Contest to Find “5 New Practices to Prevent Substance Misuse” SAVE LIVES, WIN MONEY – June 21, 2021 - With drug use rising, society requires new prevention approaches. The not-for-profit Center for US Policy (CUSP), in partnership with the Community Anti-Drug Coali... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Changing how the Media Covers Mental Illness SEEING ISN’T BELIEVING – JUNE 21, 2021 - In November 2020 another family buried their son. Ricardo Muñoz was a 27-year-old man battling schizophrenia for five years. After refusing to take his medication, Muñoz... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Jamie Lee Curtis Revealed the Saddest Contradiction SHE’S A SCREAM – June 25, 2021 - “I’m the child of movie stars. I watched my parents get face lifts and neck lifts,” Curtis told PEOPLE in the ’90s podcast hosts Jason Sheeler and Andrea Lavinthal on this week’... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Addiction treatment needs more empathy for LGBTQ+ community WATCH – BE KIND TO HUMANKIND – June 24, 2021 - The National Institutes of Health says people who identify as LGBTQ+, scientifically noted as a sexual minority, often face social stigma, discrimination, and othe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Book Review – Kicking & Screaming: A Memoir of Madness & Martial Arts by Melanie Gibson KICKS YOU IN THE GUT – June 22, 2021 - So, like you just said, this book deals with a lot of heavy issues, especially when it addresses mental illness. Did you consider it cathartic to write? Yes, I did. And no... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Ryan O’Connell’s life improved 100% after one year sober EVERY DAY IS SPECIAL – June 24, 2021 - “One year ago today I quit drinking,” O’Connell wrote, in a lengthy post on Instagram. He went on to reveal that he’s long struggled with the substance, and point... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Kids In Mental Health Crisis Languish For Days In ERs DESPERATE – June 23, 2021 - Emergency rooms are not typically places you check in for the night. If you break an arm, it gets set, and you leave. If you have a heart attack, you won’t wait long for a hos... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Lisa Kudrow felt like a ‘mountain of a woman’ while filming Friends YOU CAN BE TOO THIN – June 24, 2021 - “Unfortunately for a woman, if you’re underweight, you look ‘good’, that’s all I ever got,” she said. The desire to be thinner ended up having an impact on her healt... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating DisorderinterventionInterviewJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Mental health, Addiction & COVID-19 WATCH – CO-OCCURING SOLUTIONS – June 23, 2021 - Mental health cases have grown in recent months: 41.5 percent of U.S. adults had anxiety or depressive disorder in February, compared with 36.4 percent in ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
“Drag Race’s” Gigi Goode speaks OUT for Pride Month VROOM! VROOM! – June 22, 2021 - “Talking about mental health makes it seem less threatening, and a bit more normalized – it’s so important for people to accept that they might have some issues to work through w... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewJune 29 2021Mental Health
Parents at Highest Risk for Using Drugs & Alcohol to Cope MOMMY AND DADDY’S LITTLE HELPER – June 24, 2021 - “American parents have struggled with professional and family-related strain, disruption and competing demands throughout the pandemic,” said Paula Allen, global lea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Hold the Tequila. The Sunrise Is All Some Travelers Need. HANGING OUT WITHOUT THE HANGOVER – June 24, 2021 - One year into the coronavirus pandemic, after months of gaining weight and feeling groggy, Mayra Ramirez stopped drinking. And this summer, she’ll mark a new m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Cannabis Use May Be Linked with Suicidal Thoughts, Plans, Attempts in Young Adults DYING TO STOP – June 24, 2021 - Cannabis use has been associated with a higher likelihood of thinking about suicide in young adults, according to a study from the US National Institutes of Health publish... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 29 2021marijuanaMental HealthRecoverysmokingsuicideteenagersTrauma
Eating poppy seeds can lead to a positive drug test BEWARE OF BAGELS – June 25, 2021 - Poppy seeds have provided drug testing challenges for decades. That’s because opium is extracted from poppy plants, according to the United States Drug Enforcement Admi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 29 2021Mental HealthRecovery
Quote of the Week – Britney Spears “With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt... because love is an amazing feeling.” —Britney Spears ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiongrammy winnerinterventionJune 29 2021Mental Healthquote of the week
Conan Takes A Hit On Seth Rogen’s Joint (no, not that joint) WATCH – THEN ENCOURAGED MILLIONS TO GET STONED – June 24, 2021 - After nearly 30 years and a lot of hilariously bizarre moments, Conan O’Brien said goodbye to late night on Thursday night. “Conan,” O’Brien’s long... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewJune 29 2021marijuanaMental HealthRecovery
Opioids rip through U.S. workforce, deaths at record High NODDING OFF AT THE OFFICE? WHO ME? – June 18, 2021 - Before the COVID-19 pandemic was the drug epidemic. Its relentless toll added a record 90,722 overdose deaths in the U.S. for the year through November 2020, a gr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJune 22 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
How Practicing Mindfulness Can Strengthen Recovery IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – June 7, 2021 - In the simplest of terms, mindfulness refers to the concept of focusing solely on the present. To be helpful, this must be accomplished with great mental discipline. Ratio... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Illicit drug sales moved online during lockdowns AMAZON PRIME? – June 9, 2021 - European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said “the highly pure and potent substances” found in the surveyed countries were a cause of special concern. Illeg... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 22 2021life expectancymarijuanaMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsRecovery
Hazelden/Betty Ford Graduate School Announces Scholarship EDUCATION IS EVERYTHING – June 18, 2021 - At the same time, there are gaping racial disparities in access to the addiction care community that itself suffers from a dearth of diversity nationwide. “Su... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
He Almost Lost Everything. Then An Arrest Changed His Life LISTEN – STRANGE MIRACLE – June 19, 2021 - He found enough temporary work to pay rent on a room, ate at soup kitchens, and stole and resold goods for cash. “Feeding that addiction,” he says. “Feeding that mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehabWar On Drugs
‘RHOBH’ Bravely Discusses Past Struggle With Bulimia GETTING IT ALL OUT – June 17, 2021 - Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newcomer Crystal Kung Minkoff bravely detailed her past struggles with disordered eating on the most recent episode of the hit Bravo ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyEating DisorderinterventionInterviewJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Is the drug detox facility actually a ‘nursing or convalescent home’ per city code? LISTEN – ALL OF THE ABOVE? – June 17, 2021 - For the past nine months, citizens have attempted to learn more and have a two-way dialogue with members of the City Council. They have felt increasingly frus... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
16 Tips For Cutting Down your Drinking BUT ONLY 12 STEPS TO FREEDOM – June 18, 2021 - 1. Measure your drinks. “The first step is to understand how much you’re actually drinking,” says Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D., a psychology professor at t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sex, Drugs and Cryptocurrency IT’S A MYSTERY – June 17, 2021 - Mike said that this high win, combined with the difficulties he was facing in his personal life and marriage, led to an addictive gambling cycle. He became in charge of m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Today host Craig Melvin opens up about his alcoholic father WATCH – FORGIVENESS – June 15, 2021 - ‘In elementary school, when kids’ dads were showing up for soccer games and little league, my dad wasn’t there. As I got older, he missed more important things,’ ... While ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
How to live to be 100 LIVE LONG AND PROSPER – June 17, 2021- For lessons on longevity, you’d be remiss not to at least consider the morning habits of people from the Blue Zones (Ikaria, Greece; Loma Linda, California; Sardini... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 22 2021life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Addiction treatment failed. Could brain surgery save him? DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS STEP? – June 18, 2021-More than 600 days after he underwent the experimental surgery, Buckhalter has not touched drugs again — an outcome so outlandishly successful that neither ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 22 2021Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
ESSAY – Finding ways to not get hooked! by Maria Proulx Ledyard, junior at St. Bernard School TEENS KNOW BEST – June 10, 2021 - My relative passed away a few years ago from lung cancer. She had been a heavy smoker for years and was diagnosed shortlybefore her death. Yet, even though losing her was fores... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 15 2021Mental Healthteenagers
Addiction help & recovery through new book ALL PATHS TO SOBRIETY LEAD TO FREEDOM – May 23, 2021 - He broke free of the addiction at the age of 19 when he joined Teen Challenge, a Christian-based addiction service that offers rehabilitation from drug add... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 15 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers