Too Much Pleasure Can Lead to Addiction AUDIO – ADDICTED TO PODCASTS – Jan. 6, 2023 - Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explains when too much pleasure-triggering dopamine upsets the delicate balance of pleasure and pain our brains need to feel ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 10 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rolling Stone’s Best Non-Alcoholic Beverages TASTIER THAN FAKE NEWS – Jan. 4, 2023 - “Like clockwork, after indulging between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, people look for ways to be healthier when the new year rolls around,” says author Hilary ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJan 10 2023Recovery
Adam Rich, Who Starred in ‘Eight Is Enough,’ Dies at 54 Jan. 8, 2023 - Adam Rich, a former child actor who starred in the hit television series “Eight Is Enough,” died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 54. Danny Deraney, Mr. Rich’s publicist, confirmed the d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 10 2023
These Stars are Proud to be Teetotalers AT ITS EXTREME, EVERYTHING TURNS TO ITS OPPOSITE – Jan. 2, 2023 - Whilst most people promise to abstain from alcohol at the beginning of the year as part of Dry January in a bid to curb bad habits, others have lon... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 10 2023Recovery
Revealing Interview with Mary Beth O’Connor REAL LIFE DICHOTOMY – By Felicia Naoum Mary Beth O'Connor has a unique story, one that bridges the gap between the worlds of trauma, addiction, and success. It is not every day that you hear of an individual stru... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 10 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Highly Addictive TikTok is Likened to FENTANYL by US Congressman SO TRUE – Jan. 3, 2023 - TikTok has been likened to the addictive drug fentanyl by a US politician, due to its ‘corrosive impact’ on young Americans. Mike Gallagher, incoming US chairman of a new House selec... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJan 10 2023Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Rumer Willis Celebrates Pregnancy and Six Years Sober EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN SOBRIETY – Jan. 1, 2023 - Rumer Willis has plenty to celebrate on New year’s Eve. On Friday, in the late afternoon, the oldest daughter of Hollywood legends Bruce Willis and D... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJan 10 2023RecoveryRehab
Supreme Court Ruling Tosses ‘pill mill’ Convictions PILL PUSHERS FREED – Jan. 5, 2023 - The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of Xiulu Ruan and John Couch for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances after find... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Scientists Explore Psychedelics to Treat Addiction Disorders MEDICINES ARE DRUGS – Jan. 2, 2023 - Early studies have shown promise with treating addiction to tobacco and alcohol. The question has gained urgency as the U.S. faces an overdose surge that is killing m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023PsychedelicsRecovery
Can Insomnia Medications Stop Addictions? IN YOUR DREAMS – Jan. 3, 2023 - An article recently published in the journal Biological Psychiatry discusses the findings of researchers at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and other institutions on th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Meet 25 Heroes Saving Lives Amid the Overdose Crisis VIDEO – POLICIES MATTER! – Jan. 5, 2023 - “What we need to see happen is continued physician prescribing of naloxone, but also removing the barriers physicians, emergency departments and harm-reduction organizations... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 10 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014 for Citizenfour, about ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden, thanked the Venice Film Festival jury at the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalTrauma
What You Need To Know About The Deadly New Drug A NEW WAY TO DIE – Dec. 21, 2022 - One of the most dangerous and deadly drugs to ever hit the market could be hiding in plain sight, and if we don’t take swift action, we could be facing another devasting wave ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 3 2023Trauma
Sex Addiction Is a Thing But So is Love Addiction IT’S COMPLICATED – Dec. 22, 2022 - “She had fallen in love with some men from afar, had these intense feelings of love with men she was never able to meet or talk to,” Harary told The Toronto Sun. “It wa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJan 3 2023Mental HealthRecoverySexual Addiction
Dr. Gabor Maté: Who Gets Sick, and How to Prevent it VIDEO – AT IT AGAIN – Nov. 2022 - Dr. Gabor Maté (addiction, stress, and childhood development speaker & bestselling author) joins us to explain which groups of people tend to be most prone to chronic illness,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 3 2023life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
American Writer Cat Marnell Celebrates 1 Month of Sobriety SHE LOVES AA – Dec. 29, 2022 - In July 2020, Cat told Page Six that she had been off Adderall for two years, but she now claims that she ultimately relapsed despite the fact that being free of the focus-inducin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 3 2023RecoveryRehab
Resolving Addiction In the New Year A NEW OPPORTUNITY – Dec. 27, 2022 - Joe says trust is fundamental which is why people are able to attend meetings without being worried they’ll be exposed in their everyday life – they can move through the step... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
U.S. Olympic Runner Shares Sobriety Story ONLY THE FINISH LINE – Dec. 23, 2022 - Mitch Ammons trains at Austin High School Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Ammons, a local runner and recovering drug addict, recently qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 3 2023RecoveryRehab
She Thanks Mom and God for 10 Years of Sobriety NO ONE DOES IT BETTER – Dec. 25, 2022 - However, Reisinger had to learn how to help her daughter first. Without experience handling addiction, Reisinger said she initially didn’t recognize the signs of a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionGodinterventionInterviewJan 3 2023RecoveryRehab
Wage War on Fentanyl or Decriminalize? CONFUSING – Dec. 27, 2022 - In Hartford, Conn., this year, police found 100 bags of fentanyl in the bedroom of a 13-year-old boy who suffered a fatal fentanyl overdose at school. Police found an addition... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 3 2023Recovery
Middle-Aged Smokers May Suffer Neurological Damage IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Dec. 27, 2022 - Jenna Rajczyk, lead author of the study says that the findings support prior research that linked smoking with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of neurological ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 3 2023life expectancyMental Healthnicotinesmoking
U.S. Doubles Its Catch of Fentanyl-Laced Pills in 2022 LAW OF ABUNDANCE? – Dec. 20. 2022 - The Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated more than 379 million doses of fentanyl this year, the agency said, and it seized more than double the number of pills laced w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 3 2023
It’s Official: Alcohol Isn’t Cool Anymore, Resulting in a Sober New Year’s Eve Ball Drop? HAPPY NEW AND SAFER NEW YEAR’S – Dec. 28, 2022 - Millie Gooch, the founder of Sober Girl Society, told Insider’s Rachel Hosie that “sober curious” is a purposefully ambiguous phrase, as the movement includes al... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 3 2023RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Self-Determination is Key to Quitting Drug Addiction TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 29, 2022 - Pointing out that rehabilitation centres are ashrams to free the abusers from addiction, he appealed to the armed revolutionary groups of Manipur to refrain from making ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Five Things You Should Never Say to an Alcoholic THERE’S A SALE AT BEVMO – Dec. 29, 2022 - As you help, you should also choose your words carefully because what you say can influence an addict’s will to recover. To help them start on that healing journey here... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 3 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY – Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember how the COVID pandemic kept changing - right? - as different strains of the virus emerged. Well, the opioid epidemic is kind... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Minister Releases Documentary About Overcoming Alcoholism VIDEO – MAKE MORE MOVIES – Dec. 31, 2022 - In 1999, Stricklin said he had a near death experience that changed his life forever. He was drinking with friends when one of them made a bet that Stricklin could not fini... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 3 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Road Back From Addiction’s Dark Stranglehold A WOMAN’S STORY – Dec. 30, 2022 - But for Henry, being inducted into The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is an especially big deal. It’s about academic success — “NSCS is more than just a symbol of acad... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023RecoveryRehab
Sir Anthony Hopkins Reflects On 47 Years of Sobriety VIDEO – THE PUBS WERE NOT HAPPY – Dec. 30, 2022 - ‘You young people, don’t give up, just keep in there, just keep fighting. Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid,’ he said in a video in 2020. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJan 3 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Therapists Are Signing Up For Psychedelic Therapies Training TRIP NOT TRIPLE SEC – Dec. 26, 2022 - The CIIS has trained roughly 800 students in the psychedelic program since 2016, Phelps said. And with receptiveness toward psychedelics growing, more practitioners ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 3 2023PsychedelicsRecovery