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A look at Matthew Perry’s journey who kicked his own addiction, helped others recover

You got to have... – Sept. 6, 2020 - Then this year in July, he was spotted in public in Beverly Hills with a cigarette on his lip, shortly after his breakup with girlfriend Molly Hurwitz. The actor looked quit... Read More...

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Black-owned sober bar remains a lifeline to sobriety in tense times

Where everyone knows your first name only? – Sept. 8, 2020 - Texas began reopening its bars May 1, but instead of joining the many Texas bar owners packing customers in shoulder-to-shoulder, Marshall decided t... Read More...

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Hazelden Betty Ford CEO to be Stepping Away

Passing the First Lady’s baton – September 9, 2020 - Mishek, the third-longest-serving leader in the organization’s 71-year history and architect of the historic 2014 merger of the Hazelden Foundation and the Betty F... Read More...

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Each Day Sober Slowly Helps Alcoholics’ Brains Recover

Neuroplasticity comes slowly – Sept. 2, 2020 - The more recently they’d had their last drink, the greater the disruption in activity between the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and striatum, a brain network associated... Read More...

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Navigating sobriety as a teen: ‘They told me I was going to die’

WATCH – No one has to die – Sept. 4, 2020 - This time was different, though. When Leahy was going through patient intake at the hospital, he told the doctors what he had taken — the remnants of a bottle of liquid Per... Read More...

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‘How lucky I am to be alive right now’: Alcohol recovery in the time of COVID-19

We all are! – Sept. 3, 2020 - In many ways, the current crisis makes it even more important and feasible for people to seek help. For a generation that lives and works online, having the option of Zoom treatment or a... Read More...

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Coffee drinkers can dodge liver damage

Meetings at Starbucks? – Sept. 3, 2020 - That’s one of the key findings of a new study led by the Centenary Institute, an independent medical research body affiliated to the University of Sydney, in conjunctio... Read More...

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Antioch Alumni Angie Bryan: Advocating for Young Adults In Recovery

Giving back - not giving in – Sept. 1, 2020 - For youth, experimenting with substances is often part of the introduction to independent living away from family. Engaging in social events that convene around alcohol i... Read More...

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Kristen Bell and kids celebrate dad’s 16 years of sobriety ‘birthday’

Real Family Values – Sept. 2, 2020 - “Happy birthday Daxy,” the proud wife continued. “Thank you for dedicating your life to the hard and wonderful work of sobriety, so that we could share it with you. Xo K, L... Read More...

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Captain Sandy Celebrates 32 Years of Sobriety

All hands on deck – August 31, 2020 - Sandy Yawn opened up to Showbiz Cheat Sheet about her struggles as a young adult. “I was a mess,” she shared. “By the grace of God, I’m alive. No matter how much money you... Read More...

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CLANCY IMISLUND: Longtime director of Midnight Mission dies

Obituary - A most famous anonymous man – Sept. 3, 2020 - Along the way, he left a lucrative career with a Beverly Hills marketing firm to become managing director of the Midnight Mission in downtown Los Angeles’ skid... Read More...

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Taste for Money is for Anyone who is Planning to Live a Sober Life

Listings and Recommendations – August 23, 2020 - Some people don’t want to live in holes anymore and want to see the light of the day. Every addict’s story is something like that. However, beating addiction is... Read More...

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Chem-Free Sobriety: natural recovery from substance use disorders

MEDIA: Book Recommendation – April 28, 2020 - Each story provides answers to the following questions: When did you start drinking or using drugs, and how did it progress? Looking back, when do you think ... Read More...

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Managing Recovery in a Virtual World

Online for life? – August 28, 2020 - Call people: Most support groups will offer a phone list of members. If you like the way a person shares about their recovery, call them after the meeting and talk to them.... Read More...

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How to Spot Alcoholism in a Family Member

They love to drink? – August 28, 2020 - Witnessing a family member struggling with excessive drinking can be fear-inducing, heart-wrenching, and confusing – especially for those who are unsure if their relativ... Read More...

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I’m celebrating 64 years of sobriety, I know what isolation does to those in recovery

Trying minds for trying times – August 28, 2020 - By all accounts, the number of relapses nationwide has increased since March, as have the numbers of accidental overdoses and suicides. There is little wonder that we... Read More...

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Mental Health

“Sisters are doin’ it by themselves” – August 28, 2020 - From my work at Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research, I have seen, first-hand, the danger of heightened risk for alcohol and drug abuse that has resulte... Read More...

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Nicolas Cage Voicing Alcoholic Dragon in Highfire

Cartoon character needs AA – AUGUST 28, 2020 - Nicolas Cage will play an alcoholic, TV-loving dragon in Amazon’s TV adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s Highfire novel at Amazon, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today.Davey H... Read More...

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Rumer Willis Thought She Could Fix Demi’s Alcoholism

And the young shall lead them... – AUGUST 31, 2020 - As Rumer explains now, she’s learned that it was never in her power to fix her mom. And she credits communities like Al-Anon, a recovery space for friends and fami... Read More...

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Brett Favre’s Wife Helped Kick His Addictions

The Majesty of Marriage – August 26, 2020 - Brett Favre is marred to Deanna Favre. Deanna is an author. She’s written two books: “Don’t Bet Against Me” and “The Cure for the Chronic Life: Overcoming the Hopele... Read More...

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I Won’t Drink Today, and I Won’t Get the Virus Today

Sobriety is the best defense – August 26, 2020 - For this superpower, I have to thank Alcoholics Anonymous. I joined AA at 19 mostly because I loved cocaine, truly loved cocaine, but also because I loved vodka and ch... Read More...

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Luann De Lesseps: Sobriety’s Helping Me Thru Pandemic

WATCH – Sober Housewives of the Pandemic – August 20, 2020 - Luann understands why studies show alcohol use is way up since the pandemic began in March -- people turn to booze to ease pain — but she says, for her, it... Read More...

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Lisa Riley celebrates five years of sobriety

WATCH – Quitting is for Lovers – August 19, 2020 - Lisa also spoke about past ‘fake and false’ friends who were around her for the ‘wrong reasons’. The star added that she used to wake up cringing after not rememb... Read More...

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Wife assaults husband during celebration of her sobriety

Unclear on the concept – August 21, 2020 - He said the children were locked in the back bedroom and he went outside where she followed him and hit him some more. When he tried to push her away he said she bit him ... Read More...

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Biopic on Reporter Courtney Friel in the Works

Let’s Make a Friel – Aug. 19, 2020 - “Our Inspire division champions stories that uphold the triumph of the human spirit and Courtney’s journey aligns perfectly with this. Her story is both comedic while... Read More...

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Jessica Simpson marks nearly 3 years sober

It takes all kinds – August 21, 2020 - Jessica Simpson is about to celebrate a major milestone: She’s been sober for nearly three years. The singer and author called in to “The Jess Cagle Show” on SiriusXM on Thursda... Read More...

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Twenty years without a drink … then they shut down AA

Opinion: Zoom dooms some – August 16, 2020 - When Covid-19 shuttered the world, it also shuttered AA, which is a lifeline for alcoholics like me. I have depended on its meetings in church halls and community centr... Read More...

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Recovering writer’s pandemic cautionary tale

WATCH – She’s been there, done that – Aug. 14, 2020 - The Seattle journalist said she missed almost a decade of life when her problem with alcohol grew out of control in 2007. At the height of her addiction, Barnett ... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Bill W

“No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it” —Bill W. ... Read More...

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Kurt Angle Celebrates Seven Years Sober

Pinning the Demons... – August 5, 2020 - Celebrating 7 years of sobriety today. To all of you who supported me and stood by me, through good and bad, I want to thank you for not giving up on me. Salute! (With a glass... Read More...

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