Miley Cyrus Shares Sober Journey A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS – Mar. 18, 2026 - In her Variety cover story, Miley Cyrus said she contacted Chappell Roan after Roan spoke about the toll of rapid stardom and predatory fan behavior. Cyrus expressed a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFacebook
Percocets Almost Destroyed Me – But I Still Became a Top Marathon Runner NO MORE WALLS – Mar. 18, 2026 - It started in 1998, with a pain in Ken Rideout’s ankle. A podiatrist gave him a prescription for seven Percocet, a drug containing the opioid oxycodone. Rideout was a high-flying commo... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabUncategorized
Jesse Metcalfe Shares Sobriety Journey JOHN TUCKER IS SOBER – March 17, 2026 - Almost two decades after entering rehab, the John Tucker Must Die star shared insight into the struggle with drugs and alcohol that led to him seeking treatment in 2007. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyUncategorized
Rishab Rikhiram Sharma Reveals 3 Years of Sobriety and Powerful Lifestyle Shift WHILE MY SITAR GENTLY WEEPS – Mar. 19, 2026 - Musician Rishab Rikhiram Sharma is making headlines for his commitment to sobriety. Speaking on a podcast, the 27-year-old renowned sitar player revealed that he has not ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryUncategorized
Diary of a Secret Drug Addict: An Ex-user’s Guide to Breaking Free BOOK RECOMENDATION – Mar. 12, 2026 - READ A SAMPLE - Reviews: ‘The most honest account of addiction I have read. This is an invaluable book’. – Tony Adams. ‘I’ve known the Secret Drug Addict for many years and the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
7+ Things You Get from a Good Relationship STAYING IN LOVE – Mar. 20, 2026 - Upon the rarest of occasions (okay maybe weekly), my wife gets a little tweaked at me. I don’t know what I did, my head is buried in a book or the computer, I’m an innocent by-sitter... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMental Health
New Mexico Will Fund Psychedelic Treatment HIGH TIMEs – Mar. 17, 2026 - The funding represents a big step forward in the state’s efforts to integrate psychedelic-assisted therapies into its broader behavioral health infrastructure. And the formal allocation o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthPsychedelics
Doctors BEG Seniors to Quit Drinking ONE FOR THE ROAD ... To NOWHERE – Mar. 2026 - Think that nightcap is helping you relax? Think again. While alcohol might make you drowsy, it actually disrupts your sleep cycles, leaving you groggy, irritable, and exh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediasobriety
Lawmakers To Allow ‘HAPPY HOUR for Grandpa and Grandma’ AUDIO – ON THE OTHER HAND – Mar. 19, 2026 - Minnesota lawmakers are advancing a bill that would allow the consumption and display of alcoholic beverages in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The bill, S... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediasobriety
Rehab Facility Sues City STIGMA or SAFETY? – Mar. 16, 2026 - WPB Investors, LLC, filed an application with the Wayne Zoning Board to convert a property it owns into an inpatient drug rehabilitation facility. WPB Investors call... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Remarkable Women: Paula Jolly’s Journey VIDEO – TRUE GRIT – Mar. 18, 2026 - Paula Jolly founded Amanda’s House to honor her daughter and is helping other women find help with their addiction. For Jolly, healing did not come in silence; it came in action... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Feds Resist Returning Items to PA. Man in Stolen Body Parts Case WTF – Mar. 19, 2026 - Those remains had been stolen from the on-site morgue at Harvard Medical School ... Retention of evidence is standard practice by investigative and prosecuting agencies while cases remain in an ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaTrauma
The Ladies Who Lunch – Elaine Stritch VIDEO – STAYING IN LOVE – 361,121 views Since Sep 2, 2014 - I always wished there was more video of Elaine’s amazing recording, so I synched it up with D.A. Pennebaker’s film of one of her earlier takes. Enjoy!... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
Are psychedelics better than antidepressants? NO! JUST MORE FUN – Mar. 18, 2026 - Psychedelic-assisted therapy may be no more effective than traditional antidepressants when patients know what drugs they are actually taking, according to a first-of-its kind analysis... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthPsychedelicsSlider
Happiness Expert Cracks Code to Long-lasting Joy INSTANT COFFEE, NOT GRATIFICATION – Mar. 18, 2026 - “Essentially, we want it right now. This has turned the pursuit into a dopamine addiction; a hunt for instant gratification that provides a bit of short-term pleasu... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthSlider
Millions of Americans Skip Meals to Pay for Healthcare CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS? – Mar. 12, 2026 - A staggering number of Americans are skipping meals to pay healthcare costs as prices rise under Trump, From June to August 2025, 28 million people skipped a meal to pay for hea... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancySlider
It’s Not Addiction Till You Graduate They Can All Spell STOLICHNAYA – Mar. 19, 2026 - There’s one goal for the night: get blackout drunk and maybe get lucky enough to experience a dance floor make. “As all freshmen at Penn do, we’re going fratting and w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSlider
Quote of the Week – Robert Redford “The glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it.” – Robert Redford, b. Aug. 18, 1936 – d. Sept. 16, 2025 ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
Book Excerpt – HIGH: From Cannabis to Clarity by Leonard Lee Buschel HIGH-lights – Once I was back home, selling the hash was no problem, until I was dealing my last quarter ounce to some guys in a friend’s basement in the Kensington and Allegheny neighborhood of Philadelphia. I... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Publisher Turns 27* and is subject of a piece in Shout Out LA A PUFF PIECE ON AN EX-POTHEAD – August 2, 2021 - Occasionally the gang and I would wait at the news stand for the ‘bulldog’ edition, dropped off at 11pm. An early edition of the morning Inky, nickname for the Phila... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Provocateur, Is Dead at 85 A MAN OF HIS TIME, A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME, A MAN FOR ALL TIME – July 7, 2021 - The film, though probably a financial success by Mr. Downey’s standards, made only about $2.7 million. (By comparison, “Butch Cass... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Writers In Treatment: Melding Recovery, the Arts, and Information The accident that led to a Film Festival November 12, 2020 - For the past twelve years, Leonard Buschel has been an instrumental force in adding flavor and culture to the recovery community by filling ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyExperience Strength and HopeExperience Strength and Hope AwardsLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalWriters In Treatment
Leslie Jordan Fan Mail “Who knew when Leonard started his recovery bulletin years ago, how pertinent and necessary it would become in the days of hunkering down from the Covid 19 virus. When one has exhausted all the available online... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery Advocate