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Hooked on Escape: Unpacking Psychology Behind South African’s Addiction Crisis

INTERNATIONAL ISSUE – June 12, 2025 - Many forms of addiction include escapism in significant measure. People search for brief solace from emotional suffering, stress, or discontent with their lives, whether it... Read More...

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New App For Gambling Addict’s Recovery

IT HELPS ABSTINENCE – June 13, 2025 - A new version of Connections, the evidence-based recovery support app for people with substance use disorder, has been specifically designed for individuals with problem ga... Read More...

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New Jersey: Recovery Souls To Lose Their Homes

STIGMA SUCKS – June 13, 2025 - Sober living homes are life-saving for individuals who are in recovery. For some, it’s the first stable and supportive place they may have ever lived. However, a recent change to ... Read More...

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$50 Million: Texas Launches Largest Publicly Funded Psychedelic Research in History

HOW HIGH TEXAS? – June 11, 2025 - Ibogaine is an illegal drug that has found itself in a unique position where Republicans champion it. This comes as some of them, led by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have made it a mi... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Judy Crane

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – June 17, 2024 - Judy Crane, author of The Trauma Heart, has over three decades of clinical experience in the field of trauma and substance use disorders. She is the CEO and Co-Founder ... Read More...

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Facebook Invests $14.3 Billion in Artificial Intelligence

ANYTHING THE BRAIN CAN DO – June 12, 2025 - Superintelligence is a futuristic goal of A.I. development. OpenAI, Google and others have said their immediate aim is to build artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., ... Read More...

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Ashley McBryde Recalls ‘Painful’ Moment That Led To Her Sobriety 3 Years Ago

MEMORY MATTERS – June 13, 2025 - “Today marks 3 years since my last drink,” McBryde writes. “My last time being ‘that guy’ in my social and professional circles. The last panicked phone call for help. The final... Read More...

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Eccentric English Countess Loved Psychedelics Drops

AMANDA FEILDING PASSES – June 12, 2025 - Amanda Claire Feilding Countess of Wemyss, was a pivotal and central figure in the movement to legitimize the study of psychedelic drugs for therapeutic purposes, died at 82.... Read More...

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Taraji P. Henson Got Sober Because She Needed Clarity

VIDEO – SHE CARES DEEPLY – June 10, 2025 - “For five months, I had stopped drinking because I felt like I needed clarity, I needed to get rid of some negative energy that was in my life that I couldn’t see.” She cont... Read More...

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American Deaths Doubled in 20 Years from Alcoholic Disease

L’CHAIM – June 12, 2025 - Mortality rates from alcohol-associated liver disease surged from 6.7 to 12.5 deaths per 100,000 people during the studied period, with a higher annual increase among women and concerning tr... Read More...

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Doctors’ Warning About ‘insidious’ Social Media Trend Damaging Teen Girls

ONLY SKIN DEEP? – June 9, 2925 - “As she’s applying the products, she begins to express discomfort and burning, and in the final few minutes, she develops a visible skin reaction,” said senior study author Dr. ... Read More...

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Laredo, Texas, Sees No Overdose Deaths In April or May

VIDEO – GOOD NEWS – June 12, 2025 - The number of overdoses and overdose deaths in Laredo has gone down compared to past years. At the city’s Drug and Alcohol Commission meeting, staff said that public vending machin... Read More...

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Being Alone Can Make You Happier

THE ONENESS – June 9, 2025 - In Wim Wenders’ recent film Perfect Days, the main character, a Tokyo toilet cleaner, spends many of his hours in solitude; watering plants, contemplating, listening to music and re... Read More...

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Truvia Sugar Substitute Posing Potential Stroke Risk

BUMMER – June 12, 2025 - Erythritol may impair cellular functions essential to maintaining brain blood vessel health, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Findings suggest that erythritol i... Read More...

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Supplements, Splits and Sobriety Fueling Tony Cavalero’s Fit Physique

12 PUSHUPS TOO? – June 13, 2025 - MF: You mentioned you’re 15 years sober. Has that changed your fitness mindset? Cavalero: “I work a 12-step program and I’m 15 years sober and, that makes my life softer and ea... Read More...

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$7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement vs. Purdue

VIDEO – NEVER ENOUGH – June 16, 2025 - Purdue introduced OxyContin, a brand name of oxycodone, in the 1990s and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019 after the company was sued thousands of times ... CONTINUE@... Read More...

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Tijuana Rehab Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

OVER THE BORDER – June 11, 2025 - One of the less publicized effects of the drug cartel issue in Tijuana is the lack of governmental infrastructure for rehab projects. This environment encourages business... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Jame Baldwin

“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be there.” – Jame Baldwin, b. Harlem, NY 1942. – d. Fra... Read More...

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Low-Calorie Diet Makes People Depressed

AND COWS HAPPY – June 5, 2025 - Skipping dessert really can leave you down in the dumps. No one who’s been on a diet has ever said “I love calorie restriction,” but a new study has found a not-so-surprising ... Read More...

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Woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after using tap water to clear sinuses

VIDEO – BEWARE BE WARY – June 4, 2025 - A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her sinuses. She started experiencing serious symptoms l... Read More...

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My son’s death broke me – but I’ve learnt how to stay sober no matter what

GRIEF MATTERS – June 4, 2025 - People frequently say things like, “You have to get sober for yourself. You can’t get sober for anybody else.” But I got sober for my children. The first years of sobriety were to... Read More...

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Are Americans Aware of the Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk?

DUH! – June 6, 2025 - Consuming alcohol has been linked to at least seven types of cancers—including colorectal, breast, hepatic, oral, laryngeal, pharyngeal, and esophageal cancers. Each year, alcohol-related ... Read More...

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Alcohol’s Link to GI Cancer

VIDEO – DRINKING TOO MUCH! – June 6, 2025 - In January 2025, the US Surgeon General released an important advisory that “highlights alcohol use as a leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, contribu... Read More...

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Most Popular Processed Foods Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

AND TOOTH DECAY – June 3, 2025 - People who eat a lot of ultra-processed foods, such as cold breakfast cereals, cookies, and hot dogs, may be more likely to develop early signs of Parkinson’s disease compared t... Read More...

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Kennedy Is Shrinking the Agency that Helps The Mentally Ill and Addicts

GOODBYE SAMHSA – June 6, 2025 - The country’s main mental health agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, commonly known as SAMHSA, is in the process of being dissolved. It has lost more th... Read More...

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Health Minister: No Evidence Forced Addictions Treatment Effective

VIDEO – ATTRACTION NOT COERCION – June 3, 2025 - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there’s no evidence that forcing people into addictions treatment works, but she won’t weigh in on whether provinces shou... Read More...

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“Sobriety is the key to everything I do. Every day is a victory!”

HE ALWAYS WINS – June 5, 2025 - You might perhaps spy Vandyke drinking a frothy amber liquid as he raises a glass with connections. Or he might even be sipping another beverage that, at a cursory look, could be mi... Read More...

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Researchers Got Fruit Flies Addicted to Cocaine … for Science

CAN THEY FASTER? – June 5, 2025 - For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The flies will self-administer cocaine if given the option. The new... Read More...

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Jason Biggs Recalls ‘INSANE’ Memory Before Sobriety

LIKE HOT APPLE PIE – June 6, 2025 - Jason Biggs knew he had to turn his life around after one particular event during his struggle with addiction. The 47-year-old actor, who has now overcome his struggle with addi... Read More...

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Why Are SYNTHETIC Opioids So Dangerous?

THEY KILL YOU – June 5, 2025 - Overdoses and drug poisonings are now the third leading cause of death in people under age 20, behind firearms and motor vehicle crashes. As a parent, I wanted to know more about ... Read More...

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