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How Former NBA Player Vin Baker Changed His Life With Sobriety

VIDEO – A HERO ONCE MORE – Oct. 24, 2022 - NBA player Vin Baker was at the top of his game when he lost everything to addiction. Karen Swensen sits down with the athlete to talk about how he found his way back ... Read More...

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Book Excerpt: HOME IS WITHIN YOU by Nadia Davis

A MOTHER’S LOVE CONQUER’S ALL – Oct. 22, 2022 - Since the day of my release from Santa Ana jail my head said, “Go alone and get it done quickly.” But that’s not how recovery from trauma, addiction, and chronic ... Read More...

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‘Harry Potter’ actor Tom Felton explains how an escape from rehab helped his sobriety

TO THINE OWN SELF BE SCREWED – Oct. 18, 2022 - Upon leaving rehab and becoming “completely sober for the first time in ages,” Felton said he “had an overwhelming sense of clarity and anger,” screamed and burst ... Read More...

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She Confronted Matthew Perry about ‘scary’ alcoholism

A FRIEND IN WEED IS A FRIEND INDEED – Oct. 22, 2022 -The actor - who played Chandler in the hit sitcom - detailed how his drug and alcohol addiction left him with a 2% chance of survival. During his i... Read More...

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Million Dollar Listing ‘s Fredrik Eklund Celebrates 2 Years of Sobriety

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN – Oct. 17, 2022 - Today I celebrate 2 years without alcohol… the first time I shared was day 73 and people were like whaaat lol?!!” he wrote. “I’m so grateful and happy, who knew sober birthd... Read More...

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Mother Shares Sobriety Journey in Award-Winning Book

VIDEO – A STAR FOR STELLA, STELLA, STELLA – Oct. 19, 2022 - She said she was a binge drinker, drinking two to three times a week and many times she would not stop drinking until she passed out. “I was... Read More...

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Lily Allen Celebrates 3 Years Sober

VIDEO – ONE EXERCISE AT A TIME – Oct. 21, 2022 - Lily showed off her taut abs in the snap, opting to team her crop top with a pair of form-fitting leggings. She wore her raven locks in a very chic Fren... Read More...

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Matty Healy Finds Sobriety Easier In a Relationship

WITH GOD? OR GODDESS? – Oct. 17, 2022 - “If I made the decision, I could be on drugs by myself here at the moment and so I’m choosing not to. But if you have a partner, that choice is taken away a bit be... Read More...

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Woman Who Beat Her Addiction Now Empowering Abuse Survivors

VIDEO – EACH ONE, TEACH ONE – Oct. 14, 2022 - “I had tried every avenue to get clean and then I started learning about my addiction, educating myself about why I was relapsing. Every time there was a tra... Read More...

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Baron Geisler on His Film ‘Dollhouse’ and Sobriety Journey

FATHERHOOD HELPS – Oct. 22, 2022 - After all the controversies that Baron Geisler has gotten embroiled in, it’s redemption time for him. Baron’s heartwarming movie, “Doll House” (DH) is currently No. 1 i... Read More...

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Faith Lost All Her Teeth – Now She’s Smiling

GRIN NOT GRIM – Oct. 22, 2022 - Faith realised she had to learn to smile again after being so used to keeping her mouth shut to hide her rotting teeth. Now she is rocking a new set of dentures and says h... Read More...

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Mike Patton, “The Drinking Just…Happened”

FAITH SOME MORE – Oct. 20, 2022 - Patton said he ultimately became depressed and was diagnosed with agoraphobia. According to the Mayo Clinic, agoraphobia is defined as “a type of anxiety disorder in which you ... Read More...

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Tony-Award Winner Levi Kreis and The Power of Recovery

AUDIO – THE MOST DEPRESSING MINI-SERIES EVER – Oct. 19, 2022 - Listen on the Imagine Paradise Podcast which seeks to help people become chain-breakers, turning addiction to freedom, self sabotage to self love and v... Read More...

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Flavor Flav Celebrates Two Years Of Sobriety

ONE CLOCK AT A TIME – Oct. 12, 2022 - 2 years sober next week. Ya boy Flav is not alone in dis journey. Thx to god and family and friends dat support me!!! more@BET ... Read More...

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Andrea Riseborough on Alcoholism Drama ‘To Leslie’

VIDEO – A STAR IS BORN – Oct. 7, 2022 - You had a working relationship with Michael Morris prior to this film from collaborating on Bloodline. What else about To Leslie stood out, and made it clear this ... Read More...

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Josh Peck and Paige O’Brien Welcome 2nd Child

SOBRIETY IS SO CREATIVE – Oct. 14, 2022 - The couple — who tied the knot in June 2017 — announced that they were expecting their second child in June, when O’Brien shared a photo of her cradling her belly while... Read More...

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One Man’s Journey Through Opioid Addiction

IT’S THE HERO’S JOURNEY! – Oct. 14, 2022 - “I overdosed on drugs. I took heroin laced with fentanyl,” the 38-year-old Idaho Falls man says. “I was dead.” Exactly how long he was dead is unclear. To th... Read More...

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Addiction, at Heart of Boxer Taylor Duerr Documentary

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM – Oct. 14, 2022 - The topic of “We Can Be Heroes” is vitally relevant to Genesee County, where there were 184 reported overdose deaths in 2020, and 155 overdose deaths between May 2021 and Apr... Read More...

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Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Addiction, and Illness Under Capitalism

VIDEO – SOCIETY’S CHILD – Oct. 14, 2022 - This is helpful. I’ve never made the connection between societal (in US, etc) expectations related to individualism and the how they facility capitalism and vice versa.... Read More...

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Adwoa Aboah: Loneliness Attached to Sobriety is Like a ‘grieving period’

IT’S WORTH IT – Oct. 8, 2022 - She said: “I don’t think people talk about it (loneliness) enough when attached to sobriety. Like imagine, you know, it’s almost like a grieving period. “You mourn the people y... Read More...

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New Documentary “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief” Screens at the REEL Recovery Film Festival in North Hollywood

YOUR HIGHER POWER WANTS YOU TO BUY TICKETS – Aug. 8, 2022 - That first meeting was tense, to say the least. Rossetto, now 84, remembered Borovitz as “a very large man who interrogated me.” She recalled hi... Read More...

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Ripped Richard Branson Shares Workout To Keep You Kicking In Your 70s

VIDEO – AFTER YOUR MEETING... – Oct. 4, 2022 - We’ve waxed lyrical here at DMARGE about staying ripped in your 50s, but Virgin Group founder Richard Branson just proved you can indeed stay ripped in your 70s to... Read More...

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I was a drug, alcohol and gambling addict – I lost everything, now I’m a bestselling author

GOOD FOR YOU – Oct. 6, 2022 - Obviously, I couldn’t go to the police about the threats from the dealer, and I didn’t have money to pay them so I ran away to Thailand. But then, of course, I ran out of ca... Read More...

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Dedee Pfeiffer Opens Up About Battling Addiction

REBIRTHING HAS MERIT – October 3, 2022 - “When you’re active in your disease, you’re the identified problem. The minute you go into recovery … the day you say I want to change, you become the identified ... Read More...

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John Stamos opens up about why rehab was ‘the hardest thing ever’

VIDEO – AND MOST WORTHWHILE – Oct. 2, 2022 - Stamos admitted that he had “Peter Pan syndrome,” something he referred to as “dangerous.” Growing up was never his priority, and the youthfulness of his look... Read More...

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Joel Soper: Battling His Gambling Addiction

THE FINISH LINE – Sept. 28, 2022 - Soper acknowledged his struggles are ongoing and even pointed out that, with football now underway, the urge to bet will only be harder to battle. “It’s been over si... Read More...

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Former 20 Year Homeless Man Now In Doctoral Program

VIDEO – EDUCATION MATTERS – Sept. 25, 2022 - “I had a 15 year crack habit,” he said. “I got clean and, once I started that, it was full steam ahead.” Thanks to people who believed in him, Watkins got ... Read More...

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Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean: How He Lost 32 Pounds Amid Sobriety Journey

VIDEO – NO FAST FOOD – Sept. 28, 2022 - With his sobriety, his family by his side—including his wife Rochelleand their kids Lyric, 5, and Elliott, 9—and a new solo album on the way, the musician has never been ... Read More...

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Susannah Constantine Reveals She ‘blacked out’ and Wet Herself

HITS BOTTOM – Sept. 29, 2022 - “I don’t know how I had the courage but the next day I got everyone around the table and I said, look I need help, I’ve been lying to you, I keep saying I’m not drinking, I’m drin... Read More...

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Construction Company Owner Embraces Sobriety With ‘Joy Hour’

HAPPY, JOYOUS AND WORKING – Sept. 30, 2022 - Lyman grew up in “a church school setting,” he said, living “kind of a sheltered life” in the Bellevue-Issaquah area. His late father, Steve, owned his own co... Read More...

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