That the Seminole County substance abuse problem exists is a fact. That it’s being duly addressed is also a fact — and a promise. So says Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma. In fact, the county’s top cop even went on record with the Orlando Business Journal to prove it. Of course even a sheriff can’t duly address a problem until… Read More
Whoever said living the AA Way doesn’t provide happiness, contentment and reward obviously never met Steve Knuth. That would be their fault though, rather than his. See after 22 years of super successful sobriety, Knuth has met quite a few fellow alcoholics and addicts. Of course most of those meetings have been in the rooms near his Huntley, Nebraska home…. Read More
All across the country, the Federal Government is increasing funding to fight substance use disorder. Unfortunately, funding wouldn’t need to be increased if the problem was being solved. Indeed. A quick check of the latest news reveals funding increases in Texas, Virginia and Maine. And that’s just the first page of a single quick check. Hard telling how many other… Read More
A steep rise in pandemic drinking has created a new breed of problem drinker — the Covid Alcoholic. And as you might suspect, it isn’t at all pretty. Creating the Covid Alcoholic It’s nearly impossible to quantify the recent rise in pandemic drinking. With bars shut down most people do their excessive drinking at home. We do know though that… Read More
The company calls it work-based recovery. Patients say it’s more akin to slavery. We think it looks a whole lot like indentured servitude. How’s such a thing even legal? Work-Based Recovery? They work in warehouses and oil rigs and slaughterhouses, for some of America’s largest corporations. They work in sweltering heat and unsafe conditions, for as many as 80 hours… Read More
