Gov. Gavin Newsom Unveils Homelessness/Substance Abuse Ballot Initiative CALIFORNIA DREAMING – March 19, 2023 - Newsom made the proposal during one of his final “state of the state” tour of cities across California at Alvarado Hospital, adjacent to San Diego State University, with s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionMar 28 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Sean Daniels Stages Recovery, One Show at a Time THE WHITE CHIP, NEVER AGAIN – March 14, 2023 - Since getting sober on Oct. 12, 2011, Daniels has not only been up front about the perils he encountered as an artist with substance use disorder—especially a high... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
She Founded ‘She Recovers’ To Help Women Recover AUDIO – SHE’S GOTTA NOT HAVE IT – Feb. 21, 2023 - On February 21, 2023, Nickel launches her first book, She Recovers Every Day, a daily meditation book intended to support women in recovery. In addition to writing an... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tuc Watkins: Before and After, 4 Years of Sobriety IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE – March 20, 2021 - Actor Tuc Watkins has a message for anyone struggling to control their alcohol intake. The actor, 56, quit drinking four and a half years ago. In an Instagram posti... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 28 2023RecoveryRehab
Ed Sheeran Opens Up Past Drug Use VIDEO – QUITTING PAYS OFF – March 21, 2023 - The singer is currently preparing for the release of a four-part documentary series about his life and his rise to fame called The Sum of It All. Ahead of its release, th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 28 2023RecoveryRehab
David Dastmalchian’s Gratitude For Sobriety SUPER SOBER TALENT – March 19, 2023 - The movie tells the true story of reporter Loretta McLaughlin (played by Keira Knightley), who was the first person to connect the series of murders. It also delves into wheth... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 28 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
Rehab Scams Indigenous People GREED CAN KILL – March 22, 2023 - Victims are told to sign papers to claim the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state Medicaid agency for low-income residents. Under AHCCCS’ American Indian Health ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Honolulu Treatment Facility Must Pay $451,989 in Back Wages NO OVERTIME FOR YOU! – March 17. 2023 - Investigators found that the facility did not pay the affected employees overtime and minimum wages for all hours worked and failed to keep proper payroll records, all of which... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Teen Mom Star Pleads Guilty; Sentenced to Drug Rehab LOVE GONE WRONG – March 14, 2023 - Ryan Edwards, star of MTV’s “Teen Mom,” admitted to stalking and threatening his ex-wife Mackenzie and was sentenced to substance abuse treatment after entering a guilty plea.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023RecoveryRehab
Female Mall Employees OD at NJ Parking Garage, 4 Survived with Narcan VIDEO – AFTER WORK ACTIVITIES? – March 16, 2023 - “I want to assure the community that we are already in the process of thoroughly investigating this matter to find the source of this dangerous substance, and will do... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Addiction Was The Downfall for ex-NBA player Chris Herren, and His Comeback is Giving Back HE GETS THE ASSIST! – March 20, 2023 - Herren said the most common question he hears from students is, “How do I help someone that I care about?” “Kids are looking for some info. on how to intervene in someb... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lil Uzi Vert Says Sobriety Improved The Creative Process PATIENCE IS ESSENTIAL – March 15, 2023 - Lil Uzi Vert is in a new phase of his life centered around sobriety. The 27-year-old says that his creative process during the making of Pink Tape was better as a result of th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 28 2023rapRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Nebraskans Don’t Understand Use of Narcan VIDEO – TEACH THEM FAST – March 17, 2023 - And only 10-20% know where to get Narcan. “It doesn’t require a hospital or a clinic,” Habecker said. Narcan is administered as a nasal spray and the state... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Nick Lachey Ordered to Attend AA Meetings After Heated Exchange With Photographer VIDEO – WHAT WOULD BILL W. SAY? – March 21, 2023 - Nick Lachey has been ordered to attend anger management classes and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Multiple outlets report the 49-year-old singer’s court-ordered cla... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023RecoveryRehab
How Perry Farrell Helped John Frusciante Get Off Heroin VIDEO – LIFE SAVING ROCK HISTORY – March 12, 2023 - ‘Okay, let’s get you to the hospital right now.’ I had this bag of about an ounce of Persian heroin and about an ounce of cocaine, and I was just doing as much as ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Colin Farrell: From Bad Boy To ‘Dad Of The Year’ REALLY A STAR, NOT A STATISTIC – March 14, 2023 - As Colin Farrell earns universal acclaim for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin, we must remember that the ‘Colinnaissance’ has, in fact, been years in the making.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 28 2023RecoveryRehab
Students Gather to Break the Stigma LEARNING THE ART WAY – March 16, 2023 - All eyes were on performances of the UPJ Dance Ensemble, UPJ Theater Club and UPJ Black Action Society members in the Cambria Room of the Student Union. In the back of... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
THIS is the Oscar Nominated Movie to WATCH! All the Beauty and the Bloodshed VIDEO – DOCUMENTARIES RULE – March 9, 2023 - Between then and now, the museum announced it would no longer accept donations from the Sacklers and excised their name from its galleries. Once the Met’s most cherished ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
My Addicted Son Might Still Be Alive If The Court Had Ordered Treatment VIDEO – NO MARCHMAN ACT in TENNESSEE? – March 10, 2023 - Oh my God, what to do? I called 911 and reported the strange call. The operator said she would send an officer to my house. The Metro police car pulled up in ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 21 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Cara Delevingne Gets Vulnerable About Her Sobriety ONE FEELING AT A TIME – March 9, 2023 - Every single story is important and this is mine. We are all human. Of course we will fall and make mistakes. We will walk through really hard things in life but it’s how we ge... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMar 21 2023RecoveryRehab
Blac Chyna’s Sobriety Journey A MUST READ INTERVIEW – March 9, 2023 - When asked what sparked the change, Chyna said, “Honestly, I’m just changing everything about me. So, people that I had to cut off … certain business relationships. I ha... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 21 2023RecoveryRehab
Is Addiction a Choice? Big Questions with Gabor Maté VIDEO – IS PIZZA? – Nov. 2022 - Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Maté has seen how health systems neglect the role that trauma exerts on our bodies and our mi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 21 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What Are the Different Types of Addiction? A DOPE FOR DOPAMINE – March 9, 2023 - Living with addiction doesn’t always involve drugs or alcohol. Identifying many types of addiction can help you find the help you need to finally end a vicious cycle. We... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 21 2023RecoveryRehab
Idaho Murder Victim’s Mom in Jail After Tragic Relapse NO MERCY, NO PEACE – March 9, 2023 - The 43-year-old has been struggling with drug abuse throughout her adult life and was jailed on drug charges on February 24. She is being held at the Kootenai Count... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 21 2023RecoveryRehabrelapseTrauma
Former Addict Fosters Success Through Teen Challenge Program VIDEO – HERO THROUGH AND THROUGH – March 9, 2024 - “The gentleman that I work with are living examples that there is life after addiction,” said Intake Coordinator Derek Dare. “It’s just nice to see the family and mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 21 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers
Why Riley Keough Didn’t Want ‘Daisy Jones’ Drug Addiction to Seem ‘Glamorous’ NO NEED TO EXAGGERATE – March 15, 2023 - The eponymous star of “Daisy Jones and the Six” revealed that she was determined to showcase the novel’s depiction of substance abuse in a respectful way, especially giv... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewMar 21 2023Recovery
Macklemore Inspiring Others In Sobriety VIDEO – GREAT INTERVIEW – March 2, 2023 - Macklemore joins Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in studio to talk all about how his song ‘Thrift Shop’ changed his life, inspiring others in their sobriety journey as... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 21 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
DEA’s New Rules Deadly to Opioid Addicts says Ryan Hampton YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK – March 14, 2023 - I worked on Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country for years, before a seemingly benign OxyContin prescription for pain sent me into a decade-long tailspi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT – March 13, 2023 - The revelations were disclosed in a lawsuit over social media addiction that had been filed previously but with key portions sealed from public view. An unredacted version ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMar 21 2023Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Doctor Who Battled Addiction Helps Peers Do Same DOCTOR FEELGOOD – March 14, 2023 - In his early years as a primary care doctor in Boston, addiction devoured Grinspoon’s practice and his life. He snorted oxycodone in his office, wrote fraudulent prescriptions... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab