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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Feds Sue ‘AmerisourceBergen’ For ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Opioid Violations

AUDIO – GREEDY WHITE COLLAR MURDERERS GO FREE – Dec. 29, 2022 - According to the complaint, AmerisourceBergen executives knew prescription pills shipped to Florida and West Virginia were being diverted and “sold i... Read More...

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Zen and the Art of Whatever Works

TAOISM LIVES – Dec. 30, 2022 - Rather than focus on addiction, topics in meetings instead focus on trauma healing, coping strategies, grounding techniques and the importance of building supportive community, Hi... Read More...

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Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s 26 Year Love Story: He Credits Her For Helping Him With His Sobriety

BEST COUNTRY SONG EVER – Dec. 25, 2022 - “When things happen and you succeed beyond your wildest dreams and you’re playing all these great shows and the parties are going on,” he told Hoda Kotb on the Today sho... Read More...

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Clive Davis: Whitney Houston made ‘valiant attempt’ to give up drugs before death

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – Dec. 25, 2022 - The “I Will Always Love You” singer was found unconscious in a Beverly Hilton suite, submerged in the bathtub on Feb. 11, 2012. Paramedics performed CPR but she... Read More...

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I Am an Alcoholic Like my Dad, the GREAT Writer, AA Gill

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON – Dec. 31, 2022 - ’m afraid to announce the bar is closed. There will be no refreshments on this journey. Apologies for the inconvenience,” declares a smug voice over the Tannoy on t... Read More...

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How I Found Sobriety as a Special Needs Mom

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE IS GOD – Dec. 29, 2022 - Another way it’s like two different worlds are this; I exist in the regular world with other people and families around us, but then I also exist in my ... Read More...

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What Happens When You Don’t Drink For 31 Days

VIDEO – YOU DRIVE MORE – Dec. 29, 2022 - If you’re hoping to get into shape, improve your mindset and memory, or even get better sleep in 2023, taking part in Dry January might be the best thing for you. According t... Read More...

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‘Tough as a Mother’ Decreases Stigma Around Mothers’ Drug Use

VIDEO – LOVE YOUR MOTHER – Dec. 16, 2022 - Tough as a Mother is a statewide campaign that launched in May 2020, and has been working to decrease the stigma around maternal substance use disorder. In the last two yea... Read More...

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Lamar Odom Shares How His Addiction Damaged Marriage to Khloé Kardashian

VIDEO – NEW DOCUMENTARY – Dec. 20, 2022 - In the trailer for the documentary, Odom sits down with TMZ founder Harvey Levin and recollects that dark chapter in his life. “Drugs, that was my girlfriend,” Odom says. “I... Read More...

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Social Media, Gaming Addiction Linked to Emotions

I SECOND AND THIRD THE EMOTION – Dec. 20, 2022 - Although many adolescents can use social media or game without issues, it can become problematic and compulsive for some. For those affected, the addictive behav... Read More...

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Woman Turns Recovery Journey Into Literary Career

VIDEO – PUBLISH AND LIVE – Dec. 19, 2022 - “Writing is my therapy,” she says. “If you’re new to recovery and you pick this book up, it will kind of guide you to how the program works, what you have to do and what to... Read More...

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2 Men Break Into Sober House While Intoxicated

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – Dec. 19, 2022 - After the argument, Williams passed out on the facility’s couch and Hill then went to sleep in an empty bunk bed. Williams and Hill did not have permission to be at t... Read More...

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The Sad Truth About Redmond O’Neal’s Childhood

STARLIGHT CAN BLIND – Dec. 14, 2022 - As a result of substance abuse, the once-promising career of the voiceover actor fell by the wayside. And drugs and alcohol became the most important things in Redmo... Read More...

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Addiction Clinic to Motivate Patients With Financial Rewards

WORTH EVERY DOLLAR – Dec. 20, 2022 - The Kalispell clinic is allowed to use $300,000 of their grant in a 20-week treatment course. During that time, participants could get gift cards or vouchers worth up... Read More...

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Brooke Shields and her leading man Christopher Atkins Chat Nudity on Set and Sobriety Journey

VIDEO – WHAT A LIFE – Dec. 20, 2022 - Shields - who had a body double for nude scenes - remembered thinking: ‘Why do I have to look at this? I’d never seen one before. I’m not going to start now.’ Shields and Atk... Read More...

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TikTok Influencer Who Fought Drink and Drug Demons Determined to Help Other Addicts

SHE GOT GAME – Dec. 23, 2022 - “I became an alcoholic in my late teens and early 20s and joined the rave scene. I then started taking ecstasy four or five times a week, and alcohol basically every day for years... Read More...

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Rufus J Davis Jr.’s New Book

MEDIA: NEW BOOK – Dec. 22, 2022 - The book allows readers to understand that drug addicts are not degenerates but normal people who took foolish decisions which led them to a very dark place. The book ma... Read More...

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