Compassion

Finding Sobriety Patrick Flanagan Opened Lion House

SOBER LIVING FOR GOOD –  Feb. 22, 2021 - Flanagan believes that the five months he spent living in a…

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Drug‑Free Solution to Opioid Withdrawal

SOON FOR BABIES TOO? –  Feb. 18, 2021 - The Texas startup was founded in Houston in 2018, but is…

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Community Weighs In On Proposed Rehab In Morro Bay

NOT IN MY CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOOD –  Fab.19, 2021 - The project was proposed in December to the city planning commission,…

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Neighbors Express Concerns Over Sober Living Home

WATCH – NOT IN OUR FLORIDA NEIGHBORHOOD –  Feb. 18, 2021 - “Our neighborhood is concerned about issues that many…

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RIP: U-Roy: The Singularly Musical Toaster Was Vital Part of Reggae’s Bloodline

IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT GANJA –  Feb. 19, 2021 -  What can’t be doubted is without his singularly musical way…

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Kim Novak: ‘I inherited mental illness from my father, but the rape must have added to it’

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF STARDOM –  Feb. 18,2021 -  In the early 2000s, Novak was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.…

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‘Definitely Challenge’

THE SILENCE OF REAL LIFE –  Feb. 16, 2021 - The facility is run by a man named Joe (Paul…

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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…

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Gym Offers Free Workouts and Recovery Meetings

FELLOWSHIP AND FREE WEIGHTS –  Feb. 15, 2021 - Jurewicz says it’s the people who don’t believe they are in…

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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…

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Quote of the Week – Hank Aaron

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off…

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The Pandemic is Causing ‘Tsunami’ of Eating Disorders

WHERE IS THE LIFE RAFT? –  February 12, 2021 - Experts warned about a potential increase in eating disorders due…

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Denver Successfully Used Mental Health Pros, NOT Police

NURSES NOT NIGHTSTICKS –  Feb. 6, 2021 - Denver police responded to nearly 95,000 incidents over the same period, suggesting…

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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…

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Is There Difference Between Sex Addiction and Porn Addiction?

WHERE ONE OR MORE ARE GATHERED –  Feb. 2021 - The pattern of failure to control intense sexual impulses or…

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Attorney General Stops Deceptive Marketing by Treatment Center

BOTTOM LINE MATTERS MORE –  Feb. 12, 2021 - Additionally, the settlement said that their website funneled consumers to what…

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Carl Hart: PhD, Parent, Author, Speaker, Columbia Professor and Heroin User

DOCTOR FEELGOOD –  Feb. 6, 2021 - As Hart continues: “I do not have a drug-use problem. Never have. Each…

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As Overdose Deaths Surge, Rehab Industry Faces ‘Severe Ethical Crisis’

LISTEN – GETTING HELP –  Feb. 15, 2021 - “It’s a very hard system to navigate,” said Ryan Hampton, who…

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12 Recovery Memoirs by Black Authors You Need to Read

TIME TO READ ... MORE! –  Feb. 9, 2021 - In early recovery, the stories of others are an invaluable…

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Breaking the “Body Brokers”: California Non-Profit That Stood Up to Patient Kickback Business

PETE NIELSEN DOES HIS THING – Feb. 12, 2021 - CCAPP knew they had to act to stop this new adversary…

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Inside Billie Piper’s Mind

A COMPLICATED PLACE –  Feb. 4, 2021 - I’m 34 but this feeling isn’t unfamiliar; this spiralling soothed by the…

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Who’s Taking Care of Mental Health Professionals?

DOCTOR (CAN’T) HEAL THYSELF –  February 11, 2021 - USA TODAY spoke with half a dozen mental health workers who…

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A ‘Family’ of Artists of the Downtown Eastside

PAINTING THE TOWN CLEAN & SOBER –  February 9, 2021 - They’re just a few of the artists who live…

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Oregon Addicts Get Rehab Instead of Prison

FINALLY! –  Feb. 1, 2021 - For Janie Gullickson, rock bottom came both slowly and all at once. A long…

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Oregon Treats Addiction as Mental Health Issue

LISTEN – FORTY-NINE MORE STATES NEEDED –  Feb. 5, 2021 - And on February 1, the new law, called the…

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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…

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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…

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Work Addiction Can be Harmful to Mental Health

TOO MUCH IS TOO MUCH Feb. 8, 2021 - Work addiction is a clinical condition characterised by an obsessive and compulsive interest in…

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Has Society Turned Its Back on Mothers?

IT’S OK, WE’VE GOT EYES IN THE BACK OF OUR HEADS –  February 4, 2021 - And yet, the 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…

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