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 AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife 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 AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Study Finds One Small Drink Daily Raises Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Is it worth it? – Jan. 13, 2021 - “Many people have palpitations and dizziness, but one of the bad things about atrial fibrillation is that it’s asymptomatic and can lead to other problems such as stroke. In m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
“Free Yourself From Yourself” Book Offers Strategic Approach to Addiction Recovery Good book – Jan. 13, 2021 - Stewart is no outsider when it comes to addiction and recovery. At the age of forty, he found himself homeless and hopeless. With only a few possessions and dollars to his name, addi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Author Shares Stories of Addiction in New Book No one is too small to grow – Jan. 13, 2021 - So, do the same for a human being,” she said. In December, Kőrösi self-published “Our Society: Addiction and More Uncovered.” The book culminates months o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
I Thought of Relapsing When Rioters Stormed The Capitol. Then an Amazing Thing Happened. A New Dawn Coming – Jan. 13, 2021 - Feeling means knowing deep down that these were the heinous acts of truly free people ― people who operated without fear of consequence. And feeling meant acknowledging that I, an... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapse
Therapist Puts New Face on Alcoholism Not Without Blemishes – Jan. 13, 2021 - “Since the onset of COVID, alcohol use skyrocketed as a coping mechanism. Everyone’s looking for relief. People drink for relaxation, to calm nerves, to sleep, as a ritual, t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionMental HealthNews BoxesRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Wil Wheaton Celebrates 5 Years of Sobriety with Reflective, Emotional Post Where there’s a Wil, there’s a way – Jan. 12, 2021 - Wheaton also mentioned interacting with his wife Anne before passing out from consuming too much alcohol. He woke up the next day and asked his friend Talking Dea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeatured ArticlesinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sober Stars Step Into Spotlight Amid “Dry January” Focus Abstinence Becomes Them – Jan. 13, 2021 - Helping smack down that notion is Danny Trejo who, at 52 years sober, recently filmed a PSA on behalf of CRI-Help, an L.A.-based nonprofit treatment center. The spot finds ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusdepressionFeatured ArticlesinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rob Lowe Reflects On Sobriety: ‘You Have To Want To Do It’ WATCH – Getting More Out of Life – Jan. 17, 2021 - Rob Lowe is Willie Geist’s virtual guest on this weekend’s “Sunday Sitdown” for “Today”, and he reflected on the wildness of his younger years — and how they u... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
Excessive Drinking During Covid Hits Women Harder LISTEN – Women Suffer More – January 14, 2021 - From the earliest days of the pandemic, social media has been flooded with jokes and memes about turning to alcohol to cope. But 10 months later, many are reevaluat... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapseSlider
New Law Requires Faster Treatment for Addiction WATCH – Not fast enough – Jan. 1, 2021 - “You’re talking about really sick people with a chronic progressive life-threatening brain disease who are presenting for care, they’re going to be admitted into care. And th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 12 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Étienne Boulay Celebrates 4 Years Safe in the end zone – Jan. 7, 2021 - Étienne Boulay revealed this Wednesday on social networks that he has been sober for 4 years now. 4 years ago to the day, I escaped it for the thousandth time. I had tried ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionJan 12 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
County Offering Treatment to Inmates Dealing with Addiction WATCH – What a good idea – Jan. 6, 2021 - Cumberland County Jail has now hired Medication Assisted Treatment Re-Entry Coordinator Jessica Verdajo, who will work to add more accessibility to medical treatment fo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Alcohol Monitoring Devices Work Careful with your mouthwash – Dec. 2020 - The OMNI Institute served as the research partner and provided support with data collection, analysis, and reporting. OMNI is a non-profit research and evaluation consu... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘Wonder Woman’ Lynda Carter In Recovery 23 years One super power at a time – Jan. 7, 2021 - According to the outlet, there is a history of alcoholism in the actress’ family. And during the time Carter began drinking, she was unhappily married to her first hus... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyInterviewJan 12 2021RecoveryRecovery Advocate
The Road to This Wedding Was Paved With Theft, Lies, Tears Sobriety sometimes leads to marriage – Jan. 8, 2021 - The lessons from the love story of Irene Sibaja and Hal Karp are many, but here are some of the more obvious: The old dating adage “right person, wrong tim... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionJan 12 2021life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Q&A with Jeannie Rabb-Marshall, publisher of Keys to Recovery Stick with the Winners! – January 5, 2021 - Many of you will remember Jeannie from the Steps for Recovery newspaper, where she worked until 2008 with business partner and good friend Jason Levin, who passed awa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Biggest Danger Sign You’re Drinking Too Much You’re reading this article – Jan. 9, 2021 - “If your pattern of drinking results in repeated significant distress and problems functioning in your daily life, you likely have alcohol use disorder,” their heal... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Men Find Community, Self-worth at Recovery Farm Planting Esteem Seeds – Jan. 9, 2021 - He lost his job and, over the summer, his ex-fiancé beat him up, putting him in the hospital with a broken arm, a fractured foot and a gash across the bridge of his nose.&... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mum Shares 10-Step Guide to Sobriety No boozeyness anymore – Jan. 5, 2021 - Justine quit alcohol when she was 40 years old after she spent most of her thirties ‘medicated from alcohol 24/7’. ‘The single turning point was my nine-year-old daught... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Juggling My Children, Their Alcoholic Sitter and My Own Sobriety All in a days daze – Jan. 8, 2021 - But the struggle doesn’t end with the physical. It’s mental. The misery of protracted withdrawal — dysphoria, depression, irritability — can drag on for weeks. Twelve-step p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Memoir Reflects on Prison, Addiction LISTEN – Yourself, destiny, fate, dreams, public defender – Jan. 4, 2021 - In describing his memoir, “The Five People You’ll Meet in Prison,” author Brandon Stickney offers a hard look at New York’s prison system a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 12 2021life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
‘Mr. Sobriety’: Robert Cote remembered We can, he did – Dec. 27, 2020 - He also created the Addiction Counselor Education Program at Westfield State University (then Westfield State College) and served as the director for 25 years (an extension of t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionJan 05 2021life expectancyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Journalist Terry DeMio Covers the Battle Against Addiction All original writing – Dec. 30. 2020 - Why journalism matters. Journalism is living history that tells truths we might never learn otherwise. It quickly informs people, and the rapid publication of journalism ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 05 2021Recovery
Adrian Ray Evans Pens Fourth Book on Alcoholism He Can’t Stop – Jan. 1, 2021 - “We can’t meet now because of COVID,” Evans said. “But when we can meet, I’m there.” He said, “I was 50 when I quit drinking. It was a very serious problem for me for the last 14 t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusinterventionJan 05 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Bartender Starts Ben’s Friends to Help Restaurant Workers With Addiction Extended families matter – Jan. 1, 2021 - If he hadn’t already started drinking hours before with patrons while on the clock, he’d start soon after finishing work late at night. Pocketing the cash he’d earned ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 05 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Gift of Sobriety: Dusty Rose WATCH – Sharing from the heart – Dec. 31, 2020 - (ABC 6 NEWS) - Dusty Rose, who is in recovery at Recovery is Happening, went in-depth on her journey and how she is recovering through the pandemic. mor... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 05 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Woman’s Sobriety WATCH – Prayer, meditation and reading – Jan. 1, 2021 - For thousands like Milczarski, however, those recovery keystones were upended when the coronavirus pandemic came to Pennsylvania almost 10 months ago. Iso... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 05 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Community Leader Celebrates 25 Years of Sobriety WATCH – And just getting started – Jan. 1, 2021 - “I probably should have gone to detention, but my dad fought to get me treatment,” Allen recalls. Allen didn’t join YSS quietly. “I fought it tooth and nail fo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 05 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapse