Forward Recovery psychologist reacts to San Diego-area synagogue shooting
A Saturday shooting at a Poway, California, synagogue killed a 60-year-old woman and wounded several other people, news outlets reported. The city’s mayor, Steve Vaus, told CNN he considered the…
Slim Shady celebrates: Eminem marks 11 years of sobriety
Eminem put down the alcohol and the drugs 11 years ago and is celebrating. Dr. Renee Solomon, a psychologist and the CEO of Los Angeles drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation…
Federal illegal opioid prescription bust shows dangerous betrayal of doctor-patient trust
Sixty physicians and pharmacists from Kentucky and Ohio were charged last week with illegally distributing opioid prescriptions in a crackdown federal prosecutors called the biggest of its sort in U.S….
College scandals pose the question: Are we overparenting our kids?
When it comes to lying and cheating the college academic admissions process no one is above the law. Dozens of elite, wealthy parents have lied to have their children admitted…
MOTLEY CRUE FOUNDER NIKKI SIXX SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS AND ADDICTION AWARENESS
The long in the works Motley Crue movie, The Dirt, is coming to Netflix this March, and there are hopes it could become the next Bohemian Rhapsody. The film will…
FORMER CREED LEAD SINGER SCOTT STAPP CELEBRATES A FIVE YEAR SOBER MILESTONE
We often see a lot of celebrities, especially rock stars, struggling in public, but unless you’re a mental health expert, it can be hard to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong. Five…
HOW THE STARS OF ONE DAY AT A TIME TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME
Ironically enough, two stars from the show, from two different generations, have learned the meaning of one day at a time when they got sober. Both Todd Grinnell and McKenize…
TWO MEMBERS OF FULL HOUSE GET CLEAN AND SOBER
It’s one of the oldest clichés there are former child stars who succumb to addiction after fame. It’s certainly a cliché as old as rock stars suffering from addiction, and…
A LOOK AT SOBRIETY ON TELEVISION
Addiction and recovery is something we’ve seen a lot in recent years, whether it’s regular series on addiction, like Intervention, or shows where addiction and recovery is part of the…
SOBRIETY AND THE BRAIN
We all have a pretty decent idea of how drugs affect the brain. Everyone’s seen that old commercial of an egg being fried in a pan that explains, “this is…