Seabrook Rehab Paying $20M to Resolve Whistleblower Suit BUSINESS AS USUAL? – May 1, 2025 - Seabrook allegedly lacked licenses and contracts for a veterans program at its Upper Deerfield facility, yet billed federal and state agencies for its services, the federal prosecut... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Psychiatric Prisons Back In Business? OUT OF SIGHT... – April 27, 2025 - Across the country, a troubling trend is accelerating: the return of institutionalization – rebranded, repackaged and framed as “modern mental health care”. From Governor Kath... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesMental Health
Pill Mill Kingpin Set To Walk Free VIDEO – A PARDON? – May 1, 2025 - Jeff George, convicted in the overdose death of a 24-year-old customer, is getting out of prison early. He apologized to the victim’s grieving family in a Palm Beach County courtroom... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articles
South America’s Only Supervised Drug Consumption Room SAVING LIVES – APRIL 27, 2025 - The left arm of Christian Camilo Amaya is tattooed with a skull pierced by a syringe, which he says represents the use of cocaine and heroin. He frequently shot up on streets of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articlesharm reduction
Hayden Begley Says She’s Been Sober for 10 Years After Her Dad Caught Her Drinking at 15 VIDEO – SOBER TIES – May 2, 2025 - In a new TikTok video she revealed that “addictive issues” ran in her family history. Hayden, 25, shared a TikTok clip explaining her decision to maintain a sober lifestyle. In the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeatured Articles
This Is the Worst Food for Your Heart EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK – April 27, 2025 - Sugar-laden eats, alcohol, and fried foods are obvious choices to nix from your diet in the name of longevity, but doctors have another to add to that list: Processed meats.Lun... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating DisorderFeatured Articlesfood addictionlife expectancy
You’re Drinking Water Wrong ROOM TEMPERATURE IS BEST – April 30, 2025 - Medical experts have discovered that water temperature, when used at the right time, can significantly improve your wellbeing, affecting everything from how we digest our f... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancy
Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honor—It’s a Mental Health Warning from Your Brain VIDEO – RELAX A LITTLE – April 22, 2025 - Somewhere between your third Zoom call of the day and the relentless ping of notifications, you may have started to feel something more than just tired. A bone-deep wearines... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Sleeping Pills May Shorten Life Expectancy by 6 Years! VALIUMS TOO! – April 27, 2025 - While most side effects of sleeping pills are temporary, there now appears to be one that’s more...life-altering. “Our results are staggering to say the least. Many people rely on slee... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancy
Animal Sedative Is In The US Illegal Drug Supply HUMANS DON’T WAKE UP – May 1, 2025 - Medetomidine, which is used to sedate pets and is somewhat similar to xylazine, was first detected in illegally manufactured opioids in North America in 2022. Investigators say th... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
14 Novels That Could Change Your Life IF YOU READ – April 26, 2025 - There is nothing quite like the feeling of turning the final page of a great novel and looking up at the world knowing you will never be quite be the same person. In reality, few books ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Mark Chesnutt Slates ‘Redemption Tour’ Celebrating Life and Sobriety SO GOOD TO BE ALIVE – April 30, 2025 - Mark Chesnutt has announced his “2025 Redemption Tour” in celebration of health, recovery and sobriety, and is going public with the disclosure of multiple health scares which a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – April 30, 2025 - The study included 160 individuals with chronic pain — both with and without OUD — recruited from primary care and pain clinics. Participants completed a positive emotion regu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
First Couple of Family Recovery Court Celebrates Sobriety IT’S GOOD LAW – April 30, 2025 - Austin Warfield and Pleasant Davis walked into Hardin Circuit Court Room 3 with a new future ahead of them. With them Tuesday morning were their three children Micah Davis, w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Disease Model of Addiction Lacks Empirical Support SAY, SO IT AIN’T SO? – May 1, 2025 - Substance addiction is commonly described as a “chronic, relapsing brain disease,” both in scientific and public discourse, and has been compared to other chronic diseases s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Joe Rogan Makes Big Sobriety Announcement BIG DEAL? – May 1, 2025 - Rogan offered an update on his journey to being sober. “I haven’t had a drink in about 2 months and I feel great. Almost makes me feel dumb for not quitting a long time ago. Rogan’s ho... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
‘I smoked weed like it was crack’: The addiction crisis no one’s talking about PUFF THE MAGIC DRAG ON – April 27, 2025 - It was fun in the beginning. As a high school student in San Diego, Zach would get high with his friends at an abandoned construction site next to his school. Afterward... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanaweed
D.C. Shuts 50th Weed Shop Amid Cannabis Crackdown GET DRUNK INSTEAD? – April 24, 2025 - The city is moving aggressively to shut down the once-thriving gray market — a matter of public safety, and also essential for the legal medical cannabis industry to ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanaweed
Arizona Awards $6M For Sober Homes Fraud Scandal VIDEO – GETTING EVEN – May 2, 2025 - Eleven Tribal nations and community members hurt by Arizona’s sober living home fraud scandal will benefit from a new wave of grants. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office wil... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Can George Haymaker Uses Neuroscience to Transform Addiction Recovery? WE HOPE HE CAN – April 30, 2025 - “You’re not broken—you’re just wired in a way that no longer serves you. And the incredible thing is, your brain can be rewired. Change is possible, and it starts with one small step... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Meet the Cavan Man Embracing Sobriety DRUMMING FOR GOD – May 1, 2025 - “What society and communities at the moment are dealing with is a disconnection. People are grasping in all directions to try and find a bit of peace in their souls and what oft... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE – Plastic Ono Band VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1969 - 9,564,047 views since 2016 - The Very Best of John Lennon. Completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
“Peace Piece” – Bill Evans VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1958 - 6,166,800 views since 2011 - Bill Evans’s “Peace Piece” is an unrehearsed modal composition that he recorded for his “Everybody Digs Bill Evans” LP in 1958. It is hailed as on... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
Facebook & Instagram Bots to Engage in Dirty Sick Sex Chats with Children of All Ages BAD BOTS – April 27, 2025 - Meta’s AI-powered chatbots on Facebook and Instagram are able to engage in graphic sex talk with users, even children, with the voices of Disney characters and celebrities. AI using the p... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetSliderSmartphone Addiction
Where Does Consciousness Come From? EVERYWHERE? – April 30, 2025 - Two leading theories of consciousness went head-to-head—and the results may change how neuroscientists study one of the oldest questions about existence.Where in the brain does co... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthSlider
Ex-NBA Player Warns Students to Avoid Addiction VIDEO – NOTHING BUT NET – May 1, 2025 - “Cocaine was my truth,” Herren said. Through the decades, Roundup’s gymnasium has echoed everything from game-winning cheers to physical education teachers enforcing rules. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSlider
Alcohol Needs a Cancer Warning Label ABOUT TIME – 2025 - More than six in 10 Americans drink alcohol. But less than half of them know that they’re increasing their cancer risk while they’re doing it. GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSlidersobriety
Quote of the Week by George Orwell “It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.” – George Orwell, 1903–1950 ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
Beyond Belief Sobriety w/Author of HIGH! – Confessions of a Cannabis Addict VIDEO – IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD(S) – June 2022 - Things could have played out very differently for Leonard Lee Buschel. A powerful combo of early-childhood trauma, temperament, a “professional” opportuni... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Book Excerpt: HIGH Confessions of a Cannabis Addict by Leonard Lee Buschel HIGH-lights – Jan. 30, 2022 - Once I was back home, selling the hash was no problem, until I was dealing my last quarter ounce to some guys in a friend’s basement in the Kensington and Allegheny neighborhood of Phil... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Publisher Turns 27* and is subject of a piece in Shout Out LA A PUFF PIECE ON AN EX-POTHEAD – August 2, 2021 - Occasionally the gang and I would wait at the news stand for the ‘bulldog’ edition, dropped off at 11pm. An early edition of the morning Inky, nickname for the Phila... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Provocateur, Is Dead at 85 A MAN OF HIS TIME, A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME, A MAN FOR ALL TIME – July 7, 2021 - The film, though probably a financial success by Mr. Downey’s standards, made only about $2.7 million. (By comparison, “Butch Cass... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Writers In Treatment: Melding Recovery, the Arts, and Information The accident that led to a Film Festival November 12, 2020 - For the past twelve years, Leonard Buschel has been an instrumental force in adding flavor and culture to the recovery community by filling ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalWriters In Treatment
Leslie Jordan Fan Mail “Who knew when Leonard started his recovery bulletin years ago, how pertinent and necessary it would become in the days of hunkering down from the Covid 19 virus. When one has exhausted all the available online... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery Advocate