Melody Beattie – Author of “Codependent No More” Dies at 76 WROTE BEST-SELLING BOOKS – March 7, 2025 - Her experiences as a drug addict, a chemical dependency counselor and the wife of an alcoholic informed a best-selling book about codependence that has guided countless peo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured Articles
Film ‘Shuffle’ Reveals How Rehab Facilities Prey on Addicts for the Sake of Profit NEW DOCUMENTARY – March 12, 2025 - Benjamin Flaherty spent three years shooting “Shuffle,” a documentary that follows three addicts who are trying to stay alive in rehab facilities that are scamming insurance c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Department of Education Cut in Half AUDIO – STUPIDITY – March 11, 2025 - “Every part of the department will be impacted in some way but this is primarily a streamlining effort for internal facing rules, not external facing roles,” the official said, g... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesMental Health
Giving Up Your Phone For 3 Days Can Reshape Your Brain Activity AND MAKE YOU HAPPY – March 3, 2025 - How far away is your phone right now? When did you last look at it? For many of us, these digital devices are almost constantly in our hands, and a new study highlights the effect... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneFeatured ArticlesSmartphone Addiction
Svenja’s story – “I feel so much healthier in my body and my mind without alcohol” HOW IT WORKS – March 7, 2025 - Svenja, age 24, works at an artificial intelligence (AI) startup in Berlin, Germany. She is also Germany’s first content creator for sober living. Growing up in the north of the country... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousFeatured Articles
Katey Sagal Tells Christina Applegate: Life-Threatening Alcoholism ‘Burned Down’ Her Music Career BOSOM BUDDIES – March 11, 2025 - The actress, 71, opened up to Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler on the March 11 episode of their podcast, MeSsy, saying she “started using drugs and alcohol when I was r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeatured Articles
Social Media Use Could Be Changing Kids’ Brains HOW COULD IT NOT? – Jan. 3, 2023 - At the beginning of the study each 12-year-old participant was asked how many times they checked their social media feeds each day. Those who checked their socials 15 or more ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeatured ArticlesinternetJan 10 2023Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagers
Marijuana Almost Decriminalized In America GREEN PARTY WINS – April 1, 2022 - The vote was 220 to 204. Republicans Tom McClintock of California, Brian Mast and Matt Gaetz, both of Florida, joined the majority of Democrats in supporting the bill, while D... Read More...April 12 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesinterventionmarijuanapotRecoverysmoking