Recovery Saved My Life. It Can Also Save Our Democracy. FAITH AND VOTING TOO – Sept. 29, 2025 - Recovery is not just a personal journey. It is a political one. It provides a roadmap for how we might mend and heal our seemingly broken democracy: people of different faiths,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Sober Eats Serving Up Awareness About Overcoming Addiction VIDEO – SOBRIETY ON THE ROAD – Sept. 30, 2025 - “Everybody knows somebody in recovery, but they don’t know it a lot of times because we don’t talk about it.” On top of overcoming addiction– people in recover... Read More...Addiction RecoveryOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
How does alcohol affect your dementia risk? VERY WELL – Sept. 30, 2025 - Greater alcohol consumption is linked to smaller volume in nearly all brain areas, but neuroimaging studies find that even at low (<7 standard drinks per week) or moderate levels of co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics Anonymouslife expectancyMental HealthOct 07 2025
Podcaster On Overcoming Eating Disorder, Sobriety and Starting Over CLEAN AND COOKING – Sept. 28, 2025 - Actress and podcaster Tammin Surok, 42, has turned pain into purpose by being open about her past eating disorders. She says sharing her private struggles publicly has been lib... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyEating DisorderOct 07 2025
Who Is Priscilla Presley’s Son – Navarone Garcia? FAMILY MATTERS – Sept. 28, 2025 - The love between a mother and son is strong — something Priscilla Presley discussed in her 2025 memoir, Softly as I Leave You: Life After Elvis. She opens up about her family incl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 07 2025
Bottled Water Deadly? TAP WATER BETTER? – Sept. 30, 2025 - The Journal of Hazardous Materials, looks at the science around the health risks posed by single-use plastic water bottles. They are serious, she says, and seriously understudied.... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerlife expectancyOct 07 2025
Why Are More Young People Getting Cancer? NEW STUDY – Oct. 1, 2025 - We are less physically active. We consume more processed foods and sugar. We encounter plastics and forever chemicals everywhere we turn. We’re even sleeping less. Any of these factors may... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerOct 07 2025
Poppy Growing Shifts to Pakistan SO BEAUTIFUL – Sept. 30, 2025 - Afghanistan used to have the distinction of producing the opium for 95 per cent of the heroin on the European market, and about 80 percent of the world’s illicit supply. But since the ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 07 2025opioids
Five Ways We Can Support Women in Recovery IMPORTANT – Sept. 29, 2025 - In honor of National Recovery Month, this installment of Women & Democracy is presented in partnership with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health at Georgetown Law, exp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Thousands of Tombstones on National Mall Mark Overdose Deaths DYING FOR A FIX – Sept. 28, 2025 - Nearly 4,000 hand-painted tombstones were placed on the National Mall, stretching from 7th St. SW to 12th Street SW this weekend. The tombstones featured the names, pictures and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 07 2025OverdoseTrauma
‘Walking was a great tool to help me get sober’ ONE STEP AT A TIME – Sept. 28, 2025 - A man who overcame an addiction to alcohol that spanned two decades said “walking was a great tool” when he initially took strides to become sober. Jimmy Thistle, who is now a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025sobriety
Quote of the Week – Jane Goodall “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall, B. 1934–D. 2025 ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 07 2025quote of the week
Influencer Celebrates 1 Year of Sober: ‘If I Can Do It – You Can Do It Too’ WE NEED MORE LIKE HER – Sept. 25, 2025 - Inluencer Tana Mongeau, who first rose to YouTube fame back in 2015, has shared a very important milestone with her fans: one year of sobriety. In a TikTok posted on Septem... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 30 2025
Meta Exposé Author Faces Bankruptcy For Criticizing Company SEE NO EVIL - HEAR NO EVIL - WRITE TRUTH – Sept. 21, 2025 - Mark Zuckerberg’s company was trying to “silence and punish” Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of global public policy at Facebook, after her decisio... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetSept 30 2025
Sober Curious? Tips for thriving in Early Sobriety VIDEO – ON TELEVISION – Sept. 26, 2025 - California Live met up with Mary Alice Stephens author of “Uncorked: A Memoir of Letting Go and Starting Over.” She reveals how making the decision to get sober is a powerful ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 30 2025
Hillbilly Heroin Sweeping the Royal Kingdom EXPORTING HORROR – Sept. 21, 2025 - The herbal extract from the evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa can be chewed in the form of its leaves, ground to powders and taken as a supplement. It can also be added to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionSept 30 2025
24-year-old Vape Addict’s Lung Suddenly Collapses Without Warning HE HAS TWO – Sept. 26, 2025 - A 24-year-old man who’s been vaping for nearly a decade has a stark warning for other users after his lung sudden collapsed. It’s no secret that vaping has significantly increased in ... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionSept 30 2025Vaping
Former NBA Star Raises Recovery Awareness AUDIO – NOTHING BUT NET – Sept. 25, 2025 - Chris Herren was introduced to cocaine for the first time in his Boston College dorm room after a Sports Illustrated photoshoot in 1994. The basketball phenom exploded on... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 30 2025
Flavored Marijuana Vapes New Face of Teen Drug Use POT HEADS HEADED NOWHERE – Sept. 25, 2025 - The overall percentage of marijuana users who chose to vape the drug also grew over the study period. Among eighth graders who had used marijuana in the past 12 months, the... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaSept 30 2025
Green Tea for a Younger Brain Ya Think? – Sept. 24, 2025 - Aging isn’t just about birthdays. It’s also about how our organs age on the inside—brains included. Scientists can now estimate a person’s “brain age” from MRI scans and compare it to the... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthSept 30 2025
High-Intensity Exercise May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction STAY ACTIVE – Sept. 21, 2025 - A new study shows that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more effective than moderate exercise at protecting adolescent lab animals from cocaine use. Animals exposed to H... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancySept 30 2025
Fighting Addiction With Compassion and Hope NOW AND ALWAYS – Sept. 25, 2025 - “We have medicines that can help people quit tobacco, alcohol and opioid use. For opioid addiction, treatments like Suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone can help patients stay in reco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 30 2025
Young People Gambling Have Increased Suicide Risk TOO SOON TO DIE – Sept. 25, 2025 - These platforms, which promote micro-betting and rapid-fire bets on a wide range of games in real time, are fueling massive sports betting financial losses that leave young adults t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGamingSept 30 2025
Scientists Find Brain Circuit That Locks Alcohol Users in Addiction Cycle HOW TO UNLOCK? – Sept. 26, 2025 - “What makes addiction so hard to break is that people aren’t simply chasing a high,” says Friedbert Weiss, professor of neuroscience at Scripps Research and senior author of the stud... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 30 2025
Opioid Addictions Often Untreated As Youth Overdose Rapidly Rise in U.S. HORRIBLE – Sept. 26, 2025 - In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSept 30 2025
Kali Uchis – Never Be Yours VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – TODAY - 27,880,943 views - Kali Uchis performs “Never Be Yours” after a long conversation with Intuition on the Kinda Neat podcast. She sounds like she was plucked from a lowrider oldie... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerSept 30 2025
Kali Uchis – Never Be Yours (Visualizer) VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – NOW - Hello Kitty, why the long face?You keep on standing, standing, standing in the same placeNew coupons riding in the Chevrolet with big bassYou’re deep on talking, talking, ‘bout how w... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerSept 30 2025
Recovery Is Real: Restoring Every Aspect Of Life VIDEO – SOBRIETY IS A VICTORY – Sept. 25, 2025 - Mid-Michigan Recovery Services executive director Patrick Patterson says just like those smokes stacks are a beacon, the lighthouse on his organization’s logo is a sym... Read More...Addiction RecoveryRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 30 2025
Euphoria’s Dominic Fike Talks Sobriety SHARING – SEPT. 24, 2025 - Singer, songwriter, and actor Dominic Fike — known for playing Elliot on Euphoria — has opened up in a rare, wide-ranging interview covering everything from filming the HBO hit to sobriety,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySept 30 2025
Person of the Week: Denise Klein STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Sept. 30, 2025 - I was born in North Dakota, in a farming community. I went to the same school for 12 years. I have such fond memories of my beautiful classmates and teachers and there are s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewMalibuRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 30 2025