Marriage Status’ Surprising Link To Cancer Risk LOVE HEALS ALL – April 10, 2026 - Adults who never married are significantly more likely to develop cancer, Between 2015 and 2022, the team examined cancer cases diagnosed at age 30 or older and compared the rates of... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerFeatured Articleslife expectancyMental HealthUncategorized
‘Snapple Lady’ Wendy Kaufman’s Cocaine Addiction SNAPPLE ADDICT – April 8, 2026 - “I tried cocaine in 1980, the night I graduated, and I just knew. I knew I was an addict, knew I was going to love it. And that started a 10-year run with cocaine where I got myself i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articles
Healthy Cheerleader Drops Dead After Consuming Energy Drink A DYING SHAME – April 10, 2026 - The lawyer argued that Alani Nu energy drinks, which the late teen drank often, “had inadequate warnings about the serious cardiac risks that this product brings. Rodriguez had no pre... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesTrauma
Lamar Odom Shares Update on Sobriety Journey After DUI Arrest FASCINATING or BS? – April 9, 2026 - “Right now I’m completely sober—I don’t even drink alcohol,” Lamar—who pleaded not guilty last month to the Las Vegas charges—said. “If you do your education, addiction you suffe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeatured Articles
Arrests Made in Fraud Crackdown of LA Hospice Ring Behind $267 Million Bogus Charges VIDEO – CRIMINALS – April 9, 2026 - Bonta said the defendants collected money without providing a single legitimate hospice service. The law enforcement effort, called Operation Skip Trace, targeted ten locations in ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesinterventionRecoveryRehab
Police Chief & Rehab Facility Sued over Alleged Sexual Assault AUDIO – SICK COLLABORATION – April 9, 2026 - Police Chief John Berger is being sued along with DreamLife Recovery LLC drug rehab facility for Berger’s alleged sexual assault of a female patient … The 12-count lawsuit... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesRecoveryRehabTrauma
Kentucky’s Largest Recovery Center Involved in Medicaid Fraud? AUDIO – REALLY? – April 9, 2026 - Addiction Recovery Care is under investigation by the FBI for alleged Medicaid fraud. Prosecutors say they bilked taxpayers out of millions of dollars using questionable billing prac... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
My Long & Abusive Affair With the Snooze Button YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE – April 5, 2026 - I’m a born snoozer. I snooze at levels most people couldn’t dream of (because they’re awake, unlike me). After 20 or so years of use, some back-of-the-envelope math tells me that... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
The Insurance Industry Quietly Undoes Recovery From Addiction DRUNK ON GREED – April 7, 2026 - In medicine, we like to believe that progress is linear. That once a patient stabilizes, regains lost skills, and returns to work, the hardest part is behind them. But in addiction ca... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Recovering Addict Warns: “7-OH truly destroying people’s lives” VIDEO – GO NATURAL! – April 6, 2026 - Dr. John Downs, director of the Virginia Poison Center at VCU, said 7-OH is related to kratom, but it is not the same thing. Kratom comes from a plant native to Southeast Asia... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Sam Levinson Fought Hard For Angus Cloud’s Sobriety EUPHORIA TRAGEDY – April 9, 2026 - Cloud passed away in 2023 at the age of 25 from a drug overdose after playing sensitive drug dealer Fezco in the hit HBO show. The industry and beyond mourned the young actor, whose... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOverdoseTrauma
States with Marijuana Dispensaries Reduce Impact of Opioid Epidemic AUDIO – NPR FRESH AIR – April 6, 2026 - They found dispensary openings in states with legal marijuana were tied to significant reductions in all opioid outcomes. And they found that patients who were given opioid pre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanaopioid crisisopioids
Woman shares before and after of going 30 days without drinking alcohol VIDEO – WHY NOT 60? – April 9, 2026 - A woman who gave up alcohol for 30 days has unveiled the major changes being teetotal had on her face in before and after photographs. YouTuber Yoga with Paige set herself the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Dad was Consumed by Alcoholism and Anger. I Hoped Psychedelic Therapy Could Change Him. NEVER GIVE UP – April 2026 - I’d been taken in by all the public talk of mushrooms and their “sacred” and “transcendental” use; of their remedial power, which seemed to arouse an idiosyncratic “mystical consciousness... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaPsychedelics
RFK Jr. Favors Faith-based Addiction Treatment on National Tour AUDIO – GOD SHOT ANYONE? – April 7, 2026 - Kennedy said. “Many addicts are just biologically hardwired to drink or drug themselves to death. The only thing that has been shown to overcome that is a spiritual fire.” K... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Powerful New Opioid Relieves Pain With No Dangerous Side Effects BULLSHIT OR REAL? – April 6, 2026 - “Opioid pain medications are essential for medical purposes, but can lead to addiction and overdose,” said Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaopioid crisisopioids
Jesus, They’ll Let Anyone In Here! by Leonard Lee Buschel 31 WITH AA – April 17, 2026 - I am a very lucky man. Lucky that I’ve been able to attend AA meetings for 31 years, without being an alcoholic. I smoked marijuana every day for 26 years, and I did do cocaine ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Rubina Dilaik Reveals Reasons She Quit Alcohol NO MORE BOMBAY GIN – April 11, 2026 - Frequently used in social settings, alcohol affects the body in ways that vary by individual. Not every metabolism is equally equipped to manage the physiological strain of regul... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
‘Rhino tranq’ Detected in Drug Supply Raising Overdose Risk VIDEO – DANGER ‘ROUND THE DOOR – April 7, 2026 - When you’re mixing other drugs like xylazine or medetomidine with fentanyl, that has a compounding effect,” Dickey explained. “It can lead to low blood pressure, short... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
What the World Needs Now is Love – Broadway for Orlando VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 2,119,839 views - Jul 5, 2016 - ‘What The World Needs Now Is Love’ is the charity single sung by Broadway for Orlando, an all-star group of artists from the theatre and pop world: Sara Bar... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
Medications That Trigger Sex and Gambling Addictions AUDIO – STRIP POKER ANYONE? – April 7, 2026 - A BBC investigation has heard from hundreds of people who say they developed sex and gambling addictions after taking a category of prescription drugs called dopamine ago... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGamingSexual AddictionSlider
Lawsuit Against Malibu Recovery Center Raises Questions About Standards in Luxury Rehab Industry INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY – March 31, 2026 -The plaintiff paid approximately $50,000 for a 15-day residential treatment stay and was assigned to a “deluxe suite” that allegedly showed signs of water intrusion and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
Tiger Woods Filled his Pockets with Pills DEEP POCKETS – Mar. 31, 2026 - After the crash, the five-time Masters winner was “sweating profusely” and his movements appeared “lethargic and slow” as he spoke with deputies. The 50-year-old also told deputies he ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSlider
‘Ketamine Queen’ Off to Prison for Supplying “Special K” to Matthew Perry WHAT A SHAME – April 8, 2026 - Federal prosecutors said Jasveen Sangha ran a high-volume drug trafficking business out of her North Hollywood home. Sangha sold about 50 vials of ketamine to Perry for $11,000 — includ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSliderTrauma
Quote of the Week – Christina Koch “When we saw tiny Earth, people asked our crew what impressions we had. What struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging on, undisturbingly, in the u... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
Book Excerpt – HIGH: From Cannabis to Clarity by Leonard Lee Buschel HIGH-lights – 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 Philadelphia. I... 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