Stark Number of Alcohol-Related Deaths of Young Americans VIDEO – BUT IT’S LEGAL – Nov. 3, 2022 - Drug overdoses and the opioid epidemic have devastated the country for the past two decades, taking far too many lives. But alcohol use and abuse is a huge problem that f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 8 2022
Urgent Warning: ‘One Drink a Day Raises Risk of Sudden Silent Killer’ NOT A STROKE OF GENIUS – Nov. 2, 2022 - Writing in the American Academy of Neurology, doctors said the risk of stroke increased the more years people reported moderate or heavy drinking. As part of the s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionNov 8 2022RecoveryRehabTrauma
Seven Revelations From Matthew Perry MORE WILL BE REVEALED – Nov.1, 2022 - In it, Perry writes about his famous past relationships and his time on the hit sitcom that made him famous around the world. However, Perry also explores his widely public... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 8 2022RecoveryRehab
Saoirse Ronan in Addiction Recovery Film ‘The Outrun’ WHAT CAN’T SHE DO? – Nov. 2, 2022 - After more than a decade away, Rona decides to return to the wld Orkney Islands where she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up. While there, memorie... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 8 2022RecoveryRehab
Matthew Perry and Alcoholics Anonymous: Does Anonymity Perpetuate Stigma? IT’S COMPLICATED & SIMPLE – Oct. 28, 2022 - In his new memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” Matthew Perry opens up about overcoming his drug and alcohol addictions – a decades-long struggle ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 8 2022RecoveryRehab
Braunwyn Windham Has 1,000 Days of Sobriety After ‘Very Dark Moments’ LET THERE BE LIGHT – Oct. 31, 2022 - In times of uncertainty, Windham tells herself that she “will die” should she take even one sip of alcohol. “And that’s OK,” she says, assuring us that the tactic — t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 8 2022RecoveryRehab
Pete Townshend Tells How He Tried to Get Keith Moon Clean Before He Died WHO KNEW? – Nov. 3, 2022 - The Who drummer knew he needed to change his ways if he wanted his life to continue, which made Moon decide to stop drinking alcohol. However, after years of being physically addicted... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 8 2022RecoveryRehab
Health and Science are on the Ballot DEMOCRACY! WHERE WOULD BE BE WITHOUT IT? – Nov. 7, 2022 - In 2022, it’s mostly Republican congressional candidates who’ve made the drug crisis a focus of their campaigns. But they’re not zeroing in on ov... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Princess of Wales Tells Addicts “recovery is possible” VIDEO – FAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE – Oct. 30, 2022 - The charities leading the Taking Action on Addiction Campaign, along with others, are working across the country delivering life changing work to help people r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Yoga for Addiction Recovery and Mental Health VIDEO – STRETCHING THE SOUL – Oct. 28, 2022 - Daffner said his recovery process was long, trying many times to get clean and never feeling fully prepared. But nearly nine years ago, something clicked when he be... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 8 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Carey Price On Alcoholism Demons, and His Legacy THE BEST THERE IS – Oct. 25, 2022 - Basu had no intention of forcing Price into speaking about his battles with alcohol abuse that led the goalie to enter the league’s Player Assistance Program before th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lust for Life: How Anne Rice’s Alcoholism Influenced “Interview with the Vampire” VIDEO – INTERVIEW WITH A WRITER – Oct. 24, 2022 - “From the very beginning, alcohol was very bad for me,” Rice says in her video. “For years I was an episodic drunk, then, after a considerable length of time, I... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Lala Kent Celebrates 4 Years of Sobriety VIDEO – REALITY AT ITS BEST – Oct. 24, 2022 - Before she went to bed, however, she also posted a lighthearted “tribute” to sparkling water on her Instagram Stories. “Thank you for making years of sobrie... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Slippery Steps: Rolling & Tumbling Toward Sobriety by Don McLeese MEMOIRS ARE HIP – Oct. 2022 - Q. What inspired the book? “To try to make sense of how the worst day of my life became one of the best days of my life. I often understand something best through the proces... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Kevin Nash: Alcoholism ‘took Scott, and now it’s taken my son’ AUDIO – THE BUZZ THAT KILLS – Oct. 24, 2022 - Tristen Nash went into cardiac arrest while having a seizure. Both appear to be due to withdrawal from alcohol. Both Kevin & Tristen decided to quit drin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Mountain DUI is Coming to Ohio NOT IN HIGH SCHOOLS! – Oct. 26, 2022 - CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Stores in Ohio will soon be selling a drink that is available in less than a dozen other states. The beverage company announced on Wedne... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
The Voice in My Head Doesn’t Want Me to Get Sober IT’S A LIE – Oct. 26, 2022 - I hadn’t been doing great before that moment. My career had imploded; my dad was paying my rent at the sober house. My first marriage was over. Oh, and my mom was dying. But I’d put... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
John Goodman celebrates 33 years with wife who saved him from alcoholism, Anna Beth Hartzog EVERYBODY’S ALL-AMERICAN – Oct. 27, 2022 - Goodman first met his future wife in New Orleans while filming the 1988 film Everybody’s All-American. The actor attended a Halloween party, where he quickly fell for ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Redemptive Power of Creativity ART LIGHTS THE WAY – Oct. 27, 2022 - In The Creative High, the evolution of the stories of the nine artists begins with the rawest examples, teetering on the edge of relapse, and ends with the most experi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehab
Leslie Jordan Was More Than 2 Decades Sober: ‘The Hardest Thing That I Ever Did’ WE LOST A GIANT – Oct. 24, 2022 - “We were Baptist. There was no alcohol in our family. We were teetotalers,” he said in January 2021. “I remember that, all of a sudden, I wasn’t that awkward kid who didn’t kno... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Chandler Bing’ Spent $9M on His Journey to Sobriety I GUESS HE DIDN’T HAVE A DOLLAR BILL – Oct. 23, 2022 - Matthew Perry says in a recent interview with The New York Times that he spent a literal fortune to get sober. The Friends alum, 53, noted the es... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jemele Hill Witnessed Mom’s Addiction and PTSD FAMILIES CAN HEAL – Oct. 26, 2022 - “She’s dealing with trying to understand the pain that she is in but at the same time mother enough to tell me, ‘Do not do this ever. I’m suffering from something I don’t eve... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
How Former NBA Player Vin Baker Changed His Life With Sobriety VIDEO – A HERO ONCE MORE – Oct. 24, 2022 - NBA player Vin Baker was at the top of his game when he lost everything to addiction. Karen Swensen sits down with the athlete to talk about how he found his way back ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting on Saturday Night SNL Spoofs AA – Oct. 29, 2022 - An AA meeting takes an unexpected turn.: more@SNL ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 1 2022RecoveryRehab
Best Movies About Addiction And Recovery FILMS ARE GENIUS – Oct. 26, 2022 - Movies that detail addiction date as far back as D.W. Griffith’s 1912 Coca-Cola-inspired flick “For His Son,” a silent film about a doctor creating an addictive soft dr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehab
The Miracles of “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief” HIGHER POWERS – Oct. 28, 2022 - Truth is hard because it is real, but it does not mean that it is not also loving and compassionate. Truth is what you make of it. Harriet Rossetto explains, “The opposite... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 1 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehab
Book Excerpt: HOME IS WITHIN YOU by Nadia Davis A MOTHER’S LOVE CONQUER’S ALL – Oct. 22, 2022 - Since the day of my release from Santa Ana jail my head said, “Go alone and get it done quickly.” But that’s not how recovery from trauma, addiction, and chronic ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthOct 25 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
She Confronted Matthew Perry about ‘scary’ alcoholism A FRIEND IN WEED IS A FRIEND INDEED – Oct. 22, 2022 -The actor - who played Chandler in the hit sitcom - detailed how his drug and alcohol addiction left him with a 2% chance of survival. During his i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewOct 25 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Harry Potter’ actor Tom Felton explains how an escape from rehab helped his sobriety TO THINE OWN SELF BE SCREWED – Oct. 18, 2022 - Upon leaving rehab and becoming “completely sober for the first time in ages,” Felton said he “had an overwhelming sense of clarity and anger,” screamed and burst ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewOct 25 2022RecoveryRehab
AA’s Theme Song – The Only Thing You Get to Keep is What You Give Away VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – March 8, 2004 - I believed in Mahatma Gandhi when nonviolence was his faithI believed in Martin Luther when he said “I have a dream”I believed in Winston Churchill when he... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 25 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab