Psychedelics, Sobriety, and Belonging TRIPPING SOBERLY – Jan. 13, 2026 - Historically, it has been a refuge, resistance, and chosen family – spaces where safety, visibility, and connection were possible when they weren’t elsewhere. Substances, for many, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionPsychedelics
Nurses’ Fear of Discipline Keeps Them From Seeking Addiction Treatment IRONY – Jan. 22, 2026 - Courtney Robinson credits Greg Gardner, a peer recovery coach with the Georgia Council for Recovery, with helping her decide to get treatment for her alcohol addiction despite her fears ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Recovery Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Shift from Incarceration to Treatment AUDIO – IT’S AN ILLNESS NOT A CRIME – Jan. 23, 2026 - “Recovery starts with keeping people alive long enough to get help,” Nelson said. As lawmakers prepare to make those funding decisions, they are also considering ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Homeless Veteran Gains Stability and Starts Non-profit to Help Veterans Call Center for Homeless Veterans 877-424-3838 – Jan. 14, 2026 - Veteran Esther Frias grew up in Los Angeles after her parents immigrated from Mexico. She remembers watching news coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riot... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 03 2026homelessinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project INNOCENTS BEHIND BARS – Jan. 13, 2026 - In this episode we hear the stories of people incarcerated with substance use disorder. An estimated 65% of the US prison population has a substance addiction, according to the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 27 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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
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
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
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
He trusted ChatGPT for drug advice then died of an overdose AUDIO – INTERNET KILLS – Jan. 5, 2025 - On a Sunday two years ago, Sam Nelson opened up ChatGPT and started typing. Naturally, for an 18-year-old on the verge of college, he decided to ask for advice about drugs. “Ho... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 13 2026OverdoseSmartphone AddictionTrauma
Inside the Battle for the Future of Addiction Medicine BIG CONTROVERSY – JAN. 8, 2026 - Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who’d been battling addiction for decades. Chronic-pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 13 2026Recovery
In Montana a Crow Community Works to Rebuild From Meth’s Destruction IS THE PLAGUE OVER? – Jan. 8, 2026 - Brothers Lonny and Teyon Fritzler walked amid the tall grass and cottonwood trees surrounding their boarded-up childhood home near the Little Bighorn River and daydreamed about wa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 13 2026meth
Homeless and Addicted Veteran Credits MAC-V for Turning His Life Around VIDEO – HAVE A HEART – Dec. 31, 2025 - The Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans doesn’t quit trying to help service members - even when a veteran gives up on themselves. Army veteran John Vincent Doran had sever... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJan 06 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Naloxone Boxes: OD Antidote Accessible 24/7 for Free NO ONE HAS TO DIE – Dec. 30, 2025 - “Naloxone is such a safe, easy-to-use, lifesaving tool, and it’s often treated like, ‘Oh, this is a medicine—we have to safeguard it, we have to restrict it,’” co-author Shelley Fa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 06 2026OverdoseRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Finding Freedom AND BEST FRIENDS – Dec. 24, 2025 - “It has grown in a way we never anticipated.” When Mickey Bakst and fellow hospitality industry vet Steve Palmer founded Ben’s Friends in Charleston, S.C. nine years ago, they we... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 30 2025Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Evaluating Treatment for PTSD in People Receiving Buprenorphine or Methadone NEW INFORMATION – Dec. 23, 2025 - Dr. Kelly Peck is the lead author on a recent article looking at the prevalence of current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) than in ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDec 30 2025interventionmethRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Caron Treatment Centers’ CEO Wants to Remove the ‘Number One Barrier’ to Addiction Treatment STIGMA SUCKS – Dec. 18, 2025 - From a business perspective, the gap is staggering. “Fifty-four million Americans today suffer from substance use disorder,” Driscoll says. “But there’s only about 12 million that are a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 23 2025Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Children With Phones at 12 Risk Serious Health Problems BRAIN DISTORTIONS? – Dec. 1, 2025 - The study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics found that owning a smartphone during early adolescence is associated with increased risks of mental health issue... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 09 2025internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Overdose Deaths Down In The U.S. AUDIO – THE RIGHT DIRECTION – Nov. 30, 2025 - Methadone helps patients like Trina resist cravings for fentanyl. It’s been around for decades, but most patients have to find their way to a designated methadone clinic ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDec 09 2025interventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
1st-of-its-kind Addiction Recovery Hospital MORE TO COME – Dec. 3, 2025 - Las Vegas Recovery Hospital, an acute care hospital designed for patients suffering from substance use disorders and related medical conditions, is set to open this December, according t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 09 2025Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Take-home Methadone Provides Lifesaving Bridge HOME IS WHERE THE HEROIN IS – Nov. 22, 2025 - This is a moment where a life can tip one way or the other. And we now have a practical, economical, and proven way to help people stay on the path to recovery.” Susan Ca... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionNov 25 2025
SF Mayor Plans to Arrest Addicts – Give Them Treatment & Housing in New Sobering Center VIDEO – THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO – Nov. 12, 2025 - San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled a new plan to tackle the city’s drug crisis: a law enforcement sobering center to get people who are doing drugs off th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionNov 18 2025RecoveryRehab
Libraries in Chicago Reduces Overdose Deaths GO BEARS – Oct. 17, 2025 - Even libraries have become part of the city’s arsenal in the fight against drug overdose deaths. Chicagoans can get free drug test strips at the city’s public libraries – as well as naloxon... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 21 2025Overdose
Las Vegas Distributes Free Narcan Kits DON’T GAMBLE WITH YOUR LIFE – Sept. 27, 2025 - Volunteers spread out across the Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, and nearby neighborhoods to hand out free Narcan kits and show people how to use them. “Nevada was one of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 07 2025
Scientists Investigate Potential Treatment for Addicts VIDEO – KEEP TRYING – Sept. 26, 2025 - “We take a picture of the individual’s brain, and then we match it with the helmet. We put the helmet on and then we’re able to really focus in and by matching up kind of where ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 07 2025Recovery
Restricting Mobile Health Vans Will Lead to More DEATHS INSANITY – Sept. 29, 2025 - Philadelphia’s city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services. Mobile health units exist mainly to serve people who ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 07 2025
Inmates Less Likely To OD After Release If Provided Methadone HARM REDUCTION WORKS – Sept. 12, 2025 - County jail inmates who receive medication to treat their opioid addiction have a lower risk of overdose after their release. “These findings demonstrate the importance o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseSept 16 2025
NFL Owner Relapsed and Got Ketamine from Doctor Before Death NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Aug. 28, 2025 - Colts owner Jim Irsay spent his final years suffering through a relapse that he and team executives hid from the public. This relapse, and his death, came as he was under the care o... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancySept 02 2025Trauma
Trump Targets New York’s ‘Safe Injection Sites’ VIDEO – ADDICTS DIE – July 30, 2025 - Two city-approved “safe” drug injection sites could be forced to close under a new executive order issued by President Trump, which rips the facilities, where addicts can use ill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 26 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention