Recovery Advocate

Keys for Successful Warm Hand-Offs with Stimulant-Using Patients

Trying to stop the madness –   Oct. 29, 2020 - Since receiving a Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA)…

4 years ago

Michigan’s first public recovery high school opens

WATCH – Education Matters! –  Oct. 26, 2020 - The school will be on Wellspring’s Farmington Hills campus, but it…

4 years ago

My Drug Addiction Almost Cost Me My Kids!

Families Matter –  Oct. 29, 2020 - Many of her more painful memories involved her addiction to opioids and other…

4 years ago

Former candidate Chris Taylor talks about his addiction

WATCH – Soldiering on –  Oct. 30, 2020 - Taylor’s campaign ended with him landing in the hospital, fighting for…

4 years ago

Addiction Symptoms and Treatment for Professional Men

Ask for directions already! –  Oct. 28, 2020 - The men we treat also struggle with sharing emotions. Asking for…

4 years ago

Q&A with Chet Hower of Hower Lodge

Stick with the Winners! –  October 30, 2020 - I feel blessed to live in the age where recovery is…

4 years ago

Crystal Waltman earns national award for ‘Quitting to Win’

MEDIA: Book Suggestion –   Oct. 30, 2020 - “My book was up against hundreds of books from authors throughout…

4 years ago

This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

And it isn’t other drugs –  Oct. 27, 2020 - A number of clinical trials have found it highly effective…

4 years ago

Paige (no last name) Celebrates 2-Years Of Sobriety

Wrestling with demons –   Oct. 20, 2020 - Paige also mentioned that her brother is celebrating 6-weeks of sobriety.…

4 years ago

Is Michigan the New Portugal?

The Fix Is In – Oct 22, 2020 - If the goal is to reduce harm while ensuring public safety,…

4 years ago

Astros legend Jeff Bagwell opens up about alcoholism

Swinging – Oct. 21, 2020 -  I remember looking in the mirror in the morning, at 7 o’clock in the…

4 years ago

How (Not) to Date in Sobriety: My Dinner with Steve, the Movie

CHECK PLEASE! – Oct. 20, 2020 - The hashtag was born during the first presidential debate, when the incumbent spewed…

4 years ago

Movie on addiction now streaming on Amazon Prime

WATCH – “Right Before Your Eyes” –   Oct. 18, 2020 - A local filmmaker’s movie is now available on…

4 years ago

More complaints file in from former residents of troubled ‘sober homes’

One bad apple? –   Oct. 23, 2020 - Shelton pitches himself as a reverend and a therapist. On LinkedIn,…

4 years ago

The ‘Sober Mom Squad’ Is An Online Community For Moms Who Don’t Drink

Ladies who don’t lunch –   Oct. 23, 2020 - When a person is addicted to a substance — whether…

4 years ago

Dr. Bob and Bill W. Speak: AA’s Cofounders Tell Their Stories

MEDIA: Book Choice/FREE CD Included – Available now: Recorded conversations to tell the personal stories of AA cofounders Dr. Bob…

4 years ago

Tour the Betty Ford Center with Susan Ford Bales

 LISTEN – William Moyers and Susan Ford – OCT. 12, 2020 - 0:00:24 William Moyers[to Susan Ford]Here we are, it’s…

4 years ago

Q&A with Executive Joey Carson

Stick with the Winners! – October 23, 2020 - Joey Carson is a Transformative leader and change agent with over…

4 years ago

Lena Dunham on “Magical Things” Since Sobriety

GIRLS gone mild – Oct. 23, 2020 - The pandemic has brought a whole new layer of anxiety, and also…

4 years ago

They lost their brothers to addiction. Now they tackle deadly stigmas with humor

LISTEN – Podcasts are next to godliness –   Oct. 22, 2020 - There was nothing funny, of course, about…

4 years ago

Backstreet Boys ‘Broke Into’ AJ McLean’s House To Stage Intervention

It takes what it takes – 2020 - After two decades of substance abuse, the final straw came when he…

4 years ago

How Sobriety Helped Me Wake the F*ck Up Politically

Think Feel Act – Oct. 20, 2020 - Hearing racist and homophobic insults were a standard part of life in…

4 years ago

Robert Downey, Jr. Opens up About Heavy Drug Use

WATCH – The son also rises! –   Oct. 24, 2020 - In a new interview on Netflix’s My Next…

4 years ago

Mitch Winehouse: Drug addiction is as indiscriminate as cancer

Father knows best? – Oct. 22, 2020 - MY RESPONSE to some of Amy’s ‘situations’ was that I would pretend…

4 years ago

From Simple Idea, to the Longest Recovery Event

Come for the Recovery, Stay for the Films –   October 21, 2020 - It’s no secret that 2020 pummeled…

4 years ago

Chasing the News…Sobriety Slam! Episode 3 – Rebels

WATCH - Web Series Host: William Cope MoyersEpisode 3: Rebels“Maintaining sobriety through 2020 and beyond”Sober artists discuss the pandemic, creativity…

4 years ago

Man thanks officer who arrested him, got him into recovery

WATCH –A bop from the cop – Oct. 13, 2020 - “I think that’s why I’m so passionate about it…

4 years ago

Harm reduction: an important form of addiction recovery?

LISTEN – Death Reduction –   Oct. 14, 2020 - While there are many organizations trying to help others overcome…

4 years ago

Telemedicine for drug addiction treatment

Talk to the screen –   Oct. 12, 2020 - Telemedicine has long been seen as a potential remedy, but…

4 years ago

What You Should Know About Your Sober Friend

Compassion and Understanding – Oct. 14, 2020 - Dry January, Sober October, no longer full of shame Thursday. I have…

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