Department of Education Cut in Half AUDIO – STUPIDITY – March 11, 2025 - “Every part of the department will be impacted in some way but this is primarily a streamlining effort for internal facing rules, not external facing roles,” the official said, g... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison REDUNDANT? – March 3, 2025 - The stash house property also contained 23 firearms, including a shotgun kept where the drugs were stored, and the pills manufactured. In his car, Slocumb kept several firearms incl... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
USA Uses Firing Squad to Execute Christian Killer VOLUNTEERS? – March 7, 2025 - A hood will be placed on his head. A target will be over Brad Sigmon's heart. The three volunteers with rifles about 15 feet away will complete his punishment, the United States' first ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancy
Stephen Stills Embraces Sobriety – Rediscovers Original Self EVEN GENIUSES QUIT – March 3, 2025 - He’s a legend, and sober. Three years sober on his birthday. How did this impact his life. Read about it here! CONTINUE@MHZ ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Jax Taylor’s Cocaine Addiction Reveal IT’S HOLLYWOOD FOLKS – March 4, 2025 - “I just want to let people know this is a really, really tough disease and it’s a really tough sickness,” Jax added. “I’ve been doing it for so long and you can say hiding... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction
Teenage Player and NHL Legend Share Similar Addiction Struggles THE PUCK IS ALWAYS ROUND – Feb. 28, 2025 - It all began with a bad decision at a Manhattan bar in 1993. Fresh off back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and a first-team all-star nomination, Pittsburgh Pengu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction
I’m So Sick of Talking About My Sobriety, I Ghosted My Sponsor TO EACH HIS OWN – March 23, 2025 - I’m almost at five months sober now, and I’ve found myself getting tired and less motivated with AA. I did 90 in 90 and was so keen on it, and then I just hit a wall. I find m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediasobriety
New School for Teens Struggling with Addiction AUDIO – HELP IS HERE – March2, 2025 - Spurred by a teacher who has seen the issues wrought by substance use among local teens, the proposal hinges on getting funding from the state’s pool of opioid settlement money. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionteenagers
Booze is #1 ‘Gateway’ to More Serious Addictions DOWN THE HATCH – March 4, 2025 - Despite the research that points to alcohol acting as a “gateway drug,” researchers from organizations like the National Institute of Health also argue that alcoholism — or alcohol us... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Tarzana Treatment Centers Launches Learning Portal MISSION TO EMPOWER – March 7, 2025 - The TTC Learning Portal brings decades of expertise in mental health treatment, substance use disorder recovery, and healthcare services to a broader audience. With a mission to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
5 OD’s – 4 Dead In 2 Days VIDEO – DRUGS MIGHT KILL YOU – March 3, 2024 - Watch Now CONTINUE@WILX ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdose
The Wholeness That Emerges From Brokenness By Ken Druck Ph.D. WORTH EVERY HEARTACHE – March 5, 2025 - The path forward from brokenness and inconsolable sorrow is not about “moving on,” “recovering,” or “getting over” our loss, but about patiently allowing our brokenness to beco... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMental Health
Opioid Overdoses Increase TOO SAD – March 6, 2025 - Tears welled in Rich Scheib’s eyes as he thought of his son, Wade, who died of a drug overdose on Dec. 7. Scheib said the first time he realized his son was using drugs was when he ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Common Habit Proves You’re Addicted to Your Phone AND SO WE ARE – March 7, 2025 - Now, a new study from Amazon Kindle has revealed just how dire our screen habits are, showing we’re more addicted to our devices than we might think. “Every time we receive a notificat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneSmartphone Addiction
“HEROES UKRAINE” Music Video Bowie x Ukraine… WATCH – SAVE LIVES – NOW - All-star ensemble features Grammy performer Mika Newton, Eurovision stars @alyonaalyona @JERRY_HEIL @MikeGarsonProductions The piece is directed & produced by Grammy winner Rupert... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassion
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 3,000,000 Views in 13 years - From Russia With Love. The Second Bond Film from 1963. The Music Composed by Sir John Barry and Lionel Bart. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
ROY AYERS: “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” and more… VIDEO – MUSICAL OBITUARY – Born: September 10, 1940, Los Angeles, CA. Died: March 6, 2024, New York City 2,591,393 views Mar 8, 2018 - Roy Ayers arrived at his Tiny Desk performance beaming with positivity.... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
‘Body Brokers’ Take Advantage of Lack of Care in Hawaii VIDEO – HULU HUSTLE – Feb. 29, 2025 - Hawaii’s chronic shortage of treatment resources may be one reason mainland drug rehab recruiters, known as “body brokers,” are working to lure patients to unregulated trea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
Supervisor Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Federal, State & Private Health Insurers AMAZING WOMAN – March 5, 2025 - A clinical social worker nicknamed by her co-workers as the “Five Minute Queen” who, at times, substituted a one or two sentence conversation for a billed 45-minute therapy session for... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRehabSliderTrauma
The Opioid Settlement | on 60 Minutes WATCH – NEVER ENOUGH – March 9, 2025 - With Ryan Hampton! Cecilia Vega investigates how the Purdue Pharma opioid settlement— potentially one of the largest opioid settlements ever— will compensate victims of the opio... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaSlider
USA Sues CVS and Walgreens for So Many Deaths DANGER AT YOUR DOOR – March 7, 2025 - The CSA states that narcotics can only be used for “a useful and legitimate medical purpose.” By filling prescriptions that were invalid, the pharmacies “made choices that ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionSlider
Famous Cash Family Shares Story of Addiction in Documentary. VIDEO – CASH & CARRY – March 4, 2025 - “When you’re in the middle of addiction, you’re lost,” said Mark Alan Cash. “You don’t think there’s a way out. That’s this disease. It’ll sneak up on ya and kill ya. You e... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoverySlider
The Other AA FAMILY FRIENDLY – March 6, 2025 - This is all a hacky way to introduce Al-Anon — a program that has helped to improve my life and the lives of many others. Al-Anon is not the same program as AA, and it’s not just a s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSlider
Quote of the Week – Delmore Schwartz “Existentialism means that no one can take a bath for you.” – Delmore Schwartz, 1913–1966 ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaquote of the week
Beyond Belief Sobriety w/Author of HIGH! – Confessions of a Cannabis Addict VIDEO – IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD(S) – June 2022 - Things could have played out very differently for Leonard Lee Buschel. A powerful combo of early-childhood trauma, temperament, a “professional” opportuni... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewLeonard BuschelRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
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...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