Childhood Obesity Requires Aggressive Treatment THEY’RE LOVING IT – Jan. 9, 2023 - “The goal is to help patients make changes in lifestyle, behaviors or environment in a way that is sustainable and involves families in decision-making at every step of... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionJan 17 2023Recovery
Middle School Teacher Overdoses on Fentanyl in Front of Students VIDEO – BETTER LESSON THAN A LECTURE – Jan. 9, 2023 - In an announcement released on Friday, Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said the teacher, Frank Thompson, was initially “observed in distress” by stu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 17 2023Overdose
Treatment Center Employees Arrested for Using Drugs In Front of Clients VIDEO – A-HOLES – Jan. 6, 2023 - On Wednesday, police arrested 29-year-old Jessica Sternisha of Constable, 29-year-old Alex Hammond of Constable and 26-year-old Melissa Martin of Moira for endangering the welfa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Doctor Gets 20 Years In Sober Home Fraud THAT'S A LOT OF URINE – Jan. 9, 2023 - “For nearly a decade, Michael Ligotti exploited vulnerable patients seeking addiction treatment, a reprehensible abuse of trust by a physician,” Assistant Attorney General ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
15-Year-Old Charged in Teen’s Overdose Death TEENAGE WASTED LAND – Jan. 9, 2023 - A 15-year-old girl from Green Bay is charged with being party to first-degree reckless homicide. Prosecutors say the girl provided fentanyl to a teenager before his death in... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 17 2023Overdose
Offering Addicts Treatments In Pharmacies Could Help NPR AUDIO – ALL THINGS CONSIDERED – Jan. 11, 2023 - A small study shows pharmacists could play a key role in getting addiction medication directly into the hands of more people who need it, but there are a lot of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023Recovery
63% of Alcoholics Exhibit Significant Cognitive Improvements within 18 Days of Abstinence WHY WAIT? – Jan. 7, 2023 - Neuropsychological assessments tested verbal episodic memory, verbal working memory, executive functioning, and visuospatial abilities. Participants who had alcohol use disorder were ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
‘Injecting Hope’ Watch Documentary VIDEO – FILM MATTERS – Jan. 8, 2023 - From the mayor’s office to the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, ABC7 News meets those trying to solve the drug overdose crisis and those caught in addiction. We hit ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 17 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Interview with Jared Callahan – Director of Clean Slate AUDIO – PEOPLEPEOPLEMEDIA.COM – Dec. 2022 - Jared Callahan, director of Clean Slate, the documentary, joins us to discuss the film. Clean Slate is a documentary based on two men who try to create a short film while ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 17 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lindsay Hubbard Celebrates Fiancé’s 2-Years Sober KEEPING IT REAL – Jan. 9, 2023 - Radke, 37, reshared Hubbard’s loving tribute and a supportive message from costar Luke Gulbranson. “Some people say they need to make changes in their lives and others actually ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
More School Counselors Could Help Address Youth Mental Health Crisis EACH ONE TEACH ONE – Jan. 9, 2023 - These developments drew new attention to a worsening situation, yet concrete strategies for improving youth mental health are often missing from the discussion, notes Assista... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionJan 17 2023Mental HealthRecovery
Joey Rubio Helps Hundreds Beat Homelessness and Addiction VIDEO ONLY – JOEY IS ANGELIC – Jan. 10, 2023 - After spending 35 years in prison, Joey Rubio is offering a second chance to others. Click@CBS8 ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Alcoholic Role Proved Real Life Drunk Dick Van Dyke a Potent Dramatic Actor VIDEO – LIFE IMITATING ART? – Jan. 10, 2023 - Of all the unexpected things a viewer might find as they journey through the various editions of the ABC Movie of the Week, the sight of Dick Van Dyke vomiting blood m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
How Addicts Can Get Help When They’re Not Ready To Quit ABSTINENCE ISN’T FOR EVERYONE – Jan. 2023 - “There are a lot of barriers for people who use drugs or do sex work and are living in certain situations,” says Orisha Bowers, the Executive Director of the National... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ville Valo: Bam Margera is “Turning Into a Monster” VIDEO – DR. JEKYLL OR MR. HYDE – Jan. 10, 2023 - “I am an alcoholic. I have been for a long time,” he said. “I remember when I was probably 24, I was so mesmerised by Ville Valo from HIM … he would just walk down th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
NYC Reports Spike In Fentanyl Deaths MADE IN CHINA – Jan. 13, 2023 - Fentanyl, an opioid 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, was detected in 80% of drug overdose deaths in 2021, health officials said. It was also the most common substan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 17 2023OverdoseTrauma
‘Stitching Away Stigma’ Provides Harm Reduction Items A STITCH IN TIME SAVES LIVES – Jan. 9, 2023 - People with substance use disorders who participate in syringe services programs are five times more likely to enter treatment and about three times more lik... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
U.K. Bans Demi Lovato’s Poster HIGHER POWER LEATHER – Jan. 12, 2023 - Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how the United Kingdom reacted to Demi Lovato’s latest stunt: Demi Lovato’s on-again, off-again, relationship with Go... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionJan 17 2023Recovery
Prince Harry Told Addicts He’d ‘Experimented’ with Cocaine at 17 BOYS WILL BE KINGS – JAN. 8, 2023 - Paul said Harry spent about an hour with him and two other addicts, talking in great detail about his life. He said that at times he had to “pinch myself” that it was real... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
Drug Treatment Clinic Owner Sentenced for Meth Trafficking WHOOPS! – Jan. 11, 2023 - After his arrest, Robinson told investigators that he sold methamphetamine in ounce or pound quantities. He admitted he bought pound and kilogram quantities of methamphetamine f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Counselor Arrested For Dealing Meth VIDEO – CASEY JONES YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR SPEED – Jan. 13, 2023 - Officers say during their surveillance, they saw Hagedorn speeding and pulled him over. They say it took several commands for him to roll down the ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023methRecoveryRehab
Tranq Dope: Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror HORROR AMID THE HORRORS – Jan. 7, 2023 - Over a matter of weeks, Tracey McCann watched in horror as the bruises she was accustomed to getting from injecting fentanyl began hardening into an armor o... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 17 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Why Some People Thrive After Trauma TAKE THAT DR. MATÉ – Jan. 9, 2023 - The pandemic was a collective, global trauma. Even if you were lucky and navigated the last few years without losing loved ones, a job or becoming ill, the experience ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 17 2023Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Judas Priest Vocalist Rob Halford Marks 37 Years of Sobriety VIDEO – THAT DESERVES A WHAMMY – Jan. 9, 2023 - “I believe we never stop growing and searching to find ways to do anything that improves not only our lives but also for all those we love,” he continues. “None of t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
Erin’s Light Gives Hope For Those With Addiction GOOD COP, BETTER COP – Jan. 10, 2023 - The Center for Family Life and Recovery (CFLR) and members of the Utica Police Department traveled around Utica Tuesday to spread “Erin’s Light” while delivering ca... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
5 Ways “Food Addiction” and Drug Addiction Intersect TEMPORARY HAPPINESS – Jan. 13, 2023 - …but the differences are telling: The big one for me starts with the fact that you need to eat in order to live, but you don’t need cocaine, heroin, or alcohol to live. Amo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictionJan 17 2023Recovery
YouTube Star Lia Marie Johnson Says “Love” Saved Her From Drug Addiction VIDEO – LIA MARIE, NOT LISA – Jan. 7, 2023 - The YouTube personality who skyrocketed to fame on the viral YouTube channel The Fine Bros., has had fans “in tears” after releasing a heartfelt confessional that d... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 17 2023RecoveryRehab
Insights on Neural Mechanisms Underlying Cocaine Addiction MAD SCIENCE – Jan. 11, 2023 - Compulsive drug addiction is characterized by persistent drug use regardless of negative consequences surrounding a user’s addictive behavior. Epidemiological studies have revealed... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 17 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sobriety is About More Than Extending Your Life QUALITY NOT QUANTITY – Jan. 13, 2023 - I’m a recovering alcoholic, and I lost my father to alcoholic liver disease six and half years ago. I’m also a former nurse who worked in mental health and addictio... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 17 2023life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Lisa Marie Presley “I’ve been through a lot of stuff.” – Lisa Marie Presley, Feb. 1, 1968–Jan. 12, 2023 ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 17 2023quote of the week