Divorce expert reveals the signs your marriage is about to end… OR BE SAVED? – Nov. 7, 2024 - Whether you’ve been feeling like something is off or want to know what to look out for in your marriage, there are certain signs that can signify a divorce could be on the cards. Of c... Read More...CompassioninterventionMental HealthNov 12 2024Trauma
After Sober Son Died in Crash Man Who Got His Heart and Liver: ‘Paying It Forward’ (Exclusive) LIFE GOES ON – Oct. 27, 2024 - Today, Nate Rhoades’s legacy lives on through his organ donations that have helped up to 100 people — including a Washington State man that Nate’s family has grown close to — as well as... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyNov 05 2024
Quote of the Week – Arnold Schwarzenegger “I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Ka... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionNov 05 2024quote of the week
‘Dracula’ Star Exaggerated Drug Addiction ALL FOR LOVE – Oct. 26, 2024 - Bela Lugosi, who made his mark as Dracula in Hollywood, insisted to reporters he battled a crippling addiction to drugs for over two decades — but one author claimed he “deliberately ex... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyOct 29 2024
Dr. Gabor Maté with Theo Von VIDEO – THE DOCTOR AND THE COMEDIAN – Oct. 15, 2023 - Dr. Gabor Maté joins Theo to talk about his studies on trauma and how it affects our lives and relationships, his experiences leading Ayahuasca ceremonies, and wh... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionlonelinessOct 29 2024
Leah’s Legacy Supports Women In Recovery SAY HER NAME – Oct. 2, 2024 - Leah Renee Straley’s cause of death was listed as fentanyl poisoning. Her family says her struggles with addiction began more than a decade earlier and persisted through 12 stays in deto... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 08 2024Recovery AdvocateTrauma
Kindness 101: Fifth graders take action after hearing elderly couple’s story VIDEO – KID SMART – Sept. 20, 2024 - In today's Kindness 101 series, Steve Hartman and his kids share how one couple's experience with discrimination moved a group of fifth graders to stand up and make a difference. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionOct 1 2024
Walk of Hope and Remembrance ALL TOGETHER NOW – Sept. 27, 2024 - “I am a person in long-term recovery. It is important for me to speak openly about that because it helps to reduce the stigma. I am very passionate about educating young people,” s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 1 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Art & Sobriety and Giving Back PAINT THE WORLD – SEPT. 18, 2024 - For Jamie Walters, art is about helping others as well as creative self-expression. “My dad was an artist,” Jamie said, calling him her most important inspiration. “I’ve always l... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 24 2024
Frankie Beverly of Maze – Gone at 77 AUDIO – JOY AND PAIN – Sept. 11, 2024 - Frankie Beverly, the lead singer and songwriter of the band Maze, whose songs, including “Golden Time of Day,” “Joy and Pain” and “Happy Feelin’s,” provided the soundtrack to ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiongrammy winnerSept 17 2024
Connecting With Others, Yourself, God and Rachel Kove VIDEO – SHE’S GOT IT GOING ON – Sept. 2, 2024 - Thank you for dropping in on the @KnockinDoorzDown podcast. I am excited to have you eavesdrop on my conversation with the awesome Rachel Kove. Rachel Kove is a cert... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninternetInterviewSept 10 2024
David Rush Holds 181 Guinness World Records GOALS MATTER? – ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewSept 03 2024
Hotel Creating Sober Apartment House VIDEO – LIVE IN PEACE – Aug. 28, 2024 - Safe Harbor is for people in recovery who are looking to live independently but also wan... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 03 2024
Best Of All Time: 50 People Who Refused To Lose Their Life STORIES OF SURVIVAL – August 28, 2024 - We’ve taken a trip to The Addict’s Diary Instagram account and compiled their most powerful stories and photos down below. These images show incredible transformations of peopl... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 03 2024
Her Son Died In His Dorm. Where was the Narcan? WHERE IS LOVE? – Aug. 23, 2024 - This spring, Vera-Schubert reached out again, saying Bobby had relapsed. On April 12, a roommate found him slumped over his desk in his dorm, apparently overdosed from fake Xan... Read More...Aug 20 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdose
Jerry’s Positively 4th Street – July 1973 TRIBUTE VIDEO – DEAD CAN DANCE – July1973 - This wonderful performance from July 1973 appears on the Live at the Keystone albums, but with one big difference. This one does not have the David Grisman mandolin o... Read More...Aug 13 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancy
Governor Janet Mills AUDIO – POWERFUL WOMAN – Aug. 8, 2024 - Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills, and thank you for listening. At my Sixth Annual Opioid Summit in Auburn, I gave an update on my Administration’s actions to prevent drug ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 13 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Non-profit Rebrands To Support Struggling Addicts HELPING OTHERS MATTERS – July 25, 2024 - Families Against Narcotics (FAN) is now called Face Addiction Now. The organization assists over 100,000 people annually through its various programs. FAN started 16 ye... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 30 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Housing First – Sober Living Next STREET LIFE SUCKS – July 14, 2024 - Every reasonable person agrees that addiction is a prevalent challenge among the homeless population, whether they base that judgment on scientific research or on the experi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessJuly 23 2024
Do Animals Have Friends? KINDNESS IN THE KINGDOM – July 13, 2024 - “Individuals who manage to maintain these strong relationships, they end up living longer, they have more offspring, and they show less features of related stress,” sh... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 16 2024life expectancy
Motel Transformed into ‘forever home’ for Women FEMININE MYSTIQUE – July 10, 2024 - The Beacon, provides various programs such as counseling, career development and educational classes for women in crisis. The Beacon Village in Highland Park is a 32-u... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 16 2024Mental HealthTrauma
They Hand Out Overdose Reversing Meds at Festivals PHOTO GALLERY – June 30, 2024 - Columbus, OH, USA; This Must Be the Place founders Ingela Travers-Hawyard and William Perry distribute Kloxxado, a medication that can be used to reverse the effects of an opioi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionJuly 9 2024
Comedy Show Aims to Break Stigma About Addiction VIDEO – LAUGH A LITTLE – June 22, 2024 - The show has passed and was intended to entertain, educate and inspire the audience. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10jml3Dkdjw ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 2 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
JOE WILLIAMS “Lush Life” LIVE VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1981 - This segment of a television broadcast is from a 1981 tribute to Duke Ellington that took place at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The orchestra of jazz heavyweights was... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiongrammy winnerJune 25 2024
Actor Donald Sutherland Dead at 88 ONE OF OUR FAVORITES – June 20, 2024 - Donald Sutherland, a Canadian actor whose career spanned more than six decades, he starred in many acclaimed titles. A magnetic screen star whose chameleon-like ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJune 25 2024life expectancy
Anne Lamott Talks About Love, Family, and Forgiveness AUDIO – ETERNITY AND INFINITY – June 19, 2024 - In this 40 minute Happier Book Club episode, we discuss Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott. Anne Lamott is the author of many New York Times bestseller... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionJune 25 2024
How The Heart Rewires The Brain THINKING YOU’RE IN LOVE – 2024 - New science shows the heart is far more than a pump. This intelligent organ generates powerful electromagnetic signals that fundamentally influence brain processes like cogniti... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyMay 21 2024Mental Health
WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? EASY DOES IT – May 2024 - First and foremost, a healthy mind is an editing a mind, an organ that manages to sieve, from thousands of stray, dramatic, disconcerting or horrifying thoughts, those particula... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyMay 21 2024Mental Health
Spreading Hope and Sobriety Through Music VIDEO – JOYOUSLY – May 14, 2024 - Daniel Rochelle, Jr.’s father and namesake was a huge influence in his life, his hero and the person who taught him about music. He was a wonderful father but was addicted to alcoh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 21 2024Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Women Get Second Chance VIDEO – THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY – May 16, 2024 - For Melissa Shelley, it all started at a coffee shop. She was in recovery from a drug addiction that crippled her life for 20 years.“The thing that took me the furthes... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 21 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab