Addiction Recovery

‘Chandler Bing’ Spent $9M on His Journey to Sobriety

I GUESS HE DIDN’T HAVE A DOLLAR BILL –    Oct. 23, 2022 - Matthew Perry says in a recent…

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Jemele Hill Witnessed Mom’s Addiction and PTSD

FAMILIES CAN HEAL –  Oct. 26, 2022 - “She’s dealing with trying to understand the pain that she is in…

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How Former NBA Player Vin Baker Changed His Life With Sobriety

VIDEO – A HERO ONCE MORE –  Oct. 24, 2022 - NBA player Vin Baker was at the top of…

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Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting on Saturday Night

SNL Spoofs AA – Oct. 29, 2022 - An AA meeting takes an unexpected turn.: more@SNL

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Best Movies About Addiction And Recovery

FILMS ARE GENIUS –    Oct. 26, 2022 - Movies that detail addiction date as far back as D.W. Griffith’s…

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The Miracles of “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief”

HIGHER POWERS –    Oct. 28, 2022 - Truth is hard because it is real, but it does not mean…

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Book Excerpt: HOME IS WITHIN YOU by Nadia Davis

A MOTHER’S LOVE CONQUER’S ALL –  Oct. 22, 2022 - Since the day of my release from Santa Ana jail…

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She Confronted Matthew Perry about ‘scary’ alcoholism

A FRIEND IN WEED IS A FRIEND INDEED –    Oct. 22, 2022 -The actor - who played Chandler in…

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‘Harry Potter’ actor Tom Felton explains how an escape from rehab helped his sobriety

TO THINE OWN SELF BE SCREWED –  Oct. 18, 2022 - Upon leaving rehab and becoming “completely sober for the…

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AA’s Theme Song – The Only Thing You Get to Keep is What You Give Away

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE –    March 8, 2004 - I believed in Mahatma Gandhi when nonviolence was his faithI…

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Million Dollar Listing ‘s Fredrik Eklund Celebrates 2 Years of Sobriety

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN –  Oct. 17, 2022 - Today I celebrate 2 years without alcohol… the first time I shared…

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Allergy Meds May Play Deadly Role in Opioid Crisis

BIG PHARMA MISTAKE –  Oct. 19, 2022 - “It’s a good wake-up call for us to continue checking what other…

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Mother Shares Sobriety Journey in Award-Winning Book

VIDEO – A STAR FOR STELLA, STELLA, STELLA –    Oct. 19, 2022 - She said she was a binge…

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Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month Asks Students to Think About Their Consumption

BEATS COCAINE –  Oct. 19, 2022 - The promises that caffeine will make one operate in a quicker, more efficient…

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Lily Allen Celebrates 3 Years Sober

VIDEO – ONE EXERCISE AT A TIME –  Oct. 21, 2022 - Lily showed off her taut abs in the…

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Matty Healy Finds Sobriety Easier In Relationship

WITH GOD? OR GODDESS? –    Oct. 17, 2022 - “If I made the decision, I could be on drugs…

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Woman Who Beat Her Addiction Now Empowering Abuse Survivors

VIDEO – EACH ONE, TEACH ONE –    Oct. 14, 2022 - “I had tried every avenue to get clean…

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Pharmacy Researcher Earns $2.3 Million to Study Opioid Addiction

GOOD LUCK ZIJUN –  Oct. 18, 2022 - “Drug addiction is not a moral failing,” said Wang, assistant professor of…

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Matthew Perry Pens Memoir: “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”

VIDEO – WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM... –  Oct. 19, 2022 - Perry did survive. However, this hadn’t been the…

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Touching Fentanyl Will Not Cause You to Overdose

VIDEO – JUST DON’T LICK IT –  Oct. 21, 2022 - Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s up to 50…

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Baron Geisler on His Film ‘Dollhouse’ and Sobriety Journey

FATHERHOOD HELPS –    Oct. 22, 2022 - After all the controversies that Baron Geisler has gotten embroiled in, it’s…

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The Drama of Jimi Hendrix’s Early Childhood: Cheating, Foster Care, and Alcoholism

VIDEO – ALANON THE WATCHTOWER –  Oct. 22, 2022 - Philip Norman’s 2020 book Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life…

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Faith Lost All Her Teeth – Now She’s Smiling

GRIN NOT GRIM –    Oct. 22, 2022 - Faith realised she had to learn to smile again after being…

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Susannah Constantine: How Alcoholism Brought Her Back to Reality

WAKING UP IN SOBRIETY –    Oct. 22, 2022 - “One of my great regrets is not keeping in touch…

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LESLIE JORDAN GONE AT 67

VIDEO – TAKEN TOO SOON –  Oct. 24, 2022 -  Leslie Jordan became a social media sensation during the pandemic, with his…

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Barbara Kingsolver: ‘Every single family I know has been affected by the opioid crisis’

APPALACHIAN APOCALYPSE –  Oct. 15, 2022 - Barbara Kingsolver speaks politely but is unmistakably angry. “We have a generation of…

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Does Psychedelic Medicine Offer Better Solution for Overcoming Alcoholism?

VIDEO – THE DOCTOR THINKS SO –  Oct. 21, 2022 - Zuloff-Shani, PhD: I think that the list is almost…

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Mike Patton, “The Drinking Just…Happened”

FAITH SOME MORE –  Oct. 20, 2022 - Patton said he ultimately became depressed and was diagnosed with agoraphobia. According…

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‘You Don’t Look Anorexic’

EATING AS A RELIGION, OR NOT? –  Oct. 18, 2022 - Food had long been a fraught subject in the…

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Lululemon Founder Helped Promote Film Demonizing Vancouver’s Homeless

EXERCISE THIS! –    Oct. 14, 2022 - The film repeatedly portrays Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside as beset by “skyrocketing crime…

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