Lily Allen Shares the Moment She Hit ‘Rock Bottom’ AND STOPPED DIGGING – Dec. 4, 2024 - In a new interview with The Times, published over the weekend, the singer recalled that her drinking caused a turbulent moment following her divorce from her first husband, Sam Co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Top 10 Things Families Can Do to Avoid Common Rehab Pitfalls ALANON Plus – Dec. 7, 2024 - A high percentage of treatment failures occur due to “user error.” In other words, the treatment team delivers the message, but the client—and often the family—doesn’t fully understand or... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Weight-Loss Drugs Saved Me From Alcoholism DOUBLE WINNER – Dec. 8, 2024 - Standing 5′8″ and weighing in at 330 pounds, Breen had always been a big guy. He was also a regular drinker, though it had never been a “problem,” per se. That changed when the pandem... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Nonprofit Uses Physical Activities to Help Those Struggling With Addiction VIDEO – ACTIVE RECOVERY – Dec. 9, 2024 - Getting outdoors, hiking, climbing and even gardening has been helping those with a substance use disorder stay away from drugs and alcohol. The Phoenix, a nonprofit, promotes... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery Advocate
The Power of Love in Alcohol Recovery FAMILY MATTERS – Dec. 13, 2024 - Intervention is as much for the one suffering as it is for the family who also suffers. We need to hate the disease and love the person. No one wants to live consumed by a substance.”... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of Interest
Margaret Cho On Her Sober Journey EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES – Dec. 14, 2024 - At the event, the 56-year-old star, who was an honouree, spoke to People magazine, saying, “I’m eight and a half years sober. ... It feels like another life. So I feel li... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
The Nicolas Cage Oscar-winning Movie: “No studio would touch it” VIDEO – LET IT RIDE – Dec. 8, 2024 - When first-time movie producer Stuart Regan found a novel entitled Leaving Las Vegas in a secondhand bookshop, he was stunned by its unflinching depiction of alcoholism. In ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeatured Articles
Tips to Stay Sober During This Jolly Holiday Season HELPFUL – Dec. 13, 2024 - Last year, when Lauren Haydel began her first sober holiday season, she wondered how difficult it would be to avoid alcohol at family parties and celebrations with friends. She owns a boutiq... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured Articlessobriety
Origami Sake Launches ZERO: The Nation’s First Non-Alcoholic Sake KANPAI – Dec. 11, 2024 - As the beverage alcohol industry evolves, non-alcoholic beverages have emerged as its fastest-growing category, alongside increased consumer interest in sake, the third fastest-growing catego... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured Articlessobriety
Alcohol Deaths Doubled Since 1999 VIDEO – LIVER DIE – Dec. 2, 2024 - The main causes of alcohol-related death were cardiovascular disease — primarily due to heart attacks and strokes — as well as certain “common and serious cancers” as well as cirrho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024life expectancy
A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction READING MATTERS – St. Martin’s Press - Challenging both the idea of the addict’s “broken brain” and the notion of a simple “addictive personality,” The New York Times Bestseller, Unbroken Brain, offers a radical and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecovery
Jersey Shore’s Mike Sorrentino: ‘9 years clean and sober’ VIDEO – THE PROMISES COMING TRUE – Dec. 3, 2024 - He celebrated the major moment on social media with people applauding him for being clean for nine years. It’s hard to forget the emotional episode from Jersey Shore:... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 10 2024Recovery
Staying Sober This Holiday Season AUDIO – SHARING THE GOOD NEWS – Dec. 4, 2024 - Former ‘Bachelorette’ contestant Zac Clark shares his path to sobriety and how it... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024sobriety
Two Flight Attendants Pulled Off the Job After Failing Sobriety Test GET YOUR OWN DRINK – Dec. 3, 2024 - Two Delta flight attendants were kicked off their route after failing a breathalyzer test and being deemed too drunk to fly. The first blew 0.024, just over the legal limit of 0.00... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDec 10 2024
Holidays Bring Challenges for People Battling Addiction VIDEO – LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION – ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecovery
Lily Allen never ‘had sex’ with anyone ‘not drunk’… THEM OR HER? – Nov. 30, 2024 - The “Smile” singer confessed she’s never “had sex” with a partner “not drunk” until she married her current husband, “Stranger Things” star David Harbour. “We don’t really talk... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 10 2024
Breaking Down Stigmas Around Addiction TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 4, 2024 - Stigmas can result in poor mental health, physical harm, lack of understanding and fewer opportunities. I saw this firsthand with my brother and the stigmas that were put onto h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Native Youth Connect To Break Cycles of Addiction FOLLOW YOUR ROOTS – Nov. 30, 2024 - The boys, who range in age from 12 to 17, are part of a 90-day youth residential treatment program, a Portland-based nonprofit founded in 1970 to provide culturally competent addic... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘A Want in Her’ Review: A Daughter’s Shattering Testament to Her Mother’s Alcoholism MUST SEE – Nov. 21, 2023 - In her extraordinary debut feature, Irish artist and filmmaker Myrid Carten fixes her camera, when possible, on her erratic, alcoholic mother Nuala —On a busy Belfast shopping street, in br... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Popular Musician Shares Sobriety Struggle EVERYTHING’S DIFFERENT – Nov. 26, 2024 - It’s been four years and five months since Sam Tutanuak of Rankin Inlet had a drink of alcohol or a puff of marijuana. Tutanuak, 57, who now resides in Iqaluit, said believ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024
Suits’ Patrick J. Adams Sober After “Drinking Too Much” AND TOO OFTEN – Nov. 26, 2024 - “I was still trying to live my life as a 25-year-old and doing my patterns of like how I would numb myself, take care of myself and deal with my insecurity and my fears,” he explained.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024Interview
Why Aren’t More People Talking About America’s Alcoholism? AUDIO – DENIAL? – Nov. 29, 2024 - I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her, seven people in our extended family, i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Reverend Richard Coles ‘Destroyed’ by Husband’s Fatal Alcoholism at 43 SADNESS ALL AROUND – Nov. 20, 2024 - Richard tragically lost his husband, fellow priest David, 43, to alcoholism in December 2019 - nine years after they married - and said part of him had been destroyed by the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Long Ring Fingers Can Point To a Love For Alcohol BIG THUMB FOR TRAVELERS? – Nov. 26, 2024 - Your hands may hold the key to why you enjoy a drink so much. Researchers found relationships between high alcohol consumption and long 4th digits relative to 2nd digits. Th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024
Kate Middleton Speaks Up for People with Addiction ‘Recovery Is Possible’ ROYALTY OUT LOUD – Nov. 28, 2024 - In a message penned in support of Addiction Awareness Week, the Princess of Wales said that progress is being made in tackling the prejudice and stigma around addiction and urged pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Zebra striping’: is this the best way to drink alcohol? HALF MEASURES INDEED – Nov. 27, 2024 - Lapping up booze nervously with my tongue, in case a crocodile jumps out and eats me. Oh, then no, this isn’t what zebra-striping is at all. But congratulations on remaining une... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024sobriety
Flavor Flav Sends Message About Being Mindful of Friends on Their ‘Sobriety Journey’ This Holiday Season HAPPY! NOT HIGH! – Nov. 27, 2024 - “Mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference,” said the rapper, who just celebrated 4 years sober. “Since my bestie has been sober, I always have stuff to make moc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousbuprenorphineCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024sobriety
Sobriety on Thanksgiving: ‘It’s Got a Holiday Built in’ VIDEO – TOASTING WITH TURKEY – Nov. 22, 2024 - Ashley McBryde is feeling proud — for good reason. The 41-year-old country star attended and performed at the 2024 CMA Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 26 2024Recoverysobriety
Charles Kelley Says Getting Sober Was the ‘Best Decision I’ve Ever Made in My Life’ SINGING A NEW SONG – Nov. 15, 2024 - Lady A singer Charles Kelley is looking back on the moment he decided to give up drinking in Hulu’s new docuseries It’s All Country. “Success is a double-edged sword, for sure. Yo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 26 2024
High-Functioning Alcoholic Beat Addiction and Overcame Bulimia THE LIFT SHE NEEDED – Nov. 17, 2024 - Even after her friends found her passed out on the bathroom floor during a free-flow brunch at a restaurant, Julie Landau thought she could carry on drinking. It took a second... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 26 2024RecoveryRehab