‘Society judges women more harshly for addiction’ (needs free registration to read) PREJUDICE – Feb. 26, 2022 - Women face extra hurdles in battling addiction because male-focused drug support services are neglecting their needs, new research has found. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
The Unhealthiest Fast-Food Chain DRIVE IN, CARRIED OUT – Feb. 26, 2022 - When it comes to the Ch’King, the chain’s new signature chicken sandwich, it is by far the worst pick of its kind. Of course, chicken sandwiches are generally high in fa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyMay 8 2018Mental HealthObesityRecovery
Sobriety Walk For Tribal Members To Share ONLY ONE FAMILY – March 3, 2022 - The legacy of alcohol and drug use as a coping mechanism among generations of Native Americans is one that Mariesha Keith does not want to see passed on. Keith, Tribal Liai... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tom Hardy Speaks About Ruining Things For Himself HAD TO GET CLEAN – Feb. 27, 2022 - He grew up in the suburbs where life was so peaceful and the urge to mess things up was usually there. “I got arrested at 15 for joyriding in a stolen Mercedes. And for ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewMarch 8 2022RecoveryRehab
‘This Is My Fifth Rehab I’ve Been To In 10 Years’ KEEP COMING BACK AND BACK – Feb. 25, 2022 - Asked about his current health status, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’m doing well. I’m an AA guy. I’m a 12-Step Program guy. I spent six months in ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 8 2018Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
The Labyrinth of American Health Care by Emily Maloney BOOK REVEW – Feb. 25, 2022 - The precipitating event in “Cost of Living” is the author’s psychiatric hospitalization at 19: “It wasn’t that I had wanted to die, exactly. It was more that I just couldn’t keep l... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 8 2018RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Devastating’: London Addiction Recovery Centre to Shut NO SALVATION? – Feb. 25, 2022 - That means many London-area residents seeking help with long-term addiction must go back to waiting months for a treatment centre bed while remaining in the same circumstances e... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Exciting Results Treating Opioid Habit with ‘Mindfulness’ LET’S PLAY CONCENTRATION – Feb. 28, 2022 - “Rather than getting caught up in the pain or craving,” Garland explained, “we teach people how to step back and observe that experience from the perspective of an ob... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 8 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehab
NEW BOOK – Scattered Pink: A Diary of a Woman in Recovery READING IS HEALTHY – Feb. 22, 2022 - During my active addiction, I thought I was going to die and I accepted that. It sounds morbid, but it was where I was in life. I was in love with heroin and the dysfunctio... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Marin Rehab Faces Sexual Abuse Lawsuit WHERE WAS HR? – Feb. 27, 2020 - Vazquez, 35, filed the lawsuit on Feb. 8 in Marin County Superior Court. The suit seeks special damages, general damages, punitive damages and attorney fees. Carter could not... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Convict’s Remarkable Transformation After Beating 30 Year Drug Habit COMEBACKS HAPPEN IN RECOVERY – Feb. 27, 2022 - Shawn first took drugs at the age of 14, starting with cannabis and Valium. His addiction to substances then grew and he started a life of crime to fund his hab... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Live from Rehab’ Comedian Zane Helberg Is Back FRONT ROW OR FRONTAL LOBOTOMY? – Feb. 26, 2022 - Helberg got into comedy because it was on his bucket list, he says by phone from his home in Southern California. He had been interested in theater when he was ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Dad Beat Heroin and Meth Addiction For His Daughter VIDEO – FAMILY COMES FIRST – March 1, 2022 - But after the birth of his little girl, eight, he knew he had to make a change in order to give her the best life he could. Photos from before and now show he is... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMarch 8 2022methRecoveryRehab
Why Was John Mulaney In Rehab? TO SAVE HIS LIFE – Feb. 27, 2022 - He has recounted stories of his partying and drug abuse from a young age, including how he first became sober at the age of 23. At the time of his admission, a source close t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Q&A with David Brian Green STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Mar. 3, 2022 - David Brian Green is a UK citizen (from Nottingham, England) who has been a permanent resident of Canada since 1998, currently based in Victoria BC on Vancouver Island. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecovery
What Is Harm Reduction? DEATH PREVENTION – Feb. 25, 2022 - Other harm reduction objectives include decreasing the stigma associated with addiction, increasing education on safer substance use, encouraging protected sex, and connecting... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 8 2018RecoveryRehab
Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction? DO YOU? – Feb. 28, 2022 - In her book “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence,” Dr. Anna Lembke makes the case for how technology, with its promise of nonstop engagement and flashing lights, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
White House Plan Would Spend $41 Billion On Drug Policy THAT’S A LOT OF DOPE – March 2, 2022 - Biden’s 2022 proposed budget provides a total of $17.5 billion for drug trafficking supply reduction efforts. The Biden policy to combat drug addiction and overdoses call... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 8 2018opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehabTrauma
Man Changes Lives After Losing Son To Addiction CHANGE OF HEART TOO – Feb. 27, 2022 - After dealing with the tragic loss of a son to addiction in 2019, Paul Williamson and his wife have built a thrift store and ministry for people battling the disease. Ou... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 8 2022OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
If Only I Had ‘Euphoria’ During Height of My Drug Addiction VIDEO – THIS IS NOW – Feb. 28, 2022 - It’s making addicts and the people who love them feel less alone, and it’s illuminating the dark reality of addiction for people who might be struggling to understand. The ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMay 8 2018Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
‘Single Drunk Female’s Pacing Does Disservice to Her Sobriety Journey IT’S TELEVISION – March 1, 2022 - ...community service, moving home with her mom, going to Alcoholics Anonymous for the first time, backsliding, and finally committing to sobriety. It’s a lot of material for th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Gambling Addictions Rise After Legalization of Mobile Sports Betting THE ADDICTION THAT LOVES SUICIDE – Feb. 27, 2022 - Delaney is one of 4.3% of adult residents in New York who are having problems related to their gambling, according to the New York Council on Problem Gambling.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetMarch 8 2022Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
John Mulaney on SNL Makes Fun of His Intervention VIDEO – HAHA? – Feb. 27, 2022 - “It was not dinner, it was an intervention for me. My least favorite kind of intervention,” said Mulaney. “I knew right away it was an intervention. You know how bad a drug probl... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionMarch 8 2022RecoveryRehab
“I am certain that the LSD experience has helped me very much” AS WE TRIP THE ROAD OF HAPPY DESTINY – Feb. 9, 2022 - All this because, after that August day, Wilson believed other recovering alcoholics could benefit from taking LSD as a way to facilitate the “spiritual ex... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewMarch 1 2022Mental HealthPsychedelics
Book Review: A Sweeping History of Addiction MEDIA: BOOKS MAKE SENSE – Feb. 25, 2022 - “The Urge” ultimately unfolds as far more than an addiction memoir. Arriving at a time when the so-called opioid epidemic has become a defining crisis of our time, it ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 1 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
‘Crack pipes’ Are Not the Problem — Stigmatizing Harm Reduction Is NO MORE SHAME – Feb. 17, 2022 - I know that safer use supplies keep people safe, that’s why I was so disgusted to see misdirected outrage in response to the federal government finally providing funding to harm ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMarch 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Euphoria Holds Up a Mirror to My Addiction Experience. This show quite literally saves me. By Natalie Alcala IS HOLLYWOOD, AGAIN, GLAMORIZING DRUG ABUSE IN EUPHORIA? OR IS IT TRUTH TELLING? – Feb 21, 2022 - TV and film elevate storylines by incorporating interesting people, exciting visuals, brilliant dialogue, and a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 1 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
When Heroin Came to the Projects – a Memoir REMEMBRANCE OF TIMES PAST – Feb. 21, 2022 - There were pre-announcements that something big was coming. Wondering what it was got everyone’s curiosity. I did not know the guys who brought it in. The one I saw w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMarch 1 2022RecoveryRehab
One More Drink Will Kill Me – Says James ‘Arg’ Argent After ‘bad relapse’ THE ENGLISH RELAPSE TOO – Feb. 21, 2022 - Arg broke his silence for the first time since we revealed paramedics rushed to save him, claiming he is full of regret for putting his life in danger and vowed it wil... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMarch 1 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Patrick Kennedy Marks 11 Years of Sobriety ADVOCATE FOR SOBRIETY – Feb, 22, 2022 - Patrick Kennedy is marking a major milestone in his journey from addiction as he celebrates 11 years of sobriety. Kennedy, 54, the son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy an... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab