Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol Addiction

Non-Profit Trains 50,000 in Addiction Recovery Support

HAND TO HAND COMPASSION – April 14, 2021 - HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, New England non-profit, The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR), has developed an industry-leading training department that has ... Read More...

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True Works of Genius: Global Sober Books

THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS – April 13, 2021 - Peter T. has authored eight books, and very few folks know his full name. Such is a life and a lifestyle shaped by Alcoholics Anonymous. In early 2020, j... Read More...

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The Pandemic Taught Me I Had A Drinking Problem

BOOZY ESSAY – April 15, 2021 - I got bored of so much drinking. One night, I looked down into my half-empty stem glass and sighed, like, “You again?” It became as monotonous as remote learning, and it wasn’t re... Read More...

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19 Celebs Who Struggled With Addiction

ACTING NATURALLY – April 13, 2021 - Most people at least know someone who suffers from an addiction, but it’s often not talked about in our culture. In an effort to help break barriers associated with addiction... Read More...

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Lena Dunham celebrated three years of sobriety

NAKED SOUL – April 12, 2021 - Lena Dunham is ready for mental health to not be considered a secret anymore. The multitalented star revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show that she at first was resistant to seek tre... Read More...

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A Higher Power Outage: Zoom Meetings & Spirituality

by Christopher Dale WHAT WOULD BILL W. DO? – April 20, 2021 - Undoubtedly, Bill would be impressed with, and grateful for, the technology. But unlike an airborne Washington, for Bill the novelty would soon w... Read More...

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How to ‘inoculate’ kids against addiction

GET ’EM WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG – April 6, 2021 - As kids begin to notice unhealthy behaviors in others, such as smoking, drinking alcohol, eating a lot of sugar, not eating vegetables, or drinking too much soda, ta... Read More...

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Kate Gunn on living sober: “The benefits were extreme and that’s what keeps us going.”

LISTEN – SO EASY TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – April 4, 2021 - Kate has written a book called ‘The Accidental Soberista’ which details the unexpected bliss of an alcohol-free life. Speaking to Alive and Kicking Cla... Read More...

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‘Portraits of Recovery’ paints a hopeful picture of Native addiction treatment

WATCH – IT TAKES A TRIBE – April 5, 2021 - The video, Norris-Barrett explained, shows White describing the traditional nature-based approach he took to recovery at Red Lake Chemical Health. “You see Carl pick t... Read More...

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At George Floyd’s Treatment Center, Clients See Racism in Addiction Assumptions

ONCE AN ADDICT...? RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE! April 11, 2021 - Attention to the fentanyl and methamphetamine found in Floyd’s system following his death goes beyond the courtroom: Duke University is investigating the... Read More...

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Twin’s fitness journey to sobriety inspires business

WATCH – SOBER MUSCLE INC. – APRIL 5, 2021 - “I was a good kid. Good grades, I was focused, I was easy going, I was happy,” he recalled to News 3. But it wouldn’t last. Addiction returned to Ashburn’s life in... Read More...

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April is Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month

DEMI LOVATO’S MINI-BAR? – April 9, 2021 - “Alcohol and drug use problems can have devastating impacts on individuals, their families and our communities,” says Khan. Efforts in Utah to address the state’s o... Read More...

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Caron Treatment Centers cuts unusual contract with Independence Blue Cross

BUSINESS NEWS – April 9, 2021 - IBC would pay the nonprofit, which for about 20 years had not accepted insurance, a single upfront fee for its members and then get out of the way, avoiding the usual policing of... Read More...

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Georgia Plans To Crack Down On Halfway House ‘Cash Cows’

LISTEN – MILKING THE SYSTEM – April 9, 2021 - Missy Owen started the Davis Direction Foundation to support recovery after her son, Davis, died of a heroin overdose in 2014. She said the problem is that anyone c... Read More...

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Charlie Sheen: “Tigers Blood”, “Winning”, Two and a Half Men & Road To Recovery

WATCH – STAYING ALIVE – March 23, 2021 - Charlie shares what it was like growing up the son of a famous actor, Martin Sheen as well as the sibling of Emilio Estévez. When did his loved ones first intervene to h... Read More...

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Q&A with Amanda Marino, Co-Founder of Next Level Recovery

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 9, 2021 - Amanda Marino is a Certified Intervention Professional (CIP), Certified Recovery and Life Coach, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Alternative Medicine. She is ... Read More...

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Pandemic drinking is dangerous for women

WATCH – A NEW “DAWN” WITHOUT ALCOHOL – April 8, 2021 - Alcohol consumption has increased during the pandemic and it could be putting many women at an increased risk of breast cancer. A growing group of women ar... Read More...

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Can 12-Step Groups and Psychedelics Coexist?

WHAT WOULD BILL W. DROP? – April 8, 2021 - After years of daily opioid use, Kevin was finally succeeding at his recovery. In 2011, he moved into a halfway house, got a sponsor, and started going to 12-step meetings ... Read More...

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How I learned to love Zoom 12-step meetings

NO MORE ZOOM GLOOM – April 8, 2021 - “You could hear the plopping of her poo,” he recalls. “She put the camera back on her face like nothing happened.”) Meetings were attacked by Zoom bombers. Hate speech... Read More...

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Margo Price: ‘My Mind Is Clear and My Heart Is Full’

SAVE THE COUNTRY – April 2, 2021 - Price wrote that her decision to get sober came after she “started drinking more frequently again” during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during the late summer and early ... Read More...

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Celebrity groomer helps people battling addiction

WATCH – THE MIRACLE OF MEN – March 24, 2021 - Now, they’re ready to take their efforts a step further by creating a structured sober living facility in Southern California that’s equipped with a “community of r... Read More...

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You got sober? Good for you, but we can’t date

ESSAY/OPINION/AL-ANON SHARE – March 27, 2021 - My brilliant and weirdly eccentric father, who I thought was the most interesting man in the world, indulged in a combo of pills and alcohol. Even as a teenager... Read More...

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RHONY’s Leah McSweeney Celebrates 1 Year of Sobriety

A YEAR IS A YEAR, WELL DONE – March 30, 2021 - She continued, “When I found out that I was in fact going to be on the show I thought to myself that it may be a good time to stop drinking again but it was much t... Read More...

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Stimulus money fueling addictions

WATCH – BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD – April 1, 2021 - She said the correlation became clearer when checks rolled out. Some people relapsed or would stop showing up for treatment. “Engagement specialists, recovery c... Read More...

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The Guest House: Ocala’s best kept secret

HEALING AND HOPE – April 2021 - The Guest House, located on a rustic estate in Silver Springs, has been in operation since 2016. It is one of the nation’s leading centers for treating addiction and destructive ... Read More...

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Minnesota band “Communist Daughter” embrace new Alaska home

WATCH & LISTEN – BEING SOBER IS VERY COOL – April 2, 2021 - After almost a decade of steady touring and hustling to make their harmonious indie-rock group Communist Daughter one of Minnesota’s great shoulda-been... Read More...

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Q&A with Amy Dresner, Best-Selling Author

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 6, 2021 - Amy Dresner is a journalist, author and former comedian as well as a recovering addict and alcoholic. She was a regular columnist for the addiction/recovery magazine Th... Read More...

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Ernest Hemingway: How Mental Illness Plagued Writer & Family

A FAREWELL TO SANITY – April 1, 2021 - He also had a fraught relationship with his mother, who dressed Hemingway as a girl when he was a child. Hemingway’s third wife, journalist Martha Gellhorn, would later at... Read More...

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Alcohol really does go straight to the head!

IT’S SO CLOSE TO THE MOUTH – March 27, 2021 - The old adage claiming alcohol “goes straight to the head” is actually true according to new research. Scientists say booze breaks down in the brain, rather than th... Read More...

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I’m a mom who drank daily during COVID-19

WATCH – TIME TO WINE DOWN – April 2, 2021 - Between 2019 into 2020, reports of women binge drinking rose amid the COVID-19 pandemic -- now many, particularly mothers, say they’re reevaluating their relationship... Read More...

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