Milwaukee Bucks star Marques Johnson Has Been Sober For 23 Years HELPING OTHERS EVERY DAY – April 25, 2025 - The former Milwaukee Bucks star was was using alcohol and drugs and he was seeking help, but he wasn’t at the point where he could see living any other way. He was re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
5 Life Changes That Keep Kelly Ripa Constantly Evolving COUPLES THERAPY WORKS – April 25, 2025 -Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are thriving both on and off the screen, leading their talk show to new heights while delighting fans with their authentic chemistry K... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietysobriety
Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment? WHY INDEED? – April 12, 2025 - Mallory berry was ready to give up. It was 2019, and her addiction—prescription opioids had led her to heroin—had left her bedridden. An infection had eaten through parts of her pelvic ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addiction
Linda Beckstrom: ‘In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter’ AUDIO – SHE WAS THERE – April 13, 2025 - Linda Beckstrom, co-author (with Angalia Bianca) of ‘In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter‘ joins Rick Kogan to highlight ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecovery
Addict II Athlete: Overcomes Addiction, Jail and Cancer AUDIO – COMEBACK TO LIFE – April 18, 2025 - She lost two children, cycled through jail and survived breast cancer — now, 13 years sober, this woman is turning her pain into purpose. “I kept going down that n... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Bravo Productions Bummed When Cast Members Get Sober TOO CALM FOR TV – April 12, 2025 - Beloved producer Patrick McDonald, who recently stepped back from his work on reality TV to launch an OnlyFans career, appeared on Bethenny Frankel’s “Just B” podcast on Frida... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction
Faces From a Meth Surge METHICATED – April 16, 2025 - John once fielded customer complaints for a telecommunications company. Now he usually hangs out with friends in the courtyard of a center offering services to help people who use ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmeth
Is SAMHSA Dead? Health Orgs Face Funding Shut Off FUNDING FIASCO – April 17, 2025 - Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia sought a restraining order to protect the $11 billion in funding. In early April, a federal judge granted a temporary injunctio... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hazelden/Betty Ford Adds Mental Health Treatment As Addicts Demand Help VIDEO – GOOD FOR BUSINESS TOO! – April 17, 2025 - Beginning this month, care for substance use and mental health will go hand-in-hand. Rannon Arch, Director of Co-Occurring Clinical Services for the Hazelden Betty F... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Max Beesley: ‘Alcoholism is very quick – you can soon get in trouble’ AN ACTOR’S OBSERVATION – April 17, 2025 - At 8.30am, on the morning of 7 July 2005, Max Beesley was at a hotel in Marylebone participating in a read-through for a new BBC drama, Hotel Babylon. The producer had ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Health Seekers Say Microdosing Psychedelics Helps Them BETTER THAN MICRO-PLASTICS – April 17, 2025 - “I started microdosing and within a couple of months, I had a general sense of well-being that I hadn’t had in so long,” said Marine Corps combat veteran Matt Metzger. He... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionPsychedelics
Denise Welch Celebrates 13 Years: Recalls Shocking Details From Her Last ‘Shameful’ Binge ONLY BINGING NETFLIX – April 18, 2025 - The Loose Women star, 66, said she woke up hung over with no recollection of the night before to find she’d pulled a bathroom door off its hinges and thrown a lamp on the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Celebrity Sobriety
What Happened to Emily Willis? Inside Coma-Stricken Porn Star’s Health Updates REHAB DANGERS – April 17, 2025 - The former adult film star – born Litzy Lara Banuelos — checked into the Summit Malibu rehab on January 27, 2024, in hopes of overcoming her ketamine addiction, but things took a turn... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRehabTrauma
Smart-Cribs Soothe Babies With Opiate Withdrawal WTF? – April 17, 2025 - Tech out of the University of Vermont Medical Center is helping babies suffering from drug exposure get a better night’s sleep. Vermont’s opioid overdoses increased almost 500% in the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaopioid crisisopioidsRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Person of the Week: Heather Hayes STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 22, 2025 - Heather Hayes is the founder and CEO of Heather R. Hayes & Associates, Inc. She is a Master’s level Licensed Counselor in the State of Georgia, and Board Registere... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewRecovery Advocate
Psilocybin Gives Man 2nd Chance After 10-year Opioid Addiction WHATEVER WORKS – April 16, 2025 - Over 10 years, Schaefer had tried recovering from what began with dependence on a prescription for the pain killer Percocet and later spiraled into an all-consuming heroin addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsPsychedelics
Salvation Army Denys Addiction Medications To Clients ‘largest provider of residential treatment’ – April 16, 2025 - A federal judge has given the go-ahead for a class-action lawsuit that could radically expand Americans’ access to lifesaving addiction medications. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hospital Adopts Revolutionary ‘hotspotting’ Addiction Treatment Program VIDEO – PROGRESS – April 14, 2025 - New York City’s public hospital system is adopting a revolutionary addiction treatment program at its medical facility serving the South Bronx after the same initiative helped dra... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mayor On Drug Use & Sobriety & Homophobic Abuse BELFAST MAYOR – April 17, 2025 - It is no secret that Belfast is currently in the grip of a drugs epidemic, and when asked if he had ever smoked marijuana, Micky Murray admitted that he has tried it twice. “I d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Rehabs Reeling From Federal Funding Cuts VIDEO – WE SHALL SURVIVE – April 9, 2025 - Long-distance running is something that comes naturally to the Running Rooster but he says he lost that passion while battling addiction. Thanks to organizations like Dawn ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 90 Years of Recovery in Vancouver, CAN, July 3-6 PARTY HEARTY – April 16, 2025 - Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) will bring together tens and tens of thousands of members and guests from around the world, July 3–6, 2025, for its International Convention in Vancouver, B... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Supporting Your Partner on Their Sobriety Journey HELPING HAND – April 4, 2025 - “Recovery affects both people in the relationship—not just the one with addiction. Partners might feel stressed or anxious. Sometimes even resentful, especially if trust has been an iss... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Every Sip of Alcohol Increases Your Risk of Cancer AIN’T NO GOOD – April 8, 2025 - Alcohol, whether consumed regularly or only on special occasions, takes a toll on your body. From your brain and heart, to your lungs and muscles, to your gastrointestinal and im... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancer
Artificial Sweetener Tricks Your Brain Into Feeling More Hungry Bon Appétit – April 4, 2025 - Nothing in life comes free, not even a sugar-free drink. Scientists have now linked the artificial sweetener sucralose (sold as Splenda) to yet another potential health downside... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction
Needle Exchange Program Feels Effects of Trump’s Aid Cuts DIRTY BUSINESS – April 3, 2025 - PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug ad... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Plunging LIFE MATTERS – April 10, 2025 - Federal spending cuts instigated by the White House threaten to reverse a steep decline in American overdose deaths and are jeopardizing other gains in the battle against synthet... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Doctors Prescribing Heroin? VIDEO – INNOVATION – April 8, 2025 - A complementary but no less controversial harm reduction strategy, heroin-assisted treatment involves administering pharmaceutical-grade heroin under medical supervision. It stabi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMental Health
17-Year-old Develops Irreversible ‘POPCORN LUNG’ From Vapes and e-Cigarettes VIDEO – DON’T SMOKE – April 9, 2025 - Christie Martin received a panicked call from her daughter Brianne Cullen who claimed she was struggling to breathe. Horrified, Christie rushed the 17-year-old to a nearby ER... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediasmokingteenagersVaping
A Perfect Family Couldn’t Save Me From The Most Destructive Middle-class Addiction Of All IT’S THE DOPAMINE – April 8, 2025 - Kate’s family was about discover a devastating secret she’d kept hidden for years - one that was going to turn their financial lives upside down. Grasping for the words to expla... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetvideo games
Spencer Matthews On His Sobriety Journey STUNNING SHARE – April 10, 2025 - Spencer Matthews has been open about his journey with alcohol after suffering with alcohol dependency between the ages of 15 and 30. He admitted that during that time period he wo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety