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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...
Madison, Corey, and Brandon will share about the peace and serenity brought about by their higher power. With the assistance of our higher, we find that our that recovery is defined less and less by our own will. If you or a loved one is in...
The Opiate Epidemic The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has estimated that overdose-related deaths from Heroin have surpassed the number of gun related homicides in 2015. Each day in the United States, an estimated 129 people die from drug overdose, an approximated 78 of those deaths are...
A Sublingual Fentanyl As Fentanyl deaths sky rocket so does the awareness of federal and state authorities. The maker of this drug is Insys Therapeutics Inc. based out of Chandler, Arizona. The prescription synthetic Opioid, Fentanyl beyond addictive and highly powerful, being about 50 times more...
How Do We Define Addiction? Definitions are very important when it comes to a clear explanation and understanding, so knowing how the addiction is defined helps everyone to know just what we’re dealing with. Jef Gazely, a licensed therapist with multiple specialties, says “addiction is a...
You Are Not Alone Struggling with addiction can make you feel alone and isolated, as if there is no one that truly understands what you are going though. These feelings, while they can be very strong, simply aren’t true, there are many people out there fighting...
Drew Barrymore - Childhood Abuse to Addiction All too often beloved child stars simply vanish into a heartbreaking reality of childhood alcohol and drug addiction. Drew Barrymore’s story with childhood addiction began with all the makings for a sordid tragedy. However, unlike many, she was able...
Daredevil “Jackass” star and professional skater credits a doctor he met on Reality TV for really helping him achieve recovery. Today, in sobriety, Bam Margera, an alcoholic found recovery and continues to live a life of sobriety. Margera rose to stardom with the success of the mindlessly...
Doctor Joshua Kane, the head of research at A Better Today Recovery Services and Lecturer at Arizona State University closes out The War on Drugs series having left off with The War on Drugs, Part 5 - Criminalizing Illegal Drug Use for Profit. Freedom and Equality “We...
Addiction From a Sheltered Home As is often the case for sheltered children, Michelle's super strict upbringing caused her to act out and sometimes this acting out can lead to addiction. Her mother was an educator and Michelle was often forbidden from doing many of the...