Young Adults Struggle More with Alcohol Misuse NO AGE LIMIT – Nov. 29, 2021 - Burton Burt, owner of Recovery Awareness counseling center in Gainesville, said aside from the recognizable health signs, like having a fatty liver or cirrhosis, there are other ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 7 2021interventionMental HealthRecovery
Australia is the Drunkest Country In the World NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT – Dec. 3, 2021 - The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education chief executive, Caterina Giorgi, said the statistics were “concerning”, and that a clear picture of the impact of... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDec 7 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Alcoholism Within the Black Community LISTEN – MUSIC AND TALK – Dec. 1, 2021 - Tonight I will be speaking on Alcoholism in the black community. For two hours we will be listening to brave soldiers speak on their experience with dealing with alcoho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 7 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Elton John ‘You learn to pass the message on’ ONE DRUNK TO ANOTHER – Dec. 3, 2021 - Elton John has explained why he feels compelled to try and help fellow musicians struggling with drugs and alcohol abuse. Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show, whi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Recovery Community Mourns Loss of Recovery Coach Laurie Quinn WATCH – SHE WILL BE MISSED – Dec. 2, 2021 - Courtney Lovell was her long-time friend, and co-founder of Our Wellness Collective in Columbia County. As part of Morgan’s recovery from drug addiction, together th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Real Substance of Addiction REQUIEM FOR AMERICA – Dec. 2, 2021 - The junkie narrative tends to reduce addiction to the substance or behavior the addiction revolves around, and/or the aims and griefs that drive it. For the junkies of “Requiem ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Documentary Highlighting America’s Addiction Epidemic WATCH – FILMS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Dec. 3, 2021 - “My part in particular,” Green said. “When you see it, you see young people really responding to these creative exercises and learning coping skills, protec... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Q&A with Nat’l Dir. of Outreach, J. Flowers Health, Claudia Schwarz MFT STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 3, 2021 - Claudia Schwarz is a Board Certified, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has decades of experience in various mental health settings. In addition to having a success... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Edie Falco Talks About Getting Sober Three Decades Ago SHE’S SINGING LIKE A SOPRANO – Dec. 1, 2021 - In a recent interview with The Guardian, Falco, 58, revealed that she’s been sober since she was 29, after finding herself in a place where she was controlled by h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
“Sober sober is the only way to be,” Demi Lovat-oh! CLEAN IS NOT A JUDGMENT – Dec. 2, 2021-For context, Demi previously revealed that they were “California sober” — i.e. only drinking alcohol and smoking weed in moderation — in their documentary, Dancing with t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
How to Master Boundaries in Recovery PLAYING IT SAFE – Nov. 30, 2021 - The term “boundary” is defined by Lexico as both “a limit of something abstract, especially a subject or sphere of activity” and “a line which marks the limit of an area; a di... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Scotland Promises “Rehab for every addicted person who wants it” AMERICA DOES NOT – Nov. 30, 2021 - Funded rehab was virtually abandoned in Scotland after being regarded as ineffective and too costly by SNP health ministers in recent years. But the drug death rate has soare... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Luann De Lesseps Opens Up About Her Sobriety THE SOUL KNOWS – Nov. 29, 2021 - The road to sobriety hasn’t been an easy one for de Lesseps. She went into rehab after the arrest, but it didn’t seem to take. She was soon drinking again, which ultimately led... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDec 7 2021interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ben Affleck Is Thankful for “Second Chances” After Getting Sober GRATEFUL EVERY DAY – Dec. 1, 2021 - He added that, though he wishes he “did not have to learn some lessons the hard way,” the “difficulties” of alcoholism helped him “learn those things in an authentic, meanin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021interventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
12 of the Best Movies That Deal Frankly With Addiction & Recovery WATCH – DON’T LOSE YOUR WEEKEND – Dec. 2, 2021 - Addiction and recovery are potent sources of drama, and are thus frequently portrayed in media. They’re also easy to get wrong: to veer into melodrama, or to re... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Drugs Nearly Destroyed This New Mexico Town. Meet the Survivors THE LAND OF RE-ENCHANTMENT – Dec. 3, 2021 - My family has called Chimayó home for more than 300 years, and I spent most of my summers there with my grandmother in the 1960s and 1970s, surrounded by relatives w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Teen Making a Difference for Those Impacted By Addiction WATCH – NEVER TOO YOUNG TO HELP – Nov. 24, 2021 - “Seeing Mom going through rehab and jail, it made me feel like I was alone,” Smith said. “My anger kept building up, and I didn’t know. I felt worthless. I fel... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyNov 30 2021RecoveryRehabteenagers
One Drink Can Age Your Brain by ‘11 years’ if Consumed More Than Twice Daily DON’T FORGET TO QUIT – Nov. 21, 2021 - One study from Boston University School of Medicine followed a cohort of 4,200 people, who periodically underwent cognition and memory tests. Participants were asked t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionNov 30 2021Recovery
From ‘Ted Lasso’ to ‘Insecure,’ TV’s Therapists Keep Getting Better BETTER THAN ZOOM OR FACETIME – Nov. 26, 2021 - It’s been more than 20 years since Tony reluctantly sat down in Melfi’s office, where he was referred after suffering a panic attack. And although“The Sopranos” wasn’t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 30 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Volunteers of America Launches Program for Parents with Addiction WATCH – MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION – Nov. 23, 2021 - More than four years later, Compton, 33, is sober, has a job with Volunteers of America Mid-States, the non-profit agency that helped her, and is studying for... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 30 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Marc Lee Shannon Celebrates Sobriety NOT TOO MANY NOTES! – Nov. 25, 2021 - “I’m ... just celebrating that whole feeling of if you would have told me eight years ago that I’d be sitting here talking to you (from Joshua Tree) getting ready to relea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionNov 30 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
He Overcame Childhood Trauma to Become an MMA Champ THE REAL FIGHT OF HIS LIFE – Nov. 26, 2021 - He was too young at the time to truly understand that this was the result of alcohol addiction, but his family tried to explain it to him anyway, referring to those... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionMental HealthNov 30 2021RecoveryTrauma
Woman Suing Former Rehab CEO Speaks Out WATCH – SHE’LL HAVE HER DAY IN COURT – NOV. 24, 2021 - Speaking under conditions of anonymity to protect her identity, the woman who goes by the fictitious name of “Gahyne Doahe” to protect her identity explai... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRehab
5 Main Benefits of Visiting an Addiction Medicine Specialist A SECOND OPINION – Nov. 24, 2021 - Some addiction medicine specialists treat only alcohol addictions. Others will go beyond this and offer treatment for dependency on other drugs. As a patient, you’ll benefit great... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 30 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
DMX Doc Director on DMX: “I partially owe my sobriety to him” WE ALL OWE SOMEONE – Nov. 27, 2021 - “You know that thing when you meet somebody famous and you’re super disappointed. It was the complete opposite of that,” Frierson said. “It was like everything I hoped for ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRehab
2019 Experience Strength and Hope Awards Recipient, Jodie Sweetin, on Getting Sober SOBRIETY IS THE SWEETEST THING – Nov. 22, 2021 - “How do I manage my own head that is just loud and negative and awful to me sometimes, but nobody else can hear it? You’re stuck in it,” the 39-year-old told Al... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionExperience Strength and Hope AwardsinterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
In UK Alcoholics & Addicts Who Died While Receiving Treatment Rose by a 25%, ‘Shocking’ Stats Show…Due to Lack of Face-to-Face Care WE CAN’T SEE YOU NOW – Nov. 25, 2021 - But ‘changes to lifestyle and social circumstances during lockdowns’, as well as Covid itself, may have also driven the death rate upwards, it added. Ian Hamilton, a d... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 30 2021RecoveryRehabTrauma
Rumer Willis Talks Sobriety, Family & Mom’s 2012 Relapse REAL SOBER SISTERHOOD – Nov. 24, 2021 - Following the traumatic event, Willis and her sisters stopped communicating with the “Ghost” actor for three years. Willis is now shedding light on that period of estran... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRehab
Legalize All Drugs For Everyone’s Sake IT COULDN’T GET WORSE – Nov. 20, 2021 - The consequences of this racist motivation have been huge. Studies consistently show that minorities have been disproportionately targeted and incarcerated for drug poss... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthNov 23 2021opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
1 in 4 Workers Have Been Under the Influence During Video Conferencing ONLY ONE? – Nov. 10, 2021 - “Bottom line: what starts during work-from-home may well continue as employees return to their workplaces. Employers that truly care about the health of their employees must be read... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionlonelinessmarijuanaMental HealthNov 23 2021potRecoveryRehabsmokingTrauma