Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

New Hampshire: The Opioid Crisis Gets Worse

AUDIO – NO END IN SIGHT? – Aug. 9, 2023 - These numbers represent, as you know, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, friends, brothers, sisters,” he said. “And these numbers have names and faces.” After a few years o... Read More...

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Only 1 in 5 People Get Opioid Addiction Meds

WHY IS THIS? – Aug. 7, 2023 - “Failing to use safe and lifesaving medications is devastating for people denied evidence-based care,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whic... Read More...

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From Drug Addict to Defense Attorney

VIDEO – LAW OF ATTRACTION, NOT PROMOTION – Aug. 10, 2023 - Fortunately, Gad’s case caught the attention of attorney Kathleen Zellner, who is well-known for her work on wrongful conviction cases. She found Gad’s sto... Read More...

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I Had to Get Dental Implants – Now There’s No Room for my Tongue

NOTHING TO LAUGH ABOUT – Aug. 10, 2023 - But as the youngster recently revealed to her 2.9 million fans on TikTok, the journey hasn’t been the smoothest – and one of her temporary tooth fixes is just proof. ... Read More...

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‘Sober Life Is So Much Better’

YES, WE AGREE – Aug, 9, 2023 - Owen continued, “Trust me, there’s someone reading this that I affected in my days of being an idiot and I can never take that back … I said things I shouldn’t, as well as did things I... Read More...

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Julia Cameron on Learning to Write Sober

WORDS OF LOVE – Aug. 11, 2023 - “Just try it and see.” I was not at all sure that God would want to write through me. And wasn’t it only normal to want to be a great writer? “In order to write sober, you have to l... Read More...

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Dunkin’ Spiked Coffee and Tea Are Coming Soon

BEWARE OF COPS – Aug. 10, 2023 - According to VinePair, the malt-based drinks are to be produced in collaboration with Harpoon Brewery. The two Boston-area brands originally paired up in 2018 to release season... Read More...

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Ric Flair Recalls His Wild Stories From Rehab

WRESTLING WITH DEMONS – Aug. 11, 2023 - So my roommate’s a doctor from Ft. Lauderdale that is there for digesting crystal meth anally,” Flair said. “That’s one roommate. Now what’s that got to do with me drink... Read More...

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Lil Tay, Teen Influencer, Has Died? NO SHE DIDN’T!!!

MYSTERIOUS DEATH – Aug. 9, 2023 - In a phone interview with The Daily Beast alongside her mother, Angela Tian, Lil Tay said, “Right now I’m in a bad situation and I don’t want to talk about these things,” adding that... Read More...

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Psychedelic Decriminalization

PLANT MEDICINE – July 14, 2023 - “We are excited for Berkeley to join Oakland, San Francisco, and 16 other cities and counties nationwide,” said Larry Norris, PhD, Cofounder of Decriminalize Nature National and Decri... Read More...

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I Was Sober for 10 Years—But a Psychedelic Medicine Changed My Life

AUDIO – IN WHAT WAY – Aug. 10, 2023 - The plant-based medicine is largely illegal in the United States—except for a few cities where it has been decriminalized—and in the United Kingdom, but is legal in Mexico, Costa... Read More...

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Doctor Has More Compassion after his Opioid Addiction

CRAWLING IN THEIR SHOES – August 9, 2023 - The state police and the DEA had recently raided my office. I had been charged, booked, fingerprinted, and the medical board had stripped away my hard-won license to practic... Read More...

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Milwaukee: Drunkest City in America

VIDEO – L’Chaim – Aug. 10, 2023 - InsiderMonkey notes Wisconsin has one of the lowest alcohol tax rates in the country, leading to lower retail and wholesale prices. Some of the drunkest counties in the cou... Read More...

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U.S.A. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022

LISTEN BETTER – Aug. 11, 2023 - A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that the nation’s overall gun suicide rate rose last year to an all-time high. For the first time, th... Read More...

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Former Heroin Addict Dives Into How He Overcame Deadly Habit

VIDEO – WORTH WATCHING – Aug. 10, 2023 - A former heroin addict has opened up about his struggles with addiction and how he got his life back on track. “What people don’t understand about the physical nature of ... Read More...

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‘Painkiller’ on Netflix: Superb Film Feels Painfully Real

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – August 9,2023 - The cast is strong. Matthew Broderick might be one of Hollywood’s most likeable characters, but he delivers a standout, chilling turn as hypercapitalist murderous real... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Franz Kafka

“Literature is the axe that breaks up the frozen sea within us.” – Franz Kafka, b. 1883 - d. 1924 ... Read More...

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Netflix’s OxyContin drama ‘Painkiller’ is just painful

THE PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY – August 10, 2023 - We’ve heard this story before. And we’ve heard it better. That’s really the only reaction you might have after watching Netflix’s limited series “Painkiller,”&n... Read More...

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Jerry Garcia Gone 28 Years Today

AUDIO – AND THE BAND PLAYED ON – Aug. 8, 2023 - Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942 and died on August 9, 1995 at the age of 53. Each year, the “Days Between” Garcia’s birthday and the a... Read More...

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New Netflix Series About Philanthropic Drug Pushers

THE FAMILY MADE $35 BILLION – July 28, 2023 - Court filings show that Purdue, owned by the Sackler family, earned more than $35 billion from the sales of OxyContin, which was approved by the FDA in 1995. Th... Read More...

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Mathew Broderick, aka Ferris Bueller, Portrays Murderer Richard Sackler

CHANNELING A QUIET KILLER – Aug. 4, 2023 - Based on work by investigative journalists Barry Meier and Patrick Radden Keefe, Painkiller is a coarse-grained social epic, angry and impassioned, intent on covering ... Read More...

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Long Lines at Lollapalooza for Naloxone

VIDEO – BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY – Aug. 4, 2023 - CHICAGO - Some of the long lines at Lollapalooza are not for t-shirts or food. They are for naloxone. It’s the first year the overdose reversal drug is being passe... Read More...

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More People Are Replacing Booze with Ketamine

AUDIO – WHATEVER WORKS – July 28, 2023 - When a federal judge declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) illegal, suspending applications for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. and w... Read More...

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Student Recovery Program Seeks More Participants

GRADUATE OF SOBER LIFE – Aug. 2, 2023 - Ethan Laugen, 24, is set to graduate from Augsburg and StepUP next year. When he first started at the nearby University of Minnesota, he said he considered drinking and partyin... Read More...

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Does Drinking Raise Blood Pressure?

SO WILL STRESS – July 31, 2023 - Even in adults without hypertension, blood pressure readings may climb more steeply over the years as the number of daily alcoholic drinks rise, according to an analysis ... Read More...

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Tough as a Mother Launches

GAIA FOREVER! – July 24, 2023 - According to Obstetrics and Gynecology: February 2022, pregnancy-associated drug-related deaths increased by 190% between 2010 and 2019. Additionally, data from the Adoption and... Read More...

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Jamie Otis’s Heartfelt Post About Husband’s Addiction

VIDEO – ALL CAN BE FORGIVEN – July 28, 2023 - Otis revealed that she always suspected Hehner was “hiding something.” “I didn’t know exactly what though,” she admitted. “I remember a time during the holidays that... Read More...

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Institute Helps Thousands Recover From Addiction

LOVE AND HARD WORK – July 31, 2023 - Ana Carr has also called the streets home for three years. She said, “I feel like everyone could be one step away from where we’re at.” Rubio knows this life all too well. He s... Read More...

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Woman Travels to Country Music Fest to Celebrate 30 Months Sober

GOING TO ANY LENGTH – Aug. 4, 2023 - Bolos traveled 20 hours from Upstate New York with her best friend and two dogs. Every month she celebrates her sobriety by treating herself to something. One time it... Read More...

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You Want to Start Microdosing Ketamine?

AT WHAT RISK? – Aug. 4, 2023 - If you snort ketamine often, you might damage your nostrils – which can also be permanent. This looks like nose bleeds, a reduced sense of smell, difficulty swallowing, a hoarse ... Read More...

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