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Housing First – Sober Living Next

STREET LIFE SUCKS – July 14, 2024 - Every reasonable person agrees that addiction is a prevalent challenge among the homeless population, whether they base that judgment on scientific research or on the experi... Read More...

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How Going Sober Saved My University Experience

FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT – July 13, 2024 - I did not have one distinct reason for going sober, but upon reflection, it can be attributed to numerous factors that were affecting my mental health and my university w... Read More...

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Swiss Official Alarmed Over Boozy Drinking Culture In Parliament

PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC – July 12, 2024 - “In the Galérie des Alpes (the restaurant in the Federal Palace) people drink at almost any time of day. Anyone who doesn’t drink is an oddity,” the councillor add... Read More...

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The Root Cause of Addiction and a Path Forward

RULE 62, WE ARE NOT A GLUM LOT – July 14, 2024 - “There is so much more to see in a drop of water than can be seen by the naked eye. The heavens above have an immensity that cannot even be comprehended by the ... Read More...

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Is Social Media the New Smoking?

IT’S ADDICTIVE – July 14, 2024 - The parallels between social media and smoking are striking. Both began as widely accepted societal habits before their negative impacts became apparent. In the same way that s... Read More...

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Eminem Slays Alter Ego On New Album

GROWING UP – July 12, 2024 - It’s his 12th studio album,“The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” Eminem lands the proverbial death blow amid 19 tracks – including three skits and a scene-setting opening – wi... Read More...

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The Unlikely Beginning of a Addiction Memoir

WRITE ON – July 15, 2024 - At a bar in Mexico City, Dartmouth’s Devin Corey found himself explaining his recently completed memoir manuscript to a lifelong friend and their colleague when a woman walks in appe... Read More...

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She Kept Digging – Literally!

PAYDIRT – July 15, 2024 - Melody Marr likes to give her testimony with individuals in jail, and she has been invited to speak at churches and rehab facilities. She has a down-to-earth, conversational tone res... Read More...

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The Soul Survivors Sober Home

WE ARE FAMILY – July 16, 2024 - Soul Survivors Living Foundation is a home for veterans, the homeless, and those fighting addictions, turning women who are struggling into women who are survivors. “I realized ... Read More...

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This ‘Cheers’ Actor Struggled With Alcoholism

NO WONDER – July 17, 2024 - Grammer’s father was shot to death when the actor was only 13 years old. He had two half-brothers who were eaten by sharks in a scuba-diving accident. His sister was abducted, sexua... Read More...

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Neil Young – Needle And The Damage Done

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1972 - 25,099,259 views Neil Young is a singer-songwriter renowned for his hits “Harvest Moon,” “Needle And The Damage Done,” “Rockin’ In The Free World,” “Change Your Mind,” “Love And W... Read More...

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Nurse Says Mucinex Overdose Sparked Satanic Hallucinations

WAY OVER THE COUNTER – July 11, 2024 - Child-protective workers would later allege the evidence showed Tagge not only held onto the child while hallucinating, but shook the child while screaming, “Jesus is the... Read More...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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