“She goes, ‘Dad, it’s time to stop.’ She goes, ‘You better call your sponsor and tell them to take you to a meeting tonight.’”
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Secondhand Drinking: When Your Alcohol Problem Becomes Everybody Else's
Types of harm from secondhand drinking included being pushed or hit, feeling threatened or afraid, being a passenger of a drunk driver, marital problems, family problems, and financial problems.
Drinking in Japan
Japan was never the problem: it had been me all along! That realization led to an important discovery about my relationship with alcohol.
"Vanderpump Rules" Star James Kennedy Gets Sober
Kennedy took to Instagram to reveal that he is four weeks sober and loving it.
Connecting With The Police Helped Her Get Sober
Sending a single text message helped one woman living with addiction get the help she needed to start her sober journey.
Zero Coping Skills: How Jackie Monahan Found Peace of Mind for the First Time
Contrast in life is inevitable, but I’m learning that I don’t have to have conflict. I don’t have to flip out because I got in the wrong line; I don’t need to make my poor planning everyone else’s emergency.
Five Finger Death Punch Bassist Celebrates Sober Milestone
Before getting sober, bassist Chris Kael used about an eightball of cocaine a week to help manage untreated mental health issues.
Comedian Rob Delaney Celebrates 17 Years Of Sobriety
The Catastrophe actor took to Instagram to pen a somber note about his sober milestone and his late son.
Samuel L. Jackson Details Past Drug Use And How He Got Sober
“I’d been getting high since, shit, 15, 16 years old, and I was tired as fuck,” Jackson said in a new interview. Years before he was getting paid millions to shout “motherfucker” at strangers on the silver screen, Samuel L. Jackson was a teenager with a drug addiction. A former Black Panther, one of the… Continue reading Samuel L. Jackson Details Past Drug Use And How He Got Sober
Parents Grapple With Cutting Off Children With Addiction
“It’s easy to pay for court costs and to bail them out of every situation. It takes a very long time to gain the strength, courage, and faith to say no,” said one parent. Parents often spend hefty amounts of money trying to help their children get sober, sometimes to the detriment of their own… Continue reading Parents Grapple With Cutting Off Children With Addiction