An Interview with NuQI’s John Wright EMR MATTERS – October 2024 - The challenge is that many in the behavioral health space aren’t actively looking for AI solutions yet. Our role has been more about introducing these technologies. We ensure our products... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMental Health
California Wants Social Media To Have ‘black box warning’ For Kids TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? – Dec. 19, 2024 - Assembly Bill 56 (AB 56) proposes a mandatory ‘black box warning’ on social media sites during a user’s first time on the platform. The message would appear for at least 90 sec... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneSmartphone Addiction
Lily Allen Shares the Moment She Hit ‘Rock Bottom’ AND STOPPED DIGGING – Dec. 4, 2024 - In a new interview with The Times, published over the weekend, the singer recalled that her drinking caused a turbulent moment following her divorce from her first husband, Sam Co... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
170 Million Americans Learn Deadly Toxin is Toxic NOT JUST IN PENCILS – Dec. 8, 2024 - Americans born before 1966 experienced “significantly higher rates of mental health problems as a result of lead, and likely experienced changes to their personalities that would ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaTrauma
Famous Child Star After Opening Up About Addiction AS SUCCESSFUL AS EVER – Dec. 3, 2024 - Family Affair actor Johnny Whitaker looked nearly unrecognizable as he was spotted on a rare outing in Los Angeles on Monday during a solo errand run. The star,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Top 10 Things Families Can Do to Avoid Common Rehab Pitfalls ALANON Plus – Dec. 7, 2024 - A high percentage of treatment failures occur due to “user error.” In other words, the treatment team delivers the message, but the client—and often the family—doesn’t fully understand or... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Poet Nikki Giovanni – Passes at 81 AUDIO – A GIANT IS GONE – Dec. 10, 2024 - Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared b... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Weight-Loss Drugs Saved Me From Alcoholism DOUBLE WINNER – Dec. 8, 2024 - Standing 5′8″ and weighing in at 330 pounds, Breen had always been a big guy. He was also a regular drinker, though it had never been a “problem,” per se. That changed when the pandem... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Nonprofit Uses Physical Activities to Help Those Struggling With Addiction VIDEO – ACTIVE RECOVERY – Dec. 9, 2024 - Getting outdoors, hiking, climbing and even gardening has been helping those with a substance use disorder stay away from drugs and alcohol. The Phoenix, a nonprofit, promotes... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Elton John’s Broken Yellow Brick Road SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING – Dec. 11, 2024 - “I maintain that it’s addictive. It leads to other drugs. And when you’re stoned — and I’ve been stoned — you don’t think normally,” he said. “Legalizing m... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietymarijuanapotweed
Kendrick Lamar – squabble up VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – Dec. 6, 2024 - 16,346,294 views 11 days ago #1 on Trending for music CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuV4yQWdn_4&t=2s ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
Doctor Convicted of Selling Oxycodone IF LOOKS COULD KILL... – Dec. 11, 2024 - A Great Neck doctor has been convicted of selling patients oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription opioid, for cash out of her office. A jury found Dr. Roya Jafari-Hassa... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionoxycontin
Homeless Man Gets 5 Years in Prison for $30 Drug Delivery INJUSTICE ANYONE? – Dec. 12, 2024 - For $30, Kaream Moore pedaled his bicycle at the request of a man he had not previously met to deliver a baggie containing 40 grams of fentanyl. The price for the homeless man, who... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionhomeless
The Power of Love in Alcohol Recovery FAMILY MATTERS – Dec. 13, 2024 - Intervention is as much for the one suffering as it is for the family who also suffers. We need to hate the disease and love the person. No one wants to live consumed by a substance.”... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of Interest
Margaret Cho On Her Sober Journey EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES – Dec. 14, 2024 - At the event, the 56-year-old star, who was an honouree, spoke to People magazine, saying, “I’m eight and a half years sober. ... It feels like another life. So I feel li... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Interventionist Releases 4th Book on Aging, Adventure and Authenticity POTENT AND PROLIFIC – Dec. 10, 2024 - At age 78, Dr. Louise Stanger, LCSW, CIP, CDWF, CLCI, a renowned interventionist, brings her signature blend of professional wisdom and personal truth to her meditation on aging,... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Ocean Heat Kills Millions Sea Birds NO MORE JOY RIDES – Dec. 12, 2024 - About half of Alaska’s common murres, some four million birds, died as a result of the marine heat wave, the scientists found. They believe it is the largest documented die-off of ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaTrauma
Zakir Hussain – Indian tabla maestro – passes at 73 AUDIO – THE MAESTRO Dec. 15, 2024 - Hussain died at 3:42 p.m. at UCSF surrounded by family and loved ones, family spokesperson Jon Bleicher told the Chronicle. The cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosi... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassion
Mother Loses Two Daughters Seven Months Apart VIDEO – WHY? – Dec. 9, 2024 - Faith Freeman has lost two daughters to drug overdoses. 30-year-old Lacey Menard passed away in June 2024, and 24-year-old Lannie Soileau died in November 2023. “They loved to laugh, ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSliderTrauma
Like Cigarettes – Smartphones In Spain May Soon Have a Health Warning TOO LATE? – Dec. 10, 2024 - Smartphone addiction has quietly become one of the most pervasive challenges of modern life, reshaping how we connect, work, and unwind. Yet, this constant connection comes at a cost — a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MedianicotineSliderSmartphone Addictionsmoking
Overdose Deaths Dropped By 17% – How The Good News? PBS VIDEO – DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Dec. 12, 2024 - There is a mystery here. This is such a huge decline. It’s unprecedented in the history of drug addiction in America to see a drop this fast. Front-line... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseRecoveryRehabSlider
SUD Execs Say Ozempic & MAT Injectables & AI Likely to Shape 2025 EVERYONE MAKES MONEY – Dec. 11, 2024 - John Driscoll, president and CEO of Caron Treatment Centers “In 2024, we’ve seen payers evolve reimbursement models away from fee-for-service and towards value-based structures ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSlider
Quote of the Week by Leo Tolstoy “Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” – Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910 ... 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