CC Sabathia on Baseball, Retirement, Alcoholism WATCH – Trailer for new doc “Under the Grapefruit Tree” – Dec. 21, 2020 - That painful period, and Sabathia’s road to the big leagues, are featured in the new documentary “Under the Grapefruit Tree,” which pre... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Struggling With Addiction? Here’s a NYE Lifeline Start 2021 SOBER – Dec. 23, 2020 - Last year, Garcia launched the Dallas Sober New Year’s Eve party, but COVID-19 forced her to reimagine the concept as an online resource available to anyone seeking help — ev... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 29 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Dr. Jennifer Wood, Guiding Patients with Addiction Through Pandemic No relapses please – Dec, 25, 2020 - “Patients who were previously well-established in addiction treatment, for example, their clinics may have closed due to COVID, and they’re not able to be seen in person any... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 29 2020depressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninternetinterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseTrauma
Navigating the “Bermuda Triangle” of addiction WATCH – Don’t disappear – Dec. 22, 2020 - We’re in a very festive season. But we should keep in mind that the holidays can be a difficult time for those in recovery. In fact, the time between Thanksgi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapse
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Celebrates 5 Years of Sobriety Anyone can do it... – Dec. 24, 2020 - Additionally, Sorrentino is getting ready to be a dad in the new year, as his wife, Lauren, is pregnant with their first child together. The lovebirds are expecting a baby ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Beacon House in Pacific Grove Closing A champ goes down swinging – Dec. 22, 2020 - An important player in the drug and alcohol addiction treatment network for more than 60 years is closing at the end of the month, a victim of a combination of the p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
John Mulaney Has Checked Into Rehab Admitted into not ‘Checked’ into – Dec. 21, 2020 - The former Saturday Night Live writer, 38, is seeking treatment after relapsing following a decades-long battle with addiction. Mulaney’s rep did not immedi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Heartwarming! Drug Rehab Centre Offers Free Treatment Via Christmas Raffle Win Win – Dec. 18, 2020 - Even before the COVID-19 pandemic put millions of Americans out of work, lacking the financial means to pay for addiction treatment meant people have long relied on a mixed bag of reh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Unsuspected Dangers of Passive Alcoholism The Company You Keep – Dec. 17, 2020 - The researchers analysed the responses of 8,750 adults during a survey conducted in 2015 by the National Alcohol Survey (an alcohol research group) and the National Alcohol’s ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 22 2020intervention
Kristian Garic: I’m an alcoholic Trudging and Trudging – Dec. 17, 2020 - Some of you reading this might have an addict/alcoholic in your family or life who is in recovery, or an addict/alcoholic who hasn’t yet decided to admit it or get help. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020interventionRecoveryRehab
Susannah Constantine Reveals She’s an Alcoholic With Seven Years in Recovery WATCH – Praise for AA – Dec. 19, 2020 - Explaining how she still felt shame at being asked to leave a friend’s 40th birthday because she was so drunk, she shared the moment that had prompted her to seek help. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020interventionRecoveryRehab
Addiction specialist may get the rose What is a bachelorette? – Dec. 18, 2020 - Clark recently shared a story about someone who played a major role on his road to recovery from addiction. He called the woman in question, Rhonda Jackson, his “ang... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Restaurateur Launches Sober Living House WATCH – Cooking with Love – Dec. 18, 2020 - A well-known Chattanooga business owner who has been sober for 19 years has opened a home to help other women struggling with addiction. Restaurant owner Scottie B... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Patrick Kennedy pitches himself for ‘drug czar’ Will He Outlaw Marijuana? – Dec. 18, 2020 - He would also help to coordinate domestic and international policing efforts, a role that requires collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration, military, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Senator John Velis Faces Alcoholism One Day at a Time Voting for Sobriety – Dec. 20, 2020 - To get to this point, he first faced a grim reality. “For me, alcohol is going to lead me to one of two places: dead or in jail,” Velis said he realized. “Simple as that.” ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Brian Marshall Details Journey to Sobriety in New Mini-Doc WATCH – Transformational – Dec. 17, 2020 - It begins with the bassist discussing his gear and his musical relationship to bandmates Scott ‘Flip’ Phillips, Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy, but soon takes a perso... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
John Owen Lowe Came a Long Way to Overcome Addiction — Who Is Rob Lowe’s Son? Families heal together – Dec. 20, 2020 - Actor Rob Lowe’s son John Lowe has fought for sobriety in silence for years, but now he’s opened up about his battle against addiction. John Lowe, 25, is the younges... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Brantley Gilbert Celebrates 9 Years of Sobriety Save the Country ... Music – Dec. 18, 2020 - Gilbert’s battle with substance abuse began soon after he graduated from high school, in Jefferson, Georgia. As the son of a Baptist preacher, the singer had a relig... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Overdose epidemic needs state action to remove barriers to care Make it Free? – DEC. 16, 2020 - “SADLY, THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC CONTINUES, AND IT HAS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,” SAID PATRICE A. HARRIS, M.D., M.A., CHAIR OF THE AMA OPIOID TASK F... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRehab
For Recovering Farmer, Holiday Season is Fraught with Potential for Relapse Sow the seeds of success – Dec. 17, 2020 - “It’s not uncommon for farmers to go over to a neighbor’s house and have a beer,” he said, and while that’s “not a bad thing” in moderation, “I went from occasionally... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDec 22 2020RecoveryRehab
Writers In Treatment: Melding Recovery, Arts, and The Information Praise for the eBulletin – Nov. 11, 2020 - Driving his Volvo home one night from his job at a Los Angeles rehab, Leonard experienced a life-changing event. Without warning, a distracted driver in an SUV ran a r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionExperience Strength and Hope AwardsLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateWriters In Treatment
Unmasking Mental Illness and Addiction in Pandemic World Madness of America – Dec. 18, 2020 - New York City struggled and then regained its footing after becoming the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring. Like the rest of the United States, it is again exp... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 22 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
Outbreak Grows at Green Mountain Treatment Center Part of Granite Recovery, N.H. LISTEN – I wish this was fake news – Dec. 18, 2020 - Rick Ganley: Yeah, and per your reporting this week, clients and staff say a lot of this could have been prevented if the company had just been prepared for it. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Waxahatchee’s ‘Saint Cloud’ Confronts Sobriety & Recovery With Vivid Empathy WATCH – Music soothes the savage addiction – December 18, 2020 - Katie Crutchfield grew up in Alabama and lives in Kansas City, but the story behind Saint Cloud, her fifth and best album as Waxahatchee, begins... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Elton John On NPR’s Fresh Air LISTEN – Great share! – Dec. 18, 2020 - Sir Elton John spoke with Terry Gross after the publication of his memoir, ‘Me.’ The book was pretty forthcoming about family, addiction and sexuality, and so was the convers... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addicted Australia WATCH – America should do one... – Dec. 9, 2020 - Ten Australians fighting their addictions. What does it take to change a life? New series, Addicted Australia. We gain extraordinary access to the lives of a gr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
New Luxury Recovery Center Opens in North Alabama WATCH – The sumptuousness of sobriety – Dec. 7, 2020 -The recovery center offers a non-clinical approach to the problem of drug and alcohol dependence by using the 12 steps. “Hard things happen in life, but... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Emily Summit with Leonard Buschel Happy. Sober. Free! – December 2020 – Learn secrets on how to cultivate freedom, confidence, joy and abundance in sobriety! Free online show! Hosted by Emily Killeen. more@HappySoberFree ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninternetLeonard BuschelMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Danny Trejo, 52 Years Sober, Urges Those Fighting Addiction to Seek Treatment During Pandemic What a wonderful way to live! – Dec. 13, 2020 - The spot — part of CRI-Help’s “Fight” campaign — debuts on the eve of the center’s 50th anniversary and is aimed at raising awareness around substance abuse recov... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDec 15 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Peter Young, priest who lifted up the downtrodden, dies at 90 One soul helping another... – Dec. 9, 2020 - At first, he said, the politicians saw his priest’s collar and dismissed him as just another do-gooder but, after presenting them with the cost of incarceration, he ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionGodinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab