Biggest Robert Downey Jr. Moments That Transformed His Life TAKING THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – August 25, 2021 - After a few small parts in movies, Downey got what seemed like his big break in 1985. That year, “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels assembled an en... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Understanding Connections Between Substance Use and Other Life Problems AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP – August 25, 2021 - Delivered virtually, Hazelden Betty Ford’s RecoveryGo® online solutions bring our world-class outpatient addiction and mental health care, recovery support... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Raiders DE Maxx Crosby is 18 months sober DEFENDING HIS LIFE – AUGUST 27, 2021 - Crosby, who turned 24 on Aug. 22, was a Day 3 draft pick of the Raiders in 2019 out of Eastern Michigan, the No. 106 overall selection in the fourth round. He racked up 1... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Donald Newlove Explored the Depths of Drink, Dies at 93 FROM DEAD DRUNK TO DEAD SOBER – August 27, 2021 - The novelist Frederick Busch wrote in The New York Times Book Review that “The Drunks” was “a convulsion of ghastly laughs and gorgeous writing.” The New Yorke... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehab
Chrissy Teigen: I was “Basically A Functioning Alcoholic” YOU GET YOUR FEELINGS BACK – August 25, 2021 - Chrissy Teigen has opened up about her relationship with alcohol and revealed that she’s dealing with unresolved trauma over losing her baby last year. Chrissy... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Dreamland Author Pens Second Book On Addiction MEDIA: THE LEAST OF US by SAM QUINONES – August 26, 2021 - The Least of Us deepens the story of our nation’s opioid epidemic, including the spread of mass supplies of synthetic drugs, as well as delving into the ne... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tim McGraw ‘Went Straight’ to Faith Hill to Get Sober WATCH – LOVE CONQUERS ALL – August 26, 2021- McGraw previously told PEOPLE that whiskey was his drink of choice, but that he had difficulty limiting the amount he drank, and that it got “to the point where I f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Charlie Watts “I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.” —Charlie Watts ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerlife expectancyRecovery
Have AA Meetings Become Superspreader Events? by Christopher Dale MASK UP! – EXCLUSIVE by Christopher Dale for the Addiction/Recovery eBulletin August 24, 2021 - Alcoholics Anonymous is supposed to save lives, not risk them. And that, in ten words, is why if... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jessica Wilde: She Chose Sobriety On “Daylight” WATCH (X-rated) – LIVING THE SOBER LIFE – August 20, 2021 - Filmed and edited by Nathaniel, and direction and styled by Toby Corton, the visual takes place in a somewhat sketchy-looking hotel room as Wil... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Bravo’s Captain Sandy Marks 33 Years of Sobriety ANCHORED IN THE PROGRAM – August 17, 2021 - A lot of hard work has gone into maintaining that sobriety for more than three decades, a process that Captain Sandy has been open about on Below Deck Me... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lisa Riley ‘so bloody happy’ celebrating six years of sobriety LIVING THE SOBER LIFE ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME – August 19, 2021 - Well done young lady,’ a Twitter user replied. Another posted: ‘Well done x I’m at 8 years x you are a lovely and beautiful lady x.’ ‘Congratula... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
10 Things Marlee Matlin Suggests Doing Now NOW AND FOREVER – August 9, 2021 - 6. Get good sleep I used to go to bed at 2 or 3 a.m. and sleep till noon. Now I like going to bed at 9:30. I need my energy to do the things I have to do during t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Stevie Nicks on Drug addiction: ‘I survived by myself’ YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY – August 18, 2021 - Nicks added that the concept of publishing her life story has taken her years to think about. If she ever did, she added, it would need to be chopped up into four di... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Rebel Wilson’s Advice for Anyone Struggling with Body Image NO LONGER “REBELLING” AGAINST GOOD HEALTH – August 18, 2021 - Last year Rebel Wilson embarked on what she dubbed her ‘Year of Health’. Tasked with overhauling her fitness and nutrition habits, Rebel set hersel... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecovery
Addiction Rehab in 2013: The Last days of That ‘70s Show’s Lisa Robin Kelly ALWAYS TOO SOON – August 14, 2021 - Lisa had voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility early this week where she was battling the addiction problems that have plagued her these past few years... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Kit Harington Reveals Most Beautiful Thing About Sobriety PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION – August 8, 2021 - “You get to a place where you feel like you are a bad person, you feel like you are a shameful person, and you feel that there’s no way out, that’s just who you... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Macklemore and KT Tunstall at Addiction and Recovery Concert LIVING (SOBER) OUT LOUD – August 13, 2021 - Macklemore, KT Tunstall, Evvie McKinney, Daphne Willis and The Residency will perform at a concert next month to help raise awareness around addiction and reco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Male Celebrities Reveal Their Eating Disorders LETTING IT ALL OUT – August 12, 2021 - In his 2016 photographic autobiography, musician Zayn Malik discussed the disordered eating that plagued him during his time in One Direction. He wrote, “Something I’v... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Kathy Griffin details 2020 suicide attempt, pill addiction LAUGHING BEHIND THE TEARS – August 2, 2021- You never know what goes on behind closed doors. Kathy Griffin outlined to ABC the dire personal straits she found herself in while on tour in 2017, including batt... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicide
100 (hundred) whole 24 (twenty-four) hour days! Michelle Heaton marks sobriety milestone WATCH – A YEAR WILL BLOW HER MIND – August 6, 2021 - Admitting you need or want help is the first and hardest step. Let’s beat this! One day at a time. Not for tomorrow, just for today! Help is out there... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
TikTokker’s cooking ends addiction cycle COOKING FOOD! – August 7, 2021 - Nearly six years later, McMenemy has remained sober, having discussed a passion for cooking, and is now inspiring others to do the same with his new found TikTok fame. He sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Grayson Murray Says PGA Tour Never Offered Help with Alcoholism IN THE ROUGH – July 24, 2021 - Golfer Grayson Murray publicly disclosed suffering from alcoholism in a statement Friday and accused the PGA Tour of refusing to help him with the issue. “The PGA Tour d... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Meghan’s pal seeks refuge in sobriety post scandal WATCH – ROYAL RECOVERY – August 3, 2021 - “I’ve spoken about mental illness for years as well as being a hard worker my whole life but never thought I’d have to go through intense treatment the way I did this y... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Comedian Richard Lewis is Not curbing his enthusiasm, Celebrates 27 years of sobriety LIVING FUNNY – August 4, 2021 - o his followers, Lewis added, “If you’re struggling you can get help. I did. 8/4/21 27 years sober.” The post was liked more than 116,000 times as of Wendesday morning and was... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Marlee Matlin Credits The Fonz With Giving Her A Home While Getting Sober GOOD CITIZEN AWARD – August 7, 2021 - Actress Marlee Matlin has thanked Henry Winkler for letting her live with his family while she got sober as a young adult. The deaf star first met Winkler when she was ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Drugs, Death and Denial at a Rehab for the Rich SOBER DYING – July 22, 2021 - The Red Door’s niche in L.A.’s competitive premium-rehab realm isn’t luxury accommodations or individually tailored care plans. Those are givens. Instead, it’s a firm commitment to... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Mighty Ducks’ actor Shaun Weiss graduates from drug court program MIGHTY BIG TRANSFORMATION – July 18, 2021 - “Mighty Ducks” star Shaun Weiss is making strides in his recovery. The former actor graduated from a drug court program this week in California, the Yuba County Di... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 3 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lily Allen Marked 2 Years “Drug & Alcohol Free” EVERYONE CAN DO IT – July 28, 2021 - Appearance on The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, one person wrote, “Worried about you Lily. I feel like we’ve grown up together and I’ve never see you this thin.” ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 3 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Vin Baker lost millions to addiction, found salvation in a Starbucks THREE POINT VENTE – July 10, 2021 - “There was a point where it was just waiting for the train to crash,” Baker told The Times. “You know how that goes. Like people get into situations like mine where they lose... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 3 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab