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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 was just such a crazy workaholic, and all of a sudden, I had this time on my hands, and then I was depressed,... Read More...

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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 was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life. He moved from Southern Cali... Read More...

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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 dealing with too many worries or responsibilities. Again, let’s consider the example from earlier; it’s r... Read More...

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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 — Isabella, 5, and Sophia, 3, whom she shares with husband Brendan Rooney — there were times she felt alone despite being surround... Read More...

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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 a very scary feeling,” Curtis said about her decision to reach out to Stanfield in 2021 to support his so... Read More...

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Will There Ever Be a ‘Cure’ for Addiction?

IN OUR DREAMS? – March 7, 2022 - Drug addiction involves changes in the brain, and those changes are in brain circuits that we use for everyday life—for seeking food and shelter, procreating our species, avoidi... Read More...

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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 two Chicago area authors who are sharing their inspirational stories through their new books detailing their figh... Read More...

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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 my friends were White because I wanted to stay sober. For those seven years, I did whatever it took, aside break the law... Read More...

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Is Atlanta Ready for a Zero-Proof Cocktail Bar?

MOCKTAILS? OR MOCKTALES? – March 8, 2022 - “Back then, the majority of places would have a token lemonade with fresh herbs or something with ginger beer, drinks that were very one dimensional,” he explains. “J... Read More...

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Sobriety Walk For Tribal Members To Share

ONLY ONE FAMILY – March 3, 2022 - The legacy of alcohol and drug use as a coping mechanism among generations of Native Americans is one that Mariesha Keith does not want to see passed on. Keith, Tribal Liai... Read More...

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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 at 19: “It wasn’t that I had wanted to die, exactly. It was more that I just couldn’t keep l... Read More...

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‘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 back to waiting months for a treatment centre bed while remaining in the same circumstances e... Read More...

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

READING IS HEALTHY – Feb. 22, 2022 - During my active addiction, I thought I was going to die and I accepted that. It sounds morbid, but it was where I was in life. I was in love with heroin and the dysfunctio... Read More...

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Marin Rehab Faces Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

WHERE WAS HR? – Feb. 27, 2020 - Vazquez, 35, filed the lawsuit on Feb. 8 in Marin County Superior Court. The suit seeks special damages, general damages, punitive damages and attorney fees. Carter could not... Read More...

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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 cannabis and Valium. His addiction to substances then grew and he started a life of crime to fund his hab... Read More...

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‘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 bucket list, he says by phone from his home in Southern California. He had been interested in theater when he was ... Read More...

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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 in 2019, Paul Williamson and his wife have built a thrift store and ministry for people battling the disease. Ou... Read More...

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Book Review: A Sweeping History of Addiction

MEDIA: BOOKS MAKE SENSE – Feb. 25, 2022 - “The Urge” ultimately unfolds as far more than an addiction memoir. Arriving at a time when the so-called opioid epidemic has become a defining crisis of our time, it ... Read More...

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Patrick Kennedy Marks 11 Years of Sobriety

ADVOCATE FOR SOBRIETY – Feb, 22, 2022 - Patrick Kennedy is marking a major milestone in his journey from addiction as he celebrates 11 years of sobriety. Kennedy, 54, the son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy an... Read More...

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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 in her own life, Joanne wanted to add to the chain of recovery by forming a specialised p... Read More...

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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 battle with addiction,” his mother, Christy Couvillier, wrote in his obituary, according to CBS affiliate KLFY. Sharing ... Read More...

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‘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 challenges in hopes that it will steer others from a similar path. The couple, who met while gr... Read More...

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I Am an Alcoholic In Rehab

VIDEO – FIRST HAND ACCOUNT – Feb. 19, 2022 - As I write this in my marble notebook, I am a stereotype, drinking coffee, smoking a cigarette, dry just a few days. It’s a chilly morning for Southern California. I... Read More...

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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 pray. In her new book, Seeking Wisdom, Cameron writes about the connection of spirituality and creativity, and he... Read More...

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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 clear what would be the eventual outcome. It could be anything from a blackout where I did not remember ... Read More...

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Marian Keyes on Sobriety and Marriage

ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – Feb. 15, 2022 - Lauded by contemporaries, including David Nicholls and Jo Jo Moyes, there’s light and dark in all Keyes’ novels, equal measures of hilarity and heartbreak. She has explore... Read More...

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Who Owns Addiction Treatment Medicine?

PHARMA PHARMA? – Feb. 10, 2022 - In April 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took steps to lower some barriers for doctors (and nurse practitioners and physician assistants) to prescribing ... Read More...

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“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, medical attention and a lot of help from agencies dedicated to providing support for those in recovery. “I h... Read More...

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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 tale, Clare Pooley, a high flying Cambridge-grad, career woman and mum of three kids, opens up about her transforma... Read More...

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