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Sigourney Weaver Stands Out As An Alcoholic In Denial

WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT? – Sept. 16, 2021 - I am not of fan of movies that resort to breaking the fourth wall, as it were, and letting their key characters talk incessantly to the audience. It is a de... Read More...

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How the ‘Pleasure Molecule’ Will Reshape Treatment 4 Psychiatric Diseases and Addiction

IT’S DOPE – Sept. 16, 2021 - Calipari emphasizes that “these data rewrite facts about dopamine, including what it encodes within the brain and how it drives behavior.” This is incredibly important as dop... Read More...

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Book Writing Helps Addiction Recovery

WATCH – MEDIA: WORDS MATTER – Sept. 6, 2021 - It’s been my passion, it’s my relief. I would love to tell you I got clean and started my skateboard company and everything was happy, but it doesn’t work th... Read More...

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Golf Memorial Raises $20,000 for Addiction Prevention

WATCH – UNBEARABLE TRAGEDY – Sept. 4, 2021 - “He stayed clean for about nine months then he relapsed, unfortunately,” Smith said. “People said, ‘well, did you try this and did you try that?’ I appreciate what ... Read More...

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Doing the Dance Between Life and Death with Orthorexia Nervosa

WATCH – IF FOOD BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, EAT ON – Sept. 5, 2021 - When she began her recovery, she was able to trace many of her challenges back to the impact of growing up with a difficult home life. She lo... Read More...

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Royce da 5’9” Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety

WATCH – DA BEST RAP IS SOBER RAP? – Sept. 10, 2021 - This is ‘Tiny Desk,’ the world famous ‘Tiny Desk,’ at the world famous Heaven Studios,” Royce said shortly after opening his 18-minute set with “God Speed.” “Th... Read More...

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John Mulaney on His Addiction and Recovery

WATCH – WHERE HE’S AT – Sept. 12, 2021 - The Chicago native also revealed that he was expecting his first child with Munn and reflected on his future, adding, “You guys saved me from drugs, and Olivia and this... Read More...

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Keith Urban Discusses His Sobriety, Wants Fans To Party

LIVE AND LET LIVE – Sept 6, 2021 - So it just took a long time for me. But I was able to finally make the right choice in my life, that I wish my dad would have made.” Urban tells the publication, “The reas... Read More...

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Break Up With Booze for Sober October With These Non-Alcoholic Wines and Cocktails

THEY’RE JUST BEVERAGES – 2021 - Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditab... Read More...

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If You Still Think Addiction is a Disease, READ THIS FOR A REALITY CHECK

ASTHMA IS A DISEASE – 2018 - Yet the disease concept of addiction may do more harm than good, to addicts, their families, the surrounding community, and the public health system at large. Here’s how. ... Read More...

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Busting Eating Disorder Stereotypes

WATCH – SIZE DOESN’T MATTER – Sept. 8, 2021 - When plus-sized supermodel Tess Holliday opened up this spring about her struggle with anorexia, she also spoke about the backlash she received, saying, “I u... Read More...

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Liz Fraser: My Life With An Alcoholic Partner

AL-ANON ANYONE? – Sept 12, 2021 - At the height of his addiction, Mike was so saturated by alcohol and anxiety he was barely able to think or function normally. He was nervous, wired, aggressive and prim... Read More...

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Soberlockn’ Creates Safe Space For Music Lovers

WATCH – WHARF RATS ARE REPRODUCING – August 28, 2021 - “It’s truly a remarkable experience to come to a live music festival and have the space to meet with other music fans that are also in recovery to share our ex... Read More...

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Tim Choquette Runs Race for the Herren Project

HELPING THE SOBRIETY TEAM – Sept. 1, 2021 - I didn’t just leave the drugs and drinking behind when I left Massachusetts to start over in Florida. I left all of my friends and family. One of my best frien... Read More...

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CEO of Long Beach Drug Treatment Provider Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison Island

GO TO JAIL – Sept. 2, 2021 - Ciampa founded the non-profit Atlantic Recovery Services (ARS), later called Atlantic Health Services, in 1996 and served as its president and CEO until its closure in April 2013 f... Read More...

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Michelle Heaton’s Searingly Honest Struggles With Alcoholism

CONFIDENCE IN ABSTINENCE – Sept. 2, 2021 - Since going to rehab to try and help her get a handle on her life, the singer who rose to fame on the ITV talent show Popstars in the early noughties, said that... Read More...

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Soberlink’s Revolutionary Product Is Helping People Get and Stay Sober

IT WORKS IF YOU USE IT – Sept. 2, 2021 - “If you or someone you love has struggled with addiction, you know that the stigma around the disease can make recovery all the more daunting,” said Brad Keays, C... Read More...

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How Business Can Become Recovery-Friendly by Leslie Glass

NESPRESSO MACHINES FOR EVERYONE – Sept. 1 2021 - Sobriety should be honored and celebrated because, to use the lowest common denominator, it’s just good for business. When people seek treatment for their addic... Read More...

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How One Alcoholic Drink Raises Risk Irregular Heartbeat

WATCH IT – THE POWER OF BOOZE – Sept. 2, 2021 - “This demonstrates that whenever we consume alcohol, it is presumably having a nearly immediate effect on the electrical workings of our hearts,” Gregory Marcus,... Read More...

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Exhibition in Portsmouth Marks 75 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous

WE DON’T NEED NO BITTERS – Sept. 3, 2021 - ‘AA started from a meeting between two seemingly hopeless alcoholics in 1935. Today AA has approximately three million members worldwide and the success of AA in Grea... Read More...

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Party Town: How Alcohol-Centered Culture Impacts Mental Health

PARTY ’TIL YOUR SOBER – Sept. 3, 2021 - “I just grew up around drinking,” Howes said. “Most of my aunts and uncles are all alcoholics … That’s something I took up with them. They were allowing me to drin... Read More...

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Pamela Rickard Running to Raise Awareness

RECOVERY IS ETERNAL – Sept. 3, 2021 - When I walked out of that jail on Dec. 31, 2006, the seeds had been planted that would ultimately grow into my desire to help those fighting similar battles and to show th... Read More...

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In the Drug Archives

ADDICTED TO WRITING ABOUT DRUGS – Sept. 3, 2021 - “I’m attracted to topics that cross boundaries and genres,” he says, and stories about drugs—who takes them, and how they experience them—offered avenues... Read More...

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Lala Kent: My Sobriety Comes First

JUST LIKE CLARK – Sept. 3, 2021 - The blonde beauty - who now has six-month - old daughter Ocean with TV producer Randall - admits she couldn’t have put down the bottle without the unwavering love and su... Read More...

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Veterans with PTSD Can Benefit From Equine Assisted Therapy

FOR CLINICIANS ONLY – August 31, 2021 - The study found that manualized EAT-PTSD shows promise as a potential new intervention for veterans with PTSD. It appears safe, feasible, and clinically viable. These pr... Read More...

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National Recovery Month 2021

WHEN ONE MONTH IS NEVER ENOUGH – Sept. 1, 2021 - Now in its 32nd year, Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other heal... Read More...

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Former Priest Celebrates 19 Years of Sobriety

WATCH – “A SAINT AND A SINNER,” BY STEPHEN DONNELLY – Sept. 1, 2021 - “What is a man’s life worth if he’s judged solely by his worst days?” National Recovery Month answers the question Donnelly posed in “A Sai... Read More...

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Celebrity Chef Michael Chernow Raises $2.2M

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS – August 26, 2021 - It is a plant-based, gluten and allergen-free meal that has his three favorite breakfast go-tos — oats, protein and vitamins, plus minerals and Omega-3 fatty acids. C... Read More...

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Blackfoot Helping Blackfoot Recovery Camps

WATCH – NATURE HEALS – August 26, 2021 - Mills describes the project as “Blackfoot helping Blackfoot.” The camps will be led by Blackfoot people and include traditional healing and ceremony. He hopes to hav... Read More...

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