Celebrity Sobriety

Celebrity Sobriety

Susannah Constantine Reveals She’s an Alcoholic With Seven Years in Recovery

WATCH – Praise for AA – Dec. 19, 2020 - Explaining how she still felt shame at being asked to leave a friend’s 40th birthday because she was so drunk, she shared the moment that had prompted her to seek help. ... Read More...

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Addiction specialist may get the rose

What is a bachelorette? – Dec. 18, 2020 - Clark recently shared a story about someone who played a major role on his road to recovery from addiction. He called the woman in question, Rhonda Jackson, his “ang... Read More...

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Restaurateur Launches Sober Living House

WATCH – Cooking with Love – Dec. 18, 2020 - A well-known Chattanooga business owner who has been sober for 19 years has opened a home to help other women struggling with addiction. Restaurant owner Scottie B... Read More...

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Patrick Kennedy pitches himself for ‘drug czar’

Will He Outlaw Marijuana? – Dec. 18, 2020 - He would also help to coordinate domestic and international policing efforts, a role that requires collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration, military, ... Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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