June 03 2025

New York Locals Blast Church’s Plans to Build Mission for Addicts & Vagrants

NOT VERY NEIGHBORLY – May 27, 2025 - West Villagers are up in arms over a church’s plan to build a new $11 million mission at a historic NYC street corner, arguing it would lure even more junkies and vagrants to the ... Read More...

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Chris Farley Biopic Movie Gets A Major Update

COMING SOON – March 28, 2025 - Paul Walter Hauser offers news on the upcoming Chris Farley biopic, where he's set to portray the comedy legend. The SNL standout died from a drug overdose in 1997 at the age of 33. Bas... Read More...

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Her Son Died From Heroin – Under Trump The Crisis Gets Worse

MORE KINDNESS NEEDED – May 19, 2025 - On May 11, 2015, our 25-year-old son Alex died of a heroin overdose in a vacant lot in Newark. It was every parent‘s worst nightmare, the worst case among many moments in Alex’s ... Read More...

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David Faustino Says Mother’s Death Inspired Him To Get Sober

THE GOOD SON – May 27, 2025 - “She was a great mom. It was tough when she left,” the actor said during an appearance on the “Messy” podcast. Faustino said he went off the “deep end” when she died, partying a... Read More...

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Barry Keoghan Details His Addiction Struggles After the Deaths of His Parents

LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS – May 26, 2025 - The actor, 32, shared in a Hollywood Authentic profile that he battled drug addiction during his rise to stardom in the early 2020s, when he appeared in films like The Bans... Read More...

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A Punk Band Told Me Quit Drinking. So I did!

RINGO AGREES – May 24, 2025 - To begin with, not drinking was just experimental, then it became a challenge. With time, I started to see the good in it. You never know how you’re going to react under stress or ... Read More...

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Daughter Finds Mother Dead: Was it an Overdose?

HEARTBREAKING – May 27, 2025 - The daughters of a U.S. Army veteran whose body was found in a homeless encampment are raising concerns about the LA Police Department’s handling of their mother’s case. Lucrecia Macias... Read More...

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Soap Star Paul Danan Found Dead After Lethal Drug Overdose

NO ONE KNOWS WHY – May 28, 2025 - Danan reportedly died while watching TV at his home. A postmortem examination determined that Danan’s death was caused by a combined toxicity of heroin, cocaine, methadone, codeine, ... Read More...

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Want to Quit Alcohol? Stay Away From THC!

NO MARIJUANA MARTINIS? – March 19, 2025 - Swapping one addictive, mind-altering substance for another isn’t harm reduction; it is exploitation and a tried-and-true marketing tactic of the addiction-for-profit i... Read More...

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Loneliness as Deadly as Obesity and Smoking

VIDEO – ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE – May 25, 2025 - Elvis Presley sang it in Heartbreak Hotel and now a top voice in American health says the classic song’s chorus has become an alarming reality: Americans are feeling so... Read More...

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Nikki Hayes: From Radio to Arrest and Living on the Street

DOING THE RIGHT THING – May 25, 2025 - Ms. Hayes went onto lose her job, her home, and contact with most of her friends and family before her sister convinced her to seek help. Now sober for eighteen months and one w... Read More...

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CEO Grew up with Smack Addict dad – now runs a multimillion-dollar agency

SUCCESS AND THEN SOME – May 25, 2025 - This millennial founder got his start working alongside Diary of a CEO’s Steven Bartlett, before launching a rival multimillion-pound marketing agency of his own. But befo... Read More...

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Thousands Might Have Alcohol Brain Damage

PROBABLY DO – May 25, 2025 - Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more... Read More...

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Over-the-Counter Medication Used by Millions Linked to CANCER

FREAKY PHARMA – May 27, 2025 - Used for urinary tract infections Azo, Pyridium, Prodium, Pyridiate, Baridium, and Uricalm — available over the counter (OTC) in the US and UK at lower strengths and by prescripti... Read More...

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I Spent a Year Celibate

LOVE LOVES – May 28, 2025 - This essay is adapted from “The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex” By the turn of the century, my lovers were increasingly women, which meant I finally had orgasms wit... Read More...

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‘Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most’ Mark Murphy 1961

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1961 - Nobody has ever recorded a better version of that tune. Ernie Wilkins’ arrangement is gorgeous, and Mark’s vocal is perfect. Back in those days, the record companies were prom... Read More...

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Lush Life – Nancy Wilson 1967

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1967 - I used to visit all the very gay placesThose come what may placesWhere one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of lifeTo get the feel of lifeFrom jazz and cocktailsThe girls I knew had... Read More...

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Rescued by Comedy

NO LAUGHING MATTER – May 28, 2025 - John Perrotta likes to stay busy. He spent decades building a comedy business at night while working as a correctional officer by day. He did all this while living a reckless... Read More...

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Puppy Revived After Overdose – Owner Charged

BASTARD – May 28, 2025 - Hospital workers revived a puppy with Narcan after an apparent overdose in St. Louis. The puppy’s owner now faces criminal charges. The Attorney’s Office has charged Ashley Harris, 3... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Neil Scott

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – June 3, 2025 - Neil Scott is producer/host of Recovery-Coast to Coast, the National Podcast, featuring interviews with many prominent people in recovery, including Betty Ford, Judy Col... Read More...

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Tommy Dorfman Opens Up In Powerful TV Interview

VIDEO – SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT – May 27, 2025 - Actor Tommy Dorfman joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss “Maybe This Will Save Me,” a deeply personal memoir about growing up queer in the South, battling addiction and discov... Read More...

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Brother’s Struggles Inspire Woman to Help Addicted Homeless

GOD BLESS HER – May 27, 2025 - Equipped with clothing, food and medical supplies, Lisa Lipyanic of Wind Gap tries to help people who live on the streets like her brother had been doing for many years. Randy Lipyanic ... Read More...

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Mary Fortuin ‘Recovering Out Loud’ Runs Boston Marathon

NOT RUNNING...AWAY – May 25, 2025 - She began running to ease the pain of her alcoholic neuropathy, or nerve damage caused by chronic alcohol consumption. After being hospitalized in 2021 for the second time du... Read More...

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‘Meals on Wheels’ Marks Great First Year of Recovery Program

VIDEO – NUTRITION MATTERS – May 26, 2025 - Meals on Wheels is making a difference in the lives of individuals recovering from substance abuse through a new program. Graduates of the program emphasize that the meals p... Read More...

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Chrissy Teigen’s Honesty Is A Reminder That Sobriety Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All

IN AND OUT AND BACK IN – May 28, 2025 - If there’s one thing we can count on Chrissy Teigen for, it’s her transparency. Whether she’s discussing her life-saving abortion or a wardrobe malfunction that revealed ... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment’s Dealmaking Doldrums

THE BUSINESS OF ADDICTION – May 27, 2025 - Dealmaking in the addiction treatment space remains in a sustained lull, suggesting a deeper recalibration on the part of investors and operators in the space. “This slowdow... Read More...

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Foggy to Focused: Choosing Sobriety in Menopause

WATCH – NO DRUGS EITHER – May 27, 2025 - Award-Winning Beauty Editor, Donna Francis, talks with Gayle Guyardo, host of health and wellness show Bloom, about the benefits of going sober during menopause. CONTINUE@... Read More...

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Drug Prevention That Actually Works for Today’s Youth

NOW MORE THAN EVER – May 25, 2025 - Forget the outdated slogans. “Just say no” doesn’t cut it anymore. Today’s teens and young adults live in a world of pressure, performance, and constant scrolling — and they ... Read More...

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The Gateway Drug Is Alcohol

VIDEO – NOT ILLEGAL ANYWHERE – March 2, 2025 - For many young people, alcohol is the first substance they try, according to Chris Tuell, a clinical psychotherapist and a chemical and behavioral addiction specialist ... Read More...

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How San Francisco is Changing Response to Drug Addiction

TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING – May 28, 2025 - Last week, Mayor Daniel Lurie signed District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s “Recovery First” ordinance to guide the city’s response to addressing substance abuse with an ... Read More...

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