White People Go to Rehab, Black People Go to Jail And Everyone Profits – June 16, 2020 - At a Zoom meeting, all the members were talking about the coronavirus, Trump, the looting, the protests, even SLAA but when “Layla” brought up racism, she was shut down an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020RecoveryRehab
Michael Keaton to Star in Opioid Crisis Drama ‘Dopesick’ Pill Pushers Star on TV Show! – JUNE 17, 2020 - “Although we were sharply aware of and empathetic to the horrifying pain caused by the opioid crisis for millions in this country, we were blown away when Warren Littl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020opioid crisisopioids
The Addiction Nobody Talks About The Money Making “ism” – June 20, 2020 - According to a study of over 1,000 remote employees by Twingate, remote employment is causing workers to lose a sense of work/life balance during the pandemic. A total of 45% ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020RecoveryRehab
MICKEY MANTLE SAYS … Don’t Drink Or Do Drugs!! Number 7, Forever – June 17, 2020 - Now, an incredible note written by the Yankees slugger just hit the auction block at Lelands ... and what Mick wrote is pretty powerful. “I want to dedicate this book to all my fri... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Opioid epidemic: Who is to blame? The Smoking Gun – June 21, 2020 - DRUG COMPANY EXECUTIVES AND OPIOID SALESMEN June 2020 report This January in a federal courthouse, there was a first in the American opioid crisis: Top dru... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020opioid crisisopioids
Johnny Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls on Embracing Sobriety Johnny Be Good – June 17, 2020 - This Must Be the Gig is joined by Johnny Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls. Since emerging as one of the most exciting voices of the ’90s with hits like “Slide” and “Iris”, the alternati... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 23 2020Recovery
Quote of the Week – George Carlin “Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.” —George Carlin ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 23 2020quote of the week
In-Patient Treatment Centers Face Financial Ruin Shorter Lines – June 15, 2020 - Among other things, that made it easier for doctors to prescribe medications such as buprenorphine ... Ingoglia’s group and other treatment advocates requested $38.5 billion in e... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020nonprofit organizationRecoveryRehab
Kauai Has A New Plan For Its Vacant Treatment Facility Aloha – June 7, 2020 - But last month the county canceled its contract with Oahu-based Hope Treatment Services to operate the eight-bed youth rehabilitation center, citing problems with the company’s “performan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryJune 16 2020Rehab
On the ode to recovery MEDIA: Book Review – June 4, 2020 - But let me put it this way: If Brown wrote the list of ingredients on the label of a can of baked beans, his lean and powerful prose would still make that list beautiful and demand... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020Recovery
20 Indications of an Addict Addicted to Lists – June 6, 2020 - “It’s not that bad.”At the first sign of confrontation, an addict will minimize their addiction by claiming it isn’t that bad. They might even mention they were far worse in the pa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020
Star speaks for the first time about the crippling drug addiction On the Mend – June 6, 2020 - The 2001 All-Australian told The Herald Sun he was prescribed cancer-grade oxycodone tablets and at his lowest point ingested more than 1,000 milligrams in a hotel room and wondered if he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020oxycontin
Road Dogg on Maintaining his Sobriety ‘I’m a Lot More at Peace Now’ Wrestling with Higher Power – June 8, 2020 -“I’ll tell you what I did do, you like to have a couple of drinks after you have a long day, I like to have a couple of cheeseburgers after a long day. So I’ve gained a lot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020Recovery
INTO LIGHT seeks submissions for upcoming art exhibition on drug addiction Painting the town sober... – June 8, 2020 - Clower was inspired to create INTO LIGHT shortly after the death of her son, Devin Bearden, to an accidental drug overdose in Baltimore, MD in February 2018. Having n... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 16 2020Recovery
Quit Vaping: Four-Step, 28-Day Program to Stop Smoking E-Cigarettes MEDIA: Book Recommendation – 2020 - Certified interventionist Brad Lamm debunks the myths spread by the thriving e-cigarette industry and its supporters, revealing the truth about the effects of inhaling these highly... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020Vaping
Woman with two years sobriety opens up about her relapse during the pandemic Live and learn – June 9, 2020 - “I think it’s incredible that liquor stores are essential, being isolated at home really affected my sobriety,” Nicole said. The availability of alcohol combined with the self-isola... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusJune 16 2020RecoveryRehab
Treating Teen Addiction With Compassion and Empathy Stop before it’s too late... – June 8, 2020 - While it may sound amazing, the entire value-based care methodology boils down to application. Does the value-based care approach improve healthcare in practice? Sp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020teenagers
From Meth Addict to Bird Whisperer The right tweets – June 11, 2020 - Truax revealed he began using crack cocaine before turning to meth. “I went from crackhead, to meth-head, to healthy sober birb whisperer,” he said. “Now I’m telling my story on Y... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020meth
Poppy Seed Muffins Could Get You Flagged by a Drug Test Danish are even worse – June 11, 2020 - Is the poppy seed warning accurate or just an urban myth? A group of researchers wanted to find out, so they ran a series of tests to measure opiate levels in commerciall... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020
Brandi Glanville’s Friend Jennifer Gimenez Wonders If the ‘Housewives’ Franchise Glorifies Alcohol Like the Bible Glorifies Sex – June 10, 2020 - Sometimes I do wonder after watching some of the girls on some of the shows,” Gimenez says. “After a while, why would you want to put yourself in that position? The ques... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020
Experts say ‘overdose app’ not enough to save lives in opioid crisis Canadian Optimism – June 12, 2020 - On its site, Lifegaurd Digital Health states that it, “has documented at least a dozen lives saved thus far.” And while the app may save some lives, experts caution that it won’... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneJune 16 2020Overdose
Former Playmate Ashley Mattingly’s Cause of Death was Suicide Hard Drugs Stink – June 10, 2020 - Former playmate Ashley Mattingly’s cause of death has been revealed. Mattingly, who died by suicide in April, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020suicide
Joanna Cassidy supports the REEL Recovery Film Festival The Stars Align – Actress Joanna Cassidy talks about the upcoming REEL Recovery Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STFLFhh5EFI&feature=emb_logo ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOctober 20 2020REEL Recovery Film Festival
Judas Priest’s Rob Halford – “Sobriety Gives You Incredible Strength” Confessions of a Judas – June 8, 2020 - “Breaking The Law” has become an anthem. How do you keep a song like that fresh, night after night, for 40 years? “It’s fresh every night that you play it. That gi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020Recovery
DJ Fat Tony spent over $1M on drugs before getting sober How many nostrils does he have? – June 12, 2020 - Tony is very open about his drug abuse, often providing harrowing levels of detail about his own experiences. He estimates he spent over £1 million ($1.2 millio... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020RecoveryRehab
Pharmacy Chains Sink Deeper Into Opioid Lawsuits’ Hot Water Where dime bags cost a hundred – June 7, 2020 - The pharmacies named in the suit operated 31 pharmacies in Lake County (population 220,000) and sold the equivalent of 290 doses of hydrocodone and oxycodone for every ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020opioid crisisopioids
The Ties That Bind Us marks two years of spotlighting musicians in recovery Musical Recovery Website – JUNE 07, 2020 - “When you’re in recovery, you tend to recognize your own ‘kind,’ so to speak, in the language that they use,” Wildsmith says. “There were numerous times when I would p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Tommaso’ — a filmmaker’s exorcism MEDIA: Film Review – June 11, 2020 - So many blurred lines, so much personal sound and fury being shot, cut, printed. It’s tempting to view Ferrara’s self-proclaimed “portrait of an artist as a not-so-young man... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 16 2020
Spencer Matthews admits lockdown would have ‘been the dream to get wasted’ if he was still drinking For love of family – June 7, 2020 - Spencer Matthews has admitted being in lockdown would have been the “perfect excuse to get wasted” if it had happened two years ago. The Made in Chelsea alumni gave up alcohol i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020
Alcoholics Anonymous, struggling to reach new members during shutdown, expects surge Time for the Serenity Prayer! – June 12, 2020 - Still, the steps often hold spiritual meaning for participants. Several of A.A.’s 12 steps refer either to a deity or to religious practices, such as prayer. The ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusJune 16 2020RecoveryRehab