Six Signs You’re a Borderline Alcoholic VIDEO – THREE DOUBLES? – Sept. 28, 2025 - Warning: This article contains discussion of alcoholism which some readers may find distressing. A NHS doctor has revealed six of the subtle signs which might reveal someo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025
Alex Pereira and Sister Aline Credit Each Other in Heartfelt Confession About Overcoming Alcoholism SOBRIETY ON THE ROAD – Sept. 29, 2025 - In July this year, Aline Pereira joined her brother, Alex Pereira, as a champion. Aline was crowned the Karate Combat flyweight champion in Miami after she defeated Fani Peloum... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Scientists Investigate Potential Treatment for Addicts VIDEO – KEEP TRYING – Sept. 26, 2025 - “We take a picture of the individual’s brain, and then we match it with the helmet. We put the helmet on and then we’re able to really focus in and by matching up kind of where ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 07 2025Recovery
Biggest Revelations from the Ozzy Doc?:‘He’d broken his f–ing neck’ ICON OF INVENTION – Oct. 3, 2025 - It was a crazy train. The documentary “Ozzy: No Escape From Now” covers the metal legend’s final six years and health battles leading up to his death in July 2025 at age 76. P... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 07 2025
Allina Health’s Inpatient Clinic To Close Down VIDEO – NOT ENOUGH PROFIT? – Sept. 27, 2025 - In a public hearing on Thursday, Allina Health leadership explained why they’re closing the inpatient chemical dependency unit at Mercy Hospital in Fridley. “For the last... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025RecoveryRehab
Restricting Mobile Health Vans Will Lead to More DEATHS INSANITY – Sept. 29, 2025 - Philadelphia’s city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services. Mobile health units exist mainly to serve people who ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 07 2025
Giving up alcohol for Sober October? TRY THIS – Sept. 29, 2029 - Curious about trying Sober October, the global challenge to give up alcohol for 31 days to benefit your health and raise awareness for cancer? Life Kit is here to help. Staying sober fo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
Person of the Week: Paulina Pinsky STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Oct. 7, 2025 - Paulina Pinsky is a writer, ice skater, writing coach, and educator based in Los Angeles. She received her MFA from Columbia University, where she has taught Comedy Writing to... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Getting To Know Physician Dr. Drew Pinsky FATHER, SON & HUSBAND – Sept. 28, 2025 - Drew Pinsky’s mother wasn’t Jewish; she came from what he called “a sort of Protestant, Episcopalian background – an old Philadelphia family.” There was, he joked, “a lot ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 07 2025
Recovery Saved My Life. It Can Also Save Our Democracy. FAITH AND VOTING TOO – Sept. 29, 2025 - Recovery is not just a personal journey. It is a political one. It provides a roadmap for how we might mend and heal our seemingly broken democracy: people of different faiths,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Sober Eats Serving Up Awareness About Overcoming Addiction VIDEO – SOBRIETY ON THE ROAD – Sept. 30, 2025 - “Everybody knows somebody in recovery, but they don’t know it a lot of times because we don’t talk about it.” On top of overcoming addiction– people in recover... Read More...Addiction RecoveryOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
How does alcohol affect your dementia risk? VERY WELL – Sept. 30, 2025 - Greater alcohol consumption is linked to smaller volume in nearly all brain areas, but neuroimaging studies find that even at low (<7 standard drinks per week) or moderate levels of co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics Anonymouslife expectancyMental HealthOct 07 2025
Podcaster On Overcoming Eating Disorder, Sobriety and Starting Over CLEAN AND COOKING – Sept. 28, 2025 - Actress and podcaster Tammin Surok, 42, has turned pain into purpose by being open about her past eating disorders. She says sharing her private struggles publicly has been lib... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyEating DisorderOct 07 2025
Who Is Priscilla Presley’s Son – Navarone Garcia? FAMILY MATTERS – Sept. 28, 2025 - The love between a mother and son is strong — something Priscilla Presley discussed in her 2025 memoir, Softly as I Leave You: Life After Elvis. She opens up about her family incl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 07 2025
Five Ways We Can Support Women in Recovery IMPORTANT – Sept. 29, 2025 - In honor of National Recovery Month, this installment of Women & Democracy is presented in partnership with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health at Georgetown Law, exp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Thousands of Tombstones on National Mall Mark Overdose Deaths DYING FOR A FIX – Sept. 28, 2025 - Nearly 4,000 hand-painted tombstones were placed on the National Mall, stretching from 7th St. SW to 12th Street SW this weekend. The tombstones featured the names, pictures and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 07 2025OverdoseTrauma
‘Walking was a great tool to help me get sober’ ONE STEP AT A TIME – Sept. 28, 2025 - A man who overcame an addiction to alcohol that spanned two decades said “walking was a great tool” when he initially took strides to become sober. Jimmy Thistle, who is now a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025sobriety
Influencer Celebrates 1 Year of Sober: ‘If I Can Do It – You Can Do It Too’ WE NEED MORE LIKE HER – Sept. 25, 2025 - Inluencer Tana Mongeau, who first rose to YouTube fame back in 2015, has shared a very important milestone with her fans: one year of sobriety. In a TikTok posted on Septem... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 30 2025
Sober Curious? Tips for thriving in Early Sobriety VIDEO – ON TELEVISION – Sept. 26, 2025 - California Live met up with Mary Alice Stephens author of “Uncorked: A Memoir of Letting Go and Starting Over.” She reveals how making the decision to get sober is a powerful ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 30 2025
Hillbilly Heroin Sweeping the Royal Kingdom EXPORTING HORROR – Sept. 21, 2025 - The herbal extract from the evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa can be chewed in the form of its leaves, ground to powders and taken as a supplement. It can also be added to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionSept 30 2025
Former NBA Star Raises Recovery Awareness AUDIO – NOTHING BUT NET – Sept. 25, 2025 - Chris Herren was introduced to cocaine for the first time in his Boston College dorm room after a Sports Illustrated photoshoot in 1994. The basketball phenom exploded on... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 30 2025
High-Intensity Exercise May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction STAY ACTIVE – Sept. 21, 2025 - A new study shows that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more effective than moderate exercise at protecting adolescent lab animals from cocaine use. Animals exposed to H... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancySept 30 2025
Fighting Addiction With Compassion and Hope NOW AND ALWAYS – Sept. 25, 2025 - “We have medicines that can help people quit tobacco, alcohol and opioid use. For opioid addiction, treatments like Suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone can help patients stay in reco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 30 2025
Young People Gambling Have Increased Suicide Risk TOO SOON TO DIE – Sept. 25, 2025 - These platforms, which promote micro-betting and rapid-fire bets on a wide range of games in real time, are fueling massive sports betting financial losses that leave young adults t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGamingSept 30 2025
Scientists Find Brain Circuit That Locks Alcohol Users in Addiction Cycle HOW TO UNLOCK? – Sept. 26, 2025 - “What makes addiction so hard to break is that people aren’t simply chasing a high,” says Friedbert Weiss, professor of neuroscience at Scripps Research and senior author of the stud... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 30 2025
Recovery Is Real: Restoring Every Aspect Of Life VIDEO – SOBRIETY IS A VICTORY – Sept. 25, 2025 - Mid-Michigan Recovery Services executive director Patrick Patterson says just like those smokes stacks are a beacon, the lighthouse on his organization’s logo is a sym... Read More...Addiction RecoveryRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 30 2025
Euphoria’s Dominic Fike Talks Sobriety SHARING – SEPT. 24, 2025 - Singer, songwriter, and actor Dominic Fike — known for playing Elliot on Euphoria — has opened up in a rare, wide-ranging interview covering everything from filming the HBO hit to sobriety,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 30 2025
Person of the Week: Denise Klein STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Sept. 30, 2025 - I was born in North Dakota, in a farming community. I went to the same school for 12 years. I have such fond memories of my beautiful classmates and teachers and there are s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewMalibuRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 30 2025
Pete Davidson Reveals Way His Mom Inspired Sobriety FAMILY MATTERS – Sept. 25, 2025 - “My mom’s the most supportive person in the world,” he said. “And it got to a point where she called me when I was in rehab and she was like, ‘My biggest fear is that I will turn on... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 30 2025
I used medication to overcome alcohol addiction. I’ve built my business on it. MANY PATHS TO GOD – Sept. 21, 2025. - I was addicted to alcohol for more than 15 years. What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 30 2025