Adriana Marchione on Addiction, Cancer, Dance & Grief CREATION STORY EVERY DAY – Aug. 27, 2022 - Sometimes I wish the world were a little smaller, so I could meet my guests in person. Adriana is one of those people who I’d love to spend time with. This, f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Jury Awards $77M in Suit Against Treatment Center WHO’S MINDING THE REHAB? – Sept. 8, 2022 - Lawyers for MARR wrote in a court filing that a doctor discontinued Carusillo’s lithium treatment after he complained of side effects. Carusillo knowingly viola... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Catholic Recovery Program Helps Addicts Find Healing VIDEO – CAME TO BELIEVE – Sept. 8, 2022 - The thing about addiction is that it’s often very complicated. Anyone who has ever had to support a family member or loved one through an addiction understands w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Juul to Pay $440 million to States in Vaping Probe THEY DON’T GIVE A PUFF – Sept 6, 2022 - “Juul’s cynically calculated advertising campaigns created a new generation of nicotine addicts,” Tong said in the statement. “They relentlessly marketed vaping pr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionjuulSept 13 2022smokingVaping
Influencer ‘Cass and the City’ gets candid about importance of addiction awareness VIDEO – TALKING IS DA SOLUTION – Sept. 8, 2022 - He says he knew something was wrong in high school when he would experience going through withdrawal, but he pushed through. After high school, he began using he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022suicideTrauma
Chris Cuomo says he drinks ‘too much,’ but he’s not an alcoholic SAVE HIM A SEAT – Sept. 8, 2022 - “Too often, I think, we avoid dealing with things. So here’s a little bit of my story. I take my body and — my diet can suck. I drink too much,” Cuomo said. “I’m thinking about... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022
Rehab Employee Pushing Coke on Those Seeking Treatment? VIDEO – ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR – Sept. 9, 2022 - Donald Suggs, 51, a staff member at the rehabilitation center and Kelsey Hunt, 28, of Raeford, were taken into custody after a traffic stop led to the seizure of coc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Did Michael Jackson’s Ex-Wife Debbie Rowe Confess Aiding In His Drug Addiction? Says, “In Some Way I Was Part Of It” MEA CULPA? – Sept. 7, 2022 - As per the report in The International News, in the documentary, Debbie Rowe admitted that she had worked for the famous dermatologist Dr Arnold Klein, who gave Michael Jacks... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthOverdoseSept 13 2022Trauma
Cheryl Burke ‘Very Proud’ of Her Sobriety and Hopes to Be Sober the ‘Rest of My Life’ DANCING ALL THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – Sept. 6, 2022 - “I’m very proud of myself. I definitely am not thinking too far along cause what helped me get to the four years and what will get me through another four ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Deep Brain Stimulation New Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder NO MORE EATING YOUR BRAINS OUT – AUG. 31, 2022 - Expanding on work conducted on mice, the team discovered that the cravings just before an episode of binge eating set off a specific low-frequency electrical pat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022
Demi Lovato Regrets Making “Sobriety” Documentaries SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS – Aug. 31, 2022 - Demi Lovato has one regret about the recovery journey. As you are probably aware, the 30-year-old musician has always been a vocal advocate for mental health awareness,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022
Film Review of Our American Family DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR – Aug. 28, 2022 - Their agony is by no means unique: it resonates with countless other “American” families beset with addiction, often multi-generational, in a child, spouse... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabSept 6 2022Trauma
‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Suicidal Teens GENERATION MEDICATED – Aug. 27, 2022 - Dialectical behavior therapy is a subset of cognitive behavioral therapy, which aims to reframe a person’s thoughts and behavior. D.B.T. focuses initially on behavior and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 6 2022suicideteenagers
Money Flows Into Addiction Tech IT’S APP TO HELP – Mar. 22, 2022 - But while the founders of for-profit companies may want to end suffering, said Fred Muench, clinical psychologist and president of the nonprofit Partnership to End Addi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
The 9 Best Sobriety Apps Of 2022 A LITTLE APP WILL DO YA – Aug. 31, 2022 - If you’ve already done that work or you’re looking to get sober, then you might want an app that goes beyond trackers and motivational quotes and dives a bit dee... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
High THC Marijuana Linked To Psychiatric Illness VIDEO – BLOW YOUR BRAIN TO HEAVEN – Aug. 30, 2022 - “I had to quit my job because the voices in my head were so distracting,” Ethan said, adding that the worst symptom was confusing dreams with re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotSept 6 2022smoking
Activist Talks About Loss and Fighting Big Pharma with ‘Dopesick’ author MORE WORK TO BE DONE – Aug. 29, 2022 - Tim Nolan, a nurse practitioner who treats the forgotten and forsaken in rural North Carolina with medical supplies pulled from the back of his Prius. Rev. Michelle... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoverySept 6 2022Trauma
People Who Inject Drugs Can Develop Dangerous Heart Defects NOT TO MENTION HEP C – Aug. 31, 2022 - Infections also may arise from other sources, such as poor dental hygiene, implanted medical devices, chronic skin disorders or burns. The new statement wa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022Trauma
Does Isolation Feed Addiction? IT CAN’T HELP – Aug. 31, 2022 - But what if you’re addicted to something rough, like heroin? It’s true that many performers have died of heroin overdoses. But we hear less about the ones who overcame their addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseSept 6 2022
Kanye West: ‘My porn addiction destroyed my family’ HIS WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HAND – Sept. 1, 2022 - Kanye West admitted to having an addiction to porn, saying it “destroyed” his family. “Don’t let Kris make you do playboy like she made and Kim do,” he began in... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMental HealthSept 6 2022Sexual Addiction
Matt Willis to Reveal Addictions in Heartbreaking New Documentary OPENING UP, WAY UP – Sept. 1, 2022 - Matt said previously about first becoming a dad to eldest daughter Isabelle: “I remember looking at her and going, ‘Oh no, I’ve been getting everything wrong’. “Su... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoverySept 6 2022
Artists MUST Expose Corruption, Urges Opioid Crisis Film Director CAN A FILM SAVE LIVES? – Sept, 3, 2022 - The maker of lauded films including Risk (about Wikileaks) and Citizenfour(about Edward Snowden) was premiering All the Beauty and the Bloodshed in competition at the Ve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 6 2022Trauma
Drug Czar Says Stigma Among Doctors Culprit In Addiction Crisis NOT AN ADDICT? – Sept. 2, 2022 - As the first doctor to hold the position, he says he will embrace new strategies, including harm reduction tactics, which aim to reduce drug users’ risk of overdose, death, and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022Trauma
Zac Clark Celebrates 11 Years of Sobriety IT STARTS THE FIRST DAY – Aug. 31, 2022 - “I feel very loved,” he added, “The beautiful notes and messages, thank you so much for all of that.” Clark continued, “As I sit here and I reflect on the past 11 ye... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
The Day Heroin Tried to Steal My Arm THERE IS STILL ANOTHER ONE – May 2019 - The skin covering the abscess had taken on a yellow hue and felt spongy, kind of like a zit ready to be popped. I was young and stupid, but something got through, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionRecoverySept 6 2022
“New Meth” Is Nothing to Fear. It Isn’t New. It’s Just Meth. MORE OF THE SAME SPEED RAP – Sept. 1, 2022 - If you’ve ever seen someone talk about “new meth” online, they were probably describing how it explained some aspect of society—encampments, mental illness—that they... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmethRecoverySept 6 2022
Sam Quinones Is Wrong Says Zackary Siege WHO KNOWS? – Sept. 4, 2022 - The other day I got a concerned ping. Someone alerted me that Sam Quinones, bestselling author of Dreamland and more recently The Least of Us, two books abo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 6 2022
Out-of-Pocket Cost of Naloxone Soars for Uninsured Individuals PROFITS ON LIFE AND DEATH – Aug. 26. 2022 - While the cost of naloxone has declined for individuals with health insurance, the cost of the opioid overdose reversal medication has sharply risen for uninsured ind... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 6 2022Trauma
French Montana To Help People In Music Business Struggling With Addiction VIDEO – FROM BAND TO WATER WAGON – Aug. 27, 2022 - Clients battling addiction will receive a treatment team and 24/7 medical and clinical care in the best location for them. French and the Guardian Re... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
September is National Recovery Month HOW ABOUT EVERY MONTH – Sept. 1, 2022 - SAMHSA aims to increase public awareness surrounding mental health and addiction recovery. In the years since Recovery Month launched, SAMHSA has timed announcements of i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022