Some People Are Happier (And Healthier) Being Single SOLITUDE MEANS FORTITUDE – Sept. 8, 2022 - “I was trying to find someone for 10 years, and for 10 years I couldn’t,” Silver, 40, said. Then she had an epiphany. “I was completely feeding into what dating cul... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthSept 13 2022
Eminem on overdose: ‘It took a long time for my brain to start working again’ VIDEO – HAPPY IT DID – Sept. 8, 2022 - “I remember when I first got sober and all the shit was out of my system, I remember just being, like, really happy and everything was f***ing new to me again,” Eminem sai... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewOverdoseRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022
‘Addiction Is a Medical Problem’: Nonjudgmental Treatment Is Good Medicine VIDEO – COMPASSION IN ACTION – Sept 6, 2022 - Depman moved to Vermont in 2007, as addiction treatment was starting to evolve. Before the move, he had seen the beginning of such changes while working as an emerg... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022Trauma
LSD Therapy Induces Rapid, Lasting Reductions in Anxiety and Depression BILL W. WAS A PIONEER – Sept. 8, 2022 - LSD-assisted therapy could provide benefits to patients struggling with anxiety disorders, according to new research published in Biological Psychiatry. The findin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthPsychedelicsRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022Trauma
San Francisco One Step Closer to Decriminalizing Plant-Based Psychedelics SUMMER OF LOVE THERAPY CONTINUES – Sept. 10, 2022 - The measure, resolution #220896, concerns entheogenic plants, another term for psychoactive plants, or plants that can induce changes in perception and mood. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionPsychedelicsRecoverySept 13 2022
From Sober Mom Squads to Anti-Anxiety Workbooks: Do New AA Alternatives Work? IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – Sept. 7, 2022 - AA was founded in 1935 by two white men who were members of a Christian revivalist group, Bill Wilson and Bob Smith – a Wall Street analyst and a surgeon, respectively ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
The Deadly Financial Aspect of Addiction VIDEO – IT’S ALL ABOUT LOSSES – Sept. 8, 2022 - After losing her husband to accidental overdose, Cheryl shares his journey through active addiction, road to recovery and his final battle lost to overdose. By ex... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 13 2022
TIAN DAYTON’S NEW BOOK! SOCIOMETRICS AUDIO – RELATIONAL REPAIR KIT – Sept. 9, 2022 - “I am very happy to let you know about my new book Sociometrics, which clearly outlines my experiential/embodied approach to healing cPTSD, through accessi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022Trauma
Can You Manage Bipolar Disorder Without Medication? ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Sept. 9, 2022 - In addition to mental exercises, there are also a number of lifestyle changes that can help to manage bipolar disorder. Some lifestyle changes that may be helpful i... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022
TikToker’s Daily Posts Show Road to Sobriety INSPIRING TRANSFORMATION – Sep 8, 2022 - After getting out of bed, the couple went downstairs and dumped every last drop of alcohol down their kitchen sink. It has been over a year and Stoecker hasn’t had a dri... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022
Local Teen Creates Program to Raise Awareness About Drug Addiction VIDEO – BIG HEARTED YOUNG WOMAN – Sept. 7, 2022 - Local teen creates website to raise awareness about drug addiction. more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X05NXxa6pco ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Heroin Overdoses Down in D.C. The Sad Reason? Fentanyl. THE CAPITAL OF DEATH – Sept. 8, 2022 - Now heroin, synonymous with illicit drug use in Mid-Atlantic cities since the 1960s, is close to vanishing from the streets of the nation’s capital. D.C.’s lates... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 13 2022Trauma
LA Indie Rock Artist Stephanie Hatzinikolis Celebrates Sobriety with New Song “Weed and Whisky” VIDEO – SHE’S ON IT – Sept. 10, 2022 - Though there are darker themes, ultimately the idea is to be honest, vulnerable, and to share the perseverance of the human spirit. I hope that this song inspires (sober o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022
Five Ways to Avoid a News Addiction PLEASE DO NOT UNSUBSCRIBE – Sept. 9, 2020 - It’s normal to want to know what’s going on in the world around us. That said, there is 24/7 access to news on the TV and our phones. Much of the news that is ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022Smartphone Addiction
‘I’m on the Verge of Dying’: Ailing Mike Tyson Once Made Brutally Honest Admission About His Struggles With Alcoholism and Drugs VIDEO – WEED WITH A BITE – Sept. 9, 2022 - The admission came during an ESPN Friday Night Fights post-fight press conference in Verona, New York. Tyson, in detail, talks about sobriety and how he longed t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022
Adrienne Banfield-Norris Celebrates 31 Years Of Sobriety VIDEO – SAY HEY NA – Sept. 2022 - “I spent so many years in that insanity of active addiction, running in and out, and just that revolving door — you know, trying to get my life back together. That surrender wa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Adriana Marchione on Addiction, Cancer, Dance & Grief CREATION STORY EVERY DAY – Aug. 27, 2022 - Sometimes I wish the world were a little smaller, so I could meet my guests in person. Adriana is one of those people who I’d love to spend time with. This, f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Jury Awards $77M in Suit Against Treatment Center WHO’S MINDING THE REHAB? – Sept. 8, 2022 - Lawyers for MARR wrote in a court filing that a doctor discontinued Carusillo’s lithium treatment after he complained of side effects. Carusillo knowingly viola... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Catholic Recovery Program Helps Addicts Find Healing VIDEO – CAME TO BELIEVE – Sept. 8, 2022 - The thing about addiction is that it’s often very complicated. Anyone who has ever had to support a family member or loved one through an addiction understands w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Facebook Fined $400 Million for Treatment of Children’s Data HOW LOW WILL THEY GO? – Sept. 5, 2022 - Policymakers are attempting to better safeguard children’s data generated on social media, online video games and other internet services. California lawmakers last week ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022Smartphone AddictionTrauma
Juul to Pay $440 million to States in Vaping Probe THEY DON’T GIVE A PUFF – Sept 6, 2022 - “Juul’s cynically calculated advertising campaigns created a new generation of nicotine addicts,” Tong said in the statement. “They relentlessly marketed vaping pr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionjuulSept 13 2022smokingVaping
Influencer ‘Cass and the City’ gets candid about importance of addiction awareness VIDEO – TALKING IS DA SOLUTION – Sept. 8, 2022 - He says he knew something was wrong in high school when he would experience going through withdrawal, but he pushed through. After high school, he began using he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022suicideTrauma
Chris Cuomo says he drinks ‘too much,’ but he’s not an alcoholic SAVE HIM A SEAT – Sept. 8, 2022 - “Too often, I think, we avoid dealing with things. So here’s a little bit of my story. I take my body and — my diet can suck. I drink too much,” Cuomo said. “I’m thinking about... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022
Rehab Employee Pushing Coke on Those Seeking Treatment? VIDEO – ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR – Sept. 9, 2022 - Donald Suggs, 51, a staff member at the rehabilitation center and Kelsey Hunt, 28, of Raeford, were taken into custody after a traffic stop led to the seizure of coc... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Did Michael Jackson’s Ex-Wife Debbie Rowe Confess Aiding In His Drug Addiction? Says, “In Some Way I Was Part Of It” MEA CULPA? – Sept. 7, 2022 - As per the report in The International News, in the documentary, Debbie Rowe admitted that she had worked for the famous dermatologist Dr Arnold Klein, who gave Michael Jacks... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthOverdoseSept 13 2022Trauma
Cheryl Burke ‘Very Proud’ of Her Sobriety and Hopes to Be Sober the ‘Rest of My Life’ DANCING ALL THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – Sept. 6, 2022 - “I’m very proud of myself. I definitely am not thinking too far along cause what helped me get to the four years and what will get me through another four ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
What is the Best Diet for Mental Health? LET FOOD BE THY MEDICINE AND MEDICINE BE THY FOOD – Sept. 9, 2022 - Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry at the King’s College in London in the United Kingdom investigated exactly how nutrition m... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022
What Makes Your Brain Different From a Neanderthal’s? INSTAGRAM? – Sept. 9, 2022 - “What we found is one gene that certainly contributes to making us human,” said Wieland Huttner, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancySept 13 2022
Quote of the Week – Queen Elizabeth II “The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts.” – Queen Elizabeth II ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyquote of the weekSept 13 2022