Junkies Don’t Exist PERSONAL ESSAY – Jan. 25, 2024 - I’ll never forget the time a relative casually called me a “junkie,” as I organised my collection of drugstore makeup and fancy soaps on my bathroom countertop. This particular... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJan 30 2024
Hunter Mayhew Dedicated to Helping People Defeat Addiction DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT – Jan. 25, 2024 - Daniel Hand High School graduate Joe Deane lost his life due to fentanyl poisoning in 2018 after numerous attempts to shake his addiction and get his promising future ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 30 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Recovery Cafe Helping People Overcome VIDEO – MORE THAN COFFEE – Jan. 24, 2024 - Accepted. Loved. Worthy. Those are the feelings tied to the mission of the Recovery Cafe. A vision spread around the country to help people battle their inner demons an... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 30 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Did Popular 1892 Sedative Lead to Death of Alice O’Riley? THE ’90s WERE DANGEROUS – Jan. 24, 2024 - Alice was given a room although it was evident to everyone that she was acting very abnormally. She moved in a slow dreamlike state which no one could attach a reason to unti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 30 2024
Jelly Roll Delivers Powerful Anti-Fentanyl Testimony at Senate Hearing TRUTH TO POWER – Jan. 11, 2024 - Jelly Roll is not shy about his past as a drug dealer. However, just as he transitioned from a life of crime to being a family man, he is transitioning from being part of the problem ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 30 2024
When America First Dropped Acid LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS – Jan. 22, 2024 - “Timothy Leary and the Baby Boomers did not usher in the first psychedelic era,” Benjamin Breen writes in a new book. “They ended it.” One evening in Septe... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 30 2024Psychedelics
Trump White House Pharmacy Handed Out Fentanyl, Ambien and Provigil Like Candy SHOULD HAVE BEEN GUMMIES – Jan. 24, 2024 - White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy to Trump administration officials during his time in office. The document was released on... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 30 2024
Indio Downey Vulnerably Explores Addiction and Newfound Sobriety AUDIO – LIKE FATHER LIKE SON LIKE SON – Jan. 24, 2024 - Indio Downey is an alternative-rock/grunge-punk-lover’s dream. He blends flavors of Nirvana and early Green Day with his own unique, vulnerable sound to creat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 30 2024RecoveryRehab
Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like zombies. Kush—unlike the drug of the same name in the U.S.—is a mixture of several substances, including can... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Exhibit on Addiction At Harvard’s Sackler Museum, Yes, Those Sacklers! AUDIO – IRONIC AND IDIOTIC – Jan. 17, 2024 - As we left the second floor gallery, I looked up at the entrance. Regal silver letters announced it was the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. My stomach churned as I realized th... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Colts Owner Jim Irsay In Suspected Overdose NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Jan. 17, 2024 - He said he’s been to rehab “at least 15 times” and once overdosed while attempting to detox when he mixed multiple drugs. “The doctor goes, ‘Um, Jim, you’re one lucky man ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024Overdose
A New 360-Degree Approach to Addiction WE HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING – Jan. 17, 2024 - Current addiction treatment involves talk therapy, medication, and outside support. Additional strategies can help people who are struggling to overcome their addictio... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Ukrainian Military Experimenting with Ibogaine WAR IS HELL – Jan. 17, 2024 - Ukraine is working with a founder of the Yippie movement to provide ibogaine to soldiers on and off the battlefield. This is possibly the first study to report evidence for a single trea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024Mental HealthPsychedelicsTrauma
Man Finds Sobriety Through Recovery Program VIDEO ONLY – IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – Jan. 16, 2024 - The Salvation Army is working to combat San Francisco’s drug addiction problem with a recovery program. We spoke with one man who turned his life around and foun... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024RecoveryRehab
Understanding the Brain’s Role in Addiction I THINK THEREFORE I USE – Jan. 18, 2024 - The researchers focused on the brain’s reward system, a critical factor in the development of addiction. They discovered that prolonged cocaine use can lead to changes in t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Faith-Based 12-Step Addiction Recovery Workbook Offers Wisdom BOOKS CAN HEAL – Jan. 17, 2024 - HB Publications today announced the release of The Old Testament 12 Step Workbook: A 90 Day Program of Bible-Based Addiction Recovery. Written by Boruch Binyamin, this life-cha... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Disney Star Adam Hicks Pressured to Keep His Addiction ‘Secret’ BAD IDEA? – Jan. 16, 2023 - He struggled for years with substance abuse. He later had a string of headline-making arrests, and was incarcerated for four years. Now six years sober, Hicks is proud to say his addiction... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewJan 23 2024RecoveryRehab
L.A. Musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez Found Dead of Possible Fentanyl Overdose TOO SAD – Jan. 21, 2024 - Jose “Luis” Vasquez, a California musician who found fame with the post-punk project the Soft Moon, and John “Juan” Mendez, a popular Los Angeles DJ who performed as Silent Servant, w... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024Overdose
“Pawn Stars” Rick Harrison Breaks Silence After Son Dies of Overdose at 39 SAD NEWS INDEED – Jan. 20, 2024 - Rick Harrison memorialized his son in a brief Instagram post after his death was reported on Friday. Harrison shared a photo of his son, Adam. KLAS obtained a statement from the Harr... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024Overdose
Hugh Hefner ‘Was so addicted to painkillers and Viagra’ – Friends Feared He Would Die From an Overdose FEELING NO PAIN – Jan. 19, 2024 - A new memoir from his widow Crystal Harris, 37, whom he married in 2012, has revealed that many of Hefner’s family members were concerned about him years earlier. Hef be... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024life expectancyopioids
First Responders Immediately Give Suboxone After Overdoses THIS COULD HELP! – Jan. 18, 2024 - The inability to access medication-assisted treatment is one of the main barriers that prevents people from trying it, Ilg said. At the same time, she explained, people who h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecovery
San Francisco Blows Past Overdose Death Rate In 2023 VIDEO – LIFE ON THE STREETS – Jan. 17, 2024 - San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdoses in 2023, according to preliminary city data published Wednesday, blowing past its 2022 count of 649 as well as 2020... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Super Model Got Hooked On Cocaine and Two Eggs a Week VIDEO – CARRYING THE MESSAGE – Jan. 16, 2024 - Beverly Johnson says she got hooked on drugs in the 1970s after living on a diet of cocaine, a bowl of rice and two eggs a week in an attempt to become stick-thin. The... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024Recovery
New Book Talks About Addiction and Forgiveness VIDEO – THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE – Jan. 11, 2024 - Local author and pastor, Anthony Torres, joined us on our morning show and talked about his new book that breaks the silence of alcoholism. Torres... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024RecoveryRehab
Psychologist Reveals the Most Disturbing Symptoms of Vape Addiction NIC-SICK – Jan. 9, 2024 - According to the American Lung Association vapes and pure liquid nicotine contain higher amounts of nicotine than cigarettes. Those who have nicotine poisoning could be met w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024juulnicotinesmokingVaping
A Metaphysical Memoir of Heroin READING MATTERS – Jan. 8, 2024 - Michael Clune’s White Out is among the most intense and intellectually thrilling books on opiate addiction. Clune was a promising postdoc in English literature, but just ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJan 16 2024
No Longer ‘just say no’. New Approach to Addiction Offers nuance. JUST SAY NOT NOW – Jan. 11, 2024 - Americans may not say it aloud, but drug addiction has long been considered a moral failing. “Just say no,” as Nancy Reagan famously declared during the crack-cocaine e... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024Recovery
What Is ‘California sober?’ NO COKE, NO VODKA, NO ACID – Jan. 12, 2024 - Journalist and author Michelle Lhooq described getting “California sober” by quitting every substance except marijuana and psychedelics in a 2019 Vice article. Tell... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024marijuanaPsychedelicsRecovery
America’s Three Biggest Addictions ROCK PAPER SCISSORS – Jan. 12, 2024 - Experts say the United States has a near-nationwide struggle when it comes to many vices. But the country’s three greatest addictions are varied, with statistics suggesting Ameri... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetJan 16 2024video games
The 3 Pillars of Addiction Psychotherapy YES, NO, MAYBE – Jan. 11, 2024 - It seems clear that people are hungry for alternatives to traditional treatment for addiction—aka “rehab”—and that many could be well-served by individual psychotherapy. Unfort... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 16 2024Recovery