Relapse Prevention: Recognize the Signs STAY AWAKE – Jan. 13, 2026 - If you’re supporting someone in their journey to recovery, help them stay sober by recognizing triggers, risks and signs they may return to use. “It’s common for people to return to us... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 27 2026RecoveryRehabrelapse
Officials Considering Program to Help People Get Into Stable Sober Housing EVERYONE NEEDS A FRIENDLY HOME – Jan. 13, 2026 - After a push by an Albuquerque city councilor to get more housing for people recovering from drug addiction, the city is considering starting up a more-than $1 m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Fivio Foreign: Sobriety Made Him Realize How Much Time He Wasted ‘Being Smacked’ STONED NO MORE – Jan. 14, 2026 - Becoming sober has changed Fivio Foreign’s life for the better. In late December, the rapper and producer announced that he planned to enter rehab, saying he wanted to “stop making a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026sobriety
Science Says Different Psychiatric Disorders May Have SAME CAUSE NOW WHAT? – Jan. 16, 2026 - A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients, finding that many conditions involve similar genes and m... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026Mental Health
’Shrooms Lead the Pack in Psychedelic Medicine TIMOTHY LEARY’S DEAD? – Jan. 13, 2026 - In the billion-dollar race to commercialize psychedelic medicine, psilocybin, a naturally occurring hallucinogen better known as magic mushrooms, or “shrooms,” has decisively p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 27 2026Psychedelics
CDC Is Funding Deadly Studies on Babies SAVE THE CHILDREN – Jan. 15, 2026 - The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies. “We are allowing children, infants, to be exposed to Hepatitis B when we could prevent it, and then follow them ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 27 2026life expectancyTrauma
Natasha Lyonne Reveals Relapse After Nearly 10 Years KEPT COMING BACK – Jan. 24, 2026 - “Took my relapse public, more to come,” Lyonne, 46, wrote via X on Friday, January 23, shortly before responding to a fan sending the actress support in the comments ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 27 2026RecoveryRehabrelapse
Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Victoria Allegedly Pregnant Before Overdose Death UNBEARABLY SAD – Jan. 21, 2026 - Another detail has come to light in the tragic death of Victoria Jones on New Year’s Day. The daughter of Hollywood star Tommy Lee Jones was found dead in a San Francisco hotel room o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 27 2026Trauma
Are Americans Sobering Up? LITTLE BY LITTLE – Jan. 12, 2026 - New data indicate that alcohol consumption among adults in the United States has begun relatively rapidly declining in the past 2 to 3 years. Additional surveillance is needed to de... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026sobriety
US Overdose Deaths Fell in 2025 THANK GOD – Jan. 14, 2026 - U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 27 2026OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Oscar Nominations 2026: ‘Sinners’ Dominates With 16 Nods IT’S AWARDS SEASON – Jan. 22, 2026 - “Sinners,” a bold and bloody vampire saga set in the American South, earned a record-breaking 16 nominations. It was followed closely by “One Battle After Anothe,” a searing exami... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026netflix
Quote of the Week – Albert Einstein “Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap.” – Albert Einstein, 1879–1955 ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 27 2026quote of the week
Author Joey McCollum Releases New Book on Addiction and Recovery WELL DONE! – Jan. 9, 2025 - In a world where addiction affects millions of individuals and families, author and speaker Joey McCollum offers a message of clarity, honesty, and hope in his new book, I Don’t Do That An... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 20 2026
Meth Inflames and Stimulates Your Brain INSANE – JAN. 9, 2026 - Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanism... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 20 2026meth
‘A full-circle moment’: A Mother’s Addiction Journey DEAREST MOMMY – Jan. 9, 2026 - Stephanie Boyle will soon return to the addiction recovery center from which she received treatment more than three years ago. This time, she won’t go there as a patient. She was ref... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 20 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Dave Hughes on Being Sober for 33 Years VIDEO – NOT ALWAYS EASY – Jan, 10, 2026 - Dave Hughes has one of the most recognisable voices in the Australian entertainment industry, and has been making people laugh through his stand-up career, radio shows ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 20 2026
Why some people can’t stay away from alcohol – even when they know it’s hurting them GREAT ARTICLE – JAN. 9, 2026 - Describing his time drinking as 10 years of fun, then 10 years of fun with negative consequences and another 10 years of only negative consequences, Knowles has investigated alcohol’s a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 20 2026
Doctor Accused of Writing 50 Scripts a Day IT TAKES ALL KINDS – Jan. 8, 2026 - A Hudson County doctor was indicted on 58 counts including charges of exchanging opioids for sexual favors, medical fraud and running a drug-involved premises, federal prosecutors ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 20 2026
Report Shows Pennsylvania Overdose Program REVERSED 9000 Overdoses GO JOSH SHAPIRO – Jan. 8, 2026 - The program is run by the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs and focused on preventing fatal overdoses in PA. It does this by distributing supplies to local organizations, provid... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 20 2026Overdose
Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic | Faith in Culture VIDEO – JESUS SAVES – Jan. 7, 2026 - In this episode of Faith in Culture, host Tre Goins-Phillips sits down with author Jon Seidl to discuss his powerful new book, Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic. Jon opens up a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 20 2026
Should NHS Use Magic Mushrooms to Treat Depression? SHOULD YOU? – Jan. 2, 2026 - Larissa Hope believes psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, helped her through a difficult mental health condition. Back when she was 17 and starting out as an actress,... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJan 20 2026Psychedelics
Leading Overdose Killer is Cocaine. How do we treat it? COKE IS BACK – Jan. 6, 2026 - For the first time in decades, cocaine is killing more people in Cuyahoga County than opioids – including fentanyl – and the drug is going to require a different type of treatment and pr... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 20 2026Overdose
Exercise As Effective as Medication for Treating Depression AUDIO – WALK THE WALK – Jan. 12, 2026 - If you feel a lift after exercise, you’re in good company. Movement can boost mood, and according to the results of a new study, it can also help relieve symptoms of depression... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJan 20 2026life expectancyMental Health
Ultra-processed Foods Addictive for Some People VIDEO – AND THEN YOU DIE – Jan. 9, 2026 - A new study shows ultra-processed foods can trigger brain patterns similar to those seen in drug addiction for some people... See Website ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionJan 20 2026
Lulu Revealing Alcoholism Battle and Fears VIDEO – NO RELAPSES – Jan. 13, 2026 - Singer Lulu has opened up on whether she fears that she will relapse after publicly revealing her battle with alcoholism. The Scottish singer, 76, previously told The Times th... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 20 2026
I Lost 7 lb. after 2 weeks in Sugar ‘rehab’ KIT KAT CLUB? – Jan. 12, 2026 - One night last spring I lay in bed with my heart pounding and my hands shaking. I’d eaten a huge bar of chocolate and my body was in revolt. This was crazy. I simply had to stop. I kne... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionJan 20 2026
Lady Gaga – Mayhem Requiem by Jenner Anderson Lady Gaga: One Night Only. – January 15, 2026 - I’m so glad that I willingly provided my credit card information without a second thought to an unexpected email from Lady Gaga two days before the show. I had no idea... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietygrammy winnerJan 20 2026
Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On / What’s Happening Brother” VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 29 Million Views - In honor of Martin Luther Kind Day. Jan. 19th. This live performance comes from the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, “Save The Children” with James Jamerson on bass. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerJan 20 2026
Person of the Week: Ron Prosky STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – January 20, 2026 – I am a true believer in trying to make the world a better place. Give more than you take. Remember the less fortunate. And there but for the grace of God go I… Q. If yo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewJan 20 2026RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Judas Priest Vocalist Marks 40 Years of Staying Sober FOR THE LONG HAUL – Jan. 9, 2026 - Being sober after years of addiction is something to celebrate, and Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford is patting himself on the back for making it through 40 years of sobriety. I... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 20 2026sobriety