Judge encourages new mom’s sobriety efforts THE PROMISES COMING TRUE – AUGUST 13, 2021 - A new mom is being encouraged in her efforts to stay sober after assaulting her partner the last time she was intoxicated. Lissa Manning pleaded guil... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addiction Rehab in 2013: The Last days of That ‘70s Show’s Lisa Robin Kelly ALWAYS TOO SOON – August 14, 2021 - Lisa had voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility early this week where she was battling the addiction problems that have plagued her these past few years... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
The Sacklers Love Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver WATCH – THEY SEE DEAD PEOPLE – August 8, 2021 - John Oliver explains how the Sackler family has been handling lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, how hard they’ve been fighting to defend their name, and why... Read More...August 17 2021Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
She Died of Opiate Use and Her Parents Open a Recovery Center THE FAMILY AFTERWARDS – August 10, 2021 - The parents of a Vermont woman who died from an opioid overdose in 2019 are holding an open house this weekend at a recovery center created in her memory. Gre... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
The Connection Between Addiction And Mental Health WE’RE ONLY HUMAN – August 14, 2021 - From depression and anxiety to drug and alcohol use, mental health struggles are common. In fact, nearly 44 million Americans are affected by mental health conditions each ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges WHO’S THE TARGET NOW? – August 13, 2021 - The DEA investigation was prompted by multiple reports in February 2020 of suspicious prescriptions issued by Malikian. The indictment alleges specific inc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Kit Harington Reveals Most Beautiful Thing About Sobriety PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION – August 8, 2021 - “You get to a place where you feel like you are a bad person, you feel like you are a shameful person, and you feel that there’s no way out, that’s just who you... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Governor Cuomo and His Shameful Legacy on Overdose DON’T LET THE DOOR... – August 12, 2021 - “All of us are relieved,” Biz Berthy, a drug policy organizer with VOCAL-NY, told Filter. “Those of us fighting to end overdose in New York have long known the t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Macklemore and KT Tunstall at Addiction and Recovery Concert LIVING (SOBER) OUT LOUD – August 13, 2021 - Macklemore, KT Tunstall, Evvie McKinney, Daphne Willis and The Residency will perform at a concert next month to help raise awareness around addiction and reco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Her Son Is Addicted To Drugs. She’s Against SAFE Consumption Sites MAMA KNOWS BEST? – August 12, 2021 - She would rather see money spent on treatment facilities to improve wait times, which at times can be months. “He needs the support group. He needs people who are ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Finding a Way Back from Suicide LISTEN – SHOCKED BACK FROM THE DEAD – August 9, 2021 - Dr. P. was an ECT specialist at the institute. Electroconvulsive therapy, once known as shock therapy, sends an electric current to the brain, which produ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoverysuicide
Psychiatry Is the Cause, Not the Solution CHEMICALS THINKING – August 8, 2021 - Despite the details, the general theme is the same: someone starts having “psychiatric symptoms,” they are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder and prescribed medic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
What’s Blocking Women From Success & Happiness? THE TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY – August 9, 2021 - “When I say ‘patriarchy,’ I’m not referring to individual men,” says Rein. “I mean a system of inequality and oppression where the power, economic, politica... Read More...August 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
How To Improve Your “gut feeling” LISTEN – BY LISTENING TO THIS ARTICLE – July 29, 2021 - These sensations are generated in places all over the body — in our internal organs, in our muscles, even in our bones — and then travel via multiple pat... Read More...August 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Alcohol Linked To Cancer, Coffee Offers Some Protection THERE IS A GOD – August 9, 2021 - The research has come with this interesting fact that coffee can help one improve the overall medical condition which may be damaged by the use of liquor. Furthermore, eati... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecovery
Toxicology experts say they don’t believe deputy suffered fentanyl overdose WATCH – FENTANYL MADNESS – August 9, 2021 - Gore said he, not a doctor, concluded that Deputy David Faiive suffered an overdose from incidental contact with fentanyl in the July 3 incident featured in the video. It... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
U.S. Is Facing a Naloxone Shortage Amid Record Overdose Deaths BUT THERE’S PLENTY OF VIAGRA – August 11, 2021 - Unfortunately, drugmakers are seeing a shortage of the medication right now, Filter reports. While there are different types of naloxone available (includ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdoseRecovery
Homeless man stuck in loop of fractured system SHAMEFUL CYCLE OF DESPAIR – August 7, 2021 - “The public just doesn’t know. They’re mad about all the encampments and people on the streets because they don’t understand what it takes to deal with this other t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Male Celebrities Reveal Their Eating Disorders LETTING IT ALL OUT – August 12, 2021 - In his 2016 photographic autobiography, musician Zayn Malik discussed the disordered eating that plagued him during his time in One Direction. He wrote, “Something I’v... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Congresswoman Celebrates Opening of a New Recovery Center WHERE WE CAN ALL GET HEALED – August 13, 2021 - “Here in West Virginia, we’re a family. We help each other through hard times, and when we see a neighbor struggling, we do what we can to help them get back on their... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Quote of the Week – Mahatma Gandhi “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi ... Read More...August 17 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyquote of the week
Survivors allege teen hate rehab program refused to report rapes SICK SOULS SELLING SICKNESS – July 21, 2021 - While Insight executive director Clint Stonebraker did not respond to the allegations of racism and homophobia previously reported by YES! Weekly, he did to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Mental Health Teams Get Better Outcomes Than Police NURSES NOT NIGHT STICKS – July 27, 2021 - New York’s program is modeled after a successful, decades-old program in Eugene, Ore., known as Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets, or CAHOOTS. Other similar ... Read More...August 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Kathy Griffin details 2020 suicide attempt, pill addiction LAUGHING BEHIND THE TEARS – August 2, 2021- You never know what goes on behind closed doors. Kathy Griffin outlined to ABC the dire personal straits she found herself in while on tour in 2017, including batt... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicide
Psychedelics Decriminalization Advancing Coast to Coast IT’S A GROWTH INDUSTRY – AUGUST 3, 2021 - From Massachusetts to California, advocates are actively making new strides to reform local laws governing psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca—building on a national ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionPsychedelicsRecovery
87 Ways to Feel Healthier at Home NOT ONE OF THEM IS HAND SANITIZER – July 26, 2021 - Thankfully, you can leverage your living space and what you do in it to feel healthier and happier on the daily, no expensive renos required. Of course... Read More...August 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronaviruslife expectancyMental Health
Brooklyn Dismisses 3,500 Marijuana Cases WHAT A WONDERFUL TOWN – July 29, 2021 - The bill also required that marijuana convictions no longer considered criminal be automatically “vacated and dismissed.” This makes about 160,000 records eligible... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaRecovery
Saginaw Grant, ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘The Lone Ranger’ Dead at 85 PEACE – August 1, 2021 - “Saginaw loved this country and fought in Korea as a Marine. He bore the mark of this service as a proud reminder and had a deep love for bulldogs (the mascot for the US Marines),” the ... Read More...August 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancy
From dope to hope: One man’s journey to sobriety EVERY STEP COUNTS – AUGUST 4, 2021 - He learned that once you’ve reached rock bottom, the only way out is up. June 22, 2020, is the day Mathews reclaimed his life. For the past 13 months, Mathews — who lives... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAugust 10 2021Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmarijuanaRecoveryRehab
Psychology Director gives mental health warning signs for kids WATCH – WATCH FOR KIDS AT PLAY – August 4, 2021 - “We’ve seen an increase still in ingestion of drugs, and a significant amount, some suicide and some not. And then others increase in eating disorders. S... Read More...August 10 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusinterventionMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma