Long Lines at Lollapalooza for Naloxone VIDEO – BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY – Aug. 4, 2023 - CHICAGO - Some of the long lines at Lollapalooza are not for t-shirts or food. They are for naloxone. It’s the first year the overdose reversal drug is being passe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Student Recovery Program Seeks More Participants GRADUATE OF SOBER LIFE – Aug. 2, 2023 - Ethan Laugen, 24, is set to graduate from Augsburg and StepUP next year. When he first started at the nearby University of Minnesota, he said he considered drinking and partyin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tough as a Mother Launches GAIA FOREVER! – July 24, 2023 - According to Obstetrics and Gynecology: February 2022, pregnancy-associated drug-related deaths increased by 190% between 2010 and 2019. Additionally, data from the Adoption and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jamie Otis’s Heartfelt Post About Husband’s Addiction VIDEO – ALL CAN BE FORGIVEN – July 28, 2023 - Otis revealed that she always suspected Hehner was “hiding something.” “I didn’t know exactly what though,” she admitted. “I remember a time during the holidays that... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Institute Helps Thousands Recover From Addiction LOVE AND HARD WORK – July 31, 2023 - Ana Carr has also called the streets home for three years. She said, “I feel like everyone could be one step away from where we’re at.” Rubio knows this life all too well. He s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Woman Travels to Country Music Fest to Celebrate 30 Months Sober GOING TO ANY LENGTH – Aug. 4, 2023 - Bolos traveled 20 hours from Upstate New York with her best friend and two dogs. Every month she celebrates her sobriety by treating herself to something. One time it... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
‘I survived so that I could change the cycle’ AUDIO – BRAVE NEW WORLD – Aug. 3, 2023 - Before entering recovery last year, Jennie cycled in and out of substance use from the time she was in her late teens. When she first started, she had just left her husband, a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Prolific Autism Researcher Has Dozens of Papers Retracted AUDIO – UNBELIEVABLE LYING DOG – Feb. 2023 - Elsevier included the same explanation in 23 of the 24 retractions, saying the papers were being retracted because they “did not include a declaration of a conflict... Read More...Aug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental Health
Hormones Affect Addiction and Depression? YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK – Aug. 4, 2023 - A growing body of scientific evidence draws attention to the connections between our brain, hormones, and emotional well-being. To deepen an understanding of the relationship b... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
Woman Uses Orgasms to Control Chronic Pain ORGANIC RELIEF – July 30, 2023 - Chronic pain has been my daily companion for more than half my life. It started at age 14, and the pain still thrives 16 years later. Within a few months, I could no longer r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Flesh-Rotting Tranq Infects Cocaine Supply VIDEO – SCARY TIMES – July 31, 2023 - “We’ve seen an increase in street-level distribution of cocaine-xylazine mixture,” Frank Tarentino, the special agent in charge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s... Read More...Aug 8 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionOverdoseTrauma
Dennis Quaid Says Faith Saved Him After Addiction VIDEO – MOVIE STAR SHINES – July 26, 2023 - “I remember going home and having kind of a white light experience that I saw myself either dead or in jail or losing everything I had, and I didn’t want that,” he recall... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Terry Crews Admits Porn Addiction Caused Angry Outbursts Toward Wife And Kids VIDEO – NOT HIS FAULT? – July 26, 2023 - The couple spoke on the addiction in their 2021 audio memoir Stronger Together about how his negative relationship with porn almost ruined their marriage, which was also addre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinternetinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSexual Addiction
Czechoslovakian says “I’ve never felt better” being sober AND PLAYING HOCKEY – July 20, 2023 - Smid commended Galchenyuk for his bravery while letting his followers know he recently found himself in a similar situation. “Just wanted to comment on Alex Galchenyuk,” Smid w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Nearly 1 in 10 Kids Have a Developmental Disability SAVE THE CHILDREN – July 13, 2023 - Thursday’s report is the first since then released by the center focusing on this topic. From 2019 to 2021, rates of intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder d... Read More...Aug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental Health
Woman’s Sobriety Saved Her From Jail AND A WHOLE LOT WORSE – July 20, 2023 - Geisler was arrested by city police June 8, 2022, after her 3-month-old son was taken to a hospital for breathing problems. Tests showed the baby had somehow ingested co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
A Potential Cure for Opioid Addiction? NOT GOD – July 26, 2023 - Importantly, the drug was able to reduce oxycodone intake and relapse without disrupting other reward responses in the brain, which could result in negative side effects. The team publish... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Mayor Tells Premier: “Build and fund a drug rehab centre.” OH CANADA! – July 25, 2023 - Morgan, Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis and Coun. Susan Stevenson are asking for other councillors’ support to advocate for a provincial addiction rehabilitation centre in London. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Kyle Richards: Sobriety Is A ‘Win-Win’ REAL WINNERS OF 90210 – July 19, 2023 - “Sitting outside reading all your DM’s regarding my last post,” Richards noted. “It seems many of you have similar stories and want to go that route but are unsure how to. We a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Arizona Investigating Treatment Centers VIDEO – PROFITEERS OUT WEST, AGAIN – July 26, 2023 - Residential homes, short-term rentals, and motels are fair game for unlicensed providers to house victims as long as Medicaid money is coming in, despite offerin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Praxis Landmark Recovery Gets Licenses Revoked PRESS RELEASE FROM LANDMARK – July 27, 2023 - And earlier this week, a lawsuit was filed by former patients of the Mishawaka facility. The licenses have also been revoked at the company’s Carmel and Fort Wayne loc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Many Clinical Trials are Faked or Flawed STOCKHOLDERS SAY SHUSH – July 18, 2023 - How many clinical-trial studies in medical journals are fake or fatally flawed? In October 2020, John Carlisle reported a startling estimate1. Carlisle, an anaesthetist who... Read More...Aug 1 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
Doctors Hesitate to Prescribe Suboxone WTF? – July 21, 2023 - The research, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, underscores two major challenges: allowing U.S. health care providers to provide addiction medications, and then convincing them to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Stop WASTING Your Life by Dr. Gabor Maté VIDEO – START REJOICING EVERYDAY – May 2023 - Dr. Gabor Maté is a renowned speaker and bestselling author and is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, including addiction, stress, and chi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecovery
Most Emergency Call Centers Understaffed PAY THEM MORE – July 27, 2023 - While the survey did not do a census of every 911 center, “the clear response from the sample is that most centers are understaffed,’ NENA CEO Brian Fontes told Axios. Respon... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
988 Line Gets 5 Million Calls and Texts in 1st Year AUDIO – TALK ABOUT IT! – July 15, 2023 - Last July, the cumbersome 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline became 988. The easy-to-remember lifeline was created to help people dealing with issues like depress... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 25 2023Mental Healthsuicide
‘There is hope’: Speakers Share Stories of Recovery WONDERFUL AUDIO – July 16, 2023 - Bush, a peer advocate for people in recovery, recounted his “rock bottom” before a crowd at the second Recovery Speaks event at Nick’s Ride 4 Friends in Auburn Saturday. Over 60 pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New York Launches Overdose Prevention Campaign STOP THE DYING – July 13, 2023 - New York health officials on Tuesday launched a public service campaign highlighting the importance of naloxone, a medication that is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 25 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Ozempic Could Cure Drug Addiction CAN YOU SHOVE IT? – July 15, 2023 - Ozempic, the diabetes drug that went viral for its ability to help people lose weight and eat less, is back in the news this week. The EU announced that it would investigate... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 25 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Harsher Drug Penalties Don’t Help Addicts Recover LEGALIZE IT – July 9, 2023 - While the bill claims to go after high-level dealers and “drug kingpins,” it would actually make it easier for someone simply in possession to be brought in on intent to distribute — and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJuly 25 2023Recovery