by A Women in Sobriety | Feb 26, 2015 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Longer Hours = More Drinking A new paper, published in the British Medical Journal, suggests there’s a link between working long hours and heavy drinking. Sounds kind of obvious, right? The longer you work, the more tired and stressed you are. For many people, the...
by Sally Rosa | Feb 19, 2015 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
By Tim Myers All right stop, stealing stuff and listen I’m gonna tell you about an old invention Something that took a hold of me tightly Saved my life and I go to them nightly Will AA ever stop? Hell no They turned on my lights now I glow To the extreme I’m a sober...
by Sally Rosa | Jan 14, 2015 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Fame & Addiction If you Google almost any celebrity, really almost any celebrity, chances are there’s going to be something about drugs, booze, or harmful behavior close to the top. I just tried it with Dustin Diamond, the most random celebrity I could think of,...
by A Women in Sobriety | Jan 9, 2015 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Binge Drinking & Our Bodies It should come as no surprise that binge drinking is dangerous! It makes people behave stupidly, puts them at high risk for all types of accidents and diseases, and costs society a ton of money. Well, now there’s one more harmful effect...
by A Women in Sobriety | Nov 25, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
The War on Drugs = The War on Minorities? Some might say the question I pose is a stretch, but is it? Ever since the Reagan era and the birth of the War on Drugs, minorities have been prosecuted, sentenced, and imprisoned for the distribution and possession of drugs....
by Sally Rosa | Nov 4, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
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...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 27, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
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...
by Sally Rosa | Oct 13, 2014 | Drug Addiction
By: Tim Myers Recognizing One of Your Own If you wanted to know if your classmate was gay, you’d ask the opinion of your gay friends. If you wanted to know if your cousin was a tiger, you wouldn’t ask a monkey. You’d ask another tiger. If you’re wondering if you’re...
by Sally Rosa | Oct 6, 2014 | Drug Addiction
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Saga of Michael Phelps Last week, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was arrested for drunk driving. That story made me ask the question of whether Michael is an addict and alcoholic. After all, this isn’t his first run in with the...
by Sally Rosa | Sep 30, 2014 | Drug Addiction
Written By: Fiona Stockard Michael Phelps Arrested for DUI…Again! In the early morning of September 30th, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was pulled over by the Maryland police. He was driving eighty-five miles per hours in a forty-five mph zone. That was their first...
