Danny Trejo Really Wants to Help His Fellow Man TAKING A MACHETE TO SUFFERING – Dec. 8, 2022 - The actor-author was humbled by the recognition for his New York Times best-seller, but what really makes Trejo happy is when readers come up to him and say... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022Experience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Childhood Experiences Can Influence People’s Drinking Habits ONE MORE SHIRLEY TEMPLE? – Dec. 9, 2022 - Interestingly, the researchers also stumbled upon sex-specific data, in course of the study. “The relative increase in AUDIT scores based on the increase in ACE scores ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Artist Nan Goldin on Addiction and Exposing the Sackler Deadly Dynasty VIDEO – ARTIST/ACTIVIST IN EVERY WAY – Dec. 4, 2022 - Poitras deftly weaves Goldin’s activism into the bigger story of her life and art, including the rawly intimate photographic projects such as The Ballad of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Parents, You Need Narcan CORN FLAKES, MILK & NARCAN – Dec. 4, 2022 - But after a minute, she returned to the bedroom. The noises he was making were disconcerting. And when she shook him, he didn’t respond. Kyle was not asleep. He h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagersTrauma
How Frighteningly Strong Meth Has Supercharged Homelessness HOME SPEED HOME – Dec. 6, 2022 - In your book The Least of Us and in an Atlantic piece last year, you wrote about the rise of very pure meth, which is produced in a different way than the variety t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionlife expectancymethRecoveryTrauma
Jackie Siegel on Losing a Daughter to Addiction VIDEO – NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Dec. 9, 2022 - The rise and fall of their grand ambitions were captured in the critically acclaimed 2012 documentary based on their plans for the 90,000-square-foot behemoth ne... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
I’m An Alcoholic: The first ever peek inside an AA meeting is hugely moving BBC TV REVIEW – Dec. 7, 2022 - Using recent technological developments, the faces of those participating are digitally altered, thus maintaining the principle of anonymity. As one woman, known here as Niam, put... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
When the Tenderloin’s Addiction Crisis Goes Viral AUDIO – ATTENTION! – Dec. 9, 2022 - These images, which circulate around the world, can evoke anger, fear, and frustration. They also shape opinion about what should be done and galvanize support for har... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Former Addict Turns to Sobriety: Becomes Salvation Army officer VIDEO – THE BEST ARMY TO JOIN – Dec. 8, 2022 - Captain. Robert Coriston has a passion for serving his clients at the Midland Salvation Army. He was once in their shoes before. Click@YouTube ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
NJ Overdose Deaths DECREASE VIDEO – GOOD NEWS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The painful and widespread impacts of the opioid epidemic persist in New Jersey. Efforts to stem the tide have been bolstered by more federal money and better education... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Are the Effects of Cannabis and Alcohol in the Body the Same? GOOD TO KNOW – Dec. 7, 2022 - Alcohol consumption rapidly affects the body. After being absorbed through the lining of the stomach into the bloodstream, it spreads into tissues throughout the body and reaches t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
White House Unveils New System to Track and Prevent Opioid Overdoses AUDIO – OBSERVING THE TRACKS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The website also won’t include information from hospitals, schools, businesses non-profits and academic programs that collect non-fatal overdose information.... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Online-Gambling Inquiry Reveals Disturbing Stories VIDEO – GETTING DOWN DOWN UNDER – Dec. 10, 2022 - Ironically, Mark was working for an online betting company for some of that period. By the time his compulsive gambling was discovered, he had accrued significa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 13 2022GaminginternetinterventionRecoverySmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
What To Never Say to Recovering Alcoholics During the Holidays YOU NEED A MEETING – Dec. 10, 2022 - And speaking of celebrations — oh, the parties and their awkward, alcohol-sodden conversations. Most people don’t give a thought to the glass of seltzer I’ve been hol... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Book: “From Junkie To Judge” DON’T JUDGE THE JOURNEY – Dec. 8, 2022 - With one glug of Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill wine, my world changed. I felt euphoric and relaxed, a lovely state my brain encouraged me to reproduce. So, I got drunk fr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmarijuanaRecoveryRehab
Doctor Writes Book About Social Media Addiction VIDEO – ESSENTIAL VIEWING – Dec. 8, 2022 - “I really found my niche in terms of finding viral videos that were happening that had information that was totally bogus,” he said. Bogus, or in slang terms, “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 13 2022internetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
15 HELPFUL TOOLS TO SOBRIETY KEEP THAT TOOLKIT FULLS – Dec. 10, 2022 - As I sit, surrounded by water in the ships comfort approaching Abaco Island, writing trails about my bittersweet holidays, 71-years of memories thick with ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘The Good House’ Plays Like an Alcoholism Themed Rom-Com AUDIO – FILM REVIEW – Dec. 9, 2022 - After introducing us to a cast of supporting characters who seem like figures out of a Hallmark Channel adaptation of Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio”, the film ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022RecoveryRehab
Experience the Experience, Strength and Hope Awards VIDEO – DANNY TREJO HONORED Dec.8, 2022 - The glitterati of the clean and sober world in LA came together last night to honor Danny Trejo for his astounding memoir, "My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood" with ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Robert Downey Jr. and Late Dad Get Candid FROM LESS THAN ZERO TO MORE THAN A MILLION – Dec. 7, 2022 - He recalled becoming addicted around the time he made the 1987 film Less Than Zero. “It was just a wild era,” said Downey Jr. “That whole world... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022InterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalWriters In Treatment
Jamie Lee Curtis: ‘the single greatest thing’ I Can Do Is Remain Sober TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD – Dec. 10, 2022 - When asked by Ferrell if she wonders about her legacy, Curtis got emotional and said she often thinks about how it intertwines with her sobriety. “Being sober is going... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Chris Therien’s New Book Chronicles Alcoholism And Sobriety THE ULTIMATE HAT TRICK – Dec. 10, 2022 - In Philadelphia Flyers orange and black, defenseman Chris Therien cut an imposing figure on the ice, a stalwart physical presence for over a decade in the NHL.&nb... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyDec 13 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes Blocked SHALLOW BREATH – Dec. 8, 2022 - The FDA declined to comment. Lawyers for the companies - which include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, ITG Brands LLC and Liggett Group LLC - did not immediately respond to requests fo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionnicotinesmoking
FILM REVIEW: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ GO SEE A GOOD MOVIE – Dec. 2, 2022 - “It’s not a biodoc in any standard sense, thank God — Poitras, whose own career has revolved around the War on Terror, is much too ambitious a filmmaker to box ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalTrauma
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Best documentary of the year calls for accountability in opioid crisis VIDEO – ACTIVISM SAVES LIVES – Dec. 7, 2022 - As the opioid epidemic rages on across the U.S., impacting Canada as well, Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras is telling the story of renowned artist and activist... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Woman Suing Her Psychiatrist VIDEO – CRUDE RUDE AND SUED – Dec 7, 2022 - An Albany woman battling a drug addiction said her fight for sobriety was nearly derailed by an angry and abusive psychiatrist. Now Dawn McGrath is suing the doctor a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Break Your Addiction to Hustle Culture VIDEO – CORPORATE CON JOB – Dec. 7, 2022 - In her new book, “Corporate Rehab: Ditch the Hustle Culture and Thrive Again,” Jennie Blumenthal shares how to live a more balanced life. Click@YouTube... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022interventionInterviewMental HealthRecovery
Who Read What in 2022: Literary Voices FOR BOOK WORMS ONLY – Dec. 8, 2022 - Abraham Verghese - For many of us in health care, 2022 felt like a gift compared to the two preceding years. Still, I was restless, anxious about Covid-19’s next chapter. “T... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 13 2022Mental Health
Quote of the Week – Amanda Palmer “You’re an artist when you say you are. And you’re a good artist when you make somebody else experience or feel something deep or unexpected.” – Amanda Palmer ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022quote of the week