Meet the Cavan Man Embracing Sobriety DRUMMING FOR GOD – May 1, 2025 - “What society and communities at the moment are dealing with is a disconnection. People are grasping in all directions to try and find a bit of peace in their souls and what oft... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 06 2025RecoveryRehab
Famous Pop Stars Who Found Sobriety ADDICTION SURVIVORS – May, 2025 - Pink was known for her wild partying days in the early 2000s, but she eventually realized she was heading down a dangerous path. She credits motherhood and her love for fitness... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMay 06 2025Recovery
Person of the Week: Jay Stinnett STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – MAY 6, 2025 - Jay Stinnett is a grateful channel of the wisdom of the beverage program and producer of the film Bill W Conscious Contact. He can be found in the 4th Dimension in Sedona... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewMay 06 2025Recovery Advocate
Seabrook Rehab Paying $20M to Resolve Whistleblower Suit BUSINESS AS USUAL? – May 1, 2025 - Seabrook allegedly lacked licenses and contracts for a veterans program at its Upper Deerfield facility, yet billed federal and state agencies for its services, the federal prosecut... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 06 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
South America’s Only Supervised Drug Consumption Room SAVING LIVES – APRIL 27, 2025 - The left arm of Christian Camilo Amaya is tattooed with a skull pierced by a syringe, which he says represents the use of cocaine and heroin. He frequently shot up on streets of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 06 2025
Hayden Begley Says She’s Been Sober for 10 Years After Her Dad Caught Her Drinking at 15 VIDEO – SOBER TIES – May 2, 2025 - In a new TikTok video she revealed that “addictive issues” ran in her family history. Hayden, 25, shared a TikTok clip explaining her decision to maintain a sober lifestyle. In the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMay 06 2025
Ex-NBA Player Warns Students to Avoid Addiction VIDEO – NOTHING BUT NET – May 1, 2025 - “Cocaine was my truth,” Herren said. Through the decades, Roundup’s gymnasium has echoed everything from game-winning cheers to physical education teachers enforcing rules. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMay 06 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Alcohol Needs a Cancer Warning Label ABOUT TIME – 2025 - More than six in 10 Americans drink alcohol. But less than half of them know that they’re increasing their cancer risk while they’re doing it. GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 06 2025sobriety
Are We Getting High ’Cause the Thrill is Gone? Dysfunctional brain Dopamine caused by Reward Deficiency Syndrome – April 29, 2025 - What happens when the thrill is gone? In fact, what if the thrill was never there to begin with? The sun is setting ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
40 Percent Decline in Overdose Deaths Linked to Fewer Kids Entering Foster Care IT’S COMPLICATED – April 23, 2025 - Year-over-year figures for the 12 months ending in November 2024 reveal a 37.7% decline in drug overdose deaths in West Virginia, surpassing the national average decrease of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdose
San Francisco Considers ‘recovery first’ Drug Policy VIDEO – DYING BY THE BAY – April 24, 2025 - “I think having a city policy that says, listen, the cessation of illicit drug use and long-term recovery is the primary objective of our drug policy,” Dorsey said. “That’s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Podcast Gives Man a Voice in Addiction Recovery VIDEO – WE ARE LEGION – April 23, 2025 - For Ronnie LeDuff, therapy doesn’t come in the form of a counseling session. It comes through a microphone. “I didn’t know how to be vulnerable,” LeDuff said. “I didn’t un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System LIFE SAVER – April 23, 2025 - Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered its use to treat opioid use disorder back in the 1980s. “God almighty. So many p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
Heavy Drinking Linked to Brain Injuries and Alzheimer’s EARLY ONSET STUPIDITY – April 17, 2025 - Boozers had 133 % higher odds of developing vascular brain lesions than those who never drank. With the help of surveys of the deceased’s next of kin, researchers ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Jon Pardi Encourages Sobriety After Quitting Drinking: ‘Just Try It’ WAY TO GO – April 22, 2025 - “I’m back. I jumped off the wagon and I’m back on it,” Pardi says on Amazon’s Country Heat Weekly podcast. “It gets even more crazy when you jump back in it. And for me, now looking... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Walker Hayes’s Song About Struggles With Sobriety And Faith SINGING IT SWEETLY – April 23, 2025 - “It had come to an embarrassing point,” Hayes recalls to CBS News. “But I had a handle of vodka in my Honda Accord at all times. And it went in every beverage.” Hayes ultimate... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Elev8 Centers to Address Growing Addiction Crisis in New York TALL ORDER – April 23, 2025 - Elev8 Centers has announced the launch of an enhanced alcohol rehab program designed to meet the increasing demand for effective addiction treatment services in New York City. The compre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Woman Who Overcame Addiction Helping Others EACH ONE, TEACH ONE – April 23, 2025 - A mother-of-two who was helped by a rehabilitation organisation said she is “overrun” with gratitude now her life is back on track. “Every woman deserves opportunity and if my h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Pea-Sized Node in the Brain to Treat Drug Addiction NO PEA BRAIN JOKES – April 23, 2025 - Major scientific discoveries can arise from simple decisions: say, by simply looking where virtually no one else has. Such was the case for Ines Ibañez-Tallon, a research associa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Big Chief Supports Nora Volkow JOB SECURITY? – April 23, 2025 - Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health gave a ringing endorsement to the nation’s top addiction researcher, Nora Volkow, this week in his first publ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecovery Advocate
RFK Jr. Recounts Heroin Addiction and Spiritual Awakening VIDEO – WHAT HAPPENED? – April 24, 2025 - Kennedy called addiction “a source of misery, but also a symptom of misery.” In a speech that mentioned God more than 20 times, he pointed to his own experience feeling as th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addiction
Man Sentenced 7 Years for “Body Brokering” at Sober Living Homes BUSINESS AS USUAL? – April 24, 2025 - Darius Moore, 31, formerly of Santa Ana but most recently of North Carolina, was sentenced Thursday to seven years behind bars for soliciting and receiving nearly $500,000 in ill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Trump Wants to End $56 Million Grant Giving Narcan to First Responders VIDEO – LET THEM DIE – April 25, 2025 - A preliminary budget document, obtained by The Washington Post, reportedly calls for deep cuts to federal health programs and targets multiple addiction prevention and treatme... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
Lane Kiffin Opens Up About Sobriety VIDEO – IT’S IN THE WIN COLUMN – April 19, 2025 - The Ole Miss head coach, who has been sober since 2020, said that he had come to a realization that he was “not the best version of myself,” mentioning that an unhea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Person of the Week: Jami Lula Lending his voice and leadership in concert to youth groups and spiritual centers throughout the nation, Jami Lula has been honored by LA Music Awards (“Best Male Vocalist”), winner of the Centers for Spiritual Living “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025CompassionInterviewRecovery Advocate
Mom Serves Alcoholic Jell-O Shots to 5th Graders VERY Happy Birthday – April 23, 2025 - Decorated with seasoning and whipped cream — the shots were served at an elementary school Christmas party at Jones Elementary. Multiple students consumed the alcoho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Helping the Homeless with Substance Abuse WITH GOD ON THEIR SIDE – April 24, 2025 - The place I call Deliverance Alley is a vacant lot of grass and dirt in a neglected south Dallas neighborhood. Drive by and you won’t see much. A sign on a deli across ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionhomeless
EAT! Revolutionizing Addiction Treatment to Prevent Relapse BOOK REVIEW – April 22, 2025 - Eating Protein Saves Lives, Inc. announces the release of EAT!: A Guide to Radiant Recovery Using Food and Amino Acids to Repair the Addicted Brain and Reduce Cravings, a groundbr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Hank Azaria – Icon for The Simpsons – Gives Keynote Speech on Sobriety IN HIS OWN VOICE – April 25, 2025 - For this year’s luncheon, Hank Azaria, a multi-award-winning actor who’s most notable work includes voicing various, albeit iconic, characters on The Simpsons and movies like Along... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Schools Should Ban Cell Phones as Addiction Remedy AND SUGAR TOO? – April 24, 2025 - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested Thursday banning cellphones in schools as a remedy for the nation’s addiction crisis. Citing an epidemic of hopele... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneSmartphone Addiction