Could Ultrasound Help Treat Addiction? AUDIO – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Jan. 17, 2025 - The future of addiction treatment could be in treating the brain itself. A new trial at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is exploring whethe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025
Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female WHY? – Jan. 17, 2025 - Overall cancer rates rising among women under 50, as well as those 50 to 64 years old. These trends represent a marked change for an illness that has long been considered a disease of agi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerJan 28 2025
U.S. Gives $590 Million to Moderna Pharmaceutical to Speed Up Bird Flu Vaccine THIS IS HOW IT WORKS – Jan. 18, 2025 - The money will go to Moderna, the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company that previously developed a COVID-19 vaccine. Since 2023, Moderna has been working to create a... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 28 2025
Millie Mackintosh “I’d get in catfights with women and was in constant fear of being caught drunk on camera.” VIDEO – BETTER DAYS NOW – Jan. 20, 2025 - The former Made In Chelsea star, 35, decided to go sober two and a half years ago after noticing she became an ‘angry’ and ‘nasty’ drunk - and hasn’t looked back since. Sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2025
Florida Dept. of Children & Family Is Failing IT’S FLORIDA JAKE – Jan. 22, 2025 - Unfortunately, inaccurate and incomplete information is what Floridians have come to expect from the state’s social service agency. Abused children and senior citizens, overc... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 28 2025Mental HealthTrauma
Showcasing ART Done by People in Recovery ONE BRUSH STROKE AT A TIME – JAN. 22, 2025 - A picture is worth a thousand words, but for those battling addiction, a brush and canvas can say so much more. The Allen County Treatment Court, Lighthouse Peer Sup... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Stolen Sobriety VIDEO – ON THE CASE – Jan. 21, 2025 - I wish I knew how to help some of these people. If a person is working hard to stay sober, the last thing they need is more obstacles and more stress. It must be confusing for ca... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsobriety
Notorious Pill Mill Doctor Dead, But No One Mourns The Wicked VIDEO – DEATH HAS NO MERCY – Jan. 22, 2025 - Gayden, a disgraced former doctor, prescribed more oxycodone in six months from his beachside office than the entire state of California before his world came crashing dow... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025
Staff at Scientology Rehab Blows Whistle on Dodgy Labour Practices DOGGY STYLE – Jan. 22, 2025 - Beyond the gilded gates that lead to the pristine grounds of the Narconon Africa Rehabilitation Centre in Rustenburg, North West, an unsuspecting observer would not anticipate that... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025RecoveryRehab
Do Overdose Prevention Centers Work? TIME WILL TELL – Jan. 2025 - An overdose prevention center opening its doors this month in Providence, Rhode Island could offer important insights into how these centers might reduce the harms of opioid addicti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 28 2025Overdose
Swiss Rehab Offering Guarantee CELEBRATING 2025! – Jan. 21, 2025 - Neoviva, a leading luxury rehab centre launches Switzerland’s first and only assurance programme in addiction treatment. With a structured and tailored approach, Neoviva’s pr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The Gold Standard in Alcoholism Treatment VIDEO – NALTREXONE COMMERCIAL – Jan. 23, 2025 - Volpicelli said he thinks Naltrexone is the gold standard for medications to treat AUD, having been around for 30 years and proven to be safe and effective. Markers in ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 28 2025RecoveryRehab
Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – Today - Live in Antibes, July 24-25, 1965.- “All I want is equality for my sister, my brother, my people, and me.” This is brilliant, universal, and timeless. - She had the ner... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerJan 28 2025
Kelly Ripa Shares Post-Sobriety Weight-Gain IT HAPPENS, SOMETIMES – Jan. 22, 2025 - Ripa, 54, opened up about the subject during the episode of Live With Kelly and Mark while speaking with guest co-host Andy Cohen, who was filling in for Ripa’s husband, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2025
Person of the Week: Stevie Mack STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Jan. 28, 2025 - Stevie Mack is multi-talented, and his comedy includes song, dance, audience participation and magic. He is the Host of The Stevie Mack Show and is the official Comedy ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewJan 28 2025
Philadelphia Offers Treatment Instead of Jail ADDICTION IS A PRISON – Jan. 22, 2025 - Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order introducing what she calls “Wellness Court.” The City of Philadelphia is launching a new program in the Kensington neighborhood ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sackler Family to Pay $7.4 Billion for Addicting Americans VIDEO – January 23, 2025 - Purdue, under the leadership of the Sackler families, invented, manufactured and aggressively marketed opioid products for decades. States and cities across the country said it fueled waves... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
For What It’s Worth (57 Years Ago) – Buffalo Springfield VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – TODAY - 70,587,708 views since Aug 26, 2010. There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clearThere’s a man with a gun over thereTelling me I got to beware I thi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerJan 28 2025
Face Moisturizer Sold at Sephora & Amazon Recalled TURN THE OTHER CHEEK? – Jan. 23, 2025 - Before slathering on your moisturizer, you might want to take a second to check the jar. First Aid Beauty recently voluntarily ordered back more than 2,700 pots of its... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025Trauma
Jeff Hardy Hopes His Memoir Can Help Others With Their Addictions UP FOR THE COUNT – Jan. 16, 2025 - On his hopes for the memoir: “I can help people through being public and pretty much outgoing about what I’ve been through. I’m like a lot of people out there in the world, ju... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 28 2025
Scott Oake Lost His Son – Maybe His Advocacy Can Spare Others AUDIO – SYMPATHY OF THE HEART – Jan. 21, 2025 - Scott Oake spent many hours working off the side of his desk trying to secure addictions support for his son. A longtime broadcaster with Hockey Night in Canada and CBC... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Walgreen’s Internal Emails Revealed VIDEO – GREED KILLS – Jan. 23, 2025 - Walgreens’ senior managers ignored staff concerns and urged them to keep working with “pill mill” doctors over-prescribing opioid drugs, emails uncovered by the Justice Dep... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025
Spravato Nasal Spray Approved for Major Depressive Disorder NEW NOSE CANDY – Jan. 23, 2025 - Regulators based their approval on the data culled from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Results showed the drug offered quick relief and much better efficacy tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025
Trump Falsely Triples Number of Reported Overdose Deaths STILL TOO MANY – Jan. 23, 2025 - “They’re killing our people. They’re killing 250,000, 300,000 American people a year, not 100, like has been reported for 15 years. It’s probably 300,000.” Trump often exaggerat... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025Overdose
Beer Glasses of Cocaine Were Going for $5 as Island Paradise Became Addicted to Drugs HEAVEN TO HELL – Jan. 22, 2025 - Telmo Mineiro, a fisherman from São Miguel, takes a heavy drag on his cigarette and points to where he found a brick of uncut cocaine on the shore. “We were hunting for sea urch... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025War On Drugs
Quote of the Day – Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde “We ask you Holy One to turn our hearts from senseless violence and lead us in the ways of peace.” – Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025quote of the week
Carolyn Wiger Is Open About Her Addiction Recovery PERFECT SPOKESWOMAN – Jan. 9, 2025 - After sleeping in the jungle for 26 days, Carolyn Wiger, 37, is more than ready to take on The Traitors. “I do think I need to calm down a little bit, but I really don’t wan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJan 21 2025
Startling Levels of Ultra Processed Foods at Walmart, Target & Whole Foods TASTE OF CANCER? – Jan. 17, 2025 - Using an algorithm, the team evaluated store products and assigned scores based on their degree of processing. They also examined various food categories to compare product options ... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionJan 21 2025
Heavy Metals Found In Top-Selling Protein Powder Brands METALLICA BACK ON TOP? – Jan. 16, 2025 - Plant-based protein powders showed three times more lead and five times more cadmium than whey-based alternatives. Even the flavours of the products matter in this analysis. T... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addictionJan 21 2025
Eating Red Meat Increases Cognitive Decline STAY SAFE – Jan. 15, 2025 - Eating greater amounts of red meat -- especially processed bacon, sausage and bologna -- increases the likelihood of cognitive decline and dementia. The high saturated fat content in... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionJan 21 2025life expectancy