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Stephen King's Addiction and Horror Stories The American novelist, Stephen Edwin King, is one of the world's most recognized and successful horror authors of all time. Throughout his journey to fame and during his career, King battled with Alcohol abuse and drug addiction. He wasn't the...
Unexpected Need for Addiction Recovery James had a relatively normal upbringing. He didn’t have any trauma, nor did he suffer from any distressing events; relatively speaking, James was quite normal. James had many reasons, all of them good, to not become addicted to a substance, but...
An End For Linkin Park's Vocalist Chester Charles Bennington was the lead vocalist for the famous hard-rock band, Linkin Park. The all-American singer and songwriter died on Jul. 20, 2017, at the age of 41. It was a Thursday morning just before 9 am when Chester was...
Kat Von D Celebrates 10 Years Sober Kat Von D from LA Ink, an American reality TV show, has recently celebrated a major milestone as a sober celebrity. On Friday, July 7th, Von D posted a photo to Instagram, captioning her celebrating her decade-long journey in...
Amy’s Place: A Women-Only Recovery Home Singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was found dead on July 23, 2011 in her London home. For years, Amy was not able to escape the pain of alcoholism and addiction. She would frequently seek recovery, and was in and out of treatment. On...
Drug addiction stems from a wide variety of factors. One of the principal factors that drives addiction is a lack of connection. People who feel a lack of connection to others will most likely flock toward drugs and alcohol. As such, the LGBTQ community suffers inordinately...
In Lancing, Michigan a small tattoo parlor, Ink Therapy, was just voted Michigan's Coolest Tattoo Shop according to MLive readers. The owners, Corey Warren, 26, and his mother, Jacque Liebner came up with the idea for Ink Therapy after working with recovering addicts and alcoholics. Warren had also struggled with addiction in the past and wanted to...
Alcohol Awareness Month Alcohol Awareness Month, started by the NCADD in 1987, works to reduce the stigma around alcoholism through media, awareness campaigns, events, and programs all over the United States. The goal is to correctly educate the public on the disease of alcoholism and increase...
Sia’s struggles with addiction Sia is an anomaly in today’s music industry. Hiding her face with wigs, hats, and over-sized bows, she has an anonymity few in the business can claim. But though she hides her face and private life from the public, she’s always been...
Alisan Porter - Introduces Struggle With Alcoholism “Hi, I’m Alisan Porter, and I’m an alcoholic.” So begins a blog post by the former child star, Alisan Porter, best known for her role of Curly Sue in the 1991 John Hughes comedy. Now a contestant on the popular...