SOUL TRANSFORMATION with Dr. Selina Matthews Ph.D. VIDEO – WOMEN MAKING SENSE – March 9, 2023 - Soul Transformation With Dr. Selina Matthews PhD. 52 views • Mar 9, 2023 • Soul Transformation With Dr. Selina Matthews PhD. TOPIC: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA & ITS ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured ArticlesinterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Opioids Primary Cause of Poisoning Deaths in Children SAVE THE CHILDREN – March 13, 2023 - More than half of all reported poisonings affect children ages 5 and younger and have the highest rate of emergency department visits for unintentional drug-related poisonin... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articlesopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
How Parental Addiction Impacts Children THE SHOT GLASS DOES NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TUMBLER – March 13, 2023 - If you or someone you know is battling addiction, then it’s never too late to take control and reach out for professional rehabilitation. The road ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesinterventionMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Breaking the Cycle of Addiction Treatment Scams ANOTHER PIPE DREAM? – March 10, 2023 - “Cheryl!” Both you and the patient are shocked by the harsh tone of your voice. There’s a pause where you both look down to the floor before you begin again, in a softer t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New Addiction Drama Film ‘All The World Is Sleeping’ REALITY ON FILM – Jan. 25, 2023 - “As a director, whose own family has been affected by addiction, my intention was to create a film that felt truthful while unraveling in a unique, visually cerebral way. All the Wor... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesinterventionRecoveryRehab
Texas Town Grapples With Shock and Anger at Student’s Deaths VIDEO – AMERICAN NIGHTMARE – March 16, 2023 - Astudillo planned to get her son medical attention the next day, but by morning he was dead. “It hurts you to see your son after he’s gone and ask yourself, Why ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articlesfentanyllife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinteenagersTrauma
THIS is the Oscar Nominated Movie to WATCH! All the Beauty and the Bloodshed VIDEO – DOCUMENTARIES RULE – March 9, 2023 - Between then and now, the museum announced it would no longer accept donations from the Sacklers and excised their name from its galleries. Once the Met’s most cherished ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
My Addicted Son Might Still Be Alive If The Court Had Ordered Treatment VIDEO – NO MARCHMAN ACT in TENNESSEE? – March 10, 2023 - Oh my God, what to do? I called 911 and reported the strange call. The operator said she would send an officer to my house. The Metro police car pulled up in ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Cara Delevingne Gets Vulnerable About Her Sobriety ONE FEELING AT A TIME – March 9, 2023 - Every single story is important and this is mine. We are all human. Of course we will fall and make mistakes. We will walk through really hard things in life but it’s how we ge... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Blac Chyna’s Sobriety Journey A MUST READ INTERVIEW – March 9, 2023 - When asked what sparked the change, Chyna said, “Honestly, I’m just changing everything about me. So, people that I had to cut off … certain business relationships. I ha... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Is Addiction a Choice? Big Questions with Gabor Maté VIDEO – IS PIZZA? – Nov. 2022 - Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Maté has seen how health systems neglect the role that trauma exerts on our bodies and our mi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What Your Breath Is Trying To Tell You About Your Health VIDEO – BRING BACK MASKS – March 10, 2023 - “Seventy-five percent of prescription drugs, including antidepressants, antihistamines, and blood pressure drugs have dry mouth as a side effect,” says Katz. So, if you fin... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyRecovery
What Are the Different Types of Addiction? A DOPE FOR DOPAMINE – March 9, 2023 - Living with addiction doesn’t always involve drugs or alcohol. Identifying many types of addiction can help you find the help you need to finally end a vicious cycle. We... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Idaho Murder Victim’s Mom in Jail After Tragic Relapse NO MERCY, NO PEACE – March 9, 2023 - The 43-year-old has been struggling with drug abuse throughout her adult life and was jailed on drug charges on February 24. She is being held at the Kootenai Count... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehabrelapseTrauma
Former Addict Fosters Success Through Teen Challenge Program VIDEO – HERO THROUGH AND THROUGH – March 9, 2024 - “The gentleman that I work with are living examples that there is life after addiction,” said Intake Coordinator Derek Dare. “It’s just nice to see the family and mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers
Why You Think This Puppy Is Cuter Than A Baby DOG GOD – March 13, 2023 - “If you look at a fully-grown person, there’s first activity in the retina of your eyes, immediately transferred to the brain regions in the back of your brain. Here your brain makes ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Why Riley Keough Didn’t Want ‘Daisy Jones’ Drug Addiction to Seem ‘Glamorous’ NO NEED TO EXAGGERATE – March 15, 2023 - The eponymous star of “Daisy Jones and the Six” revealed that she was determined to showcase the novel’s depiction of substance abuse in a respectful way, especially giv... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewRecovery
Macklemore Inspiring Others In Sobriety VIDEO – GREAT INTERVIEW – March 2, 2023 - Macklemore joins Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in studio to talk all about how his song ‘Thrift Shop’ changed his life, inspiring others in their sobriety journey as... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
DEA’s New Rules Deadly to Opioid Addicts says Ryan Hampton YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK – March 14, 2023 - I worked on Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country for years, before a seemingly benign OxyContin prescription for pain sent me into a decade-long tailspi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT – March 13, 2023 - The revelations were disclosed in a lawsuit over social media addiction that had been filed previously but with key portions sealed from public view. An unredacted version ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Doctor Who Battled Addiction Helps Peers Do Same DOCTOR FEELGOOD – March 14, 2023 - In his early years as a primary care doctor in Boston, addiction devoured Grinspoon’s practice and his life. He snorted oxycodone in his office, wrote fraudulent prescriptions... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Alcohol Is Biggest Killer AND IT’S LEGAL – March 15, 2023 - Headlines in 2022 declared Oregon to be the “worst in the nation” for addiction. But many local experts in behavioral health say state rankings should be taken with a grain of salt. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionOverdoseRecoveryRehab
Alcoholism: 6 Effective Tips For At Home Alcohol Detox DO TRY THIS AT HOME – March 14, 2023 - The discomfort level of alcohol withdrawal symptoms can range from mild to quite bothersome. Finding a treatment for alcohol withdrawal might sometimes be difficult. You’v... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehab
1 Million Fentanyl Pills Seized SIMPLE SUPPLY & DEMAND – March 10, 2023 - The buyers, however, were a confidential informant who has worked with the government since 2014 and an undercover Hawthorne police officer working as part of the federal... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOverdoseRecoverySlider
On the Trail of Fentanyl King BLIND AMBITION – March 8, 2023 - An order came in from a young marine in North Carolina. He wanted Oxy. Allawi went about fulfilling the order, choosing from among the bags of powders and chemicals strewn about... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSliderTrauma
Rite Aid Sued for Allowing “millions of opioid pills” to Flow Illegally From Stores MORE THAN THE CARTELS? – March 15, 2023 - The lawsuit, filed in Cleveland federal court, said Rite Aid repeatedly filled prescriptions from May 2014 to June 2019 that were medically unnecessary, for off-label use or ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSliderTrauma
Carnival Cruises Serving Booze-Free Cocktails NOT DRUNK JUST SEASICK – March 14, 2023 - Martini Seduction: Red passionfruit nectar, fresh lime juice, and a hint of orange mix with Lyre’s White Cane instead of vodka Spicy Chipotle Pineapple Mart... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoverySlider
John Shinholser – Recovery Icon to Retire AUDIO – PASSION & COMPASSION – March 12, 2023 - If the Iran hostage evacuation had not succeeded, John Shinholser‘s life might have been a lot different. At the age of 23, Shinholser was part of a unit stationed ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
Quote of the Week – George Orwell “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” – George Orwell ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
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...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaLeonard BuschelREEL Recovery Film FestivalWriters In Treatment
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