Star Wars: Carrie Fisher Spreads Awareness About Drug Addiction. With the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens today, we felt it would be a great opportunity to take a look at the incredible recovery that Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) has gone through to beat her drug addiction. She has been very forward about...
To Ashley, What prompted me to write you this letter is my amazement at how I can love you and be so furious at you at the same exact time. I’m writing this as you’re asleep downstairs and it’s about 2:17 am. It’ll take everything in me to give this to you in the morning...
In this edition of our Celebrity Addiction Series, our focus is on former MLB slugger Darryl Strawberry. Through all of his talent and booming home runs, Strawberry consistently fought a strong addiction to drugs and alcohol. Darryl Strawberry At 6’6”, Strawberry was a power-hitting lefty who hit 335 career home runs and drove in 1,000...
In part 1 of this series, we took a look at six common excuses addicts make to get out of going to rehab, and today we’re going to do a bit of a reversal. They say with every excuse, there’s a rebuttal, and that can certainly apply for your addicted loved one making an excuse...
A day after having his contract terminated by USC, former Trojans head football coach Steve Sarkisian has entered rehab for alcohol abuse. Former USC Head Coach Steve Sarkisian Enters Rehab, according to SB Nation. The move stems from alcohol-related issues, as Sarkisian allegedly was intoxicated at the Trojans’ football offices on Sunday morning. Athletic Director Pat Haden...
If you’ve made the decision to get help for drug or alcohol abuse, you’ve conquered one of the toughest challenges on the road to recovery. Before you begin your journey of learning how to live a sober lifestyle, you need to have a clean, substance-free system. Most addiction treatment programs begin with a medically-supervised detox to...
Growing up as the famous son of George Hamilton and Alana Stewart wasn’t easy for Ashley Hamilton. The 40-year-old has survived his two failed marriages, a heroin addiction and struggles with anorexia and bulimia. Today, Ashley is eight years sober, an addiction coach, and living a different life, as seen on the new E! reality...
Whitney Houston poses with Bobbi prior to her death Credit: Kevin Mazur/AMA2009/WireImage It seems like she never had a chance. Born to two crack-addicted parents, Bobbi Kristina Brown, who died July 26, 2015, most likely was not taught the life-skills needed to overcome her genetics and her environment. Even without the complication of substance abuse,...
The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This dysfunction is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors. But what if...
The Discovery House was recently featured in Monsters and Critics, an online source of entertainment, arts, and lifestyle news and reviews. The article highlighted the importance of quality treatment programs for recovery, and described the benefits The Discovery House offers clients. Among the features of The Discovery House that Monsters and Critics praised is the...
