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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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Magazine editor Dan Peres on harrowing Vicodin addiction

There is a pill for everything – February 1, 2020 - Later that day, finally loaded on 15 Vicodins, Peres met boxing champ Mike Tyson to discuss an upcoming story. Sweat-soaked and “swaying back and forth,” Pere... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryFeb 4 2020Rehab

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Rapper Lexii Alijai, 21, died of accidental overdose

Way Too Young! – JAN. 28, 2020 - Music ran in her family, as her father Roger Troutman Jr. recorded with Capitol Records during the 1980s, and her grandfather, Roger Troutman, founded funk band Zapp. Less than ... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Back on Top

Demi Lovato Sings Her Heart Out – Dylan James wrote “I watched the Grammy’s Sunday night with a group of strangers. I was sitting in the social room at an inpatient hospital that I had been admitted to a week b... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2020Recovery

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How to Treat Insomnia in People Recovering from Drug Addiction

In the Dark – Jan. 24, 2020 - Treatment Options If you have a history of drug abuse, we do not advise solving your insomnia with medications. Any prescription drugs or sleeping pills that need to be consumed cont... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryinsomniaJan 28 2020Rehab

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Aerosmith honored at MusiCares benefit

Russell Brand hosts – Jan. 25, 2010 - Longevity and conflict have become defining characteristics in the shared half-century career of Aerosmith, the classic rockers who were honored Friday at the annual MusiCares Pe... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2020

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At 84, Cajun Great Doug Kershaw Still Going Strong Soberly

All The Right Notes – Jan. 24, 2020 - As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, he’s still looking ahead too — fiddling, singing, writing and performing as the quintessential “Louisiana Man.” Kers... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2020Rehab