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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
‘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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehab
Doctor Traces Fentanyl’s Journey From Miracle Drug to Mass Killer AUDIO – FOLLOW THE GREED – Aug. 25, 2022 - Pharmaceutical fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, approved for treating severe pain. However, many recent cases of fentanyl-related harm, overdose and death in the U.S. a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Fentanyl Deaths Leads Morgues to Run Out of Space VIDEO – NO END IN SIGHT – Aug. 24, 2022 - Chicago-area resident Karen Zander lost her 22-year-old son John Allen to fentanyl poisoning. Zander said in 2016, Allen made the choice to snort cocaine that his best ... Read More...Aug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
‘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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecovery
Young Adults Using Weed and Hallucinogens At Highest Rates On Record GENERATION RAM DASS – Aug. 24, 2022 - Alcohol was the most popular substance in the study, though rates of daily drinking have decreased in the past 10 years. But binge drinking — which the orga... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotPsychedelicssmokingweed
Psychedelic Drug Could Help Treat Addictions VIDEO – ITS A TRIP, NOT A SLIP – Aug. 24, 2022 - Two doses of psilocybin pills, along with psychotherapy, helped people with alcohol use disorder reduce drinking for at least eight months after their fir... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionPsychedelicsRecoveryRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Are Physicians at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse? PHYSICIAN HEAL THYSELF – Aug. 25, 2022 - It incentivizes physicians hiding their addiction and avoiding unwanted attention that comes from seeking help. Most individuals will not ask for help if they rec... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
George Orwell: Don’t Even Think It AVAILABLE NOW: 1984 – 1903-1950 - After the war ended, Orwell joined the libertarian Freedom Defence Committee and contributed to the anarchist journal Freedom. But alongside his natural left-wing allegiance... Read More...Aug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Why Governor Newsom Must Pass SB999 by Joan Borsten AND HOW YOU CAN HELP – Aug. 25, 2022 - Back in the day, when my husband Oleg Vidov and I owned Malibu Beach Recovery Center (“MBRC”)we, like others in the addiction community were “stalked” by Dr. Timothy J... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRehabTrauma
Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes Drug-Injection Sites in California NO CLEAN NEEDLES FOR YOU – Aug. 22, 2022 - Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation on Monday that would have allowed some California cities to open supervised drug-injection sites as part of a pilot program... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecovery
Doja Cat Celebrates 70 Days Vape-Free: “I’m Going To Peel My Skin Off” VIDEO – PLEASE DON’T – Aug. 26, 2022 - While honoring her vape-free journey, Doja added, “I would love to have a smoke. In the name of love… I would love to have a f***ing smoke. Motherf****er. I’m going to pee... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionjuulRecoveryRehabsmokingVaping
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Major Victory in Fight Against Suboxone Makers ANOTHER WIN – Aug. 25, 2022 - “The intentional implementation of an illegal ‘product hopping’ scheme to block or delay generic versions of a medication used to help individuals recover from opioid addiction is despi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
Teen Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone. GENERATION OF GUINEA PIGS – Aug. 27, 2022 - A study published in 2020 in the journal Pediatrics found that 40.7 percent of people ages 2 to 24 who were prescribed a drug for attention deficit hyperactivity diso... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Forgiveness Is the Key to Healing from Body-Image Issues IT’S THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM – Aug. 25, 2022 - “Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.” —Desmond Tutu Forgiveness can show ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Diet Can Influence Mood, Behavior and More VIDEO – THINK BRAIN FOOD – Aug 24, 2022 - As with vitamin C, deficits in other vitamins and minerals can also precipitate nutritional diseases that adversely impact the brain in humans. For example, low dietary... Read More...Aug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Locking up People with Mental Illness Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS HEALTH CARE – Aug. 25, 2022 - “He had no support system,” Carter’s high school friend Ray Robinson told The City. “He just had to really rely on himself and those close to him.” This ki... Read More...Aug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Cigarette Graphic Warning Rule Delayed…Again RED TAPE or BOTTOM LINE? – Aug. 24, 2022 - In its latest request for postponement, the plaintiffs made the same or similar arguments for postponement as in previous requests, which include: The rule w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionnicotinesmoking
Coming Off Tranquilizing Meds For a More Fulfilling Life CONSULT YOUR LOCAL PHARMACY – Aug. 10, 2022 - ‘And I am sorry to have kept you waiting but we contacted your clinic in Ireland to double check things and your prescription checks out. So, here you a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
Law Enforcement Officials Warn About Spread of “Rainbow Fentanyl” THE COLOR OF MONEY – Aug. 22, 2022 - Experts have differing theories as to why illicit drug manufacturers are producing brightly colored fentanyl. Some officials, including Michael W. Humphries, area dir... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
How to School Your Kids About Substance Abuse Prevention WHEN TALK ISN’T ENOUGH - THERE’S ALWAYS REHAB – Aug 25, 2022 - As your children get older, you should talk to them about the risks of using substances, in a concerned manner rather than as a scare tactic. Howev... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagersTrauma
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab