Jamie Lee Curtis
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has had a pretty easy life and she had a smooth rise to fame. She is an excellent artist in her own right, but the fact that she was born to two Hollywood greats – Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis – certainly gave her a boost along the way. She has […]
Dock Ellis and his Drug Use
Dock Ellis died in 2008 in Los Angeles, but this baseball player lived an incredible life and has a very amazing story. Although Ellis is perhaps best well known for throwing a no-hitter under the influence of LSD in 1970, he later quit baseball in 1980, entered addiction treatment, got clean and sober, and spent […]
National Recovery Month
National Recovery Month. This observance began in 1989 to recognize the achievements of those who have successfully broken free from addiction to drugs and alcohol. Further, it aims to recognize the hard work of people who work in the field of addiction recovery and to educate the public about the recovery process and the fact […]
Recovery High Schools
Every year, the National Institute on Drug Abuse conducts a survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders nationwide. It’s called the Monitoring the Future Survey. This survey has been very helpful in allowing doctors, researchers, law enforcement, mental health providers, and drug abuse services providers to view trends in drug and alcohol consumption and abuse […]
Sesame Street & the Opioid Epidemic
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug use in the United States has been increasing. In a 2013 study by this government organization, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or old had used an illicit drug in the previous month. That’s 9.4% of our country’s population and is an increase from 8.3% […]
Deep Brain Stimulation for Addiction Recovery
It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but implanting tiny electrodes into a patient’s brain may actually be able to change behavior and further, it may help those struggling with addiction. This treatment is called deep brain stimulation and it is not new. This interesting method has been around for over […]
Struggles of the Addiction Recovery Industry in the Time of COVID-19
It’s a tremendously difficult time for everyone in the world right now, and for people in the United States in particular. Coronavirus and COVID-19 have only existed for a few months, but in that time, and at the time of this writing, fifteen million people have been infected worldwide and nearly 700,000 have died. In […]
The Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer Movement
Beer has been around for centuries and is the world’s most consumed beverage of any type besides water and tea. That’s really crazy to think about, but it makes sense. Beer is easy to make and is cheap to produce. People around the world love beer, and it’s a big part of many cultures and […]
Miley Cyrus and Early Addiction Recovery
Most of the world has been well aware of Miley Cyrus since she was fourteen years old. Daughter of country music singer Billie Rae Cyrus, Miley first became well-known when she began starring in the wildly popular Disney Channel series Hannah Montana in 2006. Her prolific music career took off soon after, and before long, […]
Talking to your Kids about Addiction
Regardless of whether or not you have a family friend or family member suffering from addiction, it’s important that you talk to your children about addiction early and often. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 19.7 million American adults aged 12 and over battled a substance abuse disorder in 2017. […]