Seattle and King County are working on establishing not one, but two, safe injection sites where people can use drugs—including heroin—in a medically supervised environment. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced last Friday (Jan. 27) that the county’s public health authority is now working to implement two safe consumption… Read more »
While the pendulum swings back and forth from harm reduction to abstinence, one thing remains the same in the addiction counseling: the impact of the “charismatic counselor.” While I disagree with him on almost everything, and don’t in any way think he would make a good counselor, some… Read more »
Taryn Manning, who plays Pennsatucky on the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black, says she is regaining her hold on her sobriety—inspired in part by her experience with her father’s suicide. “My father passed away from that type of lifestyle,” she told ET at a SAG Awards party on… Read more »
Athletes may face anxiety, depression, eating disorders or substance abuse when they are unwillingly sidelined due to an injury. Injuries are an unfortunate side effect of sports. Most people, however, only think about the physical rehabilitation and don’t consider the emotional consequences of being sidelined. For some athletes,… Read more »
Twelve states and the District of Columbia currently have laws in place that automatically suspend the driver’s licenses of those convicted of drug crimes—but many of these states are now reconsidering the policy. PBS reported that many of the individual state license suspension laws around drug convictions were… Read more »
When I first walked into the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, I was so annoyed by the clichés and pithy little sayings that were spouted at me by old-timers. It was even more bothersome when those same clichés hung from the walls of the church basements and Alano clubs… Read more »
Formed by the late guitarist, “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, and his drummer brother, Vinnie Paul, Pantera was one of the biggest metal bands of the nineties, with a brutal, uncompromising sound that gained a loyal fan following worldwide. Yet, going into the new millennium, the band had a bad… Read more »
Although known largely as a faith-based and recovery-oriented event, Hope Fest actually is that and “so much more,” says the event’s co-founder Jaye Lene Long. The fifth annual Hope Fest will take to the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza this weekend, and Long says it will bring together as… Read more »
Sixty-nine-year-old Tom Liaboe of Prescott was watching television this past winter when he stood up and unexpectedly fell. His wife, Carol, heard the noise and ran upstairs to find Tom on the floor. He was barely able to move his right side, part of his face was drooping,… Read more »
Three local recovery centers and another from Scottsdale are suing the Health Net insurance company for actions that allegedly have had “a severe and adverse effect” on the treatment centers, as well as the clients. The legal complaint by Chapter 5 Counseling Center LLC, Prescott House Inc., Desert… Read more »