Dueling Lawsuits Between Malibu Rehab Centers Rehab Wars – February 12, 2020 - Taite and Cliffside filed a countersuit exposing that Prentiss’s network of unbranded referral websites had been used for... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 18 2020MalibuRehab
Noah Centineo opens up about his sobriety From stoned to success – February 12, 2020 - Once you wade through all those descriptions, you learn that Centineo recently shaved his head, exposing a scar he got at the age of 6 in a trampoline accident; he’s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 18 2020Recovery
Things You Only Know If You’re Long-Term Sober It Gets Better and Better – Jan. 31, 2020 - My own sobriety date, four years ago last week, coincides with an attempted dry January – embarked on, ironically, to prove I didn’t have a problem – gone disastrousl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 11 2020Recovery
What are methadone and buprenorphine? Good To Know – Feb. 2020 - You may have heard about methadone and buprenorphine, but what exactly are they and what do they do? Is medication assisted treatment really helpful for those with opioid dependency? Why ca... Read More...Addiction RecoverybuprenorphineFeb 11 2020meth
Thanks for celebrating women’s sobriety, but don’t call us ‘alcoholics’ Lush for Life? – FEBRUARY 6, 2020 - As women in recovery, we were pleased to see “Clearing a path to sobriety” (Feb. 1) on local efforts to expand gender-specific treatment options for women. Many struggle with hist... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionFeb 11 2020Mental Health
How sobriety changed my sex life No Hangovers – February 3, 2020 - Most people assume that sex after sobriety is probably boring at best, awkward and clunky at worst, but that it gets better with time. That’s what I assumed, too. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionFeb 11 2020
Social Life Without the Buzz? It’s the ‘Sober Curious’ Movement Boozeless – February 3, 2020 - Member Cori Clark says it’s a social gathering that allows for more authenticity “because you’re not distracted by what you’re drinking.” Clark, a recovering alcoholic, says that ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 11 2020Recovery
A Widow, Not A Wife: ‘Smacked’ Explores An Ex-Husband’s Secret Addiction NPR Fresh Air! – February 4, 2020 - “I tried to listen for a heartbeat and I couldn’t hear one ... I ran out of the house because I was afraid,” Zimmerman says. When the police and EMTs arrived, they identified... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2020
Supermodel Sobriety with Jennifer Gimenez Straight Up! – FEBRUARY 5, 2020 - She also appeared on the reality shows Celebrity Rehab and Sober House. Jennifer just celebrated 14 years of sobriety, but for many years she abused drugs and alcohol, an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 11 2020Recovery Advocate
Florence Welch celebrates six years of sobriety She’s Gotta Not Have it – February 5, 2020 - She then captioned the painting of a red heart, “I send love to anyone on day 1. I love you. I’m with you.” Friends and fans congratulated the singer on her mileston... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousFeb 11 2020Recovery
Justin Bieber gets candid about mental health struggles and addiction The Bieb’s Battle Within – February 03, 2020 - Bieber’s marijuana abuse was only one addiction he was fighting. At one point, he admits to sipping the codeine cough syrup and soda combination known as lean, popping p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 11 2020Mental Health
Catastrophe’s Delaney 18 years sober 12th Step work – February 5, 2020 - Thank you to everyone who’s helped me along the way. Delaney previously attributed his sobriety to helping him cope with the death of his 2-year-old son, Henry, two years ago... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousFeb 11 2020Recovery
Emory, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation form ‘Addiction Alliance’ Solution Based – February 7, 2020 - “I was ready to give up. I just wanted to die. My family, my employer – CNN and Tom Johnson, refused to give up on me,” Moyers said. “This community saved me.” S... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 11 2020RecoveryRehab
San Francisco to open tent ‘sobering’ center for meth users It has come to this! – February 6, 2020 - HealthRight 360, one of the largest San Francisco drug treatment providers, will run it. A driver with a van will be posted outside the center to pick up people show... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 11 2020homelessmeth
In ‘Smacked,’ a tale of addiction behind a veneer of success MEDIA: Book Review – Jan 30, 2020 - Zimmerman begins “Smacked” with her dramatic discovery of Peter’s corpse in his “architectural trophy” of a house, “all sharp angles and sunlight.” Though divorced, they are bonded... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2020
Proof positive power of AA in our town Our primary purpose... – February 6, 2020 - For sure, there are families in this town that struggle with someone addicted, and many of those addicted are seeking help. At Christ Church Greenwich the 12-Step mee... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousFeb 11 2020Recovery
Women of ‘Guest House’: Featured in New Documentary Film Premiere – Jan. 27, 2020 - Many of the women at Guest House have struggled with addiction. But despite the daunting statistics around opioid addiction and the likelihood of previous offenders ending ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020Guest HouseRecoveryRehab
Artie Lange announces 1-year sobriety Bravo! Keep Coming Back – Jan. 31, 2020 - That brush with the law followed a January 2019 arrest in which the comedian was taken into custody for possession of a controlled substanceAt the time, a post on his T... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020
You Remember Jessica Simpson, Right? Wrong New York Times Loves Recovery – Jan. 29, 2020 - When Jessica Simpson walks into a room you’re surprised by three things. The first, and they warn you about this — they say all celebrities are, but trust me, you... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020
Exhibition for Stacie after recovery from alcoholism reignites love of art Sobriety Ink – Jan. 30, 2020 - The 35-year-old, who recently moved from Wolverhampton to Ramsgate, said: “I have always been an artist and at 16 I started working in a tattoo parlour as an apprentice. Two years... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020RecoveryRehabtattoo
Demi Lovato delivers all-time great version of national anthem Back from the dead – Feb. 3, 2020 - And she’d excel in both of those incredibly high-pressure, high-profile challenges. At the Grammys, Lovato was so emotional that it took her two tries to get through the intensely ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020OverdoseRehabSuper Bowl
He Avenged His Son’s Murder—And Exposed the Opioid Crisis in America On Netflix - True Story! – Feb. 03, 2020 - As The Pharmacist explicates via familiar non-fiction elements—elevated by both Schneider’s recordings and his alternately ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020netflixopioidsOverdose
Q&A with Tim Ryan Stick with the Winners! – February 2, 2020 - Despite a successful business career as a high-tech recruiter, Tim Ryan found himself in the grips of heroin use and ultimately was sentenced to prison for drug-related co... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Andrew Zimmern – 28 years sober Cooking Up A Better Life – Jan. 29, 2020 - ...he also used the opportunity to encourage others currently going through a similar struggle. About three years after first opening up about his past struggles, Z... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020God
District Attorney will no longer prosecute people for possession of buprenorphine Life Saving – January 29, 2020 - “Instead of expanding access to treatment and saving lives, government inaction has led to the creation of active street markets for these medications in Philadelphia and elsewhere,”... Read More...Addiction RecoverybuprenorphineFeb 4 2020Heroin AddictionPhiladelphia
My family was ripped apart by addiction and mental illness So Sad – January 27, 2020 - Kevin Keast was a supportive husband, an amazing father and a compassionate social worker. He also struggled with mental illness and heroin addiction. That addiction ultimately kille... Read More...Addiction RecoverydepressionFeb 4 2020Mental Healthsuicide
American Addiction Centers borrows $10 million from lenders Treatment Millions – Jan. 20, 2020 - That news came the same day AAC announced founder Michael Cartwright was stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by McWilliams, who at the time was the company’s chief financia... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020Rehab
Super agent Leigh Steinberg has made quite a comeback 9 years, 11 months sober... – Feb. 1, 2020 - As far as comeback stories go, there are few better than the one being authored by sports agent Leigh Steinberg. Steinberg also was promoting his blue-chip client cu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020Recovery
The dangers of digital crack Faux Childhoods? – January 29, 2020 - Never have we been more connected yet felt lonelier. While we realize that most of what we see on social media is staged, we are still compelled to make comparisons. It’s easy t... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneFeb 4 2020internetloneliness
Food Addiction Eat Your Heart Out – January 28, 2020 - We need food to survive, but certain foods -- especially those rich in sugar, fat and salt — can trigger chemicals in the brain that make us feel good, such as dopamine. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020food addiction