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Viral on Tik Tok For Sharing His Journey to Sobriety

VIDEO – GOING PUBLIC ONLINE – July 30, 2022 - He explains “Most of my following knew that I drank heavily. Especially when we would go live, you know I was drinking beer heavily during the lives. A lot of the f... Read More...

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Q&A with Adriana Marchione, MA, REAT, RSMT, Filmmaker

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – July 29, 2022 - Adriana Marchione MA, REAT, RSMT has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as a filmmaker, dancer, photographer and is internationally recognized in her work ... Read More...

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Model Exposes the Dangerous Side of the Fashion Industry

SHE’S WORTH THE WEIGHT – July 29, 2022 - I felt like I was constantly being body-shamed by people in the fashion industry. I remember getting measured for a job and being told that even my fingers were t... Read More...

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Jamie Campbell Bower Opens Up About Addiction and Sobriety in Powerful Statement

VIDEO – REALITY? – July 27, 2022 - Taking to Twitter today (Jul 27), Jamie tweeted: “12 and a half years ago I was in active addiction. Hurting myself and those around me who I loved the most. It got so bad tha... Read More...

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Family Alcohol History May Put You at Risk of Junk Food Addiction

TOO MANY TWINKIES? – July 17, 2022 - “People who have a family history of addiction may be at greater risk for developing a problematic relationship with highly processed foods, which is really challenging in a... Read More...

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Buzz Aldrin: Astronaut, 92, “Recovery Was Not Easy”

To The MOON and Back – July 27, 2022 - Having been continually asked throughout the years if he was bothered about being the “second” not first man to step foot on the moon, Aldrin carries with him a sense of f... Read More...

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Ivana Trump Threw a Champagne Dinner Party for Rehab Pals

$50,000 GLASS OF BUBBLY? – July 28, 2022 - Ivana Trump went to rehab in Malibu, where she met another Ivana—Guinness heiress Ivana Lowell—who shared her experience with Airmail. When Lowell found herself in ... Read More...

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Is Tech Addiction Really a Disease? with Dr. Ryan Drzewiecki

VIDEO – HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? – July 29, 2022- Ryan Drzewiecki, PsyD, LP, the new chief clinical officer at the Arizona-based treatment center Sierra Tucson, specializes in the mental health implic... Read More...

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At-Home Ketamine Therapy Shows Mental Health Benefits

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME – July 21, 2022 - Several sessions of at-home ketamine therapy supported by telehealth are a safe and effective way to treat moderate to severe anxiety and depression, a new study fou... Read More...

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Online Addiction Studies Certificate Filling Counselor Shortages

A SCHOOL IN YOUR COMPUTER – July 19, 2022 - Patrick Ryan, clinical program supervisor of Recovery Center Missoula at the Western Montana Mental Health Center, serves on the advisory board for the program and ca... Read More...

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Want to Quit Smoking? Cessation Products Can Help

DON’T DIE LIKE BILL W. DID – July 21, 2022 - Nicotine replacement therapy, also known as NRT, helps you quit smoking by gradually providing the body with smaller doses of nicotine over time, without exposing y... Read More...

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‘POWERLESS’ Vicky Pattison Reveals Heartbreaking Reason She’s Not Had Kids Yet

DAUGHTER KNOWS BEST – July 21, 2022 - T he former Geordie Shore star, 34, has been working with Channel 4 on a documentary about her father, who is an alcoholic and her own relationship with alcohol. Vicky - w... Read More...

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Florence Welch Says Sobriety Was ‘Lonely’…at First

VIDEO – ONE SONG AT A TIME – July 20, 2022 - “It took me a long time to come to terms with the fact that I had a problem with drinking because I was one of those drinkers where ,” Welch told Bergdorf, 34. “If ... Read More...

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Cornell Alumna Recounts Addiction & Imprisonment in New Memoir

CAUGHT/FREE – July 19, 2022 - Following her release, Blakinger – who had long struggled with drug use – returned to Cornell and completed her degree in English. She has since gone on to a career in journalism, ... Read More...

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New Approach to Opioid Addiction

NEW TO WHO? – July 18, 2022 - At the federal level, methadone, which has been prescribed for more than 40 years, is the most regulated drug in the country. There are strict guidelines on who can prescribe it (g... Read More...

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‘Group Inc.’ Doubles Down on Telehealth with App to Treat Opioid Addiction

AND MEDS TOO? – July 19, 2022 - Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. THE PROBLEM In o... Read More...

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At McShin Foundation, Father Tells Family’s Story of Addiction

AUDIO – LOST AND FOUND – July 18, 2022 - The McShin Foundation, a recovery community organization in Henrico County, offered its facilities for Johnston’s stop in Virginia. The foundation provides services to ... Read More...

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Chrissy Teigen Celebrates 1 Year of Sobriety: “I Feel Good”

VIDEO – 365 DAYS of RELIEF – July 29, 2022 - Teigen first shared an update on her sobriety journey in 2017, telling Cosmopolitan that, at the time, she was “point blank, just drinking too much,” so she decided... Read More...

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Macklemore Does Step One

VIDEO – POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL – July 22, 2022 - “For me, the most important thing to learn in recovery is that I’m powerless over drugs,” Macklemore, 39, told the outlet. “The disease is insidious. It’s const... Read More...

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On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse Joined the Tragic 27 Club

VIDEO – I SAY NO NO NO – July 23, 2022 - Winehouse was found dead in her flat in Camden on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning, as the singer was found with 416mg of alcohol per de... Read More...

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Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

NO Pill, NO Surgery, NO Transplants – July 21, 2015 - Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the “disease model” of addict... Read More...

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Doctors Urge Access To Psychedelics

THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, YOU HAVE TO WEAR SHADES – July 12, 2022 - A legislative panel on Tuesday listened to advocates who hope to broaden the scope of medical treatment and research assisted by psilocybin, th... Read More...

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Codependency Is a Toxic Myth in Addiction Recovery by Maia Szalavitz

WE NEED NEW IDEAS – July 8, 2022 - As cocaine addiction rose in the 1980s, the concept of codependence offered a path to support and treatment. By the mid-1990s, treating it was an established part of therapy a... Read More...

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What Ethnographers Have Learned from People Who Use Drugs

OBSERVE DON’T ARREST – July 11, 2022 - For some ethnographic researchers, this means not simply recording the experiences of people who use drugs, but incorporating them into the research process. A recent pape... Read More...

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Danny Trejo Congratulates Son Gilbert on 8 Years of Sobriety

LIKE FATHER LOVES SON – July 17, 2022 - Trejo himself has been sober for more than 50 years and has been recognized by Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment center CRI-Help for his work and advocacy of the re... Read More...

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Supporting Sobriety at Work: How Salesforce Created Inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

ON THE JOB TRAINING – July 14, 2022 - Within five minutes, a colleague reached out to Nelson and explained that he was six days sober — his second time trying — and looking for support groups. She knew instant... Read More...

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Ty Herndon On Being Suicidal After Drug Relapse

LIFE HAS A WAY – July 16, 2022 - Herndon ended up calling a friend for help that night, albeit he doesn’t remember the call. Twelve hours later, he remembers waking up in a Texas rehab facility and that’s when ... Read More...

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Leslie Jordan Recalls Hearing Amy Winehouse’s ‘Rehab’ First Time After Sobriety

A VERY CATCHY DIRGE? – July 11, 2022 - “I thought she shouldn’t be doing that. Who is this, this Amy Winehouse? I got to look her up. And then I started thinking more about it,” Jordan told host Dave Cob... Read More...

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Man Begged for Mental Health/Addiction Support in Prison Until He Died

INJUSTICE WINS – July 12, 2022 - “They’re offering people time off their sentences for intolerable conditions in the HMP, but yet my brother is passed away … it don’t make sense,” she said. “My brother... Read More...

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