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Compulsive buying can be a damaging addiction

Return to sender, address unknown – July 28, 2020 - In some ways, the internet represents “Pandora’s box” for shopping and buying things. Pretty much everything is available to purchase online and the shipping... Read More...

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Lily Allen Celebrates a Year! ‘So Grateful for My Health and Happiness’

365 one at a time – July 28, 2020 - “1 year completely sober ! So grateful for my health and happiness,” she wrote alongside the snaps, which showed a glowing Allen in a red and black bikini, contrasted to a paparazz... Read More...

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Elton John Celebrates 30 Years Sober

30 years of extra innings – July 30. 2020 - John also shared photos of a cake shaped like the number 30, a 30-year recovery chip and a table filled with cards from friends and family. The latter photo was accompanied... Read More...

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Woman dies after drinking alcohol on empty stomach

TRAGIC! – July 19, 2020 - “I had never even heard of alcoholic ketoacidosis until she died. We’re not sure how much she had been drinking that weekend, but she was not an alcoholic,” he said, according to The Mirror.... Read More...

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Zachary Quinto celebrates 4 years sober

Four more years! – July 20, 2020 - In 2019, the 42-year-old opened up about his historical past with substance abuse throughout a Q&A, saying (through E! Information): “I wasn’t actually an enormous partier, I di... Read More...

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Arsonist ‘turns life around’

Found the right match! Sobriety! – July 20, 2020 - These are not the types of things that a person could marshal on their behalf if they hadn’t really taken the steps to turn their life around ... tangible evidence, ... Read More...

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Moms who are also recovering alcoholics on getting through the pandemic, sober

WATCH – It ain’t easy – July 22, 2020 - The frustrations of home schooling her daughter while keeping up with her job as an associate dean in marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, and dealing with the pandemic... Read More...

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Chad Mattson Talks Impact of Sobriety, Streams Six ‘Reason’ Tracks

LISTEN – Free Music – July 22, 2020 - “Seventeen years of sobriety happened because I took one step towards God that night in going to that Bible study,” Mattson said. “What I really want the listener to know i... Read More...

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How one man went from 11 years sober to getting addicted again

Cautionary Tale – July 23, 2020 - He told his wife Brooke what had happened and they both decided to move forward and continue Keith’s road to recovery. For twenty-eight days, Keith didn’t have an ounce of alcohol. U... Read More...

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Loose Women fans praise ‘inspirational’ Terri White as she recounts alcoholism and mental health struggles

WATCH – Bottoming out in NYC – July 23, 2020 - Viewers of the show were in awe of Terri as she spoke openly about how she had abused drink and prescription drugs while working in New York. After watch... Read More...

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FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients

Give it to them! – July 22, 2020 - Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new record driven in part by fentanyl and other illegal opioids. State and local officials have been handing out nalox... Read More...

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Death By Overdose or By Ventilator?

Making a Point – July 24, 2020 - By Ryan Hampton. Before coronavirus, America already faced record numbers of deaths from a different epidemic. Over 350 people died every day from an illness just as deadly as COVID... Read More...

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Business News Update: Oregon Trail Recovery

A Family That Heals Together... – July 26, 2020 - “When I was finally told prison or treatment, I picked treatment and learned my manipulations were no longer going to work for me. As I sobbed about the unfair... Read More...

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New York Hotel to House 283 Homeless Men Recovering from Substance Abuse

Movin’ on up – July 24, 2020 - The city has been using hotels — which have mostly been closed or at reduced capacity during the crisis — as temporary homeless shelters for the last few months, because many city shelt... Read More...

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Black-Owned Rehab CEO Petitions on Behalf of Black Addicts

Full-court press – July 22, 2020 - With her petition, Young Williams’ goal is to bring attention to the disparities in treatment for people of color fighting addiction and to fund the growing need. She says, “Substan... Read More...

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‘I Got Me Sober, I Made The Choice’

And she has a sponsor – July 24, 2020 - Lala Kent acknowledged that she hadn’t discussed the matter with her followers in some time. The 29-year-old first revealed that she was an alcoholic in March of 2019, a... Read More...

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Recovery Unplugged Addresses Addiction in Minority Communities

Drugs do not discriminate – July 23, 2020 - In continued observance of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Recovery Unplugged Treatment Centers is examining and addressing the unique factors that ... Read More...

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David Sheff says: Safe-injection sites should be allowed to protect drug users

He's got a point! – July 22, 2020 - Kral and Pete Davidson, at the University of California, San Diego, have studied the illegal site for five years and this week published their findings in The New England Journal o... Read More...

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Mark Morton: He Accepted Dying From Addiction

He Lives! – July 22, 2020 - Recently on Twitter, Mark Morton shared the details of his previous alcohol and opiate addictions and called out to his followers who were also struggling with addictions of the sort. Appa... Read More...

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Technology And Pornography Addiction: Three Leading Factors

Hands Off! – July 23, 2020 - Since pornography has moved from physical goods like video cassettes and magazines to digital media shared online, people no longer need to visit a store and speak with a salesperson to a... Read More...

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Mysterious brain structure sheds light on drug addiction

Science friction? – July 23, 2020 - This mechanism also underlies drug addiction and is the reason why hanging out in an environment or with people associated with memories of drug use often leads to relapse. How o... Read More...

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DRUGS: What America gets wrong about drugs?

WATCH – Everything! – July 20, 2020 - “Why are some drugs legal and others illegal? ... if you ask how and why this distinction got made, what you realize when you look at the history is it has almost nothing to do w... Read More...

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‘The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth’

An exciting vision of you! – July 25, 2020 - When AA was founded in 1935 there was no provision for women, let alone women of colour. The universal efficacy of methods drawn from the experiences of white men, with li... Read More...

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Film: ‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’

Too much sake – July 24, 2020 - Before the story tackles such complexities, the tone is light and jaunty, with Romany-style accordion music playing as we meet 8-year-old Saki Tadoroko (Tamaki Shiratori). You can prac... Read More...

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Bill could make remote addiction treatment permanent

Virtual Hugs? – July 15, 2020 - “It’s a good idea because it helps reach people who have challenges getting treatment,” said Scott Rasmus, executive director of the Butler County Mental Health & Addiction Recover... Read More...

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One Step at a Time Is Easier Said Than Done

QUITTER: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – July 7, 2020 - There are many ways to recover from alcoholism, a key message of “Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery,” and even more ways to wri... Read More...

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First recovery centre for Indigenous women opens in Calgary

WATCH – Home Sweet Homes – July 17, 2020 - Shannon Little Light is the first resident of the Red Woman House, Calgary’s first recovery home for Indigenous Women. “I was couch surfing. I had no home. If I didn’t ha... Read More...

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A.A. in the “golden era of alcoholism”

Still works if you work it – July 17, 2020 - “It’s like no matter where you go – there you are,” Megan said. “And that is why A.A. has meetings worldwide.” Scott had a suicidal breakdown and was drinking to blacko... Read More...

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Sober journalist launches book about losing his beloved wife to cancer

Love and Loss – July 15, 2020 - Ian explained how both addiction and grief require a person to work through fear and anxiety. He refers to the unanswered questions that he had after his wife died as well as the feeli... Read More...

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Couple sent their daughter to Florida for treatment -then she died

WATCH – Too Young! – July 19, 2020 - An Annapolis couple thought by sending their daughter to Florida, she would get help from a mental health program, and later, enter a drug treatment program. But now they’re griev... Read More...

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