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5 Tips For Staying Sober In College…From The Fix… By Beth Leipholtz At the end of the day, the college experience is about so much more than just alcohol. I won’t lie, maintaining a social life while being sober in college wasn’t easy. For most people, college is not associated with sobriety. Such was the […]

Relapsing While Famous: Demi Lovato, Stigma, and Compassion…From The Fix… By Sheila Hageman “We would typically not blame a patient with a chronic medical condition for their problem; nor imbue the patient with shame over their offending organ—why do we seem to do this with addiction?” Demi Lovato has never shied away from speaking her […]

Is There Life After AA?…From The Fix By Olivia Pennelle I was fed up with the fear-based conditioning of being told that if I left, I wouldn’t stay sober, and I was tired of the constant message that my future was up to some mystic higher power. It became clear that even though I wanted […]

Anthony Hopkins On Alcoholism: I Was Disgusted, Busted & Not To Be Trusted…from The Fix…By Bryan Le “I still cannot believe that my life is what it is because I should have died in Wales, drunk or something like that.” Hopkins wants everyone to never give up on their dreams. It may be hard for […]

How to Transform your “Broken” Soul…From Elephant Journal  By Avesha And so, it begins—the transformation of my once broken soul, into a strong, confident, happy, and balanced person. I was once an anxious, scared little girl living inside a grown woman’s body. I cared so much about what others thought of me, I was terrified […]

Mommy Doesn’t Need Wine: The Stigma of Being a Sober Mother…From The Fix By Claire Gillespie “I’ve always wanted to film the real ‘after party’ when the mom is passed out with her little kid in the background, or she gets into her car and drives drunk. It happens all the time.” The media makes […]

Narrative Therapy, or What Angelina Jolie Tells Herself About Herself…From The Fix… By Matianna Baldassari 07/19/18 Ask yourself: As a sober person, who am I? What is my new story? What will I tell myself and others about who I am and what my life is like sober? A torn picture of wax figures of […]

Managing Alcohol and Sugar Cravings…from The Fix By Boozemusings Co… 07/12/18 Note: The Fix does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, nor does anything on this website create a physician/patient relationship. If you require medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, please consult your physician. It was just over 4 years ago now that I took […]

Naloxone and the High Price of Doing Nothing…From The Fix… By Tracey Helton Mitchell “The idea that having naloxone will create a relapse trigger is akin to me wanting to crash my car because I got insurance.” If we want to show clients that their lives are important and worth saving, then we need to […]

Florence Welch On Sobriety: “Performing Without Booze Was A Revelation” By Victoria Kim “Before, I thought I ran on a chaos engine, but the more peaceful I am, the more I can give to the work. I can address things I wasn’t capable of doing before.” Florence Welch Florence Welch, the voice of Florence and […]