDSOME NOW – Nov. 12, 2024 - Boy Meets World is one of those classic shows that’s become even more popular due to streaming. Amid that, the show has been re-evaluted, with series cast members Danielle Fishe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 19 2024
Big Bill Recalls His Struggles With Alcoholism BEATING THE BOTTLE – Nov. 13, 2024 - AEW star Big Bill appeared on Talk Is Jericho to discuss a number of topics, including his struggles with alcoholism and hitting rock bottom after he was let go by WWE. Bill said,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 19 2024
Some Addicts Use Suboxone To Get High WHY NOT? – Nov. 14, 2024 - Officer Keith Graves said he’s watched addicts on the streets of San Francisco use a spoon to melt down Suboxone, “stick a syringe into that orange, goopy mess, and then inject it into thei... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 19 2024
She Ran The NYC Marathon Drunk. Intentionally! IS THAT FAIR? – Nov. 15, 2024 - Justine Huang, 26, ran the New York City Marathon drunk — and she has no regrets. Huang said she likes to push herself, but drinking to the point of being unable to break any records r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousNov 19 2024