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Sarge Pickman RIP – Tributes Pour in as 64-year old Jewish Black Sober Comedian Passes Away

SAD PASSING – Dec. 1, 2025 - He was a popular stand-up comedian in Boca Raton, Florida. He died on December 1. He was born, Steven Charles Pickman. Boca Raton residents reacted with an outpouring of grief, rememberin... Read More...

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TikTok & Instagram Content “ROTS” Your Brain

THROUGH AND THROUGH – Nov. 20, 2025 - Short-form video has reshaped how people consume content online, and a new report from the American Psychological Association now directly connects that format with notable decli... Read More...

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Lawsuit Says Social Media Giants Knew They Harmed Teen’s Mental Health

MAKES MARLBORO LOOK JUDICIOUS – Nov. 26, 2025 - Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target teen users anyway. “IG (Instagram) is a drug ... Read More...

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Green Tea Trains Muscles To Handle Sugar And Boost Metabolism

NATURE’S OWN – Oct. 8, 2025 - Compounds in green tea can reprogram muscle metabolism to boost insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance, according to new findings that further our understanding of why this ancient dr... Read More...

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Dancer Craig Revel Horwood Reveals His Alcoholic Dad Tried to SHOOT His Mom

DANCING WITH DESTINY – Nov. 21, 2025 - ‘It got so bad that Dad ended up trying to shoot Mum and my brother-in-law and went to prison. It was just so abusive at home. That’s the reason I started dancing as well. Not o... Read More...

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It’s possible to get addicted to pot?

HOOKA FOREVER – Nov. 22, 2025 - Dr. Smita Das often hears the same myth: You can’t get hooked on pot. “Cannabis is definitely something that someone can develop an addiction to,” said Das, an addiction psychiat... Read More...

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Former Addict: From Crisis to Calling

NOT A HYPOCRITE? – Nov. 23, 2025 - Chambers describes how his substance use began early and escalated quickly. He started smoking cannabis at age 12, then selling it, and by his mid-teens was using and selling cocain... Read More...

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Dramatic Decreases in Drug Deaths

HOPE IS IN THE AIR – Nov. 24, 2025 - Drug deaths in New Hampshire fell 33.4% from 2023 to 2024, according to data from the New Hampshire Drug Monitoring Initiative. That’s the largest single-year decrease in over a d... Read More...

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Ultra-Processed Foods Affect Every Organ in Your Body

FOOD-LIKE SUBSTANCES – Nov. 21, 2025 - The manufacturing process breaks down raw ingredients into molecular slurry, then reconstructs them using emulsifiers, texturizers, and artificial flavors. The result is somethi... Read More...

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Mother Drunkenly Attacked Young Daughter on Flight to Paradise

NOT IN FIRST CLASS – Nov. 26, 2025 - Samantha Ann Dennis, 49, will serve no time behind bars for attacking the defenseless child on a packed flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu last year. Instead, Honolulu Distric... Read More...

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Sober On A Drunk Planet: Stoic Sobriety. Daily Meditations for Developing Unbreakable Strength & Resilience in Alcohol Recovery

READ A BOOK – PAPERBACK - October 29, 2024 - Are you struggling to stay resilient in your alcohol recovery? Do you need guidance to strengthen your emotional and mental well-being on your sober journey? Do you want a... Read More...

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Sorbitol Linked to Liver Disease

CHEW ON THAT – Nov. 27, 2025 - Experts said the findings suggest that ‘sugar free’ alternatives could be just as harmful, if not more so, to liver health than once thought, and urged officials to reconsider their rol... Read More...

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Using Technology to Reduce Alcoholism

NO DRUNK SCROLLING – Nov. 28, 2025 - Technology has impacted every area of our lives, and its influence on families is undeniable. The modern parenting conversation around technology focuses on concerns like excessiv... Read More...

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Justin Bieber – DAISIES (Music Video)

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 5,493,398 views SINCE Aug. 2025 - Justin Bieber hasn’t shied away from detailing the ups and downs he and Hailey face in his six-year marriage on his album Swag. In “Daisies,” he explores ... Read More...

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Tips For Maintaining Sobriety Over the Holidays

SLIPPERY TIMES – Nov. 26, 2025 - With so many parties this time of year, the temptation to drink can be especially difficult for those in recovery and trying to stay sober. Counselors with the Youngstown Urban Min... Read More...

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Cocaine, Bisexuality & Alien Influences – David Bowie’s Secrets Revealed as Fans Gear Up for 10th Anniversary of His Death

GENIUS! – Nov. 23, 2025 - In the unusually expansive exchange, Bowie – then 55 – looked back on the creation of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, his cocaine-ravaged Diamond Dogs era and ... Read More...

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Putting Addiction Therapy In Their Headsets

WATCH – VIDEO GAME FOR GOOD – Nov. 20, 2025 - Jarrod Reisweber has created a new world to address a harsh reality of addiction. “It strikes at the most inconvenient times,” said Reisweber, Psy.D., an affiliate ass... Read More...

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‘Full House’ Star Gets Candid About Her Addiction: ‘I Didn’t Think I Would See My 30th Birthday.’

SHE’S 43 NOW! – Nov. 22, 2025 - Jodie Sweetin instantly captured the hearts of Americans as 5-year ‘Stephanie Tanner’ on the hit show Full House in 1987. The show went on for 8 successful seasons, during which Primet... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – William Burroughs

“What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shit’s quantity.” – William Burroughs, b. 1914 Missouri – d. 1997 Kansas ... Read More...

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Book Excerpt: HIGH Confessions of a Cannabis Addict by Leonard Lee Buschel

HIGH-lights – Jan. 30, 2022 - 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 Phil... Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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