Social Media is Harmful to Teen Girls’ Mental Health

Introspection Disconnection – Aug. 14, 2019 - Teenagers should get nine to 10 hours of sleep per night, according to…

5 years ago

How Steve-O Got Sober … and Stayed Sober

11 Years and Counting –  August 13, 2019 - #Jackass legend #SteveO tells @grahamwire how he got #sober, got through…

5 years ago

AA MEETS CLIMATE CHANGE

Powerless Over Everything –   August 16, 2019 - Grounded in the healing power of ritual, Schmidt’s peer-to-peer support group,…

5 years ago

We Put “Sin Tax” on Cigarettes & Alcohol. Why Not Meat?

Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? –   August 11, 2019 - “The person who eats 400 pounds of…

5 years ago

How Getting Sober Finally Made Me Cool

The Party Never Stops – August 16, 2019 - I KNOW. Drinking doesn’t make you cool is exactly what PSAs…

5 years ago

America’s War on Drugs Has Treated People Unequally Since Its Beginning

Good Morning Heartache – AUGUST 12, 2019 - When Prohibition ended in 1933, drug enforcers finally had a new agency…

5 years ago

FDA Pushes for Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes

Removing the Smoke Screen –   August 15, 2019 - Other color illustrations would warn smokers that cigarettes can cause…

5 years ago

Rock Cocaine Makes Paris Neighborhood ‘Hell’

Paris is Burning...Crack! – Aug. 18, 2019 - “We had our share of burned cars, weed trafficking and prostitution,” said…

5 years ago

The Brazen Way Chinese Company Pumped Fentanyl Ingredients Into U.S.

Exporters of Death –   AUG 18, 2019 - Over a period of a year, posing as an interested customer,…

5 years ago

U.S. Panel Recommends Screening Adults For Illicit Drug Use

Finally, A Solution? –   AUGUST 13, 2019 - The task force defined illicit drug use as both taking illicit…

5 years ago

Quote of the Week

"Sobriety is not a limitation - it's a superpower”  —Brene Brown

5 years ago

“Easy Rider” Peter Fonda has died at 79

Riding Into The Sunset – Aug. 16, 2019 - That movie tells the story of two hippie bikers on a…

5 years ago

From Woodstock to Betty Ford to 25 Years Clean & Sober: What Long strange trip it’s been…

A Look Back by Leonard Buschel –   August 6, 1969 – “Do you want to go to Woodstock?” Joe…

5 years ago

A Safe Space

Ocala Style Magazine – July 31, 2019 - Everyone’s story starts before treatment. The deep emotional injuries we receive often…

5 years ago

Filmmaker DA Pennebaker Dies Aged 94

Obituary - Do Look Back –   August 3, 2019 - Pennebaker made his first film, Daybreak Express, in 1953.…

5 years ago

I Was Drug Addict For Nearly 20 Years. There Was Nothing Dignified or Cool About It

Telling It Like It Was –   August 4, 2019 - There is no shortage of drug memoirs in bookshops.…

5 years ago

Overdose Eclipses Suicide as Biggest Killer of English Middle-Aged Men

Chemical Catastrophes – August 6, 2019 - Suicide was previously the leading cause of death for males in this age…

5 years ago

“Human Impact: Stories of the Opioid Epidemic” – Art Exhibit Opens

Art Saves Lives – August 9, 2019 - Museum Director Denise Lebica hopes that the exhibit can raise awareness and…

5 years ago

Quarterback Arrested After Cops Mistook Bird Poop For Cocaine

Sh#%*y Police Work –   August 9, 2019 - An officer then asked Werts, “What’s the white stuff on the…

5 years ago

The Art of Healing Childhood Trauma: Lessons From SNL’s Darrell Hammond

Cracked Up at Reel Recovery Film Festival –  Aug. 9, 2019 - Walking to the elevator, I feel ill from…

5 years ago

‘I Want to Kill Them’: Big Tobacco’s Worst Enemy Is Coming for JUUL

So How Much is a New Lung?  – Aug. 7, 2019 - The context here is, well, complicated. In response…

5 years ago

From Prison to Stanford Postdoc — Journey In Recovery

Twisted Journey Straightens Out –   July 24, 2019 - “That was a turning point,” Vest said. “It was the…

5 years ago

Body-Shaming: More Than Skin Deep

All Creatures Great and Small –  August 11, 2019 - Celebrities such as Ashley Graham, Jameela Jamil and Ashley Tisdale…

5 years ago

Plant Based Diet Can Reduce Cardiovascular Death

Does Meat Kill? – Aug. 19, 2019 - Now, a new study appearing in the Journal of the American Heart…

5 years ago

Can Opiates Get Addicts Off Opiates?

Crazy Question –   AUGUST 11, 2019  - Opioid agonist therapy involves using long-acting opioid drugs such as methadone or…

5 years ago

Jameela Jamil Shows Her ‘Back Fat’ as Call to Stop Airbrushing Photos

Baby Got Back –  August 11, 2019 - Jameela Jamil is urging celebrities and public figures to stop airbrushing their…

5 years ago

RIP David Berman — Indie Singer-Songwriter Dead at 52

Ask For Help, No Matter How Often – August 10, 2019 - David Berman was born January 4, 1967 in…

5 years ago

How Beloved HIV Doctor Became One of New York’s Top Opioid Distributors

Good Natured? or Downright Greedy? –   August 10, 2019 - According to court documents, the doctor, 72, was one…

5 years ago

She Freed 17 Prisoners Facing Life

Mass Decarceration – August 9, 2019 - The sweet tea and trap music lover’s goal today is to dredge up…

5 years ago

8th NYPD Officer Has Died By Suicide in 2019

When Will It End? –  AUGUST 13, 2019 - If you or someone you know is considering suicide, contact the…

5 years ago