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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...

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‘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...

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‘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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Rehab Riviera: New Law To Prevent Rehabs From Misleading Everyone

ISN’T THAT THEIR JOB? – Aug. 24, 2022 - It’s easy to mistake mental health and addiction treatment centers for actual medical facilities in California. But they are not staffed 24/7 by doctors (and are not allo... Read More...

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Teen Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone.

GENERATION OF GUINEA PIGS – Aug. 27, 2022 - A study published in 2020 in the journal Pediatrics found that 40.7 percent of people ages 2 to 24 who were prescribed a drug for attention deficit hyperactivity diso... Read More...

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How to School Your Kids About Substance Abuse Prevention

WHEN TALK ISN’T ENOUGH - THERE’S ALWAYS REHAB – Aug 25, 2022 - As your children get older, you should talk to them about the risks of using substances, in a concerned manner rather than as a scare tactic. Howev... Read More...

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Richie Stephens Discusses Book On Sobriety

VIDEO – AN OFFER YOU SHOULDN’T REFUSE – Aug. 24, 2022 - Actor Richie Stephens discusses the power of the human spirit and his new book, “The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety.” more@YouTube ... Read More...

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Demi Talks ‘survivor’s guilt’ After 2018 Overdose

SHARING HEALS – Aug. 18, 2022 - Lovato, who recently added back the pronouns she/her, suffered an overdose in 2018. Following the near-fatal moment, the former Disney star woke up in an intensive care un... Read More...

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Program Helping Youth to Detox From Technology Addiction

THE 11th COMMANDMENT – Spring 2022 - I’m in my room consistently. “I just want to be left alone on my iPad and it makes me moody and angry for some reason.” Kokoda Youth Foundation CEO Johllene Elson said, “... Read More...

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Another Road to Sobriety: SMART Alternative to AA, NA Offers Addicts Power

ALL ROADS LEAD TO HOME – Aug. 19, 2022 - “They send us to different kind of meetings and they send us to a SMART Recovery meeting as well. And I really enjoyed it. I liked how it was facilitated and how ... Read More...

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Is Nutrition the Key To Changing Your Relationship With Alcohol?

MORE BEETS LESS BOOZE – Aug. 12, 2022 - As a doctor of clinical nutrition, I’ve spent many years unearthing new and innovative ways of healing. As an expert in functional nutrition and functional m... Read More...

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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Confirms He’s One-Year Sober

EVEN IN NEW JERSEY – Aug. 12, 2022 - The “Celebrity Fear Factor” alum, who noted that he’s had “basically full-time” custody of his and ex Jen Harley’s 4-year-old daughter, Ariana, added that he has been in a “... Read More...

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Overdose Prevention Should Be Part of Each College’s Core Curriculum

BEFORE ALGEBRA – August 11, 2022 - I’m not being alarmist: During that same spring break, four students in Florida overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl; when two friends began to perform CPR, they were expo... Read More...

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‘Recovery’ Will Be Different For Every Patient Fighting Addiction

LIKE A SNOWFLAKE – Aug. 14, 2022 - Peter is a client that often comes to mind. He is a 39-year-old man who works as an accountant in a small business. He has been married to Amara for 10 years and the... Read More...

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Last Chance Motorcycle Club Helps Bikers Stay Sober

VIDEO – THE LEADERS OF THE PACK – Aug. 12, 2022 - Nee says he wants people to know that how they help themselves is there choice and he just wants people to know that they’re out there. “We have peopl... Read More...

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National D.A.R.E. Day

REMEMBER SEPT. 15 – Aug. 2022 - The D.A.R.E. program was developed by the Los Angeles Police Department to educate people. As it proved successful, other cities adopted similar approaches, and soon enoug... Read More...

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Keri Blakinger: Skater, Addict, Prisoner AUTHOR

VIDEO – HERO’S JOURNEY – Aug. 16, 2022 - For several years, Keri Blakinger, led a double life. From the outside looking in, life looked perfect. Blakinger was pretty, super smart and a competitive ice sk... Read More...

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Josh Peck Says Sobriety is ‘Bedrock’ of His Life

JOIN THE CLUB! – Aug. 15, 2022 - Josh Peck has described sobriety as the “bedrock” of his life. The former ‘Drake and Josh’ star previously battled drink and drug addiction before entering rehab in 20... Read More...

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With ‘Majority’ of Cases Linked to Addiction, Police Dept. Offers Path to Recovery

VIDEO – THIS IS MY AMERICA – Aug. 18, 2022 - Officers have partnered with an embedded social worker to try to get people the addiction and mental health treatment they need. The mission of the Law Enforcemen... Read More...

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