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Why I Got Sober at 24

NEVER TOO YOUNG – Feb. 16, 2021 - My drinking started properly in 2001 at age 16. I’d recently moved high schools and although I’d begun to make new friends, I felt anxious. The instant relief drinking gave me ... Read More...

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Texas Father & Son Build Farm-Model Treatment Center

WATCH – FAMILY GROWTH – Feb. 15, 2021 -Ranch House Recovery was good distraction for Dylon, and was a way to channel his energies. But two weeks before the farm was to set to open, Dylon relapsed. ... Read More...

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Finding Sobriety Patrick Flanagan Opened Lion House

SOBER LIVING FOR GOOD – Feb. 22, 2021 - Flanagan believes that the five months he spent living in a sober house on St. Paul’s Summit Avenue cemented his commitment to sobriety. “I lived with 14 guys wh... Read More...

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Community Weighs In On Proposed Rehab In Morro Bay

NOT IN MY CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOOD – Fab.19, 2021 - The project was proposed in December to the city planning commission, but Smith says she wasn’t made aware of it until weeks later. “I feel like the transpa... Read More...

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NFL’S Vincent Jackson ‘Suffered From Chronic Alcoholism’

WATCH – TOO TRAGIC – FEB. 17, 2021 - The whole situation was bizarre considering Jackson made more than $70 million in his NFL career and was widely loved in the community by family, friends and law enforcement... Read More...

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Craig Ferguson Celebrates 29 Years of Sobriety

PLEASE COME BACK, IT’S OK NOW – Feb. 19, 2021 - Scotland’s one of the most celebrated television host, comedian, author and actor, Craig Ferguson, is celebrating 29 years of being sober. Taking to microblogg... Read More...

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The Handbook To Gen Z Sobriety

TOOLS FOR LIVING – Feb. 3, 2021 - Gooch’s debut book acts as a manual for sober and sober-curious females looking to improve their lives. The facts and figures she presents are astounding (for example, did you ... Read More...

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‘Definitely a Challenge’

THE SILENCE OF REAL LIFE – Feb. 16, 2021 - The facility is run by a man named Joe (Paul Raci), a Vietnam veteran who lost his hearing in the war, who tries to help Ruben overcome his frustrations and live as a ... Read More...

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Gym Offers Free Workouts and Recovery Meetings

FELLOWSHIP AND FREE WEIGHTS – Feb. 15, 2021 - Jurewicz says it’s the people who don’t believe they are in recovery – those that come for the workout and scurry away before the meeting – that are the most “heart... Read More...

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Hazelden Does It Again – Read All About It!

CATALOG OF THE YEAR – 2021 - We have realized the need to adapt, reevaluate and grow. While many of our solutions are already available on a digital platform, we’re working to expand our virtual library to all.... Read More...

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Chasing the News … stone cold sober – The Pros

Episode 7 - The Pros - “Maintaining sobriety through 2021 and beyond” - February 18, 2021 - 11amPT, 2pmET - SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Randy Grimes, Dr. Billy Taylor, James Black, Hollywood Henderson REGISTER NOW! ... Read More...

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Former Boxer Kenneth Discusses 10 years Sober on TV Series

CHAMP NOT CHUMP – Feb. 9, 2021 - The documentary, which will air on TG4 next Wednesday, February 10, at 9.30pm, looks at the worst degrees of Kenneth’s alcoholism, his experience as a sportsman and his early ch... Read More...

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Why Addiction Isn’t a Disease

BECAUSE YOU CAN STOP IT YOURSELF – August 20, 2015 - The prevalent theory in the United States, and to some degree in Australia, is that addiction is a chronic brain disease – a progressive, incurable condition... Read More...

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Aggies for Recovery Shed Light on Substance Abuse

THE COLLEGE RE-EDUCATION – Feb. 10, 2021 - Angela Armstrong-Ingram, a first-year graduate student of anthropology, became a member of Aggies for Recovery at the beginning of this academic year. Armstrong-Ingram... Read More...

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Attorney General Stops Deceptive Marketing by Treatment Center

BOTTOM LINE MATTERS MORE – Feb. 12, 2021 - Additionally, the settlement said that their website funneled consumers to what were called “treatment specialists” for a consumer to call for assistance in deciding w... Read More...

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As Overdose Deaths Surge, Rehab Industry Faces ‘Severe Ethical Crisis’

LISTEN – GETTING HELP – Feb. 15, 2021 - “It’s a very hard system to navigate,” said Ryan Hampton, who spent years trying to get help for his addiction to prescription opioids and heroin. His family “was preyed ... Read More...

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Breaking the “Body Brokers”: California Non-Profit That Stood Up to Patient Kickback Business

PETE NIELSEN DOES HIS THING – Feb. 12, 2021 - CCAPP knew they had to act to stop this new adversary that threatened to abuse patients and cast a cloud of doubt over the legitimacy of the treatment itself. As soon as... Read More...

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Rob Lowe Gets Candid About His 30-Years Of Sobriety

‘CLASS’ OF 1991 – Feb. 9, 2021 - “It was no different than craft services,” he explains. “Where are the Red Vines, and where is the great Peruvian blow...? Cocaine was the thing that successful people did. Ther... Read More...

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Is Social Media Bad for Sobriety?

MAYBE – Feb. 10, 2021 - Pro Tip: If you’re on social media and see things that trigger you, you should try to counter that with enjoyable things to ruminate on in positive ways. Some people think of a memory, o... Read More...

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News Anchor’s 20-year Addiction and Journey to Sobriety

WATCH – REGULAR DUDE LOVES SOBRIETY – Feb. 4, 2021 - Addiction runs in his family, he said, he said before he knew it, he was following in the footsteps of those he’d watch struggle with their own addictions. ... Read More...

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Uber Acquires Alcohol Delivery Startup For $1.1 billion

BOOZE APP, WHAT COULD GO WRONG? – Feb. 2, 2021 - Drizly will eventually integrate with the company’s Uber Eats app, but it will also maintain its own Drizly app, per the release. Drizly has been called the “Ube... Read More...

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Oregon Treats Addiction as a Mental Health Issue

LISTEN – FORTY-NINE MORE STATES NEEDED – Feb. 5, 2021 - And on February 1, the new law, called the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, went into effect. To help break down this act, Portland Monthly spoke wit... Read More...

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Megadeath’s David Ellefson, “The Beauty of Sobriety is That You Get to Have a Second Life in One Lifetime.”

WATCH – REBORN LIKE THE MASTER – Feb. 6, 2021 - Since I wasn’t getting drunk passing out on airplanes I had plenty of free time to read. That’s what actually started it. That’s the beauty of sobriety; you get t... Read More...

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Hazelden Betty Ford Expands Addiction Services in Montana

COWBOY UP – Feb. 5, 2021 - Other RecoveryGo™ resources and services now available in Montana and nationwide include a free one-day virtual Family Program, available in English and Spanish; a virtual Chil... Read More...

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Jack Osbourne & Dad Ozzy Osbourne On Getting Sober in the Spotlight

THE SHOT GLASS DOESN’T FALL FAR FROM THE TUMBLE – Feb. 5, 2021 - Addiction experts often say that the disease runs in the families who struggle with substance abuse, and Jack and Ozzy Osbourne are sharing their... Read More...

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How Variety’s Marc Malkin Owned His Sobriety

ONCE A MENSCH, ALWAYS A MENSCH – Feb. 4, 2021 - And then we walked two blocks up Eighth Avenue. We made a right on 24th Street and headed east. I went to my first 12-step meeting at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis’... Read More...

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Abraham Twerski, Who Merged 12 Steps and the Torah, Dies at 90

SEEING THE LIGHT ... IN PEANUTS – Feb. 6, 2021 - Andrew Heinz wrote in a 1999 profile of Rabbi Twerski for Judaism, the quarterly magazine of the American Jewish Congress. “He was moved by the example of men an... Read More...

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Alcohol deaths hit record high during Covid pandemic

EMPTY BOTTLES, FULL COFFINS – February 2, 2021 - Between January and September, 5,460 deaths were registered with this cause - up 16% on the same months in 2019. It is the biggest toll recorded since reco... Read More...

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6 Reasons AA Zoom Rooms Are Inferior to In-person Meetings by Christopher Dale

IS ZOOM AA INFERIOR TO REAL AA MEETINGS? – Feb. 8, 2021 - In-person meetings also allow small acts of kindness – those mini-miracles that exemplify its members’ commitment to helping others – that don’t carry o... Read More...

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‘Bachelorette’ Star Zac Clark Helping Millions Through Sobriety & Recovery

LOVE AND SOBRIETY – February 5, 2021 - When he tried to cash the check, the bank teller knew something was wrong. But instead of calling the police, she called Clark’s father, who rushed to the bank befor... Read More...

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