How many body-brokering cases have been prosecuted under new law? Zero, nada, zilch, none, nil, gornish – March 12, 2020 - “There is no excuse for their failure to prosecute these cases, particularly when we desperately need an all-hands-on-deck approach to this crisis.” Si... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 17 2020opioids
Not Even 9/11 Could Shut Down AA Meetings. Coronavirus is Different. Sobriety comes first, no matter what – Mar. 13, 2020 - The woman said she would still have phone call check-ins and small pot-luck gatherings with her fellow group members if face-to-face meetings ended, but that it ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusMarch 17 2020
Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In It Works If You Work It – March 11, 2020 - One study found that compared with Alcoholics Anonymous participants, those who received cognitive behavioral treatments had about twice as many outpatient visits — as... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 17 2020Recovery
Opinion: Jailing individuals for drug addiction is immoral War On The Wounded – March 3, 2020 - The Controlled Substance Act distinguished five different “schedules” for drugs to huddle underneath. Ignorance was on full display: schedule one drugs — the most “dangerous... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020
‘Strung Out’ Tackles Pain, Stigma And Shame Of Drug Use MEDIA: Book Review – February 28, 2020 - In her new memoir, Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me, essayist and advice columnist Erin Khar writes candidly and at length about this partic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020
Heroin addict: ‘You either going to be high, or dead’ Who Decides? – February 29th 2020 - “It depends on how potent the dope is. And around here, ain’t pretty. It ain’t potent. People who OD and stuff that like, they’re reckless.” Life for Lagenna has been toug... Read More...Addiction RecoveryHeroin AddictionMarch 10 2020
Comedian uses humor to share captivating recovery It’s a very funny disease – March 2, 2020 - “I had a lot of fun in sobriety,” Holbert said. “I got to do shows like this.” For eight years, his alcoholism pulled experiences away from him. Trapped by his addict... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 10 2020Recovery
Why Addiction Treatment Isn’t “One Size Fits All” Super Size Me – Mar. 3, 2020 - Traditional 12-Step-based treatment centers are incredibly successful and valuable for many, but for those still in a precontemplation stage of change or in denial of the seriousness of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 10 2020Rehab
17% addicts hooked on de-addiction drug It’s Punjab Jake – Mar. 8, 2020 - De-addiction seems to have become a new addiction in the state. As per a government report, there is widespread addiction of de-addiction drug buprenorphine. At present, abo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020Rehab
Laura McKowen on Addiction, Recovery and We Are the Luckiest We Are Miracles, Too! – MARCH 2, 2020 - I just don’t think the labels are very helpful. Nobody hears the word “addict” or “alcoholic” and thinks something positive, or even neutral. Those words carry with them... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020Recovery
Science Suggests Loneliness Is Tied To Addiction Come Together – MAR 5, 2020 - As the United States struggled with a crisis of addiction to opioids and other drugs over the past few years, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionlonelinessMarch 10 2020Rehab
Mother with opioid addiction died in police custody after officers ignored her calls for help Arrested to Death – MAR. 7, 2020 - “Yeah I’m literally ill right now. I can’t even think straight. I’m gonna like literally pass out from pain,” Linsemeir tells Sgt. Moises Zanazanian who is listed as a defenda... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020opioids
Mika Brzezinski: This therapy is helping me triumph over my 20-year addiction to sleep medicine All Roads Lead to Home – March 5, 2020 - It started with my graveyard shift at CBS News when I was 30 years old. Besides having two babies under the age of two, my shift was brutal. After a one-hour commute, I ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 10 2020RecoveryRehab
‘Sobriety’s not boring’ Just Like Life – March 2, 2020 - While her friends are supportive of her sober lifestyle, she finds it comes up a lot in one particular area of her personal life. “It’s kind of difficult being single and dating,” she... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 10 2020
Indiana County to Start Bringing Charges Against Residents Who Overdose Locking Up The Dead – February 29, 2020 - The person who has overdosed is given the opportunity to plead guilty, and if they go that route, “the prosecutor’s office would agree to offer treatment services through pro... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020Overdose
Demi Lovato opens up about sobriety relapse in interview with Ellen Woman’s Empowerment – March 5, 2020 - According to the Daily Mail, Demi tells Ellen “My bulimia got really bad. I asked for help and I didn’t get the help that I needed. I’m thinking to myself: ‘I am six years ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 10 2020relapse
Can You Drink Your Way Sober? L’Chaim and L’Chaim again... – March 1, 2020 - Dr. Charles Shadel founded Shadel Hospital outside Seattle in 1935 offering aversion therapy in a “homelike setting” — the same year Bill Wilson started Alcoholics... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 10 2020
San Francisco Resurrects Plan to Open Supervised Injection Sites Keeping Life Alive – March 4, 2020 - Approximately 24,500 people in San Francisco regularly use syringes to inject illegal drugs, according to the city’s health department. In the city, drug overdosing accounte... Read More...Addiction RecoveryinterventionMarch 10 2020Rehab
Truly Radical Idea to Address Drug Addiction in Mia Donovan’s “Dope is Death” THEATER “Dope is Death” – March 6, 2020 - “You don’t want to fight on drugs,” says Felipe Luciano, the founder of the Young Lords, in “Dope is Death.” “ I found out I was political.” His epiphany contributes to a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 10 2020
‘The Way Back’ Review: Ben Affleck Shines as Alcoholic Basketball Coach Off His Back – March 4, 2020 - There is an origin story for his current predicament, one that is both universal and specific, the film never allows that trauma to excuse or justify his behavior. Jack is surrou... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyMarch 3 2020Recovery
Ozzy Osbourne Talks Sobriety and Having ‘the Midas Touch Batshit Sane – FEBRUARY 24, 2020 - The Godfather of Heavy Metal released his reunion album with Black Sabbath in 2013 and has been sober for seven years. “The last album, I wrote some of it stoned,” he admits. “I qui... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 3 2020Recovery
Eating disorders and drug addiction are often related illnesses THE HOLE WITHIN – FEBRUARY 24, 2020 - Oftentimes, food disorders do not exist in isolation. It is not uncommon for those who suffer from eating disorders to also experience substance addiction. Singer and ac... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionEating DisorderMarch 3 2020
Disabled by addiction? Prove it, federal judge says… Courting Disaster – February 25, 2020 - In what could be a major win for the city of Costa Mesa — waging a lonely and expensive battle over sober living homes while other impacted Orange County cities look on —... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 3 2020Rehab
Sober Porn Stars Share Their Best Recovery Advice Get Married? – Feb. 26, 2020 - A quick Google search of “sober porn stars” took me down a rabbit hole of former adult entertainers wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 3 2020Recovery
Why Do Christians Deny William Wilberforce’s Drug Addiction? History Lesson – FEB 27, 2020 - The most widely known telling of Wilberforce’s life, the 2006 movie... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 3 2020
Becoming a “mindful drinker” changed my life Our hats are off to you... – Feb. 27, 2020 - This is spawning both a philosophical movement whose adherents have holidays (Dry January and Sober October) and is creating an industry through sober influencers; n... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 3 2020
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick talks about personal battle with alcoholism Sharing for the heart – February 26, 2020 - Kirkpatrick, who suffered a spine fracture, cracked ribs and gash to her head, said she didn’t know she had a drinking problem until the accident. She said she was ha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 3 2020
Tattoos, Addiction and Zen Recovery Ink. – Feb. 27, 2020 - When he was around 15 years old, he got his first gang tattoo in large letters across the top of his back. He’d been drinking and smoking pot since six... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 3 2020Rehab
Ben Affleck thanks Robert Downey Jr. for his help and support during his battle with alcoholism Been there, done that... – Feb. 25, 2020 - The Oscar-winner said: ‘It doesn’t really bother me to talk about alcoholism and being an alcoholic. It’s part of my life, it’s something that I deal with. ‘It doesn’t ha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyMarch 3 2020RecoveryRehab
Tyson Fury: Fought addiction & depression to win world title Retake The Crown – Feb. 23, 2020 - Of course Fury has experienced such glory before - he was on top of the world back in 2015 when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to claim all four world title belts. But his ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 3 2020RecoveryRehab