Middle-Aged Smokers May Suffer Neurological Damage IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Dec. 27, 2022 - Jenna Rajczyk, lead author of the study says that the findings support prior research that linked smoking with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of neurological ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 3 2023life expectancyMental Healthnicotinesmoking
Clive Davis: Whitney Houston made ‘valiant attempt’ to give up drugs before death THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – Dec. 25, 2022 - The “I Will Always Love You” singer was found unconscious in a Beverly Hilton suite, submerged in the bathtub on Feb. 11, 2012. Paramedics performed CPR but she... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJan 3 2023life expectancyOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
When Chris Farley Went to ‘the place in Alabama’ To Get Sober NOW WE KNOW – Dec. 16, 2022 - By the end of 1992, Chris Farley was already riding an incredible wave. Farley, who had joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1990, had already done several charact... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyRecoveryRehabTrauma
How Frighteningly Strong Meth Has Supercharged Homelessness HOME SPEED HOME – Dec. 6, 2022 - In your book The Least of Us and in an Atlantic piece last year, you wrote about the rise of very pure meth, which is produced in a different way than the variety t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionlife expectancymethRecoveryTrauma
Mental Health Is Biggest Health Concern Says Surgeon General VIDEO – ONLY A CONCERN – Nov. 2, 2022 - Dr. Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, says the mental health crisis is the biggest concern facing the country because it impacts so many people and different facets of li... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecovery
TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Kids to Their Deaths SOCIAL DILEMMA DEATH – Nov. 29, 2022 - The game had a name: the blackout challenge. Kids around the world were choking themselves with household items until they blacked out, filming the adrenaline rush they go... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 6 2022internetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTraumavideo games
Brilliant Documentary Shows Recovery Process of Family of Drug Addicts VIDEO – THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOUS (Philly accent) FREE – Dec. 1, 2022 - “Our American Family” shines a light on how a family battled and overcame substance use disorder for one year. Click@Yahoo ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyRecoveryRehabTrauma
Jonathan and Drew Scott Recall Leslie Jordan VIDEO – HE WAS A BIG MAN – Nov. 14, 2022 - In the show, A-listers surprise friends and mentors with a home makeover. Jordan gifted his dear friends of 40 years, Rosemary Alexander, 81, and Newell Alexand... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewlife expectancyNov 22 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Best Places in The World to Go in 2023 AND AWAY WE GO – Nov. 2022 - What’s travel without a little turbulence, right? Tourism’s big return following the easing of Covid restrictions has been bumpier than we all hoped, thanks to understaffed airports... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthNov 15 2022Recovery
Trauma During Childhood Triples the Risk of Suffering as an Adult CHILDHOOD IS A DANGER ZONE – Nov. 4, 2022 - Trauma in adulthood is also associated with a four-fold increase in the risk of a later mental disorder. The researchers point out, however, that there is less eviden... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMental HealthNov 15 2022RecoveryTrauma
Why walking in nature is good for mind, body and soul SITTING IN NATURE IS OK TOO – Oct. 30, 2022 - Studies of walking’s benefits date back to the 1950s, with the last decade of research preoccupied with the rise of “10,000 steps a day” challenges and the use of p... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthNov 8 2022
Bronx Had Third-Highest Overdose Rate APOCALYPSE NOW? – Nov. 2, 2022 - When it comes to opioid outpatient treatment, the highest rate per 100,000 population is greatest in Manhattan and the Bronx, and there are estimated 30,000-plus methadon... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancymethNov 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Tribes Lead Way on Opioid Treatment WISDOM OF THE ELDERS – Nov. 1, 2022 - After five years of active addiction, Clayton applied for a spot at a local inpatient rehabilitation center. In the four months it took for a bed to become available, he lo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyNov 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Sugar Rush: Mexico’s Addiction to Fizzy Drinks Fueled Health Crisis COKE ADDS LIFE? – Nov. 4, 2022 - “Femsa, which bottles Coca-Cola in Mexico, has enormous power,” says Alejandro Calvillo, director of Consumer Power, a campaigning association. “It operates more than 20,000 Oxx... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderinterventionlife expectancyNov 8 2022Recovery
Nick Carter says his ‘heart has been broken’ amid brother Aaron’s death LIFE GOES ON, FOR EVERYONE – Nov. 6, 2022 - The Backstreet Boys singer wrote that he “always held onto hope, that (Aaron) would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietylife expectancyNov 8 2022Trauma
Got 420?… seconds? Brisk 7-Minute Walk Can Help Prevent Heart Disease ONE STEP AT A TIME – Oct. 27, 2022 - Researchers add that easy activities such as washing the car or doing laundry, which have counted as exercise in earlier research, are not enough to stave off heart problems... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthNov 1 2022
Addiction, Mental Illness Rampant in Red States VIDEO – BORN TO BE BLUE – Oct. 27, 2022 - They merged that information with mortality data spanning from 1999 to 2019, and found liberal policies were associated with lower deaths among people aged 25 to 64, ac... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthNov 1 2022
Over 50? Sleeping Under 5 Hours Has Health Hazards YOU DON’T SNOOZE, YOU LOSE – Oct. 19, 2022 - Are you over 50 and getting five hours or less sleep a night? This could be a problem for your long-term health, warns a study published this week. Researc... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental HealthOct 25 2022Recovery
The Drama of Jimi Hendrix’s Early Childhood: Cheating, Foster Care, and Alcoholism VIDEO – ALANON THE WATCHTOWER – Oct. 22, 2022 - Philip Norman’s 2020 book Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix, detailed Hendrix’s life prior to fame as well as his career after his breakout... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerlife expectancyOct 25 2022OverdoseRehabTrauma
Robbie Coltrane, Gone at 72 HARRY POTTER and the PHILOSOPHER’S STONE – Oct. 14, 2022 - On Friday, Fry honored his former co-star in a statement posted to Twitter. “I first met Robbie Coltrane almost exactly 40 years ago. I was a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyOct 18 2022
Men Who Eat This Have 29 Percent Higher Rate of Colorectal Cancer WHY NOT BE HEALTHY – Oct. 10, 2022 - Medical Journal, men who frequently eat ultra-processed foods are at a 29 percent increased risk of developing colorectal cancer, compared with men who eat this type ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyOct 18 2022
Why Are Kids So Sad? FASCISM? – Oct. 11, 2022 - But the technology thesis hasn’t performed well under critical examination, as the Times package notes. What possible reason could there be for American young people to be particularl... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadepressionlife expectancyMental HealthOct 18 2022suicideteenagersTrauma
Quote of the Week – Angela Lansbury “Better to be busy than to be busy worrying.” – Angela Lansbury, Oct. 16, 1925, London - Oct. 11, 2022, Los Angeles ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyOct 18 2022quote of the week
Angela Lansbury, Star of Stage, Film & TV passes at 96 VIDEO – MRS. LOVETT’S REAL MEAT PIES – Oct. 11, 2022 - For all her stage success, Ms. Lansbury would capture the biggest audience of her career in 1984, when she was cast as the mystery writer and amateur sleut... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyOct 18 2022
Ripped Richard Branson Shares Workout To Keep You Kicking In Your 70s VIDEO – AFTER YOUR MEETING... – Oct. 4, 2022 - We’ve waxed lyrical here at DMARGE about staying ripped in your 50s, but Virgin Group founder Richard Branson just proved you can indeed stay ripped in your 70s to... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthOct 11 2022
How Ugly Will Life in the Metaverse Become? HUMANITY’S SWAN SONG? – Oct. 7, 2022 - I choose a world with a four-story comedy club under a starry sky. When I enter, a man in a gray hoodie comes up to me. “Hello,” I say. He stares at me in reply, so... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetlife expectancyMental HealthOct 11 2022Smartphone AddictionTraumavideo games
Coffee Drinking Associated With Increased Longevity LONG LIVE STARBUCKS & PEETS & other DRIPPERS – Sept. 27, 2022 - “In this large, observational study, ground, instant and decaffeinated coffee were associated with equivalent reductions in the incidence ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyOct 4 2022Recovery
Doctors Want Warning Labels On Alcoholic Drinks re: Cancer Risks LONG TERM RESULTS – Sept. 19, 2022 - Now, researchers say they don’t adequately advertise alcohol consumption’s biggest potential health consequence: cancer, including breast cancer. In a perspective article... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerinterventionlife expectancyRecoveryRehabSept 27 2022Trauma
Country Singer Luke Bell Dies from Fentanyl Intoxication TOO MUCH DEATH – Sept. 20, 2022 - According to Saving Country Music, Bell was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and his “mental state took a turn for the worse” over recent months. “Luke fought this as h... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyllife expectancyMental HealthOverdoseSept 27 2022Trauma
“The Myth of Normal”: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture THE DRAMA KING – Sept. 16, 2022 - “The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people,” says Maté, who argues in his book that “psychological trauma, woundedness, underlies much of what we call d... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadepressioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 27 2022Trauma