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How COVID-19 Impacts RAINN Day and Addiction
Warning: The content in this article discusses distressing themes including sexual abuse, rape, and assault, which some may find triggering. If you’re struggling or need support, call 800-656-HOPE for the Nat...
Dr. Elvis Francois Spreads Hope with His Singing
Since the coronavirus outbreak changed our lives, healthcare providers like doctors and nurses have been invaluable in the fight against it. Healthcare professionals are putting their lives on the line daily to...
Tips for Giving Yourself the Rock Star Treatment
When’s the last time you saw your favorite celebrity or rock star in public? Although coronavirus has been keeping us inside, most rock stars we love have spent years keeping out of the public. That’s why w...
Commemorating GLSEN’s Day of Silence
Being a member of the LGBTQ+ community has never been easy. Even with all of the forward movement over the course of the past five decades, the youth still suffers. That’s why we’ve decided to highlight and...
Just Jordan – Helping Those in Recovery During COVID
Hey everyone, it’s your favorite #iPartySober ambassador, Jordan G! Recently I decided to start vlogging my personal experience with social distancing. I’m a recovering addict currently in quarantine in For...
How Are Pets Helping Us Through the Pandemic?
If you’ve ever owned a pet that you’ve connected with, you’ll understand that there’s something special about the human-animal bond. It’s easy to love an animal unconditionally, and even easier to put...
Celebrating Our Nurses for World Health Day
Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Health Day. Like the WHO, Recovery Unplugged’s goal is to provide everyone we can with the care they need to live happy and healthy lives. With...
How to Celebrate National Beer Day in Recovery
When someone mentions that National Beer Day is coming up, it’s unlikely that your first thought is root beer. For many people in recovery, “holidays” centered around drinking or using drugs can potential...
Things You Can Do During the Coronavirus Quarantine
With the surge in the Coronavirus outbreak these past few weeks, it’s been a roller coaster ride for people across the country. Many people are being encouraged to work from home, and most public events, incl...
What Does “420” Mean?
Every April, self-identified “stoners” across the globe and United States gear up for “420.” The term has infiltrated popular culture for decades and has become synonymous with smoking marijuana. While ...
Do You Have A Sports Addiction?
We may chuckle reading about addiction associated with sports, but for some it is a very sad reality that can consume their time, money and relationships. Most of us have a favorite team or hometown hero that w...
Celebrating World Day of Prayer at Recovery Unplugged
Faith is a personal struggle, and prayer is a reflection of that. Because of the different ways in which we can pray, celebrating World Day of Prayer is a very personal experience. Some people may pray to God...
Eminem’s Surprise Oscar Performance
In a turn of events, rap and recovery icon Eminem surprised Oscar attendees with a performance of his hit, “Lose Yourself.” Eminem caught the crowd off-guard with the seventeen-year-old Oscar-winning hit fr...
Black Success Stories: Honoring Recovering Addicts in Music
There are stories of struggle, success, and overcoming obstacles in every community. For Black History Month, Recovery Unplugged has decided to highlight black success stories and honor recovering addicts in mu...
Demi Lovato has never been shy about her struggles with drug and alcohol addiction.
In July of 2018, Demi was rushed to the emergency room after an apparent Heroin overdose. The incident happened only a month after releasing her single, “Sober,” where she admitted to breaking over six year...
Opioid Addiction and the Black Community
Opioid addiction doesn’t discriminate based on sex, finances, or social status. It does, however, unfairly impact the black community in the United States. Drug abuse is a chronic disease that changes the c...
Listening to Love Songs for Valentine’s Day
For half the population, Valentine’s Day means showing love by contributing to the $20 billion business of chocolates and cards. For the other half, it might mean staying in, thinking about solitude, and like...
What “Joker” Gets All Too Right about Mental Health in America
Warning: This Piece Contains Spoilers Todd Phillips’ “Joker” was supposed to make you sick to your stomach; the film has grossed close to a billion dollars worldwide because of its ability to do j...
Lil Peep Lawsuit Can Have Serious Impact on Drug Use in the Music Industry
It’s been over two years since rapper Lil Peep died from drug overdose. His mother is now suing his management in a case that can have a lasting impact on drug use in the music industry. The 21-year-old Lil P...
Must-See TV Shows and Movies About Addiction
It can be difficult to find shows or movies about addiction that offer honest and authentic messaging. Whether it’s the depiction of how substance use disorders begin, the wreckage that it leaves trailed behi...
Even More Songs of Pain: Daniel Johnston, Music and Mental Health
Yesterday the world said goodbye to Austin singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston; an artist whose career, life and legacy are singular in practically every respect, perhaps most notably in their demonstration of th...
30 for 30: Recovery Unplugged Celebrates National Recovery Month on its Three-Decade Anniversary
Recovery Unplugged welcomes the 30th anniversary of National Recovery Month, a 30-day event spearheaded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to promote education and awarene...
Art Alexakis Releases Debut Solo Record
Everclear founder and front man, and friend of Recovery Unplugged, Art Alexakis has announced the release of his debut solo album, Sun Songs, which is expected to drop mid-October. The album gives Alexakis the ...
Steven Tyler’s Shout-Out to Richie Supa
Legends never die, and it’s in that spirit that Aerosmith, the legendary all-American band from Boston, has maintained a residency and is still performing on a regular basis in Las Vegas almost five decades a...
America’s Got Talent Contestant Kodi Lee Shows Music’s Power to Communicate
Read Recovery Unplugged Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger’s insights on America’s Got Talent Contestant Kodi Lee’s extraordinary performance, and how it reinforces the power of music to improve communicatio...
Sober Bars Making Socializing Easier For Non-Drinkers
Sober bars are starting to take the streets by storm, offering a variety of lavish mocktails and bar-like social atmospheres. The sober curious movement is becoming a popular trend among heavy drinking cities, ...
HBO Series Euphoria Follows Woman Suffering from Drug Addiction in a World that’s Leaving her behind
Euphoria, HBO’s newest drama, revolves around Rue Bennett, a 17-year-old woman struggling with drug addiction, depression, and anxiety who turns to drugs to cope with the feeling that she is just existing in ...
Should Fentanyl Testing Kits Be Allowed at Music Festivals?
Music festivals are known to captivate the masses with bright lights and a unique array of music; unfortunately, festival grounds are also often populated with illegal substances, increasing the potential for o...
Satan and Adam Documentary Underscores the Intense Healing and Unifying Power of Music
Right now there is a documentary making its way through the Netflixverse called Satan and Adam that is, by all accounts, a must-see for music lovers and general audiences alike. Without offering too many spoile...
Queer Artists in Recovery throughout History: Past, Present and Future
As part of our ongoing Pride Month Celebration, Recovery Unplugged is continuing our recognition of musicians and queer artists in recovery and their invaluable contributions to the modern musical canon. This w...
One Direction’s Liam Payne Discusses How Industry Pressure Led Him to Start Drinking Early
Ever since his band’s musical career took off after their fame from the X-Factor when he was 14, the music industry is all One Direction’s Liam Payne has known. In a recent interview with Men’s Health Aus...
Lisa Marie Presley Discloses Battle with Opioid Addiction in Forward for New Book
Lisa Marie Presley is no stranger to opioid addiction, the only woman who can be simultaneously described as the Princess of Rock and Roll (by birth) and the Princess of Pop (by marriage to Michael Jackson), th...
Her Smell Movie Combines Blistering, Beautiful Music and the Heartbreaking Reality of Addiction
Recovery Unplugged went to the movies to take in the gritty, unflinching and painfully realistic “Her Smell” starring The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elizabeth Moss; a film that chronicles the decline, addiction ...
Musician John Schreiner Talks New Album and Music after Drug Abuse
Seconds after engaging Virginia songwriter John Schreiner in conversation, it becomes crystal-clear that you’re in the presence of a devoted student and evangelist of music; a proverbial true believer whose l...
Miles Davis, Alcohol Addiction and Environment: What Is The Connection?
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, director Stanley Nelson premiered his latest documentary project Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool. The film is, at once, blistering, raw, celebratory and brilliant: a perf...
Upcoming Elton John Biopic Discusses Acclaimed Songwriter’s Drug and Alcohol Addiction
There was a well-documented time in the career of Elton John, during which his Rocketman moniker had a double meaning, representing both the smash hit that he wrote of that name, and is frequently intoxicated s...
Joe Walsh and Ringo Starr Team Up to Address American Drug Addiction
We can all imagine a scenario in which we’re listening to a collaboration between Ringo Starr and Joe Walsh and saying, however hyperbolically, that the track “saved our lives”—the raw materials are cer...
Chris Cornell’s Widow Addresses Congress about Rocker’s Suicide and American Drug Addiction
Chris Cornell’s voice, arguably one of the most distinct and powerful in modern music, was tragically silenced in May 2017 after the former Soundgarden and Audioslave singer committed suicide; an act which fa...
Valentine’s Day, Addiction and Relationships: The Impact on Romantic Partners
We get how hard navigating healthy relationships can be already without the additional issue of addiction. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it can be easy to dwell on past mistakes or get caught up in ...
VINCE STAPLES SPEAKS ON UNBROKEN SOBRIETY AND AVOIDING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
It’s a common and dangerous misconception that substance use and the creative process are directly intertwined; that bands and recording artists do their best work when they’re under the influence, or that ...
Ring in the New Year with New Music from the RU Underground
Tonight we say goodbye to 2018, for better or worse, and no New Year’s Eve celebration is complete without the proper playlist. To many, however, Auld Lang Syne has become an old, lame song; and even the most...
Three of 2018’s Must-See Movies about Addiction
2018, and the past few years before it, have brought about a heightened state of cultural awareness in practically all areas of life, from how we treat each other in everyday interaction to how we choose to tal...
Wilco Frontman Jeff Tweedy’s Addiction and Trauma Discussed in New Memoir
At Recovery Unplugged, we discuss at length the power of music to alter mood, improve our day and enrich our emotional experiences. What we’ve left out up to now, however, is that listening to Wilco’s Yanke...
Lil Xan to Enter Rehab for Opioid Addiction
The death of hip-hop artist Mac Miller from fentanyl continues to send shockwaves through the music community and resonate heavily with some of his fellow artists; the most recent example of this comes as rapp...
What Mac Miller’s Death Says about the Rise of Fentanyl Abuse
Recently, the LA County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner released the toxicology report that confirmed the cause of Mac Miller’s death as accidental overdose on a mixture of fentanyl, cocaine, and alcoh...
RU’s Own Ashley Newton Drops New Single ”Misery”
Singer-songwriter, former American Idol contestant and Recovery Unplugged alumnus Ashley Newton has just dropped four minutes and thirty-two seconds of soul, pain, strength and beauty on the music world. Her ne...
Paul Pellinger Drops by Miami’s 103.5 The Beat
Recovery Unplugged co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Paul Pellinger took to the airwaves last week to let everyone in the Greater Miami area know what we were all about. DJ Stichiz from Miami hip-hop statio...
Mac Miller Dead of An Apparent Overdose
Mac Miller was found dead in his San Fernando Valley home just hours ago from an apparent overdose. A friend called the police from Mac’s house and was pronounced dead when they arrived at the scene. The 26-y...
We Came as Romans Vocalist Kyle Pavone Dead at 28
Recovery Unplugged is saddened to report the sudden and tragic loss of Kyle Pavone, the voice of American metalcore band We Came as Romans. The band announced Pavone’s death today on social media. Though a ca...
Nico Biopic Focuses on Life after Heroin Addiction
On August 1, American film audiences will be privy to a new biopic about the last two years of singer and musician Nico’s life. Many who are familiar with the explosive, tragic and prolific life of the gifted...
Richard Swift’s Alcohol Addiction & Legacy
Richard Swift’s alcohol addiction is sending shock waves through his family and the music community.Richard Swift was one of the most prolific and impactful musical presences of the past 15 years, playing...
HIV-Positive Recovering Meth Addict Shocks the World on Fox’s “The Four”
Off the heels of a heartbreaking story about Wynonna Judd’s daughter sentenced to years in prison for meth-related probation violation, television audiences were treated to an inspiring story of the ability t...
K2 Part 2: Synthetic Marijuana Overdoses Making a Comeback
Last week more than 25 people were hospitalized in Brooklyn after they had apparently overdosed on K2, a form of synthetic marijuana that has been a persistent public health threat for the past few years. Polic...
Recovery Reigns Supreme at Last Night’s Billboard Music Awards
The city of Las Vegas was alight with amazing music last night as the industry’s best artists invaded the MGM Grand for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. In addition to the unforgettable moments we’ve come t...
Heroin(e) Documentary Takes Comprehensive Look at Opioid Addiction
Three days after the awards were presented, the political opinions were expressed and Frances McDormand’s statue was stolen and recovered, one of the most important stories from this year’s Oscars remains u...
Cranberries Singer Dolores O’Riordan Dies at 46
International music star and former lead singer of 90’s rock fixtures The Cranberries, Dolores O’Riordan, died suddenly today of causes yet to be revealed. Blessed with an unmistakably powerful voice and a ...
Examining Malcolm Young’s Alcohol Recovery
The news in music during these past few months reads tragically like a rock star’s obituary page. This past week, AC/DC’s rhythm guitar player and co-founder Malcolm Young was added to the list. Young passe...
RIP Chuck Mosley: Another Casualty of the Disease of Addiction
Last Thursday, the music world said goodbye to another one of its own as former Faith No More front man, Chuck Mosley succumbed to an apparent heroin overdose after a long period of recovery from the disease of...
Russell Brand’s New Addiction Book Discusses Path to Recovery
It’s often said that addicts have to embrace recovery in their own way, and there is no clearer example of this adage than comedian, actor, radio host, activist, and author Russell Brand. A man who has, more ...
In Observance of World Mental Health Day
Today Recovery Unplugged recognizes and observes the 25th annual World Mental Health Day, an event established by the World Federation of Mental Health to promote awareness and education regarding mental health...
TODAY’S THE DAY: CATCH THE PREMIERE OF RICHIE SUPA’S “I GOT THIS” MUSIC VIDEO
Today acclaimed songwriter and RU’s very own Director of Creative Recovery Richie Supa will be unveiling a haunting and resonant music video for his recovery-themed track “I Got This”. The song is a tra...
One More Day: Catch the Premiere of Richie Supa’s “I Got This” Music Video on September 28th
In less than 24 hours, the world will be given a fresh eye and earful of what denial truly looks like in addiction. Acclaimed songwriter and RU’s very own Director of Creative Recovery Richie Supa will be unv...
Richie Supa Debuts Powerful Music Video for “I Got This”
On September 28th, award-winning singer-songwriter, Richie Supa debuts his powerful new music video for “I Got This”. Set your calendar to share the full-length video to help spread the message of how add...
Logic Prevails: Rapper Delivers Stirring Message about Mental Health at Last Night’s VMA’s
Empowerment, self-love and solidarity became the de-facto themes of last night’s MTV Video Music Awards thanks to rapper Logic along with Alessia Cara and Khalid. After performing the song “1-800-273-8255...
Remembering Glen Campbell – 1936-2017
Earlier this week, the world said “adios” to yet another music legend. Country superstar Glen Campbell passed away on August 8th after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. During an unpa...
Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Found Dead from Apparent Suicide
It would appear that mental health issues have extinguished the life of yet another musical figure. This morning at approximately 9am, Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington was found dead at his home in Palos V...
RIP Gregg Allman
Last week the American music landscape said goodbye to one of its most prolific and important contributors. Gregg Allman, renowned guitarist, songwriter, solo artist and founding member of the legendry Allman B...
Legendary Musician and Vocalist Chris Cornell Passes Away at 52
Recovery Unplugged is saddened to report the passing of one of the most powerful and distinct voices in rock and roll. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave passed away last night at the tragically young ...
New Insights Further Illuminate Prince’s Tragic Painkiller Addiction
Friday will mark exactly one year since the supernaturally talented pop icon Prince was found dead in his compound just outside Minneapolis due to an apparent painkiller overdose. As more and more time passes, ...
What Ben Affleck’s Recent Stint in Alcoholism Treatment Tells Us about Addiction
When Ben Affleck recently disclosed that he had completed treatment for alcohol abuse, it was not anything that the public hadn’t heard before. The actor, writer and director has experienced a long and docume...
A Conversation with Singer/Songwriter Rob Tomlinson
Music was Rob Tomlinson’s first drug. During a recent conversation with Recovery Unplugged, the vocalist and guitarist for Philadelphia’s The Post War Dream confessed to rushing home every day after school ...
Dropkick Murphys’ New Album Tackles Addiction and Substance Abuse
It’s called 11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory and it’s the ninth album from Quincy, MA punk legends Dropkick Murphys. The record was made right here in Texas and was deeply inspired by the Massachusetts op...
Spreading the Love: Talking with Songwriter Sal Annunziato
Connecticut musician and songwriter Sal Annunziato has a congenial, friendly and decidedly “every-man” way of speaking; that is, however, where all traces of “common” in his life cease to exist. The mor...
Retired Football Player’s Story Highlights Painkiller Abuse in Sports
The widespread culture of prescription opioid abuse in the NFL has been well documented. In a recent example, more than 1,500 players have joined a lawsuit alleging their lives were irreparably harmed due to th...
When Classical Goes Clinical: The Best Composers to Listen to While Healing
Let’s face it: not all of us are ready to turn on Rachmaninoff when we come home from work at the end of the day or when we go on a road trip with our friends. We all have our own musical preferences and they...
Second Chances: A Conversation with Songwriter Dan Carr
We are all vulnerable to substance abuse and addiction: no matter where we come from, no matter how much money we make, no matter what our lives looked like prior to the development of our drug or alcohol use. ...
Into the Boyd: Talking with Philadelphia Songwriter Trip Boyd about Recovery, Music and Life
Although his matter-of-fact and casual demeanor may not show it, Philly-based songwriter James “Trip” Boyd is a man who has led many lives, through which the common threads have been music and substance abu...
Tom Petty to Be Named MusiCares 2017 Person of the Year
A cluster of music’s greatest living artists will pay tribute to one of their own in just a few months’ time, as legendary singer/songwriter and Heartbreakers front-man Tom Petty is honored by MusiCares as ...
A Chat with Blues Songwriter Marci Chevian-Hooper
If there’s one woman who has earned the title of “Ms.”, it’s Connecticut singer/songwriter Marci Chevian-Hooper, known henceforth as Ms. Marci. If you’re lucky enough to ever engage her in conversatio...
A Word (or 400) about Addiction in Media and Pop Culture
The media we consume has always been a product of the culture and collective opinion of our time. However exaggerated and stylized, the messaging that we see in movies, on TV and in other media usually, in some...
The Legacy of Lean
Some know it as “lean,” some know it as codeine-promethazine and many don’t know it at all. Although blues musicians were mixing cough syrup and alcohol back in the 1960’s, that doesn’t mean they had ...
The Accidental Journey of Philly Songwriter Trip Boyd
Although his matter-of-fact and casual demeanor may not show it, Philly-based songwriter James “Trip” Boyd is a man who has led many lives, through which the common threads have been music and substance abu...
Honoring Veteran’s Service and Recognizing Their Plight
Today we proudly honor the active and retired members of our armed forces. We extend our deepest and most profound appreciation for their service and everything they’ve done to ensure our safety and tranquili...
Songwriter Brendon David Nielson on Music and Recovery
When Provo, Utah-based songwriter Brendon David Nielson was just seven years old, he watched on television as the Twin Towers fell after being struck by two airplanes. Instead of crying, cowering in fear or eve...
Macklemore’s New Single “Drug Dealer” Takes Aim at Big Pharma
It’s subject matter that is seldom, if ever, seen in a music video; however, given the unprecedented scale of prescription opioid addiction currently plaguing the United States, it should come as no surprise ...
Sing Your Life: The Positive Impact of Singing on the Brain
Ever notice how we often sing when we’re excited, exuberant or motivated? This is not a coincidence. Nor is it a coincidence that over 30 million adults in America are in choirs. Whether we’re in the car, p...
Head and the Heart Singer Josiah Johnson’s Addiction Treatment Going “Well”
There is a never a convenient time for addiction. It doesn’t wait until after you’ve realized your professional or personal ambitions, or until you’re “ready” or “prepared” for it. Seattle-based f...
What Our “Guilty Pleasure” Songs Can Tell Us about Music Therapy
Recovery Unplugged often hears prospective patients tell us that they don’t think they’d benefit from our program because they “don’t play an instrument” or they’re “not very musical”. They don...
Recovery Unplugged Talks with Premier Guitar Magazine
In an article that illustrates the healing power of music in multiple mental health issues, Premier Guitar Magazine recently spoke with Recovery Unplugged co-founder and CEO Paul Pellinger. Paul had a chance to...
Recovery Unplugged Austin Celebrates National Recovery Month
September has been designated National Recovery Month by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Now in its 27th year, the 30-day event was established to educate communities all...
Recovery Unplugged Talks with Music Legend Darryl McDaniels
When we buy a record or a ticket to a live show, we tend to focus only on the finished product: the way the beat drops, the way the lyrics cut and resonate, the way the production evokes inexplicable emotion. V...
The Special Plight of the Touring Musician in Recovery
Summer is when touring musicians of all stripes hit the road to connect with their fans and expect their audiences. Touring is a fact of life for most musicians, and a great way stay immersed in their music whi...
Recovery Unplugged Enters the Football Arena for June 11th Event
Come see two of arena football’s most celebrated teams compete while raising money for addiction awareness and treatment at the upcoming Rock vs. Jocks event. Local favorites the Philadelphia Soul (owned in p...
RIP Prince: The World Mourns the Loss of a Musical Giant
It is with deep and profound sadness that Recovery Unplugged mourns the death of Prince Rogers Nelson, known to the world and forever immortalized in musical history simply as Prince. The 57-year-old artist, wh...
The Evolving Depiction of Addiction in the Media and Popular Culture
Over the past few years, the themes of addiction and chemical dependency have been more and more prevalent in the television shows and movies we consume. This past winter, Netflix released two new series (Love ...
Happy National Record Store Day from Recovery Unplugged
The Recovery Unplugged team would like to wish music lovers everywhere a happy National Record Store Day. We encourage all to support the local record shops in their community and throughout the country. As an ...
Recovery Unplugged Living it up at South By Southwest
South Florida addiction care leader Recovery Unplugged headed to Austin’s famed music and arts festival South by Southwest this year. The ten-day event continued its tradition of bringing together some of the...
7 Rappers That Struggle with Addiction
No one is safe from addiction. More than 23 million Americans aged 12 or older — or 9.2 percent of the population — have abused drugs in the past month, according to the most recent 2012 data from the Nati...
Meet Carly Rae Jepsen – Charitybuzz
Today we are happy to announce that Charitybuzz has an auction to support our favorite organization The Face the Music Foundation. AIG has graciously donated a package to Meet Carly Rae Jepsen with 4 Tickets t...
C.C. Sabathia Opens Up About His Recovery
"If it was my knee or it was anything else, then people wouldn't have a problem with it. But, you know, it being alcoholism, it's tough for people to swallow, but it's the same thing." On October 4th C.C. Sa...
8 Celebrities That Have Been to Treatment
The hazards of celebrity: besieged with agonizing pasts, instant achievement and other demons, countless A-listers—from former child stars to Oscar winners have sought help at rehab. Many of Hollywood’s ‘...
TY Dolla $ign @ Recovery Unplugged
Recovery Unplugged welcomed a very special guest recently, singer/songwriter TY Dolla $ign. Although TY is not in recovery himself, he taught us all that motivation does not come strictly from stopping drug use...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Relapse
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is back on the wagon. The Tudors actor, who has struggled with substance abuse for years, opened up about a "minor relapse" he recently had via Instagram on Tuesday, May 26....
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Visits Recovery Unplugged
We were blessed to have a lifetime friend to Richie, Steven Tyler, who was in Florida to visit the Recovery Unplugged drug rehab center yesterday. Steven and Richie's history goes all the way back to the 70's, ...
It’s just college, right?
Alcohol and college are closely associated with each other in the minds of students and graduates with plenty of nights they don’t really remember. Many people say, “Its college, have fun!” Very rarely ar...