Drew Barrymore’s “quiet, confident journey” to Sobriety WATCH – FROM E.T. to FINDING HER WAY HOME – Dec. 9, 2021 - The actress is known for her bright and bubbly personality, but she told “CBS Mornings” that she did not talk to people about her sobriety for years b... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 14 2021interventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Gloria Harrison: A Story of Hope and Healing SHE’S NEVER GIVEN UP – Dec. 6, 2021 - Gloria’s story, is shocking in the brutality of the reactions she received when she reached out for help. At every turn, as a girl and a young woman, she was knocked down,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 14 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Venus Williams Talks About Mental Health LISTEN – GRAND SLAM FOR LIFE – Dec. 9, 2021 - Williams, who is still playing competitively at age 41, thinks that professional athletes are some of the best people to promote conversations around mental health... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 14 2021InterviewMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Kathy Griffin Details How Living With Drug Addiction Led to Her Attempted Suicide WATCH – TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES – Dec. 2, 2021 - Griffin was referring to the 2017 photo of her holding a bloody effigy of then-President Donald Trump’s head. She lost her job at CNN over the photo and was inve... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecoveryRehabsuicide
Lights, Camera, Recovery w/ Ahbra Schiff LISTEN – READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP – Dec. 1, 2021 - Almost 6 years after first meeting him, Ahbra has been working alongside Leonard to put on the REEL Recovery Film Festival (Now in its 13th year) and the Experi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 7 2021internetInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Q&A with Nat’l Dir. of Outreach, J. Flowers Health, Claudia Schwarz MFT STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 3, 2021 - Claudia Schwarz is a Board Certified, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has decades of experience in various mental health settings. In addition to having a success... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
“Sober sober is the only way to be,” Demi Lovat-oh! CLEAN IS NOT A JUDGMENT – Dec. 2, 2021-For context, Demi previously revealed that they were “California sober” — i.e. only drinking alcohol and smoking weed in moderation — in their documentary, Dancing with t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Ben Affleck Is Thankful for “Second Chances” After Getting Sober GRATEFUL EVERY DAY – Dec. 1, 2021 - He added that, though he wishes he “did not have to learn some lessons the hard way,” the “difficulties” of alcoholism helped him “learn those things in an authentic, meanin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 7 2021interventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Woman Suing Former Rehab CEO Speaks Out WATCH – SHE’LL HAVE HER DAY IN COURT – NOV. 24, 2021 - Speaking under conditions of anonymity to protect her identity, the woman who goes by the fictitious name of “Gahyne Doahe” to protect her identity explai... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRehab
DMX Doc Director on DMX: “I partially owe my sobriety to him” WE ALL OWE SOMEONE – Nov. 27, 2021 - “You know that thing when you meet somebody famous and you’re super disappointed. It was the complete opposite of that,” Frierson said. “It was like everything I hoped for ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRehab
Prince William on Mental Health Struggles WATCH – ROYALS SUFFER, TOO – Nov. 25, 2021 - “So, for me, it was the relation of my personal life with the family or the incident I was at. I found that very difficult. There were a number of times when ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewMental HealthNov 30 2021Recovery
2019 Experience Strength and Hope Awards Recipient, Jodie Sweetin, on Getting Sober SOBRIETY IS THE SWEETEST THING – Nov. 22, 2021 - “How do I manage my own head that is just loud and negative and awful to me sometimes, but nobody else can hear it? You’re stuck in it,” the 39-year-old told Al... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionExperience Strength and Hope AwardsinterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rumer Willis Talks Sobriety, Family & Mom’s 2012 Relapse REAL SOBER SISTERHOOD – Nov. 24, 2021 - Following the traumatic event, Willis and her sisters stopped communicating with the “Ghost” actor for three years. Willis is now shedding light on that period of estran... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 30 2021RecoveryRehab
Visited Mother’s Grave First Time After Spending 43 Years In Prison Because He’s Black RESPECT YOUR ANCESTORS – Nov. 24, 2021 - The first thing Kevin Strickland did after being exonerated for a triple murder he didn’t commit was visit his mother’s grave. “To know my mother was underneath that... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 30 2021RecoveryTrauma
From Addict to Amazing MOST OF US ARE – Nov. 15, 2021 - Recovering from addiction sometimes takes years, or working through multiple programs before it sticks. Pile a mental health condition on top, and recovery can seem in... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 23 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
32 Years Clean and Sober STRAIGHT UP – Nov. 19, 2021 - To celebrate 32 years of sobriety, I ran a 5k (3.1 miles) in West Burlington at a benefit for Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice called “Miles and Memories.” Considering how close to... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 23 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Paula Patton on Sobriety: ‘It’s All About Forgiveness’ WATCH – AND KINDNESS TOO – Nov. 19, 2021 - But now in this sobriety, she is looking at her life with these new eyes and asking yourself, ‘Am I willing to sacrifice my soul to be a part of this game?’ What you ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 23 2021RecoveryRehab
Ex-Heroin Addict Becomes Winningest High School Coach in History WATCH – THE REAL LIFE TED LASSO – Nov. 20, 2021 - This morning’s live interview on #WakeUpAmerica on @newsmax. I share about the book, the documentary and the journey of the MLK team throughout the years! m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 23 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Elvis Presley: The ‘Pathetic’ King Inspired a Pop Icon to Get Treatment for Alcoholism WARNING FROM FADING STAR – Nov. 16, 2021 - “It was so sad because he’d transformed into this big man with no eyes – they’d sunken into the back of his head.” It was pitiful.” Elton continued, “The similarities... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerInterviewNov 23 2021RecoveryRehab
Woman Recounts Her Escape From Drug Addiction WATCH – SAFE FOR NOW – Nov. 19, 2021 - Megan Cohen says it’s a miracle she’s alive after spending most of her early to mid 20’s on the streets in Kensington under the grip of drugs. She spoke with NBC10’s Jacquelin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 23 2021RecoveryRehabTrauma
‘I woke up in a bin’ A BINDLE? – Nov. 12, 2021 - His journey began when he turned to the Matthew Project Next Steps recovery centre in Oak Street at the start of 2020. And now he is hoping to embark on a career in street pho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 16 2021RecoveryRehab
Gregory Pardlo on Trusting What’s on the Other Side of Sobriety…and Poetry LISTEN – A RHYME IN TIME – Nov. 10, 2021 - Jordan: Do you mean you truly couldn’t, or you felt like you shouldn’t? Greg: I think both, and I’m trying to figure out if there’s a distinction there. Becaus... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewNov 16 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why Doesn’t Blake Lively Drink? DOESN’T WANT TO – Nov. 14, 2021 - Betty Buzz mixers, as promoted on the company’s website, are lower in calories than traditional mixers and feature a “light, refreshing taste.” Flavors include Tonic Water, Sp... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewNov 16 2021Recovery
A Trans Woman’s Recovery From Sex, Alcohol And Drug Addiction WE ALL DO RECOVER – 11/02/2021 - Dating sites provided a platform for me and many other trans women to find people who were attracted to us, without the need to laboriously explain we were trans. We were... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 16 2021RecoveryRehabSexual Addiction
Nadia Sawalha’s Husband Reveals Her Role in His Recovery SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO – Nov. 2, 2021 - Nadia replied with a simple heart emoji and the word “always”. Mark’s comment also touched several of Nadia’s fans, and it has since had 469 likes, as well as seve... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewNov 9 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Josh Brolin Celebrates 8 Years Sobriety HIS COUNTRY FOR OLD SOBER MEN – Nov. 3, 2021 - “After 8 years of sobriety, jumping into your truck for a 6 a.m. call, there’s a card from your wife thanking you for making the decision to lay it down and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 9 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Candid’ Matthew Perry memoir coming in 2022 MALIBU TELL ALL? – Oct. 29, 2021 - “I was on ‘Friends’ from age 24 to 34. I was in the white-hot flame of fame,” he told People magazine in 2013. “The six of us were just everywhere all the time. From an... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNov 9 2021RecoveryRehab
Jessica Simpson “Unrecognizable” When Starting Her Sobriety Journey NOW SHE LIKES WHAT SHE SEES – NOV. 4, 2021 - “There is so much stigma around the word alcoholism,” Simpson wrote. She noted that her drinking was masking the real work she had to do: to allow herself to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 9 2021RecoveryRehab
‘Terminator’ star Nick Stahl Opens Up About Alcohol Addiction GETTING TO KNOW YOU – Nov. 4, 2021 - Stahl said he found solace from his inner demons in acting. “I was always playing moodier characters,” he said, “which was how I was feeling.” “I don’t look ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMental HealthNov 9 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rewired: Changing Brains to Beat Addiction ERICA SPIEGELMAN CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND – Nov. 5, 2021 - Fifty percent of teens have used drugs at least once. Forty-three percent of college students report frequently abusing drugs and alcohol. These teens ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmarijuanaMental HealthNov 9 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab