Quote of the Week – Amanda Gorman “We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another, we seek harm to none and harmony for all.” —Amanda Gorman ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
‘Sound of Metal’ explores a musician’s journey into deafness—and himself Great new movie on Amazon Prime – Jan. 9, 2021 - She calls Hector, Ruben’s sobriety mentor, who gives Lou directions to a deaf community for recovering drug addicts. The community is run by Joe (Paul Raci), an ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
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
Former Opioid Addict Gives Back Through Random Acts of Kindness WATCH – One good turn at a time – Jan. 8, 2021 - “There’s trash everywhere, there’s people everywhere, like, I was sleeping in abandoned buildings,” she said. “It’s so out of control that they can’t really get... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Porn Addiction Coach Reveals the Problem Has ‘nothing to do with sex’ Or Does It? – Jan. 10, 2020 - Trying to prevent that is Porn Addiction Coach Tim Reigle, and his summation of the condition is surprising. “Porn addiction has nothing to do with sex, it’s to do with how we cope with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSexual Addiction
Florida High School Principal Fired for Going to Rehab UNFAIR – Jan. 12, 2021 - The psychiatrist, Dr. Naomi Jones, reportedly said she was unable to determine whether Williams was fit for duty, according to the document. School officials determined that William... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Goats, Soaps and Candles Help Pay Bills and Build Skills It takes all kinds – Jan. 10, 2021 - Stopped at the gate by Zuzana Poláčková, one of the staff at Hope Farm, Ainsley bleated her disapproval then trotted by the chickens in their coop across the field from two ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Rescued By Kindness, Now She Shares Hope in Philly What goes around... – Jan. 10, 2021 - For years, Cohen lived in a perpetual state of hunger, trauma and pain. Eventually, she landed on the streets of Kensington, the largest open-air drug market on the East C... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
N.Y. Drug Reform Activist Anthony Papa Gets Pardon Barbaric prison system victim – Jan. 9, 2021 - “He is a living example of the inequities in the system that existed due to the Rockefeller-era drug laws and has spent more than a decade working in the pursuit ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Overdose Concerns Following Latest Round of Stimulus Checks WATCH – What we worry – Jan. 13, 2021 - “When you give them $600 they’re going to really take it to the limit and that really will raise your chances of losing your life,” said Thomas Gooch, the Prevention Dire... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRehabrelapse
Marijuana Shops Report Brisk Business Despite Pandemic WATCH – High profits – Jan. 9, 2021 - “Despite all the market challenges, everything from COVID to supply chains and beyond, Maine has done a really good job getting this market up and running,” said Thomas Wi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaRecoverysmoking
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
Parents Organizing to Save Kids From Drug Addiction Dangers WATCH – Teach Your Children Well – Jan. 12, 2021 - Taylor’s family said this summer two former classmates overdosed together. Her father, Todd Grzybinski, says he can list at least a dozen kids within the last six m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Demi Lovato Addresses 2018 Overdose in New Docu-series The healing has begun – Jan. 13, 2021 - “For the first time, you’ll be able to see my chronicle of struggle and ongoing healing from my point of view. I’m grateful that I was able to take this journey to face ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRehab
“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
Neighbors Complain About DRUG REHAB HOTEL-19 Covid Wing Available – Jan. 13, 2021 - According to State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan, on Dec. 3, there were 13 coronavirus infections in residents and 14 among staff at the center. By Dec. 22, the number of i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery 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
Psychiatrist Sentenced in Federal Pill Mill Case WATCH – Shrinking from Responsibility – Jan. 14, 2021 - A federal prosecutor explained this case was different than other high-profile pill mill cases in the Middle District, acknowledging there was insufficient evi... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsSlider
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
As Overdoses Compete with Covid-19 Deaths, Feds Make It Easier to Prescribe Addiction Drugs While we all gently weep – Jan. 16, 2021 - On Thursday, HHS officials did just that: physicians are no longer required to have a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine — just a DEA registration that nearly every doc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoverySlider
Quote of the Week – William Butler Yeats “The world being illusive, one must be deluded in some way if one is to triumph in it.” —William Butler Yeats ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
DRUG USE FOR GROWN-UPS: Chasing Liberty in Land of Fear Dr. Feelgood – Jan. 12, 2021 - Hart knows this. He knows about the discomfort his readers might feel when they encounter his full-throated endorsement of opiates for recreational use. He offers the information ... Read More...Alcohol AddictionArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSlider
Writers In Treatment: Melding Recovery, the Arts, and Information The accident that led to a Film Festival November 12, 2020 - For the past twelve years, Leonard Buschel has been an instrumental force in adding flavor and culture to the recovery community by filling ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalWriters In Treatment
Review MEDIA: Film Recommendation After binge watching Netflix’s mini-series QUEEN’S GAMBIT, which I enjoyed tremendously, I listened to a rare interview with the author, Walter Tevis, who also wrote The Hustler, The Color ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionnetflix
Meet Ahbra Kaye of REEL Recovery Film Festival A Star is Re-Born – Oct. 15, 2020 - Sobriety, not property and prestige, has given me the most meaningful gifts. I am part of a fellowship of people who understand what I’ve been through, who loves me as I am and who... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionLeonard BuschelMalibunonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film Festival
Leslie Jordan Fan Mail “Who knew when Leonard started his recovery bulletin years ago, how pertinent and necessary it would become in the days of hunkering down from the Covid 19 virus. When one has exhausted all the available online... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery Advocate