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Check your motives ❤️

10 “Spiritual” Things People Do That Are Total Bu****it No one ever told me spirituality could be a self-sabotaging ego trap. I spent about three years reading about spiritual teachings and incorporating them into my life before ever learning that spirituality has a dark side. Naturally,

Solid advice for the upcoming holidays

To Go or Not To Go: Sobriety and Socializing on Drinking Holidays | Life Assurance Recovery | New York City Recovery Services For people in recovery, FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) can be a major stumbling block on drinking holidays like Halloween, New Year’s Eve, and Saint Patrick’s Day. ...

Finally the drug companies are being held accountable ❤️

Drug company founder John Kapoor arrested for alleged opioid scheme John Kapoor is the most significant pharmaceutical executive to be criminally charged in response to the nationwide opioid crisis​

Commission: Drug courts, not prisons, for abusers The President's opioid commission recommended nationwide drug courts to help place substance abusers into treatment rather than sending them into the prison system.

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Sober Breakups: Maintaining Sobriety Through Heartbreak | Life Assurance Recovery | New York City Recovery Services Breakups suck, but they don’t have to result in a relapse Let’s face it- every person in recovery has wished that getting sober was a magic bullet for all of li...

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Recovery Coaches: Support When You Need it the Most | Life Assurance Recovery | New York City Recovery Services After detox, rehab, and outpatient services, many addicts and alcoholics find their recovery falling short due to lack of long-term support. That’s where a Reco...

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Hooked on Gaming | Life Assurance Recovery | New York City Recovery Services A mother uses the lessons of her own recovery to help her son find healthy ways to cope with ADHD and addiction to technology When I was younger, I could not ge...

"Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future."

Truth.

Finally

Trump says he'll declare opioid crisis a national emergency. Here's what that could mean President Trump has said he plans to declare a state of national emergency. What would the impact of that proclamation be?

Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities -- knowing that people were dying -- and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it

You are worthy 💜

Steve Aoki, Travis Barker And More Open Up On Fighting Addiction And Depression In Industry After the tragic deaths of Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington earlier this year it's apparent the music industry still suffers in dealing with addiction. What can be done to improve things? Steve Aoki, Travis Barker, Anthony Green and more speak about how the industry can help artists in need.

Ben Affleck Continues to Seek Treatment for Alcohol Addiction Ben Affleck is still seeking treatment for alcohol addiction seven months after his rehab stint, Us Weekly exclusively confirms — read more

This is so wonderful 💜

Students recovering from addiction find hope at unique Mckinney high school For some students in Mckinney, this school year is about much more than grades. At Serenity High School, students receive a fresh start as they work to stay sober. 

Sober Breakups: Maintaining Sobriety Through Heartbreak | Life Assurance Recovery | New York City Recovery Services Breakups suck, but they don’t have to result in a relapse Let’s face it- every person in recovery has wished that getting sober was a magic bullet for all of li...

Growing up in an alcoholic home - Addiction Unscripted I didn’t start out my life as an alcoholic in the drinking sense. I think though, that inside, I was...

Nikki Sixx Condemns Trump Administration in Opioid Addiction Op-Ed Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has penned an op-ed condemning the Trump administration's handling of the opioid crisis in the U.S.

50 DAYS since President Trump promised an emergency declaration on , still no action as of today. Sign our petition here: http://bit.ly/2vGCXlm

Tech’s Alcohol-Soaked Culture Isn’t a Party for Everybody Beer fridges and boozy parties are meant to make the tech industry more appealing. But it's time for tech to rethink its relationship with alcohol.

4 Surprising Myths About M**h Addiction That Can Delay Recovery - The Buddy He**in may have been the most-discussed drug of 2015—and for good reason, as rates of deaths from he**in overdose rose dramatically across the US. One of the main reasons the he**in epidemic is so shocking? The user demographic for this drug has dramatically expanded to include “normal” suburbanites...

This Is What it's Like to Overdose on He**in Nine Times - The Buddy I couldn’t see anything, but I could hear my mom chattering on the phone. Quick, Cuban Spanish broken by an occasional burst of laughter. Her television blared in the background. A reality show, I think. I couldn’t feel my body, either. I don’t know how long I spent in that noisy blackness, but when...

Dance like no one's watching.

Women With Opioid Addiction Live With Daily Fear Of Assault, R**e Such attacks among women and some men with an opioid addiction often go unreported because the victims fear retaliation from drug dealers or charges from police.

Real change is occurring 💜

Google Chooses Saving Lives Over Profits In The Midst of Opioid Epidemic The company says it will stop selling ad space to misleading addiction treatment centers.