12 Step Program

THE AGE OF SUPERABUNDANCE

DESPERATELY SEEKING DOPAMINE –    June 19, 2020 - The assembly line, processing power, and Amazon Prime have not only…

3 years ago

Sobriety Challenges: ‘To Say It’s Been Easy Would Be Lie’

WATCH – RIGOROUS HONESTY –    June 30, 2021 - Before posting the full video, Burke shared a teaser on…

3 years ago

My Lonely Quest to Change How We See Addiction by Stanton Peele

A SCIENTIST ON THE EDGE –    June 9, 2021 - But he also opposes the ostensibly humane but actually…

3 years ago

The War Within Drug Treatment

JUST STAY ALIVE –  June 23, 2021 - Now, some are embracing a new approach to treatment – harnessing the…

3 years ago

Addiction treatment needs more empathy for LGBTQ+ community

WATCH – BE KIND TO HUMANKIND –  June 24, 2021 - The National Institutes of Health says people who identify…

3 years ago

Goodbye happy hour? Changing workplace culture to support recovery

LAST CALL? –    June 23, 2021 - And while other populations of employees — such as LGBTQ or BIPOC…

3 years ago

Ryan O’Connell’s life improved 100% after one year sober

EVERY DAY IS SPECIAL –  June 24, 2021 - “One year ago today I quit drinking,” O’Connell wrote, in a…

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Mental health, Addiction & COVID-19

WATCH – CO-OCCURING SOLUTIONS –    June 23, 2021 - Mental health cases have grown in recent months: 41.5 percent…

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Parents at Highest Risk for Using Drugs & Alcohol to Cope

MOMMY AND DADDY’S LITTLE HELPER –  June 24, 2021 - “American parents have struggled with professional and family-related strain, disruption…

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Hold the Tequila. The Sunrise Is All Some Travelers Need.

HANGING OUT WITHOUT THE HANGOVER –  June 24, 2021 - One year into the coronavirus pandemic, after months of gaining…

3 years ago

“Love Without Martinis” by Chantal Jauvin

BOOK REVIEW - ASCENDING TO A BETTER RELATIONSHIP –    Review by Michaela Baxter June 18, 2021 - In her…

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Governor donates salary for addictions treatment

HE’D GET MY VOTE –    June 16, 2021 - “We face a drug epidemic in our state, and while…

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Hazelden/Betty Ford Graduate School Announces Scholarship

EDUCATION IS EVERYTHING –    June 18, 2021 - At the same time, there are gaping racial disparities in access…

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They met in AA – Videographer proposes at Louisville movie theater

WATCH – LOVE AT FIRST CHIP –  June 19, 2021 - A Louisville man really raised the bar when it…

3 years ago

Ketamine Might Help Alcohol Addiction by Rewiring the Brain

AND SO MUCH MORE –  June 20, 2021 - Clinics across the globe are offering ketamine infusions designed to help…

3 years ago

The D-Word by Christopher Dale

QUITTING IS THE CURE – ORIGINAL ARTICLE –    June 21, 2021 - Is calling addiction a disease more harmful…

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Is the drug detox facility actually ‘nursing or convalescent home’ per city code?

LISTEN – ALL OF THE ABOVE? –    June 17, 2021 - For the past nine months, citizens have attempted…

3 years ago

Why honeybees may be key to understanding alcohol addiction

WATCH – OH HOW THEY LOVE THE BUZZ –    June 15, 2021 - Researchers from the Polish Academy of…

3 years ago

16 Tips For Cutting Down your Drinking

BUT ONLY 12 STEPS TO FREEDOM –  June 18, 2021 -  1. Measure your drinks. “The first step is to…

3 years ago

The Bridge Sober Home Let Client Use Drugs, Die

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT OF CARING –  June 16, 2021 - From the suit: “During the week of February 24,…

3 years ago

Today host Craig Melvin opens up about his alcoholic father

WATCH – FORGIVENESS –  June 15, 2021 - ‘In elementary school, when kids’ dads were showing up for soccer games…

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Addiction treatment failed. Could brain surgery save him?

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS STEP? –  June 18, 2021-More than 600 days after he underwent the experimental…

3 years ago

John Stamos “Could Have Never Been Father” Before Getting Sober

WATCH – FATHERHOOD PRIDE –  June 16, 2021 - Have mercy on John Stamos because fatherhood isn’t as easy as…

3 years ago

If Not You, Then Who?: Harness Your Strengths to Shift from Addiction

BOOK RECOMMENDATION –  June 2021 - JESSE HARLESS is a leader and facilitator in the addiction recovery and mental health…

3 years ago

ESSAY – Finding ways to not get hooked! by Maria Proulx Ledyard, junior at St. Bernard School

TEENS KNOW BEST –  June 10, 2021 - My relative passed away a few years ago from lung cancer. She…

3 years ago

Addiction help & recovery through new book

ALL PATHS TO SOBRIETY LEAD TO FREEDOM –  May 23, 2021 - He broke free of the addiction at the…

3 years ago

Cannabis Addiction Has Drug Pushers (Big Pharma) Searching For Quitting Pill

LISTEN – OR MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS FOR A DOLLAR –  June 8, 2021 - They’re among a handful of companies seeking…

3 years ago

Homeless alcoholic has just earned full scholarship

EVERYDAY MIRACLE –  June 8, 2021 - But homelessness and forced separation from her son followed before she began a…

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10 Common Misconceptions About Alcoholism

WHAT WE DON’T KNOW WE DON”T KNOW –    June 12, 2021 - It is a common myth that an…

3 years ago

‘Sweat with Pride’ promoting addiction recovery in LGBTQ community

WATCH – DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF –  June 11, 2021 - “Fitness helped me recover from drugs and alcohol,”…

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