Addiction treatment needs more empathy for LGBTQ+ community WATCH – BE KIND TO HUMANKIND – June 24, 2021 - The National Institutes of Health says people who identify as LGBTQ+, scientifically noted as a sexual minority, often face social stigma, discrimination, and othe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Goodbye happy hour? Changing workplace culture to support recovery LAST CALL? – June 23, 2021 - And while other populations of employees — such as LGBTQ or BIPOC workers — can find support at work and even create additional community through Employee Resource Groups, th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 29 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ryan O’Connell’s life improved 100% after one year sober EVERY DAY IS SPECIAL – June 24, 2021 - “One year ago today I quit drinking,” O’Connell wrote, in a lengthy post on Instagram. He went on to reveal that he’s long struggled with the substance, and point... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mental health, Addiction & COVID-19 WATCH – CO-OCCURING SOLUTIONS – June 23, 2021 - Mental health cases have grown in recent months: 41.5 percent of U.S. adults had anxiety or depressive disorder in February, compared with 36.4 percent in ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Parents at Highest Risk for Using Drugs & Alcohol to Cope MOMMY AND DADDY’S LITTLE HELPER – June 24, 2021 - “American parents have struggled with professional and family-related strain, disruption and competing demands throughout the pandemic,” said Paula Allen, global lea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Hold the Tequila. The Sunrise Is All Some Travelers Need. HANGING OUT WITHOUT THE HANGOVER – June 24, 2021 - One year into the coronavirus pandemic, after months of gaining weight and feeling groggy, Mayra Ramirez stopped drinking. And this summer, she’ll mark a new m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
“Love Without Martinis” by Chantal Jauvin BOOK REVIEW - ASCENDING TO A BETTER RELATIONSHIP – Review by Michaela Baxter June 18, 2021 - In her new book, “Love Without Martinis’’, author Chantal Jauvin shares the joys, obstacles and triumphs of... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewJune 22 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Governor donates salary for addictions treatment HE’D GET MY VOTE – June 16, 2021 - “We face a drug epidemic in our state, and while there’s no silver bullet to end it, we can combat it by promoting treatment and recovery for Montanans struggling with ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hazelden/Betty Ford Graduate School Announces Scholarship EDUCATION IS EVERYTHING – June 18, 2021 - At the same time, there are gaping racial disparities in access to the addiction care community that itself suffers from a dearth of diversity nationwide. “Su... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
They met in AA – Videographer proposes at Louisville movie theater WATCH – LOVE AT FIRST CHIP – June 19, 2021 - A Louisville man really raised the bar when it comes to wedding proposals by making his into a movie. Sam Foree surprised his fiancé Katie Shircliffe at the Cinem... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 22 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ketamine Might Help Alcohol Addiction by Rewiring the Brain AND SO MUCH MORE – June 20, 2021 - Clinics across the globe are offering ketamine infusions designed to help patients overcome addiction, and reduce the symptoms of psychiatric disorders. It’s making a controve... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 22 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The D-Word by Christopher Dale QUITTING IS THE CURE – ORIGINAL ARTICLE – June 21, 2021 - Is calling addiction a disease more harmful than helpful? It’s complicated … but the answer is Yes. To disease, or not to disease? In addictio... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Is the drug detox facility actually a ‘nursing or convalescent home’ per city code? LISTEN – ALL OF THE ABOVE? – June 17, 2021 - For the past nine months, citizens have attempted to learn more and have a two-way dialogue with members of the City Council. They have felt increasingly frus... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Why honeybees may be key to understanding alcohol addiction WATCH – OH HOW THEY LOVE THE BUZZ – June 15, 2021 - Researchers from the Polish Academy of Sciences observed that when access to the solution was discontinued, the bees exhibited a “marked” increase of c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 22 2021Recovery
16 Tips For Cutting Down your Drinking BUT ONLY 12 STEPS TO FREEDOM – June 18, 2021 - 1. Measure your drinks. “The first step is to understand how much you’re actually drinking,” says Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D., a psychology professor at t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Bridge Sober Home Let Client Use Drugs, Die UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT OF CARING – June 16, 2021 - From the suit: “During the week of February 24, 2020, The Bridge failed to conduct any drug testing of Meredith Cortesis. During the week of February 24, 2020,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021RecoveryRehabTrauma
Today host Craig Melvin opens up about his alcoholic father WATCH – FORGIVENESS – June 15, 2021 - ‘In elementary school, when kids’ dads were showing up for soccer games and little league, my dad wasn’t there. As I got older, he missed more important things,’ ... While ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Addiction treatment failed. Could brain surgery save him? DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS STEP? – June 18, 2021-More than 600 days after he underwent the experimental surgery, Buckhalter has not touched drugs again — an outcome so outlandishly successful that neither ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
John Stamos “Could Have Never Been a Father” Before Getting Sober WATCH – FATHERHOOD PRIDE – June 16, 2021 - Have mercy on John Stamos because fatherhood isn’t as easy as it appears on TV. With Father’s Day just around the corner, the Full House alum gave E!’s Lilliana Vazquez ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJune 22 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
If Not You, Then Who?: Harness Your Strengths to Shift from Addiction BOOK RECOMMENDATION – June 2021 - JESSE HARLESS is a leader and facilitator in the addiction recovery and mental health space. As CEO of Entrepreneurs in Recovery®, he facilitates highly experiential online and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 15 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
ESSAY – Finding ways to not get hooked! by Maria Proulx Ledyard, junior at St. Bernard School TEENS KNOW BEST – June 10, 2021 - My relative passed away a few years ago from lung cancer. She had been a heavy smoker for years and was diagnosed shortlybefore her death. Yet, even though losing her was fores... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 15 2021Mental Healthteenagers
Addiction help & recovery through new book ALL PATHS TO SOBRIETY LEAD TO FREEDOM – May 23, 2021 - He broke free of the addiction at the age of 19 when he joined Teen Challenge, a Christian-based addiction service that offers rehabilitation from drug add... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 15 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers
Homeless alcoholic has just earned a full scholarship EVERYDAY MIRACLE – June 8, 2021 - But homelessness and forced separation from her son followed before she began a recovery that continues. Today, Spiehler, 40, has gone from a homeless, couch-surfing alcohol... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionhomelessinterventionJune 15 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
10 Common Misconceptions About Alcoholism WHAT WE DON’T KNOW WE DON”T KNOW – June 12, 2021 - It is a common myth that an alcoholic can’t be successful, but a person can make a proper balance between his work and his alcohol addiction. As mention... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 15 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
‘Sweat with Pride’ promoting addiction recovery in LGBTQ community WATCH – DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF – June 11, 2021 - “Fitness helped me recover from drugs and alcohol,” Turnipseed. “I lost a little brother and my partner to addiction.” Quinn said Gay & Sober have he... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 15 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Alcoholics Anonymous in South Africa turns 75 this year ONE OF 180 NATIONS! – June 12, 2021 - Heavy drinking also contributes to illness in each of the top three causes of death: heart disease, cancer, strokes. Almost half of all South African traffic fatalities are... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionJune 15 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The AA Reopening Two-Step – We’re Baaaack! REAL ROOMS - REAL HEALING – June 1, 2021 - This is a call to prioritization rather than prominence. Most AA members have a “favorite Step” (mine is Ten, because promptly admitting my wrongs seldom comes easy).... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusinterventionJune 1 2021June 15 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Watch Out for Marketers Posing as Unbiased Treatment Resources USE CLEAN ADVERTISING – June 10, 2021 - The company branded its websites as impartial resources to find “the right treatment center for you,” without clearly disclosing that much of their content was paid adver... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 15 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Man Arrested For Storming Cockpit Sent To Sober Living WATCH – ON A BOAT AT SEA? – June 10, 2021 - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of trying to break into the cockpit of a Delta flight will be released to a sober living house. Passenger video shows Asiel No... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 15 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
AA in U.S. and Canada Welcomes Normie Board Chairperson OUR LEADERS ARE BUT TRUSTED SERVANTS – June 8, 2021 - A.A. has always relied on its many nonalcoholic friends to provide professional expertise, sound business judgment and balance to the dedicated group of tru... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewJune 15 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab