OPINION: Florida’s Marchman Act Works By Joe Considine SAVING LIVES – April, 24, 2023 – Passage of California’s CARE Court law to reform California’s Mental Health Services Act, efforts in the State of Washington, and possibly in New York City, promise help for the tragi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
OPINION: Compulsory Arrest Could Help Homeless Addicts ONLY TO GET INDOORS – April 15, 2023 - Los Angeles’ recently initiated “Mansion Tax,” for instance, specifically raises funds to combat homelessness. But those funds cannot be used for immediate soluti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionRecoveryRehab
Was Everyone at Chez Panisse on Cocaine Ya’Think? – April 10, 2023 - Jeremiah Tower is, by all accounts, a culinary legend. The chef is perhaps most well known for his pioneering approach to Northern California cuisine while at Alice Waters’ famed Be... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecovery
How Former Child Star Overcame Addiction VIDEO – MORE FAMOUS NPW THAN EVER – April 16, 2023 - The 63-year-old California man became famous as a six-year-old curly-haired redhead when he was cast in the 1960s TV series “Family Affair,” which ran on CBS for f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Elementary Students Hospitalized From Eating Marijuana Gummies VIDEO – STONED AT SCHOOL – April 14, 2023 - The school said a rescue vehicle was immediately dispatched and parents were contacted. The school later learned that three more students had also ingested the substance. ... Read More...April 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaRecovery
Black Pregnant Women Unfairly Tested for Drug Use By Roni Caryn Rabin BIAS IN THE BABY WARD – April 14, 2023 - Hospitals are more likely to give drug tests to Black women delivering babies than white women, regardless of the mother’s history of substance use, suggests a new study of a ... Read More...April 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
These OTC Drugs Can Be Habit-Forming SEE WHAT’S IN YOUR PURSE – April 15, 2023 - A rebound effect, which generally comes from medication misuse, is not the same as a true addiction, although there are nonprescription drugs that can be abused or co... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
Biden Promised Opioid Watchdog Billions, Then Feds Ghosted Him IT’S COMPLICATED – April 20, 2023 - No federal employee holds the title of opioid crisis accountability coordinator. The Office of National Drug Control Policy has not released public statements about the settlements... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
John Mulaney Says He ‘Didn’t Know the Nasal Swab Hurt’ Until He Got Sober VIDEO – HEIGHTENED FEELINGS ARE NATURAL – April 20, 2023 - “I didn’t know the nasal swab hurt until well after I got sober,” confessed the comedian during his recent appearance on the This Past Weekend with Theo Von ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabrelapse
Bella Hadid Celebrates 6 Whole Months of Sobriety VIDEO – 12 STEPPING AMERICA – April 20, 2023 - “It can create some accountability and a lot of support if you have millions of followers that are joining you and celebrating you along the way,” Wandzilak said of the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Harvard Students Call on University to Dename Sackler Buildings at Art Museum’s ‘Die-In’ AUDIO – REAL EDUCATION – April 21, 2023 - More than 50 protesters called on Harvard to remove the Sackler name from all University sites and departments — including the Arthur M. Sackler Building and Arthur M. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Most Americans Turn to Addictive Coping Methods During Crisis VIDEO – CHOCOLATE OR WEED? – April 19, 2023 - “Many of my patients have struggled with depression and/or anxiety but failed to find a treatment that made them feel better. So, they resorted to alcohol, drugs or destr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictionGaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone AddictionTrauma
Teen Accidentally Bought Heroin-Laced Vape VIDEO – VAPE BUYERS BEWARE – April 13, 2023 - Her son was buying vape cartridges from kids at Stanwood High School, but he had no idea nicotine wasn’t the only drug seeping into his system. The mom took several c... Read More...April 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionVaping
Poison Center Warns of ‘gas station heroin’ VIDEO – DON’T BUY FOOD AT A GAS STATION – April 20, 2023 - While it’s legal to buy and sell in Virginia, according to the CDC, the drug is used as an antidepressant and marketed to help with anxiety, among other thi... Read More...April 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryTrauma
Some Treatment Centers Turn Big Profits by Scaling Back Care SOME NOT MOST – April 20, 2023 - He was advised against the long-term use of Suboxone, a medication often recommended to treat opioid addiction, because BRC does not consider it a form of abstinence. After an initial... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Local Students Take Up Fight Against Fentanyl VIDEO – PROTECT YOURSELVES – April 16, 2023 - There are many illegal drugs sold on San Diego’s streets and online that contains fentanyl, which is causing minors to die. “The topic of the project is very rarely ta... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Mobilize Recovery Mobilizes iHeartMedia & Facebook to Support Ending Overdosing in America – Macklemore Performs Sept. 19, in D.C. IT’S A MOVEMENT – April 17, 2023 - Unlike past years when recovery advocacy groups and concerned individuals could attend summits and events by paying for admission, this year’s Mobilize Recovery will req... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Single Drunk Female’ Exploring Emotional Sobriety & ‘Breakfast Club’ Reunion AUDIO – TELEVISION WITH HEART – April 20, 2023 - In the second season of Single Drunk Female, creator Simone Finch wanted to expand beyond Sam’s (Sofia Black-D’Elia) journey with physical sobriety and expl... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionRecoveryRehabrelapse
Exposing Methadone Clinics’ Cruelty BETTER HARM REDUCTION – April 14, 2023 - Swallow THIS makes an unapologetic case to abolish the methadone clinic system. It’s a call to action to finally free all people who take methadone from daily attendance... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmethRecovery
Love Addiction and Sex Addiction are Distinct Phenomena WHAT PRICE AFFECTION AND EUPHORIA? – April 13, 2023 - New research suggests that is not the case. The findings, published in Sexual Health & Compulsivity, indicate that love addiction and sex addiction are ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionSexual Addiction
In Bed With My Sobriety by Sarah Hepola AND ONLY ONE MAN – April 11, 2023 - Back when I was drinking, sex was easy for me. Without booze, I was modest, a chronic overthinker who flinched when she undressed, but pour a bottle of Malbec in me and I bec... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Should We Stop Using the Word ‘Alcoholic’? GO BACK TO BOOZEHOUND? – April 12, 2023 - Are there any reasons why we should still use the a-word? Someone with an alcohol use disorder may prefer the term alcoholic when referring to themself. In fact, the term alc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehabrelapse
Remarkable Film of Life with Heroin-Addicted Mum VIDEO – YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MUMMY – April 8, 2023 - This impressionistic British documentary collage, collectively made by Selby, co-director Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry, Josie Cole and producer Natasha Dack Ojumu, e... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
“I got up covered in blood!” Patrick Wolf on surviving addiction & a hit and run covered in blood VIDEO – THRIVING IN SOBRIETY – April 11, 2023 - The breakthrough came when he travelled beyond the London borders that he could see from his eighth-floor window, towards the sea. Ever since his bankruptcy, the Kent c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Adderall Is Not Your Identity UNLESS IT IS – April 3, 2023 - Neither my wife nor I use Adderall with any regularity. A 60-count “break-in-case-of-emergency” supply might last the Bateman family ‘til death do us part. But the same cannot be ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecovery
Millennial who grew net worth to $600,000 explains how he dug his way out of debt over gambling addiction BET ON IT – April 10, 2023 - A millennial who grew his net worth to $600,000 explains what it took to dig his way out of debt after overcoming a gambling addiction. In 2011, Ambus Hunter said his only debt was ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetinterventionRecoveryRehabSuper Bowl
Man Runs Recovery House After 36-Year Drug Run VIDEO – NEVER TOO LATE – April 10, 2023 - Patton grew up in a catholic school, and his father was a protector of their community as a police officer. Everything changed when Patton found drugs. “I started smoking pot... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
My Son Was Addicted and He Refused Treatment by David Sheff NEW YORK TIMES ESSAY – April 12, 2023 - He insisted he was fine and said he could stop using on his own if he wanted to, but he didn’t want to. Once he was 18, I couldn’t force him. He had to decide for himself — and... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Lena Dunham Turns 5 Years Sober LET’S GO LENA – April 10, 2023 - “5 years ago today, I set foot — trembling like a little kid — into treatment for substance misuse,” she began her caption. “My parents hugged me goodbye, I changed into house s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Former Celtics Host Kyle Draper – 6 Years Sober ANONYMOUS NO MORE – April 13, 2023 - Kyle Draper is currently looking forward to doing the play-by-play announcing for Sacramento Kings games in the team’s first playoff series since 2006. As he recently told Michael... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab