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Warrior of the Year: You Want Courage? This Recovering Alcoholic Will Show You Courage

Her name may be Jessica and she may be a recovering alcoholic, but this Teacher of the Year has more courage than any 10 warriors. Really. Alcoholics and addicts crave consistency. Oh sure, it looks as if we prefer our lives to be constantly going off the rails (otherwise why would they always be doing [...]

Addiction Matters: Words Do Hurt… They Can Also Help

Words are perhaps humanity’s most important feature. In fact, some say they marked our very beginning. And if a word marked our beginning, then a word most certainly must mark our end. That makes words the be-all and end-all of everything, including addiction. Where even the word addiction matters more than anyone every suspected. [...]

Beyond Addiction is Pure Inspiration

Good things are generally either inspiring or inspired. But only great good things are both. Lucky us, the Beyond Addiction photo exhibition is one of those great good things. In fact, Beyond Addiction has enough of both to classify it as pure inspiration. Then again, that’s pretty much inevitable when a great good thing ends [...]

Contingency Management for Meth & Crack Addiction: Will it Work?

Meth and crack may be as addictive as opioids, but they have a far different impact on the brain and the body. So it only makes sense to treat them differently. A relatively new method called contingency management might just be different enough to work. That’s what more and more addiction experts are insisting anyway. [...]

Everything You Need to Know About Detox But Were Too Afraid to Face

You asked; Recovery Boot Camp has provided! Everything you need to know about detox but were too afraid to face. Here it is, in one handy-dandy offering! We’ve even threw in a few good reasons to be both hopeful and cheerful, as well as a full count of those legendary Promises everybody always raves about. [...]

Goofballs vs Speedballs: The Rise of Dual Addiction

Some addicts like meth with their heroin. Others prefer to mix it with cocaine. Either choice can lead to dual addiction. And both can be downright deadly. Goofballs vs Speedballs Goofballs used to be slang for barbiturates such as Seconal, Luminal and Nembutal. The term eventually expanded to include benzodiazepines (aka benzos) such as Valium [...]

Relapse Notification? You Bet!

Families who’ve lost a loved one to addiction are championing a bill requiring relapse notification from addiction treatment providers. So are we! Relapse Notification Bill New York’s Democrat-controlled state Senate approved legislation that would require addiction treatment providers to contact predesignated loved ones when someone undergoing treatment shows potentially life-threatening behavior, especially relapse. The bill [...]

Ex Addict and Alcoholic Tyson Fury is Back!

Tyson Fury’s second round KO of the previously undefeated Tom Schwarz proves the ex addict and alcoholic is back — and badder than ever! From World Champ to Addict and Alcoholic November 2015. Dusseldorf, Germany. British boxer Tyson Fury beats nine-year champion Wladimir Klitschko. It’s a stunning upset. One of the biggest in modern boxing. [...]

Collegiate Recovery is a Thing — a Great, Good Thing!

Collegiate Recovery Programs and Communities are popping up all across America. That means more and more college students are getting the help they need. Collegiate Recovery Collegiate recovery isn’t available at every school in the country. Not yet anyway. But it is available at enough schools to show the need is there. And not a [...]

Who Really Created AA?

Everybody knows about Bill W. and Dr. Bob. But there was another pivotal figure in the creation of AA. Do you know who he was? Creation of AA Alcoholics Anonymous may be a secular (non)organization, but its roots lie in an evangelical (small “e”) Christian outfit called the Oxford Group. In fact, AA founder Bill [...]

Hailing the Sober Curious

Alcoholics have long known about the benefits of sobriety. Now a new group is learning about those benefits. They’re called the sober curious. What is Sober Curious? Contrary to popular myth, the sober curious do not trace their origins to Alanis Morissette’s hit “Hand in My Pocket.” On the other hand, the line “I feel [...]

The End of the Opioid Epidemic?

The American Medical Association claims the opioid epidemic is letting up. Could this be the end of America’s most pressing health crisis? The Beginning of the End? Opioid prescriptions have reportedly decreased 33 percent between 2013 and 2018. That includes a 12.4 percent decrease from 2017 and 2018. So says the AMA anyway. And the [...]

This Sober Man is the City Council Speaker of America’s Largest City

Corey Johnson is the sober City Council Speaker of the New York City Council. It’s a job that might easily drive anyone to drug or to drink. Yet he relies upon neither. So just how does he do it? Open and Authentic There’s no shame in Corey Johnson’s game. None whatsoever. In fact, there hasn’t [...]

Recovery Memes: Do They Help or Hurt?

They’re sometimes cruel, often unusual and can even be punishing. But do recovery memes help the addict battle addiction? You be the judge. Laughing at Addiction There’s nothing funny about addiction. Never has been. Never will be. Not funny ha-ha. An not funny peculiar either. With over 21 million Americans struggling with addiction, how can [...]

How to Handle Addiction Relapse

Addiction is a chronic and relapsing brain disease. So how should addicts and their loved ones handle the ongoing risk of addiction relapse? The Risk of Addiction Relapse There’s always a risk for addiction relapse. Addicts know it. Their loved ones know it. And addiction treatment professionals know it too. Even if a person has [...]

Successful Addiction Recovery Starts Here

Whether you’re entering substance abuse treatment for the first time or the last time, truly successful addiction recovery starts here. We provide everything you need to get clean and stay clean, once and for all. And we’ll continue to do just that, so long as there are men in need of effective addiction treatment. Successful [...]

Addiction Doctors

They come from some of our country’s most prestigious med schools. Harvard, Tufts and Boston University, as well as the University of Massachusetts. They also came of age in the Era of Opioids. Is it any wonder why this spring’s graduating class of doctors will be among the first fully trained to recognize and treat [...]

Artie Lange Arrested Again!

Over the weekend he was pumping gas, boasting about interviewing The Donald and celebrating 111 days of sobriety. Now Artie Lange has been arrested. Again. The Saga of Artie Lange Few people have been through as much as Artie Lange. Even fewer people would ever want to. He was one of eight cast in Mad [...]

Family Recovery Court

More and more states are instituting Family Recovery Court programs. Consequently more and more addiction-impacted families are staying together. It’s about time too! Family Recovery Court Story Aaron O’Neil was at wit’s end. He was just about to enter rehab for prescription opioid addiction when his partner overdosed and died. Entering treatment now meant he’d [...]

DRUG USE BY STATE

The good folks at WalletHub have put together a state-by-state study of drug use. It’s called, fittingly, Drug Use by State. And the results may floor you. DRUG USE BY STATE: THE HIGHLIGHTS WalletHub’s Drug Use by State study coincides with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Prevention Week. And like NPW, it’s [...]

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