Chris Cuomo says he drinks ‘too much,’ but he’s not an alcoholic SAVE HIM A SEAT – Sept. 8, 2022 - “Too often, I think, we avoid dealing with things. So here’s a little bit of my story. I take my body and — my diet can suck. I drink too much,” Cuomo said. “I’m thinking about... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022
Rehab Employee Pushing Coke on Those Seeking Treatment? VIDEO – ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR – Sept. 9, 2022 - Donald Suggs, 51, a staff member at the rehabilitation center and Kelsey Hunt, 28, of Raeford, were taken into custody after a traffic stop led to the seizure of coc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Cheryl Burke ‘Very Proud’ of Her Sobriety and Hopes to Be Sober the ‘Rest of My Life’ DANCING ALL THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – Sept. 6, 2022 - “I’m very proud of myself. I definitely am not thinking too far along cause what helped me get to the four years and what will get me through another four ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Deep Brain Stimulation New Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder NO MORE EATING YOUR BRAINS OUT – AUG. 31, 2022 - Expanding on work conducted on mice, the team discovered that the cravings just before an episode of binge eating set off a specific low-frequency electrical pat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022
Demi Lovato Regrets Making “Sobriety” Documentaries SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS – Aug. 31, 2022 - Demi Lovato has one regret about the recovery journey. As you are probably aware, the 30-year-old musician has always been a vocal advocate for mental health awareness,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022
Film Review of Our American Family DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR – Aug. 28, 2022 - Their agony is by no means unique: it resonates with countless other “American” families beset with addiction, often multi-generational, in a child, spouse... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabSept 6 2022Trauma
Money Flows Into Addiction Tech IT’S APP TO HELP – Mar. 22, 2022 - But while the founders of for-profit companies may want to end suffering, said Fred Muench, clinical psychologist and president of the nonprofit Partnership to End Addi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
The 9 Best Sobriety Apps Of 2022 A LITTLE APP WILL DO YA – Aug. 31, 2022 - If you’ve already done that work or you’re looking to get sober, then you might want an app that goes beyond trackers and motivational quotes and dives a bit dee... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
People Who Inject Drugs Can Develop Dangerous Heart Defects NOT TO MENTION HEP C – Aug. 31, 2022 - Infections also may arise from other sources, such as poor dental hygiene, implanted medical devices, chronic skin disorders or burns. The new statement wa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022Trauma
Does Isolation Feed Addiction? IT CAN’T HELP – Aug. 31, 2022 - But what if you’re addicted to something rough, like heroin? It’s true that many performers have died of heroin overdoses. But we hear less about the ones who overcame their addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseSept 6 2022
Drug Czar Says Stigma Among Doctors Culprit In Addiction Crisis NOT AN ADDICT? – Sept. 2, 2022 - As the first doctor to hold the position, he says he will embrace new strategies, including harm reduction tactics, which aim to reduce drug users’ risk of overdose, death, and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022Trauma
Zac Clark Celebrates 11 Years of Sobriety IT STARTS THE FIRST DAY – Aug. 31, 2022 - “I feel very loved,” he added, “The beautiful notes and messages, thank you so much for all of that.” Clark continued, “As I sit here and I reflect on the past 11 ye... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
French Montana To Help People In Music Business Struggling With Addiction VIDEO – FROM BAND TO WATER WAGON – Aug. 27, 2022 - Clients battling addiction will receive a treatment team and 24/7 medical and clinical care in the best location for them. French and the Guardian Re... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
September is National Recovery Month HOW ABOUT EVERY MONTH – Sept. 1, 2022 - SAMHSA aims to increase public awareness surrounding mental health and addiction recovery. In the years since Recovery Month launched, SAMHSA has timed announcements of i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
Singer AJ McLean on Reaching One Year of Sobriety VIDEO – BACKSTREET BOY UPFRONT – Sept. 4, 2022 - Alexis and AJ dive into his family life, parental relationships, his first stint of sobriety from 2001-2007. more@News ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022
All About Shopping Addiction AMAZON PRIME MIGHT BE GOD – Aug. 31, 2022 - German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin first defined “shopping addiction” in the early 1900s, per a 2012 review (PDF). He dubbed this disorder as “oniomania,” from... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 6 2022
Quote of the Week – Russell Brand “All desires are the inappropriate substitute for the desire to be at one with God.” – Russell Brand ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictionquote of the weekRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 6 2022
Melissa Chadburn on Her Relationship Between Sobriety and Creativity AUDIO – YIN/YANG DING/DONG – Aug. 24, 2022 - I was a smoker for a long time, that was the one addiction I knew I had from the jump. I would say, “I’m going to read this chapter and then I’ll smoke a cigarette.”... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
‘I Spent Years Binging Alcohol, I Finally Quit and It Was Transformational’ VIDEO – BEGIN A NEW LIFE – Aug. 23, 2022 - I began by casually sipping beer at school parties. It wasn’t until the age of 12 that I started drinking liquor heavily, and even then, I absolutely did not enjoy the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehab
‘No One Else Thinks I Need to Get Sober’ THINK, THINK, THINK – AUG. 24, 2022 - DEAR ANA, Here’s what I’m struggling with: As someone who grew up in alcoholism and has dated people whose drinking bothered me, I have many self-destructive ways of cop... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRehab
Is Daily Drinking a Sign of Alcoholism? THE DAILY DOUBLE? – Aug. 26, 2022 - If you come from a family where alcohol abuse is high, you may have a genetic predisposition to using alcohol. This means, once you begin using alcohol, the changes to... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehab
Psychedelic Drug Could Help Treat Addictions VIDEO – ITS A TRIP, NOT A SLIP – Aug. 24, 2022 - Two doses of psilocybin pills, along with psychotherapy, helped people with alcohol use disorder reduce drinking for at least eight months after their fir... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionPsychedelicsRecoveryRehab
Sobriety Makes Making Music Better AUDIO – MORE HARMONIES – Aug. 26, 2022 - Amazingly, it took decades for Hull and McGovern to find each other despite being lifelong Lincolnites -- children of the 1960s -- and members of a musical community tha... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Are Physicians at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse? PHYSICIAN HEAL THYSELF – Aug. 25, 2022 - It incentivizes physicians hiding their addiction and avoiding unwanted attention that comes from seeking help. Most individuals will not ask for help if they rec... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
Gritty Cult Director Abel Ferrara Gets Sober AND LOOKS AT THE END OF THE WORLD – Aug. 26, 2022 - “Once we kicked the drugs and the alcohol, we started to see a different way of life, of living in a different life,” the “Bad Lieutenant” director sai... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Why Governor Newsom Must Pass SB999 by Joan Borsten AND HOW YOU CAN HELP – Aug. 25, 2022 - Back in the day, when my husband Oleg Vidov and I owned Malibu Beach Recovery Center (“MBRC”)we, like others in the addiction community were “stalked” by Dr. Timothy J... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRehabTrauma
Doja Cat Celebrates 70 Days Vape-Free: “I’m Going To Peel My Skin Off” VIDEO – PLEASE DON’T – Aug. 26, 2022 - While honoring her vape-free journey, Doja added, “I would love to have a smoke. In the name of love… I would love to have a f***ing smoke. Motherf****er. I’m going to pee... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionjuulRecoveryRehabsmokingVaping
Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Great Humbling’ JUST HOPE IT STICKS – Aug. 26, 2022 - LaBeouf has been open about his history in rehab and has been arrested multiple times in relation to alcohol, including in October 2015 for public intoxication. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
International Overdose Awareness Day VIDEO – BE AWARE – Aug 25, 2022 - "It's a remembrance of my son's life," Mario Tamayo said. Tamayo lost his 25-year-old son to an overdose."He was a person who was much more, much bigger than what his prob... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Recovery Centers of America ‘BEST REHAB EVER’ Says Recovery Centers of America #1 WHAT? – Aug. 23, 2022 - “When people come to us, they are suffering,” Vernig says. “We want them to find relief. In a lot of the same ways that substance use disorder impacts the community, mental hea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab