Rob Lowe to Speak at The Council on Recovery’s Fall Luncheon, October 20, 2017
The Council on Recovery announces that Rob Lowe will be the keynote speaker at its Fall Luncheon, Friday, October 20, 2017, at the Hilton Americas—Houston Hotel. This is the 35th Annual Luncheon in the Waggoners Foundation Speaker Series and is presented by the Wayne Duddlesten Foundation. Proceeds from the Luncheon …Read More »
“Boomers on a Bender” – Older Adults & Harmful Alcohol Use
Boomers on a Bender is the cover story in the May/June 2017 issue of Today’s Geriatric Medicine magazine that reports on the dramatic increases in harmful alcohol use by older adults. Aimed at medical providers, the article details the alarming increase in both binge drinking and alcohol use disorders (AUD) …Read More »
The Lifelong Quest For Sobriety…The Ultimate Hero’s Journey—Part 10
Guest Blogger and long-time Council friend, Bob W. presents Part 10 of a series dealing with Alcoholism and Addiction from a Mystical, Mythological Perspective, reflecting Bob’s scholarly work as a Ph.D. in mythological studies. In the great J.R. R. Tolkien story of The Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, Frodo …Read More »
The Council on Recovery Receives Google Ad Grants Award
The Council on Recovery is a recipient of a Google Ad Grants award. The Google Ad Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google’s philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and …Read More »The Lifelong Quest For Sobriety…The Ultimate Hero’s Journey – Part 9
Guest Blogger and long-time Council friend, Bob W. presents Part 9 of a series dealing with Alcoholism and Addiction from a Mystical, Mythological Perspective, reflecting Bob’s scholarly work as a Ph.D. in mythological studies. The incidence of war in the human experience is enormous; it has been estimated that, in …Read More »