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Sobriety Is Suddenly ‘Chic’ on Recovery Rocks

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FU’UN – Feb. 27, 2026 - Nearly two decades ago, Anna David explored addiction, denial and recovery in her novel “Party Girl,” which centered on a young woman navigating the highs of Hollywood pa... Read More...

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Mom Shares Story of Son’s Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

SO SAD – Feb. 12, 2026 - Lantz Tucker came home from work exhausted and ready for bed. Before turning in, the 22-year-old from Kansas took what he believed was an oxycodone pill. He never woke up.His mother fou... Read More...

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Zoning Rules Puts Rehab Future in Question

VIDEO – THE LAW MATTERS – Feb. 19, 2026 - The New Life Dream Center is facing an uncertain future after a state lawmaker withdrew funding for its expansion, and county records revealed that the property is zoned for... Read More...

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Ozempic For Alcoholism

ONLY ONE STEP? – Feb. 19, 2026 - These drugs aren’t a panacea — like all medications, some things work for some people and not others. But they’re an important tool in a toolbox to treat a condition that affects mill... Read More...

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Mass Overdose in Downtown Indianapolis

VIDEO – WHY? – Feb. 12, 2026 - Six people were hospitalized after a suspected mass overdose in downtown Indianapolis Wednesday morning. Read More ... Read More...

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Killer High: Finding Freedom From Fentanyl

VIDEO – ALL CAUGHT ON FILM – Feb. 21, 2026 - The graduation dress was black. René Patla had picked it out with her daughter Olivia weeks earlier, the two of them imagining the walk across the stage, the diploma, the ... Read More...

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Remembering Michael Silverblatt

THE ULTIMATE BOOKWORM – Feb. 12, 2026 - Salman Rushdie, George Saunders, and others pay tribute to the longtime host of the Bookworm talk show, who died this week. Joyce Carol Oates called him “the very Mozart ... Read More...

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I Quit Drinking Years Ago – All Thanks to One Approach

HE LOVES AA – Feb. 17, 2026 - It’s hard! I squirmed in my seat the whole time I watched the HBO docuseries The Vow, about the NXIVM cult, because I kept finding similarities between it and some of the 12-step groups ... Read More...

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Florida Uses Emergency Rule To Cut Patients Off AIDS Medication

TIME TO PROTEST! – Feb. 25, 2026 - TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Department of Health is using emergency rules to cut about 12,000 people off from affordable access to their HIV/AIDS medication starting Sunday. Th... Read More...

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Scientist Gave Octopus MDMA with Shocking Results

OCTORGY? – Feb. 21, 2026 - The study was originally published in the journal Current Biology, and examined how the recreational drug impacted on the sociability of the animals. MDMA, also known as ecst... Read More...

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Food Preservatives Linked To Cancer

BON APPETITE – Feb. 23, 2026 - The study examined 17 preservatives and found that only some were linked to a higher cancer risk. In particular, potassium sorbate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite, and sulfites were ... Read More...

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Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Heart Attacks, Strokes and Dying

HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE? – Feb. 17, 2026 - There are many forms of “sugar substitutes,” also known as artificial sweeteners. Aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, and sugar alcohols such as erythritol and xylitol are ... Read More...

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Americans Are Dying Early

STAY SOBER – FEB. 24, 2026 - While life expectancy has recovered relative to recent American history, the U.S. is experiencing the most dramatic peacetime decline in longevity when judged against other high-inc... Read More...

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R.I.P. Neil Sedaka – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (In Concert)

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – Neil Sedaka performing ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’ live at ‘In Concert: Neil Sedaka’ on April 26th, 1975. OBITUARY HERE: See More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-h4R_4aVMo ... Read More...

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Eric Dane Shared Sobriety Journey Before Death

SOBER LEGACY – February 20, 2026 - Eric Dane was candid about his sobriety journey before his death from ALS at age 53. Dane previously revealed he struggled with substance abuse while he was starring on Grey’s... Read More...

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Chrissy Teigen’s Support Group

A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS – February 18, 2026 - Chrissy Teigen got by with a little help from her new friends. One month after the model shared that she had restarted her sobriety journey after a rela... Read More...

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Zachery Ty Bryan Sentenced to Over A Year in Jail for DUI

ONLY A YEAR? – Feb. 23, 2026 - One-time Home Improvement star and former teen heartthrob Zachery Ty Bryan, who once graced living rooms across America as Brad Taylor on the hit ABC sitcom, is now facing 16 mont... Read More...

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Ultra-Processed Foods Are Today’s Cigarettes

VIDEO – NO MATCHES NEEDED – Feb. 23, 2026 - “Cigarettes and UPFs are not simply natural products but highly engineered delivery systems designed specifically to maximize biological and psychological reinforcement and... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Steve Jobs

“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”— Steve Jobs, Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct. 5, 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBjQSl4mRAw&t=29s ... Read More...

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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...

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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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