Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol Addiction

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...

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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...

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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...

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In the Drug Archives

ADDICTED TO WRITING ABOUT DRUGS – Sept. 3, 2021 - “I’m attracted to topics that cross boundaries and genres,” he says, and stories about drugs—who takes them, and how they experience them—offered avenues... Read More...

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Lala Kent: My Sobriety Comes First

JUST LIKE CLARK – Sept. 3, 2021 - The blonde beauty - who now has six-month - old daughter Ocean with TV producer Randall - admits she couldn’t have put down the bottle without the unwavering love and su... Read More...

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National Recovery Month 2021

WHEN ONE MONTH IS NEVER ENOUGH – Sept. 1, 2021 - Now in its 32nd year, Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other heal... Read More...

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Former Priest Celebrates 19 Years of Sobriety

WATCH – “A SAINT AND A SINNER,” BY STEPHEN DONNELLY – Sept. 1, 2021 - “What is a man’s life worth if he’s judged solely by his worst days?” National Recovery Month answers the question Donnelly posed in “A Sai... Read More...

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Celebrity Chef Michael Chernow Raises $2.2M

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS – August 26, 2021 - It is a plant-based, gluten and allergen-free meal that has his three favorite breakfast go-tos — oats, protein and vitamins, plus minerals and Omega-3 fatty acids. C... Read More...

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Blackfoot Helping Blackfoot Recovery Camps

WATCH – NATURE HEALS – August 26, 2021 - Mills describes the project as “Blackfoot helping Blackfoot.” The camps will be led by Blackfoot people and include traditional healing and ceremony. He hopes to hav... Read More...

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Understanding Connections Between Substance Use and Other Life Problems

AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP – August 25, 2021 - Delivered virtually, Hazelden Betty Ford’s RecoveryGo® online solutions bring our world-class outpatient addiction and mental health care, recovery support... Read More...

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Raiders DE Maxx Crosby is 18 months sober

DEFENDING HIS LIFE – AUGUST 27, 2021 - Crosby, who turned 24 on Aug. 22, was a Day 3 draft pick of the Raiders in 2019 out of Eastern Michigan, the No. 106 overall selection in the fourth round. He racked up 1... Read More...

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Donald Newlove Explored the Depths of Drink, Dies at 93

FROM DEAD DRUNK TO DEAD SOBER – August 27, 2021 - The novelist Frederick Busch wrote in The New York Times Book Review that “The Drunks” was “a convulsion of ghastly laughs and gorgeous writing.” The New Yorke... Read More...

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A Chat with Heroes of Al-Azeema Rehab

ADDICTION WITHOUT BORDERS – August 28, 2021 - Hassanein Ahmed, 27, also decided to quit drugs after a decade of addiction. “I decided to seek treatment for myself. I did not want to continue what I was doing,”... Read More...

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Chrissy Teigen: I was “Basically A Functioning Alcoholic”

YOU GET YOUR FEELINGS BACK – August 25, 2021 - Chrissy Teigen has opened up about her relationship with alcohol and revealed that she’s dealing with unresolved trauma over losing her baby last year. Chrissy... Read More...

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Nashville’s Broadway Called ‘alcoholic theme park’

MUST WATCH – JACK DANIELS TILT-A-WHIRL – August 26, 2021 - There’s no shortage of headlines that highlight exactly what’s happening on Lower Broadway in Nashville. From a security guard being attacked to... Read More...

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Dreamland Author Pens Second Book On Addiction

MEDIA: THE LEAST OF US by SAM QUINONES – August 26, 2021 - The Least of Us deepens the story of our nation’s opioid epidemic, including the spread of mass supplies of synthetic drugs, as well as delving into the ne... Read More...

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Rudy Giuliani Denies Being an Alcoholic

HE TOOK THE FIFTH – August 27, 2021 - “I’m a functioning, I probably function more effectively than 90 percent of the population,” Giuliani added. The former mayor was responding to recently published claims by hig... Read More...

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Nordkraft — Painful, Lyrical Operatic Trip into Addiction

BRING IT TO AMERICA – August 26, 2010 - Those qualities alone would be enough to make Nordkraft operatic. But in this case, Ejersbo’s novel is best put to one side. Nordkraft the opera trades in the psychologi... Read More...

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Tim McGraw ‘Went Straight’ to Faith Hill to Get Sober

WATCH – LOVE CONQUERS ALL – August 26, 2021- McGraw previously told PEOPLE that whiskey was his drink of choice, but that he had difficulty limiting the amount he drank, and that it got “to the point where I f... Read More...

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Legislature May Reexamine Forced Sobriety Program

ATTRACTION NOT COERCION – August 25, 2021 - The law originally limited the program to people with a previous drug or alcohol conviction. But the 2019 amendment expanded the program to people accused but not co... Read More...

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Today! International Overdose Awareness Day

PRAYER FOR THE DYING August 31, 2021 - “He grew up in a good decent home,” said Campos’ grandmother. “He had trouble sleeping.” Her grandson took a pill given to him by a friend to help him sleep, and it was lac... Read More...

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Have AA Meetings Become Superspreader Events? by Christopher Dale

MASK UP! – EXCLUSIVE by Christopher Dale for the Addiction/Recovery eBulletin August 24, 2021 - Alcoholics Anonymous is supposed to save lives, not risk them. And that, in ten words, is why if... Read More...

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Jessica Wilde: She Chose Sobriety On “Daylight”

WATCH (X-rated) – LIVING THE SOBER LIFE – August 20, 2021 - Filmed and edited by Nathaniel, and direction and styled by Toby Corton, the visual takes place in a somewhat sketchy-looking hotel room as Wil... Read More...

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Q&A with Kristabell Stansbury, CEO Chrysalis CC

HEALING IN THE ROCKIES – August 17, 2021 - Hi Kristabell, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today? I was born and raised in what used to be... Read More...

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Pandemic Changes Young People’s Relationship to Substances

CLOSER? – August 18, 2021 - By the end of 2020, Tan said she was finishing multiple bottles in one night—until one particularly jarring experience forced her to reflect on her habit. “I remember there was a sn... Read More...

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Bravo’s Captain Sandy Marks 33 Years of Sobriety

ANCHORED IN THE PROGRAM – August 17, 2021 - A lot of hard work has gone into maintaining that sobriety for more than three decades, a process that Captain Sandy has been open about on Below Deck Me... Read More...

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What Can Surfing Tell Us About Addiction?

BOOK REVIEW – July 8, 2021 - How convincing this book is as a therapeutic primer, I am utterly unqualified to judge. What I can say is that you don’t need to love or even be interested in surfing to feel passa... Read More...

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The Hidden Pandemic: Addiction

NO VACCINE ‘CEPT GOD – August 20, 2021 - Because many who are already addicts are having to self-isolate or remain at home during a lockdown, there is also great risk of overdose. Emergency services are ... Read More...

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Lisa Riley ‘so bloody happy’ celebrating six years of sobriety

LIVING THE SOBER LIFE ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME – August 19, 2021 - Well done young lady,’ a Twitter user replied. Another posted: ‘Well done x I’m at 8 years x you are a lovely and beautiful lady x.’ ‘Congratula... Read More...

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Formerly homeless woman given furniture, TV, gift cards after finding housing

WATCH – SHE’S IN HEAVEN – August 11, 2021 - Mallard has only spent a week in the new apartment. She said she’s still getting accustomed to sleeping in her own bed. NewsChannel5 viewers donated a TV and stan... Read More...

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