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Ways to Strengthen Treatment

VIDEO – LISTENING and LOVE – Dec. 7, 2023 - In this video interview, Alexa Connors, LMSW, discusses changes to the U.S. addiction treatment system that could improve results. Connors is assistant director of The Do... Read More...

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Access to MAT Isn’t a ‘Silver Bullet’

AUDIO – IT’S A START? – Dec. 6, 2023 - MAT is only effective when combined with psychosocial modalities but the treatment needs to be more widely-adopted, according to Cooper Zelnick, the company’s chief revenue offi... Read More...

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She Knows How Addiction Hijacks Learning in the Brain

BY STUDYING – Dec. 7, 2023 - Erin Calipari comes from a basketball family. Off the court, as a biology major she gravitated toward hormones and neurotransmitters. She grew fascinated with the neurobiology of how and ... Read More...

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Maintaining Your Sobriety During the Holiday Season

NO SLIPPING ... ON THE ROCKS – Dec. 7, 2023 - Whether you are watching commercials on TV, scanning your social media, or listening to the radio, the idea of alcohol use being equivalent to holiday merriment is... Read More...

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Former Miss America Runner-Up Shares Drug Struggles After Jail

PRAYERS – Dec. 4, 2023 - Cullen Johnson Hill, who was first runner-up in the Miss America 1995 pageant, gave an unfiltered look at “what addiction looks like” to inspire others to quit drinking. “I’ve just ... Read More...

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The Partying of the Future

STILL INCLUDES SEX – Dec. 6, 2023 - Nothing about this night out is unusual. Well... except, maybe one thing. That margarita I’m clutching? It’s alcohol-free. The bottles I’m surrounded by? Each one of them, f... Read More...

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Charlie Sheen Celebrates 6 Years of Sobriety

GREAT RECOVERY – Dec. 7, 2023 - “I’m proud of the choices that I’ve made and the changes I’ve made to live a life today that will never look like that mess,” Sheen expressed to a news publication of the former... Read More...

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Staying Sober in December! The Real War Against Christmas

BEWARE FALSE GODS APPEARING CHILLED – Nov. 28, 2023 - The holidays are a relapse gauntlet for someone who struggles with alcohol, even for us California sober types. And lately that’s especially the case for w... Read More...

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Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino and the Shocking Lengths He Took To Hide $500,000 Drug Habit

VIDEO – FAME IS A DRUG TOO – Dec. 1, 2023 - In his upcoming memoir, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation, the 41-year-old talks candidly about how his $500,000 addiction controlled his life, and led ... Read More...

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“I Realized … I Was An Alcoholic” – Evan Felker

VIDEO – AND IT WAS TIME TO QUIT – Nov. 28, 2023 - There was a long romantic period where I wrote a lot. I was very creative. Alcohol had that effect on me at that point in time, and then it didn’t. We were... Read More...

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There is NO MONEY in sobriety,’ Attorney says of Rehab Scam

SHOCKING VIDEO – MUST WATCH – Nov. 25, 2023 - A billion-dollar rehab industry is accused of making money off addiction. Brokers get kickbacks to lure drug addicts to certain treatment centers. WATCH@NewsNat... Read More...

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These 2 Words Stop Addiction

NOT EASY? – Dec. 1, 2023 - And the words are: mindful acceptance/commitment. Okay, maybe that’s three words, or two with a slash. Either way, mindful acceptance/commitment is a proven and potent tool for chang... Read More...

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Teacher Shines at School and Sober Living Facility

GIVING BACK TO KIDS & PARENTS – Nov. 29, 2023 - During an OKC Thunder home game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Ginger Allen was brought onto the court and identified as the Teacher of the Game. Ginger sai... Read More...

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We Must Redefine Our Understanding of Addiction

REALLY, A MENTAL ILLNESS? – Dec. 1, 2023 - Substance use stimulates profound changes within the brain—it alters the operation of neurotransmitters by interfering with the way neurons send, receive, and process... Read More...

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Emmy-Nominated Actor Ed Begley Jr. to Receive Experience, Strength, and Hope Award

AUDIO – WRITE ON! – Nov. 30, 2023 - The Writers in Treatment organization will present Emmy-nominated actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr the Experience, Strength, and Hope Award at the Skirball Cultural Ce... Read More...

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Robert Downey Jr.: Biography, Family, Addiction, Education and Career

A STAR WAS REBORN – Nov. 28, 2023 - Robert Downey Jr., born on April 4, 1965, in Manhattan, New York City, comes from a family with deep ties to the entertainment industry. His father, Robert Downey Sr., was a filmma... Read More...

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Why the DSM Is Mostly False

MORE THAN MEDS – Nov. 28, 2023 - In psychoanalysis, little importance was given to diagnosis, unlike the medical tradition. Diagnoses were ‘labels,’ mere shorthand categories for communication. They weren’t ‘real’ an... Read More...

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Listen to a Different Approach Supporting Those With Addiction

AUDIO – WWJD? – Nov. 30, 2023 - Almost one-third of adults in the U.S. say they, or someone in their family, have been addicted to opioids. Often, families have been encouraged to use a “tough love” approach ... Read More...

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I Was Stuck in the ‘Alcohol Matrix’

GETS FULLY AWAKE – Dec. 2, 2023 - I grew up poor in the Midwest, but I went on to become a model with a doctoral degree in psychology. I retired early by investing in income properties around the United States... Read More...

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I Was Diagnosed as a Love Addict

OF LIFE? – Nov. 29, 2023 - When I was in my mid-twenties, I sat myself in the consulting room of a steely therapist, who told me that I was doing everything wrong when it came to love. For me, she said, love was all ... Read More...

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Reporting on Addiction Accurately

VIDEO – AND SOBERLY? – Nov. 27, 2023 - The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed, harmful coverage of opioid use disorder and the people and communitie... Read More...

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Clare Kennedy’s Street Recovery Coffee Shop (and food)

VIDEO – IT’S OPEN AND NEEDS SUPPORT – Nov. 2023 - Our Recovery Coffee Shop will provide a friendly, safe and sober space for people to be introduced to how to recover from addiction from our volunteers with lived ex... Read More...

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Rehabs Prey on Addicts Trapped in the ‘Florida Shuffle’

VIDEO – WHEN HEALING IS SO PROFITABLE – Nov. 24, 2023 - “We go on a cycle of like traveling from place, to place, to place, to place until I had gone to like at least 24 facilities,” she said. Jaynes had unknowingly ... Read More...

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‘American Nightmare’: How 30 Unlicensed Sober Homes Almost Took Over a Community

VIDEO – LIKE AN INFESTATION? – Nov. 20, 2023 - “At one point, there was like a person passed out sleeping at the park, needles everywhere, beer cans, and again, the neighborhood has been around for six months at th... Read More...

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‘I landed on love’: A Different Approach to Addiction

AUDIO – FATHERS LOVE SONS – Nov. 20, 2023 - Ken and his now late wife Barbara turned to support groups for loved ones of people with substance use disorders. The meetings helped them find resources about treatment an... Read More...

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Psychiatry Specialist Breaks Down Addiction/Recovery

VIDEO – A DOCTORS OPINION – Nov. 20, 2023 - For many dealing with addiction, it can be difficult to admit there is a problem and that they need help. Even when they seek help, it may take several attempts before th... Read More...

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Colts Owner Jim Irsay Says Overdose Almost Killed Him

THE END ZONE THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM – Nov. 20, 2023 - Irsay, who has spoken candidly in the past about his battles with drugs and alcohol, made the revelation in an interview with Andrea Kremer for HBO’s ... Read More...

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As Families and Friends Gather, I’m Thankful for Two Years of Sobriety

PRECIOUS TIMES – Nov. 23, 2023 - When I drank, it was epic. Humility aside – if there is such a thing about humbly telling drunk stories – I was the quintessential partier. I was that way all my life, from my “hit ... Read More...

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‘Addictions Don’t Discriminate’

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE – Nov. 23, 2023 - ‘Addictions Don’t Discriminate’ is the name of a temporary exhibit set up by the Medicine Hat Drug Coalition. It’s National Addiction Awareness week in Canada, and this... Read More...

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