Is Addiction a Chronic Brain Disease? DEFINITELY POSSIBLY MAYBE!? – Sept. 3, 2024 - “I don’t think it helps to tell people they are chronically diseased and therefore incapable of change. Then what hope do we have?” said Kirsten E. Smith, an assistant pr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthSept 10 2024
Could You Be a ‘borderline alcoholic’ As Adele Admitted? ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Sept. 3, 2024 - In fact, people who appear as ‘functional’ - but still drink excessively - can sometimes struggle to realise they might have a problem in the first place. Even celebrities are s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehabSept 10 2024
‘You Saved My Life’: Sober Man Thanks Substance Use Navigator VIDEO – ASK FOR HELP – Sept. 6, 2024 - After decades of struggling with alcohol use disorder, Larry Boganwright now describes every day as a gift. “Here I stand today happy,” Boganwright said. “Life is so go... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 10 2024
Quote of the Week – Sergio Mendes “There’s a word in English that I love: serendipity. That’s the story of my life.” – Sergio Mendes, b. Brazil, Feb. 11, 1941 – d. Los Angeles, Sept. 5, 2024 ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerquote of the weekSept 10 2024
I Regrettably Tried a Nicotine Pouch SHE LOVES IT – Aug. 23, 2024 - I am pathetically addicted to my vape. I am not proud of this, but it is what it is. Or more accurately, it dawned on me as I walked into WH Smith at Euston station a few weeks ago, I a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MedianicotineSept 03 2024
Ed Begley Jr. on A Sober Life and Career in Hollywood AUDIO – ONE NOT ANGRY MAN – Aug. 18, 2024 - In this episode, we welcome Ed Begley Jr. Ed is a legendary actor with roles in films including This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Pineapple Express, Whateve... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 03 2024
The Loneliness Epidemic ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER – Aug. 27, 2024 - It contains elements of sadness and anxiety, fear and heartache. The experience of it is inherently, intensely subjective, as any chronically lonely person can tell you. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MedialonelinessMental HealthSept 03 2024
When The Heir Is An Alcoholic MONEY CAN’T BUY SOBRIETY – Aug. 22, 2024 - Over the years, Hutcheson and ReGeneration managing partner Elle Hansen have developed theories about why drug or alcohol abuse appears prevalent among the heirs to a family... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 03 2024
The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies TIM’S NOT DEAD – Aug. 26, 2024 - David Hellerstein is one of a growing number of clinicians who are investigating a potential answer: the little understood, highly promising, very illegal class of drugs known as psyc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionPsychedelicsSept 03 2024
$2,400,000 Study On Psychedelics For Meth Addiction Treatment SPEED KILLS – Aug. 28, 2024 - The study aims to determine whether psychedelics, such as psilocybin, could offer a new way to treat meth addiction. Researchers will focus on understanding how these substances work ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionPsychedelicsSept 03 2024
Spock’s Son Adam Nimoy On Reconciling with His Papa TREK TO A MEETING – Aug. 28, 2024 - Even when the pointy ears came off, Leonard Nimoy had trouble expressing emotion. A highly repressed, high-functioning alcoholic, Nimoy connected with the character of Spock on “St... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 03 2024
David Rush Holds 181 Guinness World Records GOALS MATTER? – ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewSept 03 2024
Fluoride In Drinking Water Lowers IQs In Children WHAT DOESN’T? – ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthSept 03 2024
Virtual Riot Opens Up About Touring Sober AUDIO – SOBRIETY TAKES DISCIPLINE – Aug. 26, 2024 - Living in LA for eight years, Virtual Riot admits he had every excuse to par... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 03 2024
60% of Toddler Food Doesn’t Meet Nutrition Standards GROW YOUR OWN? – Aug. 28, 2024 - “Dietary preferences are established quite young,” Dunford said. “Half of all the sugar that young kids are consuming through these commercial foods come from squeezed pouches, so tha... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionSept 03 2024
Doritos, Skittles, Pepsi and Gatorade Can ‘trigger an agonizing disease’ YUMMY? – Dec. 21, 2022 - Allura Red AC, a food coloring used in sweets and soft drinks like Doritos, Skittles, Pepsi and Gatorade, can trigger inflammation of the large intestine. The RED food dye product used in pop... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionSept 03 2024
Why Are Physicians Not Addressing Addiction? TOO COMPLICATED? – &nbs... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionSept 03 2024
Matt Cardle Decides Booze Was Bad NO KIDDING – Aug. 28, 2024 - X Factor star Matt Cardle has opened up about his rocky relationship with alcohol - and how being sober again has made everything ‘great’. The singer, 41, has always been candid ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 03 2024
Coach Shares Powerful Message About His Sobriety TACKLING HIS DEMONS – &... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 03 2024
Hotel Creating Sober Apartment House VIDEO – LIVE IN PEACE – Aug. 28, 2024 - Safe Harbor is for people in recovery who are looking to live independently but also wan... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 03 2024
Community Hero Zac Holt Provides Steps For Sobriety VIDEO – ALWAYS MERRY AND BRIGHT – Aug. 28, 2024 - This week’s community hero is changing lives, starting with those who are down on their luck and battling addiction. Zac Holt brings a message of hope and love to tho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 03 2024
CALIFORNIA SOBER VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 2015 - Boom!!!!! Finally, the long awaited visual presentation of this awesome musical Anthem (that has played an important role in many people’s lives) is ready to be launched all over th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 03 2024
Body Brokering & Unethical Addiction Treatment VIDEO – ONE BAD APPLE? – Aug. 26, 2024 - In the labyrinth of addiction recovery, where hope and despair often intertwine, a dark and insidious practice known as patient brokering, or “body brokering”, thrives. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 03 2024
Whey Jennings On Overcoming Addiction MUSICAL COWBOY OUTLAW – Aug. 23, 2024 - Whey Jennings comes from a famous family, but his life and music journey are completely his own. He’s the grandson of Waylon Jennings, and spent most of his life moving b... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 03 2024
Acadia Healthcare Holding People Captive To Maximize Insurance Payouts WHAT EVIL GREED LURKS IN CORPORATE HEALTHCARE? – Sept. 1, 2024 - A New York Times investigation found that success was built on a disturbing practice: Acadia has lured patients into its facilities and held them again... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 03 2024
Telegram is Helping Americans Get Fentanyl by Mail VIDEO – OD WITHOUT LEAVING HOME – Aug. 27, 2024 - French prosecutors arrested Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov and is being held as part of a cyber-crime investigation for offenses conducted on the platform including illic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylSept 03 2024
Addiction Recovery Care Founder Calls FBI Probe ‘choppy waters’ WHERE THERE IS SMOKE... – Aug. 28, 2024 - The Lord calms stormy waters, the leader of Kentucky’s largest addiction treatment provider preached last week to a sanctuary full of clients, and these are certainly turbule... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 03 2024
Older Black Men Disproportionately Affected by Overdose Crisis WHAT ELSE IS NEW? – Aug. 31. 2024 - Although white and Black people use drugs at similar rates, fatal overdoses have escalated in Black people at a much higher rate than in other groups over the past decade, and mult... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOverdoseSept 03 2024
TNA Superstar Mike Santana On Recovery And Sobriety VIDEO – STEPS ... INTO THE RING – Aug. 29, 2024 - They tell you, ‘Listen, in a room of 20, 30 people, one person is going to stay sober.’ I’m sure you’ve heard that, and when I heard that the first time, I was like, ... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 03 2024
Best Of All Time: 50 People Who Refused To Lose Their Life STORIES OF SURVIVAL – August 28, 2024 - We’ve taken a trip to The Addict’s Diary Instagram account and compiled their most powerful stories and photos down below. These images show incredible transformations of peopl... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 03 2024