Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Famed Mommy Blogger Heather Armstrong, Suicide At 47

SADLY, AN OBITUARY – May 10, 2023 - Armstrong, who had two children with her former husband and business partner, Jon Armstrong, began Dooce in 2001 and built it into a lucrative career. She was one of the firs... Read More...

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Netflix Tackles Opioid Crisis with Painkiller

THANK YOU NETFLIX – May 8, 2023 - Based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker article “The Family That Build an Empire of Pain,” and Barry Meier’s book, Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America... Read More...

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Mayim Bialik Dreams Up ‘Call Me Kat’ Ending Where Leslie Jordan’s ‘Phil Lives On Forever’

VIDEO – LESLIE CROSSING THE JORDAN – May 10, 2023 - Bialik offered up how she thinks the show wrapped up. “Decide the ending you want, but for me, here’s where I think we all end up: Kat and Max live happily ever ... Read More...

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Reflections On a Life of Drinking

...“MY SECOND LIVER TRANSPLANT” – May 5, 2023 - Jaundice turns your skin yellow. Also the whites of your eyes. Swollen ankles and midriff fluid – edema and ascites, I would learn to call them – are other outwar... Read More...

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St. Louis DEA Seizes 1,300,000 Fentanyl Pills

VIDEO – PEOPLE MUST REALLY LOVE THIS DRUG – May 9, 2023 - ST. LOUIS — A year-long operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) put thousands of accused drug dealers behind bars. The DEA St. Louis Divisio... Read More...

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‘Picture Proof,’ Doc Tells Story of Addiction

DOCUMENTARY FILMS RULE – May 9, 2023 - “Picture Proof” follows the daily lives of a West Virginia family, Ashley Ellis, her daughter, Piper, and her mother, Debi. Ashley Ellis was the victim of substance use disorder... Read More...

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Tom Holland Reveals Struggle With Sobriety and Healthy Mental Health

THE MYTH OF NORMAL – May 10, 2023 - “I’m no stranger to the physical aspects of the job doing the whole action-movie thing,” Holland said. “But the mental aspect, it really beat me up and it took a long time f... Read More...

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Matt Willis Did ‘6 Grams’ of Coke Every Day After Band’s Reunion

AND LIVED TO QUIT – May 9, 2023 - Willis said he was then offered cocaine backstage at a gig, which led to him relapsing. He said: “Within a month I was doing six grams, bang, bang, bang, on my own, every f*... Read More...

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Please, Robert Downey Jr., Do Comedies Again!

LAUGHTER IS CARBONATED GOD – May 9, 2023 - Some actors are chameleons. Some have a style. Downey Jr. epitomizes both lines of thought. He’s a chameleon operating within a recognizable batch of characteristics. ... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Anais Nin

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais NinFeb. 21, 1903, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – Jan. 14, 1977, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA ... Read More...

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Police Find Remains of Beau Mann, Sober Grid App Founder, Missing Since Nov. 2021

HORRIBLE DISCOVERY – May 9, 2023 - The remains of a Los Angeles tech CEO who has been missing for more than a year were found in Santa Monica. Beau Mann, who was last seen a few days after Thanksgiv... Read More...

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DEA May Limit Access to Buprenorphine

REALLY? – May 2, 2023 - Since 2020, the federal government allowed telehealth providers to prescribe the medication without a medical visit to ensure people could still get it during lockdowns and reduce exposu... Read More...

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Documenting Sobriety Can Restore Relationships

100% PROOF – May 1, 2023 - By sharing the moving stories of Soberlink clients who have successfully rebuilt their lives and relationships, the “Proof is Powerful” initiative brings attention to the significance of t... Read More...

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‘Yellowstone’ Star was in Debt Amid Drug Addiction: ‘I had no clothes, I had no money’

$400,000 in DEBT – May 7, 2023 - “I lost everything in the fire. I had no car, I had no clothes, I had no money — I was $400,000 in debt,” Bentley recalled. After moving to Hollywood, The Hunger Games star s... Read More...

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Teenagers Devise Alexa Skill For Those Struggling With Alcohol Addiction

TECH TO THE RESCUE – May 2, 2023 - After starting to code at the age of nine, Eleora proposed an Alexa skillcalled ‘Sober Tracker’ to help those struggling with alcohol addiction and substance abuse after being inspi... Read More...

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Fentanyl Strikes Again: Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Died From OD

PRINCE, TOM PETTY, MAC MILLER – MAY 2, 2023 - His bandmates first said they thought he died after accidentally falling and hitting his head, although, at the time, our law enforcement sources told us it was more myst... Read More...

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I used to drink heavily and got sick all the time. I got sober last year and haven’t gotten sick once.

SHE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE – May 2, 2023 - Instead, for me, the social implications of quitting alcohol proved most difficult. I had always leaned on alcohol as a crutch for my social anxiety, so I avoided large social g... Read More...

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Meditating On The Road To Recovery

FROM CHEAP DIVE, DEEP DIVE – May 4, 2023 - He found that “it was a really difficult thing to find people to connect with in recovery and sobriety in Northwest Ohio. I was always just a little bit different … There wa... Read More...

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Can Cannabis Aid Addiction Recovery?

GOD, GRANT ME THE IRONY... – May 4, 2023 - When I decided to quit drinking alcohol because it was spiraling my life out of control, weed was never something I had questioned to quit as well,” Katie shared, “Alc... Read More...

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People With Anxiety and Mood Disorders More Likely To Become Problem Drinkers

NOT IF THEY SMOKE POT – May 3, 2023 - “Our findings show that on a drink-for-drink basis, those with anxiety and depression experience more symptoms related to alcohol use disorder. If addiction were a competition, t... Read More...

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Recovering Addicts Turn To Science to Map the Effects of Meth

CAN BRAINS BOUNCE BACK? – May 5, 2023 - New Zealanders are some of the world’s biggest meth takers: wastewater testing has placed it in the top four consumers worldwide. The country’s physical isolation – 4,000... Read More...

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Ellsworth Acres Helps Women Recovering Through Agriculture

GROWING NEW LIVES – May 5, 2023 - Erin Helms started Ellsworth Acres when she noticed that addiction recovery services did not address the person as a whole. She was working as a counselor at a treatment center in Oh... Read More...

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Drinking While Working at Home

NAPPING ANYTIME – May 5, 2023 - Remote work, for some people, is accompanied by a substantial increase in alcohol consumption. During the COVID pandemic, more than a third of Americans reported consuming more alcohol... Read More...

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Sobering Facts—Doctors Talk Addiction

FRIGHTENING – May 2, 2023 - The leading medical professionals discussed treatment, including medication and long-term recovery with members of the Kittitas County recovery community and others looking for clari... Read More...

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Hooked on Fentanyl: Man Shares Journey to Sobriety

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE – May 3, 2023 - From the couch of his addiction treatment center, 49-year-old Michael Padrta is hopeful to finally be on a new path after almost 40 years of drug use and two stints in pri... Read More...

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16 Celebs Who Opened Up About Getting Sober

MODERN ROLE MODELS – May 5, 2023 - Though some, like Ben Affleck and Demi Lovato, experienced highly publicized setbacks, their slip-ups haven’t stopped them from resiliently pursuing sobriety. Others faced add... Read More...

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Nun Remembered as “Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous”

A REAL HIGHER POWER – March 4, 2023 - At the time, alcoholism was not treated as a medical condition. The patient had been brought to her by Dr. Bob Smith, a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous who was working at S... Read More...

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How the FDA Helped Fuel the Opioid Epidemic

WALL STRET JOURNAL: OPINION – May 2, 2023 - At an April Senate subcommittee hearing, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf blamed the pharmaceutical industry for a lack of nonaddictive nonopioid pai... Read More...

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‘El Chapo’ Sons Smuggling Cheap Fentanyl Into US

IT’S A LIVING ... FROM DYING – May 2, 2023 - Synthetic opioids ‒ mostly fentanyl ‒ now kill more Americans every year than the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined, feeding an argument among some politic... Read More...

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Not Treating Addicts in Criminal Justice Settings Violates 4 Ethical Principles

THE AMERICAN WAY? – May 4, 2023 - Unfortunately, our medical system in the United States is violating all four of those principles by not routinely treating substance use disorders in the criminal justice syste... Read More...

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