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Anne Lamott on Substack

STAYING IN THE KNOW – Nov. 11, 2025 - HOW TO WRITE: DAY ONE Decide to stop not writing. Find a sheet of paper (flat two dimensional stuff, usually white, sometimes yellow, best if it is lined, because your scri... Read More...

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A Chronicle Photographer Captured the Complexities of Drug Use In Intimate Portrait

ADDICTION AIN’T SIMPLE – Dec. 25, 2025 - Over the course of several months earlier this year, staff photojournalist Gabrielle Lurie spent time documenting the life of Austin Draper, a San Francisco resident who suffe... Read More...

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8 Non-alcoholic Beers That Don’t Suck

BETTER THAN COKE – Dec. 30, 2025 - A year-end review of non-alcoholic craft beers for mountain bikers, featuring recommendations from Athletic Brewing, Zero Gravity, and others worth trying post-ride… I’ll start t... Read More...

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‘Absolutely frightening’: Surge In Ketamine Cases Hits Urology Wards

HOW IS IT DOWN THERE? – Dec. 30, 2025 - Few places have felt the effects of that increase more than urology departments. Chronic ketamine use can cause irreversible damage to the bladder and urinary tract, and depart... Read More...

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Ben Gravy Reflects on a Decade of Sobriety

WILL CURL YOUR HAIR – Dec. 31, 2025 - On Christmas Eve 10 years ago, Ben Gravy was in a bad place. Not just physically — although blackout drunk at a New Jersey dive bar is certainly not a good place — but mentally, ... Read More...

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Homeless and Addicted Veteran Credits MAC-V for Turning His Life Around

VIDEO – HAVE A HEART – Dec. 31, 2025 - The Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans doesn’t quit trying to help service members - even when a veteran gives up on themselves. Army veteran John Vincent Doran had sever... Read More...

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What Happens When You Don’t Drink Alcohol For A Month?

YOUR SKIN WILL IMPROVE – Jan. 1, 2026 - We’ve all heard about Sober October or Dry January, a finite period of time when people voluntarily stop drinking alcohol as a way to give their body a “break” or “reset.” A... Read More...

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Naloxone Boxes: OD Antidote Accessible 24/7 for Free

NO ONE HAS TO DIE – Dec. 30, 2025 - “Naloxone is such a safe, easy-to-use, lifesaving tool, and it’s often treated like, ‘Oh, this is a medicine—we have to safeguard it, we have to restrict it,’” co-author Shelley Fa... Read More...

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Weight Loss Drug – Semaglutide – Shows Promise for Treating Alcohol Addiction

VIDEO – ASK NORA VOLKOW – Jan 2, 2026 - Mounting evidence suggests the drug could address alcohol use disorder, a condition that contributes to an estimated 178,000 deaths annually in the United States. “This stuff ... Read More...

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Lukas Nelson Details How Sobriety Helped Him Find Inner Peace

IT’S AN INSIDE JOB – Jan. 2, 2026 - The country singer-songwriter, who is the son of country legend and known marijuana enthusiast Willie Nelson, says he was never the biggest fan of drinking anyway, but smoking weed... Read More...

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How Getting Sober Changed This Chef’s Relationship with Food

IT’S A START – Jan. 1, 2026 - “When I moved to the California coast for college, my mom lost a reason to cook, and I gained a penchant for beer and cocaine. I used to joke that they were my two favorite foods. After ... Read More...

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David Bromstad Opens Up About Struggles With Addiction After Storm Devastation

SHELTER IN SOBRIETY – Jan. 1, 2026 - David faced a harrowing battle with substance abuse following the partial destruction of his home in a storm. Now, approaching three years of sobriety, the HGTV star shares his jo... Read More...

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Ketamine Addiction Left Me Peeing Out Flesh – “one use got me hooked”

VIDEO – STOP THE MADNESS – Jan 2, 2026 - Erin, 22, first took the drug when she was offered it at a rave aged 18 and got hooked as she said it calmed her anxiety. At the height of her addiction, Erin was taking seven... Read More...

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Van Morrison – The Healing Game

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 734,157 views since Sep 3, 2015 - Morrison explains the song in Q Magazine as: “The song is about when people used to sing on the streets: It came from America, where they had all the doo-... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Jai Uttal

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – January 6, 2026 – Jai Uttal is a Grammy nominee, kirtan artist, multi-instrumentalist, and ecstatic vocalist. He is considered a pioneer in the world music community with his combined influe... Read More...

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Karen Hauer’s Brave Journey to Sobriety

DANCE MATTERS – Jan. 2, 2026 - The Strictly Come Dancing star has candidly opened up about masking her problems with alcohol and how the “bravest” move she made was to stop “running from myself”. In a deeply personal... Read More...

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Oprah Winfrey Did 17 Tequila Shots in ‘One Night’ Before Quitting Drinking

WITH A SLICE OF LIME? – Dec. 30, 2025 - Becoming sober was also a big deal for her. “I could outdrink everyone at the table,” she told the magazine. Now, she feels indifferent to alcohol. “I was a big fan of tequila.... Read More...

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Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Victoria Found Dead in Suspected Overdose at SF Hotel

HOW UTTERLY SAD – Jan. 2, 2026 - Victoria, who was 34, was found unresponsive early on Thursday, Jan. 1 at the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel, where she was pronounced dead, PEOPLE previously reported. In dispatch audi... Read More...

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Move Over Dry January – Gen Z Is Stepping Away From Alcohol Now

VIDEO – NONE TOO SOON – Jan. 1, 2025 - Cierra Boone, 25, has been sober for almost three years. Her abstinence weaves into a larger trend: Gen Zers, those born between 1997 and 2012, are not drinking, and they haven’... Read More...

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Bjorn Borg on First Time on Coke, 2 ‘dangerous’ Overdoses & Early Retirement

STILL F**KING HANDSOME – Dec. 30, 2025 - The Swedish superstar burst onto the tennis scene in the 1970s and claimed his first Grand Slam title - the 1974 French Open - at the tender age of 18. The 69-year-old recount... Read More...

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Anthony Hopkins Celebrates 50 Years of Sobriety

HALF A CENTURY – December 30, 2025 - Double Oscar-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins has urged anyone struggling with addiction to “choose life” and seek help as he celebrated 50 years of sobriety. Hopkins has spoken about h... Read More...

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Jelly Roll Just Opened The First 100% Free Recovery Center

DOING THE RIGHT THING – Dec. 16, 2025 - No fanfare. No ribbon-cutting. Simply an opening at 5 am. Jelly Roll stood in the quiet Tennessee dawn and unlocked Jelly Roll Haven, a 200-bed, completely free medical and ... Read More...

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Anne Lamott on Growing Old and Making Peace with Death

FEARLESS WOMAN – Apr. 10, 2024 - The tide comes in, the tide goes out, and when you are older, around the time when you stop feeling like you’ve crawled into somebody else’s shell, old friends begin to die with appal... Read More...

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Science of Consciousness: The Most Intriguing Discoveries in 2025 Involving Neuroscience and the Mind

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, OR IS IT? – Dec. 28, 2025 - (Image Credit: Leon-Pascal Jc/Unsplash) Questions about the nature of consciousness remain among the most perplexing areas of modern scientific research, with implic... Read More...

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The Riddle That Can Allegedly Determine If You’re A Psychopath

A RIDDLE CAN DETERMINE IF YOU ARE – Jan. 1, 2026 - Jacob Skidmore, who is diagnosed as a narcissist, uses social media as a way to shed light on the condition. In one of his videos, he posted an interesting riddle th... Read More...

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‘Dry January’ Fosters Sobriety During the New Year

VIDEO – IT’S A START – Jan. 1, 2026 - Many people are setting new goals for the new year, with one popular resolution focusing on cutting back on alcohol consumption after the holiday season through ‘Dry January.’ ... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Brigitte Bardot

“I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.” – Brigitte Bardot, b. 1934 – d. 2025 ... Read More...

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David Bromstad Says Opening Up About His ‘Drug Addiction’ Is the ‘Biggest Moment of My Life’

LIFE’S BIGGEST MOMENT – Dec. 22, 2025 - David Bromstad’s new HGTV special tells the story of him building his dream home, he says it’s been the “biggest moment of my life” for another reason. “When I said this is the... Read More...

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I thought my drinking was normal until I hit rock bottom – says NICKY WAKE

NOT SO CHEEKY ANYMORE – Dec. 18, 2025 - While the rest of the year I’d typically get through a bottle of a wine a night, during December that easily doubled. I was always either drunk or hungover. But last year, f... Read More...

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Holiday Season Poses Challenges For Those In Recovery

VIDEO – STAY SOBER – Dec. 18, 2025 - For those struggling with sobriety, the holiday season can be triggering, but experts say you do not have to face those struggles alone. The holidays can be a stressful time for a... Read More...

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