David Sheff says: Safe-injection sites should be allowed to protect drug users

He's got a point! – July 22, 2020 - Kral and Pete Davidson, at the University of California, San Diego,…

4 years ago

Mark Morton: He Accepted Dying From Addiction

He Lives! – July 22, 2020 - Recently on Twitter, Mark Morton shared the details of his previous alcohol and…

4 years ago

Technology And Pornography Addiction: Three Leading Factors

Hands Off! – July 23, 2020 - Since pornography has moved from physical goods like video cassettes and magazines to…

4 years ago

Mysterious brain structure sheds light on drug addiction

Science friction? –   July 23, 2020 - This mechanism also underlies drug addiction and is the reason why hanging…

4 years ago

DRUGS: What America gets wrong about drugs?

WATCH – Everything! – July 20, 2020 - “Why are some drugs legal and others illegal? ... if you ask…

4 years ago

‘The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth’

An exciting vision of you! – July 25, 2020 - When AA was founded in 1935 there was no provision…

4 years ago

Film: ‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’

Too much sake – July 24, 2020 - Before the story tackles such complexities, the tone is light and jaunty,…

4 years ago

Quote of the Week – Martin Buber

“The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.” —Martin Buber

4 years ago

Sackler Family Could Get Away With Murder

Savage Capitalism Prevails – July 22, 2020 - The billionaire Sacklers who own Purdue Pharma, maker of the OxyContin painkiller…

4 years ago

Bill could make remote addiction treatment permanent

Virtual Hugs? – July 15, 2020 - “It’s a good idea because it helps reach people who have challenges getting…

4 years ago

Influential Women: Franki Buckman, The Molly Project

WATCH – Making the world a better place...  – July 13, 2020 - Professional advice: “The automotive industry, motorsports specifically,…

4 years ago

Prisoner Ran Crack Cocaine Ring From His Cell

An inside job – July 13, 2020 - An investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)…

4 years ago

CVS Fined … Almost Nothing

Druggists do it legally – July 16, 2020 - CVS also agreed to distribute a memo to its pharmacists in…

4 years ago

One Step at Time Is Easier Said Than Done

QUITTER: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – July 7, 2020 - There are many ways to recover from…

4 years ago

First recovery centre for Indigenous women opens in Calgary

WATCH – Home Sweet Homes – July 17, 2020 - Shannon Little Light is the first resident of the Red…

4 years ago

A Real Risk: Prescription Drug Addiction During COVID-19

CVS open 24/7 – July 17, 2020 - To the surprise of many, prescription drug addiction is spiking during this…

4 years ago

A.A. in the “golden era of alcoholism”

Still works if you work it – July 17, 2020 - “It’s like no matter where you go – there…

4 years ago

Doctor arrested, suspected of fraud to feed opioid addiction

Addicted Doc – July 15, 2020 - Hughes, who works at Nebraska Foot and Ankle, has written 63 prescriptions for…

4 years ago

Sober journalist launches book about losing his beloved wife to cancer

Love and Loss – July 15, 2020 - Ian explained how both addiction and grief require a person to work…

4 years ago

Couple sent their daughter to Florida for treatment -then she died

WATCH – Too Young! – July 19, 2020 - An Annapolis couple thought by sending their daughter to Florida, she…

4 years ago

3,000 miles for addiction recovery

Walking the walk, coast to coast – July 19, 2020 - People celebrate milestones differently. My wife and I took…

4 years ago

Q&A with writer and podcaster, Laura Robbins

Stick with the Winners! – July 14 - Laura Robbins has been active for many years as a speaker and…

4 years ago

Cliff Brodsky: The Man Who Knew Too Much And Too Little

Jailhouse Rock – July 21, 2020 – By John Lavitt When Cliff Brodsky, a successful music producer and songwriter, first…

4 years ago

Georgia addiction centers pay $122 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits

Easy Money – July 13, 2020 - Universal Health Services, a for-profit public company which runs about 30 psychiatric facilities…

4 years ago

“Lockdown Has Been the Hardest Period of My Sober Journey”

Zoom Gloom – July 16, 2020 -  With Alcoholics Anonymous moving online, gyms closing and support networks being socially distanced,…

4 years ago

Why It’s OK To Not Be OK Right Now.

WATCH – Only Human – July 16, 2020 - But if statements like this are all you’re hearing from your…

4 years ago

Horrors of opioid addiction explored in LA writer’s memoir

The Heart And Other Monsters – July 17, 2020 -The voice speaking above serves as a narrator throughout her sister’s…

4 years ago

Centuries of Racism Have Created Mental Health Crisis Among Black Americans

Hate is a family disease – July 15, 2020 - After being taken to a field and told to “run,”…

4 years ago

Psychiatric nurse pens book on surviving homelessness and drug abuse

WATCH – Park Bench to Park Avenue – July 15, 2020  - Brown shares his raw journey out of homelessness…

4 years ago

Overdoses skyrocket: states slash treatment budgets

Death Wish? – JULY 16, 2020 - The budget cuts — many spurred by state budget shortfalls wrought by the…

4 years ago