Russell Brand Celebrates 20 Years of Sobriety YOUNGSTER – Dec. 14, 2022 - He explained: “What I have been taught and shown is that it is impossible for a person like me to not drink and use drugs, unless I have sufficient ongoing support from people that u... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addiction Treatment Got Easier During Covid? MEDS FOR ALL – Dec. 13, 2022 - The changes, which appear to have broad support across medical organizations and addiction advocacy groups, underscore how sharply the addiction treatment landscape has shifted in... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineCoronavirusDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Johnny Knoxville & Kate Upton in Sober Living Comedy ‘Sweet Dreams’ HOW FUNNY CAN A SOBER HOUSE BE? – Dec. 13, 2022 - Johnny Knoxville (Reboot), Mo Amer (Mo) and Kate Upton (The Other Woman) will topline the indie comedy Sweet Dreams, from writer-director Lije Sark... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Unregulated Rehabs Are Victimizing Indigenous Patients ORIGINAL SINS RETURN – Dec. 17, 2022 - But the circumstances behind the cousin’s disappearance were peculiar, Stewart said later. The cousin called her family and told them she was in Phoenix, but didn’t say ho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sobriety Surprises: Lena Dunham, Jason Biggs & 63 Others Reveal Sobriety Stories SOBRIETY THEIR WAY – Dec. 18, 2022 - Kelly Osbourne, who previously talked about being sober for six years, revealed in April 2021 that she had suffered a relapse and was working on next steps. “No... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Best U.S. Cities for Sober Living IS IT MADISON, WI.? – 2022 - The best city for sober living in the U.S. was Madison, WI. Madison scored very well in the infrastructure and community categories, thanks to a high number of SAMHSA health treatme... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Danny Trejo Really Wants to Help His Fellow Man TAKING A MACHETE TO SUFFERING – Dec. 8, 2022 - The actor-author was humbled by the recognition for his New York Times best-seller, but what really makes Trejo happy is when readers come up to him and say... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022Experience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Parents, You Need Narcan CORN FLAKES, MILK & NARCAN – Dec. 4, 2022 - But after a minute, she returned to the bedroom. The noises he was making were disconcerting. And when she shook him, he didn’t respond. Kyle was not asleep. He h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagersTrauma
I’m An Alcoholic: The first ever peek inside an AA meeting is hugely moving BBC TV REVIEW – Dec. 7, 2022 - Using recent technological developments, the faces of those participating are digitally altered, thus maintaining the principle of anonymity. As one woman, known here as Niam, put... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Former Addict Turns to Sobriety: Becomes Salvation Army officer VIDEO – THE BEST ARMY TO JOIN – Dec. 8, 2022 - Captain. Robert Coriston has a passion for serving his clients at the Midland Salvation Army. He was once in their shoes before. Click@YouTube ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Are the Effects of Cannabis and Alcohol in the Body the Same? GOOD TO KNOW – Dec. 7, 2022 - Alcohol consumption rapidly affects the body. After being absorbed through the lining of the stomach into the bloodstream, it spreads into tissues throughout the body and reaches t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What To Never Say to Recovering Alcoholics During the Holidays YOU NEED A MEETING – Dec. 10, 2022 - And speaking of celebrations — oh, the parties and their awkward, alcohol-sodden conversations. Most people don’t give a thought to the glass of seltzer I’ve been hol... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
15 HELPFUL TOOLS TO SOBRIETY KEEP THAT TOOLKIT FULLS – Dec. 10, 2022 - As I sit, surrounded by water in the ships comfort approaching Abaco Island, writing trails about my bittersweet holidays, 71-years of memories thick with ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Experience the Experience, Strength and Hope Awards VIDEO – DANNY TREJO HONORED Dec.8, 2022 - The glitterati of the clean and sober world in LA came together last night to honor Danny Trejo for his astounding memoir, "My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood" with ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Robert Downey Jr. and Late Dad Get Candid FROM LESS THAN ZERO TO MORE THAN A MILLION – Dec. 7, 2022 - He recalled becoming addicted around the time he made the 1987 film Less Than Zero. “It was just a wild era,” said Downey Jr. “That whole world... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022InterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalWriters In Treatment
Jamie Lee Curtis: ‘the single greatest thing’ I Can Do Is Remain Sober TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD – Dec. 10, 2022 - When asked by Ferrell if she wonders about her legacy, Curtis got emotional and said she often thinks about how it intertwines with her sobriety. “Being sober is going... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Chris Therien’s New Book Chronicles Alcoholism And Sobriety THE ULTIMATE HAT TRICK – Dec. 10, 2022 - In Philadelphia Flyers orange and black, defenseman Chris Therien cut an imposing figure on the ice, a stalwart physical presence for over a decade in the NHL.&nb... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hunter Biden’s Recovery Should Be Acknowledged STILL ANONYMOUS? – Nov. 28, 2022 - In an otherwise excellent article about pending House GOP probes into the administration, the entire description of Hunter Biden consisted of his “long history of drug use and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addiction and Stigmatizing Language A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME STILL HAS THORNS – Nov. 29, 2022 - When our clients use these words to identify themselves or their behaviors, we typically pause the conversation to explore what they mean becau... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Their children struggled with addiction. Now, they’re fighting against the war on drugs NIXON WAS GUILTY – Nov. 22, 2022 - Both strongly advocate for a more rational approach to how we treat substance use in the U.S. “To throw money at going after the supply side and building up criminal... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Hilary Phelps Shares Her Effort to Help Others VIDEO – HELP EVERYONE MORE – Nov. 29, 2022 - From the moment I started drinking, I was a blackout drinker, which means I would drink until I would forget and wake up the next morning, not know what happened, no... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022interventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
We Can’t Overlook Substance Abuse Among Seniors BOOMERS MATTER – Dec. 2, 2022 - Most people don’t think about grandma or grandpa having an addiction problem. Most of the concern and lament over the SUD epidemic centers around young people and lives lost “too... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Robert Downey Jr. on Addiction: “It took me 20 years to become a person again.” BOYS TO MEN – Nov. 30, 2022 - Robert was aware of what his father was doing from a very young age and explained: “I always knew what was going on in that basement”. He started using when he was ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Fifteen Years of Insanity’: How Robert Downey Jr. Made Peace With His Maverick Father VIDEO – GOD LOVES DOCUMENTARIES – Nov. 29, 2022 - In his father’s underground western Greaser’s Palace, a seven-year-old Robert Downey Jr plays, in his own words, “a boy who got his neck slit by God”. This, per... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 6 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Holidays Can Be Challenging for Alcoholics In Recovery MORE TIME FOR THE SERENITY PRAYER – Dec. 3, 2022 - Linda said the purpose of all meetings is for members to share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may solve their common proble... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle Hospice Hustle – Dec. 5, 2022 - At AseraCare, a national chain where Marsha Farmer worked, she solicited recruits regardless of whether they were near death. She canvassed birthday parties at housing projects a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Drew Barrymore on the ‘Awful Cycle’ before giving up Alcohol SHE HAD TO HAVE IT – Nov. 21, 2022 - “One of the bravest things you can do,” she writes, “is slay those dragons and finally change an awful cycle in which you’ve found yourself stuck. For me, it was to s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 29 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Glenn Hughes Celebrates 25 Years Of Sobriety IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER – Nov. 23, 2022 - Asked if he went to rehab for alcohol abuse or if he just quit cold turkey, Hughes said: “I did . Let’s just say I had one too many cocktails on Christmas Day ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 29 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Leslie Jordan Honored at ‘Love. Light. Leslie.’ Memorial: ‘You Made Millions of People Happy’ VIDEO – MISSED BY MILLIONS – Nov. 21, 2022 - Sordid Lives writer Del Shores emceed the event, echoing that thought as he reflected on a decades-long friendship with Jordan. “I loved seeing the fame,” Shores ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionNov 29 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jean Lapointe, singer, actor, rehab founder and Canadian senator, passes at 86 MERCI BEAUCOUP MONSIEUR LAPOINTE – Nov. 18, 2022 - Jean Lapointe, the beloved Quebec singer, actor and comedian who was later appointed to the Senate, has died at age 86. The foundation he created announced ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 29 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab