Recovery Advocate

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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 —…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Will There Ever Be ‘Cure’ for Addiction?

IN OUR DREAMS? –  March 7, 2022 - Drug addiction involves changes in the brain, and those changes are in…

3 years ago

Women’s History Month: Authors Share Stories of Overcoming Drug Addiction

VIDEO – THAT’S RIGHT, THE WOMEN ARE SMARTER –   March 10, 2022 - NBC 5’s Christian Farr talked to…

3 years ago

Dr. Peter Hayden, Recognized Pioneer of Black Sobriety

SOBER BROTHERHOOD –  Mar. 10, 2022 - “What I had to do then is buy into the system. So all…

3 years ago

Is Atlanta Ready for Zero-Proof Cocktail Bar?

MOCKTAILS? OR MOCKTALES? –   March 8, 2022 - “Back then, the majority of places would have a token lemonade…

3 years ago

Sobriety Walk For Tribal Members To Share

ONLY ONE FAMILY –   March 3, 2022 - The legacy of alcohol and drug use as a coping mechanism…

3 years ago

The Labyrinth of American Health Care by Emily Maloney

BOOK REVEW –   Feb. 25, 2022 - The precipitating event in “Cost of Living” is the author’s psychiatric hospitalization…

3 years ago

‘Devastating’: London Addiction Recovery Centre to Shut

NO SALVATION? –   Feb. 25, 2022 - That means many London-area residents seeking help with long-term addiction must go…

3 years ago

NEW BOOK – Scattered Pink: A Diary of Woman in Recovery

READING IS HEALTHY –   Feb. 22, 2022 - During my active addiction, I thought I was going to die…

3 years ago

Marin Rehab Faces Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

WHERE WAS HR? –   Feb. 27, 2020 - Vazquez, 35, filed the lawsuit on Feb. 8 in Marin County…

3 years ago

Convict’s Remarkable Transformation After Beating 30 Year Drug Habit

COMEBACKS HAPPEN IN RECOVERY –  Feb. 27, 2022 - Shawn first took drugs at the age of 14, starting with…

3 years ago

‘Live from Rehab’ Comedian Zane Helberg Is Back

FRONT ROW OR FRONTAL LOBOTOMY? –   Feb. 26, 2022 - Helberg got into comedy because it was on his…

3 years ago

Man Changes Lives After Losing Son To Addiction

CHANGE OF HEART TOO –  Feb. 27, 2022 - After dealing with the tragic loss of a son to addiction…

3 years ago

Book Review: A Sweeping History of Addiction

MEDIA: BOOKS MAKE SENSE –   Feb. 25, 2022 - “The Urge” ultimately unfolds as far more than an addiction…

3 years ago

Patrick Kennedy Marks 11 Years of Sobriety

ADVOCATE FOR SOBRIETY –   Feb, 22, 2022 - Patrick Kennedy is marking a major milestone in his journey from…

3 years ago

Woman Uses Life Experience To Help Women Tackle Sobriety

A FOUR LEAF CLOVER –  Feb. 25, 2022 - Having grown up familiar with alcoholism, binge-drinking and using recovery coaches…

3 years ago

Mom Shares Son’s Battle with Addiction in Obit

THE GOOD DIE YOUNG –   Feb. 25, 2022 - Hunter Lee Clemons died on Feb. 10 “after a long…

3 years ago

‘Lisa’s Light’: Couple Aim to Illuminate Addiction

CATHARSIS –  Feb. 16, 2022 - Her parents, Gary and Judy Stoefen, have written a book detailing her successes and…

3 years ago

I Am an Alcoholic In Rehab

VIDEO – FIRST HAND ACCOUNT –  Feb. 19, 2022 - As I write this in my marble notebook, I am…

3 years ago

Julia Cameron’s ‘Seeking Wisdom’ Goes Deeper than ‘The Artist’s Way’

AUDIO – MORE WISDOM –  Feb. 21, 2022 - When author Julia Cameron first got sober, she was told to…

3 years ago

Interview with Leigh Steinberg a.k.a. Jerry Maguire

TOUCHDOWN –  Feb. 15, 2022 - The first drink was Russian Roulette. After I took the first drink, it wasn’t…

3 years ago

Marian Keyes on Sobriety and Marriage

ALL THE RIGHT NOTES –   Feb. 15, 2022 - Lauded by contemporaries, including David Nicholls and Jo Jo Moyes,…

3 years ago

Who Owns Addiction Treatment Medicine?

PHARMA PHARMA? –  Feb. 10, 2022 - In April 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took steps…

3 years ago

“15 Years Ago I Was Waiting To Die”

FROM HEROIN TO HEROINE –  Feb. 2, 2022 - Parker is honest about what it took to recover, hard work,…

3 years ago

6 Sobriety Books That Might Help You give Up Booze

ONE PAGE AT A TIME –  Feb. 9, 2022 - Less of an instruction manual and more of an inspirational…

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