…You’re Addicted to Likes WATCH – MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT... – April 6, 2021 - A lot of people are seeking out constant recognition and approval from people like bosses, family and friends. It is an issue called “validation addiction” tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Kate Gunn on living sober: “The benefits were extreme and that’s what keeps us going.” LISTEN – SO EASY TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – April 4, 2021 - Kate has written a book called ‘The Accidental Soberista’ which details the unexpected bliss of an alcohol-free life. Speaking to Alive and Kicking Cla... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Portraits of Recovery’ paints a hopeful picture of Native addiction treatment WATCH – IT TAKES A TRIBE – April 5, 2021 - The video, Norris-Barrett explained, shows White describing the traditional nature-based approach he took to recovery at Red Lake Chemical Health. “You see Carl pick t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
At George Floyd’s Treatment Center, Clients See Racism in Addiction Assumptions ONCE AN ADDICT...? RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE! April 11, 2021 - Attention to the fentanyl and methamphetamine found in Floyd’s system following his death goes beyond the courtroom: Duke University is investigating the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Maxx Crosby details his road to sobriety on ‘NFL Total Access’ WATCH – FOOTBALL FANS ONLY – April 6, 2021 - Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby details his road to sobriety on ‘NFL Total Access’ more@NFL ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New experiment hints that a particle breaks the known laws of physics WHAT’S LEFT TO BELIEVE? – April 7, 2021 - In a landmark experiment, scientists have found fresh evidence that a subatomic particle is disobeying one of science’s most watertight theories, the Standard Model of ... Read More...April 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Jimmy Kimmel blasted for joking about Hunter’s drug addiction CRACKED ME UP – April 9, 2021 - ‘And that is hard to believe unless you read the book and then I’m surprised you have shoes on.’ Biden, who writes in graphic detail about his crack addiction, replied: ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
April is Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month DEMI LOVATO’S MINI-BAR? – April 9, 2021 - “Alcohol and drug use problems can have devastating impacts on individuals, their families and our communities,” says Khan. Efforts in Utah to address the state’s o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021August 4 2020interventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Zoom Is Not A Mirror THE HELL IT’S NOT! – April 8, 2021 - When the fall semester ended, I was finally forced to view myself as a whole. I realized that I had failed to take care of my body and that my self-esteem was significant... Read More...April 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusinternetinterventionMental Health
Charlie Sheen: “Tigers Blood”, “Winning”, Two and a Half Men & Road To Recovery WATCH – STAYING ALIVE – March 23, 2021 - Charlie shares what it was like growing up the son of a famous actor, Martin Sheen as well as the sibling of Emilio Estévez. When did his loved ones first intervene to h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Q&A with Amanda Marino, Co-Founder of Next Level Recovery STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 9, 2021 - Amanda Marino is a Certified Intervention Professional (CIP), Certified Recovery and Life Coach, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Alternative Medicine. She is ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Pandemic drinking is dangerous for women WATCH – A NEW “DAWN” WITHOUT ALCOHOL – April 8, 2021 - Alcohol consumption has increased during the pandemic and it could be putting many women at an increased risk of breast cancer. A growing group of women ar... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionMental HealthRecovery
Teenage Brains Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana? SHE’S NINETEEN – March 29, 2021 - Adolescents and teenagers who experiment with marijuana and prescription drugs are more likely to get hooked on them than young people who try these drugs for the first time wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaMental Healthsmokingteenagers
How I learned to love Zoom 12-step meetings NO MORE ZOOM GLOOM – April 8, 2021 - “You could hear the plopping of her poo,” he recalls. “She put the camera back on her face like nothing happened.”) Meetings were attacked by Zoom bombers. Hate speech... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 13 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Drug use among seniors a hidden epidemic I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP – March 31, 2021 - Development of drug use later in life may be connected with prescription of pain relief medication, which poses a risk for misuse if not appropriately administered. ... Read More...April 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisRehab
Teens more likely than adults to develop addiction to marijuana, drugs within 12 months A YEAR IN THE LIFE – April 1, 2021 - The new report, published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA pediatrics, adds to mounting evidence showing adolescents are more vulnerable to substance use disorders t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaMental Healthteenagers
New Mexico Legalizes Recreational Marijuana ANOTHER STATE GOES TO POT – April 1, 2021 - New Mexico was set to become the 16th state to legalize recreational marijuana after the Legislature passed a bill on Wednesday, joining a national movement to rethink ant... Read More...April 6 2021CompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaMental HealthRecovery
Margo Price: ‘My Mind Is Clear and My Heart Is Full’ SAVE THE COUNTRY – April 2, 2021 - Price wrote that her decision to get sober came after she “started drinking more frequently again” during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during the late summer and early ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Social media addiction linked to cyberbullying KIDS SAY THE DAMNEDEST THINGS – March 30, 2021 - When adolescents are online, they adapt to a different set of social norms than when they’re interacting with their peers in person. Oftentimes, they are more ag... Read More...April 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Celebrity groomer helps people battling addiction WATCH – THE MIRACLE OF MEN – March 24, 2021 - Now, they’re ready to take their efforts a step further by creating a structured sober living facility in Southern California that’s equipped with a “community of r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hunter Biden Says His Family Never Gave Up On Him LISTEN – LOVE IS THE FIRST STEP – April 5, 2021 - He has been in and out of rehab numerous times over the last two decades and has had long periods of sobriety between relapses. It’s also a story about a fam... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecovery
‘I’m more worried about my mental health than getting COVID-19’ SICK OF SCHOOL – April 1, 2021 - Campbell Stowell, another first-year student, reiterated these worries. “My depression and anxiety are at their peak,” said Stowell, describing how the simplest of tasks such as... Read More...April 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthteenagersTrauma
This Is Your Brain on Junk Food HAPPY AS HELL – March 25, 2021 - “I had tried to avoid the word addiction when I was writing ‘Salt Sugar Fat,’” he said. “I thought it was totally ludicrous. How anyone could compare Twinkies to crack cocaine w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental Health
Paige talks about her sobriety WRESTLING FOR LIFE – April 1, 2021 - “Honestly, the drug thing, (stopping drugs), kind of happened when I got the call that I could go back to WWE because that lifted my spirits a lot. I was like, ‘Damn, well, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Stimulus money fueling addictions WATCH – BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD – April 1, 2021 - She said the correlation became clearer when checks rolled out. Some people relapsed or would stop showing up for treatment. “Engagement specialists, recovery c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryrelapse
“Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness’ CATCH HER IF YOU CAN – April 2, 2021 - Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale Of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness is a true story, laced with wicked humor and much pathos, of Mary Goggin’s Irish Catholic upbringing... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Ernest Hemingway: How Mental Illness Plagued Writer & Family A FAREWELL TO SANITY – April 1, 2021 - He also had a fraught relationship with his mother, who dressed Hemingway as a girl when he was a child. Hemingway’s third wife, journalist Martha Gellhorn, would later at... Read More...Alcohol AddictionApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthsuicideTrauma
Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During Covid-19 LISTEN – HUNGRY GHOSTS – April 1, 2021 - The White House plan drew praise from Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., who represents one of the states hit hardest by the opioid epidemic. “I have long pushed to expand ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabrelapse
George Floyd could change how we talk about drug abuse and Black Americans WATCH – LONG OVERDUE CONVERSATION – April 3, 2021 - As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, Floyd, the father of two young daughters, started using again: he lost his job as a nightclub security gu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthOverdoseRecovery
‘Jackass’ team ‘tortured’ me with 90-day rehab stint’ says: Bam Margera WATCH – 18 DIFFERENT JAGGED LITTLE PILLS – April 2, 2021 - “What’s the point of a $5 million contract that I have to walk on eggshells and jump through your hoops — which is already impossible — to obey if I’m dead?... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 6 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehab