Dan Schneider of Netflix’s The Pharmacist at Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit FROM LOSS COMES HOPE – Feb. 26, 2021 - "As overdose cases are rapidly increasing and treatments for substance use disorders are becoming more challenging, we arrive at a critical moment within the opioid a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMarch 2 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMarch 2 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 2 2021Mental Healthnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewMarch 2 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
18 Films That Explore Mental Illness REEL RECOVERY MOVIES FOR ALL – Feb. 25, 2021 - And while mental illness still holds far too significant of a stigma in modern society, that stigma is decreasing; mainstream depiction in films seen and loved by ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionlonelinessMarch 2 2021Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Inspiration for the Soul ECLECTIC GUESTS – March 7, 2021 – INSPIRATION FOR THE SOUL Presents: Finding Your Way OM ... The Keys to Emergence. more@Zoom ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMarch 2 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’ STRANGE FRUIT – Feb. 25, 2021 - To millions in America and around the world, Billie Holiday – or Lady Day, as she was known – was merely a musical legend, a woman as effortlessly graceful as she was inspiration... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionMarch 2 2021Mental HealthTrauma
Scientifically, could love count as an addiction? ONLY IF YOU CARE TOO MUCH? – Feb. 21, 2021 - “While a source of joy, these pathways in the brain also motivate us to engage in certain behaviours. And addiction is simply taking that to a maladaptive level – it’s wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMarch 2 2021Mental Health
Sunny’s ‘Deployed and Destroyed’ Tells a Difficult Story of Friendship LISTEN – LOVE AND PAIN – Feb. 2021 - Zach — and the complicated relationship War has with him — is the inspiration behind “Deployed and Destroyed,” the newest release from the singer’s upcoming album, Simple Sy... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 2 2021Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Kids’ Mental health is pediatricians’ greatest concern HEALING EMOTIONAL BOO BOOS – Feb. 27, 2021 - Pediatricians and adolescent health experts have cautioned for months that the uncertainty and anxiety spurred by the pandemic, coupled with the lack of social conta... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlonelinessMarch 2 2021Mental HealthteenagersTrauma
Quote of the Week – Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMarch 2 2021quote of the week
Getting Drunk on Manischewitz JEWS AREN’T ALCOHOLICS? – Feb. 18, 2021 - Being Jewish, having family members in addiction recovery, and now working for a treatment center for alcoholism and addiction, I wanted to learn more ab... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 23 2021interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
400K Egyptians Benefited From State’s Addiction Recovery Programs LET MY PEOPLE GROW – Feb. 16, 2021 - Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine el-Qabbaj announced that a total of 400,000 citizens benefited from the state’s addiction recovery programs during the past thr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
“I Wanted Oblivion. I Just Couldn’t Bear Being Me”- Alcoholism and the ‘Loveliness’ of Sobriety’ A BETTER LIFE – Feb. 14, 2021- And then in college, I drank so much, I drank everything and from much earlier it was all about alcohol. “It’s not trouble, but it’s not funny either. There’s compassion for my... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 23 2021interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why I Got Sober at 24 NEVER TOO YOUNG – Feb. 16, 2021 - My drinking started properly in 2001 at age 16. I’d recently moved high schools and although I’d begun to make new friends, I felt anxious. The instant relief drinking gave me ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 23 2021interventionRecoveryRehab
Texas Father & Son Build Farm-Model Treatment Center WATCH – FAMILY GROWTH – Feb. 15, 2021 -Ranch House Recovery was good distraction for Dylon, and was a way to channel his energies. But two weeks before the farm was to set to open, Dylon relapsed. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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 sober house on St. Paul’s Summit Avenue cemented his commitment to sobriety. “I lived with 14 guys wh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Drug‑Free Solution to Opioid Withdrawal SOON FOR BABIES TOO? – Feb. 18, 2021 - The Texas startup was founded in Houston in 2018, but is now headquartered in Dallas where it develops medical devices such as the system. Spark received clearance from... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
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, but Smith says she wasn’t made aware of it until weeks later. “I feel like the transpa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021interventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Neighbors Express Concerns Over Sober Living Home WATCH – NOT IN OUR FLORIDA NEIGHBORHOOD – Feb. 18, 2021 - “Our neighborhood is concerned about issues that many times surround these types of organizations and homes. There are issues that are not good,” long-t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021interventionRecoveryRehab
RIP: U-Roy: The Singularly Musical Toaster Was a 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 with a lyric, toasting in the recording studio might have ended in 1970. U-Roy rode the rhythms with... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 23 2021grammy winnerlife expectancy
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. Since then, she has spent time trying to normalise it, telling people it is just another illnes... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionFeb 23 2021InterviewMental HealthTrauma
‘Definitely a Challenge’ THE SILENCE OF REAL LIFE – Feb. 16, 2021 - The facility is run by a man named Joe (Paul Raci), a Vietnam veteran who lost his hearing in the war, who tries to help Ruben overcome his frustrations and live as a ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021RecoveryRehab
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021interventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery Advocate
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 recovery – those that come for the workout and scurry away before the meeting – that are the most “heart... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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 the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” —Hank Aaron ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 23 2021quote of the week
The Pandemic is Causing a ‘Tsunami’ of Eating Disorders WHERE IS THE LIFE RAFT? – February 12, 2021 - Experts warned about a potential increase in eating disorders due to the coronavirus pandemic back in June, noting more barriers to care and less barriers of protec... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusEating DisorderFeb 16 2021food addictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
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 that an expanded STAR program could reduce police calls by nearly 3%, according to the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 16 2021interventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyCompassionFeb 16 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab