Making Peace With Your Body IT STARTS RIGHT NOW – Mar. 18, 2022 - How long would it be, I wondered, until they would be repeating some version of this refrain? Just moments before, I had listened to a whole different storyline unfold. Tw... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionEating Disorderfood addictioninternetinterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone AddictionTrauma
Kathy Griffin Calls Her Pill Addiction ‘Almost Comical’ WHO’S LAUGHING NOW? – March 18, 2022 - “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” Griffin admitted. “I was just such a crazy workaholic, and all of a sudden, I had this time on my hands, and then I was depressed,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicide
Can Big $ in Addiction Tech, Curb Soaring Overdose Deaths? ADDICTION IS BIG BUSINESS – Mar. 18, 2022 - David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life. He moved from Southern Cali... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
William Hurt Eschewed Opioids to Maintain his Sobriety NO MATTER WHAT – March 16, 2022 - “He was totally against taking opiates because he had been sober for decades,” the source also said. Hurt’s friend told the Daily Mail that the actor sought out alternative tre... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 22 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Feeling Out of Balance in Sobriety? TAKE A STAND, AND THEN STAND THERE – March 16, 2022 - Many people start to feel off-balance when they’re dealing with too many worries or responsibilities. Again, let’s consider the example from earlier; it’s r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Christy Carlson Romano Says It Was ‘Challenging to Be Sober During COVID’ AND SHE DID IT – March 13, 2022 - She added that, as a mother to two daughters — Isabella, 5, and Sophia, 3, whom she shares with husband Brendan Rooney — there were times she felt alone despite being surround... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusinterventionInterviewMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mental Tricks To Calm Your Racing Mind For Better Sleep VIDEO – WITH DREAMS – March 13, 2022 - Here’s a way to stop your mind from repetitively listing all the things you need to do (or haven’t done), but it only works if you do it before you hit the sack. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Startups push ADHD meds through APP ads PAGING DR. TIKTOK – Mar. 13, 2022 - Combined with other social media posts and sketchy Google search results, the proliferation of drug ads on TikTok can convince kids to diagnose themselves with conditions th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionTrauma
Jamie Lee Curtis Helps LaKeith Stanfield With His Sobriety CELEBRITIES 12th STEP TOO! – March 16, 2022 - “My experience is that when you feel you are alone, that’s a very scary feeling,” Curtis said about her decision to reach out to Stanfield in 2021 to support his so... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tips On How To Travel Sober DON’T DRINK – March 14, 2022 - The No. 1 rule, according to Ginger Blair, LMSW and Certified Addictions Counselor with more than 40 years of experience in behavioral medicine, is this: Plan, plan, plan. “Com... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Psychedelic Toad Venom Is In Demand BEWARE THE FROG YOU KISS – March 20, 2022 - Riding the wave of greater mainstream acceptance of psychedelics for treating mental disorders and addiction, a fast-growing retreat industry is touting the potential... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthPsychedelicsRecoveryRehab
Alcohol Misuse Linked to 232 Million Missed Workdays THAT’S A LOT OF P.T.O. – March 17, 2022 - Heavy alcohol use is associated with missing work, but the scope of that relationship has not been well understood. Now, based on survey data from more than 110,000 U.S... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
What Amy Winehouse Taught Us About Denial and Alcoholism REST IN PEACE – March 8, 2022 - Denial was dangerous for Winehouse because it interfered with her ability to accept the help she needed to meet a challenge she could not overcome on her own. Pride certainly got... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Lil Bo Weep Has Passed Away VIDEO – TOO F*#KING TRAGIC – March 7, 2022 - This weekend we lost the fight for my daughter’s life against depression , trauma , PTSD and drug addiction that we have been fighting since we got her back from Am... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Euphoria star Says Working in Porn Led to an Eating Disorder SKIN AND BONERS – Mar. 9, 2022 - With the help of mental health professionals, Euphoria’s Chloe Cherry has recovered from an eating disorder, but it’s something she’s not sure she would have developed if it wa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Sabrina Burkholder’s Incredible Transformation RETURN TO AMISH STAR – March 9, 2022 - “I remember feeling very weird and that was my last thought. Half an hour later I woke up surrounded by paramedics … I was suddenly hit with memories of what happened wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
Josh Peck Opens Up About His Past Drug and Alcohol Addiction NOT REGRET THE PAST NOR WITH TO SHUT THE DOOR ON IT – Mar. 9, 2022 - Born and raised in New York City, Peck began performing stand-up comedy as an adolescent before a breakout role on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now AUDIO – LOST AT HOME – March 6, 2022 - In most cases, their waiting lists were closed as well, even though Gullett was willing to pay hundreds of dollars in cash for each session. She spent February’s Super Bo... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety BOOK REVIEW – March, 2022 - As some of the millions of people on psychiatric medication inevitably decide to discontinue their meds for one reason or another, what I’m witnessing is that there are legions of pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Federal Government Allows Program to Pay Substance Abusers to Staying Clean LISTEN – MONEY FOR NOTHING – Mar 10, 2022 - A new legal opinion from the Biden administration appears to clear the way for wider use of an underutilized harm reduction technique: paying people addicted to drug... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Sobriety and Financial Security: Raiders’ Maxx Crosby Is Doubly Thankful After Signing $53 Million Guaranteed AUDIO – MAKING THE MOST OUT OF SOBRIETY – March 11, 2022 - “It’s a blessing,” Crosby said via a Zoom call with reporters. “You can’t make it up. A lot of people have been asking like, ‘Did you plan to do that? ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabSuper Bowl
‘You Murdered My Daughter’: Relatives of OxyContin Victims Confront the Sacklers THEY KILLED THOUSANDS – March 10, 2022 - “This is a day like no other in the history of American jurisprudence,” Anne Andrews, a lawyer on a committee for 70,000 relatives and those in recovery, said just befo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness CRAZY – Dec. 26, 2021 - “We have to convince these kids to release their self-diagnoses but when they leave us they go right back into that TikTok community which reinforces their beliefs,” said Don Grant, exec... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressioninternetinterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
TikTokers are Redefining What It Means to Get Sober SOBER IN SECONDS – Mar. 7, 2022 - I love the phrase “sober curious,” because it centers curiosity — something that feels more organic and accessible than hard-and-fast rules that sobriety has historically been... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Even One Drink a Day Can Be BAD for the Brain EVEN A SMALL ONE? – March 4, 2022 - The research, which was published today in the journal Nature Communications, analyzed data from 36,678 adults across the U.K.; it’s important to note that the partipants wer... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Jane Goodall and Margaret Atwood Still Have Hope for the Planet OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES – March 1, 2022 - In 1960, at age 26, Goodall relocated from the U.K. to what is now Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park to live with and study the Kasakela chimpanzee community. Th... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Watching War Unfold on Social Media Affects Mental Health THANK YOU CAPT. OBVIOUS – Mar. 8, 2022 - It’s a lot to process. “I definitely don’t think that anybody should ever be used to seeing things like this,” Lubkova says. “But that’s kind of what it came down to. If... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Artist Predicted Social Media Addiction 50 Years Ago NOW HE TELLS US! – Mar. 8, 2022 - Audiences are consumers & subjects of mass media As an internationally taught artist, Paik spent a considerable amount of time in various countries, observing t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
Confessions of a Grunge God AUDIO – SO MANY LOSSES – March 7, 2022 - Lanegan, who died Feb. 22 at the age of 57, talks about losing Kurt Cobain, Anthony Bourdain, and other close friends, and shares heartbreaking details from his struggle... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionInterviewMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
‘Society judges women more harshly for addiction’ (needs free registration to read) PREJUDICE – Feb. 26, 2022 - Women face extra hurdles in battling addiction because male-focused drug support services are neglecting their needs, new research has found. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab