Frankie Grande Thanks Sis for Supporting His ‘Sobriety Journey’ SHE’D NEVER DRAG HIM DOWN – April 10, 2024 - Ariana Grande is a gifted vocalist, songwriter and actress, but before she was any of those things, she was a great sister. To prove it, Frankie Grande posted a swe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietysobriety
Dean McDermott’s Inspiring Message About Celebrity Sobriety Divorce VIDEO – ONE MARRIAGE AT A TIME – April 10, 2024 - “Alcohol made me feel good enough. I started feeling good enough until it got to a point where it didn’t -- I ended up in isolation,” he told the outlet. “It ended ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietysobriety
Tiffany Haddish: Sobriety Helped Her Realize She’s Been ‘TOO NICE’ BALANCE IS KEY – April 8, 2024 - The comedian/actress said drinking activated her filter since she would think and want to say hurtful things but restrained herself. “Now I say it. If I think it, I say it. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewNews Boxessobriety
Fans Recall How Indigo Girls Helped Them Through Sexuality and Sobriety VIDEO – TOGETHERNESS WORKS – April 10, 2024 - There’s another layer to the duo’s impact. “I’ve been clean and sober 29 years now,” one fan shared. “They were almost like this unspoken permission that it was OK to ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articlessobriety
Johnny Knoxville Embraces ‘Sweet Dreams’ Sobriety Story VIDEO – WE ALL SHOULD – April 11, 2024 - “My father was an alcoholic and I get to play softball half the movie,” Knoxville told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. “Baseball was the only thing I was ever good at.”... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabSlidersobriety
Why Nature Is Your Best Ally in Recovery IT DOESN’T JUDGE – April 10, 2024 - 4 EASY WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THE OUTDOORS - Being outdoors has been linked to reduced stress, more energy, better physical health, and much more. Nature is often looked ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Alcohol Awareness Month VIDEO – WE WARNED YOU – April 9, 2024 - This month is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of alcohol use and misuse. It also offers communities a chance to gain more understanding of how individua... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Lily Allen Admits Her Secret to Staying Sober THE ORACLE SPEAKS – April 8, 2024 - The singer, 37, has always been candid about her drink and drug abuse, saying quitting alcohol and drugs was the best decision she had ever made. She has now been sober for ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoverysobriety
Alaska to Post Cancer Risks Warning on Booze WHY NOT EVERYWHERE? – April 5, 2024 - House Bill 298, would require businesses that sell alcoholic beverages post signs warning of the cancer link. The cancer message would augment the currently required messa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoverysobriety
I Stopped Drinking for Three Months and It’s Not as Simple as the Internet Says OR IS IT? – March 29, 2024 - A quick search for sober motivation will send you off on a stream of brightly coloured listicles that advise making plans that don’t involve alcohol, spending time with friends who ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Hollywood Can’t Stop Making Movies About Addictions FILMS MATTER – Feb. 10, 2024 - At the Sundance Film Festival I watched depressing flick after depressing flick about dealers, addicts, good trips, bad trips, pills, pot, meth, coke, Rohypnol, injectable steroids and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehabsobriety
R&B Singer SiR On His Record ‘Heavy’ AUDIO – ON THE PATH – March 29, 2024 - SiR joins us to talk about the new record, growing up in Inglewood, and his musical family. Plus, he gets vulnerable and frank about his path to sobriety. His father played with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoverysobriety
Louis Gossett Jr. – TV & Film Actor – Passes at 87 A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR – March 29, 2024 - The pressures and disappointments became so great he sank into depression and became addicted to cocaine and alcohol. He said police handcuffed him to a tree for three h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Sobriety Celebrated at Comedy Club video VIDEO – LAUGHTER HEALS – March 22, 2024 - Stocked with alcohol-free refreshments, the Well Studios venue is set for another showcase night. Levesque’s dreams of a career in entertainment were derailed at a young a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
FREEDOM FRIDAY: Celebrates Sobriety SECRETS STEAL SUGARPLUMS – March 22, 2024 - A DeFuniak Springs native says she had to find her voice to overcome addiction. Newschannel 7 highlights an overcomer of addiction in the Freedom Friday segment. “I was ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Jake Cuenca Opens Up On Three Year Sobriety WORKING HIS FIST STEP – March 22, 2024 - The “What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?” star admitted that one turning point was his “near-death experience” in 2021 when he figured in a police car chase and collision, during... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 26 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
L.A.’s First Alcohol-Free Cocktail Lounge Serves Sobriety IN STYLE! – March 8, 2024 - The bar’s lush interior details are exquisitely rendered and yet the old bones remain, a tribute to the women behind Stay: Summer Phoenix and Stacey Mann, two single moms. Among the bar me... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 19 2024sobriety
She Fought Her Way to Sobriety but it Wasn’t Enough to Avoid Prison SUPREME STAMINA – March 6, 2024 - Georgia Sloan lived half her life in trauma and abuse when she started using drugs. Her mother was addicted. Her father was murdered when she was a child, and her stepfather... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 12 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Bartender is Helping Fellow Hospitality Workers Maintain Sobriety VIDEO ONLY – TIPPING IS ALLOWED – March 6, 2024 - Tony Kent is the lead bartender at Immigrant Son Brewery has been sober for 7 years, and is supporting others through his work with the Cleveland chapter of Ben’s ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 12 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Laura McKowen is an Open Book About Her Sobriety VIDEO – THE MAGIC OF A SOBER LIFE – Feb. 29, 2024 - Laura McKowen has been sober for more than a decade, but her difficult journey to recovery took years and an escalating series of crises caused by her alcohol use. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMar 5 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Wendy Williams’ Family On Her Sobriety FAIRY TALE GONE WRONG – Feb. 21, 2024 - The former talk show host’s loved ones spoke to People ahead of the Feb. 24 premiere of the two-night Lifetime special “Where Is Wendy Williams?” The project was produce... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 27 2024interventionInterviewlife expectancyRecoverysobrietyTrauma
The New Definition of Sober SEMANTICS SHMANTICS – Feb. 19, 2024 - We’ve seen multiple societal changes in our lifetime, from fashion trends to laws, to name just two, and as I wrote in my last post, there have been a number of changes to... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024RecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
Mom Shares Inspiring Sobriety Story HEARING VOICES – Feb. 9, 2024 - One rainy November night, while sitting on the side of the Highway of Tears by herself just outside of Quesnel, Val West heard her mother yelling at her. “My mom, Lillian ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024interventionInterviewRecoveryRehabsobriety
How Sobriety Became a Secret Weapon for Young Creatives AND OLD CREATIVES TOO – Feb. 8, 2024 - For filmmaker Molly Manning-Walker – whose astonishing and critically-acclaimed debut film How to Have Sex perfectly distils British drinking culture – her experience with drink... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 13 2024Recoverysobriety
‘Butterflies’ Is a Compelling and Evocative Piece on Sobriety AUDIO – ONCE A CATERPILLAR – Feb. 8, 2024 - Her latest release, ‘Butterflies’, can be considered her most intimate and introspective work to date. Within the lyrics lies a subtle nod toward her struggles with mental ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 13 2024RecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
From Prague to Vietnam – an Expat’s Sobriety Journey THE ADVENTURESS – Feb. 2, 2024 - Hailing from California, I was more inclined toward other legal substances to unwind. However, everything changed when my career took an unexpected turn. At the peak of my cele... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 6 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
8 Meaningful Sobriety Gifts for Your Loved Ones in Recovery A LOVING GESTURE – Jan. 24, 2024 - What better way to celebrate the milestones achieved by your loved ones in sobriety than by presenting them with unique and meaningful gifts? In this article, we’ll dive into ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 30 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
‘My Sobriety – That’s My Legacy’ says Dustin Rhodes WRESTLED WITH HIS DEMONS – Jan. 17, 2024 - “My sobriety, that’s my legacy,” said Rhodes. “And I understand it’s OK to have bad days. There will be better ones. Life has been an incredible teacher. I’ve learned a lot,... Read More...Celebrity SobrietyJan 23 2024Recoverysobriety
Zeke Talks Ankle Bracelets, Sobriety, and Surfing VIDEO – MAKING WAVES – Jan. 11, 2024 - He’s also been to jail and to rehab, and won a national title wearing a court mandated ankle bracelet after not surfing for almost two years. Today, Zeke’s still sober and surfi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024RecoveryRehabsobriety
Alcohol-Free Festival for the Sober-Curious IT’S A START – Jan 2, 2024 - In a city as famously boozy as Philly, the concept of a “dry January” can be hard to envision. But for Philadelphians who are committing to an alcohol-free start to the new year, an upcom... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 9 2024Recoverysobriety