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Tomorrow: The Fix Hosts David Sheff in Newport Beach

By The Fix staff

RSPV here to attend a reading, discussion and book-signing with the acclaimed author of Clean and Beautiful Boy. MORE  

Morning Roundup: April 1, 2013

By The Fix staff

Painkiller deaths keep rising, UPS pays $40 million over illegal drug shipments, and Madonna's homeless alcoholic brother blames his family. MORE  

20/20 Focuses on Kristen Johnston's Guts

By Benjamin Fairway

The actress and recovery advocate brings heart and humor to addiction awareness on tonight's show. MORE  

Come Party With The Fix in LA

By Benjamin Fairway

Readers are invited to mingle with recovery-related folks at a celebratory event this Sunday. MORE  

The Fix Knows How to Party

By Anna David

Recovery titans and other boldface names come out to toast The Fix—with juice, of course. MORE  

Kristen Johnston: I Ain't No Miss Sobriety

By Kristen Johnston

What happens after you write a bestselling memoir about recovery? The author of Guts (and star of The Exes) is discovering it's hard to keep it simple when you're a sober superhero. MORE  

A Dog's Life

By Nic Sheff

When my brother told me that the cure for all my ails was a dog, I just blew him off. But then I met Ramona... MORE  

Teenage Wasteland

By Nic Sheff

Once upon a time, Nic Sheff was a wasted teen. Now he gives addiction talks to young people. He can’t help but wonder: would he have listened to someone like him at that age? MORE  

Breaking Dad: Nic Sheff on His Father's Scathing Memoir

By Nic Sheff

When I first read my father's memoir, Beautiful Boy, I understood for the first time how much my addiction was killing him. I promised myself I'd never cause anyone that kind of pain again. But, of course, life is never so simple.  MORE  

An Atheist's Struggle To Find His Higher Power

By Nic Sheff

 I've generally had no use for religion, until I realized my life depended on a spiritual connection.  But it was only when I stopped searching for a direct line to God that I actually found one.  MORE  

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