Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Three Months After Leaving Patton State Mental Hospital She Was Dead

AUDIO – SCANDAL or FATE? –   March 13, 2024 - The department agreed to pay the Amity Foundation roughly…

8 months ago

How Once-Promising Doctor Became the “Pill Mill Killer”

A MURDERER IN OUR MIDST –   March 2024 - This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist’s years-long investigation…

8 months ago

What Is RECOVERY CAPITAL?

IT’S EVERYTHING –   March 11, 2024 - Recovery capital is comprised of social, physical, cultural and human forms of…

8 months ago

“Pretty Wrecked”: A Memoir about Addiction, Recovery and Triumph

TEMPLE GRADUATE TELLS ALL – March 11, 2024 - Before publishing her memoir, Tracy Viola gave an advanced manuscript to…

8 months ago

Walking Can Cut Disease and Death

WALK ON THE MILD SIDE do do do –   March 6, 2024 - For  people with low and high…

8 months ago

Life Without TikTok

INDIA BLOCKS TikTok – March 15, 2024 - What happened when the world’s most populous nation turned off TikTok. In…

8 months ago

What I Have Learned Through Childhood Trauma

THIS TOO SHALL PASS – March 2024 - I will never say that my trauma in childhood was a positive…

8 months ago

Daughter Says State Should be Accountable for Father’s Death

VIDEO – REHABS OR GOLD RUSH – March 13, 2024 - I’m an only child, he only had me and…

8 months ago

How Water in Can Became a Billion-Dollar Business

THIRSTY ... FOR CASH –   March 16, 2024 - In other words, the branding is one of the main…

8 months ago

“The Good Boss” Helps People Break Cycle of Homelessness and Addiction

VIDEO – THE GOOD NEWS BOSS –   March 8, 2024 - Victor Oliveira will be the first to tell…

8 months ago

“It is okay to be different” Says City Council member Alice Woods

VIDEO – EXPERIENCE COUNTS –   March 8, 2024 - Staunton High School gave Alice Woods the platform to speak…

8 months ago

VAN MORRISON – Summertime in England, Moondance Concert

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – Aug. 26, 2018 - Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison Concert  and the great band: Summertime…

8 months ago

Daily Cannabis Users 25% More Apt to Heart Attack

WEEKLY OK? – March 11, 2024 - Given that their findings link cannabis usage to cardiovascular disease, however, the researchers…

8 months ago

RuPaul’s Sobriety Helps Him Stay Grounded

AND RELEVANT –   March 9, 2024 - The Emmy-winning host and executive producer of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and author…

8 months ago

Drunk Woman Mocks Airport Cop’s ‘mediocre $60k Salary’ & Penis Size

VIDEO – PAINFUL – March 16, 2024 - A drunken airline passenger who was barred from a flight for abusing…

8 months ago

The Profound Impact of Alcohol & Drugs on Your Brain

WHAT DAMAGE? – March 10, 2024 - Each of your brain cells has your genetic code stored in long strands…

8 months ago

L.A.’s First Alcohol-Free Cocktail Lounge Serves Sobriety

IN STYLE! – March 8, 2024 - The bar’s lush interior details are exquisitely rendered and yet the old bones…

8 months ago

With 7 Short Words at the Oscars – Robert Downey Jr. Just Taught Brilliant Lesson in Success

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES –   March 14, 2024 -  “I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and…

8 months ago

Walk-in Suboxone, Sublocade, and Vivitrol Treatment Clinic Opens

VIDEO – STEP RIGHT UP – March 11, 2024 - “People are dying,” said Dr. Elena Yanchar, chief of psychiatry…

8 months ago

Dean McDermott Reveals He Became Drug Counselor after Getting Sober

VIDEO – A STAR KEEPS SHINING – March 13, 2024 - McDermott, 57, explains that he “went into treatment and…

8 months ago

THE WAR ON RECOVERY

HOW NUTS IS THIS? – March 5, 2024 -  A yearlong investigation by STAT shows that virtually every sector of…

8 months ago

Kentucky Considers Psychedelics to Treat Opioid Addiction

MY OLD KENTUCKY OM –   March 13, 2024 - Kentucky’s new attorney general, Russell Coleman, has urged a commission…

8 months ago

Gangsters, Money & Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market

GREED and VICIOUSNESS –   March 14, 2024 - It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters:…

8 months ago

Microplastics Found Clogging Human Arteries

LIKE OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS? –   March 9, 2024 - ”It’s extraordinary,” cardiologist Eric Topol, “I’m a cardiologist for…

8 months ago

Quote of the Week – Anne Lamott

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.” – Anne Lamott

8 months ago

Performer says Elton John’s Music Helped Him Stay Sober

VIDEO – YELLOW BRICK CLOUD –   March 5, 2024 - Cridland said he nearly drank himself to death, but…

9 months ago

Oregon Lawmakers Ready to End Decriminalization ‘experiment’

VIDEO – WAR ON DRUG ADDICTS BACK ON –   March 3, 2024 - “About four Oregonians a day are…

9 months ago

Philanthropist’s $5 Million Will Help Fund Addiction Recovery

MAKING A DIFFERENCE – March 6, 2024 - Over the next five years, one recovery program in Indianapolis will be…

9 months ago

The TRUTH About Oscar Winner Robert Downey Jr’s Happy ‘terrible childhood’

VIDEO – ALL IN THE FAMILY – March 11, 2024 - The 58-year-old took home the title of Best Supporting Actor…

9 months ago

Why Recovery Calls On Us To Be Spiritual

FAITH, HOPE AND HIGHER POWER – March 2024 - I’ll admit that the first Al-Anon meeting I attended triggered me.…

9 months ago