Cheryl Burke reveals she attended her first AA meeting more than two years after becoming sober

WATCH – WE WERE SAVING HER A SEAT –    July 2, 2021 - On YouTube, Cheryl told viewers that…

3 years ago

Paramedics answer more than 70 non-fatal overdoses in two days

LIVING ON THE EDGE, OR DYING, WHATEVER –    July 2, 2021 - On average, emergency responders receive roughly 14…

3 years ago

Two Treatment Providers Charged

BRIBERY SOUNDS SO QUAINT  –  July 3, 2021 - Two Philadelphia addiction treatment providers face criminal charges for allegedly bribing…

3 years ago

Eleven overdose at Florida Behavioral Health center

IS NO PLACE SAFE? July 3, 2021 - Eleven people, two adults and nine juveniles, were taken to a hospital Sunday…

3 years ago

All-Star Pitcher CC Sabathia Reckons with Toll of Alcoholism

STAYING ALIVE and WELL –  July 2, 2021 - Baseball was his best ticket out of Vallejo, “a place where…

3 years ago

MÖTLEY CRÜE’s NIKKI SIXX Celebrates 20 Years Of Sobriety

MOTLEY NO MORE –  July 2, 2021 - And do you know what you’re gonna do? YOU’RE GONNA STAY SOBER…

3 years ago

Post-Pandemic Stress is Real

FEAR OF UNMASKING –    June 30, 2021 - That’s not all. Violent crime is up, historic heat waves are…

3 years ago

THE AGE OF SUPERABUNDANCE

DESPERATELY SEEKING DOPAMINE –    June 19, 2020 - The assembly line, processing power, and Amazon Prime have not only…

3 years ago

Andy Dick Arrested With Deadly Weapon

WATCH – NO PUN INTENDED –  June 29, 2021 - The comedian’s girlfriend, Elisa Jordana, opened up about the arrest…

3 years ago

Sobriety Challenges: ‘To Say It’s Been Easy Would Be Lie’

WATCH – RIGOROUS HONESTY –    June 30, 2021 - Before posting the full video, Burke shared a teaser on…

3 years ago

The War on Drugs Comes to the Doctor’s Office

IT’S COMPLICATED –    June 30, 2021 - On November 21, 2017, Ashley was at Joshi’s office for a telehealth…

3 years ago

Danny Trejo opens up about being typecast — and close call with Mexican Mafia

CHICO MALO OF RECOVERY –    JUNE 29, 2021 -  An assistant director stopped him that day on the set.…

3 years ago

My Sister Died of an Overdose. Defunding Police Might Have Saved Her

FAMILY MEMBERS DIE TOO –  June 28, 2021 - Fatal overdoses like Keeley’s have increased steeply in recent years. During…

3 years ago

Conservatorship: Mental Health Care’s Last Resort

TOXIC –  June 29, 2021 - “As troubling and extreme as Britney’s circumstances may seem,” Erica Schwiegershausen wrote in The…

3 years ago

U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson out of event at Tokyo Olympics after failing drug test

RUNNING ON INDICA –    July 2, 2021 - “I want to take responsibility for my actions,” Richardson told NBC…

3 years ago

Law mandates social media influencers disclose photo editing

INSTA-FILTERED BEAUTY –  JULY 1, 2021 - Norway has passed a law targeting photo editing in an attempt to address…

3 years ago

My Lonely Quest to Change How We See Addiction by Stanton Peele

A SCIENTIST ON THE EDGE –    June 9, 2021 - But he also opposes the ostensibly humane but actually…

3 years ago

Quote of the Week – Charles Dickens

“Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone, who with their soul, encourages another to be…

3 years ago

500 people in South Carolina overdosed on counterfeit Xanax

WATCH – FAKE PILLS = REAL DEATH –  June 30, 2021 - The agency says many of the deaths are…

3 years ago

The War Within Drug Treatment

JUST STAY ALIVE –  June 23, 2021 - Now, some are embracing a new approach to treatment – harnessing the…

3 years ago

Mom faces felony for filling prescription while pregnant

INSANITY OR TODAY’S REALITY –  June 21, 2021 - In 2016, after an investigation by ProPublica and AL.com, Alabama lawmakers…

3 years ago

Contest to Find “5 New Practices to Prevent Substance Misuse”

SAVE LIVES, WIN MONEY –    June 21, 2021 - With drug use rising, society requires new prevention approaches. The…

3 years ago

Changing how the Media Covers Mental Illness

SEEING ISN’T BELIEVING –  JUNE 21, 2021 - In November 2020 another family buried their son. Ricardo Muñoz was a…

3 years ago

Does more Narcan equal more opioid deaths?

WATCH – LIVED TO TELL –    June 23 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Roxxanne Newman is in a good…

3 years ago

Ending Racist Sentencing Disparity

IT’S ALL IN CRACK AND WHITE –  June 24, 2021 - The Biden administration has again voiced support for ending…

3 years ago

Jamie Lee Curtis Revealed the Saddest Contradiction

SHE’S A SCREAM –  June 25, 2021 - “I’m the child of movie stars. I watched my parents get face…

3 years ago

Comfortably Numb: China has an opium problem and the Sackler Oxycontin Cartel American family is to blame.

DEATH FOR SALE –  June 24, 2021 - Patrick Radden Keefe, who provides the quote above, explains the whole epic…

3 years ago

Addiction treatment needs more empathy for LGBTQ+ community

WATCH – BE KIND TO HUMANKIND –  June 24, 2021 - The National Institutes of Health says people who identify…

3 years ago

Goodbye happy hour? Changing workplace culture to support recovery

LAST CALL? –    June 23, 2021 - And while other populations of employees — such as LGBTQ or BIPOC…

3 years ago

Grandmaster Flash – White Lines

MUSICAL INTERLUDE – “White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)” is a song by Melle Mel, released in 1983 on Sugar…

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