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I Thought of Relapsing When Rioters Stormed The Capitol. Then an Amazing Thing Happened.

A New Dawn Coming –  Jan. 13, 2021 - Feeling means knowing deep down that these were the heinous acts of truly free people ― people who operated without fear of consequence. And feeling meant acknowledging that I, an... Read More...
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Sober Stars Step Into Spotlight Amid “Dry January” Focus

Abstinence Becomes Them –   Jan. 13, 2021 - Helping smack down that notion is Danny Trejo who, at 52 years sober, recently filmed a PSA on behalf of CRI-Help, an L.A.-based nonprofit treatment center. The spot finds ... Read More...
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Rob Lowe Reflects On Sobriety: ‘You Have To Want To Do It’

WATCH – Getting More Out of Life –  Jan. 17, 2021 - Rob Lowe is Willie Geist’s virtual guest on this weekend’s “Sunday Sitdown” for “Today”, and he reflected on the wildness of his younger years — and how they u... Read More...
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Q&A with Jeannie Rabb-Marshall, publisher of Keys to Recovery

Stick with the Winners! –  January 5, 2021 - Many of you will remember Jeannie from the Steps for Recovery newspaper, where she worked until 2008 with business partner and good friend Jason Levin, who passed awa... Read More...
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Bartender Starts Ben’s Friends to Help Restaurant Workers With Addiction

Extended families matter –   Jan. 1, 2021 - If he hadn’t already started drinking hours before with patrons while on the clock, he’d start soon after finishing work late at night. Pocketing the cash he’d earned ... Read More...
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Dax Shepard: About His Struggle With Addiction

Talk is cheap –   Jan. 2, 2021 - Shepard celebrated a major milestone in his sobriety journey in September 2016. “12 years ago today I came out of my last toxic, life threatening stupor. I now have a wife & ... Read More...
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Louis Theroux’s Grounded podcast – Frankie Boyle: Alcoholism and the ‘horror’ of Early Life

The Horror –   Dec. 29, 2020 - Boyle told Theroux he was drinking vodka as a child and “was definitely up for drinking on my own from my teens”. When asked whether he was still functional and managing to hold... Read More...
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Elton John Discusses ZOOM AA Meetings with The Royals

WATCH – Yes, he gets pinned –   Dec. 30, 2020 - “I connect with friends who I’ve known for over 30 years in the programme, and that’s great.” Meghan and Harry – who resigned from the British Royal Family in Janu... Read More...
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What a Year of Staring at Our Own Faces on Zoom Has Done To Us

Zoom Zoom on my desk, who’s the fairest? –   December 30, 2020 - This year, we’ve spent an unholy amount of time staring at our own reflections on Zoom calls, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts and FaceTime. We sh... Read More...
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