Chris Kirk Thankful For Sobriety After Winning Honda Classic ONE CHIP AT A TIME – Feb. 27, 2023 - Kirk gave up the lead on 18 after his second shot hit a stone wall and splashed down just feet from the floating Honda Pilot Trailsport (both players finished 14-under). He then w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
14 Hours a Day On My Phone Left Me In a Wheelchair AND NOT TALKING TO NOBODY – Feb. 24, 2023 - “I just felt like I really couldn’t walk properly,” Fox told The Mirror on Friday of one particular episode. “I felt really unwell. Dizzy, and kind of distorted. I can visu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinterventionInterviewMarch 7 2023RecoverySmartphone Addiction
Unpredictable Childhood Linked to Food Addiction in Adulthood A DRIVE THROUGH LIFE – Feb. 25, 2023 - “Considering the deleterious consequences of food addiction (e.g., obesity and depression), the risk factors leading to adults’ food addiction warrant examination,” said s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Mom Almost Died From Drugs After ‘worst day of life’ ALMOST IS KEY – Feb. 23, 2023 - Speaking to the Daily Star, Natalee, who was born in Puerto Rico to military parents, revealed how her older sister Niki, was her “best friend” growing up and that they “did ever... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 7 2023OverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
10 Self-Care Ideas to Stay in Recovery Today PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS – Feb. 22, 2023 - Prioritizing self-care is an important part of maintaining long-term recovery. Unfortunately, many of us find it difficult to practice self-care. Whether we struggle to priorit... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Vaping Is an On-Ramp to Addiction SO IS AFFECTION – Feb. 23, 2023 - The electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, was invented by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik in 2003. Inspired by the death of his father (a smoker) from lung cancer, Lik wanted to cre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionjuulMarch 7 2023smokingVaping
Woman Helps Others Break Free From Addiction VIDEO – REACH ONE TEACH ONE – Feb. 23, 2023 - “I have been in recovery for 16 years. I don’t think I would have ever found recovery or stayed in recovery had I not gone through a 12-month program. It does a lot of t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
My Escape From a Backyard Drug Rehab THE WORLDLY WAY – Feb. 23, 2023 - South Africa plans to roll out treatment for opioid addiction to all government health facilities by 2028, according to a draft of the country’s sixth HIV action plan. Read one perso... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Chef Honored For Successful Recovery From Alcoholism VIDEO – I CAN TASTE HIS PROUDNESS – Feb. 24, 2023 - At a certain time in your life, you need to do something to help yourself. I did that. For me it was going to a detox, rehab and living in a sober house where I ca... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Prayers From a Father and a Son Who Achieved Sobriety HALLOWED BE THY NAME – Feb. 24, 2023 - Within hours, Sheriff’s Detective Christian Wrather arrested Sam. “What I was praying to do turned out to be a beautiful dynamic,” Kincaid said. “Christian has been a part of it... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Drug Used to Relieve Skin Disease May Help Control Alcoholism ONE PILL MAKES YOU PRETTY AND SOBER – Feb. 27, 2023 - The study was further carried out by the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. They then started human trials for the drug. Their study involv... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 7 2023Recovery
Denmark’s Opioid Crisis: Kids as Young as 12 Hooked on Tramadol, ‘oxy’ and Other Painkillers VIDEO – ANXIETY IS INTERNATIONAL – Feb. 27, 2023 - “Let’s say they have four friends, then suddenly we’re up to 20-30 young people taking them. And that’s just the ones we know about,” Ekmann said in an interview wit... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Vaped THC May Worsen Depression, Anxiety in Young Adults LIKE IT AIN’T BAD ENOUGH ALREADY – Feb. 28, 2023 - “When better coping skills are developed, there may be fewer temptations to try to manage anxiety symptoms and similar mental health challenges through vaping,... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionjuulMarch 7 2023smokingVaping
Artists Open Up About Centering Sobriety in Their Creative Practices THE PAINT AS DRY AS THE ARTIST? – March 1, 2023 - Fischl originally moved to New York City in 1978 and was part of the class of artists following the Abstract Expressionists, who he described as “super drinkers.” His... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Wayne Shorter, Jazz Saxophonist/Composer Passes at 89 KIND OF BLUE – March 2, 2023 - Wayne Shorter, an award-winning saxophonist, composer and bandleader has died. He was 89. Shorter died on Thursday surrounded by his family in a hospital in Los Angeles, his rep conf... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerlife expectancyMarch 7 2023
Tom Sizemore Obituary SAVING TOM SIZEMORE – March 5, 2023 - His characters were often informed by their volatility: affable nihilism could explode into violence, which made him a natural player of bent cops and detectives, as believable i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Professor Discusses Addiction, Mental Health, Sexuality AUDIO – LISTEN UP – Feb. 27, 2023 - Caers shared intimate stories about growing up in Tongerlo, Belgium, the process of accepting and feeling accepted by his queerness, living with HIV and being bipolar and fighting ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 7 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Millie Mackintosh On ‘life-changing’ Benefits of Sobriety IT’S A GOOD START – March 1, 2023 - She added: “At the start of this journey there were times that I felt seriously awkward, especially in social situations, but with each month that goes by I feel much more co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
‘Brazen and Egregious’ 15 Million Dollars of Fraud at Recovery Connection Centers of America VIDEO – URGENT ACTION – March 3, 2023 - Mi Ok Bruining, 62, of Warwick, the company’s former supervisory counselor, was charged with health care fraud, Cunha said. She is alleged to have hired and trained couns... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Harvard Still Siding with the Sackler Family Murderers? AIN’T SO SMART AFTER-ALL – March 1, 2023 - I spent some of the summer after my first year at Harvard Law School working on the case against Purdue Pharma, the company that infamously produced and marketed opioi... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Hollywood Film & TV Icon, Barbara Eden, on Addiction, Loss, and Keeping a Legacy Alive By Felicia Naoum DREAMY INTERVIEW – As the beloved 2,000-year-old Jeannie, Barbara Eden, had the power to grant wishes when she starred in her iconic NBC Series, I Dream of Jeannie. Sadly, Barbara can’t make her number one wish... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewMarch 7 2023
Move over, Cocaine Bear! Attack of the Meth Gator slithering in this summer VIDEO – WHO NEEDS ZOOS – Feb. 27, 2023 - The Asylum announced that Attack of the Meth Gator had been added to the company’s schedule of upcoming releases via Twitter. “Hold our bear … I mean, beer. Coming f... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 7 2023meth
Luke Combs’ New Single Speaks to Those Embracing Sobriety VIDEO – SONGS OF INNOCENCE – Feb. 24, 2023 - Combs spoke about the subject of drinking in country music and said those who are sober or those who are currently battling addiction might be affected by that theme. “... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
“Sobriety has been my superpower” – Christina Perri AND SHE HAS USED IT WISELY – March 1, 2023 - Christina has been open about her sobriety journey and celebrates each anniversary on March 1. Last year marked a decade since she chose a sober lifestyle. She wrote... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Purdue Pharma’s Sackler Selling $30M In Property Amid Opioid Crisis VIDEO – HE CAN’T SELL THE PRISON HIS MIND LIVES IN – Feb. 24, 2023 - Sackler — a member of the billionaire family whose Purdue Pharma was accused of sparking the deadly drug epidemicby aggressively marketing th... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Does Hospitality Industry Have A Drug Problem? BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES IT – Feb. 28, 2023 - One reason why the hospitality industry has a drug problem is the nature of the work. Many jobs in this industry involve long hours, high levels of stress, and low p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Baking Helped Janie Deegan Recover From Addiction INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO – FROM CRUMBS TO ICING – Feb. 23, 2023 - “When I was getting sober, I found that my life was so out of control, but baking was ... just this beautiful, meditative, very controlled, artistic outlet... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehab
Why Do Addicts Fear What Can Save Their Lives? VIDEO – THE BEST HIGH/LOW EVER – Feb. 24, 2023 - Frank Rodriguez, a former drug addict and dealer, tours Philadelphia’s open-air drug market and details the ins and outs of Narcan, an overdose reversal drug. Click... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 7 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
Quote of the Week – Wayne Shorter “There are colors we can’t see, but they’re connected to the ones we can. There’s a connection between everything.” – Wayne Shorter, Newark, NJ, Aug. 25, 1933, – Los Angeles, March 2, 2023 ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerMarch 7 2023quote of the week
One Evening Only: Gabor Maté and Prince Harry WHO IS THE REAL PRINCE? – On March 4, 2023 - This event, to be produced by Random House in partnership with Barnes & Noble, Waterstones and Indigo Books & Music as the exclusive bookselling partners, wi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewMarch 7 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma