Tarzana Treatment Centers Launches Learning Portal MISSION TO EMPOWER – March 7, 2025 - The TTC Learning Portal brings decades of expertise in mental health treatment, substance use disorder recovery, and healthcare services to a broader audience. With a mission to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Person of the Week: Barbara Nicholson Brown STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – March 11, 2025 - Barbara Nicholson Brown is the owner of Together AZ Newspaper, published monthly in Arizona, focusing on addiction recovery and behavioral health resources for the com... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewNews BoxesRecoveryRecovery Advocate
The Rich Pay Top Dollar to Get Clean. What If They Don’t? QUANTITY NOT QUALITY – Feb. 16, 2025 - THE ACTRESS was drunk. Again. She was trying to live sober after leaving Passages Malibu, a tony rehabilitation center nestled into the hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesRecoveryRehab
‘Body Brokers’ Take Advantage of Lack of Care in Hawaii VIDEO – HULU HUSTLE – Feb. 29, 2025 - Hawaii’s chronic shortage of treatment resources may be one reason mainland drug rehab recruiters, known as “body brokers,” are working to lure patients to unregulated trea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
Supervisor Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Federal, State & Private Health Insurers AMAZING WOMAN – March 5, 2025 - A clinical social worker nicknamed by her co-workers as the “Five Minute Queen” who, at times, substituted a one or two sentence conversation for a billed 45-minute therapy session for... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehabSliderTrauma
Famous Cash Family Shares Story of Addiction in Documentary. VIDEO – CASH & CARRY – March 4, 2025 - “When you’re in the middle of addiction, you’re lost,” said Mark Alan Cash. “You don’t think there’s a way out. That’s this disease. It’ll sneak up on ya and kill ya. You e... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoverySlider
The Other AA FAMILY FRIENDLY – March 6, 2025 - This is all a hacky way to introduce Al-Anon — a program that has helped to improve my life and the lives of many others. Al-Anon is not the same program as AA, and it’s not just a s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
From Crack Addict in NYC to CEO of High Watch Recovery Center VIDEO – MAN MAKES GOOD – Feb. 25, 2025 - In this powerful conversation, Andrew takes us through his decades-long sobriety journey—from getting sober at 20, drinking again after 14 years over a single drink, and ulti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 04 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Running Club Helps Men on Road to Recovery VIDEO – RUN LOLA RUN? – Feb. 25, 2025 - A few years ago, a mentor challenged him to run a half marathon. “Half marathon? I can’t even run like half a mile,” said Carlson, “All of a sudden I was running one mile, tw... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 04 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Funeral Home is Now Recovery Center MAKES SENSE SADLY – Feb. 24, 2025 - “We’re living in a time of a lot of different uncertainties, and this is a story of hope,” said Becky Flood, interim chief executive officer. “People deserve that, too.” Limen Reco... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 04 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Person of the week: Ronald Tannebaum STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Mar. 4, 2025 - Ronald (RT) Tannebaum – InTheRooms.com Co-Founder RT is the Co-Founder of InTheRooms.com the Largest FREE Online Social Network for the Global Recovery Community for tho... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewMar 04 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
He Died as S.F.’s Largest Treatment Provider Turned Him Away AUDIO – WHY WHY WHY? – Feb. 27, 2025 - Jonathan Martin was face down, his head in his pillow, when Shy Baniani went to shake his roommate awake. As soon as Baniani’s hand touched Martin’s bare skin, th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 04 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
For 18 Years Celebrities Have Come to Talk About Recovery MENTORING FROM THE HEART – Feb. 23, 2025 - Casey King launched the series in 2008, systematically growing the event into a Who’s Who of featured celebrity speakers including actors Louis Gossett Jr., Todd Bridges, Cr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 04 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
A Raw, Honest & Deeply Moving Experience VIDEO – HAVE A BALL – Feb. 25, 2025 - RAVING REVIEW: MY OWN NORMAL doesn’t ask for sympathy but exists as an unapologetic and deeply personal account of life, love, and self-definition. It doesn’t try to change mind... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 04 2025Recovery
An intervention saved his life. 23 years later they meet again. A STORY TO LOVE – Feb. 17, 2025 - Jean-Philippe Desjardins-Dufour began drinking at the age of 13. He stole his parents’ alcohol and drank alone in the evening. Then he fell into chemical drugs. The day of his ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaFeb 25 2025Recovery
Duo Poured $1.1M Into a New Addiction Treatment Centre VIDEO – BEST WISHES – Feb. 21, 2025 - Ryan Kirby and the former camp’s co-owner, Mark Lane, aren’t focused on turning a profit from the vast waterfront property. Instead, they’re pouring their own savings — about ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 25 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Professional Skater ‘Dancing 4 Recovery’ VIDEO – AMAZING ROUTINES – Feb. 21, 2025 - Cory Cooper is leveraging his passion for skating to inspire others and promote a message of hope. You’ll often find him skating alongside newbies and naturals alik... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 25 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
How a community rallied for trans and nonbinary recovery homes after LA fires VIDEO – STICKING TOGETHER – Feb. 20, 2025 - “At 6:49 p.m., I got the first phone call that there were flames and fire, fire within blocks from the Start House, which is a 20-bed facility in Altadena, and so we sent ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 25 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Demon Copperhead’ Profits Built a Rehab Center WORDS SAVES LIVES – Feb. 7, 2025 - Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery. When she was writing “Demon Cop... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What Did Sobriety Do For Me? by Jorge Estupinan, a Queer Chicano based in Florida ROMANTIC PUZZLES – Feb. 8, 2025 - I was on my first date in 14 years, and I was excited, nervous and sober. In my car, waiting for my date to approach, I was feeling and looking good. I got this. He texted me h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 18 2025RecoveryRehabsobriety
Person of the Week: Joan Borsten Vidov STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Feb. 18, 2025 - Joan Borsten Vidov was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her mother was one of the Navy’s first female officers (then known as WAVES). Her father had a long career in the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 18 2025InterviewRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Remembering Jenna Tatro VIDEO – IN MEMORIUM – Feb. 14, 2025 - An addiction recovery organization is remembering the woman who inspires their work. CONTINUE@WCAX ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Cantankerous’ Seniors Adamant: We don’t want drug rehab nearby! NO STEPS – Feb. 8, 2025 - Residents, already upset over the possibility of a nearby La Quinta hotel being converted into low-income housing for seniors, showed up in force at a zoning hearing Thursday, Feb. 6, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Woman Murdered at Landmark Recovery’s Treatment Center VIDEO – TRAGIC – Feb. 13, 2025 - One month after 13 Investigates reported on a troubling pattern of problems inside addiction treatment centers operated by Landmark Recovery, another patient has died inside a Landmar... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 18 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Tiny Homes Designed to Promote Sobriety for Homeless Residents BUILD MORE! – Feb. 13, 2025 - Named Recovery Gateway, it consists of 42 single-occupancy homes and four double-occupancy homes for couples, for a total of 46 available units for 50 people. Residents will be wel... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 18 2025homelessRecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
Recovering Alcoholics Tackling Crime and Anti-social Behavior GIVING BACK – Feb. 4, 2025 - The project is being funded by Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police. The staff, residents and those who have moved on and graduated from the unique recovery centre, will hos... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Celebrity Endorsements for Scientology’s Rehab are Back! STILL CRUISING – Feb. 4, 2025 - Back in the day, Kirstie Alley was a big supporter, and she was known for her donations to Scientology’s drug rehab network, saying that it had helped her with a cocaine addiction when... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Two Reasons for Suing Summit Malibu ACCOUNTABILITY – Feb. 6, 2025 - Emily Willis’ family is suing a rehabilitation centre after the former OnlyFans star suffered from a cardiac arrest, which left her without a heartbeat for more than 30 minutes. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 11 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Pregnant Addict Turns Her Life Around VIDEO – BABIES MATTER – Feb. 4, 2025 - Thirty-year-old Lydia Kareha knows what it’s like to hit rock bottom. “My decisions led me down a really rough path,” Kareha said. “I had a lot of felonies. I thought I was g... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 11 2025RecoveryRehab
My Sober Son Behaves Like a Pompous Jerk DEAR ABBY – Feb. 4, 2025 - DEAR ABBY: My youngest son, age 27, has been clean and sober for two years, having survived the horrible addiction of fentanyl. I helped nurse him back to health. It wasn’t easy, but ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025fentanylRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab