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
3 ways sobriety made me a better advisor Traditions – Sep. 17, 2020 - People rarely, if ever, get sober alone. In sobriety and in business, being part of a group allows you to benefit from the experience, strength and the hope of those around you. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020
‘The Centers’ CEO resigns in Ocala Intriguing – Sept. 13, 2020 - “Along the way, through each and every one of those mergers and acquisitions, the organization has gotten stronger, has provided a better level of care and we’re able to respond to commu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental Healthnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020
Struggling addicts turn to telehealth for better or worse Soulless Screens? – Sept. 14, 2020 - Amid the global pandemic, group gatherings have become nearly impossible. Weddings have been put on hold indefinitely, schools are turning to virtual learning and offices are enco... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 22 2020
Nikki Sixx talks recovery, sobriety WATCH – Sixxed to the twelve steps – Sept. 15, 2020 - But then again, there was a time when people wouldn’t have expected Sixx, now age 61, to even be alive in 2020. As chronicled in his harrowing memoir The He... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020
Sebastian Velasquez looks back on his journey to five years of sobriety Local Hero – Sep. 17, 2020 - “In this profession, you have many temptations but being sober is part of who I am today. It’s easy to say no to people when I am offered a drink. It used to not be that way.” Going back ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020
The Bachelor’s Juliette On Surviving A Major Drug Addiction Everyone can quit – Sep. 16, 2020 - As we get closer to the final few bachelorettes in line to win Locky Gilbert’s heart, it’s safe to say things can get pretty heated, pretty fast. The Bachelor’s Juliette Herrera... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehabSept 22 2020
Gran’s moving words on deathbed help alcoholic turn his life around Mama knows best – Sep. 19, 2020 - “I’ve got three dents in my head and a foot-long scar.” Matt, who now lives in Branston, received compensation for the assault, was spiralling in addiction and spent the mon... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousRecoveryRehabSept 22 2020
Common myths about addiction Someone’s happy place – Sep. 16, 2020 - An addict or alcoholic must hit “rock bottom” if they are going to recover. I asked one local counselor to explain “rock bottom” to me. She said “You hit your rock bottom wh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDrug Abuse and Addictionfood addictionHeroin AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseSept 22 2020
Walk for Hope brings together those mourning deaths Aren’t we all? – Sep. 19, 2020 - As boys, Justin Reason had a knack for talking his younger brother, Aaron, into a variety of daredevil stunts. Aaron recalled his brother daring him to jump out of a second-s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020
Father recovering from addiction confronts past pain ...to create future joy – Sep. 19, 2020 - Families and children mimic our very actions, teaching (in turn) what was taught to us — a long line of broken homes, trauma, abuse, addiction and depression. The be... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 22 2020
Finding and Maintaining Sobriety During COVID-19 Lionrock Recovery Rocks – Sep. 16, 2020 - National Online Recovery Day was created to bring widespread awareness to the tens of millions of people suffering from SUDs that effective online services and support system... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020
What Everyone Should Know About Teen Suicide Prevention We can all help... September 18, 2020 - Experts say it’s too soon to tell whether suicide rates are already spiking as a result of the pandemic. But they warn that the risks are significant. The authors of a rec... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020suicideteenagers
Pittsburgh’s first sober pop-up bar, shares her story of recovery and self-care Everything is Possible – Sep. 15, 2020 - “At first, I thought, ‘I got this,’” says Hilliard. “Shortly after, I realized what I actually signed up for — a lifelong road of healing, patience, gentleness and acceptance.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 22 2020
5 Tricks Helped Me Not Drink During My First Week of Sobriety Use them all! – Sep. 19, 2020 - Some say that’s the hardest. It’s that period of uncertainty where the newly sober attempts to make all sorts of concessions concerning their hell-raising lifestyle and break lifelong ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRehabSept 22 2020
Owner of substance abuse facilities accused of sexually assaulting patients Prison sounds too nice – Sept. 17, 2020 - The owner of several Houston substance abuse recovery facilities has been accused of sexual assaulting three women he met as patients, according to court records. Durin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 22 2020Trauma
Making guitars saved a man from addiction CNN WATCH! – Sep. 18, 2020 - Earl Moore is a recovering opioid addict who found peace and achieved sobriety after discovering his passsion for crafting instruments. Moore discovered the power of opioids to take th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSept 22 2020
A recovering addict used art as an outlet to sobriety Talent and Tenacity – Sept. 8, 2020 - Ryan Ekmark used art as an outlet that helped him on his road to recovery and sobriety. He has since turned his wood art into a business named Recovered Calling. more@Da... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 15 2020