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Can AA Evolve to Include Its Most Marginalized Members?

AUDIO – COLOR BLIND? – Jan. 29, 2022 - Jonathan Bastian talks with Martin about her thoughts and experiences with sobriety and recovery. Martin says that within AA, strict rules prevent a full discussion of “o... Read More...

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“I’m greedy”: Ex-sober Home Operator Remorseless

AND HE’S A CRIMINAL – Jan. 28, 2022 - The $31.3 million operation he ran out of a rundown condominium complex in West Palm Beach and the lab he established to process urine tests from those who lived there was ... Read More...

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Book Excerpt: HIGH Confessions of a Cannabis Addict by Leonard Lee Buschel

HIGH-lights – Jan. 30, 2022 - Once I was back home, selling the hash was no problem, until I was dealing my last quarter ounce to some guys in a friend’s basement in the Kensington and Allegheny neighborhood of Phil... Read More...

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Why the Disease of Alcoholism is Spiritual Bankruptcy

QUESTIONS – Feb. 2, 2022 - My daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia just a couple of years ago. I remember vividly sitting in the hospital room as the doctor came in, sat us down, and begin talking through the d... Read More...

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Braunwyn Windham-Burke Marks 2 Years of Sobriety

VIDEO – CELEBRITY? SOBRIETY – Jan. 30, 2022 - “My first year of sobriety was about not drinking — it was about taking it one day at a time, finding my people, and settling in,” she says. “It was learning how t... Read More...

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Macklemore Shares The Truth About Relapsing

VIDEO – THE FOUNTAIN OF TRUTH – Jan. 25, 2022 - I first took a drink of alcohol when I was 14 years old. I stole it from my parents’ liquor cabinet, which was above the refrigerator. I had one shot and I wonder... Read More...

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Is There a Link Between Narcissism and Addiction?

HERE’S LOOKING AT ME KID – Jan. 28, 2022 - Although there are many types of narcissistic personality disorders, they broadly fall into two groups: vulnerable narcissism and grandiose narcissism. People with ... Read More...

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Acute Alcohol Consumption Increases Risk for Atrial Fibrillation

THE BEAT GOES ON... – Jan. 25, 2022 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say about 12 million people in the US have AF, and that AF contributes to about 158,000 deaths in the US per year. ... Read More...

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Actor Shaun Weiss Marks Sobriety Milestone

NO ONE DUCKS ADDICTION – Jan. 28, 2022 - In the first of three posts marking the milestone moment, Weiss shared a photo of socks printed with writing that read, “Sober AF Two Years.” He thanked his followers f... Read More...

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‘I was a teen alcoholic – it put me in hospital 15 times’

ALIVE AND WELL – Jan. 24, 2022 - A woman who battled alcoholism as a teen has revealed her addiction put her in hospital 15 times before she gave it up for good. Audra Hanson, now 25, was just 16 when she firs... Read More...

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Emotional and Spiritual Components of Sobriety

CHILDLIKE NOT CHILDISH – Jan. 27, 2022 - You can feel and experience your emotions without getting overwhelmed to the point of wanting to suppress them through compulsive means. Being sober also means being rel... Read More...

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What Forgiveness Really Means

STEP 9 ANYONE? – 2022 - “To forgive is to assume a larger identity than the person who was first hurt,” poet and philosopher David Whyte observed as he dove for the deeper meanings of our commonest concepts. B... Read More...

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25 Best Biopics About Musicians

THE KIDS IN BRISTOL ARE SHARP AS A PISTOL – Jan. 27, 2022 - Musical biopics, a subgenre of the biopic, cover the lives of some of the greatest musicians. Whether it is the story of a Beach Boy who struggled un... Read More...

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Lessons From Business Leader With 25 Years of Sobriety

STEPS TO SUCCESS – Jan. 25, 2022 - To me, the 12 steps are about life transformations, not new year’s resolutions. For the first part of this series, I’m focusing on the first six steps. I’ve pulled the steps ... Read More...

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Oregon is 2nd in USA for Addiction and Last in Treatment

VIDEO – END OF THE TRAIL? – Jan. 27, 2022 - “The state decided to promote alcohol consumption in order to generate more revenue when in fact, that was the last thing that should happen during the pandemic,” Mar... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment Market to Surpass $1.2 Billion by 2028

ADDICTION MONEY – Jan. 28, 2022 - Moreover, various government and private organizations are taking initiatives to spread awareness about nicotine de-addiction, which supports addicted person to quit smoking w... Read More...

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The Rise of the “Sunshine State Shuffle”

BY CHRISTOPHER DALE — REVOLVING DOOR OF DEATH – Jan. 25, 2022 - “Rehab facilities have a financial incentive to keep patients in rehab for as long as possible,” said Alan Johnson, Chief Assistant Stat... Read More...

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Sharon Gless: Beating Alcoholism & Finding Calm

BEING ON TV CAN BE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH – Jan. 25, 2022 - From her apartment on Fisher Island, off the coast of Miami, Sharon Gless is happily recounting tales of Cagney & Lacey – the hit Eighties cop sho... Read More...

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Nikki Sixx on Why He Left California for Wyoming

VIDEO – WIDE OPEN SPACES? – Jan. 22, 2022 - The book describes how his father abandoned him early on and his mother was a wild child who dated Richard Pryor. It also explores how he was never allowed to know hi... Read More...

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Why I Opted For Sobriety

BRING ME A BOTTLE YOUR BEST SELTZER – Jan. 28, 2022 - After changing her habits, she wrote her book Mindful Drinking: How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life as a guide to rebooting your relationship with alcoho... Read More...

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Remembering Joe McGarry – An Irishman Who Beat Alcoholism

GET THEE BEHIND ME GUINNESS – Jan. 28, 2022 - He appeared in another documentary shot in the House during the refurbishment called ‘Men of Arlington’, he was also photographed for the ground-breaking novel of e... Read More...

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Give Your Liver a Better Longer Life

AND NOT SO MANY PAIN AU CHOCOLATE – Jan. 16, 2022 - When excessive fat accumulates within the liver due to alcohol, it is known as alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, when the same happens due to excessive... Read More...

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With 12 Years of Sobriety, Elsa Hosk Flaunts New Outfits

MODEL SOBER CITIZEN – Jan. 16, 2022 - The CAA Fashion model is a natural athlete who spent two years playing professional basketball for the Swedish women’s league. Elsa proudly announced her 12-year sobrie... Read More...

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Radio Host Vic Vela on Sobriety, Living With HIV, and Betty White

WALKING THE TALK – Jan. 18, 2022 - For queer people, especially, it’s almost impossible to separate Rose—uh, Betty, we mean—from episodes of The Golden Girls that were slyly revolutionary for taking on ’80s-ve... Read More...

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“I Think I Have a Problem With Drugs…Now What?”

CALL ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS? – Jan. 18, 2022 - One viable option is to seek professional help in the form of counseling. By definition, counseling is a “professional relationship that empowers diverse individual... Read More...

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Perry Gaidurgis – Shattering the Silence

43 YEARS IN THE MAKING – Jan. 20 2021 - Perry Gaidurgis (oldest of eight children) was released in 1979 from the Southern Maryland Correctional Camp after serving three years of an eight year sentence for an ei... Read More...

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“Single Drunk Female” Makes Recovery Feel Universal

L’CHAIM – Jan. 20, 2022 - Just as many people, if not more, are headed in the opposite direction of willful sobriety, a product of pandemic exhaustion and depression. You know, those ongoing concerns we met in... Read More...

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Understanding Alcohol and Cancer Link

VIDEO – WHAT’S TO UNDERSTAND? – Jan. 21, 2022 - We know exercise, we know diet, we know to not use tobacco or to try to quit if you are ... So those are the ones we hear about a lot, but I hadn’t heard about al... Read More...

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Q&A with Clinical Director of The Foothills, Bridget Camacho

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Jan. 21, 2022 - Bridget Camacho is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in adolescent and family treatment, experiential therapy, and animal assisted interventions. She re... Read More...

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X Factor’s Janet Devlin – Transformation, Alcoholism & Health Battle

STAR FACTOR – Jan. 18, 2022 - Back in 2011, then-16-year-old Janet Devlin peered out at the judges from underneath a mass of hair, looking utterly terrified. Her voice trembling, she explained she was... Read More...

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