Zeke Talks Ankle Bracelets, Sobriety, and Surfing VIDEO – MAKING WAVES – Jan. 11, 2024 - He’s also been to jail and to rehab, and won a national title wearing a court mandated ankle bracelet after not surfing for almost two years. Today, Zeke’s still sober and surfi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Investigation Could Provide Information on Treatment Centers VIDEO – FLORIDA, Where using is safer than rehab? – Jan. 12, 2024 - People seeking treatment for addiction in Florida can find 3,000 programs from the Panhandle to the Keys. The newspaper followed a couple lost in th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Zippy’s Manager Saves Man From Fatal Overdose VIDEO – ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH – Jan. 11, 2024 - For Leialoha Arcangel, her Sunday morning shift at Zippy’s Vineyard started out anything but normal. “The words were, someone was dead in the back and they needed help.” ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024OverdoseRecovery
See final moments of ODing patient discharged by doctor who thought he was ‘playing possum’ VIDEO – PLAYING DEAD – Jan, 11, 2024 - Disturbing bodycam footage shows a man’s final moments suffering from an overdose at a hospital before a doctor handed him off to police and suggested they bring him to a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024OverdoseRecovery
KENTUCKY Ranks 7th Best States for Addition Treatment VIDEO – ANOTHER WINNER’S STORY – Jan. 12, 2024 - Robert Downing, 32, has tattoos embodying his life’s journey. Despite having a great family and parents, Downing said he felt like he never fit in, no matter where he ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 16 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Frankie Grande Says Sobriety ‘Repaired Relationships with Ariana and My Family’ SISTERLY LOVE – Jan. 5, 2024 - “It was a rock bottom moment. It was after the Manchester bombing and I realized that I could not show up to help my family,” he explained, referring to the suicide bombing that l... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJan 9 2024RecoveryRehab
‘If I Did Not Get Sober, I Wouldn’t Be Here Anymore’ YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE – Jan. 2, 2024 - The Summer House star shares how he turned his life around after a scary rock-bottom moment. I had lukewarm Milwaukee Best Light, and I remember being so sick from a co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyJan 9 2024RecoveryRehab
Suzanne Shaw Gets 4 Years Sober and Shares ‘embarrassing’ Throwback Videos VIDEO – LOOKING BACK oh my – Jan. 5, 2024 - Suzanne put together a montage video to mark the milestone, including clips of herself that she called ‘embarrassing’ when she did drink, telling fans how it was ‘time to... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 9 2024RecoveryRehab
‘Immediate’ Benefits of Stopping Drinking PROFOUND – Jan. 2, 2024 - An hour after stopping drinking, your blood pressure will begin to improve which will in turn benefit brain cells and improve the delivery of nutrients. Then you’ll find balance will ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJan 9 2024RecoveryRehab
‘Jesse’s Gift’ Is About Addiction, Forgiveness and Touching Hearts MOVIES TELL GREAT STORIES – Jan. 6, 2023 - The movie portrays a real picture of someone who has fallen to that low place and, as such, does have scenes of drinking, being drunk and a strip club (with no nudity). “We ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 9 2024Recovery
‘I Love Not Drinking’: A Sober Anthem for Dry January music VIDEO – SING A SONG OF FREEDOM – Jan. 5, 2024 - Eric Hirshberg’s “I Love Not Drinking” is not your typical sobriety song. Released to coincide with Dry January — the month where people attempt to not drink for 31 ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 9 2024RecoveryRehab
Alcohol-Free Festival for the Sober-Curious IT’S A START – Jan 2, 2024 - In a city as famously boozy as Philly, the concept of a “dry January” can be hard to envision. But for Philadelphians who are committing to an alcohol-free start to the new year, an upcom... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 9 2024Recoverysobriety
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Celebrates 38 Years AUDIO – QUITTING WORKS – Jan. 6, 2024 - Each one of you make this sober birthday happen. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is uncharted. Today is all that matters. Prayer, self-inventory, amending, holding out your hand ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 9 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Top 7 Addiction Treatment Methods of 2023 USE THEM NOW – Jan. 3, 2024 - Excessive social media use mimics addiction—and can be self-treated. During 2023, a trend gained steam, mostly among young people: the use of so-called “dumb phones” that do nex... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating DisorderJan 9 2024RecoverySmartphone Addiction
Doctors As Vulnerable to Addiction As Anyone STEALING SCRIPTS NOT NECESSARY – Jan. 4, 2024 - Ariella Morrow, an internal medicine doctor, gradually slid from healthy self-esteem and professional success into the depths of depression. She suffered a strin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewJan 9 2024RecoveryRehab
My 30-Year Quitting Addiction ESSAY THIS – Jan. 5, 2024 - I quit meat. Then cigarettes. Then alcohol. Then caffeine. Then eating after 8 p.m. What am I doing? Four times out of five, when I tell a person that I don’t drink, that person res... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewJan 9 2024RecoveryRehab
9 Easy Ways to Be Healthier in 2024 AND NO BOOZE – Jan. 2, 2024 - Sometimes trying to be healthy feels like just another item on your endless, exhausting to-do list. Here on NPR’s health team, we don’t want to add to anyone’s stress. The good news is t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 9 2024life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Is the “God factor” Necessary For Addiction Recovery? LIVING IN AWE – Jan. 5, 2023 - “We’ve put fancy names on idolatry like addiction, but things like addiction just provide a temporal satisfaction. If we’re worshiping the creation — or something temporal — rath... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGodJan 9 2024Recovery
Robert Downey Jr.’s Real-Life Story ARTISTS ARE SO PECULIAR – Jan. 3, 2024 - The role that made critics sit up and take notice of Robert Downey Jr. came in director Marek Kanievska’s “Less Than Zero,” the 1987 adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 9 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Danny Trejo Recalls Being ‘Dead Drunk’ Before Getting Sober 55 Years Ago VIDEO – WALKING THE WALK – Jan. 5, 2024 - ‘Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’ actor Danny Trejo got sober in 1968 after finding God. We asked the “Machete” actor how he managed to remain sober for more than five decades... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsJan 9 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Six New Year’s Resolutions for People in Recovery LIKE 6 STEPS! – Jan. 2, 2024 - For people in recovery, consider the following options for simple self-improvement as you plan your resolutions and attainable goals for the New Year: Simplify Your Life Cl... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 9 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Overdoses Prevented by Treating Addiction as Health Problem SICK PEOPLE NEED HELP – Jan. 2, 2024 - Kenneth Purnell knows what it’s like to fight “the monster of addiction.” So does Jerome McNutt. Both men got clean in recent years after multiple stints behind bars and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 9 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Can We Solve Our Addiction to Consumerism? PODCAST – RENT – Jan. 5, 2024 - Alarmed by the rising tide of waste we are all creating, my family and I decided to try to make do with much less. But while individual behaviour is important, real change will require... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 9 2024Recovery
Joe Don Rooney on Early Sobriety, Denies Rumors He’s Transitioning WHAT STEP IS THAT? – Jan, 3, 2024 - Months after finalizing his divorce, Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney is entering 2024 with a new perspective. The country musician, 48, shared a lengthy note to X (fo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 9 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Gay and Sober: Giving Up Alcohol in the LGBTQ Community IT’S HARD, IN A GOOD WAY – Dec. 29, 2023 - Chris Uhl poses outside of Metro Gallery on Dec. 28, 2023. He quit drinking a year and said, “Cutting alcohol out of my life was one of the best decisions I ever made... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediagayinterventionJan 2 2024RecoveryRehab
Life After Meth — Learning to Open and Close the Curtains PERSONAL ACCOUNT – Dec. 17, 2023 - When I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was gardening to do, color-coding the closet, taking apart doorknobs, trying to put doorknobs back together and trips to Home... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 2 2024methRecoveryRehab
Chris Christie Wants Outright Renovation to Addiction Recovery Programs VIDEO – IT’S ABOUT TIME – Dec. 22, 2023 - The Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey outlined his national drug crisis plan earlier this week -- sharing his roadmap that focuses on ending the stigm... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 2 2024RecoveryRehab
Pooja Bhatt Filled With ‘Gratitude, Humility, Grace’ As She Celebrates 7 Years Of Sobriety HUMILITY MATTERS – Dec. 23, 2023 - Pooja added the hashtags ‘sobriety rocks’, ‘sober life’, ‘sober living’, ‘one step at a time’, ‘one day at a time’, ‘own your story’, ‘share your journey’, ‘end the stigma’, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 2 2024RecoveryRehab
After Overcoming Addiction Ron Williams is Now a Chaplain VIDEO – HELLO HIGHER POWER – Dec. 19, 2023 - “I’m just a hopeless dope addict that God turned into a dopeless hope addict. Amen,” said chaplain Williams to a group of long-term recovery patients at Minnesota Adult ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 2 2024RecoveryRehab
Lady A’s Charles Kelley Details Sobriety Journey VIDEO – BEAUTIFUL MUSIC VIDEO – Dec. 29, 2023 - “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King sits down with Lady A’s Charles Kelley and his wife Cassie Kelley in an exclusive interview about his path to sobriety. WATCH@C... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 2 2024RecoveryRehab