But John couldn’t figure out just what had happened, where this crisis had come from. Then he saw an article about Chris and Jeff George and Derik Nolan, who were on trial in Florida for running pain clinics that had handed out 20 million opiate pills between 2008… Read more »
Are you a “weekend warrior,” abstaining from booze throughout the week so you can go hard on the weekend? You might think you’ve gamed the system. But there’s some bad news: drinking excessively on occasion is actually worse for your overall health and wellness than drinking moderately every… Read more »
Actor Peter Sarsgaard has been everywhere lately. His current movies areExperimenter, Black Massand Pawn Sacrifice, and TV’s The Slap miniseries. It’s obvious that giving up drinking agrees with him. In Experimenter, Sarsgaard stars as the controversial social psychologist Stanley Milgram who conducted a series of what were considered radical… Read more »
So it seems that you have a few friends that are in recovery in your life. That is no surprise, most people do. You aren’t in recovery, of course. You never had those sorts of problems. But still, you want to be supportive. You want to let the… Read more »
So coming full circle I’m now managing the sober living I lived at for two and a half years. No, the owner hasn’t lost her mind. Everybody calm down. It’s only for three weeks. I won’t lie. It is weird to be here. It’s like being back at… Read more »
This time around, Chet Hanks seems serious about maintaining his sobriety and his father, Tom Hanks, is there to support him. “As a parent, you love your kids unconditionally. You support them in every step of the way,” Hanks told Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of his latest… Read more »
Russia’s long battle with alcoholism is no joke. But a lawmaker’s proposal toban the sale and consumption of booze on Wednesdays seems like dark comedy given the failure of past attempts at alcohol prohibition. When Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev attempted to cut vodka production and boost alcohol… Read more »
The city of Costa Mesa, Calif., will consider a proposal that wouldexpand rules restricting where rehab facilities can operate in an attempt to stymie the proliferation of sober living homes in the city. According to the city, Costa Mesa houses nearly 30% of Orange County’s state-licensed drug and… Read more »
We met at a cocktail party not long after I moved to Key West. Someone was playing the piano; couples flirting on the veranda; slowly turning overhead fans. I was living alone, separated from my (then) wife. “Got some Fly-Me-to-The-Moon Black Jamaica Rum,” said the bartender, “94.4 proof…. Read more »
When Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall came to my city to perform his one-man show Hammy and the Kids a few years ago, I jumped to buy a ticket. Not just because I was a fan of KITH as a kid and McDonald’s show was about… Read more »