Woman dies after drinking alcohol on empty stomach TRAGIC! – July 19, 2020 - “I had never even heard of alcoholic ketoacidosis until she died. We’re not sure how much she had been drinking that weekend, but she was not an alcoholic,” he said, according to The Mirror.... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionEating DisorderJuly 28 2020
Overdose Deaths Are Skyrocketing … My Brother’s Was One Of Them. Devastated Nation – July 24, 2020 - His athletic frame became bloated and heavy; his sunny disposition turned lethargic and mean. When he was unable to maintain his law practice, clients left. Although he wa... Read More...CoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020Mental HealthOverdose
US Overdoses: Wide Regional Variations Is anywhere safe from Fentanyl? – July 20, 2020 - Meanwhile, the South, as defined by the US Census standard, is faring better than the Midwest. Out of the 12 Midwestern states, all of them saw increases in overdose ... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 28 2020
Zachary Quinto celebrates 4 years sober Four more years! – July 20, 2020 - In 2019, the 42-year-old opened up about his historical past with substance abuse throughout a Q&A, saying (through E! Information): “I wasn’t actually an enormous partier, I di... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 28 2020Recovery
Arsonist ‘turns life around’ Found the right match! Sobriety! – July 20, 2020 - These are not the types of things that a person could marshal on their behalf if they hadn’t really taken the steps to turn their life around ... tangible evidence, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJuly 28 2020RecoveryRehab
Moms who are also recovering alcoholics on getting through the pandemic, sober WATCH – It ain’t easy – July 22, 2020 - The frustrations of home schooling her daughter while keeping up with her job as an associate dean in marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, and dealing with the pandemic... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusJuly 28 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Chad Mattson Talks Impact of Sobriety, Streams Six ‘Reason’ Tracks LISTEN – Free Music – July 22, 2020 - “Seventeen years of sobriety happened because I took one step towards God that night in going to that Bible study,” Mattson said. “What I really want the listener to know i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionCelebrity SobrietyJuly 28 2020Recovery
How one man went from 11 years sober to getting addicted again Cautionary Tale – July 23, 2020 - He told his wife Brooke what had happened and they both decided to move forward and continue Keith’s road to recovery. For twenty-eight days, Keith didn’t have an ounce of alcohol. U... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionJuly 28 2020Recovery
Loose Women fans praise ‘inspirational’ Terri White as she recounts alcoholism and mental health struggles WATCH – Bottoming out in NYC – July 23, 2020 - Viewers of the show were in awe of Terri as she spoke openly about how she had abused drink and prescription drugs while working in New York. After watch... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 28 2020Recovery
FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients Give it to them! – July 22, 2020 - Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new record driven in part by fentanyl and other illegal opioids. State and local officials have been handing out nalox... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 28 2020Overdose
Death By Overdose or By Ventilator? Making a Point – July 24, 2020 - By Ryan Hampton. Before coronavirus, America already faced record numbers of deaths from a different epidemic. Over 350 people died every day from an illness just as deadly as COVID... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusinternetinterventionJuly 28 2020OverdoseRecoveryRecovery Advocate
People turning to alcohol amid high unemployment WATCH – Idle hands are the devil’s playthings – July 23, 2020 - “In the meetings, I’m involved in we’re getting new people every week,” said a member. And it’s not just those who’ve lost jobs who are struggling.... Read More...Alcohol AddictionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionJuly 28 2020lonelinessMental Healthrelapse
Business News Update: Oregon Trail Recovery A Family That Heals Together... – July 26, 2020 - “When I was finally told prison or treatment, I picked treatment and learned my manipulations were no longer going to work for me. As I sobbed about the unfair... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New York Hotel to House 283 Homeless Men Recovering from Substance Abuse Movin’ on up – July 24, 2020 - The city has been using hotels — which have mostly been closed or at reduced capacity during the crisis — as temporary homeless shelters for the last few months, because many city shelt... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJuly 28 2020Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Five Worst Things You Can Do for Your Body WATCH – Health is Wealth – July 23, 2020 - No one is perfect when it comes to their health, but some unhealthy habits are much worse than others. And some habits that start out small can lead to an unhealthy l... Read More...July 28 2020life expectancyMental Health
Black-Owned Rehab CEO Petitions on Behalf of Black Addicts Full-court press – July 22, 2020 - With her petition, Young Williams’ goal is to bring attention to the disparities in treatment for people of color fighting addiction and to fund the growing need. She says, “Substan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘I Got Me Sober, I Made The Choice’ And she has a sponsor – July 24, 2020 - Lala Kent acknowledged that she hadn’t discussed the matter with her followers in some time. The 29-year-old first revealed that she was an alcoholic in March of 2019, a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 28 2020RecoveryRehab
Mother and children likely perished as result of overdose War on drugs kills three more – July 26, 2020 - A missing Forney mother found deceased in Farmers Branch on Thursday most likely died of an overdose and her two children subsequently perished due to a heat stro... Read More...CoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020Mental HealthOverdose
Recovery Unplugged Addresses Addiction in Minority Communities Drugs do not discriminate – July 23, 2020 - In continued observance of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Recovery Unplugged Treatment Centers is examining and addressing the unique factors that ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
David Sheff says: Safe-injection sites should be allowed to protect drug users He's got a point! – July 22, 2020 - Kral and Pete Davidson, at the University of California, San Diego, have studied the illegal site for five years and this week published their findings in The New England Journal o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020Overdose
Mark Morton: He Accepted Dying From Addiction He Lives! – July 22, 2020 - Recently on Twitter, Mark Morton shared the details of his previous alcohol and opiate addictions and called out to his followers who were also struggling with addictions of the sort. Appa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 28 2020Recovery
Technology And Pornography Addiction: Three Leading Factors Hands Off! – July 23, 2020 - Since pornography has moved from physical goods like video cassettes and magazines to digital media shared online, people no longer need to visit a store and speak with a salesperson to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJuly 28 2020Mental Health
Mysterious brain structure sheds light on drug addiction Science friction? – July 23, 2020 - This mechanism also underlies drug addiction and is the reason why hanging out in an environment or with people associated with memories of drug use often leads to relapse. How o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020
DRUGS: What America gets wrong about drugs? WATCH – Everything! – July 20, 2020 - “Why are some drugs legal and others illegal? ... if you ask how and why this distinction got made, what you realize when you look at the history is it has almost nothing to do w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020
‘The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth’ An exciting vision of you! – July 25, 2020 - When AA was founded in 1935 there was no provision for women, let alone women of colour. The universal efficacy of methods drawn from the experiences of white men, with li... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJuly 28 2020RecoveryRehab
Film: ‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’ Too much sake – July 24, 2020 - Before the story tackles such complexities, the tone is light and jaunty, with Romany-style accordion music playing as we meet 8-year-old Saki Tadoroko (Tamaki Shiratori). You can prac... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 28 2020
Quote of the Week – Martin Buber “The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.” —Martin Buber ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 28 2020quote of the week
Sackler Family Could Get Away With Murder Savage Capitalism Prevails – July 22, 2020 - The billionaire Sacklers who own Purdue Pharma, maker of the OxyContin painkiller that helped fuel America’s opioid epidemic, are among America’s richest families. The Jul... Read More...Big PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 28 2020oxycontinPurdue Pharma