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20 Thoughts From 20 Years of Sobriety

AUDIO – ONE THOUGHT YEAR – July 4, 2023 - I spent five or six days in the hospital and…

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Man Shares on Recovering From Pill Addiction

VIDEO – RECOVERY IS NOT ACCIDENTAL –   July 3, 2023 - Franks said he went to an outpatient recovery…

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Recovery Program Finally Introduced to Female Inmates

IT’S ABOUT TIME –   July 8, 2023 - The lesson on this day is on “changing your way of…

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“I Overdosed & Almost Died”: Tatum O’Neal

COMEBACK KID – July 5, 2023 - “I almost died,” she told People. Over the three years since that May…

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Disgraced Influencer Caroline Calloway on Sobriety

DIFFERENT STROKES... –   July 6, 2023 - This was the end of 2018. I was really in a pickle.…

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Ron DeSantis Launches Anti-Marijuana Crusade

ARREST CHEECH and CHONG – July 4, 2023 - At the same time, DeSantis also took action against hemp. He…

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RFK Jr. Pledges To Legalize Marijuana And Psychedelics

STAY OUT OF DALLAS – June 29, 2023 - He also expressed his intent to federally tax both substances and…

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Getting The Smell of Marijuana Out of Your Home

SEND THE CHILDREN TO BOARDING SCHOOL –   July 6, 2023 - The scent of marijuana tends to be strongest…

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Profiteering From Addiction Treatment

WORKING THE SYSTEM – July 4, 2023 - n three years, Kingsway made millions of dollars off the backs of…

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Logan Paul’s Energy Drink Has the Caffeine of 6 Cans of Coke

BUT IN ONLY ONE BOTTLE – July 9, 2023 - Company representatives, meanwhile, have defended the product as clearly labeled…

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Robert Downey Jr.’s Painful Remarks About His Prison Time

MORE THAN ZERO – 2023 - The “Oppenheimer” actor achieved sobriety in 2003 and hasn’t looked back since. His motivation…

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Actor Danny Trejo Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

IS THE DOG FOR SALE? –   July 8, 2023 - Danny Trejo has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy…

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Hulk Hogan on Losing 40 Pounds

VIDEO – GROWING UP GROWING SLIM –   July 6, 2023 - It also used to be that the Hulkster…

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Bradley Cooper Reflects On 19-Year Sobriety Journey

VIDEO – A STAR WAS REBORN – July 7, 2023 - Bradley Cooper played Phil in the famous ‘The Hangover’…

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The War on Drugs Has Failed! It’s Time to Decriminalize

AUDIO – NIXON WAS THE CRIMINAL – July 7, 2023 - Scottish ministers want to reform drug laws to enable…

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Israeli Scientists Can Activate Brain Cells To Inhibit Drug Addiction

BUZZ KILLERS? –   July 6, 2023 - In a study that could have significant implications for addressing the opioid…

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Dominic Fike: ‘I Was So F—ed Up While Shooting Euphoria. It Was Really Bad’

VIDEO – A METHOD ACTOR –   July 7, 2023 - He was cast as Elliot, a drug user who…

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Quote of the Week – Patricia Highsmith

“Obsessions are the only things that matter.” – Patricia Highsmith, b. 1921 Texas, d. 1995 Switzerland

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Childless Women 35 and Over Are Binge Drinking More

LOOKING FOR LOVE? – June 26, 2023 - In the surveys, the participants listed their parental status, age of first-time…

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Is It Time for Prince Harry to Get Over His Addiction to Trauma?

THE MYTH OF NORMAL –   June 26, 2023 - Last week, Bloomberg reported that, before Harry and Meghan’s $20…

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‘The 13th Step’ Podcast

AUDIO – DO NO HARM – June 25, 2023 - Now for a story from New Hampshire with many twists…

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Beating Crack Cocaine as Mother

VIDEO – REMEMBER THIS DAY? –   June 30, 2023 - It was not always a smooth path, however, and…

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Walmart Sells Children’s Book that Promotes Alcoholism in Parents

VIDEO – BUT NOT IN CHILDREN –   June 19, 2023 - Ashli told the viewers in the caption of…

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I Drank to Escape, so to Quit I Saw Sobriety as an Adventure

THIS METHOD CAN WORK –   June 27, 2023 - He smiled. “Think about quitting drinking as a travel adventure.…

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Taylor “Machine Gun” Duerr’s Struggles with Recovery in New Documentary

VIDEO – STAYING IN THE RING, NO MATTER WHAT – June 25, 2023 - “Addiction affects all members of a…

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Once Resistant Court Officials Embrace Drugs to Treat Addiction

LET THEM EAT LIFE –   June 28, 2023 - The relative unavailability in rural areas of medication treatment is…

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Can Facebook Predict Addiction Treatment Dropouts?

AND SO MUCH LESS –   June 24, 2023 - To improve treatment effectiveness, researchers are exploring ways to identify…

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A Symbol of What Humans Shouldn’t Be Doing

CAN YOU WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THIS? – June 25, 2023 - A handful of the octopuses – the fifth…

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Oregon Built New Addiction Treatment System—Does It Work?

AUDIO – IT’S COMPLICATED – June 17, 2023 - Earlier that morning, he had walked out of Umatilla County jail,…

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Your Past Doesn’t Define Your Future

VIDEO – SOBRIETY LENGTHENS LIFE – June 28, 2023 - West Virginia woman HIGH on Hope on WSAZ TV. WATCH@WSAZ

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