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Recovery Centers of America Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations

CHUMP CHANGE for RCA – Dec. 10, 2025 - Recovery Centers of America (RCA) has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to comply with provisions of the Controlled Substances Act that are designe... Read More...

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Heart Surgeon’s Four Foods Poisoning You

NOT BROCCOLI – Dec. 15, 2025 - Health authorities expect by 2050, more than 60 percent of Americans will have some form of heart disease. In a recently resurfaced TikTok video, Dr London highlighted four food and... Read More...

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Bombshell Weed Study Says Risks of Medical Marijuana Outweigh Benefits

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Dec. 13, 2025 - High hopes for medical cannabis are going up in smoke. “While many people turn to cannabis seeking relief, our review highlights significant gaps between public perception and ... Read More...

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New Eating Disorder – Orthorexia – On The Rise

VEGANOSIS – Dec, 16, 2025 - You may not have heard of orthorexia, but you’ve probably seen it. It’s an eating disorder that’s characterized as an obsession with only consuming “healthy” foods—and it’s on the rise, sa... Read More...

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Eighteen Stints in Rehab Couldn’t Help Nick Reiner

WHAT COULD? – Dec, 19, 2025 - by Zoe Adams. I won’t imply that Reiner’s alleged murder of his parents would have been prevented if only he had received different care. But a high-profile tragedy like this one gives u... Read More...

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My Ketamine Habit Kept Me High While My Kids Opened Xmas Gifts

MERRY CHRISTMAS – Dec. 19, 2025 - Victoria would spend the day snorting ketamine, a habit that lost her her children and cost her £40,000. Victoria Vigors was thrown out of her local pub on Christmas Eve and later de... Read More...

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Dr. Austin Harris Is Revolutionizing Addiction Treatment with 80% Success Rate

VERY SPECIAL “K” – Dec. 18, 2025 - What sets the program apart is its multi-modal approach that addresses addiction at every level—neurological, psychological, and physiological. At the core of the treatment protocol... Read More...

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For Families Fighting Addiction – Reiner Tragedy Strikes a Nerve

AN ANOMALY! – Dec. 18, 2025 - Nick Reiner, 32, struggled with drug addiction for nearly two decades, something he and his family shared with the public. This week, he was charged with murder in the death of his paren... Read More...

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Bradley Cooper Credits Will Arnett with Helping Him Get Sober 21 Years Ago

WILL TO LIVE – Dec. 18, 2025 - “Will was always the funniest guy in the room,” Cooper said of his earlier memories of Arnett. “The fact he’d even talk to me back then made me feel cool — and then we ended up living n... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Joseph Campbell

“You must give up the life you planned, in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” – Joseph Campbell, 1904–1987 ... Read More...

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Combating Rising Drug Addiction Among Youngsters

NOT GOOD – Dec. 12, 2025 - The teen brain isn’t fully baked yet. That prefrontal cortex, which handles choices and brakes on impulses, develops until age 25. Drugs hijack this wiring, making highs feel urgent and dan... Read More...

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Zachery Ty Bryan Arrested for the 6th Time in 5 Years

GOD HELP HIM – Nov. 30, 2025 - The actor’s fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, was also arrested and booked at the same jail. She is facing five charges, including one count of driving under the influence, three counts... Read More...

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The Best Songs of 2025

MUSIC MATTERS – Dec. 11, 2025 - The hardest part of reducing an entire year of new music down to just 10 standout songs isn’t so much hitting the right balance of genres—say, weighing coke-rap disses against alt-coun... Read More...

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Study Details How Legal Psychedelics Can Treat Depression and Anxiety

WORTH A TRY? – Dec. 9, 2025 - Results showed meaningful gains across the board. Depression scores fell by an average of 4.6 points, shifting participants from moderate to mild severity. Anxiety dropped by 4.8 p... Read More...

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A ‘sober running’ Community

BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE – Dec. 5, 2025 - Recently I ran the New York City Marathon. It was my seventh marathon in the four years that I have been in recovery from alcoholism. Running is not a byproduct of my recovery; ... Read More...

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3 Foods That Quietly Increase Cancer Risk

STAY HEALTHY – Dec. 11, 2025 - While cancer risk depends on many factors beyond specific foods, small dietary shifts can help us enjoy our favorite meals without nudging our risk upward. We spoke with two experts to ... Read More...

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Vaccine Could Slow Dementia And Cut Death Risk by 30%

SCIENCE MATTERS – Dec. 5, 2025 - “Because the vaccine is safe, affordable, and already widely available, this finding could have major implications for public health,” says epidemiologist Haroon Ahmed. “More research... Read More...

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Cruise Passenger Died After ‘being served 33 drinks by ship’s bar’

OVER-SERVED AT SEA – December 9, 2025 - The family of a man who died on a cruise ship after allegedly being served 33 alcoholic drinks in a day have launched a lawsuit and are seeking a trial. Michael Virgil died ... Read More...

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Thrive Market Bails on Booze: Bets On Alcohol-free Boom

DRUNK IS PASSÈ – Dec. 8. 2025 - Thrive Market is officially going dry.The online health and grocery marketplace will become the first major online grocer to remove all alcohol products when it takes them off its subs... Read More...

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Marijuana Can Decrease Alcohol Consumption

GO FOR IT – Dec. 4, 2025 - The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in November, is one of the first to isolate how an individual’s alcohol consumption is acutely affected by their consumption of ca... Read More...

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Does Social Stigma Still Stand in the Way of Recovery from Addiction?

IT SHOULDN’T! – Dec. 12, 2025 - Stigma remains deeply rooted in society. Historically, substance dependence was viewed through a moral lens. It was a sign of weakness, irresponsibility or lack of self-control. These ... Read More...

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Warriors Heart Reveals a Marine Veteran’s Powerful Journey Through Addiction

HELP ABIDES – Dec, 9, 2025 - To reach others who may be struggling this holiday season, Marine Corps Veteran Michael O’Dell, now Warriors Heart Command Center COO, is publicly sharing his story of pain, redemption, a... Read More...

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Charles Lloyd – Requiem (Live)

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 58,176 views - Jan 14, 2020 - Music video by Charles Lloyd performing Requiem. “Requiem” refers to a significant live track and video from his acclaimed 2020 album 8: Kindred Spirits (Live... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Kimberly Wick

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – December 16, 2025 - I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with advanced training in clinical psychology and business. Drawing on years of individual and family therapy—and my own expe... Read More...

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Pete Davidson’s Tricked Out Minivan for Sober Dad Life

A STAR IS REBORN – Dec. 11, 2025 - Now sober with his first child on the way, the comedian just wants to drive around. “I feel like I’ve been trapped in a 47-year-old guy’s body for at least eight years.” “Usually wh... Read More...

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Rehab Riviera Faces Criminal Probe

A BOUNTY ON EVERY ADDICT – Dec. 3, 2025 - Aetna filed a $40 million civil lawsuit against Nathan Young and Co. in 2023, saying Young’s sober living homes throughout Southern California were little more than drug dens... Read More...

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Fit Man Nearly Dead From Energy Drink Habit

INSANE? – Dec, 9, 2025 - Now there’s more evidence that no matter how young or healthy you are, pounding energy drinks can lead to serious health issues. Energy drinks can contain from 70 mg to 300 mg of caffeine. ... Read More...

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The Battle Over Funding for Addiction Research

NBC VIDEO – MUST WATCH – Nov. 8, 2025 - Nearly 30 million Americans are diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, but the amount of funding to research what causes alcoholism tends to be less than funding allocated to res... Read More...

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How a Homeless Man Escaped the Grip of Fentanyl

ONE HOT MEAL AT A TIME – Dec. 3, 2025 - WHEN EVAN CARVER shuffled into the chapel of Salvation Army’s rehab center looking frail and steadying himself with a walker, he wasn’t sure he could quit fentanyl for good. Bu... Read More...

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‘Beer belly’ Associated With Heart Risks

TIME TO EXERCISE – Dec. 1, 2025 - While 69% of men and 56% women were overweight or obese those numbers were 91% and 64%, respectively, when using WHR. Overall, participants with a high WHR were associated with multi... Read More...

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