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The Queen’s Gambit Shows Knowledge Can’t Defeat Addiction – OPINION

Check(mate)-ing out –  November 3, 2020 - Even when she wakes up severely hungover in Paris, she whips her head…

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Sober living, addiction treatment conflicts return to lawmakers’ crosshairs

The good, the bad and the ugly –  Dec. 4, 2020 - On Thursday, Dec. 3, three Congress members introduced…

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Tallulah Willis Credits Mom, Demi Moore, for Her Sobriety

Sober mother, sober daughter –   December 3, 2020 - Willis also said she finds herself “becoming [her] mother in…

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12 Step Meetings: What is was like, what happened and what it’s like now!

Hindsight IS Indeed 2020 –  by Dr. Don Grant, MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV, PhD November 27, 2020 - In…

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From A.A. to Zoom – Treatment Goes Online

An Alphabet Soup of Recovery –   November 28, 2020 - Though online rehab rose as an emergency stopgap measure,…

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Sobriety: an indigenous woman tells her story

WATCH – Struggles and successes –  Nov./Dec. 2020 - ‘Turning Points’ continues: stories produced, directed and told by indigenous people…

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Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network Convened for First Summit

Still working to heal... –   Nov. 24, 2020 - “Collaboration is powering 21st century health care, and that’s what…

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Celebrities who have discussed sobriety in 2020

Talk is cheap? –   Nov. 28, 2020 - In some cases, stars speak out to help provide support to…

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‘Recovery is possible’: beating drug addiction to spread hope

Never stop trying ... it pays off with life –  Nov. 29, 2020 - Henry continued to use and would…

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Ex-49ers linebacker Aldon Smith addresses his troubled past

We all have a comeback inside us –  Nov. 27, 2020 - “When I drank, it was always to numb,”…

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The childhood drug addiction that inspired The Queen’s Gambit

Here comes the knight –   Nov. 27, 2020 - Tevis, originally from San Francisco, learned to play chess as…

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Miley’s Honest Update About Her Sobriety

Discomfort Zone –  November 24, 2020 - Rather than getting mad at herself for going backward on her sobriety journey,…

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Man finds hope, gratitude and sobriety

WATCH – From way down, to marriage, work and sobriety –  Nov. 26, 2020 - “I got sober right before…

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Jewel on Reconciling with “Abusive” Father After He Got Sober

Shining Brighter Than Ever –  November 19, 2020 - No longer willing to put up with the abuse, Jewel moved…

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Meet attorney who documented her battle with alcoholism

WATCH – Drink in the inspiration –  Nov. 19, 2020 - Adam Chodak: The detox facility you initially went to…

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Shorts are Big Deal at the Reel Recovery Film Festival by Burl Barer

A Short in The Arm –  November 20, 2020 - There is a thrill to discovering an excellent film, a…

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What has changed during COVID-19 for People in Recovery

WATCH – Lack of traditional AA meetings? –  Nov. 12, 2020-  A lot has changed for people in recovery as…

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Chasing the News – Episode 4 – Musicians

WATCH – Sobriety, creativity, serenity and laughter in the Coronaverse. A conversation with Paul Williams, Ester Nicholson, Ricky Byrd, John…

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Homeless Men Moved Into Tourist Hotel. What Followed Was Unexpected

Home is where the Love is –  November 13, 2020 - An opera singer who also studied public relations is…

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Pandemic taking toll on parents

Mommy Merlot and Daddy Doobie –   Nov. 9, 2020 - In a May survey conducted by the Research Triangle…

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Cafe Is Helping People Recovering From Addiction With Jobs and ‘Relentless Love’

WATCH – ‘Relentless Love’ says it all –  Nov. 9, 2020 - A cafe in Charlotte, North Carolina, is giving…

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We Recovered Too: The Family Groups’ Beginnings in Al-Anon Pioneers’ Own Words

MEDIA: Book recommendation –  Published 2011 - Hazelden proudly presents this engaging multimedia retrospective of the Fellowship that has brought the…

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Climate change, sobriety at heart of new novel

MEDIA: Book review –   Nov. 10, 2020 - In part, writing the book was healing for Lord – “an…

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Why Do People in Recovery Experience Sugar Addiction?

Because it tastes good? –   Nov. 9, 2020 - Susannah Gerber is a chef, nutritionist, and food behaviorist. By…

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How to Avoid Addiction Relapse

Vigilance! –  Nov. 14, 2020 - Avoid tempting scenarios. We’ve often heard people share that they wanted to prove to…

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Q&A with Lisa Hower, Hower Lodge

Stick with the Winners! –  Nov. 17, 2020 - I  am so Grateful to be Clean and Sober! Through the…

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Michael J. Fox’s past struggles with sobriety, Parkinson’s & fame

WATCH – Sober Like A Fox –  November 9, 2020 - With the love and support of his wife of…

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What It’s Like To Be A Sober Drag Performer In Toronto Pt. 1

Queen and Sober –  November 13, 2020 - April Wozny: Tell us what is was like when you drank/used and…

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Getting Sober in 2020?

There’s no ‘How-To’ guide –  November 10, 2020 - A Nielson survey found that alcohol sales rose 54% at the…

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Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers arrested after crashing his car in Malibu

Portrait of an Alcoholic –  Nov. 10, 2020 - The actor, 43 - whose battle with alcoholism has been well…

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