Don’t Suffer in Silence’: Concert Held in the Name of Recovery MUSIC AND FELLOWSHIP – Sept. 15, 2021 - “We typically look for people who would want to stay at least 90 days because that’s enough time for people to establish themselves,” said Biss. “But people can stay as ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021
Judge Questions Value of Mob-Led Rehab WATCH – MOBS AND METH DON’T MIX – Sept. 16, 2021 - He text-messaged her later saying no-one could have her but him. Collins said it was “bully boy” behaviour, devoid of any mana, and he sentenced Tipu to se... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehabSept 21 2021
Can Online Therapy Help Children of Alcoholics? ONLY IF IT’S ON INSTAGRAM – Sept. 16, 2021 - How can online therapy help? Online therapy can be an extremely effective way to address and treat any form of mental illness or work through processing of ne... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 21 2021
To Reduce Addiction We Have to Thoughtfully Face It NOT IMPRISON IT – Sept. 15, 2021 - There is a saying in the addiction recovery world; you keep doing the work and keep coming back until the miracle occurs. Over the past 25 years, I have witnessed this occurr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021
A Memoir by Keri Blakinger MEDIA: BOOK RECOMMENDATION – Sept. 2021 - An elite, competitive figure skater growing up, Keri Blakinger poured herself into the sport, even competing at nationals. But when her skating partnership ended... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaHeroin AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021suicideTrauma
Mum on Her Fresh Start After Rehab for Alcoholism HAPPILY SOBER AFTER A TREATMENT – Sept. 19, 2021 - “My mummy and family were taking the kids and I was drinking for days on end. During the week I was fine but then the weekend came. When lockdown hit, m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021
Oli Sykes Says Addiction Inspired DiE4u AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER – Sept. 17, 2021 - “I’ve learned over the past year while I’ve been recovering that when you’re in it, addiction is like you’re having an affair. You’re doing this thing behind everyone’s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021
Ex-Manchester United star Chris Eagles, joined AA after he was found drunk in drivers’ seat of his Audi SOBRIETY SHOULD BE THE GOAL – Sept. 14, 2021 - At Manchester Magistrates’ Court this week, Eagles claimed he needed his vehicle to take his two children to school. Eagles admitted being drunk while in charge of ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionRecoveryRehabSept 21 2021
Sigourney Weaver Stands Out As An Alcoholic In Denial WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT? – Sept. 16, 2021 - I am not of fan of movies that resort to breaking the fourth wall, as it were, and letting their key characters talk incessantly to the audience. It is a de... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehabSept 21 2021
How the ‘Pleasure Molecule’ Will Reshape Treatment 4 Psychiatric Diseases and Addiction IT’S DOPE – Sept. 16, 2021 - Calipari emphasizes that “these data rewrite facts about dopamine, including what it encodes within the brain and how it drives behavior.” This is incredibly important as dop... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthPsychedelicsRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021Trauma
Golf Memorial Raises $20,000 for Addiction Prevention WATCH – UNBEARABLE TRAGEDY – Sept. 4, 2021 - “He stayed clean for about nine months then he relapsed, unfortunately,” Smith said. “People said, ‘well, did you try this and did you try that?’ I appreciate what ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
Royce da 5’9” Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety WATCH – DA BEST RAP IS SOBER RAP? – Sept. 10, 2021 - This is ‘Tiny Desk,’ the world famous ‘Tiny Desk,’ at the world famous Heaven Studios,” Royce said shortly after opening his 18-minute set with “God Speed.” “Th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionrapRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
John Mulaney on His Addiction and Recovery WATCH – WHERE HE’S AT – Sept. 12, 2021 - The Chicago native also revealed that he was expecting his first child with Munn and reflected on his future, adding, “You guys saved me from drugs, and Olivia and this... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseSept 14 2021
Black Deaths Are Increasing Faster Than Whites ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER – Sept. 10, 2021 - Addiction specialist Edwin Chapman has made it his life’s work to fight the drug epidemic in the Black community. He says that drug addiction in these communities has alway... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabSept 14 2021Trauma
Keith Urban Discusses His Sobriety, Wants Fans To Party LIVE AND LET LIVE – Sept 6, 2021 - So it just took a long time for me. But I was able to finally make the right choice in my life, that I wish my dad would have made.” Urban tells the publication, “The reas... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
Break Up With Booze for Sober October With These Non-Alcoholic Wines and Cocktails THEY’RE JUST BEVERAGES – 2021 - Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditab... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
If You Still Think Addiction is a Disease, READ THIS FOR A REALITY CHECK ASTHMA IS A DISEASE – 2018 - Yet the disease concept of addiction may do more harm than good, to addicts, their families, the surrounding community, and the public health system at large. Here’s how. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
Liz Fraser: My Life With An Alcoholic Partner AL-ANON ANYONE? – Sept 12, 2021 - At the height of his addiction, Mike was so saturated by alcohol and anxiety he was barely able to think or function normally. He was nervous, wired, aggressive and prim... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
Quote of the Week – Judy Crane “We do a huge injustice when we point our finger and make judgment about behaviors rather than recognizing the innate goodness of most human beings” —Judy Crane ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionMental Healthquote of the weekSept 14 2021
Soberlockn’ Creates Safe Space For Music Lovers WATCH – WHARF RATS ARE REPRODUCING – August 28, 2021 - “It’s truly a remarkable experience to come to a live music festival and have the space to meet with other music fans that are also in recovery to share our ex... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
Akron is center of fantasy role-playing game about AA PLAAY TO WIN – Aug. 31, 2021 - “I wanted to design a fantasy world based on 12-step culture,” said Travis Henry, 46, co-founder of Twelvefold Works Publishing in New York. “And since the path of recovery first... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 7 2021
Tim Choquette Runs Race for the Herren Project HELPING THE SOBRIETY TEAM – Sept. 1, 2021 - I didn’t just leave the drugs and drinking behind when I left Massachusetts to start over in Florida. I left all of my friends and family. One of my best frien... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
CEO of Long Beach Drug Treatment Provider Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison Island GO TO JAIL – Sept. 2, 2021 - Ciampa founded the non-profit Atlantic Recovery Services (ARS), later called Atlantic Health Services, in 1996 and served as its president and CEO until its closure in April 2013 f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehabSept 7 2021
Michelle Heaton’s Searingly Honest Struggles With Alcoholism CONFIDENCE IN ABSTINENCE – Sept. 2, 2021 - Since going to rehab to try and help her get a handle on her life, the singer who rose to fame on the ITV talent show Popstars in the early noughties, said that... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewrapRecoveryRehabSept 7 2021
Soberlink’s Revolutionary Product Is Helping People Get and Stay Sober IT WORKS IF YOU USE IT – Sept. 2, 2021 - “If you or someone you love has struggled with addiction, you know that the stigma around the disease can make recovery all the more daunting,” said Brad Keays, C... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
How Business Can Become Recovery-Friendly by Leslie Glass NESPRESSO MACHINES FOR EVERYONE – Sept. 1 2021 - Sobriety should be honored and celebrated because, to use the lowest common denominator, it’s just good for business. When people seek treatment for their addic... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
How One Alcoholic Drink Raises Risk Irregular Heartbeat WATCH IT – THE POWER OF BOOZE – Sept. 2, 2021 - “This demonstrates that whenever we consume alcohol, it is presumably having a nearly immediate effect on the electrical workings of our hearts,” Gregory Marcus,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
Exhibition in Portsmouth Marks 75 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous WE DON’T NEED NO BITTERS – Sept. 3, 2021 - ‘AA started from a meeting between two seemingly hopeless alcoholics in 1935. Today AA has approximately three million members worldwide and the success of AA in Grea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
Party Town: How Alcohol-Centered Culture Impacts Mental Health PARTY ’TIL YOUR SOBER – Sept. 3, 2021 - “I just grew up around drinking,” Howes said. “Most of my aunts and uncles are all alcoholics … That’s something I took up with them. They were allowing me to drin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 7 2021
Pamela Rickard Running to Raise Awareness RECOVERY IS ETERNAL – Sept. 3, 2021 - When I walked out of that jail on Dec. 31, 2006, the seeds had been planted that would ultimately grow into my desire to help those fighting similar battles and to show th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021