Rehab

While US Focused On Other Crises, Drug Epidemic Is Exploding

LISTEN – WHEN WILL IT END? – Jan. 29, 2021 - “Our country is facing many simultaneous crises and President Biden understands that,” an administration official wrote in an email. “The President has laid out key ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRehabrelapse

Alcoholics’ Silent COVID Suffering: What’s a Recovering Addict to do in Isolation?

WHAT WOULD BILL AND BOB SAY? – Jan. 27, 2021 - Some of this is well-publicized. Unsurprisingly the anxiety, fear and isolation COVID-19 has caused lends itself to increased risks for alcoholism and substance a... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab

Macklemore passionately details his sobriety journey: Treatment ‘continues to save my life’

THE RECOVERY SHOW – Jan. 29,2021 - Though the Grammy Award-winner recalled years of shame, he reminded fans that there is always hope and self-growth in the road to recovery. “You work these 12 steps and you... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

‘Lockdown broke me: After 15 years of sobriety, I drank. Secretly, alone.’

KEEP COMING BACK – Jan. 25, 2021 - This January, I would have been 15 years sober. In 2006, after 24 years of drinking addictively, I crawled — metaphorically — into a meeting of recovering alcoholics, got wit... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCompassionCoronavirusFeb 2 2021interventionlonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapse

Thousands of Recovery Homes in PA. Operate Without State Oversight

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME – Jan. 25, 2021 - Department officials said earlier this month that they were completing an internal review of draft regulations and planned to send them to the Attorney General’s Office b... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Drug Rehab Counselor Arrested for Stalking and Sexual Assault of Client

ONE ROTTEN APPLE? – Jan. 25, 2021 - According to the Boulder Police Department, detectives began investigating Yepes earlier this month after a female client reported he “repeatedly contacted her and initiated ... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionRecoveryRehab

It’s Hard to Stay Sober in a Pandemic, Holly Wants to Help

SUGGESTIONS TO GO BUY – Jan. 27, 2021 - While there’s no one-size-fits-all treatment strategy to address problematic drinking, many people turn to 12-step programs for peer support—most notably, Alcoholics Ano... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusFeb 2 2021interventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

When I Was Labeled a ‘Troubled’ Teen, I Obliged

WHEN IS IT TOO TOUGH? – January 12, 2021 - The years leading up to my being taken and the eventual break out is now a blur of misanthropy. I was reckless, taking my mom’s car out for joy rides without permissio... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabteenagers

Opioid Deaths Occur Less Often in Areas with More Cannabis Storefronts

WAKE AND LIVE – Jan. 30, 2021 - “Our findings suggest that higher storefront cannabis dispensary counts are associated with reduced opioid-related mortality rates at the county level,” the authors write. “While... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRehab

‘Body Brokers’ Frank Grillo Runs a Crooked Drug Rehab Scam

WATCH – HOLLYWOOD FICTION? – Jan. 26, 2021 - Over the past couple years, I’ve read several articles about shady rehab facilities and treatment programs, so when I was offered the opportunity to check out the new ind... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 2 2021interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Two-Drug Combo May Help Fight Meth Addiction

LET’S PRAY IT DOES – Jan. 20, 2120 - Standard behavioral treatment for meth addiction typically involves highly structured group therapy, Volkow explained. Another option is a rewards-based motivational therapy... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 26 2021methRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

How Stuart Watson Became A Sober ‘Man Listening’ To Women

LISTEN – HUH? – Jan. 19, 2021 - What does it take to get a man to listen — really listen — to women? Well, in Stuart Watson’s case, it took being slapped, fired and flat out told by his own wife that he wasn’t ... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionJan 26 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Sublime Set of Memoirs About Growing Up, Writing and Addiction

READ THEM AND WEEP – Jan. 19, 2021 - This was the place where it happened, and the person on whom everything hinged was her mother — beautiful, capricious, cruel. Ditlevsen was a bright girl and a good student... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 26 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

‘Help Dad’ campaign comes under fire for ‘mocking alcoholism’

WATCH – SATIRE OR BAD TASTE? – Jan. 20, 2021 - Oatly’s new ‘Help Dad’ campaign and website are designed to help young persuade their parents to give up dairy and switch to oat milk and is filled with recipes, t... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 26 2021RecoveryRehab

Zooming Through Recovery

PASS THE ELECTRONS – Jan. 15, 2021 - Group therapy helps build up the strength necessary for recovery through the essential process of validation. Coping with addiction is unbelievably challenging — doing so wi... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 26 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Kate Moss From Coke Scandal and Sobriety

A ROLLING STONE... – Jan. 16, 2021 - The model mum called herself “so emotional” when the teen made her catwalk debut for Miu Miu back in October, days after she turned 18. And throughout lockdown Kate has bee... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 26 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Mobile Clinic Helps Las Vegas Homeless Combat Addiction

A SAFE BET – January 23, 2021 - Services include: clean needle exchange, wound care, substance abuse rehabilitation, and doses of naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses. Linkage to Action will also provide ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJan 26 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab

‘Addiction and Recovery’ Series Challenges Stigma

TUNE IN AND TURN IT UP – Jan. 24, 2120 - The overweight kid from the suburbs of Philadelphia — who had an identity crisis in second grade where he asked his African-American father and Italian-East Indian moth... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 26 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

How ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ Can Help You Cope

WINTER READING TO KEEP YOU WARM – April, 2020 - Holden’s taste in food is pure postwar American. Bacon, eggs, hamburgers and steak all feature in the book. Mainly, however, this 16-year-old survives on cigaret... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 26 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab

Using Analytics to Attack Addiction

NUMBERS CAN’T LIE – Jan. 19, 2021 - The students designed an approach grounded in finding “unobvious and of interest” information. First, they determined what defined a “typical” patient at Hazelden Betty Ford—... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 26 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford on Showtime

THE FIRST LADY OF REHABS – Jan. 21, 2021 - Set in the White House, the political drama is a look at America through the eyes of various first ladies. Season 1 will focus on Eleanor Roosevelt and Michelle Obama... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 26 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

How Bad IS Quarantine for my Body?

TRY BENDING OVER – January 22, 2021 - ...Leah Whigman, associate professor at UTHealth School of Public Health in El Paso, told VICE. “Is there any value in saying, I screwed up big time, I’m going to die earlier n... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 26 2021lonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehab

‘Sound of Metal’ explores a musician’s journey into deafness—and himself

Great new movie on Amazon Prime – Jan. 9, 2021 - She calls Hector, Ruben’s sobriety mentor, who gives Lou directions to a deaf community for recovering drug addicts. The community is run by Joe (Paul Raci), an ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 19 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab

Experts Say Why Pandemic is Causing More Relapse and Overdose

WATCH – Despair and Addiction – Jan. 8, 2021 - “She was staying with a mutual friend.” It’s still very fresh in Danielle Owen’s mind as she recounts a tragic story of personal loss. Owen says her friend’s husb... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 19 2021life expectancyMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabrelapse

Alcoholics Anonymous Co-founder Had Mayo Roots

She was like nun other – Jan. 9, 2021 - That patient would be the first of millions to participate in the 20-step programme of recovery, the beginning of Alcoholic Anonymous (AA), which she founded with Dr. Bob... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionJan 19 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Porn Addiction Coach Reveals the Problem Has ‘nothing to do with sex’

Or Does It? – Jan. 10, 2020 - Trying to prevent that is Porn Addiction Coach Tim Reigle, and his summation of the condition is surprising. “Porn addiction has nothing to do with sex, it’s to do with how we cope with... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionJan 19 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSexual Addiction

Florida High School Principal Fired for Going to Rehab

UNFAIR – Jan. 12, 2021 - The psychiatrist, Dr. Naomi Jones, reportedly said she was unable to determine whether Williams was fit for duty, according to the document. School officials determined that William... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 19 2021RecoveryRehab

Goats, Soaps and Candles Help Pay Bills and Build Skills

It takes all kinds – Jan. 10, 2021 - Stopped at the gate by Zuzana Poláčková, one of the staff at Hope Farm, Ainsley bleated her disapproval then trotted by the chickens in their coop across the field from two ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 19 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Rescued By Kindness, Now She Shares Hope in Philly

What goes around... – Jan. 10, 2021 - For years, Cohen lived in a perpetual state of hunger, trauma and pain. Eventually, she landed on the streets of Kensington, the largest open-air drug market on the East C... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 19 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

N.Y. Drug Reform Activist Anthony Papa Gets Pardon

Barbaric prison system victim – Jan. 9, 2021 - “He is a living example of the inequities in the system that existed due to the Rockefeller-era drug laws and has spent more than a decade working in the pursuit ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 19 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab