Celebrity TV chef Andrew Zimmern Talks Addiction & Sobriety KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL – Oct. 24, 2025 - At one time, Andrew Zimmern, an Emmy and four-time James Beard Award winner, TV/media personality, chef, writer and passionate global citizen, used people, was addicted to heroi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 28 2025
Connecticut Residents Debate Hillbilly Heroin / Kratom Ban AUDIO – NOT GOOD – Oct. 16, 2025 - The vast majority of the more than 100 testifiers during Wednesday’s marathon seven-hour hearing agreed that 7-OH, which researchers have estimated could be 15 times as potent as mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionOct 21 2025
Celebrating Husband Jason Ritter’s Sobriety: ‘12 Years of Accountability’ AND NO HANGOVERS – Oct. 17, 2025 - Lynskey wrote, “12 years of accountability, of showing up, of answering the phone, of driving home safely, of quiet nights, of loud fun nights, of laughing and laughing, of be... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 21 2025
Ben Fuller: What Almost Cost Him 6 Years of Sobriety? VIDEO – A STAR STAYS BRIGHT – Oct. 16, 2025 - Fuller was nominated for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year for his collaboration with Carrie Underwood on his song “If It Was Up To Me.” Underwood later m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 21 2025
FILM: Daughter’s Searing Portrait of Family Addiction and Mental Illness VIDEO – MOVIE REVIEW – Oct. 8, 2025 - Film-maker Myrid Carten, who holds the camera much of the time as well as directing, exposes here the open wound that is her relationship with her mother Nuala, who has both bipo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 21 2025
Recovery Center to Stop Providing Pipes to Drug Users VIDEO – GOOD IDEA – Oct. 9, 2025 - According to the Howard Center, it helps people and communities by providing services to address mental health, substance use and developmental needs The organization provides le... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why People Use or Get Addicted to Cannabis? JAZZ OR ROCK? – Oct. 13, 2025 - The tendency to use cannabis is associated with genes linked to impulsive behavior, obesity, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other traits. 24 states legalized recreatio... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOct 21 2025
Woman Escaped Death: Now 2 Years Sober GRATEFUL EVERY DAY – Oct. 16, 2025 - Ellie McLean will never forget the day that saved her life. “My dad came into my room and he said, ‘Are you trying to kill my baby girl?’” “I said, ‘No, Dad.’” McLean was 43, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 21 2025RecoveryRehab
Country Singer Makes Bold Admission About His Sobriety VIDEO – AND HAVING A BALL – Oct. 17, 2025 - “I never was a big drinker, but when I did drink, I was just a total jerk,” he explained. “I always told people I’ve been mistaken as someone, a kid that was a bit cocky an... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 21 2025
Alcoholic Who Relapsed Shoplifted Wine Seven Times In One Month HE NEEDS SOME MONEY – Oct. 17, 2025 - The court was told that the items taken were all alcohol on six occasions from SuperValu in Macroom and on one occasion from Aldi in the town. The court was told that O’Drisco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 21 2025relapse
Libraries in Chicago Reduces Overdose Deaths GO BEARS – Oct. 17, 2025 - Even libraries have become part of the city’s arsenal in the fight against drug overdose deaths. Chicagoans can get free drug test strips at the city’s public libraries – as well as naloxon... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 21 2025Overdose
When Darren Waller Puts Sobriety First, His NFL Career Falls Into Place VIDEO – MIAMI DOLPHINS – Oct. 17, 2025 - He had been in the NFL’s drug program for a while, but still didn’t stop him from abusing alcohol, marijuana, painkillers, anything to numb him from his struggles in life, and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 21 2025
Person of the Week: TJ Woodward STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – TJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery expert, bestselling author, inspirational speaker, and addiction treatment specialist who has helped countless people through his simple, yet powerful... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 1 2024Oct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Paris Jackson Got Her ‘Life Back’ After Sobriety SHINING STAR – October 13, 2025 - Paris Jackson is reflecting on her sobriety journey and how it feels “getting my life back.” Paris attended the 35th annual Friendly House Awards Luncheon, and was awarded the Shinin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 21 2025
“Could the cure be worse than the disease?” WE THINK NOT – Oct. 10, 2025 - Two new books chronicle ‘an American Scandal’ and point the way forward. Insurers, legislators, Congressfolk, listen up! Forgive the imagery, but we long to box the ears of every Cal... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Drug That Took Away Her Appetite and Cocaine Addiction BRING IT ON – Oct. 14, 2025 - She began taking a drug similar to Ozempic while living at a Rhode Island nonprofit for formerly incarcerated and homeless people. She gets the medication, called a GLP-1, free thr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 21 2025
Blowing the Lid Off U.S. Rehabs THIS STORY WON’T DIE – Oct. 16, 2025 - Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make you cry and scream. Cry for how people in need are treated with such cruelty in addicti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 21 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Nonprofits Profit On Homeless While the Crisis Deepens AUDIO – NOT SO POOR ANYMORE – Oct. 14, 2025 - In Los Angeles, much of the work is carried out not just by government agencies, but largely by a vast network of nonprofits funded with public money. Over the past de... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediahomelessnonprofit organizationOct 21 2025
Ben Stiller ‘Resented’ His Father for Not Knowing How to ‘Handle’ His Mom’s Alcoholism ALANON ANYONE? – Oct. 17, 2025 - “When was drinking, my dad never really knew how to handle it,” Stiller, 59, explains in his new documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, which details his parents’ love st... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 21 2025
More Kids Losing Parents to Overdose, Suicide and Homicide HOME GROWN ORPHANS – Oct. 16, 2025 - “Parental deaths from overdoses, homicides, suicides, and other substance-related causes are associated with more adverse health outcomes and higher rates of early mortality in th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyOct 21 2025Overdosesuicide
Lily Allen: Suicidal and Her Struggle with Sobriety After Split LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS SUCKS – Oct. a6, 2025 - ‘The feelings of despair that I was experiencing were so strong. It was excruciating to sit with that,’ said the 40-year-old singer. She had suicidal thoughts and struggle... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 21 2025
Music Legend Backs Cyclist On Sober Journey MIRACULOUS MEETING – Oct. 7, 2025 - A recovering alcoholic marked two years sober by cycling up an Italian volcano and was overjoyed to meet his music hero in the process. Stoke-on-Trent cyclist Phil James bumped ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 14 2025
Walk Highlights Growing Global Sobriety Movement HEALTHY PEOPLE RISE UP – Sept. 28, 2025 - Almost 100 people gathered at Mount Royal Park for a wellness walk organized by Sober Is the New Cool on Saturday. The event is part of a growing international movement, with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 14 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
See Inside the Rehab Program For Addicted Doctors VIDEO – PRIVILEGE MATTERS – Oct. 8, 2025 - In an exclusive “CBS Mornings Plus” report, a unique program is giving doctors battling substance abuse a second chance. The initiative allows physicians to keep treating pa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 14 2025RecoveryRehab
‘I’m a recovering drug addict, alcoholic and I’m fighting cancer’ AUDIO – EIGHT THE HARD WAY – Sept. 29, 2025 - Earlier this year, Ford spoke with Steve Hamilton, author of “I WANT MY LIFE BACK”, a powerful memoir detailing his decades-long battle with drug addiction and his journe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerOct 14 2025
Why it’s Hard to Cut Down on Drink – While Boozing Causes Disturbing Brain Changes IT’S COMPLICATED – Oct. 7, 2025 - The brain physically adapts to rely on drinking as a way to ease stress and anxiety—creating a powerful cycle that makes quitting extremely difficult. Experts say the finding pinpoin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 14 2025
Saving Teens from Addiction, Vaping, and Social Media Dangers AUDIO – THEY ARE OUR FUTURE – PODCAST - On this episode of the WGNS Rutherford Issues Podcast, Scott Walker fills in for Bryan Barrett to discuss the Steered Straight program with guest Jennifer Sanchez. Together, th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 14 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers
‘White Lotus’ Star Has Been Sober for 27 Years THE CLEAN LOTUS – October 6, 2025 - Jason Isaacs hit his 27-year sobriety milestone on Oct. 5. The White Lotus star, who hails from Liverpool, England, also got candid about his history with substances until getting ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 14 2025
Overdose Scientist Receives MacArthur ‘genius’ Award SCIENCE MATTERS – Oct. 8, 2025 - Nabarun Dasgupta digs through drug overdose data obsessively, scrutinizing the latest numbers from around the U.S. for clues about America’s deadly overdose crisis. Fatal overdoses we... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 14 2025Overdose
How Albuquerque Woman Turned Her Life Around VIDEO – BETTER DAYS NOW – Sept. 13, 2025 - Drug addiction is one of the biggest challenges faced by many individuals living on the streets. However, one woman is sharing her story of overcoming her struggles an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediahomelessOct 14 2025