Addiction Blog

Tara Conner now has a year of sobriety under her belt, so last year’s Miss USA is moving onto the next step, which is to write a book about her rehab experience. If you’ll remember, Donald Trump was gracious enough to give Tara Conner a second chance before he terminated her from her crown.

Going into a succeeding in drug and alcohol rehab center was required by the Donald for this forgiveness to fully take place. Now, Tara Conner, who turned 22-years-old on December 13 is writing a memoir about her experiences at the Caron Foundation rehab center including kicking the cocaine habit.

In Florence, Texas 45 miles from Austin, the parents of three toddlers were arrested when the children tested positive for methamphetamines. The children, ages 1, 2 and 3 of Michael Joseph Denson and Melody Lorraine Whatley were taken into custody by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

This is not the first incident in which the couple’s kids have tested positive for drugs as two of the couple’s children tested positive for marijuana at birth. The parents were arrested under a new law making them criminally responsible for their children testing positive for drugs.

In an interview with ABC News, President Bush talked openly about his past alcohol addiction. According to President Bush, “I doubt I’d be standing here if I hadn’t quit drinking whiskey, and beer and wine and all that.”

He went on to say, “Alcohol can compete with your affections. It sure did in my case, affections with your family, or affections for exercise.” Bush stated that he gave up drinking after a night on the town celebrating his 40th birthday in 1986.

President Bush opened up about his past alcohol abuse in order to encourage teens at the White House who had come for an event to help stop drug and alcohol addiction in their communities.

Yes, it’s true. The place promoting caffeine addiction to millions of coffee hounds is promoting a book about meth addiction. Starbucks has decided to put on its shelves next year Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through His Son’s Addiction.

The memoir was written by David Sheff and is a compelling true story written about the relationship of the author with his son who was addicted to methamphetamines and the struggle for recovery. Sheff has written three other books about technology and celebrities, so Beautiful Boy is a personal departure for him.

Sheff’s memoir comes from a different viewpoint that many other personal books about drug addiction in that it comes from the perspective of a parent struggling with feelings of powerlessness and helplessness over a child’s addiction.