Health Care Barriers For Those With Addiction Disorders VIDEO – LET’S KEEP LEARNING – Nov. 26, 2025 - Four hundred people struggling with drug addiction will be paid to share their stories as part of a groundbreaking federal study aimed at breaking down barriers to health... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 02 2025Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tips For Maintaining Sobriety Over the Holidays SLIPPERY TIMES – Nov. 26, 2025 - With so many parties this time of year, the temptation to drink can be especially difficult for those in recovery and trying to stay sober. Counselors with the Youngstown Urban Min... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 02 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
‘Full House’ Star Gets Candid About Her Addiction: ‘I Didn’t Think I Would See My 30th Birthday.’ SHE’S 43 NOW! – Nov. 22, 2025 - Jodie Sweetin instantly captured the hearts of Americans as 5-year ‘Stephanie Tanner’ on the hit show Full House in 1987. The show went on for 8 successful seasons, during which Primet... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 02 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Assisting People on the Road to Recovery Works VIDEO – SUCCESSES MATTER – Nov. 21, 2025 - According the Office of Substance Use Services, around 450,000 South Carolinians suffer from substance related problems. See Website ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryNov 25 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Person of the Week: Jo Weatherford STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 25, 2025 - In her 20s, Jo Weatherford was a drug-and alcohol-addicted model, partying with celebrities in Hollywood. After an arrest and failed suicide attempt, she knew it was time to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryInterviewNov 25 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Family Opens Recovery Center After Twins Die From Overdosing VIDEO – IN THEIR NAMES – Nov. 21, 2025 - When DaVonne Garner walks through her newly-opened crisis recovery center, she feels the presence of her identical twin nephews Taj and Najee. After graduation they hit both f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryNov 25 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Woman’s Journey from Addiction to Advocacy ZERO to HERO – Nov. 10, 2025 - When city leaders gave Dani Sims a proclamation recognizing how her program helped people struggling with addiction, few may have realized what it took for her to get there. Today, Sims... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
From Homelessness To Clean & Sober Living NICE STORY – Nov. 12, 2025 - Selina Baylis, 44, said she is now the woman she was always meant to be. Describing herself as having been an alcoholic since her teens, Selina is now living in her own flat and plans to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediahomelessNov 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
There’s More Than One Way To Get Sober AUDIO – JUST DO IT – Nov. 12, 2025 - The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and visionaries who are making the world a more libertarian—or at leas... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Person of the Week: Manny Mendez STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 18, 2025 - Art was my healing process when I finally decided to stop using drugs and alcohol. It would quiet my mind to be able absorb the recovery process with the 12 steps, film... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewNov 18 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Why Your Rehab Center Needs a Strong SEO Strategy COMPETITION? – Nov. 11, 2025 - Getting found online can make or break a rehabilitation center’s success. When someone searches for help with addiction or recovery services, you want your facility to show up first. Th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Hollywood’s Recovery Guru Richard Taite Opens Up About the Industry’s Hidden Addiction WEALTH vs. HUMILITY – Nov. 7, 2025 - As Executive Chairman of Carrara Treatment & Wellness, where celebrities go to rehab, and 1 Method Center, Taite has spent more than two decades guiding high-profile clients t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Pre-addiction Intervention Could Save Lives ELEVENTH HOUR RESCUE – Nov. 3, 2025 - The mistaken belief that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) must “hit rock bottom” has shaped addiction care for decades. This model contrasts with how medicine manages c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Transforming Addiction Recovery VIDEO – CHANGE IS GOOD – Nov. 6, 2025 - The Antidote is pioneering a holistic approach that starts with gut health. Founded by licensed counselor Meg Wilson, the program combines amino acid therapy, nutritional suppo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Person of the Week: Susan Campanaro STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 11, 2025 - I am a director, actor, entertainer, creative coach & teacher in NYC. I have a nightlife persona Lavinia Draper IG/FB/TikTok @mslavinianycI wrote a musical Doing Time Wit... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
$53 Billion Rehab Industry Fails Those It’s Supposed To Help AUDIO – ONE CLENT AT A TIME – Nov. 3, 2025 - A new book explores the dark side of the drug rehabilitation industry. It’s called “Rehab: An American Scandal,” and it’s written by Shoshana Walter, an investigative repo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Families Stay Together As Parents Recover From Addiction TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL – Nov. 6, 2025 - Our Place, housed in an apartment building provides free housing to adults and their children as parents go through recovery and receive mental health treatment, employment a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Court Battle Exposes Ugliest Strategies of Rehab Business MONEY MONEY MONEY – Nov. 6, 2025 - “Bro,” the text chain says, “you can make so much fucking money off these junkies. Their (sic) going to use anyway.” “What do you mean I can make more,” came the reply. “U can ma... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New Jersey Town Legally Blocked Housing For People in Recovery WTF – Oct. 29, 2025 - A federal appeals court has given a sober living nonprofit a second chance to press its discrimination claims against a Hudson County town over its right to operate. Oxford House originally sued... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Paramedics Are Changing The Front Line of Addiction Care THEY SEE IT UP CLOSE – Nov. 1, 2025 - Many people who survive an overdose decline to be taken to the hospital, which leaves EMS personnel as their only point of contact with the health care system. Those interactions... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 04 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Person of the Week: Ryan Whittaker STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 4, 2025 - Ryan Whittaker got clean when he was 15 years old in 1997. He started a company called Sober Water in 2024 to “Help people. End plastic.” He donated 40 acres in Southern Color... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewNov 04 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Private Treatment Centres Put Patients in Danger AUDIO/VIDEO – OH CANADA – Oct. 24, 2025 - Quebec and Alberta are only provinces that provide some regulation for all private facilities. After past struggles with alcohol, she was battling prescription drug addiction... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Treatment Center Feels Impact of State Crackdown on Sober Living Fraud WATCH – VIDEO ONLY – Oct. 15, 2025 - Local treatment center the Haven feels impact of state crackdown on sober living fraud. See Website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-45g2ATJOCk ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryOct 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Embattled Kentucky Treatment Center Sold to Ethema Health AUDIO – GUILTY AS SIN – Oct. 22, 2025 - One of Kentucky’s largest for-profit residential addiction care treatment providers, which has been the subject of an FBI investigation for more than a year, is being sold. Add... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Person of the Week: Shireen Janti STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Oct. 28, 2025 - Shireen Janti has been a force in the field of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency for over 36 years. Her credentials include becoming a (CPC) Certified Professional ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewOct 28 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Recovery Center to Stop Providing Pipes to Drug Users VIDEO – GOOD IDEA – Oct. 9, 2025 - According to the Howard Center, it helps people and communities by providing services to address mental health, substance use and developmental needs The organization provides le... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Person of the Week: TJ Woodward STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – TJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery expert, bestselling author, inspirational speaker, and addiction treatment specialist who has helped countless people through his simple, yet powerful... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 1 2024Oct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
“Could the cure be worse than the disease?” WE THINK NOT – Oct. 10, 2025 - Two new books chronicle ‘an American Scandal’ and point the way forward. Insurers, legislators, Congressfolk, listen up! Forgive the imagery, but we long to box the ears of every Cal... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Blowing the Lid Off U.S. Rehabs THIS STORY WON’T DIE – Oct. 16, 2025 - Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make you cry and scream. Cry for how people in need are treated with such cruelty in addicti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Walk Highlights Growing Global Sobriety Movement HEALTHY PEOPLE RISE UP – Sept. 28, 2025 - Almost 100 people gathered at Mount Royal Park for a wellness walk organized by Sober Is the New Cool on Saturday. The event is part of a growing international movement, with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 14 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety