Chasing the News … Stone Cold Sober – Episode 3: Rebels Episode 3: Rebels “Maintaining sobriety through 2020 and beyond” Sober artists discuss the pandemic, creativity and Zoom rooms. Thursday, Oct. 22, 5pm PT, 8pm ET FREE: Click to Register ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusInterviewLeonard BuschelMental HealthOctober 20 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
11 Gripping Books About Alcoholism and Recovery Time to read? Time to read – Oct. 2, 2020 - I recently came to terms with my own problematic relationship with alcohol, and my one solace has been in books. I’ve dug into memoir after memoir, tiptoed into the ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mother who lost son to overdose hopes to raise awareness about drug addiction WATCH – Moms are the saddest – Sep 27, 2020 - On Sunday, Coleman’s family held a birthday party and balloon release in Chris’ honor at Lees Lane Park. His mother has also created a support group called Chris R... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020OverdoseRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mark Cuban Helps Homeless NBA Player Check Into Rehab Doing the right thing – Sep. 30, 2020 - When images of Delonte West emerged online showing the former NBA star begging for money, the basketball community instantly rallied behind him. Fans, TV personalities and b... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRehab
‘Running is a big part of my sobriety tool kit,’ woman shares sobriety story with Hispanic community WATCH – No Escaping – Oct. 2, 2020 - “Running is a big part of my sobriety tool kit. I use it when I’m having a hard day or I feel triggered,” said Rosales. For about ten years, Rosales said she suffered with addi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMental HealthOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jab on Hunter Biden’s Drug Addiction Horrifies Treatment Advocates Stigma in high places – Oct. 1, 2020 - “Addiction is a medical condition that affects millions of Americans each year, irrespective of any demographic. It is a disease, not a moral or character failing,” Marvi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Jessica Chastain Transforms Into Alcoholic Assassin in ‘Ava’ REVIEW: Sounds atrocious – Oct. 1, 2020 - The credits that follow serve as our quick-fire backstory on Ava, a former high valediction voted “Most Likely To Succeed” who went off the rails after a DUI incident. She jo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOctober 6 2020Rehab
Lou Johnson, Dodgers’ home run hero dies at 86 Safe at Home – Oct. 2, 2020 - Later that season, Johnson hit a solo homer off Jim Kaat in the fourth inning of a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the decisive seventh game of the World Series, making a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRehab
Q&A with author and recovery coach, Laura Martella Stick with the Winners! – October 1, 2020 - Laura Martella is an accountability and certified recovery coach with over 20 years of active sobriety. She has a strong track record for creating sustainable change in the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tommy Lee was ‘drinking 2 gallons’ of vodka a day Lightweight – October 3, 2020 - “She was like, ‘Baby, I don’t know, I don’t think I’ve ever even seen anybody drink that much. Like, you’re kind of scaring me,’” he quoted her saying, noting she asked him whet... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Many Residential Addiction Centers Don’t Offer MAT, at a Deadly Cost Harm Reduction is Death Reduction – Sep. 29, 2020 - Without it, Berry entered the halfway house unmedicated. Because he had been abstinent for months, his tolerance was far lower than it was when he entered rehab o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRehab
Documentary tells heartbreaking and hopeful stories of addiction WATCH – Reel Recovery Film – Oct. 1, 2020 - Justin was my heart with legs. Now, he is my heart with wings. Part of me is with him. I will never be who I was before his death. However, I want to be clear that part of ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabrelapse
Costa Mesa addiction treatment CEO faces federal charges Arrested envelopment - Read List – Oct. 3, 2020 - The massive federal crackdown charges defendants with submitting more than $6 billion in fraudulent claims to federal health care programs and private insurers. That ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
When Donald Went After Hunter Biden For His Addiction, He Went After Me Too President of U.S. Demeans S.U.D. sufferers – Oct. 1, 2020 - Even the Real Housewives know that kids are always off-limits. Around 20 million Americans ages 12 and older have a substance abuse disorder, according to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020RecoveryRehab
Mac Davis, singer-songwriter dies at 78 He did it all – Sep. 30, 2020 - Mac Davis, a singer-songwriter who parlayed a string of hits for Elvis Presley into a varied career as an actor and recording artist, blending country and pop in chart-topping songs su... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerOctober 6 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Delilah Montagu on Sobriety and Writing ‘Savage’ Songs About Her Girlfriend Rising sober star – Sep. 23, 2020 - After finding her rhythm during lockdown with her mum and girlfriend – “I took up dancing, not very well, but I realised how happy it made me” – 22-year-old Delilah re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
Riz Ahmed Is a Drummer Going Deaf WATCH – I hear ya – Sep.24, 2020 - Lou finds him a sober living home for the deaf, where he begins to grapple with his new reality and what it means for the life of music he’s always known. Sound of Metal marks the d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
How can son in rehab benefit from life insurance? Advice Column – Sep. 24, 2020 - Dear Barry, If your wife dies first, your $100,000 insurance policy will pass to the alternate beneficiaries that you named on the insurance company beneficiary form. If you ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020
Shadow Mountain Recovery Launching New Facility In Santa Fe Open Spaces – Sep. 24, 2020 - The Shadow Mountain Recovery facility in Santa Fe will be joining the organization’s other locations in Taos and Albuquerque to form a full continuum of care — ranging from detox ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
Mike “Racoon Eyes” Kinney: Sobriety as a Native American With Feeling – Sep. 25, 2020 - Kinney, who currently writes for the Richmond Standard, is among a growing number of people taking part in walks in Richmond to North Dakota to Montana to help indigenous people struggl... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
September is National Recovery Month NBC picks THIS photo for RECOVERY month – Sep. 25, 2020 - “Or maybe they have tried outpatient treatment in the past and it hasn’t worked for them, and so, they need a more intensive level of care. That is w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
Rural moms recovering from addiction struggle to stay connected during pandemic Dial Up? – Sep. 25, 2020 - With the pandemic putting programs like these on hiatus, patients like Megan, who has been with Moms in Recovery, was relieved when the program started up again virtually. (She declined to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics Anonymouscell phoneCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetlonelinessMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020
Scientology rehab centres ‘dangerous and inhumane’ ...and not in Network – Sep. 27, 2020 - ‘They haven’t gone away, you know,” says John Duignan, a former Scientologist, who left the controversial religion in 2006 and hasn’t looked back since, metaphorically a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020
Addiction Campuses Rebrands to Vertava Health School days are over... – Sep. 21, 2020 - In lieu of COVID-19, Vertava Health now offers virtual care programs that allow patients to receive treatment online. Vertava Health offers personalized virtual treatm... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
A Good Laugh Can Help People in Recovery Rule 62 – Sep. 23, 2020 - These memes often pull from the language of 12-step-based programs, incorporating experiences and vocabulary known only to members of that community. “In AA we talk about finding a ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
Getting Active and Eating Healthier Helped Erin Stay Sober She Knows – Sep. 12, 2020 - Prior to becoming sober in May 2018, Erin Laraia struggled with alcohol and drug abuse for years, since age 21 through 25. “In a weird way, I felt like I had control over something,” Larai... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020
Better Noise Films, Philly Born Productions, Amy Winehouse Foundation team for ‘Sno Babies’ WATCH – NEW FILM! – Sept. 21, 2020 - Additionally, the film’s soundtrack was released on September 4th and features some of today’s biggest rock artists, including Slash, Mötley Crüe and SIXX: A.M.’s Nikki Sixx, Def ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020
Rob Halford would like Gary Oldman to play him in a biopic Sid Vicious as Judas Priest – Sept. 25, 2020 - In promotion of the novel, Halford recently took part in a lengthy interview with GQ, where he discussed everything from his sobriety, fronting a heavy metal band as a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020
Dax Shepard Says He Is Newly Clean Off Vicodins Rigorous Honesty – Sep. 25, 2020 - “Eight years into sobriety, I had not done a single shady thing,” he said. “I hadn’t done anything gray.” At that time in 2012, he had been traveling back and forth to visit his ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020Vicodin
New addiction program launched as emergency room visits rise WATCH – Expanding Series and Hope – Sep. 23, 2020 - “We’ve come a long way in Georgia since I stepped out of the crack house October 12, 1994 in terms of resources,” he said. “We’ve come a long way as far as stigma... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 29 2020