Are We Getting High ’Cause the Thrill is Gone? Dysfunctional brain Dopamine caused by Reward Deficiency Syndrome – April 29, 2025 - What happens when the thrill is gone? In fact, what if the thrill was never there to begin with? The sun is setting ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
40 Percent Decline in Overdose Deaths Linked to Fewer Kids Entering Foster Care IT’S COMPLICATED – April 23, 2025 - Year-over-year figures for the 12 months ending in November 2024 reveal a 37.7% decline in drug overdose deaths in West Virginia, surpassing the national average decrease of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdose
San Francisco Considers ‘recovery first’ Drug Policy VIDEO – DYING BY THE BAY – April 24, 2025 - “I think having a city policy that says, listen, the cessation of illicit drug use and long-term recovery is the primary objective of our drug policy,” Dorsey said. “That’s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Podcast Gives Man a Voice in Addiction Recovery VIDEO – WE ARE LEGION – April 23, 2025 - For Ronnie LeDuff, therapy doesn’t come in the form of a counseling session. It comes through a microphone. “I didn’t know how to be vulnerable,” LeDuff said. “I didn’t un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System LIFE SAVER – April 23, 2025 - Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered its use to treat opioid use disorder back in the 1980s. “God almighty. So many p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
Heavy Drinking Linked to Brain Injuries and Alzheimer’s EARLY ONSET STUPIDITY – April 17, 2025 - Boozers had 133 % higher odds of developing vascular brain lesions than those who never drank. With the help of surveys of the deceased’s next of kin, researchers ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Jon Pardi Encourages Sobriety After Quitting Drinking: ‘Just Try It’ WAY TO GO – April 22, 2025 - “I’m back. I jumped off the wagon and I’m back on it,” Pardi says on Amazon’s Country Heat Weekly podcast. “It gets even more crazy when you jump back in it. And for me, now looking... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Walker Hayes’s Song About Struggles With Sobriety And Faith SINGING IT SWEETLY – April 23, 2025 - “It had come to an embarrassing point,” Hayes recalls to CBS News. “But I had a handle of vodka in my Honda Accord at all times. And it went in every beverage.” Hayes ultimate... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Elev8 Centers to Address Growing Addiction Crisis in New York TALL ORDER – April 23, 2025 - Elev8 Centers has announced the launch of an enhanced alcohol rehab program designed to meet the increasing demand for effective addiction treatment services in New York City. The compre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Woman Who Overcame Addiction Helping Others EACH ONE, TEACH ONE – April 23, 2025 - A mother-of-two who was helped by a rehabilitation organisation said she is “overrun” with gratitude now her life is back on track. “Every woman deserves opportunity and if my h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Pea-Sized Node in the Brain to Treat Drug Addiction NO PEA BRAIN JOKES – April 23, 2025 - Major scientific discoveries can arise from simple decisions: say, by simply looking where virtually no one else has. Such was the case for Ines Ibañez-Tallon, a research associa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Big Chief Supports Nora Volkow JOB SECURITY? – April 23, 2025 - Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health gave a ringing endorsement to the nation’s top addiction researcher, Nora Volkow, this week in his first publ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecovery Advocate
RFK Jr. Recounts Heroin Addiction and Spiritual Awakening VIDEO – WHAT HAPPENED? – April 24, 2025 - Kennedy called addiction “a source of misery, but also a symptom of misery.” In a speech that mentioned God more than 20 times, he pointed to his own experience feeling as th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addiction
Man Sentenced 7 Years for “Body Brokering” at Sober Living Homes BUSINESS AS USUAL? – April 24, 2025 - Darius Moore, 31, formerly of Santa Ana but most recently of North Carolina, was sentenced Thursday to seven years behind bars for soliciting and receiving nearly $500,000 in ill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
DOECHII Live at the 2025 GRAMMYs VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 6,189,446 views Feb 13, 2025 - The 2025 GRAMMYs telecast was reimagined to raise funds to support those impacted by the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area. The Recording Academy an... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
THIS IS AMERICA – Childish Gambino VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 954 Million views 6 years ago - Official Video for “This Is America” by Childish Gambino. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
Trump Wants to End $56 Million Grant Giving Narcan to First Responders VIDEO – LET THEM DIE – April 25, 2025 - A preliminary budget document, obtained by The Washington Post, reportedly calls for deep cuts to federal health programs and targets multiple addiction prevention and treatme... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
Lane Kiffin Opens Up About Sobriety VIDEO – IT’S IN THE WIN COLUMN – April 19, 2025 - The Ole Miss head coach, who has been sober since 2020, said that he had come to a realization that he was “not the best version of myself,” mentioning that an unhea... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNews Boxes
Person of the Week: Jami Lula Lending his voice and leadership in concert to youth groups and spiritual centers throughout the nation, Jami Lula has been honored by LA Music Awards (“Best Male Vocalist”), winner of the Centers for Spiritual Living “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCompassionInterviewNews BoxesRecovery Advocate
Mom Serves Alcoholic Jell-O Shots to 5th Graders VERY Happy Birthday – April 23, 2025 - Decorated with seasoning and whipped cream — the shots were served at an elementary school Christmas party at Jones Elementary. Multiple students consumed the alcoho... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeatured Articles
Facebook & Instagram Bots to Engage in Dirty Sick Sex Chats with Children of All Ages BAD BOTS – April 27, 2025 - Meta’s AI-powered chatbots on Facebook and Instagram are able to engage in graphic sex talk with users, even children, with the voices of Disney characters and celebrities. AI using the p... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeatured ArticlesinternetSmartphone Addiction
‘No More Tears’ Exposes Johnson & Johnson BOOK REVIEW – April 23, 2025 - The story of direct marketing to physicians — of drug reps offering doctors convenient free samples, fancy dinners and luxury trips — is never comfortable for a doctor to read. In... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articles
Helping the Homeless with Substance Abuse WITH GOD ON THEIR SIDE – April 24, 2025 - The place I call Deliverance Alley is a vacant lot of grass and dirt in a neglected south Dallas neighborhood. Drive by and you won’t see much. A sign on a deli across ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articleshomeless
EAT! Revolutionizing Addiction Treatment to Prevent Relapse BOOK REVIEW – April 22, 2025 - Eating Protein Saves Lives, Inc. announces the release of EAT!: A Guide to Radiant Recovery Using Food and Amino Acids to Repair the Addicted Brain and Reduce Cravings, a groundbr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured Articles
Hank Azaria – Icon for The Simpsons – Gives Keynote Speech on Sobriety IN HIS OWN VOICE – April 25, 2025 - For this year’s luncheon, Hank Azaria, a multi-award-winning actor who’s most notable work includes voicing various, albeit iconic, characters on The Simpsons and movies like Along... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeatured Articles
Eating Small Amount of Chicken Weekly Increases Risk of Dying by 27% NO MORE BUCKETS – April 24, 2025 - Chicken has long been lauded as a healthy alternative to red and processed meats, which have been linked to diabetes, heart disease, and several cancers. But a new st... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionSlider
Schools Should Ban Cell Phones as Addiction Remedy AND SUGAR TOO? – April 24, 2025 - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested Thursday banning cellphones in schools as a remedy for the nation’s addiction crisis. Citing an epidemic of hopele... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneSliderSmartphone Addiction
Milwaukee Bucks star Marques Johnson Has Been Sober For 23 Years HELPING OTHERS EVERY DAY – April 25, 2025 - The former Milwaukee Bucks star was was using alcohol and drugs and he was seeking help, but he wasn’t at the point where he could see living any other way. He was re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySlider
5 Life Changes That Keep Kelly Ripa Constantly Evolving COUPLES THERAPY WORKS – April 25, 2025 -Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are thriving both on and off the screen, leading their talk show to new heights while delighting fans with their authentic chemistry K... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySlidersobriety
Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment? WHY INDEED? – April 12, 2025 - Mallory berry was ready to give up. It was 2019, and her addiction—prescription opioids had led her to heroin—had left her bedridden. An infection had eaten through parts of her pelvic ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and AddictionSlider