Addiction

Book Review: Clean [caption id="attachment_9291" align="aligncenter" width="197"] Photo Credit: www.davidsheff.com[/caption] Addiction can take your life away whether it’s with an overdose, illness or constant and chronic relapsing; the disease of addiction is a progressive and sometimes fatal illness. With David and Nic Sheff,... Learn More

15 Signs You Need a Meeting Going to meetings is a huge part of recovery and can be vital to staying sober. Meetings help us relate with other alcoholics or addicts around us who are going or have gone through similar situations as us. It’s just... Learn More

In the News: Junkie Fight Club in NYC? [caption id="attachment_11007" align="aligncenter" width="456"] www.wifflegif.com[/caption] The incredibly popular and often heartwarming Humans of New York Facebook photoblog posted the following on Tuesday, with the subject (photographed above) quoted as saying he participates in an “underground fighting league in Coney Island”... Learn More

“I thought people in Al-Anon were crazy…” By: Cheryl Steinberg and Nicole Armstrong The following interview was given by a woman – a mother – who has been around both addiction and recovery most of her life. With one daughter in recovery and another on Suboxone maintenance,... Learn More

10 Things I Should Have Known At One Year Sober It's true, at one year sober, you're a miracle. And life is whole lot better now than it was at the end of active addiction. But, easy does it, being one year sober is really just the beginning of the... Learn More

Opinion: Is the War on Drugs Over? Rick Perry, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal and even Obama have been all over the media and news on their opinions with the war on drugs and telling us what their position is on it. So does this mean the war... Learn More

In the News: Bad Batch of Heroin Plagues Pittsburgh Heroin overdoses were responsible for at least four deaths in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sunday, thus naming this a “major public health crisis.” Over the past week, there have been 14 heroin overdoses. The victims all had well-known pasts of drug abuse.... Learn More

In The News: Thousands Sign Petition Asking for Justin Bieber to be Deported [caption id="attachment_9235" align="aligncenter" width="300"] image credit: MIAMI-DADE CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT / HANDOUT/EPA[/caption] Born in London, Ontario and raised in nearby Stratford, Bieber has been quoted as saying that Canada is “the best country in the world.” There is an online... Learn More

10 Things Only People in Delray Understand [caption id="attachment_9232" align="aligncenter" width="300"] image credit: www.city-data.com[/caption] You're living in paradise: Delray Beach, FL...where it remained comfortably warm while the rest of the country was suffering through a polar vortex. Many people probably want to hate on us but, there's... Learn More

In The News: Trace Adkins Leaves Rehab to Buy Guitar in Lake Worth [caption id="attachment_11011" align="aligncenter" width="500"] www.wifflegif.com[/caption] It seems that songwriting and playing music may be an integral part of Trace Adkins’ rehabilitation for his recent active alcoholism – the country music star left treatment in order to buy a new guitar... Learn More

Heroin Rehab in Chevy Chase, MD When you suddenly stop your heroin use, called “going cold turkey,” causes something addicts refer to as being dope sick: a set of withdrawal symptoms that include sweating, malaise, anxiety, depression, restlessness, itchiness, excessive yawning and sneezing, runny nose, insomnia,... Learn More

The 12 Best Songs About Recovery [caption id="attachment_9199" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Photo Credit: www.wifflegif.com[/caption] Everyone loves a song that they can relate to; and being in recovery there are a lot of songs out there from musicians who struggled with addiction. Below I’ve listed what... Learn More

Book Review: Clean

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