addiction recovery

“I was on top of the world and I ruined it,” the 32-year-old star said in a new interview.

Demi Lovato has decided to stop being California sober, but the confusion over what the term means lives on. On Thursday, the singer announced on their Instagram story, “I no longer support my ‘California sober’ ways. Sober sober is the only way to be,” per People magazine. When Lovato previously revealed in March that they identified as California sober, fans…

Wes Hurt was in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction when he came up with his latest business idea — a beverage company that would help people who were also recovering from addiction. Clean Cause, based in Austin, Texas, now donates half its profits to supporting people in recovery. It also employs them.

The artist Demi Lovato used the term “California sober” in a recent song and interview about their recovery. The term popularized by writer Michelle Lhooq refers to an addiction recovery without 100% abstinence from all substances – usually, continuing to use marijuana.

Scott Strode is the founder and executive director of The Phoenix, which is a recovery organization that uses fitness to help those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction to find strength and community. He joins LX News to explain how the coronavirus pandemic is making his programs more important than ever.