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
From a $101,600 TV newsman to a drunk in the gutter Reporting on a fall – June 7, 2020 - Ed Mitchell was a successful broadcast journalist for Reuters, the BBC, ITN and U.S. news channel CNBC until alcohol cost him his career, his marriage and his home. In a new... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 16 2020
Couple gets 6 kids back after homelessness, drug addiction Winners! – June 12, 2020 - Schubert and Northern were reluctant to come to Family Recovery Court in Clermont County. They knew the work they would have to do is hard. But, they soon realized their success there was t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020RecoveryRehab
Hazelden/Betty Ford, AssuredPartners expand access to high-quality addiction treatment Since 1949 – June 8, 2020 - Eligible members of AssuredPartners health plans now have in-network access to Hazelden Betty Ford’s national system of care, which includes 15 clinical locations in California, Flor... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Happy 85th Anniversary AA AA Anniversary Week - @YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIoWIRb5q6I&feature=emb_logo ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 16 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
The Duchess of Cambridge Goes on First Virtual Visit of Treatment Center: ‘It’s a Lifeline’ Kate Middleton – June 08, 2020 - “When things get back to normal, I’d love to come and say hello to the team and everyone down there as well,” Kate said at the start of the call. The royal mom of three was told that... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusinterventionJune 16 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Kate Moss enjoying sobriety Supersober – June 1, 2020 - Tony - who himself has been sober for 13 years - said: “Kate’s been clean for over two years. Me and my sober mates now have a better time than we ever did when we used to drink and take d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 9 2020Recovery
Roy Halladay’s drug addiction exposed in ESPN documentary ‘Imperfect’ Fear Strikes Out – May 29, 2020 - He twice had been to drug rehab centers. Once, for three weeks in 2013, when he was pitching for the Phillies. Another time, for three months in 2015, after retirement. Ther... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 9 2020
Drum-making a path to addiction recovery Heartbeats from the Heart – Jan. 2020 - Addiction counselor Brian Knockwood gives drum-making workshops to people in Indian Brook, N.S., which help them along their road to recovery. @YouTube https://www.youtu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryJune 9 2020Recovery
Addiction thrives in these times. Recovery must, too! OPINION: William Cope Moyers – May 28, 2020 - In these times, just one more might be okay for most people. Yet for one in 10 of us in America, one drink or drug is too many and a thousand are not enough. Addict... Read More...Addiction RecoveryJune 9 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Sheltering With My Boyfriend and No Booze To drink, or not to drink??? – May 20, 2020 - As a single woman participating in Dry January (I repeated the dry challenge solo in 2018), I learned some very important takeaways about dating without a beverage ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusJune 9 2020Recovery
LSD Is Surging in Popularity Timothy Leary’s Not Dead – June 4, 2020 - Besides age, education level was a big predictor for trends in LSD use. People with college degrees increased their LSD use by over 70 percent, while people without higher ed... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 9 2020
Five years clean, Lindsey Cooksey reflects on her meth addiction Looking Back - Moving Forward – June 5, 2020 - About a year after moving to the lakes area, Cooksey started using meth. Her friends introduced her to the drug. Through meth and those friends, Cooksey met her no... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 9 2020methRecovery
Disordered Eating in a Disordered Time It’s Not About the Food – June 5, 2020 - Roughly one in 10 Americans struggle with disordered eating, and the pandemic has created new hurdles for those managing difficult relationships with food. Working from home m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusEating DisorderJune 9 2020
Saving Lives From Drug Addiction Caring about life down under – June 5, 2020 - The Victorian Government has accepted all recommendations of the independent review of Victoria’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR), which has found the tr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 9 2020Recovery
Why SF’s new laws to force more mentally ill, addicted people into treatment haven’t been used yet Attraction Not Coercion – June 5, 2020 - Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who spearheaded the local effort with Mayor London Breed to expand court-ordered mental health treatment — also called conservatorship — sai... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 9 2020Mental Health
Lockdown prompts surge in Germans seeking help for alcoholism Meet the Quaransteins – June 4, 2020 - Germany has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption in Europe, with drinking occupying a prominent place in national culture through events such as the Oktoberfest beer... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionJune 9 2020