Addiction Recovery

‘People Are Having very Hard Time Maintaining Recovery’ in Pandemic’

WATCH – When the going gets tough... –  Dec. 4, 2020 - Addiction specialists are encouraging employers to understand that…

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Moms Are Speaking Out on Drug Laws That Tear Families Apart by Gretchen Burns Bergman

Is America a penal colony? –   DEC. 4, 2020 - The holidays are always difficult for those who must…

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Kentucky Teacher of the Year’s Story of Addiction and Recovery

Neither regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it –   December 3, 2020 - I thought…

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The Pandemic Is Making US Drug Policy Even More Deadly

Let’s hope we outlive the Drug War –  December 3, 2020 - Access to methadone and buprenorphine—the most effective forms…

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‘Another Round’ – A Poignant Look at Alcohol and Alcoholism

WATCH – MEDIA: FILM REVIEW –  Dec. 4, 2020 - But today is different. As I’m writing these words, the…

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How Jimmy Page Helped Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy) Get Off Heroin

I get clean with a little help from my friends –  December 5, 2020 - Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham…

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‘Lockdown had me drinking again’

Vigilance always –   Dec. 6, 2020 - From the beginning of lockdown in March, Pam had been fighting a…

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My Father Is An Alcoholic, And It Hurts Even Though I’m Grown

Brutal –  Dec. 5, 2020 - He missed so many things that were important to us. Before he knew it,…

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Chasing the News … stone cold sober – Episode 4

WATCH – Fascinating rhythm –   Nov. 17, 2020 - Sobriety, creativity, serenity and laughter in the Coronaverse.  A conversation…

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Q&A with Creator of The Global Sober Series of Giant Books

Stick with the Winners! –  December 4, 2020 - The Global Sober Series grew out of the Anonymous author’s first…

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The Queen’s Gambit Shows Knowledge Can’t Defeat Addiction – OPINION

Check(mate)-ing out –  November 3, 2020 - Even when she wakes up severely hungover in Paris, she whips her head…

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UN Removes Cannabis From Strictest Drug Category

The whole world is toking –  Dec. 2, 2020 - The drugs that are on Schedule IV are a subset…

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Zappos founder Tony Hsieh spent last hours planning to enter rehab

Don’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! –  Dec. 6, 2020 - Then, just before entering a shed on his girlfriend’s posh waterfront property in…

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Sober living, addiction treatment conflicts return to lawmakers’ crosshairs

The good, the bad and the ugly –  Dec. 4, 2020 - On Thursday, Dec. 3, three Congress members introduced…

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Tallulah Willis Credits Mom, Demi Moore, for Her Sobriety

Sober mother, sober daughter –   December 3, 2020 - Willis also said she finds herself “becoming [her] mother in…

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Has Diana’s Bulimia Taught Us Nothing?

Weighing the Alternatives –  December 3, 2020 - That’s when she started the binge-purge cycle; uncontrollably eating large quantities of…

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The Social Media Addiction Bubble

Thumbs Down –  Nov. 30, 2020 - The September debut of “The Social Dilemma” on Netflix sounded this alarm for…

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Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love

Now more than ever... –   Dec. 2020 - In the general Buddhist style of befriending complexity through simplicity and…

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IMAGINE – John Lennon & Yoko Ono Live at New York City Benefit

WATCH – Imagine –  12/8/2020 - October 9, 1940, Liverpool - December 8, 1980, New York City more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpLSN-D05Z8&feature=youtu.be

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12 Step Meetings: What is was like, what happened and what it’s like now!

Hindsight IS Indeed 2020 –  by Dr. Don Grant, MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV, PhD November 27, 2020 - In…

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FDA Study Shows Severe Perils of Benzodiazepines

WATCH – Valium, Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, oh my –  Dec. 2, 2020 - The FDA has not produced a report…

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From A.A. to Zoom – Treatment Goes Online

An Alphabet Soup of Recovery –   November 28, 2020 - Though online rehab rose as an emergency stopgap measure,…

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Sobriety: an indigenous woman tells her story

WATCH – Struggles and successes –  Nov./Dec. 2020 - ‘Turning Points’ continues: stories produced, directed and told by indigenous people…

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Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network Convened for First Summit

Still working to heal... –   Nov. 24, 2020 - “Collaboration is powering 21st century health care, and that’s what…

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Celebrities who have discussed sobriety in 2020

Talk is cheap? –   Nov. 28, 2020 - In some cases, stars speak out to help provide support to…

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Drug deaths were on rise locally; then the virus hit

The American way of death –  Now, 2020 - Overdose deaths have spiked in San Diego County this year, as…

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‘Recovery is possible’: beating drug addiction to spread hope

Never stop trying ... it pays off with life –  Nov. 29, 2020 - Henry continued to use and would…

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Thanksgiving has new meaning for former gang member

WATCH – Grateful for a new slice of turkey and sober life –   Nov. 28, 2020 - “I never…

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Weirdest Mental Health Tips For Winter

Freezing My Depression Off –  November 27, 2020 - Immerse Your Head In Water  "Feeling anxious? Bend over, hold your breath,…

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New Addiction Framework to Empower Patients and Reduce Stigma

A time of reason... –   Nov. 27, 2020 - Pickard then writes about neuroscientist Marc Lewis’ learning model, which…

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