What Helped Rapper Mark Smith Quit Getting High? WHEN IT TIME, IT’S TIME – March 29, 2024 - The hip hop artist Shifty Presidents - real name Mark Smith - decided it was time to quit drinking alcohol and stop taking drugs on his 40th birthday. “I made a decla... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
‘Locks for Addiction’ Founder Heartbroken After Vandalism VIDEO – ONE FROM THE HEART – March 19, 2024 - For years now, a Lexington mother has tried to bring hope to those working towards sobriety. But she came across a disheartening scene this weekend. Pam Stamper sta... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Musician Shares His Inspirations and Journey to Sobriety VIDEO – ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – March 12, 2024 - “I’m in a 12-step recovery program and I recorded a song for each step along the way. 12 steps. 12 songs. The album is called ‘The Program.’” “If there’s anyone out ther... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMar 26 2024RecoveryRehab
Farmer Shares Her Battle with Alcoholism in PBS doc ‘Greener Pastures’ VIDEO – PLANTING THE SEED OF RECOVERY – March 27, 2024 - Several Midwesterners will break your heart in this “Independent Lens” documentary about farmers dealing with mental health issues. But the one who resonates... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMar 26 2024RecoveryRehab
Unrefined to Refined Ministry Transforms Lives DROSS TO GOLD – March 22, 2024 - The Unrefined to Refined Ministry was founded in 2018 to foster and enhance people’s connections with God. This ministry has changed over the years, and in 2021, a revolutionar... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sobriety Celebrated at Comedy Club video VIDEO – LAUGHTER HEALS – March 22, 2024 - Stocked with alcohol-free refreshments, the Well Studios venue is set for another showcase night. Levesque’s dreams of a career in entertainment were derailed at a young a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
The Moment David Campbell Realized He Had to QUIT Drinking BOTTOMS DOWN – March 23, 2024 - The Today Extra host said he had been gifted some Crystal Head vodka by legendary actor Dan Aykroyd and had drank it at home. In the morning, the 50-year-old was sick - and he w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 26 2024RecoveryRehab
Jake Cuenca Opens Up On Three Year Sobriety WORKING HIS FIST STEP – March 22, 2024 - The “What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?” star admitted that one turning point was his “near-death experience” in 2021 when he figured in a police car chase and collision, during... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 26 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Tiffany Haddish – Sober 72 Days Since DUI Arrest NUDGE FROM THE JUDGE – Friday, March 22, 2024 - I haven’t drank any alcohol, smoked any weed or anything in, like, 72 days,” the comedian, 44, said on Friday, March 22. The actress has learned some val... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 26 2024RecoveryRehab
Lawmakers Shoot Down Plan to Crack Down on Sober Living Homes CRACKED UP – March 22, 2024 - Lawmakers are working to tighten the reins on fraudulent sober living homes after bad actors defrauded Arizona’s Medicaid agency out of billions of dollars. But one such bill was ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
WAXAHATCHEE – TIGERS BLOOD WHAT’S IN A NAME – MARCH 20, 2024 - On her sixth album ‘Tigers Blood’, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield is distancing herself from her demons and embracing home. Katie Crutchfield is back, the Alabama-bor... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 26 2024RecoveryRehab
How To Handle Any Addiction Treatment Before Gabor Maté - This simple sketch is both funny and informative. Coaching techniques are a little more nuanced now, but I hope you find Bob's approach to change management enjoyable. Watch@YouTube... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 26 2024Recovery
What Is RECOVERY CAPITAL? IT’S EVERYTHING – March 11, 2024 - Recovery capital is comprised of social, physical, cultural and human forms of capital. It consists of, but is not limited to, personal and social characteristics, networks, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 19 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
“Pretty Wrecked”: A Memoir about Addiction, Recovery and Triumph TEMPLE GRADUATE TELLS ALL – March 11, 2024 - Before publishing her memoir, Tracy Viola gave an advanced manuscript to six of her friends. She printed and bound the copies at Staples and saw “Pretty Wrecked: Confessio... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 19 2024RecoveryRehab
RuPaul’s Sobriety Helps Him Stay Grounded AND RELEVANT – March 9, 2024 - The Emmy-winning host and executive producer of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and author of a new memoir, ‘The House of Hidden Meanings,’ says, “the truth was always there, no matter how ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 19 2024RecoveryRehab
The Profound Impact of Alcohol & Drugs on Your Brain WHAT DAMAGE? – March 10, 2024 - Each of your brain cells has your genetic code stored in long strands of DNA. For all that DNA to fit into a cell, it needs to be packed tightly. This is achieved by winding the DNA ar... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 19 2024Mental Health
L.A.’s First Alcohol-Free Cocktail Lounge Serves Sobriety IN STYLE! – March 8, 2024 - The bar’s lush interior details are exquisitely rendered and yet the old bones remain, a tribute to the women behind Stay: Summer Phoenix and Stacey Mann, two single moms. Among the bar me... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 19 2024sobriety
Dean McDermott Reveals He Became a Drug Counselor after Getting Sober VIDEO – A STAR KEEPS SHINING – March 13, 2024 - McDermott, 57, explains that he “went into treatment and put life back together,” adding he owes his life and newfound way of living to Harmony Place Treatment Center ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 19 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Performer says Elton John’s Music Helped Him Stay Sober VIDEO – YELLOW BRICK CLOUD – March 5, 2024 - Cridland said he nearly drank himself to death, but he was inspired by Sir Elton John’s sobriety to do the same. And when the pandemic lockdown came, and he was tempted ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 12 2024RecoveryRehab
Ex-Suns Player Rex Chapman’s Terrifying Memoir Sparks Conversations on Addiction VIDEO – WRITING IT DOWN – Feb. 28, 2024 - While Chapman was flying high at the NBA level with athleticism and his distinct style of play, he sustained a variety of injuries. He sustained 10 injuries, seven of which... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 12 2024Recovery
College Students Thrive in Substance-Free Living on Campus GOOD GRADES WITHOUT GIN – Feb. 29, 2023 - There’s enormous pressure at college to drink and not everybody wants to feel that pressure. Substance-free dorms are a tool that can help support and build healthy ha... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Bartender is Helping Fellow Hospitality Workers Maintain Sobriety VIDEO ONLY – TIPPING IS ALLOWED – March 6, 2024 - Tony Kent is the lead bartender at Immigrant Son Brewery has been sober for 7 years, and is supporting others through his work with the Cleveland chapter of Ben’s ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
‘I used to be a happy drunk: I ain’t any more’: Paul Gascoigne on alcohol addiction VIDEO – KICKING IS THE GOAL – March 6, 2024 - He revealed that he recently attended an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting. Gascoigne said on the High Performance podcast: “If I want to make it a bad day, I’ll go in th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousinterventionInterviewMar 12 2024RecoveryRehab
90% of Liver Transplant Websites Use Stigmatizing Language A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME... – March 6, 2024 - A “vast majority” of liver transplant centers use stigmatizing language, such as “alcoholic” or “alcohol abuse,” when describing patients with alcohol use disorder... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 12 2024
What’s Behind the Stunning Rise in Alcohol-related Deaths VIDEO ONLY – IT’S LEGAL AND CHEAP? – March 5, 2024 - Alcohol is one of the most commonly used drugs in America, and it is also one of the deadliest, with more and more people losing their lives to alcohol-related c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 12 2024
Recovery Center CEO Empowers Women on Seeking Leadership Positions VIDEO ONLY – SHE HAS KNOW HOW – March 8, 2024 - The CEO of Nexus Recovery Center is doing her part to empower women on International Women’s Day. WATCH@NBCDFW ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire Acquired by Summit Behavioral Healthcare NEW ENGLAND TAKEOVER? – Summit BHC has acquired Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire. This marks the private equity-backed substance use disorder provider first move in the New England market. Sobriety Centers of ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Linda Robson Emotional as Co-stars Support Her Rehab VIDEO – THE SHOW MUST GO ON – March 8, 2024 - Linda, 65, said her sleeping pill usage increased and so did her enjoyment of alcohol, admitting she went from supping a glass a night to a bottle an evening ahead... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 12 2024RecoveryRehab
Calgary Opens First of Its Kind Recovery Centre LEADING THE WAY – Feb. 29, 2024 - Most knew Victoria Burns as an ace student securing straight A’s at one of the country’s most prestigious universities. But underneath the McGill student’s intellectual sharpn... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 5 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Laura McKowen is an Open Book About Her Sobriety VIDEO – THE MAGIC OF A SOBER LIFE – Feb. 29, 2024 - Laura McKowen has been sober for more than a decade, but her difficult journey to recovery took years and an escalating series of crises caused by her alcohol use. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 5 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety