Carol Burnett Reflects on Late Daughter Carrie’s Drug Addiction ALWAYS SAD – Jan. 15, 2026 - Screen legend Carol Burnett reflected on her career — and even shared some details about her personal life — more than seven decades after getting her start in Hollywood. Burnett, 92, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 03 2026Trauma
7 Country Songs About Giving Up Drinking VIDEO – BOOTS NOT REQUIRED – Jan. 15, 2026 - January can be a powerful time to reflect on how drinking fits into your life. For country fans, that reflection hits even deeper. This genre has always told the truth abo... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery Advocatesobriety
How Sobriety and a ‘Loosie Song’ Resulted in a Blockbuster AUDIO – HOT and SOBER – Jan. 15, 2026 - As Nick Carpenter looked back on the biggest year yet for his solo music project Medium Build, he also admits that, before 2025 concluded, he had “hit this giant spiritual wall... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 27 2026
Author Sam Quinones on Finding Musical Fulfillment in New Book AUDIO – MUSIC MATTERS – Jan. 12, 2026 - Journalist Sam Quinones, who chronicled the drug epidemic in his books Dreamland and The Least of Us decided to take a detour in his latest book, and he found it in the tuba se... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026Mental Health
Drying Out In a Drinking Town VIDEO – ALWAYS A CHALLENGE – Jan. 13, 2026 - It might be hard to believe after a visit to Lower Broadway, but fewer people are drinking these days – at least that’s what folks are telling pollsters. According to G... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousJan 27 2026sobriety
The Warning Signs of Addiction, Alcoholism and Substance Misuse ALWAYS LATE – Jan. 13, 2026 - In a world full of temptations, it’s possible for a person to become addicted to just about anything. And while it’s not always obvious, there are often warning signs that suggest there’... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Yoga Speeds Opioid Withdrawal and Recovery VIDEO – READ AND WATCH (in English) – Jan. 12, 2026 - Yoga could cut opioid withdrawal recovery time by over four times, turning agony into manageable relief. A groundbreaking randomized clinical trial from researche... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026opioid crisisopioidsRecovery
Cheap Sugary Alcoholic Drinks Fuel Diseases Among Children AS BAD AS COKE – Jan. 14, 2026 - Low tax rates in most countries have made sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages cheaper, fueling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers, and injuries, especially among children, th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026
How I Broke Free of Cannabis ONE GUMMY AT A TIME? – Jan. 13, 2026 - By Susan Shapiro - Guest contributor - Some people have luck cutting down slowly. Since smoking the drug is the most toxic, according to Harvard Medical School, experts recommen... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026marijuanaweed
Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project INNOCENTS BEHIND BARS – Jan. 13, 2026 - In this episode we hear the stories of people incarcerated with substance use disorder. An estimated 65% of the US prison population has a substance addiction, according to the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
For those with Addiction – going into and out of prison can be a minefield AUDIO – NOT ALL BARS ARE BAD – Jan. 16, 2026 - Spencer’s patient at the clinic that day in August was a woman who asked that NPR use only her first initial, H., because she criticized the Alaska Department of Correct... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Las Vegas Program Celebrates 80 Graduates Overcoming Homelessness and Addiction VIDEO – ALL HEROES – Jan. 17, 2026 - (Brent Nowak, a representative from Shine A Light) Eighty individuals celebrated a significant milestone in Las Vegas as they graduated from the Shine A Light organization’s 18-mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
S.F. Ramps Up Program to Compel Users into Treatment! TRY ANYTHING! – Jan. 16, 2026 - Voters authorized the program with 2024’s Proposition F, which required adult welfare recipients struggling with addiction to complete a free drug treatment program or risk losing thei... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026RecoveryRehab
Person of the Week: Lydia Cornell STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Jan. 27, 2026 - Award-winning writer, director and actor Lydia Cornell is best known for her starring role on the hit ABC series Too Close for Comfort as Emmy legend Ted Knight’s daughter ‘S... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewJan 27 2026Recovery Advocate
Joseline Hernandez Shares Sobriety Milestone HOW SWEET – Jan. 13, 2026 - Joseline is marking a personal milestone that stands in sharp contrast to the chaotic reputation she built over more than a decade in reality television. The outspoken star reveal... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 27 2026sobriety
Relapse Prevention: Recognize the Signs STAY AWAKE – Jan. 13, 2026 - If you’re supporting someone in their journey to recovery, help them stay sober by recognizing triggers, risks and signs they may return to use. “It’s common for people to return to us... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 27 2026RecoveryRehabrelapse
Officials Considering Program to Help People Get Into Stable Sober Housing EVERYONE NEEDS A FRIENDLY HOME – Jan. 13, 2026 - After a push by an Albuquerque city councilor to get more housing for people recovering from drug addiction, the city is considering starting up a more-than $1 m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Fivio Foreign: Sobriety Made Him Realize How Much Time He Wasted ‘Being Smacked’ STONED NO MORE – Jan. 14, 2026 - Becoming sober has changed Fivio Foreign’s life for the better. In late December, the rapper and producer announced that he planned to enter rehab, saying he wanted to “stop making a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026sobriety
’Shrooms Lead the Pack in Psychedelic Medicine TIMOTHY LEARY’S DEAD? – Jan. 13, 2026 - In the billion-dollar race to commercialize psychedelic medicine, psilocybin, a naturally occurring hallucinogen better known as magic mushrooms, or “shrooms,” has decisively p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026Psychedelics
Natasha Lyonne Reveals Relapse After Nearly 10 Years KEPT COMING BACK – Jan. 24, 2026 - “Took my relapse public, more to come,” Lyonne, 46, wrote via X on Friday, January 23, shortly before responding to a fan sending the actress support in the comments ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 27 2026RecoveryRehabrelapse
Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Victoria Allegedly Pregnant Before Overdose Death UNBEARABLY SAD – Jan. 21, 2026 - Another detail has come to light in the tragic death of Victoria Jones on New Year’s Day. The daughter of Hollywood star Tommy Lee Jones was found dead in a San Francisco hotel room o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 27 2026Trauma
Are Americans Sobering Up? LITTLE BY LITTLE – Jan. 12, 2026 - New data indicate that alcohol consumption among adults in the United States has begun relatively rapidly declining in the past 2 to 3 years. Additional surveillance is needed to de... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026sobriety
US Overdose Deaths Fell in 2025 THANK GOD – Jan. 14, 2026 - U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 27 2026OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Author Joey McCollum Releases New Book on Addiction and Recovery WELL DONE! – Jan. 9, 2025 - In a world where addiction affects millions of individuals and families, author and speaker Joey McCollum offers a message of clarity, honesty, and hope in his new book, I Don’t Do That An... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 20 2026
Meth Inflames and Stimulates Your Brain INSANE – JAN. 9, 2026 - Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanism... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 20 2026meth
‘A full-circle moment’: A Mother’s Addiction Journey DEAREST MOMMY – Jan. 9, 2026 - Stephanie Boyle will soon return to the addiction recovery center from which she received treatment more than three years ago. This time, she won’t go there as a patient. She was ref... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 20 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Dave Hughes on Being Sober for 33 Years VIDEO – NOT ALWAYS EASY – Jan, 10, 2026 - Dave Hughes has one of the most recognisable voices in the Australian entertainment industry, and has been making people laugh through his stand-up career, radio shows ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 20 2026
Why some people can’t stay away from alcohol – even when they know it’s hurting them GREAT ARTICLE – JAN. 9, 2026 - Describing his time drinking as 10 years of fun, then 10 years of fun with negative consequences and another 10 years of only negative consequences, Knowles has investigated alcohol’s a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 20 2026
Doctor Accused of Writing 50 Scripts a Day IT TAKES ALL KINDS – Jan. 8, 2026 - A Hudson County doctor was indicted on 58 counts including charges of exchanging opioids for sexual favors, medical fraud and running a drug-involved premises, federal prosecutors ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 20 2026
Report Shows Pennsylvania Overdose Program REVERSED 9000 Overdoses GO JOSH SHAPIRO – Jan. 8, 2026 - The program is run by the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs and focused on preventing fatal overdoses in PA. It does this by distributing supplies to local organizations, provid... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 20 2026Overdose