Arrow’ Star Colton Haynes Celebrates Three Years of Sobriety HE’S HIT THE BULLSEYE – Oct. 6, 2021 - “I used to blame it on my anxiety or depression issues, but really the root of all my problems was the alcohol and drugs.” Haynes first found widespread fame ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 12 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh On His Recovery As Nation Endures Addiction Crisis IS POLITICS A RELAPSE? – Oct. 13, 2021 - During the pandemic, there’s been more stress spurred by job insecurity, job risks, illness and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of loved ones. There’s been less capacity... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthOct 12 2021OverdoseRecoveryRehabrelapse
Facebook’s Own Data Is Not As Conclusive As You Think WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? – Oct. 6, 2021 - Researchers have worked for decades to tease out the relationship between teen media use and mental health. Although there is debate, they tend to agree that the evidence we’ve ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionInterviewMental HealthOct 12 2021RecoverySmartphone AddictionTrauma
Everything Michael K. Williams Said About His Addiction, Recovery and Therapy WATCH – MEMORIES OF STRUGGLES – Sept. 30, 2021 - Williams used drugs throughout his time on the set of “The Wire” and would sometimes show up high, according to The New York Times. He finally sought help at a ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 5 2021OverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
Man Beats Addiction and Homelessness to Start Crime Scene Cleaning Firm IRONIC – Sept. 30, 2021 - “I spent nights looking for a warm place to sleep. If you went around the back of the shops on Sauchiehall Street, there was a fan blowing hot air you could sit and huddle there... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicide
A Litre of Vodka and Four Bottles of Wine During Lockdown DEATH AVERTED – Oct. 2, 2021 - “He said to me ‘I think you have something to tell me. You need to say it out loud’,” Kathleen added. “And I looked at him and said ‘I’m an alcoholic’. That was the first t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousinterventionInterviewMental HealthOct 5 2021RecoveryRehab
Astounding Transformation: ‘Consider starting today’ GRATEFUL GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF LIFE – Sept. 30, 2021 - Over the last nine years, Burton has gotten into hiking, climbing, cycling and running, which has been “probably the most transformative thing that I have... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 5 2021RecoveryRehab
Mother Writes “About Natalie” After Daughter’s Long Battle with Heroin Addiction WATCH – THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE MADNESS – Oct. 2, 2021 - DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - September is National Recovery Month. But in 2020, a record number of Americans died from drug overdose—93K pe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 5 2021OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Hang On Tight for the Good Times ‘Cause the Future Holds Surprises That You Have No Clue About WATCH – PUNK LIVES – Sept. 20, 2021 - “ My aunt jumped off Niagra Falls and died when she was in her twenties. She was such a badass hippie activist: she told me no matter if it takes a couple hours, days, mon... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthRecoverySept 28 2021
Why The Myers-Briggs Test Is Bullshit NOW YOU TELL US – Sept. 24, 2021 - This all sounds good. A simple classification system for understanding people’s personality ought to be a great tool for people to understand themselves and for manager... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMental HealthSept 28 2021
Patricia Heaton Shares What Led Her to Sobriety ON A PINK CLOUD (SORT OF) – Sept. 23, 2021 - And I was so humiliated in front of my sons, and their friends,” she continued. “And God knows that that’s all it takes for me — for that kind of sense of the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Don’t Suffer in Silence’: Concert Held in the Name of Recovery MUSIC AND FELLOWSHIP – Sept. 15, 2021 - “We typically look for people who would want to stay at least 90 days because that’s enough time for people to establish themselves,” said Biss. “But people can stay as ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021
How to Age Gracefully by Jane E. Brody FOR A FEW OF OUR READERS – Sept. 13, 2021 - I took a similar inventory of my life and started at the top, with my hair. I’d been coloring it for decades, lighter and lighter as I got older. But I noticed that ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewMental HealthSept 21 2021
Mum on Her Fresh Start After Rehab for Alcoholism HAPPILY SOBER AFTER A TREATMENT – Sept. 19, 2021 - “My mummy and family were taking the kids and I was drinking for days on end. During the week I was fine but then the weekend came. When lockdown hit, m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 21 2021
Book Writing Helps Addiction Recovery WATCH – MEDIA: WORDS MATTER – Sept. 6, 2021 - It’s been my passion, it’s my relief. I would love to tell you I got clean and started my skateboard company and everything was happy, but it doesn’t work th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
Kate Quigley’s Statement After Surviving Suspected Drug Overdose That Killed 3 NOTHING’S FUNNY ANYMORE – Sept. 12, 2021 - Quigley, 39, shared the statement on her Twitter and Instagram, along with a note that read, “Hi guys. Upon being released from the hospital, I’ve finally had the time &a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 14 2021Trauma
John Mulaney on His Addiction and Recovery WATCH – WHERE HE’S AT – Sept. 12, 2021 - The Chicago native also revealed that he was expecting his first child with Munn and reflected on his future, adding, “You guys saved me from drugs, and Olivia and this... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseSept 14 2021
Megan Fox’s “Pretty Severe Eating Disorder” VULNERABILITY IS BEAUTIFUL – Sept 9, 2021 - “However, at a certain point, I went through some trauma in childhood and I developed a pretty severe eating disorder and manic depression, which runs in my fa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietydiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthSept 14 2021
Keith Urban Discusses His Sobriety, Wants Fans To Party LIVE AND LET LIVE – Sept 6, 2021 - So it just took a long time for me. But I was able to finally make the right choice in my life, that I wish my dad would have made.” Urban tells the publication, “The reas... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
Busting Eating Disorder Stereotypes WATCH – SIZE DOESN’T MATTER – Sept. 8, 2021 - When plus-sized supermodel Tess Holliday opened up this spring about her struggle with anorexia, she also spoke about the backlash she received, saying, “I u... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 14 2021
Tim Choquette Runs Race for the Herren Project HELPING THE SOBRIETY TEAM – Sept. 1, 2021 - I didn’t just leave the drugs and drinking behind when I left Massachusetts to start over in Florida. I left all of my friends and family. One of my best frien... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
Michelle Heaton’s Searingly Honest Struggles With Alcoholism CONFIDENCE IN ABSTINENCE – Sept. 2, 2021 - Since going to rehab to try and help her get a handle on her life, the singer who rose to fame on the ITV talent show Popstars in the early noughties, said that... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewrapRecoveryRehabSept 7 2021
Lala Kent: My Sobriety Comes First JUST LIKE CLARK – Sept. 3, 2021 - The blonde beauty - who now has six-month - old daughter Ocean with TV producer Randall - admits she couldn’t have put down the bottle without the unwavering love and su... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 7 2021
Imagine Dragons Dives Into The Darkness NO MORE CHASING – Sept. 2, 2021 - “I’m finding it hard to love myself,” he sings on ”My Life.” On “Lonely,” he offers: “These days, I’m becoming everything I hate.” The song ”Dull Knives” has Reynolds’ almost ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerInterviewMental HealthRecoverySept 7 2021
Biggest Robert Downey Jr. Moments That Transformed His Life TAKING THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – August 25, 2021 - After a few small parts in movies, Downey got what seemed like his big break in 1985. That year, “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels assembled an en... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Boxing Legend Julio Cesar Chavez Told Drug Lords To “Go To Hell” COMING OUT SWINGING – August 26, 2021 - “There were about one thousand years worth of jail time the day I defeated ‘Macho’ Camacho. And they all wanted to meet me and I was standing in the middle,” Chave... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRehab
Raiders DE Maxx Crosby is 18 months sober DEFENDING HIS LIFE – AUGUST 27, 2021 - Crosby, who turned 24 on Aug. 22, was a Day 3 draft pick of the Raiders in 2019 out of Eastern Michigan, the No. 106 overall selection in the fourth round. He racked up 1... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Chrissy Teigen: I was “Basically A Functioning Alcoholic” YOU GET YOUR FEELINGS BACK – August 25, 2021 - Chrissy Teigen has opened up about her relationship with alcohol and revealed that she’s dealing with unresolved trauma over losing her baby last year. Chrissy... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Dreamland Author Pens Second Book On Addiction MEDIA: THE LEAST OF US by SAM QUINONES – August 26, 2021 - The Least of Us deepens the story of our nation’s opioid epidemic, including the spread of mass supplies of synthetic drugs, as well as delving into the ne... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rudy Giuliani Denies Being an Alcoholic HE TOOK THE FIFTH – August 27, 2021 - “I’m a functioning, I probably function more effectively than 90 percent of the population,” Giuliani added. The former mayor was responding to recently published claims by hig... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 31 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMental Health