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After Polio, Alcoholism and Cancer, Sid Korn Lives to Help Others

ONE BOOT AT A TIME – May 26, 2023 - Born in New York in 1944, Korn experienced a severe run-in with polio as a young child and throughout his 79 years has dealt with aggressive forms of cancer, medical ailments, alco... Read More...

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Drug Court Honors Graduates

SOBRIETY DIPLOMA – May 26, 2023 - Dallas LeBlanc never considered himself an addict. In his mind, it was normal to use drugs to take the edge off. But when his addiction consumed him, it took everything. Le... Read More...

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FDA Warns About Herbal Drug Kratom

GOOD, BAD OR WHO KNOWS? – May 27, 2023 - Kratom is extracted from the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa, a tree native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The products are marketed as herbal supplements... Read More...

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Natasha Spencer Opens Up on Sobriety

SHE’S BIG IN THE UK – May 28, 2023 - “I want to write this in hopes it will let the right person know, you’re never in too deep and you’re never too far gone to start making a change. It took me 6 months of tr... Read More...

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Sober Inebriation

WORDS TO LIVE BY? – May 28, 2023 - The scene is more than a little amusing and deserves to be included in today’s First Reading – but not only for its humor. Saint Peter touches on an ancient and essential aspect of ... Read More...

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Man Walks 24 Hours Handing Out Care Packages to Those Struggling With Addiction

VIDEO – GIVING BACK LOVE – May 28, 2023 - “Anything that can connect me to the guy that was sleeping behind the Walmart on Indian Town Road in Jupiter is something that I hang onto,” Smith said he wants to bring aw... Read More...

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‘I yelled, “I’m putting this up your nose”’: what it’s like to use Narcan

JUST SAY YES – May 30, 2023 - Naloxone, better known by the brand name Narcan, reverses overdoses by binding to the opioid receptors in the brain, blocking the effects of drugs such as fentanyl or heroin. Harm reduct... Read More...

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Stages of People Addiction by Maria Palumbo

CODA COMPLAINT – May 30, 2023 - Stage 2: Be obliterated in mind and body and consider maybe I have a problem and it is not just my angsty misogynistic lover child. It is how damn compulsive my need for him is.... Read More...

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Elton John Answers the Proust Questionnaire

FROM THE HEART – June 2, 2023 - The music legend, whose farewell concert, “Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium,” could earn him an Emmy and an EGOT, sounds off on attitude, addiction, and the perils of a st... Read More...

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John Mulaney’s Sitcom Was Supposed to be About Sobriety

VIDEO – NETWORK COLD FEET? – June 2, 2023 - “It was based on the time in my life when I got sober at 23 and had two roommates and was just trying to figure out: What does a good person do? That was an actual part o... Read More...

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A Texas 12-Step

SOBER PRIDE – June 2, 2023 - The Houston native spent her early adult years enjoying the riches of life while indulging in the party lifestyle. In 2021, however, a run-in with the law ultimately led to a life-changin... Read More...

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See Michael Bernard Beckwith Share

VIDEO – WISE GUY – May 21, 2023 - He is an author, teacher, orator and the founder and Spiritual Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, California. Theme: Your Wholly Holy Agre... Read More...

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Amitai Etzioni, 94, Dies; Envisioned a Society Built on the Common Good (like AA?)

THE GOOD DOCTOR – June 1, 2023, Dr. Etzioni, a German-born Jew who fled the Holocaust, fought for Israeli independence and launched his academic career in the United States, was a wide-ranging intellectual with a so... Read More...

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LA Comedians Prove ‘Sober Comedy’ Isn’t An Oxymoron

NEITHER ARE WE – June 1, 2023 - The first “Party On” show was in May, with about 40 people in attendance. Vintage records hang on the Crow’s walls as old-timey light bulbs provide a soft glow. Blaine opened th... Read More...

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James Gunn Reflects on His Drug Addiction

HE IS THE SUPER HERO – May 28, 2023 - In a new interview with EL PAÍS, James Gunn revealed how the process of making films has helped him deal with his past traumas. Gunn told the outlet that his “demons cha... Read More...

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Forcing Drug Users Into Treatment is a Violent Policy

RENDITION? – May 25, 2023 - But after years of housing unaffordability, an increasingly poisonous drug supply and inaccessible voluntary mental health supports, mainstream political parties in Canada — includi... Read More...

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Perspectives in a City Plagued with Overdose Deaths

THERE IS A SOLUTION? – May 30, 2023 - Joining MORI took Molinski out of the office, where she most often worked with patients, and into their lives. “My experience with patients in the past had been in an offi... Read More...

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Visualizing Recovery from Addiction

AUDIO – SEEING IS BELIEVING – May 30, 2023 - Inside the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, a small room with bar stools, liquor bottles, and glasses filled with ice is meant to look and... Read More...

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A’s Pitcher Lucas Erceg Finally Gets Sober and Realizes MLB Dream

HE WON THE STRUGGLE – May 29, 2023 - “I’m 22 years old, right? I’m drinking five or six (beers) and going out the next day and going 2-for-3,” Erceg told MLB.com last year. “I didn’t think it was (a problem). I made ... Read More...

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Hollywood’s Tom Hardy Struggled with Alcoholism at 13

HE’S A STAR – May 26, 2023 - As per the reports gathered from what the actor said during his interviews, it was revealed that Hardy was an adventurous young kid. While always looking for trouble, the Peaky Bli... Read More...

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Dysmorphia Affecting Megan Fox

SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING – May 26, 2023 - “I don’t ever see myself the way other people see me. There’s never a point in my life where I loved my body, never ever,” Fox said in a video interview with Sports Ill... Read More...

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Going to Couple’s Therapy

TWOgetherness – May 29, 2023 - Carl Radke made a commitment to live a sober lifestyle shortly before Summer House Season 5 premiered back in early 2021, and more recently, he celebrated two years of sobriety t... Read More...

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NEW Nasal Spray Reverses Fentanyl Overdoses

LIFESAVER – May 22, 2023 - The Food and Drug Administration endorsed Opvee, a nasal spray update of the drug nalmefene, which was first approved as an injection in the mid-1990s but later removed from the market due ... Read More...

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‘Club Zero’: Disturbing Drama About Institutionalized Eating Disorders

FILM REVIEW – May 22, 2023 - Anorexia, of course, is a deadly serious condition, and there are numerous dramas that have dealt with it. But the scaldingly subversive premise of “Club Zero” is that in this movie... Read More...

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Surgeon General’s Advisory on Risks of Social Media

PLEASE KEEP SCROLLING – May 24, 2023 - “…The current body of evidence indicates that while social media may have benefits for some children and adolescents, there are ample indicators that social media can also... Read More...

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Ireland: First Country In the World With Health Labels on Alcohol

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT – May 23, 2023 - The law would take effect from 22 May 2026 to give businesses time to adapt to a policy that mimics existing rules for other food and drink products, said Donnelly. “With... Read More...

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Countless Veterans Lose the Battle with Addiction

THE FINAL WAR – May 24, 2023 - Yet, outside of this day, we never forget the countless veterans who made it home but now fight new battles. Unfortunately, substance use, drug overdose, and suicide have claimed ... Read More...

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Navajo Leaders Seek Tribal Members in Sober-Living Medicare Scam

IT’S COMPLICATED – May 24, 2023 - Navajo leaders said they will staff a Phoenix operations center to help Navajo tribal members displaced when sober living homes caught up in the fraud investigation are indicted or t... Read More...

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Less Drinking, More Thinking Podcast

SOBRIETY ON THE AIR – May 23, 2023 - Lakey said he hoped the podcast would help people realise their negative relationship with drinking sooner. “Every time I am out people confide in me that they would like to be... Read More...

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Bottle of Whiskey a Day Drinker Celebrates 1 Year Sober

ANYONE CAN QUIT – May 24, 2023 - After two decades of hard drinking Phil Hoye had accepted alcohol was going to kill him. “I thought, ‘This is what I’m going to die of,’” he told ABC Radio Melbourne’s Jacinta Pars... Read More...

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