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January 24, 2023 • Vol. 10, No. 24

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Priscilla Presley Tried To Save Lisa Marie From Drugs By Turning To Scientology

VIDEO – GOING TO ANY LENGTHS – Jan. 17, 2023 - For a very long time, Priscila Presley joined the contentious church and even reared her kid there. But in 2013, Lisa Marie Presley left Scientology. As a result o... Read More...

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Portugal’s Response to Addiction Sparks Global Envy

VIDEO – COMPASSIONATE AND INTELLIGENT – Jan. 16, 2023 - While many European countries are struggling to tackle a rise in drug trafficking and drug use, some are looking to Portugal for inspiration on how to succes... Read More...

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How to Incorporate Meditation Into Your Daily Life

15 MINUTES A DAY! – Jan. 19, 2023 - Existential tension can be thought of as a resistance to being here on earth, incarnated into lives filled with threats, hostile forces, violence and unexpected and uncontro... Read More...

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Hilary Phelps Kept Her Sobriety Secret for 15 Years and Now She’s Speaking Out

ABOUT TIME? – Jan. 17, 2023 - “We’re expected to raise children like we don’t work and work like we don’t have children,” Phelps says. “We’re in this mindset of, ‘I’ve got to do this all by myself.’ If you go t... Read More...

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Quit Lit Targets Women’s Sobriety

GETTING BACK TO READING! – Jan. 19, 2023 - These confessionals about alcohol dependence share a common theme: explaining in vivid detail the author’s battle with the bottle, and the ways in which society has du... Read More...

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Moms Are Changing The Narrative Around Weed

GOING TO THE DRIVE THROUGH...AGAIN – Jan. 24, 2022 - It’s a typical Instagram reel: Overwhelming kids, raucous noise. It’s been a long day. A mom locks herself in the bathroom as The Spice Girls sing in ... Read More...

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Drunk Driver Complains About Having to Watch ‘Die Hard,’… Again

BRUUUUUUUCE – Jan. 17, 2023 - Asked about the odor, the driver said, “I got to be honest with you, I’ve had a couple of pops.” When the open container was pointed out, the man said it was from earlier. D... Read More...

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Author Celebrates 29 Years Sober With Emotional Message

THE LIFE MOST WORTH SAVING IS YOUR OWN – Jan. 20, 2023 - “If you’re struggling with or worried about alcohol I PROMISE you that recovery is possible, that you’ve nothing to lose but your shame.” The Lime... Read More...

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Three Tips For Travelling When Sober

DON’T ORDER THE GRAPPA – Jan. 17, 2023 - Filling your day when on your travels is important and will help keep away any cravings or temptations. It’s often during the evening when people are most likely ... Read More...

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Addiction Crisis Causing Spike In Endocarditis Cases

STOP BEFORE IT STOPS YOUR HEART – Jan. 17, 2023 - With drug deaths hovering at an all-time high and endocarditis cases among drug users up nearly tenfold in the last decade, physicians, researchers, and health ... Read More...

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SAMHSA’s Methadone Reforms Toothless

LIKE ALWAYS – Jan. 12, 2023 - SAMHSA’s new proposals are also geared to help “those who reside far from an OTP or who lack access to reliable transportation to receive treatment … care for loved ones and... Read More...

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Women Search For Solutions After Mass Overdose Event

VIDEO – RESOLUTION? – Jan. 13, 2023 - “It’s really important to me for lots of reasons,” Paul said. “I’ve lost lots of family members to opioid overdoses, right? I’ve lost a nephew, a cousin, my brother, and my son ... Read More...

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Former Pro Pitcher and Addiction Survivor Awarded Key to the City

VIDEO – HE HIT HIS OWN HOME RUN – Jan. 16, 2023 - “Receiving this Key to the City was totally a surprise to me, in all sincerity, walk with god, the maker and giver of all good and perfect gifts, because what I went... Read More...

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David Crosby, Long Time…Gone at 81

MUSIC LEGEND – Jan. 19, 2023 - The death came as a surprise to those who followed his very active Twitter account, which he’d kept tweeting on as recently as Wednesday. One of Crosby’s final tweets the day before he... Read More...

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David Crosby’s Music Always Lifted Me Up

A NATURAL HIGH – Jan. 21, 2023 - It was about something larger and deeper, a sense of hope that my generation, which came of age in the late 1960s and 70s, had once clung to fiercely but had gradually be... Read More...

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Judge Invalidates FDA Graphic Cigarette Health Warnings

SMOKE GETS IN THEIR EYES – Jan. 9, 2023 - The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of speech. This freedom includes the ability to speak and the right to not speak at all. The U.... Read More...

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Michael J Fox Became an Alcoholic After Parkinson’s Diagnosis

VIDEO – MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT – Jan. 21, 2023 - He eventually visited a neurologist the following year who diagnosed him with Parkinson’s disease, and in shock, he responded: “You know who you’re talking to, right? I... Read More...

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The Eerie Story of the Chelsea Hotel

VIDEO – AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON – Jan. 20, 2023 - In the 1960s especially, the Chelsea Hotel served as a symbol for counterculture, forming the literal background of Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey’s Chelsea Girls.... Read More...

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Sobriety Resolution: Have a ‘sober buddy’

VIDEO ONLY – SOUND ADVICE FOR 2023 – Jan. 20, 2023 - Sobriety Resolution: Have a ‘sober buddy’ video only. Click@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=5687dK5WDxM ... Read More...

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Do You Suffer From Work Addiction?

BRING HOME THE BACON, NOT BRAIN DAMAGE – Jan. 19, 2023 - Like any addiction, workaholism is a real condition. Unfortunately, some consider it an admired trait; it’s not. Scholarly studies show people who... Read More...

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$30 Million Gift to Build an Addiction Treatment Center

SHOW ME THE MONEY – Jan. 19, 2023 - The question came out of the blue, or so it seemed to Crossing Healthcare CEO Tanya Andricks: If you had $30 million to design an addiction treatment facility, how would you ... Read More...

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Is Sobriety Becoming a Status Symbol?

INTANGIBLES ARE THE MOST VALUABLE – Jan. 19, 2023 - “We simply live in times of heightened responsibility,” Weyns explains. “Modern man has the urge to constantly examine whether he is doing the right thing and... Read More...

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1-Year-Old Dies of Fentanyl Overdose, Mommy Arrested

VIDEO ONLY – F**KING MADNESS – Jan. 14, 2023 - Kenner’s mother, 34-year-old Alexis Callero, was arrested earlier this week for second-degree murder, cruelty to a juvenile and various drug charges. Click@WWLT... Read More...

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Fentanyl Test Strips on the Dance Floor? Partygoers Face New Reality

YOU SHOULD NEVER DIE FROM DOING COKE – Jan. 18, 2023 - Grabbing fentanyl test strips near the dance floor speaks to the way fentanyl has permeated so many corners of America. No longer just a threat to chronic ... Read More...

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13 Predictions for Life in 2023

LUCKY 13 – Jan. 10, 2023 - Justice for hoodie-and-shorts guys: Congressional elections are all about representation. And while I am a Californian, at no other point in history have I felt more represente... Read More...

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Dr. Nora Volkow on Drug Addiction

AUDIO – GIVE A LISTEN – Jan. 17, 2023 - A look at drug issues facing the country today and how they’ve changed. We discuss the issues of drug addiction, the distribution of fentanyl, and the rising number of overdos... Read More...

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Heroin Nasal Spray Increases Harm Reduction Options

LENNY BRUCE WOULD HAVE APPROVED – Jan. 17, 2023 - “You don’t have the same feeling—no rush, the same high as you get from injecting,” Dr. Vogel told Filter. And some people who don’t want to inject nonetheless... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – David Crosby

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Want to know more about the REEL Recovery Film Festival?

LIVE AND IN PERSON! – July 5, 2022 – Watch the video and see what goes on behind the scenes. 14th Annual REEL Recovery Film Festival, October 21-27, 2022, Laemmle NoHo Cinema, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywo... Read More...

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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...

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Experience, Strength and Hope Awards Honors Leigh Steinberg & Courtney Friel

THE RECOVERY EVENT OF 2021 – The 11th Annual, at the Skirball Cultural Center, returned Wednesday, December 15, honoring Leigh Steinberg, author of The Agent and the in... Read More...

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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...

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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...

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True Works of Genius: Global Sober Books

THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS – April 13, 2021 - Peter T. has authored eight books, and very few folks know his full name. Such is a life and a lifestyle shaped by Alcoholics Anonymous. In early 2020, j... Read More...

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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...

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