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Happy (Sober) New Year!

By Sue Smith

Everyone knows this can be a tough time of year for non-drinkers. So here's a guide for how to ring in the New Year without booze, from meeting marathons to drink-free dances. MORE  

Online Resources for Sober Holiday Survival

By Sue Smith

If you need some seasonal sober support, there's plenty out there; here are some of the best options. MORE  

Guard Your Rx Meds This Holiday Season

By Bryan Le

The Fix asks an expert for her top tips on safeguarding your pills—and your loved ones—at this time of year. MORE  

Holiday Tips for People With Eating Disorders

By Nina Puro

This season is a challenge. With the help of an expert on eating disorders, The Fix offers five helpful suggestions. MORE  

Dispensary Gives Out Free Weed to Veterans

By May Wilkerson

An LA medical marijuana dispensary expresses seasonal goodwill to veteran patients in the way it knows best. MORE  

Eat, Drink? Don't Be So Merry

By Valerie Tejeda

Each day of a typical holiday diet of booze, TV and red meat will cut at least 30 minutes off your lifespan, researchers say. MORE  

Beware the Santacon Menace

By Nina Puro

The annual event, which takes place this weekend, prompts well-justified fears of drunken carnage. MORE  

Morning Roundup: December 7, 2012

By Bryan Le

Men and women benefit from AA in different ways, Richard Branson writes on "trillion-dollar failure" drug war, and Superman drinks alcohol. MORE  

The Case for a Booze-Free Office Party

By Chrisanne Grise

Drinking at the office holiday party can cost you a day of work—or even your job—treatment experts warn. MORE  

Thanksgivings Drunk and Sober

By Carlos Herrera

I’ve been surly, stoned and sober on the our nation’s holiday of gratitude. And for me, sober definitely seems to work out better. MORE  

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The Quick Fix
Morning Roundup: June 20, 2013

New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana, UK public health minister calls smokers "drug addicts," and suburban NY mom indicted on pot-growing charges.

5:00am
Drunk Robs Gas Station With Clear Plastic Bag as "Mask"

A hapless robber is busted when cops see through his transparent ruse.

6/19/13 5:55pm
NYC Pastor Faces Off With Local Drug Users

A pastor receives threats after alerting police to "drug addicted behavior" around his Upper East Side church.

6/19/13 4:44pm
Chinese Official Blows Public Funds on Gaming Addiction

"Chu" faces prison after spending millions of taxpayers' yuan on an online role-playing game.

6/19/13 3:33pm
Christians and Muslims Unite to Fight Drug Abuse in Kenya

With the government turning a blind eye to a growing "national disaster," religious groups put aside their differences to help.

6/19/13 2:52pm
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Down and Out in the Rooms

"No matter how far down the scale we have gone." I was homeless when I came to AA and the experience helped other homeless men to get sober.

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Cliffside Malibu
 
 
 
 

The “beach-house-relaxed” Cliffside Malibu claims to provide an oasis for recovering addicts and alcoholics. And that’s just what you'll get—if you’ve got the cash.

Newport Academy
 
 
 
 
 

This SoCal rehab fosters a regimented but respectful recovery environment, where teens learn how to live sober through plenty of 12-step meetings and life-skills classes—not to mention "equine-assisted psychotherapy" and mixed martial arts.

Reflections
 
 
 
 

This exclusive Northern California rehab is all about client choice—as well as golf outings, Buddhist field trips and keeping up with the office.

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