Senator John Velis Faces Alcoholism One Day at a Time Voting for Sobriety – Dec. 20, 2020 - To get to this point, he first faced a grim reality. “For me, alcohol is going to lead me to one of two places: dead or in jail,” Velis said he realized. “Simple as that.” ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Brian Marshall Details Journey to Sobriety in New Mini-Doc WATCH – Transformational – Dec. 17, 2020 - It begins with the bassist discussing his gear and his musical relationship to bandmates Scott ‘Flip’ Phillips, Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy, but soon takes a perso... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
John Owen Lowe Came a Long Way to Overcome Addiction — Who Is Rob Lowe’s Son? Families heal together – Dec. 20, 2020 - Actor Rob Lowe’s son John Lowe has fought for sobriety in silence for years, but now he’s opened up about his battle against addiction. John Lowe, 25, is the younges... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Nina Hagen Spiritually Inspired Chili Peppers’ “Give It Away” WATCH – It's Christmas - GIVE IT AWAY – Dec. 20, 2020 - Anthony Kiedis’ detailed account of Nina Hagen’s colorful appearance accurately captures what made the international punk rocker such a unique force throughou... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Brantley Gilbert Celebrates 9 Years of Sobriety Save the Country ... Music – Dec. 18, 2020 - Gilbert’s battle with substance abuse began soon after he graduated from high school, in Jefferson, Georgia. As the son of a Baptist preacher, the singer had a relig... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Writers In Treatment: Melding Recovery, Arts, and The Information Praise for the eBulletin – Nov. 11, 2020 - Driving his Volvo home one night from his job at a Los Angeles rehab, Leonard experienced a life-changing event. Without warning, a distracted driver in an SUV ran a r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionExperience Strength and Hope AwardsLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateWriters In Treatment
Outbreak Grows at Green Mountain Treatment Center Part of Granite Recovery, N.H. LISTEN – I wish this was fake news – Dec. 18, 2020 - Rick Ganley: Yeah, and per your reporting this week, clients and staff say a lot of this could have been prevented if the company had just been prepared for it. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Waxahatchee’s ‘Saint Cloud’ Confronts Sobriety & Recovery With Vivid Empathy WATCH – Music soothes the savage addiction – December 18, 2020 - Katie Crutchfield grew up in Alabama and lives in Kansas City, but the story behind Saint Cloud, her fifth and best album as Waxahatchee, begins... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Elton John On NPR’s Fresh Air LISTEN – Great share! – Dec. 18, 2020 - Sir Elton John spoke with Terry Gross after the publication of his memoir, ‘Me.’ The book was pretty forthcoming about family, addiction and sexuality, and so was the convers... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 22 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New Luxury Recovery Center Opens in North Alabama WATCH – The sumptuousness of sobriety – Dec. 7, 2020 -The recovery center offers a non-clinical approach to the problem of drug and alcohol dependence by using the 12 steps. “Hard things happen in life, but... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Emily Summit with Leonard Buschel Happy. Sober. Free! – December 2020 – Learn secrets on how to cultivate freedom, confidence, joy and abundance in sobriety! Free online show! Hosted by Emily Killeen. more@HappySoberFree ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninternetLeonard BuschelMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Danny Trejo, 52 Years Sober, Urges Those Fighting Addiction to Seek Treatment During Pandemic What a wonderful way to live! – Dec. 13, 2020 - The spot — part of CRI-Help’s “Fight” campaign — debuts on the eve of the center’s 50th anniversary and is aimed at raising awareness around substance abuse recov... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDec 15 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Sinners! Mormons gone wild – Dec. 9, 2020 - Jen goes outside with Heather to remind us that it cannot be later than 1 p.m. and to give Lisa a chance to stir the pot a bit further. They come back in so Mary can call Heather ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyDec 15 2020interventionMental Health
AJ McLean ‘Inspires’ By Sharing Sobriety Journey On ‘Pretty Messed Up’ WATCH – Open books are easier to read – Dec. 9, 2020 - ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante caught up with the superstar, who shared how all three of their life stories blended into the perfect podcast. “The produ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 15 2020interventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sobriety’s Pied Piper One solo at a time – Dec. 11, 2020 - The Bronx native’s drive to help fellow addicts led to his diving into a four-day-a-week, five-month training program to become a substance abuse counselor in training and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
AJ McLean and Cheryl Burke Discuss Alcoholism on New Podcast WATCH – Talking the talk... – Dec. 11, 2020 - “Dancing with the Stars comes lots of attention, all of a sudden, and something that I was never comfortable with and still am not 100% comfortable with. But I used alco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Machine Gun Kelly on undergoing therapy for drug abuse Issues always come up... – Dec. 1, 2020 - “I had my first therapy session… That’s the first time I ever went, ‘Hey, I need to separate these two people’, which is Machine Gun Kelly and (my real name) Colson Ba... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecovery
Legendary Jockey Completing In-Patient Treatment Hopes to Return to The Saddle Soon Staying on Track – Nov. 23, 2020 - Desormeaux’s highly successful career has been comparatively erratic in recent years, and the rider has made no secret of his struggles with alcohol. Most recently, he was sus... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
2020 Most Admired CEOs: Mark Mishek, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Leaving the helm to others... – Dec. 1, 2020 - You must pay to read entire article. When Mark Mishek took the helm in late 2008 of what was then the Hazelden Foundation, it was a turbulent time. As the new ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
How Jimmy Page Helped Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy) Get Off Heroin I get clean with a little help from my friends – December 5, 2020 - Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham is praising Led Zeppelin counterpart Jimmy Page for helping him beat heroin in 1983. The drug had already... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Chasing the News … stone cold sober – Episode 4 WATCH – Fascinating rhythm – Nov. 17, 2020 - Sobriety, creativity, serenity and laughter in the Coronaverse. A conversation with Paul Williams, Ester Nicholson, Ricky Byrd, John Taylor, Johnny Solomon... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinternetinterventionInterviewLeonard BuschelMental HealthNov 17 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
40 Years Later – John Taylor from Duran Duran Looks Back at The Beatles & Their Legacy While my bass gently weeps – December 8, 2020 - Its forty years since John Lennon was shot dead. I will never forget the feeling of hearing that news. I was stuck in London traffic, the December rain pour... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020grammy winnerInterview
Zappos founder Tony Hsieh spent last hours planning to enter rehab Don’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – Dec. 6, 2020 - Then, just before entering a shed on his girlfriend’s posh waterfront property in the wee hours, the on-edge Hsieh asked pals to check on him every 5 minutes, sources t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRehab
Tallulah Willis Credits Mom, Demi Moore, for Her Sobriety Sober mother, sober daughter – December 3, 2020 - Willis also said she finds herself “becoming mother in the most complimentary way” and feels that Moore is someone she can “really draw from.” “She’s even,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Has Diana’s Bulimia Taught Us Nothing? Weighing the Alternatives – December 3, 2020 - That’s when she started the binge-purge cycle; uncontrollably eating large quantities of food before forcing herself to vomit. “I’d go to the corner shop and buy a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020depressionEating DisorderinterventionlonelinessMental Health
12 Step Meetings: What is was like, what happened and what it’s like now! Hindsight IS Indeed 2020 – by Dr. Don Grant, MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV, PhD November 27, 2020 - In the early 2000’s, I began to notice sobriety support “chat rooms” online, and online recovery opportunities inc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network Convened for First Summit Still working to heal... – Nov. 24, 2020 - “Collaboration is powering 21st century health care, and that’s what our Patient Care Network and this annual summit are all about – working together and learning fro... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 1 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Celebrities who have discussed sobriety in 2020 Talk is cheap? – Nov. 28, 2020 - In some cases, stars speak out to help provide support to other addicts and show a pathway to sobriety. While others share their stories for a sense of freedom and to be open w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 1 2020interventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hulu series on opioid addiction will star Michael Keaton MEDIA: DOPESICK by Beth Macy hits the small screen – November 27, 2020 - Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Keaton will executive produce and star alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Rosario Dawson and Kaitlyn Dever.... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 24 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Ex-49ers linebacker Aldon Smith addresses his troubled past We all have a comeback inside us – Nov. 27, 2020 - “When I drank, it was always to numb,” he said. “It was to not be anxious. It was to be liked. It was for me to like myself because I didn’t know who I was, an... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 1 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapse