U.S. House passes bill to end disparities in crack cocaine sentences BALANCING THE SCALES OF JUSTICE – Sept 28, 2021 - In 2018 during President Donald Trump’s administration, Congress passed the First Step Act, which sought to help more lower-level crack cocaine offenders... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Cost of Membership for Gym is 48 Hours of Sobriety HOW DO THEY TEST? – Sept. 29, 2021 - Kaley Jones was never able to envision her life without alcohol. She would ask herself, “How am I going to get through the things that all the other people could do? Like d... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
“Intervention” Alone Couldn’t Stop These Tragic Deaths SO YOUNG, SO SAD, SO NEEDLESS – Sept 8, 2021 - Read on for stories of “Intervention” stars who sadly died. Chris Brady featured in Season 6 of “Intervention.” The 34-year-old was in the full throes of al... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthOct 5 2021OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Dancer Corey O’Brien In Powerful Short Film on 9 Years Sober WATCH – EVERYONE WINS – Sept 30, 2021 - “Filming ‘Freedom’ was a way for me to be vulnerable and reminisce on the past while being able to share my story of growth, which is important,” O’Brien, 30, told HuffP... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Deep Brain Stimulation May Ease Addictions WATCH – IT BETTER – Sept. 29, 2021 - Fisher, 36, who lives in West Virginia, is the third patient enrolled in a clinical trial being conducted at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Insti... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyOct 5 2021OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
France to Create a Network of ‘Safe Consumption Sites’ BETTER ‘SAFE’ THAN SORRY – Sept. 29, 2021 - Véran said two new centres would be created each year at a national level. A law from 2016 authorises the creation of low-risk consumption rooms, but so far just two hav... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyOct 5 2021OverdoseRecoveryRehab
Demand for Sober-Living Residences LISTEN NPR – RECOVERY CAN START ANYWHERE – Oct. 2, 2021 - Money from opioid settlements will flow into recovery services around the country. Some residents of Parkersburg, W.V., say their small city is u... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 5 2021opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
How the Pandemic Led to the Rise of Virtual Rehab YOUR NEW CONNECTION – Oct. 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic drove the demand for telehealth in 2020, but experts say that telehealth will likely become a permanent fixture in both the tech and healthcare landscapes.&nb... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
A Litre of Vodka and Four Bottles of Wine During Lockdown DEATH AVERTED – Oct. 2, 2021 - “He said to me ‘I think you have something to tell me. You need to say it out loud’,” Kathleen added. “And I looked at him and said ‘I’m an alcoholic’. That was the first t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousinterventionInterviewMental HealthOct 5 2021RecoveryRehab
Racism Is An Addiction…In The Recovery Industry by Ester Nicholson IS THERE A 12-STEP PROGRAM FOR THAT? – Oct. 4, 2021 - I am a black woman in recovery. In my 35 years of recovery, and as a recovery professional, I have experienced bias and racism. When I entered ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Two Charged with Preying on Struggling Addicts BOTTOM FEEDERS – Oct. 2, 2021 - “People with substance use disorder deserve quality treatment options that are safe and effective,” Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement. “As the opioid epidemic co... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 5 2021opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
L.A. to Dismiss 60,000 Marijuana Convictions IT’S ABOUT TIME – Sept. 27, 2021 - About 20,000 of the convictions expected to be expunged under Gascón’s Monday order were for felony possession or cultivation of marijuana, said Jean Guccione, a spokes... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsmoking
Evidence Exposes Harms of Smoking Ban in Drug Treatment WHO FUNDED THE STUDY? – Sept. 27, 2021 - The study also found that 46 percent of participants reported that the smoking ban was impacting their decision about whether or not to seek inpatient addiction treatme... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionnicotineOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsmoking
Austin-Based ‘CLEAN Cause’ Awards $1.2M in Scholarships WATCH – DRINK UP, IT’S FOR A CLEAN CAUSE – Sept. 30, 2021 - Hurt struggled with alcohol and drug addiction before finding a path to recovery and starting CLEAN Cause. His company gives half of its profit... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 5 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Astounding Transformation: ‘Consider starting today’ GRATEFUL GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF LIFE – Sept. 30, 2021 - Over the last nine years, Burton has gotten into hiking, climbing, cycling and running, which has been “probably the most transformative thing that I have... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 5 2021RecoveryRehab
A Helping Hand THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – 2021 - In a soaring chapel space, a men’s choir sings two resounding songs to the beat of a band. It’s a diverse group—old, young, African American, white, some looking dapper in... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Temple Drug Rehab Centre Accused of Torture WATCH – NOT ALL THAI REHABS ARE CREATED EQUAL – Sept. 22, 2021 - Media reported the addicts were there both voluntarily and as a condition of their release by police. All had to pay 12,000 baht each once they ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Cheryl Burke Says Sharing Sobriety With Fans Has Been ‘Scary’ WATCH – ALL THE RIGHT STEPS – Sept. 20, 2021 - In the video Burke posted Monday morning, Burke drove while she spoke to the camera about how doing the show sober was “scary for her,” and that while she c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
District Court Judge: Addiction is a Disease BUT IT’S STILL A CRIME? – Sept. 23, 2021 - She admitted that while serving as prosecutor, then as a judge, she believed that in sentencing people with a substance use addiction (SUD) to jail, she was doi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 28 2021
Heartache of Addiction Leads to Lifetime of Activism PRISON IS NOT THE ANSWER – Sept. 24, 2021 - If you have been reading The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a while, this story may sound familiar. Boccia wrote an editorial about the crisis of heroin addiction ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Skate Straight for Those Battling Addiction WATCH – BALANCE AND GRACE – Sept. 23, 2021 - At first, he didn’t think anyone would show up, but before long people came from everywhere. A chapter of Skate Straight recently opened in England and he hopes to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
“We Shouldn’t Jail Shoplifters – Victims Should Pay for Thieves’ Rehab Costs” Police Chief GOTTA LOVE THIS WOMAN – Sept. 24, 2021 - Miss Jones, who at 27 was the youngest ever magistrate in England and Wales, said: ‘I think that we need a review of the way that sentencing in this country is done... ‘... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Why I Stayed in a Damaging Relationship With an Alcoholic YOU’RE IN IRELAND? – Sept. 25, 2021 - When he finally fell right off the wagon and descended into an alcoholic vortex of total life-obliteration, lasting nearly a year, I found myself in a situation for which ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehabSept 28 2021
‘The Flight Attendant’ NOT HARD NEWS! REAL FUN FICTION ON TV – Sept. 24, 2021 - In Season 2, Cassie is sent on an overnight assignment where she inadvertently witnesses a murder, entangling her in another case filled with inte... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehabSept 28 2021
Patricia Heaton Shares What Led Her to Sobriety ON A PINK CLOUD (SORT OF) – Sept. 23, 2021 - And I was so humiliated in front of my sons, and their friends,” she continued. “And God knows that that’s all it takes for me — for that kind of sense of the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Using Yoga to Help with Addiction Recovery WATCH – STRETCHING MIND AND BODY – Sept. 22, 2021 - With little left to give, Daffner channeled his hopelessness into a willingness to try just about anything, and that’s when he discovered the Scottsdale Reco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Jeremy Plummer Returns Home to “Smash the Stigma” of Addiction RECOVERY HAS MUSCLES AND FLEXIBILITY – Sept. 21, 2021- His story: 10 years ago, Plummer attended his first CrossFit class. It was something he and his sister – a nurse Morning Chalk Up met in 2020 when she was... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Neuroengineering is Helping People Fight Addiction WATCH – MIND MATTERS – Sept. 2`, 2021 - “Even just having a conversation with you, looking you in the eyes, is something that I never would have been able to do six years ago,” said Julia Soloman. Looking a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021
Native Americans Face Deadly Drug Crisis WATCH – HEALING FROM THE TRIBE – Sept. 23, 2021 - “Many native families are suffering from generational abuse, eroding traditional values and destabilizing families” across the country, according to the ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabSept 28 2021
The Importance of Relationships in Addiction Recovery WATCH – IT’S AN INSIDE JOB – Sept. 23, 2021 - “What my program is really trying to do is deliver some of those same interventions but in a self-help format, so that the loved ones don’t have to participa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 28 2021