Jessica Simpson admits she has ‘not thought about alcohol’ during Covid WATCH – REAL CELEBRITY SOBRIETY – March 25, 2021 - The talk show host, 50, asked the fashion designer what it was like ‘staying sober’ during this ‘challenging year.’ Jessica hasn’t had a drink since she fir... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusInterviewMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Brett Favre Recalls Seizures Amid Past Drug & Alcohol Abuse STILL SCORING! – March 24, 2021 - Throughout that football season, Favre noted taking pain pills became “constant,” admitting the dosage increased as the months went on. The night before the next season began, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehabSuper Bowl
Q&A with David Marion, Author & Interventionist STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – March 25, 2021 - David Marion is a certified interventionist, public speaker, founder of The Life Recovery Coach and author of Addiction Rescue; The NO-BS Guide to Recovery. As a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Someone with alcoholism appointed as Labor Secretary reminds us that recovery is never over NEW WASHINGTONIAN? – March 24, 2021 - I have little doubt that the White House has seen its share of people with alcoholism up and down the chain of command; maybe a few even darkened the door of a meeting or t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMar 30 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘I would have DIED from the drink’: Former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll A NEW GOAL – March 25, 2021 - ‘I would have to fight very hard sitting in the house. I was struggling with it because I didn’t know what I could do, then Dungannon came in for me. I never thought I would be bac... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Danny Boy on addiction: ‘It was either homicide or suicide’ WATCH – CHOICES CHOICES – March 24, 2021 - The House of Pain member said that he was able to get temporarily clean in 2000 and stay off drugs for the next three years. But he was hooked again and by 20... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Two Incredible Looks at the Scourge of Heroin by Gil Scott-Heron & James Brown LISTEN! – THE TRACKS OF OUR TEARS – March 24, 2021 - We wanted to look at two songs from the 1970s that dove deeply into the morass of drug addiction. The first is “Home is Where the Hatred Is,” a Gil Scott-Her... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Demi Does California Sober for Brunch. Rosé or Riesling? ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE? – March 22, 2021 - Lovato has endured two highly publicized relapses and suffered “three strokes and a heart attack” during that time — details of which will be shared in her forthcoming YouT... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 30 2021Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
Mila Kunis Unrecognizable in ‘Four Good Days’ WATCH – ROTTEN TOMATOES 44% – March 18, 2021 - According to E! News, Kunis’s new role has her playing Molly, a character that’s battling drug addiction in the film. Four days refers to the time that she has bef... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Mike Sorrentino praises Alcoholics Anonymous ahead of son’s birth TRADITION #? – March 19, 2021 - He also added that Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12-step program “can be related to any addiction or substance” and is a program of “fellowship, and changing perspective and perception.”... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMar 23 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The World’s A Little Blurry – REVIEW LOVING BILLIE EILISH – March 18, 2021 - “I don’t get it,” I yelled into my sister’s ear through throngs of people and piercing screams. “Me neither,” she said, as the crowd suffocating us sang along to th... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiondepressionEating Disordergrammy winnerinternetinterventionMar 23 2021Mental Health
‘Bills’ Jordan Poyer shares poignant message about his fight against alcoholism STANDING IN HIS TRUTH – March 14, 2021 - You can sense the trepidation in Poyer’s message. He eventually says, “Can’t lie even writing this, Im embarrassed, it’s shameful but If I can overcome the struggle of a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hazelden Betty Ford Sites in Oregon Designated Blue Distinction® Centers PROOF IT WORKS – March 12, 2021 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, which highlights the seriousness of the opioid epidemic and ho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 23 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Treatment Fund Launched in Memory of Neil Lasher A GOOD CAUSE – March 16, 2021 - The Fund, initiated by his life partner Jill Jordon, and administered by Caron, will provide financial assistance for access to addiction and recovery treatment, with an emphasis... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiongrammy winnerinterventionMar 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Steve-O ‘So grateful’ for 13 years of sobriety A HEALTHY ADDICTION – March 11, 2021 - for giving me the loving nudge that started my journey,” he captioned the side-by-side image that referenced his “Jackass” co-star Johnny Knoxville. Steve-O starred on ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 16 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
He overcame addiction and had three strokes before age 40, then it got worse BOOK REVIEW – MARCH 11, 2021 - “I wouldn’t have written ‘Model Citizen’ if I hadn’t had the fourth stroke,” Mohr recalls in a phone conversation from his home in Seattle. In 2015, Mohr learned that he has an 8-... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Kristen Johnston on her past addictions: ‘It gives me chills’ STRENGTH AND BEAUTY – March 10, 2021 - Talking about her struggles with addiction isn’t new for Kristen Johnston, but the “3rd Rock from the Sun” actor is now approaching 14 years of sobriety and is sharing som... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMar 16 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Chris Kirk reclaiming life after overcoming alcoholism DRIVING HOME SOBER – March 12, 2021 - My father was an alcoholic and he, too, appeared to anyone outside of our home as one of the friendliest, happiest guys around. The people on the outside didn’t see how the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mackenzie Phillips shares story of overcoming addiction HIGH ON ARRIVAL – March 11, 2021 - Phillips, whose parents were both in popular 1960s folk rock band the Mamas & the Papas, described her struggles with addiction after her tumultuous childhood during the a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 16 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Living sober for everyone…more ditch drinking ANY DECREASE IS A WIN – March 10, 2021 - At the beginning of the global pandemic, uncorking a bottle of wine seemed to be the thing to do. A grip on a champagne stem felt like a grip on life, virtual happy hour... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMar 16 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Demi Lovato rejects ‘one-size-fits-all’ sexuality WATCH – ENJOY THE BUFFET – March 11, 2021 - “I called and was like, ‘Something’s not right. I’m living one side of my life completely legalizing and this other side following a program that’s telling me if I s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionInterviewMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
James Taylor regrets giving John Lennon opiates YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND? – March 2, 2021 - People who walk through the glittery door of showbiz almost always go down the slippery slope of drug addiction coupled with alcoholism. To cope up with the demands of a b... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionInterviewMar 9 2021opioid crisisopioidsRecovery
ARcare Joins Hazelden Betty Ford’s Network A PARTNERSHIP FOR GOOD – March 3, 2021 - “We are thrilled to welcome ARcare to our Patient Care Network as a collaborative member—our first from the tri-state area of Arkansas, Mississippi and Kentucky,” said Bob Po... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 9 2021Mental Healthnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Trainspotting’s Ewan McGregor urges investigation into drug-free addiction treatment THEY SING THE BODY ELECTRIC – Feb. 28, 2021 - Now McGregor has called on ministers to properly consider NET, suggesting they start by watching the documentary he narrated called The Final Fix. He said: “This... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 9 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Jamie Lee Curtis on how sobriety helped unlock her confidence WATCH – SCREAMING? – March 4, 2021 - Actor Jamie Lee Curtis joins Hoda and Jenna to talk about her show-stopping Golden Globes dress and how she has found confidence in herself through sobriety. She also ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewMar 9 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Cheyenne Jackson talks maintaining sobriety during pandemic HAND WASHING, NOT HAND WRINGING – March 3, 2021 - “But yeah, right now, I gotta be fully on. Jason and I have definitely had moments because we’re both sober — that’s where we met, in an AA meeting — we’ve both... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusinterventionInterviewMar 9 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
‘School of Rock’ child star says bullying led to them becoming ‘a raging addict’ IT’S A HARD KNOCK LIFE – March 5, 2021 - “I spent over a decade terrified that I’d peaked at 10 years old,” Reyes said in their essay. Reyes told the Post, however, that they did not regret doing “School of Rock.”&n... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 9 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Trey Anastasio to Open Treatment Center in Vermont PHISHER FOR SOULS – March 4, 2021 - “Substance use disorders affect people from all walks of life,” Anastasio said in a statement, “and the problem is intimately linked with isolation — whether that’s isolation due ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 9 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Gary Oldman: ‘I used to sweat vodka’ WATCH – SO I BECAME A BARTENDER – March 3, 2021 - “How do you make this guy likable and not this grump, snarky drunk? That was the challenge,” he told The Los Angeles Times. “You can’t just load a character up with ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMar 9 2021RecoveryRecovery Advocate
John Mulaney is in Outpatient Sober Care WISHING HIM THE BEST – Feb. 25, 2021 - When Mulaney was a teenager, his parents sent him to a psychiatrist, who told him that he was one part nice kid, one part “gorilla that wants to kill the other half.” A... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 2 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapse