Addiction Recovery

Country music superstar Darius Rucker has won many awards and sold millions of records since Hootie & the Blowfish, his original college rock band, went on hiatus in 2008. In May 2024, Rucker published a memoir that explained what caused his band to stop performing for eight years while he continued enjoying substantial acclaim in country music. At the time, he was abusing liquor, cocaine,

Many film critics who reviewed Rob Peace, a 2024 biopic starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jay Will, were surprised to learn about the strange life and death of Robert DeShaun Peace. The 30-year-old Yale graduate declined lucrative offers to join the executive boards of pharmaceutical firms. Instead, he chose to grow and sell cannabis from a New Jersey row house while working as a high school

In the acclaimed HBO crime drama series The Wire, some of the most memorable scenes featured 12-step group meetings where some of the actors essentially played themselves. Walon, the sponsor to the streetwise and hopeless addict Bubbles, was played by outlaw country music star Steve Earle, a man who struggled with recovery and severe relapse for decades. Earle was also a recovery consultant for the

Going through addiction recovery is a therapeutic process that consists of various healthcare treatments. Recovery is a healthy activity in and of itself. However, it can always be formulated in ways that make it healthier and more effective. The modern holistic approach to recovery encourages healthy practices at every stage. For example, staying at a Solana Beach sober living home is a practical strategy to