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Author and business owner recounts his journey to sobriety

LISTEN – Back from the dead – July 31, 2020 - Following his coworker’s advice, Jason sought out the doctor but he knew something was very wrong the first time he walked into his office. “I gave the lady at ... Read More...

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21 Proudly Sober Celebrities

Putting down the drink – July 31, 2020 - People choose to stop drinking for a number of reasons (a decision made a lot easier by all the great alcohol-free drink options now on offer), from their mental health to m... Read More...

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Motorcycle club helps men maintain sobriety

Wheels Down – July 28, 2020 - About three years ago, he decided he’d had enough. “One day, I just said I needed to clean up and get my head on straight,” said the 49-year-old Brockton man. “But I was getting b... Read More...

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Arsonist ‘turns life around’

Found the right match! Sobriety! – July 20, 2020 - These are not the types of things that a person could marshal on their behalf if they hadn’t really taken the steps to turn their life around ... tangible evidence, ... Read More...

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Business News Update: Oregon Trail Recovery

A Family That Heals Together... – July 26, 2020 - “When I was finally told prison or treatment, I picked treatment and learned my manipulations were no longer going to work for me. As I sobbed about the unfair... Read More...

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New York Hotel to House 283 Homeless Men Recovering from Substance Abuse

Movin’ on up – July 24, 2020 - The city has been using hotels — which have mostly been closed or at reduced capacity during the crisis — as temporary homeless shelters for the last few months, because many city shelt... Read More...

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Black-Owned Rehab CEO Petitions on Behalf of Black Addicts

Full-court press – July 22, 2020 - With her petition, Young Williams’ goal is to bring attention to the disparities in treatment for people of color fighting addiction and to fund the growing need. She says, “Substan... Read More...

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‘I Got Me Sober, I Made The Choice’

And she has a sponsor – July 24, 2020 - Lala Kent acknowledged that she hadn’t discussed the matter with her followers in some time. The 29-year-old first revealed that she was an alcoholic in March of 2019, a... Read More...

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‘The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth’

An exciting vision of you! – July 25, 2020 - When AA was founded in 1935 there was no provision for women, let alone women of colour. The universal efficacy of methods drawn from the experiences of white men, with li... Read More...

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Bill could make remote addiction treatment permanent

Virtual Hugs? – July 15, 2020 - “It’s a good idea because it helps reach people who have challenges getting treatment,” said Scott Rasmus, executive director of the Butler County Mental Health & Addiction Recover... Read More...

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One Step at a Time Is Easier Said Than Done

QUITTER: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – July 7, 2020 - There are many ways to recover from alcoholism, a key message of “Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery,” and even more ways to wri... Read More...

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First recovery centre for Indigenous women opens in Calgary

WATCH – Home Sweet Homes – July 17, 2020 - Shannon Little Light is the first resident of the Red Woman House, Calgary’s first recovery home for Indigenous Women. “I was couch surfing. I had no home. If I didn’t ha... Read More...

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A.A. in the “golden era of alcoholism”

Still works if you work it – July 17, 2020 - “It’s like no matter where you go – there you are,” Megan said. “And that is why A.A. has meetings worldwide.” Scott had a suicidal breakdown and was drinking to blacko... Read More...

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Cliff Brodsky: The Man Who Knew Too Much And Too Little

Jailhouse Rock – July 21, 2020 – By John Lavitt When Cliff Brodsky, a successful music producer and songwriter, first met now-imprisoned rehab mogul Christopher Bathum at a 12-Step meeting in 2011, he did not real... Read More...

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Psychiatric nurse pens book on surviving homelessness and drug abuse

WATCH – Park Bench to Park Avenue – July 15, 2020 - Brown shares his raw journey out of homelessness in a book titled “From Park Bench to Park Avenue.” The park bench refers to the many years of homelessness. T... Read More...

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Telemedicine is a magnet for fraud and data theft

Just Be Careful – JULY 13, 2020 - “Most telehealth practitioners do not receive formal information security and privacy training,” said Leming Zhou, a professor of health informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. ... Read More...

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Ex-Rehab Mogul Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Patients

From slime, to time - 53 years in State rehab – JULY 14, 2020 - Bathum was convicted in February 2018 of 31 counts, including forcible rape, sexual penetration by a foreign object, forcible oral copulation, sexual ex... Read More...

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I quit boozing when I was too drunk to hold my baby as hubby hosed vomit off me

Sober showers from now on... – July 9, 2020 - She wrote on her blog, DrunkMummySoberMummy: “As I closed the curtains, a sudden flashback leapt at me from my blackout, an image of stumbling around in the bathroom with... Read More...

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Chabad Intown Offers Hope and Recovery

And blintzes too... – July 8, 2020 - Currently, meetings, classes, and events take place through the Zoom video conferencing app. With support from the Clinton Foundation, Schusterman, along with other rabbis and int... Read More...

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American Rehab Chapter Three: A Venomous Snake

LISTEN – Great podcast – July 11, 2020 - From the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, this is Reveal. I’m Al Letson. This is chapter three of American Rehab: A Venomous Snake. Last time, we started telling yo... Read More...

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Gov. Cuomo cuts aid for recovery services

“treatment programs are reeling with the news” – July 11, 2020 - Treatment providers say they were given no notice, and no explanation, for the surprising size of the cut or its timing by the administration of Gov. A... Read More...

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B.C. invests $16 million in recovery beds

Canada Cares! – July 10, 2020 - “The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the existing challenges and risks for those living with mental health and substance use problems,” sayss Jonny Morris, CEO Canadian Mental Health ... Read More...

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Why Mexican Cartels Are Shooting Up Drug Rehabs

Legalize it! – July 10, 2020 - This latest macabre chapter in Mexico’s brutal crime wars shows how drug users – including those trying to get clean in the country’s unregulated, privately-run rehabs, known as anexos ... Read More...

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Involuntary treatment for the addicted is unconstitutional?

Coercion or Compassion? – July 1, 2020 - On Wednesday morning, Cameron and local leaders and advocates gathered in overwhelming support of Casey’s Law, asserting its 16-year impact on people with substance use disord... Read More...

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North America to Hold the Lion’s Share in Addiction Treatment Market, 2020 to 2025

America’$ Rehab Dream – July 3, 2020 - Recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased drug addiction relapses. Hence, companies in the addiction treatment market are capitalizing on the demand for... Read More...

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Charlie Sheen on Quitting Smoking: “The Sooner the Better”

Poof – July 04, 2020 - from Charlie Sheen, dear @my lungs,it was one year ago TODAY,that i quit smoking!hashtag -YOU’RE WELCOME!if i could goback in time and have NEVER STARTED,i would absolutely do so!i... Read More...

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‘Real-life Frankensteins’ $52M scheme involving sober living patients undergoing surgery for cash & prizes

Faces of Greed – July 3, 2020 - A Beverly Hills surgeon, his girlfriend and four others were charged in connection with an elaborate scheme, paying patients at Southern California sober living homes to undergo medica... Read More...

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End the War on DRUG Addicts by JOHN STOSSEL

WATCH – Free Treatment Instead? – July 1, 2020 - But “one problem kept cropping up,” CARL HART says in his soon-to-be-released book, Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, “the evidence did not ... Read More...

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Employees walk out of addiction center over alleged missing paychecks

Strange story for sure – June 25, 2020 - Meanwhile, the center owes money. According to fire protection company Brewer and Company, they have been waiting for months on a payment of $125,000 for installing a sprinkle... Read More...

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Non-profit smashes up Subaru to help women’s sober home

Why not a police car? – June 24, 2020 - “Over the course of a year and a half, we tore apart this car and used those parts to fix several other cars in the community,” said Paszkiet. “Now it’s time to smash and... Read More...

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