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What Forgiveness Really Means

STEP 9 ANYONE? – 2022 - “To forgive is to assume a larger identity than the person who was first hurt,” poet and philosopher David Whyte observed as he dove for the deeper meanings of our commonest concepts. B... Read More...

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Lessons From Business Leader With 25 Years of Sobriety

STEPS TO SUCCESS – Jan. 25, 2022 - To me, the 12 steps are about life transformations, not new year’s resolutions. For the first part of this series, I’m focusing on the first six steps. I’ve pulled the steps ... Read More...

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Oregon is 2nd in USA for Addiction and Last in Treatment

VIDEO – END OF THE TRAIL? – Jan. 27, 2022 - “The state decided to promote alcohol consumption in order to generate more revenue when in fact, that was the last thing that should happen during the pandemic,” Mar... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment Market to Surpass $1.2 Billion by 2028

ADDICTION MONEY – Jan. 28, 2022 - Moreover, various government and private organizations are taking initiatives to spread awareness about nicotine de-addiction, which supports addicted person to quit smoking w... Read More...

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The Rise of the “Sunshine State Shuffle”

BY CHRISTOPHER DALE — REVOLVING DOOR OF DEATH – Jan. 25, 2022 - “Rehab facilities have a financial incentive to keep patients in rehab for as long as possible,” said Alan Johnson, Chief Assistant Stat... Read More...

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Sharon Gless: Beating Alcoholism & Finding Calm

BEING ON TV CAN BE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH – Jan. 25, 2022 - From her apartment on Fisher Island, off the coast of Miami, Sharon Gless is happily recounting tales of Cagney & Lacey – the hit Eighties cop sho... Read More...

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Nikki Sixx on Why He Left California for Wyoming

VIDEO – WIDE OPEN SPACES? – Jan. 22, 2022 - The book describes how his father abandoned him early on and his mother was a wild child who dated Richard Pryor. It also explores how he was never allowed to know hi... Read More...

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Why I Opted For Sobriety

BRING ME A BOTTLE YOUR BEST SELTZER – Jan. 28, 2022 - After changing her habits, she wrote her book Mindful Drinking: How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life as a guide to rebooting your relationship with alcoho... Read More...

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Remembering Joe McGarry – An Irishman Who Beat Alcoholism

GET THEE BEHIND ME GUINNESS – Jan. 28, 2022 - He appeared in another documentary shot in the House during the refurbishment called ‘Men of Arlington’, he was also photographed for the ground-breaking novel of e... Read More...

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Brennan Ward: Addiction, Sobriety and Starting Over

AUDIO – IT’S HARD TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT OF A PLASTIC BAG – Jan. 20, 2022 - The conversation went on for a while before it was time for another consultation. Ward was going through his lifelines. The next numbe... Read More...

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Give Your Liver a Better Longer Life

AND NOT SO MANY PAIN AU CHOCOLATE – Jan. 16, 2022 - When excessive fat accumulates within the liver due to alcohol, it is known as alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, when the same happens due to excessive... Read More...

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Young Writer’s Road to Sobriety and a New Addiction Novel

A NOVEL IDEA, A NOVEL – Nov. 17, 2022 - And he wrote about what drugs do to your soul, about letting yourself be molested for a hit, about stealing a woman’s purse in desperate pursuit of the next high. Sanche... Read More...

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With 12 Years of Sobriety, Elsa Hosk Flaunts New Outfits

MODEL SOBER CITIZEN – Jan. 16, 2022 - The CAA Fashion model is a natural athlete who spent two years playing professional basketball for the Swedish women’s league. Elsa proudly announced her 12-year sobrie... Read More...

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Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives

YES, GREAT IDEA – Jan. 19, 2022 - Not offering treatment to people with opioid use disorder in jails and prisons can have devastating consequences, including a return to use and heightened risk of overdose and... Read More...

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Radio Host Vic Vela on Sobriety, Living With HIV, and Betty White

WALKING THE TALK – Jan. 18, 2022 - For queer people, especially, it’s almost impossible to separate Rose—uh, Betty, we mean—from episodes of The Golden Girls that were slyly revolutionary for taking on ’80s-ve... Read More...

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“I Think I Have a Problem With Drugs…Now What?”

CALL ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS? – Jan. 18, 2022 - One viable option is to seek professional help in the form of counseling. By definition, counseling is a “professional relationship that empowers diverse individual... Read More...

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EMT’s Revive 9 People Who Overdosed in 48 hour Period

FENTANYL KILLS – Jan. 20, 2022 - Emergency medical providers in Helena have successfully treated at least nine people facing life-threatening drug overdoses in a 48-hour period, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff ... Read More...

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Lena Dunham: ‘Getting off Klonopin was the hardest’

VIDEO – GIRLS IS GREAT – Jan. 20, 2022 - Back in 2017, at the time, Dunham faced criticism for defending Girls executive producer Murray Miller, who had been accused of rape by actor Aurora Perrineau. Miller d... Read More...

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Treating Serious Bacterial Infections in Drug Users

A NEW ABCESSION – Jan. 2022 - This was initially reported with infective endocarditis (IE), of which there was a more than 12-fold increase over a 6-year period (2010 to 2015) in North Carolina, from 0.2 to 2.... Read More...

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“Single Drunk Female” Makes Recovery Feel Universal

L’CHAIM – Jan. 20, 2022 - Just as many people, if not more, are headed in the opposite direction of willful sobriety, a product of pandemic exhaustion and depression. You know, those ongoing concerns we met in... Read More...

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Understanding Alcohol and Cancer Link

VIDEO – WHAT’S TO UNDERSTAND? – Jan. 21, 2022 - We know exercise, we know diet, we know to not use tobacco or to try to quit if you are ... So those are the ones we hear about a lot, but I hadn’t heard about al... Read More...

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Q&A with Clinical Director of The Foothills, Bridget Camacho

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Jan. 21, 2022 - Bridget Camacho is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in adolescent and family treatment, experiential therapy, and animal assisted interventions. She re... Read More...

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X Factor’s Janet Devlin – Transformation, Alcoholism & Health Battle

STAR FACTOR – Jan. 18, 2022 - Back in 2011, then-16-year-old Janet Devlin peered out at the judges from underneath a mass of hair, looking utterly terrified. Her voice trembling, she explained she was... Read More...

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Orange County Ordered Up a Way to Battle Fraud, Abuse & Death in Rehabs, NOTHING Has Happened in 3 Years

AUTHORITIES CORRUPT, OR JUST ON THE TAKE? – Jan. 14, 2022 - If the state wouldn’t crack down, local leaders said, Orange County would. County supervisors — save one — embraced the idea. Hopes were high. But... Read More...

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Calling Addiction a Disease is Misleading

AND OLD FASHIONED? – Jan. 15, 2022 - I found little help from my own field, which is divided into sometimes clashing schools of thought about how addiction works. As a result, I looked beyond medicine and scie... Read More...

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Dr. Drew Applauds “Euphoria” for Its Portrayal of Drug Addiction

VIDEO – GOOD CONVERSATION – Jan. 17, 2022 - If your not a drug addict or kicked the stuff or tried it then you shouldn’t have a say on how it is, they say mental health but you had to get to that space somehow... Read More...

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Rob Lowe Recalls The Moment He Hit Bottom

ON A NATURAL HIGH – Jan. 19, 2022 -Up until I turned 26, I spent all my time investing in my career,” the 57-year-old shared. “From 26 on, I’ve invested in me; my spirituality, my recovery, my marriage, my fam... Read More...

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This Sobriety App Is One of My Favorite

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT – Jan. 19, 2022 - I don’t remember how or why I settled on I Am Sober in particular when I decided to stop drinking. I think it was because I liked the design sensibility. And I was pan... Read More...

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Life After Drinking Offers More Joy and Fulfillment

AND SMILES TOO – Jan. 21, 2022 - ERIN FLAVIN Age 43, owner of Honeycomb Salon My dad owned a bar. I remember loving the taste of sips of beer and the smell of the basement there. We would get home from chur... Read More...

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