Alcoholics Anonymous

Biopic on Reporter Courtney Friel in the Works

Let’s Make a Friel –   Aug. 19, 2020  - “Our Inspire division champions stories that uphold the triumph of…

4 years ago

Jessica Simpson marks nearly 3 years sober

It takes all kinds – August 21, 2020 - Jessica Simpson is about to celebrate a major milestone: She’s been…

4 years ago

Twenty years without drink … then they shut down AA

Opinion: Zoom dooms some – August 16, 2020 - When Covid-19 shuttered the world, it also shuttered AA, which is…

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Recovering writer’s pandemic cautionary tale

WATCH – She’s been there, done that – Aug. 14, 2020 - The Seattle journalist said she missed almost a…

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Quote of the Week – Bill W

“No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it” —Bill W.

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Kurt Angle Celebrates Seven Years Sober

Pinning the Demons... – August 5, 2020 - Celebrating 7 years of sobriety today. To all of you who supported…

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Harry Potter’s Jason Isaacs on his fight against drug addiction

Slitherin' out on top –   AUGUST 5, 2020 - he actor admitted that he first got drunk at the…

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AA meetings still going strong during COVID-19

WATCH – Zoom and six feet away... – August 6, 2020 - He says he was at his wits end:…

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Church conversion into addiction facility as residents protest

Doesn’t sound very Christian – August 7, 2020 - “So, to me, I see that there’s clear need in Millville…

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Recovering Alcoholic Loses More Than 56 pounds After 7 Months Sober

Not a weight loss program! Good job! –   August 8, 2020 - As well as trading in alcohol and…

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Q&A with Courtney Friel

Stick with the Winners! – August 12, 2020 -  Courtney Friel has been a news anchor at KTLA-TV, the number…

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I was…an alcoholic at 26

It works if you work it  –   August 8, 2020 - The night of drinking would start respectably enough,…

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Jamie Lee Curtis talks about her new podcast and her sobriety

WATCH – Trading Places – August 4, 2020 - Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has succeeded in many genres, from horror…

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Broadway Dancer Lost His Dream Job to Alcoholism + Addiction

Back on the boards ... soon –   JULY 27, 2020 - He slowly began to rebuild, surrounded by family…

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21 Proudly Sober Celebrities

Putting down the drink –   July 31, 2020 - People choose to stop drinking for a number of reasons…

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How I Wish My Parents Had Reacted to My Heroin Use

Called Betty Ford? –   July 31, 2020 - I was too frightened to tell her myself. So I told…

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Motorcycle club helps men maintain sobriety

Wheels Down –   July 28, 2020 - About three years ago, he decided he’d had enough. “One day, I…

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Arsonist ‘turns life around’

Found the right match! Sobriety! – July 20, 2020 - These are not the types of things that a person…

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Moms who are also recovering alcoholics on getting through the pandemic, sober

WATCH – It ain’t easy – July 22, 2020 - The frustrations of home schooling her daughter while keeping up…

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Loose Women fans praise ‘inspirational’ Terri White as she recounts alcoholism and mental health struggles

WATCH – Bottoming out in NYC –   July 23, 2020 - Viewers of the show were in awe of…

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‘The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth’

An exciting vision of you! – July 25, 2020 - When AA was founded in 1935 there was no provision…

4 years ago

Film: ‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’

Too much sake – July 24, 2020 - Before the story tackles such complexities, the tone is light and jaunty,…

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One Step at Time Is Easier Said Than Done

QUITTER: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – July 7, 2020 - There are many ways to recover from…

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A.A. in the “golden era of alcoholism”

Still works if you work it – July 17, 2020 - “It’s like no matter where you go – there…

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Sober journalist launches book about losing his beloved wife to cancer

Love and Loss – July 15, 2020 - Ian explained how both addiction and grief require a person to work…

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“Lockdown Has Been the Hardest Period of My Sober Journey”

Zoom Gloom – July 16, 2020 -  With Alcoholics Anonymous moving online, gyms closing and support networks being socially distanced,…

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I quit boozing when I was too drunk to hold my baby as hubby hosed vomit off me

Sober showers from now on... – July 9, 2020 - She wrote on her blog, DrunkMummySoberMummy: “As I closed the…

5 years ago

Treatment centers hit hard by pandemic

Just when we need it most – June 24, 2020 - If services and staff are cut the effect on…

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Drinking Has Surged During The Pandemic

Where did I put my weekend? –  June 21, 2020 - Dr. Sarah Johnson, medical director of Landmark Recovery, an…

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Woman celebrates two years of sobriety, shares her story

Hey, the women are smarter –  June 18,  2020 - Her life started to turn around June 17, 2018. That…

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