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My Sobriety Isn’t A Trend Or A New Year’s Challenge

IT IS ONE DAY AT A TIME – Dec, 27, 2021 - Like those 6.5 million folks trying Dry January this year, my own sobriety also began as a challenge. And while I’m grateful for my personal journey, I wish I was more... Read More...

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DE Maxx Crosby Made The Pro Bowl After Being In Rehab

TOUCHDOWN! – Dec. 21, 2021 - He said that alcoholism runs in his family and that he struggled with drinking and partying throughout high school and college. During his rookie season, his alcohol consumption be... Read More...

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Changes in Brain Hinder Addiction Recovery in HIV-Positive Patients

CAN THIS BE TRUE? – Dec. 20, 2021 - Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure the brain responses of cocaine addicts and patients with HIV while participants played a game that involv... Read More...

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Focusing More on Recovery, Not Relapse

THERAPISTS CAN HELP – Dec. 23, 2021 - The Bottom Line: Flexibility in Treatment Is Key. Each of these individuals came from a different demographic background. Still, if their therapists had been working from ... Read More...

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Alcoholic Turned Life Around in Time for Christmas

EVERY DAY IS HOLY – Dec. 25, 2021 - It was founded in 2019 as a way of helping homeless people in Burnley by providing hot meal services and food distribution and food banks. Since then, Church on the... Read More...

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How to Support Non-Drinkers in a Boozy Holiday World

KEEP IT SIMPLE – Dec. 25, 2021 - For some sober people, this pandemic has made sobriety an even greater challenge as we face trauma, worry, and isolation. For others, like me, the biggest challenges are from s... Read More...

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Why Young People Are Drinking Less Than Their Parents?

WEED? – Dec. 24, 2021- During COVID lockdowns, some surveys indicate this fell even further. Our research suggests this is unlikely to be due simply to government efforts to cut youth drinking. Wider social, cul... Read More...

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Gordon Ramsay’s daughter, Holly, marks 1 year of sobriety

LIVING LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS – Dec. 23, 2021 - Ramsay explained that she’s able to now process her feelings “consciously” rather than mask them with a drink. “Alcohol and antidepressants do not mix wel... Read More...

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Adrienne Banfield-Norris Celebrates 31 Years of Sobriety

SHE SURRENDERED TO WIN – Dec. 23, 2021 - Ramsay explained that she’s able to now process her feelings “consciously” rather than mask them with a drink. “Alcohol and antidepressants do not mix well at ... Read More...

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Buckcherry’s Josh Todd Got Sober 27 Years Ago And Never Looked Back

HE’S GOT A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION – Dec. 26, 2021 - It’s about spiritual in life and all those things, and how do you do that? Well, for me, doing annual inventories where I take it out of my head and write it do... Read More...

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Gambling: The “Invisible” Addiction

THEN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DISAPPEARS – Dec. 23, 2021 - Unlike more visible addictions, problem gambling is fairly easy to hide, yet leaves about 2 million Americans annually feeling alone, ashamed and, in many cases, ... Read More...

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Party Sober and “Awake”

EVERYONE IS A DESIGNATED DRIVER – Dec. 23, 2021 - Alcohol is ingrained in our society and socially acceptable at most events. During the holidays, drinking is almost a given. There’s the Christmas cocktails, c... Read More...

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“there is a way out”

SUCESS IS SUCCESS, NO MATTER HOW YOU GET THERE – Dec. 26, 2021 - Therefore, many people who are in recovery do not wish to put themselves out in the public and tell the story of their struggle, Hagaman added. ... Read More...

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The 13 Signs You’re a Functioning Alcoholic

YOU'RE NOT IN JAIL – Dec. 20, 2021 - It's because people are able to live a seemingly normal life that it can be hard to spot a functioning alcoholic. CEO of Delamere health and addiction specialist... Read More...

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New California Transparency Requirements

REHAB THE REHABS – Beginning January 1, 2022 - California licensed residential substance abuse treatment facilities will be required to disclose certain licensing information to the public. SB 541 adds H... Read More...

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We Must Revise Laws That Are Obstacles To Treatment

LET THEM LIVE – Dec. 17, 2021 - Members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced bipartisan versions of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act, legislation that would immediately ... Read More...

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Staying Fierce and Sober Over The Holidays

WELL DRESSED AND HAPPY TOO – Dec. 17, 2021 -“The advice I like to give to younger queer people is understand that just because a lot of queer spaces, we congregate in nightclubs and event spaces and stuff, it ... Read More...

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Outreach Ministry to Host Addiction Support Event in WV

FOR LYLE P. – Dec. 17, 2021 - Their goal is to connect people struggling with addiction to local resources. According to High on Hope Founder Tim Craft, the event is called Equip the City, and they’ll... Read More...

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Doctors Commonly May Miss Cirrhosis

NOBODY’S PERFECT – Dec. 18, 2021 - Dr. Don Rocky is Director of the Core Center for Gastroenterological Diseases Research, South Carolina Medical University. Credits: South Carolina Medical College Sarapack. ... Read More...

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Russell Brand Reflects on 19 Years of AA Sobriety

WATCH – HIGH STEPPING – Dec. 13, 2021 - While he said his uplifting words might sound “highfalutin” or “impossible” when working alone, he believes they can be achieved through support. “Collectively, human... Read More...

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Orange County is Now Nation’s Center for Addiction Fraud

A DUBIOUS HONOR INDEED – Dec. 16, 2021 - ...to find vulnerable addicts with good insurance, then pay those body brokers handsomely so that the rehab can bill the insurance company, often for services tha... Read More...

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Nicole Kidman is Keith Urban’s “Top Sober Accomplishment”

EYES WIDE OPEN – Dec. 17, 2021 - Kidmаn is the one Urbаn hаs been looking for his entire life, аnd “everything not only chаnged but hаd to chаnge in me if I wаs going to go down thаt roаd,” he аdded. The si... Read More...

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Ben Affleck Blasts ‘clickbait’ Blaming Alcoholism on Ex-wife Jennifer Garner

MORE HAS BEEN REVEALED – Dec. 16, 2021 - He told Kimmel: “The irony is I was really happy with , you know. I thought, ‘Wow I should do more honest exploratory, you know, self-evaluating things,’ and I started ... Read More...

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Teen Drug and Alcohol Use Continues to Fall

ACTUAL GOOD NEWS! – Dec. 16, 2021 - Drug and alcohol use among America’s teens continues to trend downward, according to new numbers released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. From 2002 to ... Read More...

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Media Offers Unique Opportunity to Tell Addiction Stories

MOVIES ARE REEL – Dec. 12, 2021 - Another somewhat common take can be seen in films such as Martin Scorcese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, where a young businessman quickly becomes corrupt as he’s overwhelmed with... Read More...

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Experience, Strength and Hope Awards Honors Leigh Steinberg & Courtney Friel

THE RECOVERY EVENT OF 2021 – The 11th Annual, at the Skirball Cultural Center, returned Wednesday, December 15, honoring Leigh Steinberg, author of The Agent and the in... Read More...

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Adolescent Females in Texas Face Barriers to Treatment

AND SO MUCH MORE – Dec. 3, 2021 - A birthday without cake, presents and miles from her high school friends, may not be the ideal celebration for most. However, Madero was grateful to spend any time in resident... Read More...

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‘Little House on the Prairie’ star Karen Grassle Gets Candid on Sobriety

ACTING HIGH – Dec. 4, 2021 - Former co-stars didn’t immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment regarding the allegations made in Grassle’s book about Landon. Despite their ups and downs, Grassle insi... Read More...

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“I was told the 12 steps would cure my addiction. Why did I end up feeling more broken?”

BECAUSE YOU COULD FEEL AGAIN – Dec. 4, 2021 - On check-in, I was told I have a disease that’s progressive, fatal and incurable, and that I have a one in three chance of dying from it. My life had fallen apart so dr... Read More...

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