90% of Liver Transplant Websites Use Stigmatizing Language A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME... – March 6, 2024 - A “vast majority” of liver transplant centers use stigmatizing language, such as “alcoholic” or “alcohol abuse,” when describing patients with alcohol use disorder... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 12 2024
Rehab Offers Specialized Program for Sex Addiction in Los Angeles ZIP IT – March 5, 2024 - “Our Sex Addiction Treatment Program is rooted in compassion, understanding, and a commitment to holistic healing,” stated Joni Ogle, CEO of The Heights Treatment Center. “We believe t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 12 2024RecoverySexual Addiction
Public Opinion Sought On Sober Living Homes: Time to Speak Up A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME – March 7, 2024 - More than 200 people representing 37 jurisdictions across the state have participated in one of the seven public meetings facilitated by the Task Force, as momentum and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Recovery Center CEO Empowers Women on Seeking Leadership Positions VIDEO ONLY – SHE HAS KNOW HOW – March 8, 2024 - The CEO of Nexus Recovery Center is doing her part to empower women on International Women’s Day. WATCH@NBCDFW ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire Acquired by Summit Behavioral Healthcare NEW ENGLAND TAKEOVER? – Summit BHC has acquired Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire. This marks the private equity-backed substance use disorder provider first move in the New England market. Sobriety Centers of ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Therapy Dog Helping Women Overcome Addiction VIDEO – PAWS WHEN AGITATED – March 7, 2024 - “I’ve created meaningful friendships. Ozzie is a part of that,” said Abbey Colburn, a client at the Adult and Teen Challenge of Western Wisconsin. Ozzie is in the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
U.S. House Votes Next Week on TikTok Ban BAN THIS! – March 7, 2024 - A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok on all electronic devices, renewing lawmakers’ challenge to one of the world... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMar 12 2024Smartphone Addiction
Single Dose of LSD Provides Immediate & Lasting Relief from Anxiety UNLESS YOU SWALLOW IT – March 7, 2024 - Professor David Nutt, director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit at Imperial College London’s division of brain sciences, who researches psychedelics, said in an email that t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 12 2024Mental HealthPsychedelics
Ibogaine Enthusiast Explores Economic Benefits LEGALIZE IT – March 3, 2023 - Ibogaine By David Dardashti, an organization focusing on providing ibogaine treatment to those afflicted with opiate addiction, recently visited Ohio to explore the potential economic be... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024PsychedelicsRecovery
Calgary Opens First of Its Kind Recovery Centre LEADING THE WAY – Feb. 29, 2024 - Most knew Victoria Burns as an ace student securing straight A’s at one of the country’s most prestigious universities. But underneath the McGill student’s intellectual sharpn... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 5 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rex Chapman: The ‘Other Side’ of Drug and Gambling Addiction IS PEACE OF MIND – Feb. 20, 2024 - After what he described as a routine surgery, Chapman developed an opioid addiction and, at one point, was taking up to 50 painkillers a day. He says the drug addiction was a gat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionGaminginternetinterventionInterviewMar 5 2024RecoveryRehab
Lured In: Understanding and Overcoming Gambling Addiction in Youth IT’S A LONG SHOT – Feb. 26, 2024 - “Sports betting used to be taboo, now it’s openly promoted and easily accessible through phones,” says Dr. Louise Stanger, an interventionist and gambling addiction expert. “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetinterventionMar 5 2024teenagersvideo games
Stopping Fentanyl Deaths by Knocking on Doors and Giving Out Overdose Kits THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE – Feb. 25, 2024 - On a narrow North Philadelphia street lined with row houses and a busy auto body shop, Marsella Elie climbs the front steps of a private residence and knocks hard o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMar 5 2024OverdoseRecovery
Non-profit Helping Women Recover From Addiction VIDEO – USED, NOT DAMAGED – Feb. 25, 2024 - Secondhand clothing is giving people a second chance at life. Two thrift stores sell gently used clothes, shoes and other items and the proceeds go to the non-pr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 5 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Road to Recovery: Candid Conversation About Drug Addiction ONLY VIDEO – TWO TRIBES – Feb. 28. 2024 - Two First Nations men from Calgary share their thoughts on the opioid crisis. They talk about their journey through addiction and treatment, and the importance of friendship.... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 5 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Overcoming Poverty He Passed the Bar; Then His Suboxone Screwed Him NON-GUILTY AS CHARGED – March 2, 2024 - Buprenorphine had changed Scott’s life — it gave him a sense of normalcy, he said, and set him on the path to law school. His future, however, would come to hinge on a c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 5 2024Recovery
Cocaine Overtakes Cannabis As Drug of Choice For Hong Kong Youth PERU MUST BE HAPPY – Feb. 25, 2024 - “Cocaine abuse will not only cause physical and mental harm, but will also cost abusers their life savings, and burden them with enormous debts since they cannot get rid of the ad... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 5 2024
RuPaul’s Memoir: ‘stoned daily since I was 10’ AND SOBER SINCE 1999 – Feb. 25, 2024 - The 63-year-old drag queen and reality competition host revealed that he had been getting high ‘every day I could’ going back to when he was just 10 years old. He is giving his ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 5 2024RecoveryRehab
Lucy Hale Celebrates 2 Years Sober CARRYING THE MESSAGE – Feb. 24, 2024 - The beloved actress and former star of “Pretty Little Liars,” marked a significant milestone in her journey towards sobriety. In a touching Instagram post the 34-year-old reflec... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 5 2024RecoveryRehab
Three Women Create Podcast About Addiction VIDEO – ALWAYS ON – Feb. 23, 2024 - Nicole, Cathy, and Jennifer all have different backgrounds. Something the three share is knowing the pain addiction can cause. “Sometimes I felt like I was the only person on ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewMar 5 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Wendy Williams’ Family On Her Sobriety FAIRY TALE GONE WRONG – Feb. 21, 2024 - The former talk show host’s loved ones spoke to People ahead of the Feb. 24 premiere of the two-night Lifetime special “Where Is Wendy Williams?” The project was produce... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 27 2024interventionInterviewlife expectancyRecoverysobrietyTrauma
John Phillips’ 5 Children: The Musical Family’s Ups and Downs A FAMILY AFFAIR – Feb. 23, 2024 - John Phillips had a complicated relationship with his five children as he struggled with drug addiction throughout his life. The Mamas & the Papas singer was a father t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024grammy winnerinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Cannabis May Be Gateway OUT of Drug Addiction COULD BE, WHO KNOWS... – Feb. 19, 2024 - New research has found that daily users of crystal methamphetamine who turned to cannabis to manage their cravings used the stimulant drug less, especially female... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024interventionmarijuanapotRecoverysmokingweed
Wine-loving Mommy Details Journey to Sobriety VIDEO – LIFE WAS A CABERNET – Feb. 21, 2024 - When it comes to alcohol, that’s what Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, author of ‘Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol‘ believes changed her life trajectory. Speaking... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 27 2024interventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Addiction and Idolatry BETTER THAN GOD – Feb. 16, 2024 - Addictions can be considered forms of idolatry, a violation of the First Commandment, which declares, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Exodus 20:3). Almost anything c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 27 2024interventionRecovery
Can Only Caucasians Get Opioid Addiction Drug? Do-Re-Mi – Feb. 28, 2024 - Americans addicted to opioids who need the anti-addiction med buprenorphine are far more likely to find it if they live in a predominantly white neighborhood. When you move to areas ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024harm reductioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
The Ripple Effects of Overdose Deaths FAMILIES NEED LOVE – Feb. 21, 2024 - When someone overdoses and dies, surviving loved ones can feel as if they’ve been thrown into a crater of grief. Athey, a clinical psychologist and suicide prevention expert, said... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024interventionlife expectancyOverdosesuicideTrauma
She was Arrested and it Saved Her Life IT’S NEVER TOO LATE – Feb. 18, 2024 - Jill Cichowicz, who founded the group 2 End The Stigma, smiles on Saturday as she talks to guests during the seventh annual “A Night For Scott” at the John Marshall Ballrooms in ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024fentanylinterventionInterviewRecoveryREEL Recovery Film Festival
Mark Zuckerberg – “It’s Not My Fault.” IT NEVER IS – Feb. 23, 2024 - FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM CEO is arguing he can’t be held personally liable for accusations that his platforms have led to kids being addicted to social media. A ruling in the bill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 27 2024internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Mother Arrested After Harrowing Tale of Opiate Exposure and Negligence FAMILY DISFUNCTION – Feb. 15, 2024 - In the quiet of an ordinary day, a distressing revelation unfolded as two young children were rushed to the hospital, their systems coursing with opiates. This grave discov... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma