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Carrie Bates: Olympian, Alcoholic & Advocate

LAPS AROUND THE STEPS – July 12, 2024 - Carrie Bates won three Olympic gold medals in the pool at the 1984 Los Angeles games. At the time, she was just 16 years old. She didn’t even have her license yet, but C... Read More...

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Why Fentanyl Users Are Bent Over

GRAVITY – July 17, 2024 - He has used fentanyl for about a year and a half and has found himself in that extreme bent-over position countless times. For him the drug was the only way he could get relief for hi... Read More...

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3-Year-Old Twins DEAD from Fentanyl-Laced Drugs

HELL ON EARTH – July 16, 2024 - “These innocent boys reportedly came into contact with fentanyl, an opioid that has wreaked havoc across our communities.” “The deadly capabilities of fentanyl cannot be o... Read More...

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From Alcoholism to Christ – Will Matt Talbot Become a Saint?

THE SAINT OF SPONSORSHIP? – July 14, 2024 - Fr Selva Thomas, one of the Salesian priests who ministers at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Dublin, Ireland where Talbot is buried, says that many people grap... Read More...

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Jewish Man Befriended Nazis in Jail During Addiction Battle

VIDEO! – July 13, 2024 - Jared Klickstein wanted to go to jail. After years of experiencing homelessness and suffering from addiction, he says he thought time in a cage would help him kick his physical depende... Read More...

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Sobriety Advocate & Herbalist Overcomes Homelessness

SUPPORT SOBER ENTREPRENEURS – July 13, 2024 - Valerie Wiener is following her dream by choosing a healing path as an herbalist. Also known as Mother Wanderer Earth Medicine, the mother of two says, “I’m a huge... Read More...

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Doctors Reluctant to Treat Addiction

STIGMA! – July 17, 2024 - Around 66% of studies cited negative social influences – or beliefs about public and community acceptance of addiction care – while 56% of studies cited fear of harming the patient-ph... Read More...

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Watching HBO’s ‘Teen Torture, Inc.

REVOLTING – July 16, 2024 - “Teen Torture, Inc.” is the latest documentary aimed at exposing alleged abuses within the massive “troubled teen” industry, which caters to parents and state agencies desperate to ... Read More...

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Kyle Richards Has 2 Years Sober ‘I feel strong’

VIDEO – JUST SAID NO – July 19, 2024 - “I want to wake up every day feeling my best. Mentally & physically strong enough to face whatever comes my way,” she wrote. Richards ended her post by saying she’s gra... Read More...

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Which Youngish Celebrities are Sober?

STRUTTING THE STRUT – July 15, 2024 - Whether you’re giving up the grog for a mid-year health reset, to raise awareness and funds for those impacted by cancer, or in solidarity with a loved one struggling with... Read More...

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Scientist Takes Psychedelic – Watches His Brain ‘Fall Apart’

AUDIO – DON’T BLAME ALBERT HOFFMAN – July 18, 2024 - Dr. Nico Dosenbach had scanned his own brain dozens of times. But this was the first time he’d taken a high dose of psilocybin, before sliding into the MRI... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Kamala Harris

“The American dream belongs to all of us.” – Kamala Harris ... Read More...

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Remi Wolf’s Sobriety Led to Her ‘Big Ideas’ Album

IT IS A JOURNEY – July 12, 2024 - The soulful and funky pop star, 28, debuted in 2019 and swiftly garnered buzz online, before dropping her debut album, Juno, in 2021 and essentially touring the globe nonstop ... Read More...

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Woman Finds Sobriety In Beekeeping

VIDEO — A NEW BUZZ – July 9, 2024 - “I was an alcoholic for 24 years, and God delivered me from it here eight years ago, and he replaced it with a passion for bees,” she said. “It just happened just like that.” She... Read More...

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Benzos and Xanax May Shrink the Brain

SMALL SIDE EFFECTS – July 5, 2024 - Benzodiazepines, also known as “benzos,” are sedative drugs commonly prescribed to treat numerous conditions, including insomnia, anxiety and seizure disorders. They work by... Read More...

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The Impact of High-Fat Diet on Anxiety

NERVOUS BELLY – July 10, 2024 - “Everyone knows that these are not healthy foods, but we tend to think about them strictly in terms of a little weight gain,” said Christopher Lowry, at University of Colorado B... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths in Rhode Island Down 7.3%

LIFE IS PRECIOUS – July 10, 2024 - “The needle is moving in the right direction, but we must continue to build upon our multi-faceted approach to save lives because we know that addiction is a disease and reco... Read More...

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MARK MORTON: SLASH Helped Me Get Sober

GOOD SAMARITAN – July 7, 2024 - “Slash has been pretty open about his experience with some of these things,” Morton, who celebrated five years of sobriety last December, continued. “And so when I was trying to... Read More...

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Chet Hanks Reveals “Cokeheads” Advised Him to “Chill”

VIDEO – LIKE FATHER, UNLIKE SON – July 2, 2024 - “The drug I had the most problem with was just f--kingcoke, dude,”Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s son said on a recent episode of Bradley Martyn’s Raw Talk podcast. “I’m... Read More...

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Jane Lynch Reflects on Deaths of Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera

SADNESS REMAINS – July 7, 2024 - This month marks 11 years since alum Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose, as well as four years since the passing of costar Naya Rivera in a boating accident. “Just such yout... Read More...

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Acupuncture Can Shorten Methadone Treatments

EAST MEETS WEST – July 10, 2024 - Eight weeks of acupuncture was found to reduce the dose of methadone needed to control opioid cravings, which could make patients likelier to stick with their treatment. ... Read More...

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How Portland Police and Activists Teamed Up to Fight Addiction

WITH HEART AND SOUL – July 10, 2024 - Mr. Schmautz is president of the Portland Police Association. He doesn’t want to incarcerate drug users, but he believes public drug use should qualify as a misdemeanor. D... Read More...

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‘LA’s Crack House’ for the Homeless

VIDEO – COPING – July 10, 2024 - Every day, dozens of people line up outside the nonprofit Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles to pick up crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, then, they light up right there ... Read More...

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North Carolina Bans ‘gas station heroin’

IT’S ABOUT TIME! – July 10, 2024 - It is sold under brand names such as ZaZa, Pegasus, Neptune’s Fix and Tianna Red. Gas station heroin has also been the subject of false claims of health benefits, accordin... Read More...

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Defendant Sentenced in Pill Mill Case Spanning Multiple States

VIDEO – GREED IS NOT GOOD – July 8, 2024 - Clyde Christopher Tipton, 63, from Tazewell, was sentenced to 50 months in prison for his role in the operation of the East Tennesee pill mills. CONTINUE@WBIR ... Read More...

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Alcohol is Driving Many Cancers in the U.S.

DRUNK DRIVING? – July 11, 2024 - Cigarettes have long been a cause of cancer, and remained in the top spot — about 19% of cancer cases included were attributable to smoking. Excess body weight was deemed a cau... Read More...

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An Addicts Journey Back to College

VIDEO – ALWAYS A 2ND CHANCE – July 12, 2024 - William Brown, a single father in his 40s, overcame his opioid addiction and went back to college after a series of run-ins with the law. He considers it a blessing. Si... Read More...

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Kids Struggling With Screen Addiction

GEN THUMB? – July 11, 2024 - Like many teens his age, KJ became consumed by watching TikTok, YouTube, and sometimes Snapchat videos. He especially enjoys watching videos on barbering. On weekends and school ni... Read More...

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Do Animals Have Friends?

KINDNESS IN THE KINGDOM – July 13, 2024 - “Individuals who manage to maintain these strong relationships, they end up living longer, they have more offspring, and they show less features of related stress,” sh... Read More...

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Neil Young – Old Man

MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1971 - Neil Young: Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals. Recorded on February 23rd 1971, BBC Radio Theatre, London, England. First broadcast in the UK April 1st 1971” CONTINUE@YOUTUBE https://www.yo... Read More...

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