Recovery Advocate

14 Years Online of IN THE ROOMS

BEFORE THERE WAS ZOOM... –  Sept. 30, 2022 - 14 years ago, Ken Pomerance and Ron Tannebaum came up with…

2 years ago

Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of disorders – but not addiction

DUH, GOOD IDEA, YA THINK? –  Sept. 30, 2022 - At many hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country, Marie…

2 years ago

‘The Good House’ Plays Like an Alcoholism-Themed Rom-Com

BETTER WITH POPCORN? –    Sept. 27, 2022 - Weaver takes this conflicted role in stride. The actress may be…

2 years ago

Big Drop Seen in Treatment Admissions During Pandemic

THERE’S ALWAYS AA and HARM REDUCTION –    Sept. 26, 2022 - For the study, his team looked at admissions…

2 years ago

You May Need Sober October More Than You Think

VIDEO – STICK TO THE MOCHAS – Oct. 3, 2022 - Sober October could be a step to cutting out alcohol…

2 years ago

Despite critics, AA is effective

SINCE 1935 –  Sept. 26, 2022 - The article, titled Alcoholics Anonymous most effective path to alcohol abstinence, authored by…

2 years ago

Recovery Cards Launch

VIDEO – GET A STAMP –  Sept. 27, 2022 - September is National Recovery Month, celebrating those healing from addiction…

2 years ago

Can Dogs Help People Stay Sober?

FEED THEM, NOT YOUR ADDICTION –    Sept. 20, 2022 - “Over the years, my patients explained how much their…

2 years ago

Chris Dale and Patty Li – A Marriage Saved in Spite of Addiction

AUDIO – HAPPILY EVER AFTER –  August 2022 - Christopher Dale is an experienced public relations professional, writer and recovering…

2 years ago

California’s New Forced-Treatment Law

THREE HOTS AND A FEW STEPS –  Sept. 16, 2022 - The CARE Act, in short, runs counter to the…

2 years ago

Huntington Files Lawsuit vs. Lifehouse Sober Living

AND CLEAN HOUSE –    Sept. 21, 2022 - The city of Huntington argues that it is a municipal corporation…

2 years ago

US: $1.5 Billion Naloxone Purchase to Fight Opioid Crisis

DOES CASH EVER MAKE A DIFFERENCE? –    Sept. 23, 2022 - The Biden administration is keen to show it…

2 years ago

Controversial Harm Reduction Strategies Slow Drug Deaths

AUDIO – GIVE AND LET LIVE –  Sept. 15, 2022 - Yeah. Addiction care has gotten better in the U.S.…

2 years ago

Candy, cash, gifts, rewards, help addiction recovery

SOBRIETY IS THE REWARD –  Sept. 13, 2022 - Since 2011, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has used the…

2 years ago

The Very Scientific Analysis of Alcohol in Food

FERMENT THIS! –  Sept. 15, 2022 - Millipore Sigma provided the 200-proof ethanol standard and pure t-butanol internal standard (IS)…

2 years ago

“Junk Science” in Our Courts and Forced Drug Treatment are Recipe for Disaster

IT’S COMPLICATED –    Sept. 12, 2022 - Yet, the insanity defense has been used in numerous trials involving school…

2 years ago

Addiction Often Goes Hand-In-Hand With Mental Illness BY NORA D. VOLKOW

THE TRUTH HURTS –  Sept. 12, 2022 - Substance use disorders often accompany other mental illnesses. Half of people with…

2 years ago

Road to Recovery: ‘I dare you to believe’

CAME TO BELIEVE –  Sept. 13, 2022 - We all have value; we all have worth; we all have something…

2 years ago

Hiding In Plain Sight: Young Adult Addiction Care

YOUTH QUAKE –    Sept. 14, 2022 - “If your child is diagnosed with a substance use disorder, there’s hope…

2 years ago

Cree Nation Chief Calls for Treatment Centres in Wake of Horrible Knife Attacks

METH KILLS...OTHERS –    Sept. 11, 2022 - The chief of James Smith Cree Nation and other Indigenous leaders are…

2 years ago

‘Addiction Is Medical Problem’: Nonjudgmental Treatment Is Good Medicine

VIDEO – COMPASSION IN ACTION –  Sept 6, 2022 - Depman moved to Vermont in 2007, as addiction treatment was…

2 years ago

From Sober Mom Squads to Anti-Anxiety Workbooks: Do New AA Alternatives Work?

IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT –  Sept. 7, 2022 - AA was founded in 1935 by two white men…

2 years ago

Local Teen Creates Program to Raise Awareness About Drug Addiction

VIDEO – BIG HEARTED YOUNG WOMAN –    Sept. 7, 2022 - Local teen creates website to raise awareness about…

2 years ago

Adrienne Banfield-Norris Celebrates 31 Years Of Sobriety

VIDEO – SAY HEY NA –  Sept. 2022 - “I spent so many years in that insanity of active addiction,…

2 years ago

Adriana Marchione on Addiction, Cancer, Dance & Grief

CREATION STORY EVERY DAY –  Aug. 27, 2022 - Sometimes I wish the world were a little smaller, so I…

2 years ago

Jury Awards $77M in Suit Against Treatment Center

WHO’S MINDING THE REHAB? –    Sept. 8, 2022 - Lawyers for MARR wrote in a court filing that a…

2 years ago

Catholic Recovery Program Helps Addicts Find Healing

VIDEO – CAME TO BELIEVE –    Sept. 8, 2022 - The thing about addiction is that it’s often very…

2 years ago

Rehab Employee Pushing Coke on Those Seeking Treatment?

VIDEO – ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR –  Sept. 9, 2022 - Donald Suggs, 51, a staff member at the rehabilitation center and…

2 years ago

Cheryl Burke ‘Very Proud’ of Her Sobriety and Hopes to Be Sober the ‘Rest of My Life’

DANCING ALL THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ –    Sept. 6, 2022 - “I’m very proud of myself. I definitely am not…

2 years ago

Film Review of Our American Family

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR –    Aug. 28, 2022 -  Their agony is by no means unique: it resonates with…

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