Apr 22 2025

Linda Beckstrom: ‘In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter’

AUDIO – SHE WAS THERE – April 13, 2025 - Linda Beckstrom, co-author (with Angalia Bianca) of ‘In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter‘ joins Rick Kogan to highlight ... Read More...

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Addict II Athlete: Overcomes Addiction, Jail and Cancer

AUDIO – COMEBACK TO LIFE – April 18, 2025 - She lost two children, cycled through jail and survived breast cancer — now, 13 years sober, this woman is turning her pain into purpose. “I kept going down that n... Read More...

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Bravo Productions Bummed When Cast Members Get Sober

TOO CALM FOR TV – April 12, 2025 - Beloved producer Patrick McDonald, who recently stepped back from his work on reality TV to launch an OnlyFans career, appeared on Bethenny Frankel’s “Just B” podcast on Frida... Read More...

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Faces From a Meth Surge

METHICATED – April 16, 2025 - John once fielded customer complaints for a telecommunications company. Now he usually hangs out with friends in the courtyard of a center offering services to help people who use ... Read More...

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CT Scans Might Cause 5% of Cancers

GAMED IF YOU DO... – April 14, 2025 - The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are becoming more common in younger people for reasons ex... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancer

Rehab Clinic Doctor Gets Sentenced for Opioid Scheme

BAD BOY – April 16, 2025 - A former Grantham physician was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for unlawfully distributing opioid medication to clients at drug ... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsRehab

‘Make Sure You Die Screaming’ is a Road Trip Novel for Modern Times

AUDIO – BOOK REVIEW – April 14, 2025 - If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em on a multi-day, drunk-driving road trip in middle-class middle of America to find their missing father with a garbage goth girl named Yivi whom t... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Is SAMHSA Dead? Health Orgs Face Funding Shut Off

FUNDING FIASCO – April 17, 2025 - Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia sought a restraining order to protect the $11 billion in funding. In early April, a federal judge granted a temporary injunctio... Read More...

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Hazelden/Betty Ford Adds Mental Health Treatment As Addicts Demand Help

VIDEO – GOOD FOR BUSINESS TOO! – April 17, 2025 - Beginning this month, care for substance use and mental health will go hand-in-hand. Rannon Arch, Director of Co-Occurring Clinical Services for the Hazelden Betty F... Read More...

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Max Beesley: ‘Alcoholism is very quick – you can soon get in trouble’

AN ACTOR’S OBSERVATION – April 17, 2025 - At 8.30am, on the morning of 7 July 2005, Max Beesley was at a hotel in Marylebone participating in a read-through for a new BBC drama, Hotel Babylon. The producer had ... Read More...

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Health Seekers Say Microdosing Psychedelics Helps Them

BETTER THAN MICRO-PLASTICS – April 17, 2025 - “I started microdosing and within a couple of months, I had a general sense of well-being that I hadn’t had in so long,” said Marine Corps combat veteran Matt Metzger. He... Read More...

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‘Soberchella’ Has More Non-Alcoholic Options Than Ever

SAME OLD MUSIC – April 14, 2025 - From Lewis Hamilton’s alcohol-free tequila to a ‘Free AF’ spritz, here’s what sober-minded festival goers are sipping on this year. The New Bar is back for its third year in... Read More...

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Denise Welch Celebrates 13 Years: Recalls Shocking Details From Her Last ‘Shameful’ Binge

ONLY BINGING NETFLIX – April 18, 2025 - The Loose Women star, 66, said she woke up hung over with no recollection of the night before to find she’d pulled a bathroom door off its hinges and thrown a lamp on the... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Celebrity Sobriety

What Happened to Emily Willis? Inside Coma-Stricken Porn Star’s Health Updates

REHAB DANGERS – April 17, 2025 - The former adult film star – born Litzy Lara Banuelos — checked into the Summit Malibu rehab on January 27, 2024, in hopes of overcoming her ketamine addiction, but things took a turn... Read More...

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Bohemian Rhapsody (Live at Coachella 2025) Benson Boone

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE 2025 – April 14, 2025 - Watch Benson Boone’s performance of “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Special Guest Brian May live at Coachella 2025. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner

Bohemian Rhapsody 1981 Live QUEEN Freddie Mercury

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE 1981 – 10,650,637 views since Mar 2, 2013 - “Queen Rock Montreal” Live Concert 1981 “the older i get, the more i realize that queen (and many other bands) simply enriched my life so much. f... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner

Smart-Cribs Soothe Babies With Opiate Withdrawal

WTF? – April 17, 2025 - Tech out of the University of Vermont Medical Center is helping babies suffering from drug exposure get a better night’s sleep. Vermont’s opioid overdoses increased almost 500% in the... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Heather Hayes

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 22, 2025 - Heather Hayes is the founder and CEO of Heather R. Hayes & Associates, Inc. She is a Master’s level Licensed Counselor in the State of Georgia, and Board Registere... Read More...

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Psilocybin Gives Man 2nd Chance After 10-year Opioid Addiction

WHATEVER WORKS – April 16, 2025 - Over 10 years, Schaefer had tried recovering from what began with dependence on a prescription for the pain killer Percocet and later spiraled into an all-consuming heroin addi... Read More...

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FDA Shuts Down Food Safety Checks

YOU WANT FRIES WITH THOSE MAGGOTS? – April 18, 2025 - In a move raising major concerns across the food industry, the FDA shuts down food safety quality checks amid staff cuts, putting key food testing programs ... Read More...

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‘Most Dangerous Sex Position’ In The World

ENJOYING THE RIDE – April 11, 2025 - But medics have warned one sex position could be responsible for up to half of all penile fractures, a serious eye-watering injury that can leave men in agony. According to surgeo... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaTrauma

Salvation Army Denys Addiction Medications To Clients

‘largest provider of residential treatment’ – April 16, 2025 - A federal judge has given the go-ahead for a class-action lawsuit that could radically expand Americans’ access to lifesaving addiction medications. ... Read More...

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Hospital Adopts Revolutionary ‘hotspotting’ Addiction Treatment Program

VIDEO – PROGRESS – April 14, 2025 - New York City’s public hospital system is adopting a revolutionary addiction treatment program at its medical facility serving the South Bronx after the same initiative helped dra... Read More...

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Mayor On Drug Use & Sobriety & Homophobic Abuse

BELFAST MAYOR – April 17, 2025 - It is no secret that Belfast is currently in the grip of a drugs epidemic, and when asked if he had ever smoked marijuana, Micky Murray admitted that he has tried it twice. “I d... Read More...

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Rehabs Reeling From Federal Funding Cuts

VIDEO – WE SHALL SURVIVE – April 9, 2025 - Long-distance running is something that comes naturally to the Running Rooster but he says he lost that passion while battling addiction. Thanks to organizations like Dawn ... Read More...

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Lawyer’s Ties to ‘Corrupt’ Drug Clinics

VIDEO – LAWYER TO JAIL? – April 17, 2025 - When Brett Ryan was arrested for DUI in 2023, the Lakewood defense lawyer he hired quickly referred him to a substance abuse treatment clinic. … we were just trying to make ... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention

Smartphones Lower Rates of Cognitive Decline for Elders

NOW IT’S GOOD FOR YOU – April 14, 2025 - Fears that smartphones, tablets and other devices could drive dementia in later life have been challenged by research that found lower rates of cognitive decline in olde... Read More...

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Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 90 Years of Recovery in Vancouver, CAN, July 3-6

PARTY HEARTY – April 16, 2025 - Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) will bring together tens and tens of thousands of members and guests from around the world, July 3–6, 2025, for its International Convention in Vancouver, B... Read More...

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Taking a Mental Health Leave From Work

SANITY MATTERS – April 17, 2025 - Her first panic attack came at a company-wide meeting, right before her scheduled presentation. Carolina Lasso had given many similar talks about her marketing team’s accomplis... Read More...

Apr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health

Quote of the Week – Pope Francis

“I want to tell you: carry on, keep riding the waves of love, of charity. Be ‘surfers’ of love!” – Pope Francis, Dec. 17, 1936 – Apr. 21, 2025 ... Read More...

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