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Josh Peck and Paige O’Brien Welcome 2nd Child

SOBRIETY IS SO CREATIVE – Oct. 14, 2022 - The couple — who tied the knot in June 2017 — announced that they were expecting their second child in June, when O’Brien shared a photo of her cradling her belly while... Read More...

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‘My alcoholism successfully destroyed everything I loved.’: Woman achieves 12-year sobriety after prolonged addiction

RECOVERY SAVES LIVES – Oct. 13, 2022 - Growing up, I always appeared ‘normal,’ but I never really felt secure or accepted. My father was an alcoholic and my mother was the daughter of an alcoholic who died from... Read More...

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Watch Richard Pryor Open Up About His Sobriety

VIDEO – A LITTLE TOO LATE – Oct. 11, 2022 - In an interview with Johnny Carson, Pryor spoke about his sobriety. He said: “I haven’t had drugs in a long time now. And it’s the first time that I’m really trying t... Read More...

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Recovery Industry Rife with Abuse, Investigators Say

GREED GREED GREED – Oct. 12, 2022 - The opioid epidemic may have fallen out of the daily headlines, but it continues its deadly rampage in New Jersey, Brewer said. More than 3,100 people died of ... Read More...

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Rehabs in Jersey Engaged in ‘Appalling’ Practices

MONEY MONEY MONEY – Oct. 12, 2022 - At a hearing in Trenton to highlight the flaws in the addiction rehabilitation industry, commission investigators testified about their work and what they found as they looke... Read More...

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Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Addiction, and Illness Under Capitalism

VIDEO – SOCIETY’S CHILD – Oct. 14, 2022 - This is helpful. I’ve never made the connection between societal (in US, etc) expectations related to individualism and the how they facility capitalism and vice versa.... Read More...

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Encampments & Halfway House Bulldozed, Displacing 100s

WHERE ARE WE TO, WHERE ARE WE EVER TO GO – Oct. 6, 2022 - Minneapolis, MN – On Oct. 6, 2022, the City of Minneapolis evicted three encampments of unhoused people, leaving over 100 people displaced withou... Read More...

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Exploring Sobriety Through Sober Curious Movement

VIDEO – CURIOSITY CURED THE CAT – Oct. 13, 2022 - Sober curious often involves rethinking alcohol consumption. That often results in reducing the amount of alcohol consumed or abstaining completely. “If you ... Read More...

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Adwoa Aboah: Loneliness Attached to Sobriety is Like a ‘grieving period’

IT’S WORTH IT – Oct. 8, 2022 - She said: “I don’t think people talk about it (loneliness) enough when attached to sobriety. Like imagine, you know, it’s almost like a grieving period. “You mourn the people y... Read More...

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FILM: “To Leslie” Gets 4 Stars

FILM REVIEW – Oct. 8, 2022 - James isn’t happy to see her. Nobody’s happy to see Leslie. Leslie is an alcoholic who’ll do any other substance within reach. She can’t borrow from anyone anymore because sh... Read More...

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Overcoming Alcoholism To Live An Adventurous Life

HEALTHY EXCITEMENT – Oct. 7, 2022 - “I share this kind of stuff to inspire people who are on the journey that I’ve been on. It’s to smash that myth, actually a life without alcohol is not worse - you’re not the... Read More...

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New Documentary “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief” Screens at the REEL Recovery Film Festival in North Hollywood

YOUR HIGHER POWER WANTS YOU TO BUY TICKETS – Aug. 8, 2022 - That first meeting was tense, to say the least. Rossetto, now 84, remembered Borovitz as “a very large man who interrogated me.” She recalled hi... Read More...

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Ex-Yankees Ace CC Sabathia Celebrates 7 Years of Sobriety

SORT OF LIKE A PERFECT GAME – Oct. 5, 2022 - Sabathia, 42, has been sober since the end of the 2015 season. He checked himself into rehab before the Yankees’ Wild Card game against the Houston Astros. He then r... Read More...

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I was a drug, alcohol and gambling addict – I lost everything, now I’m a bestselling author

GOOD FOR YOU – Oct. 6, 2022 - Obviously, I couldn’t go to the police about the threats from the dealer, and I didn’t have money to pay them so I ran away to Thailand. But then, of course, I ran out of ca... Read More...

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Was Jeffrey Dahmer an Alcoholic?

RED OR WHITE? – Oct. 7, 2022 - Jeffrey was not only an alcoholic, but he was a lifelong alcoholic — he had reportedly started drinking quite heavily during his early teenage years itself as a way to cope... Read More...

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‘My Name Is Bill W.’ Emmy-Nominated Screenwriter William G. Borchert, Passes at 89

LOIS WILSON’S SECRETARY – Oct. 3, 2022 - Born in Brooklyn on Sept. 9, 1933, William George Borchert began his career with the New York Journal-American newspaper and would write for newspapers, magazines... Read More...

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Dedee Pfeiffer Opens Up About Battling Addiction

REBIRTHING HAS MERIT – October 3, 2022 - “When you’re active in your disease, you’re the identified problem. The minute you go into recovery … the day you say I want to change, you become the identified ... Read More...

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6 Drugs That Are A Challenge To Overcome

NOT TO MENTION DENIAL – Oct. 2022 - Prescription drugs can be very challenging to overcome. This is because they are legal and easy to obtain. They are also socially acceptable. This can make it difficult for p... Read More...

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The Benefits of Quitting Alcohol

VIDEO ONLY – MORE THAN YOU THINK – Oct. 4, 2022 - Sober October challenges people to give up booze for 31 days. But what are the benefits of cutting out booze for a month? more@BuffaloNews ... Read More...

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John Stamos opens up about why rehab was ‘the hardest thing ever’

VIDEO – AND MOST WORTHWHILE – Oct. 2, 2022 - Stamos admitted that he had “Peter Pan syndrome,” something he referred to as “dangerous.” Growing up was never his priority, and the youthfulness of his look... Read More...

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Documentary ‘Our American Family,’ Addiction is in the Blood

BEST DOC OF THE YEAR – Oct. 7, 2022 - “I believe that I was an addict from birth,” Nicole says in the opening of the film. “I’ve lost years. I have no idea who I am.” As we will soon find out, Nicole ... Read More...

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Maurice Purify: From Alcoholism to Mentor

AUDIO – THE REAL TOUCHDOWN – Sept. 23, 2022 - “As long as I’m using it, I’m still going to have it,” Purify says with a laugh. “Once you stop using it you lose it.” He’s known as Coach Mo these days, ... Read More...

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Voters Support Treatment Over Criminal Prosecution

IT’S THE MAINE WAY – Sept. 27, 2022 - A new survey from University of Maine researchers finds that a majority of Maine voters support shifting state drug policy away from criminal prosecution in favor of treatm... Read More...

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14 Years Online of IN THE ROOMS

BEFORE THERE WAS ZOOM... – Sept. 30, 2022 - 14 years ago, Ken Pomerance and Ron Tannebaum came up with a revolutionary idea that was to change the face of recovery for people around the world. What started as a... Read More...

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Alcoholic Elisha Hart who stepped in front of train runs out of chances

ON THE WRONG TRACK – Sept. 27, 2022 - Prosecuting the case, Sam Castlehouse described how on March 3 police were called following reports of Hart attending Camborne Wetherspoon in breach of her criminal ... Read More...

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‘I have escaped death so many times’

HAVEN’T MOST OF US? – Sept. 28, 2022 - There was the time, a few years later, when her boyfriend died of a heroin overdose during one of their binges. “I moved back in with my mom and didn’t use heroi... Read More...

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Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean: How He Lost 32 Pounds Amid Sobriety Journey

VIDEO – NO FAST FOOD – Sept. 28, 2022 - With his sobriety, his family by his side—including his wife Rochelleand their kids Lyric, 5, and Elliott, 9—and a new solo album on the way, the musician has never been ... Read More...

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Susannah Constantine Reveals She ‘blacked out’ and Wet Herself

HITS BOTTOM – Sept. 29, 2022 - “I don’t know how I had the courage but the next day I got everyone around the table and I said, look I need help, I’ve been lying to you, I keep saying I’m not drinking, I’m drin... Read More...

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Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of disorders – but not addiction

DUH, GOOD IDEA, YA THINK? – Sept. 30, 2022 - At many hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country, Marie would likely have been discharged anyway, while still in the pain of withdrawal. Perhaps she would l... Read More...

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Construction Company Owner Embraces Sobriety With ‘Joy Hour’

HAPPY, JOYOUS AND WORKING – Sept. 30, 2022 - Lyman grew up in “a church school setting,” he said, living “kind of a sheltered life” in the Bellevue-Issaquah area. His late father, Steve, owned his own co... Read More...

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