Category: Coping with Addiction
Actress Taryn Manning Talks Sobriety
Actress Taryn Manning, famously known for her role as inmate Pensatucky on the Netflix series Orange is the New Black, recently spoke out about her struggles with addiction, and how she has worked to turn her life around. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Manning revealed that her efforts in sobriety are inspired by her […]
PSA: 30 Is Not the New 20
Awakenings for Women, a sober living home for women in Boca Raton, Florida reports that journalists and media sources might be coining the 20’s “an extended adolescence”, but doctors and clinical researchers warn that those in their 20’s need to take absolute advantage of all the options this decade presents. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical […]
A Job for Former Addicts in the Medical Field
Awakenings for Women reports that hospitals nationwide are opening their doors and offering a job for former addicts, hoping that their experiences will help current addicts successfully work through their recovery process. In her early 20s, Nicole Bourgeois was a heroin addict living underneath the Longfellow Bridge, near Massachusetts General Hospital. Today, she is in […]
Johann Hari Discusses Addiction
In a Ted Talk in July of 2015, Johann Hari discusses addiction to a captivated audience. Hari claims that, “everything we know about addiction is wrong.” Hari begins by explaining the general consensus about drug addiction, which is that it includes a person becoming physically dependent on a substance based on a chemical hook that […]