Why I Quit Smoking Weed BECAUSE I COULD – Nov. 6, 2025 - I’ve always been good at quitting obligations (see: piano lessons, ballet classes, infinite sports teams, and, in one memorable instance, a babysitting job that would have required me... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediamarijuanaNov 11 2025weed
Anthony Hopkins Opens Up About Alcoholism VIDEO – A STAR IS SOBER – Nov. 7, 2025 - Sir Anthony Hopkins has had one of the most storied careers in film and now the Welsh actor is releasing his first memoir, “We Did Ok, Kid,” where he recounts the moments that... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 11 2025
Person of the Week: Susan Campanaro STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 11, 2025 - I am a director, actor, entertainer, creative coach & teacher in NYC. I have a nightlife persona Lavinia Draper IG/FB/TikTok @mslavinianycI wrote a musical Doing Time Wit... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
$53 Billion Rehab Industry Fails Those It’s Supposed To Help AUDIO – ONE CLENT AT A TIME – Nov. 3, 2025 - A new book explores the dark side of the drug rehabilitation industry. It’s called “Rehab: An American Scandal,” and it’s written by Shoshana Walter, an investigative repo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Families Stay Together As Parents Recover From Addiction TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL – Nov. 6, 2025 - Our Place, housed in an apartment building provides free housing to adults and their children as parents go through recovery and receive mental health treatment, employment a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Experts Warn 1 Alcoholic Drink Increases Cancer Risk EVEN A BEER? – Nov. 7, 2025 - Alcohol is a risk factor for liver cancer and cancers of the mouth, throat, and esophagus in smokers, as well as colon, rectal, and breast cancer for women. Only 37 percent of adul... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerNov 11 2025
Court Battle Exposes Ugliest Strategies of Rehab Business MONEY MONEY MONEY – Nov. 6, 2025 - “Bro,” the text chain says, “you can make so much fucking money off these junkies. Their (sic) going to use anyway.” “What do you mean I can make more,” came the reply. “U can ma... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Alcohol Consumption Linked to Severe Brain Bleeding VIDEO – USE YOUR HEAD – Nov. 7, 2025 - While the adverse effects of alcohol start from the first drop, excessive drinking can lead to a brain bleed. What’s more striking is that the ‘excessive’ limit is far lower th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 11 2025Trauma
Rosie O’Donnell Asks for ‘Prayers’ for Daughter Chelsea SEARCHING FOR PRAYERS – October 29, 2025 - Rosie shared a much younger photo of her daughter Chelsea, now 28, on her Instagram as she asked her followers for “prayers.” “My child chelsea belle - before addiction took... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 04 2025
Sucralose Damages Human DNA HOW SWEET IT ISN’T – Oct. 28, 2025 - Regulators approved sucralose decades ago. Those studies predated modern toxicogenomics, the study of how genes respond to chemical exposure. The new findings suggest the tests us... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionNov 04 2025
How Katie Herzog Drank Herself To Sobriety AUDIO – GOOD TRICK – Oct. 30, 2025 - Katie Herzog is a journalist and creator and co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported, which calls itself a podcast that, quote: “Scours the internet for its craziest, silliest... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025sobriety
Musician Turns 10 Years Sober into Purpose-driven Career VIDEO – ONE NOTE AT A TIME – Oct. 31, 2025 - In 2016, Steve Kidwell was incarcerated in Fayette County, where he went through the worst detox of his life. However, he views that experience differently now. “... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025sobriety
New Jersey Town Legally Blocked Housing For People in Recovery WTF – Oct. 29, 2025 - A federal appeals court has given a sober living nonprofit a second chance to press its discrimination claims against a Hudson County town over its right to operate. Oxford House originally sued... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Meet Karen Beckles REIKI NOW – Oct. 29, 2025 - In 2026 I am launching The Funky Truth Sober Community, a Reiki supported community that is spiritually based for people who are sober and sober curious. It is meant to complement AA for t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthNov 04 2025
Horrible Things Were Happening. My First Thought Was To Work. Am I Addicted? IF YOU CAN’T STOP – Nov. 1, 2025 - Have you ever heard a word that jolts you to attention? That word, for me, was “workaholism” – and when I heard it through my headphones earlier this year, listening to an audiobook... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025Recovery
Paramedics Are Changing The Front Line of Addiction Care THEY SEE IT UP CLOSE – Nov. 1, 2025 - Many people who survive an overdose decline to be taken to the hospital, which leaves EMS personnel as their only point of contact with the health care system. Those interactions... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Anonymously Miserable’ author Shares Story of Recovery, Loss & Resilience VIDEO – BRAVE MAN – Oct. 31, 2025 - Anthony Ysasaga has released his book described as his “raw, unfiltered journey through the depths of abuse, depression, addiction, trauma, and rage.” Ysasaga said the book c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025
The Deadly Addiction Gripping America That Everyone is Ignoring MELATONIN MELATONIN – Nov. 2, 2025 - ‘The impacts of excessive caffeine include increased restlessness, irritability, anxiety and mental anguish. ‘In addition, can impact sleep, which creates a perpetual cy... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionNov 04 2025
Trump Regime Cuts Decimate Federal Addiction/Mental Health Agency WHO NEEDS HEALTH CARE – Oct. 30, 2025 - Since January, layoffs and funding cuts at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration have ground much of the agency’s work to a halt. At the Center fo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthNov 04 2025RecoveryRehab
Person of the Week: Ryan Whittaker STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 4, 2025 - Ryan Whittaker got clean when he was 15 years old in 1997. He started a company called Sober Water in 2024 to “Help people. End plastic.” He donated 40 acres in Southern Color... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewNov 04 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Jessica Simpson Celebrates 8 Years Sober ONE STRIDE AT A TIME – Nov. 1, 2025 - 8 years ago today I made the choice to confront, to confess and to let go of the self sabotaging parts of my life that I was choosing. Making that decision allowed me to fully li... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 04 2025
Darren McFadden on Overcoming Alcoholism COMPLETED PASS – Oct. 27, 2025 - The former All-American running back for the University of Arkansas, spoke Monday about his struggles with alcoholism at an event held at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Bilal Mu... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 04 2025
Denzel Washington Argues With Fan Over Sobriety Lie Accusation MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS – Oct. 28, 2025 - Denzel Washington recently engaged in a heated verbal fight with a fan, who accused him of lying about being sober. The argument spiraled into a brief tiff about believing in ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 04 2025
On ‘Stardust’ – Danny Brown Found Sobriety GROWING UP – Oct. 27, 2025 - The 44-year-old rapper changes his stripes with every album. But his latest record is his first time ever doing it sober, with help from surprising new friends. The wisecracking breakthro... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 04 2025
Stephen King on ‘The Shining’ Sequel and His Sobriety AUDIO – THE MASTER – Oct. 31, 2025 - In today’s episode, “King of Horror” Stephen King reflects on his sobriety, the sequel to The Shining and a novel he co-wrote with his son. The Shining came out in 1980, but King ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 04 2025
‘The Sober Shift’ The Abundance Of an Alcohol Free Life VIDEO – NOW SHE HAS IT ALL – Oct. 28, 2025 - Suzanne Warye’s new book is a modern guide to breaking away from the societal pressures around drinking. See Website ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025sobriety
Deftones’ Chino Moreno On Why Sobriety Is a Work In Progress DEAF NO MORE – Oct. 27, 2025 - The vocalist has been sober for three years. “I started taking these classes and one of the classes was teaching you that it’s the most natural thing to have spikes and emotions in all... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 04 2025Recovery
Those Who Use Weed Before 15 Will Have Trouble Later UNLESS THEY QUIT – Oct. 29, 2025 - Teens are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood compared to their peers who did not use the drug in adolescence. Early, frequent cannabi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaNov 04 2025weed
Joseline Hernandez On Sobriety NO MORE BLACKOUTS – Oct. 24, 2025 - The Puerto Rican Princess is keeping it real about staying fit, sober, and loving herself through the process. After years of battling alcohol and substance abuse, Joseline says sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 28 2025
Doctor Explains Who Gets Delirium Tremens WATCH – NOT WORTH IT! – Oct. 24, 2025 - Warning: This article contains discussion of alcoholism which some readers may find distressing. A doctor has revealed the type of drinker who is more susceptible to develop... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 28 2025