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From Sober Mom Squads to Anti-Anxiety Workbooks: Do New AA Alternatives Work?

IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – Sept. 7, 2022 - AA was founded in 1935 by two white men who were members of a Christian revivalist group, Bill Wilson and Bob Smith – a Wall Street analyst and a surgeon, respectively ... Read More...

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TikToker’s Daily Posts Show Road to Sobriety

INSPIRING TRANSFORMATION – Sep 8, 2022 - After getting out of bed, the couple went downstairs and dumped every last drop of alcohol down their kitchen sink. It has been over a year and Stoecker hasn’t had a dri... Read More...

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LA Indie Rock Artist Stephanie Hatzinikolis Celebrates Sobriety with New Song “Weed and Whisky”

VIDEO – SHE’S ON IT – Sept. 10, 2022 - Though there are darker themes, ultimately the idea is to be honest, vulnerable, and to share the perseverance of the human spirit. I hope that this song inspires (sober o... Read More...

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‘I’m on the Verge of Dying’: Ailing Mike Tyson Once Made Brutally Honest Admission About His Struggles With Alcoholism and Drugs

VIDEO – WEED WITH A BITE – Sept. 9, 2022 - The admission came during an ESPN Friday Night Fights post-fight press conference in Verona, New York. Tyson, in detail, talks about sobriety and how he longed t... Read More...

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Adriana Marchione on Addiction, Cancer, Dance & Grief

CREATION STORY EVERY DAY – Aug. 27, 2022 - Sometimes I wish the world were a little smaller, so I could meet my guests in person. Adriana is one of those people who I’d love to spend time with. This, f... Read More...

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Jury Awards $77M in Suit Against Treatment Center

WHO’S MINDING THE REHAB? – Sept. 8, 2022 - Lawyers for MARR wrote in a court filing that a doctor discontinued Carusillo’s lithium treatment after he complained of side effects. Carusillo knowingly viola... Read More...

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Catholic Recovery Program Helps Addicts Find Healing

VIDEO – CAME TO BELIEVE – Sept. 8, 2022 - The thing about addiction is that it’s often very complicated. Anyone who has ever had to support a family member or loved one through an addiction understands w... Read More...

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Chris Cuomo says he drinks ‘too much,’ but he’s not an alcoholic

SAVE HIM A SEAT – Sept. 8, 2022 - “Too often, I think, we avoid dealing with things. So here’s a little bit of my story. I take my body and — my diet can suck. I drink too much,” Cuomo said. “I’m thinking about... Read More...

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Cheryl Burke ‘Very Proud’ of Her Sobriety and Hopes to Be Sober the ‘Rest of My Life’

DANCING ALL THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – Sept. 6, 2022 - “I’m very proud of myself. I definitely am not thinking too far along cause what helped me get to the four years and what will get me through another four ... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Regrets Making “Sobriety” Documentaries

SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS – Aug. 31, 2022 - Demi Lovato has one regret about the recovery journey. As you are probably aware, the 30-year-old musician has always been a vocal advocate for mental health awareness,... Read More...

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Money Flows Into Addiction Tech

IT’S APP TO HELP – Mar. 22, 2022 - But while the founders of for-profit companies may want to end suffering, said Fred Muench, clinical psychologist and president of the nonprofit Partnership to End Addi... Read More...

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The 9 Best Sobriety Apps Of 2022

A LITTLE APP WILL DO YA – Aug. 31, 2022 - If you’ve already done that work or you’re looking to get sober, then you might want an app that goes beyond trackers and motivational quotes and dives a bit dee... Read More...

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Zac Clark Celebrates 11 Years of Sobriety

IT STARTS THE FIRST DAY – Aug. 31, 2022 - “I feel very loved,” he added, “The beautiful notes and messages, thank you so much for all of that.” Clark continued, “As I sit here and I reflect on the past 11 ye... Read More...

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French Montana To Help People In Music Business Struggling With Addiction

VIDEO – FROM BAND TO WATER WAGON – Aug. 27, 2022 - Clients battling addiction will receive a treatment team and 24/7 medical and clinical care in the best location for them. French and the Guardian Re... Read More...

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September is National Recovery Month

HOW ABOUT EVERY MONTH – Sept. 1, 2022 - SAMHSA aims to increase public awareness surrounding mental health and addiction recovery. In the years since Recovery Month launched, SAMHSA has timed announcements of i... Read More...

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Singer AJ McLean on Reaching One Year of Sobriety

VIDEO – BACKSTREET BOY UPFRONT – Sept. 4, 2022 - Alexis and AJ dive into his family life, parental relationships, his first stint of sobriety from 2001-2007. more@News ... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Russell Brand

“All desires are the inappropriate substitute for the desire to be at one with God.” – Russell Brand ... Read More...

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Melissa Chadburn on Her Relationship Between Sobriety and Creativity

AUDIO – YIN/YANG DING/DONG – Aug. 24, 2022 - I was a smoker for a long time, that was the one addiction I knew I had from the jump. I would say, “I’m going to read this chapter and then I’ll smoke a cigarette.”... Read More...

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‘I Spent Years Binging Alcohol, I Finally Quit and It Was Transformational’

VIDEO – BEGIN A NEW LIFE – Aug. 23, 2022 - I began by casually sipping beer at school parties. It wasn’t until the age of 12 that I started drinking liquor heavily, and even then, I absolutely did not enjoy the... Read More...

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‘No One Else Thinks I Need to Get Sober’

THINK, THINK, THINK – AUG. 24, 2022 - DEAR ANA, Here’s what I’m struggling with: As someone who grew up in alcoholism and has dated people whose drinking bothered me, I have many self-destructive ways of cop... Read More...

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Is Daily Drinking a Sign of Alcoholism?

THE DAILY DOUBLE? – Aug. 26, 2022 - If you come from a family where alcohol abuse is high, you may have a genetic predisposition to using alcohol. This means, once you begin using alcohol, the changes to... Read More...

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How Genetics Influences Risk of Alcohol Use Disorder?

DNA DNA DNA – Aug. 24, 2022 - His work has garnered numerous accolades, so he’s only partly joking when he points out that his group’s recent research got the ultimate recognition: A study suggesting tha... Read More...

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Sobriety Makes Making Music Better

AUDIO – MORE HARMONIES – Aug. 26, 2022 - Amazingly, it took decades for Hull and McGovern to find each other despite being lifelong Lincolnites -- children of the 1960s -- and members of a musical community tha... Read More...

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Gritty Cult Director Abel Ferrara Gets Sober

AND LOOKS AT THE END OF THE WORLD – Aug. 26, 2022 - “Once we kicked the drugs and the alcohol, we started to see a different way of life, of living in a different life,” the “Bad Lieutenant” director sai... Read More...

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Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Great Humbling’

JUST HOPE IT STICKS – Aug. 26, 2022 - LaBeouf has been open about his history in rehab and has been arrested multiple times in relation to alcohol, including in October 2015 for public intoxication. ... Read More...

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International Overdose Awareness Day

VIDEO – BE AWARE – Aug 25, 2022 - "It's a remembrance of my son's life," Mario Tamayo said. Tamayo lost his 25-year-old son to an overdose."He was a person who was much more, much bigger than what his prob... Read More...

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Recovery Centers of America ‘BEST REHAB EVER’ Says Recovery Centers of America

#1 WHAT? – Aug. 23, 2022 - “When people come to us, they are suffering,” Vernig says. “We want them to find relief. In a lot of the same ways that substance use disorder impacts the community, mental hea... Read More...

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Rehab Riviera: New Law To Prevent Rehabs From Misleading Everyone

ISN’T THAT THEIR JOB? – Aug. 24, 2022 - It’s easy to mistake mental health and addiction treatment centers for actual medical facilities in California. But they are not staffed 24/7 by doctors (and are not allo... Read More...

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Richie Stephens Discusses Book On Sobriety

VIDEO – AN OFFER YOU SHOULDN’T REFUSE – Aug. 24, 2022 - Actor Richie Stephens discusses the power of the human spirit and his new book, “The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety.” more@YouTube ... Read More...

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Another Road to Sobriety: SMART Alternative to AA, NA Offers Addicts Power

ALL ROADS LEAD TO HOME – Aug. 19, 2022 - “They send us to different kind of meetings and they send us to a SMART Recovery meeting as well. And I really enjoyed it. I liked how it was facilitated and how ... Read More...

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