Celebrity Sobriety

Celebrity Sobriety

Chris Therien’s career with the Philadelphia Flyers was a prelude to a world of alcoholism

FROM THE ICE TO ICED TEA – Feb. 27, 2021 - Thousands showed their support. Some talked about their own battles. Some talked about how Therien was a role model. “Very proud of you,” said ex-Flyers star Reggie... Read More...

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Q&A with Kevin Kennedy, Star of Coronation Street

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Feb. 24, 2021 - Kevin is probably best known for his 20-year portrayal as “sex symbol” Norman (Curly) Watts in Coronation Street, the world’s longest running soap. Since leaving the co... Read More...

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Everything Ben Affleck Said About His Sobriety

GETTING BACK UP – Feb. 24, 2021 - “I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I’ve dealt with in the past and will continue to confront,” Affleck wrote via Facebook in March 2017 after his seco... Read More...

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Hazelden Betty Ford Makes Dr. Joseph Lee, First Physician, Non-White, & Youngest President/CEO

IT MUST BE 2021 – Feb. 25, 2021 - As a Hazelden Betty Ford Trustee, Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former First Lady Betty Ford, is proud to have Dr. Lee taking the esteemed institution's helm. Discussing his app... Read More...

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Anthony Hopkins Remembers It All

ONE KNIGHT AT A TIME – Feb 27, 2021 - You recently marked forty-five years of sobriety. Was it difficult to give up drinking? No. I’m not an evangelist—I know people who drink and they’re fine with it. ... Read More...

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Let the music play…

12 STEPS FROM CORONATION STREET – Feb. 2021 - ‘It was the end of the 90s and although I didn’t realise it at the time, I was coming to the end of my run in the Street when I sent a demo tape to some record comp... Read More...

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Jon Bon Jovi’s daughter: no longer living on a prayer.

FATHER, DAUGHTER DANCE – Feb. 19, 2021 - She and her friend, Ian S Grant, were later arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and illegal possession of marijuana. The charges were... Read More...

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Guitarist Lee McKinney Discusses Xanax Addiction

GETTING OFF – Feb. 17, 2021 - Lee revealed his anxiety developed during Born Of Orisis’ grueling touring schedule. “It was probably the peak of our touring schedule. We were on ‘Mayhem’ with Rob Zombie and Chi... Read More...

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Nicole Richie’s Journey From Dark Days Of Addiction To Doting Mom

ALIVE AND WELL, REMARKABLY – Feb. 20, 2021 - Nicole sobered up and soon began filming the first season of her hit reality show, The Simple Life, in which she and real-life best friend Paris Hilton starred as tw... Read More...

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Craig Ferguson Celebrates 29 Years of Sobriety

PLEASE COME BACK, IT’S OK NOW – Feb. 19, 2021 - Scotland’s one of the most celebrated television host, comedian, author and actor, Craig Ferguson, is celebrating 29 years of being sober. Taking to microblogg... Read More...

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Demi Lovato’s New Doc Details Singer’s 2018 Overdose, “She Should Be Dead”

WATCH – A STAR IS REBORN – FEB. 17, 2021 - Viewers will see a glimpse at Lovato “during the most trying time of her life as she unearths her prior traumas and discovers the importance of her physical, emotional... Read More...

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Compassion In Action – Interview with Dr. Gabor Maté

WATCH – WALKING THE WALK – Feb. 2, 2021 - After a twenty-year career in family practice, Dr. Gabor Maté began working in Vancouver’s Eastside area with patients who were challenged by addiction and mental illne... Read More...

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Hazelden Does It Again – Read All About It!

CATALOG OF THE YEAR – 2021 - We have realized the need to adapt, reevaluate and grow. While many of our solutions are already available on a digital platform, we’re working to expand our virtual library to all.... Read More...

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Chasing the News … stone cold sober – The Pros

Episode 7 - The Pros - “Maintaining sobriety through 2021 and beyond” - February 18, 2021 - 11amPT, 2pmET - SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Randy Grimes, Dr. Billy Taylor, James Black, Hollywood Henderson REGISTER NOW! ... Read More...

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Former Boxer Kenneth Discusses 10 years Sober on TV Series

CHAMP NOT CHUMP – Feb. 9, 2021 - The documentary, which will air on TG4 next Wednesday, February 10, at 9.30pm, looks at the worst degrees of Kenneth’s alcoholism, his experience as a sportsman and his early ch... Read More...

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Q&A with Stevie Mack, Actor and Comedian

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – February 12, 2021 - Stevie Mack voted top dancer by People magazine in the Oscar nominated Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, “Can’t Stop the Feeling” music video by Justin Timberlake... Read More...

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Rob Lowe Gets Candid About His 30-Years Of Sobriety

‘CLASS’ OF 1991 – Feb. 9, 2021 - “It was no different than craft services,” he explains. “Where are the Red Vines, and where is the great Peruvian blow...? Cocaine was the thing that successful people did. Ther... Read More...

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Sia’s Awful Movie Portrays Drug Addiction and Abuse With Colorful Musical Numbers

WATCH – CRAPUE du SOLEIL? – Feb. 10, 2021 - Hold on. The worst moment in “Music” is the quick-cut, frenetic, orange-tinted fantasy musical number when the title character flails about making exaggerated facial and b... Read More...

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News Anchor’s 20-year Addiction and Journey to Sobriety

WATCH – REGULAR DUDE LOVES SOBRIETY – Feb. 4, 2021 - Addiction runs in his family, he said, he said before he knew it, he was following in the footsteps of those he’d watch struggle with their own addictions. ... Read More...

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Wendy Williams Revisits Cocaine Use and Sober Living in New Biopic

WATCH – TOO MUCH EVERYTHING – Jan. 30, 2021 - Among the many romantic relationships featured in the film was one with a man who Williams said “ruined” her credit by renting cars on her credit cards without tell... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis Marks 22 Years Sober

SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT – Feb. 4, 2021 - “A LONG time ago … In a galaxy far, far away … I was a young STAR at WAR with herself,” she began. “I didn’t know it then. I chased everything. I kept it hidden. I ... Read More...

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Cameron Douglas Writes Book About His Famous Family and Overcoming Addiction

ROMANCING THE STONED – Feb. 6, 2021 - The experience was tough on his relationship with his father, but these days they are doing great, and Cameron even joined his father for an interview with Good Morning Ame... Read More...

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Hazelden Betty Ford Expands Addiction Services in Montana

COWBOY UP – Feb. 5, 2021 - Other RecoveryGo™ resources and services now available in Montana and nationwide include a free one-day virtual Family Program, available in English and Spanish; a virtual Chil... Read More...

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Jack Osbourne & Dad Ozzy Osbourne On Getting Sober in the Spotlight

THE SHOT GLASS DOESN’T FALL FAR FROM THE TUMBLE – Feb. 5, 2021 - Addiction experts often say that the disease runs in the families who struggle with substance abuse, and Jack and Ozzy Osbourne are sharing their... Read More...

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How Variety’s Marc Malkin Owned His Sobriety

ONCE A MENSCH, ALWAYS A MENSCH – Feb. 4, 2021 - And then we walked two blocks up Eighth Avenue. We made a right on 24th Street and headed east. I went to my first 12-step meeting at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis’... Read More...

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Abraham Twerski, Who Merged 12 Steps and the Torah, Dies at 90

SEEING THE LIGHT ... IN PEANUTS – Feb. 6, 2021 - Andrew Heinz wrote in a 1999 profile of Rabbi Twerski for Judaism, the quarterly magazine of the American Jewish Congress. “He was moved by the example of men an... Read More...

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‘Bachelorette’ Star Zac Clark Helping Millions Through Sobriety & Recovery

LOVE AND SOBRIETY – February 5, 2021 - When he tried to cash the check, the bank teller knew something was wrong. But instead of calling the police, she called Clark’s father, who rushed to the bank befor... Read More...

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Hunter Biden Recounts Addiction and Sobriety in Memoir

RECOVERY ROAD – February 4, 2021 - (The book’s title comes from a phrase Beau and Hunter would say to each other after Beau was diagnosed.) Hunter Biden is publishing a memoir about his struggles with addiction... Read More...

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Sobriety Surprises: Stars Who Revealed They Got Sober

CELEBRITIES, THEY’RE JUST LIKE US. – February 4, 2021 - From time to time, however, a celebrity will surprise the world and suddenly announce that they got sober. Us rounded up the public revelat... Read More...

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Kehlani Shares Her “personal ex-smoker experience” After 3 Years of Weed Abstinence

STILL EXHALING – Jan. 25, 2021 - On Sunday, the R&B singer revealed she gave up the green and the alcohol, in response to a fan who created a Twitter thread of images that show Kehlani smoking. “Wow, It’... Read More...

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