Brett Rossi’s Overdose Okay, Charlie Sheen didn’t kill his ex-fiancée Brett Rossi, but their unhealthy relationship may have contributed to her recent overdose. This past weekend, Rossi, whose real name is Scottine Ross, was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in...
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As Ebola Panic Dies Down, Let’s Talk about Addiction A number of new polls show that Americans are less worried about an Ebola outbreak than they were last week! Three cheers for doctors and first-world medical care! According to Bloomburg Politics, 69% of Americans...
Faith Facts Friday With Fiona
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Nine Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
Grateful Alcoholics Don’t Drink?
Written By: Fiona Stockard Articles are the sole work of the individual author and do not express the opinion of Sobriety for Women. Grateful Alcoholics Don't Drink? If you’re in recovery, you go to meetings. If you go to meetings, you hear corny sayings. If you hear...
Mental Illness as a Spectator Sport: A Reaction to Amanda Bynes
The Article Heard Round the World: Amanda Bynes and Mental Illness Last week, a young writer name Sam Dylan Finch shed a very human perspective on Amanda Bynes and her ongoing struggles with mental illness. The essay was, simply put, breathtaking. Since being...
Meeting Makers Make It?
Written By: Fiona Stockard Articles are the sole work of the individual author and do not express the opinion of Sobriety for Women. Meeting Makers Make It Meeting makers make it is my least favorite phrase in AA. There I said it! If you’re anything like me, you’ve...
Robin Williams’ Daughter Gets Tattoo for Her Father
Zelda Williams, Robin Williams Daughter, Reveals Her New Ink Without giving in to hyperbole, it's safe to say that Robin Williams death shocked the nation. We lost an actor, comedian, and social critic with few peers. In the wake of his passing, a conversation was...
The Risky Game: An Overdose Poem
An Unintended Overdose One of our wonderful fans, the talented Ariana Galante, sent us this poem. Ariana's a high school junior from Pennsylvania. She wrote "The Risky Game" after her school hosted a drug awareness seminar. She was moved by this seminar, saying it...
Faith Facts Friday With Fiona
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Eight Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...