Sept 15 2020

Model, brand influencer brings sobriety to social media

Sober Out Loud –  Sept. 10, 2020 - “I see it everywhere,” she said of alcohol on social media and…

4 years ago

99 Purple Flags Posted For Overdose Awareness

Lives lost forever – Sept. 11, 2020 - Unwanted medications can sometimes end up in the wrong hands, which is…

4 years ago

Vaping Links to Covid Risk Becoming Clear

Smoke gets in your lungs... –   Sept. 4, 2020 - At one point, Mr. Moein said, his doctors gave…

4 years ago

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…

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People recovering from substance use disorder confront their trauma with politically incorrect jokes: ‘Laugh at my pain’

Laughing your way to sobriety – Sept. 8, 2020 - There are a number of ways to recover from the…

4 years ago

The Surprising Magic of Sober Life by Laura McKowen

LISTEN – MEDIA: Book Review –  Sept. 7, 2020 - Although this memoir follows Laura’s journey to sobriety, it’s not…

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Sober Black Girls Club aims to tackle alcohol use disorder among Black and brown women

WATCH – A force for good... – Sept. 8, 2020 - “When it was time for me to graduate from…

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The Benefits of Sober September

“Buy U A Drank” NOT – September 4, 2020 - People wanting to go sober in September this year may…

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Overdoses rise in South Florida

Too many sunsets – Sept. 13, 2020 - Florida reported 5,621 overdose deaths, a 14% increase from January 2019 to…

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System of Addiction Treatment Requires Reimagining Recovery

No one way? Or no any way? –  Sept. 11, 2020 - Further still, when a life event, such as…

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Mighty Ducks Star Shaun Weiss (not hockey player) celebrates 265 Days of Sobriety with New Teeth

Is there a chip for 8.8 months? –  Sept. 10, 2020 - Shaun Weiss was arrested again at the beginning…

4 years ago

Revamped OxyContin hasn’t stemmed ODs

No, really? – Sept. 12, 2020 - The surge of painkiller abuse that started in the 1990s has long been…

4 years ago

Is Marijuana Addictive?

Does a bear hibernate in the woods? –  July 8, 2019 - A brain-imaging study last year found the brain’s…

4 years ago

YoungBoy – Never Broke Again – Drug Addiction

WATCH – Musical Interlude –  Sept. 10, 2020 – YoungBoy - Never Broke Again - Drug Addiction more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=138&v=QN4-PNNQ2rQ&feature=emb_logo

4 years ago

Melissa Etheridge channels heartbreak

Foundation made of love – Sept. 10, 2020 - “It was a long journey. In the end, there’s a small…

4 years ago

Q&A with LARA Recovery founder, Angelo Lagares

Stick with the Winners! – Sept. 4, 2020 - LARA’s mission is to create Recovery Community Organizations in Spanish that…

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The Opioid Crisis Has Intensified During Coronavirus Pandemic

WATCH – It’s M.A.T. or DIE says Wall Street Journal – Sept. 8, 2020 - When Covid-19 struck, the U.S.…

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Jon Hamm Opens Up Like ‘Never Before’: Sobriety, Love, And Loss

Mad Man No More – Sept.  13, 2020 - The insider explains that booze “became a problem as he and…

4 years ago

Kevin Kennedy on overcoming addiction (with silent Clare!) Live for Brighton UK

WATCH – British TV star tells it like it was – August 28, 2020 - Coronation Street’s Kevin Kennedy discusses…

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A look at Matthew Perry’s journey who kicked his own addiction, helped others recover

You got to have... –  Sept. 6, 2020 - Then this year in July, he was spotted in public in…

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Black-owned sober bar remains lifeline to sobriety in tense times

Where everyone knows your first name only? –   Sept. 8, 2020 - Texas began reopening its bars May 1,…

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Marijuana use is on the rise in older adults

Act your age, not your THC level – August 31, 2020 - The researchers said one of the reasons they…

4 years ago

Why did the justice department let Purdue off the hook for the opioid crisis?

Fortunes are at stake? – Sept. 8, 2020 - The opioid epidemic is not over. Even as Covid-19 rages, opioid-related…

4 years ago

Family’s tragic destruction over $10 of heroin

As High as Death – Sept. 11, 2020 - “Your family is destroyed over $10 of heroin,” Mulford concluded. Assistant…

4 years ago

Eating Disorders Thrive In Anxious Times, And Pose A Lethal Threat

LISTEN – Dying To Be Thin –  September 8, 2020 - For most of her 34 years, Stephanie Parker didn’t…

4 years ago

8 Encouraging Apps for Overcoming Addiction

Tap before you pick up –  Sept. 12, 2020 - Pocket Rehab is filled with familiar tools, but all of…

4 years ago

Quote of the Week – George Bernard Shaw

“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” —George Bernard Shaw

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Remembering 9/11’s first recorded victim

New York lost a very good man –   Sept. 9, 2020 - “He was truly something special. He had…

4 years ago

Hazelden Betty Ford CEO to be Stepping Away

Passing the First Lady’s baton – September 9, 2020 - Mishek, the third-longest-serving leader in the organization’s 71-year history and…

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