Law Student Graduates Top of Class After Being Homeless YES YOUR HONOR – May 5, 2025 - Lisa Mertz began using alcohol and marijuana in the eighth grade. By the time the suburban Cincinnati woman started the journey to sobriety in 2015, she’d progressed to painkillers and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediahomeless
Kanye to Sue Dentist For Addiction to Nitrous Oxide WHAT ABOUT PERCODANS? – May 2, 2035 - The letter, also claims that the dentist encouraged the rapper to use the gas unsupervised. West claims it caused adverse neurological and behavioral effects, in addition t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
‘My Mum, Your Dad’ Star Natalie Russell’s Traumatic Past GUIDING LIGHT – April 25, 2025 - Natalie Russell, a relationship recovery coach, public speaker and content creator, is now using her platform to inspire others. However, she has faced many challenges to get... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Owner Linked to Multiple Evictions – Unlicensed Sober Living Homes ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT – April 29, 2025 - “It’s heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking to hear the clients talk to their facilitator or me and say, what are we going to do? We don’t have any place to go, and they’re still s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
3 Incredible Artists Who Tragically Died too Soon Juice WORLD too! – April 27, 2025 - Sadly, popular music has lost more people amongst its ranks than we’d like to remember. Why is it that so many of the great songwriters and performers are also addicts? Why d... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction
Medicaid Undoing Linked to Disruptions in Opioid Addiction Treatment CRAZY WORLD – May 2, 2025 - The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care of people receiving treatment for opioid ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioids
The Untold Story of CDC’s Disastrous War on Opioids VIDEO – UNBELIEVABLE – April 25, 2025 - Host Robert Scheer dives into a critical discussion with Dr. Charles LeBaron, a distinguished physician and CDC veteran, who has authored a compelling and essential book,... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Miracle Drugs That Turned Into Horrors A SIN – May 6, 2025 - Nowadays, drugs go through extensive testing before being released to the public. It’s at least unlikely that anything you’re prescribed will result in an extremely awkward discussion with your ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaTrauma
Teens Who Want to Quit Vaping Can Take Varenicline ONE DRUG DESERVES ANOTHER – May 8, 2025 - Varenicline, a prescription medication sold under the brand name Chantix, has been shown to help adults stop smoking. And a small clinical trial in adults found it may be eff... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionteenagersVaping
I Was Hiding a Very Dark Addiction… YOU BET SHE WAS – May 6, 2025 - As far as her coworkers were concerned, Mary Durso was a successful career woman, a wife and mother, who juggled a demanding six-figure-salary job with raising her adorable daugh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaming
An Overdose Killed Her Son – Now She Helps to Save Others HEARTBROKEN and HELPFUL – May 6, 2026 - On a sunny afternoon last month, hers was the privilege no parent wants: The chance to convince a roomful of lawmakers to fix the broken system she believes contributed to the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery Advocate
How a Philly Program Helped Chris Stay on His Recovery Journey VIDEO – SOBER AND LOVING IT – May 5, 2025 - Chris Soriano is a long way from when he was addicted to fentanyl. “Took me everywhere it takes everybody — jails, rehabs,” Soriano said. Soriano was lost to opioids... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRehab
Bob Dylan – Desolation Row with lyrics VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 8,592,558 views since Mar 11, 2019 - What a mountain of a song...It’s Bob’s world we are just paying rent...There’s only a handful of musical artists who will still be remembered 100 years... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
Bob Dylan – Masters Of War with lyrics WATCH – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 2,300,000 views since 2013 - The arrangements on the version here are riveting.. It's not just poetry, of course. It's a social science theory. One of the really big ones. A proven statem... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winner
Undermining Health for Populations at Home and Abroad USA USA USA – April 25, 2025 - U.S. foreign assistance has generally led to substantial improvements in security and political and economic stability, including a reduction in the number of people living in ext... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancy
Women’s Recovery Court Inspires Journey to Sobriety THAT’S RIGHT, THE WOMEN ARE SMARTER – May 8, 2025 - More than 200 women have filled the hall at Anthony’s in Malden this morning to celebrate, support, and share stories of challenges and triumph at the W... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sober but Social: Company Introduces Non-Alcoholic Beer AUDIO – JUST A TWO PACK – May 8, 2025 - The rise of non-alcoholic beer isn’t just a passing trend-it’s a cultural shift. Whether people are cutting back on alcohol for health reasons, personal preference, or simply e... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of Interestsobriety
Largest Fentanyl Bust in DEA History PROGRESS not PERFECTION – May 6, 2025 -Federal authorities have arrested 16 individuals and seized record-breaking quantities of fentanyl, cash, firearms, and vehicles across multiple states, dismantling one of the l... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylSlider
In a World of Addictive Foods…Can New Drugs Help? MEDICATION NOT MEDITATION – May 7, 2025 - I was caught between what the food industry has done to make the American diet unhealthy and addictive and what my metabolism could accommodate ... These foods typically are ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionSlider
Popular Foods Linked to PARKINSON’S Disease MICHAEL J. FOX – May 7, 2025 - Scientists found people who ate 11 or more servings of ultraprocessed foods a day were 2.5 times more likely to have early signs of the progressive movement disorder Parkinson’s d... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addictionMental HealthSlider
Vets Want to Legalize Ibogaine to Treat PTSD AUDIO – MEMORY LANE DREAMS – May 7, 2025 - U.S. vets and lawmakers are leading an effort to get clinical trials up and running for a potent psychoactive drug. Ibogaine is illegal in the U.S., but it’s proving to be ... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaharm reductioninterventionMental HealthSliderTrauma
Baywatch Legend David Hasselhoff ‘living on borrowed time’ LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS – May 7, 2025 - He had a life that people could only dream of but he also spent decades self-medicating through alcohol and other substances, which he does regret.” The insider further r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietySlider
Quote of the Week – Pope Leo XIV “To be woke is not a threat. It’s a calling.” – Pope Leo XIV ... 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