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Liam Gallagher Quitting Alcohol Again After Breaking Sobriety During Oasis Reunion Tour

KEEP COMING BACK – Nov. 30, 2025 - In March, Gallagher tweeted that he’s “not interested in the booze at the moment I’ve had enough.” He reiterated as much earlier this month, when he revealed he quit imbibing ahead ... Read More...

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I Work With Companies to Confront Addiction in the Workplace

REAL HUMAN RESOURCE – Nov. 30, 2025 - Addiction doesn’t always show up in the way that society likes to portray it. Many people are able to maintain their lifestyles without subscribing to what the media tells us add... Read More...

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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...

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One Doctor Rethinking Addiction Care in Family Medicine

NEW IDEAS ARE HIP – Dec. 1, 2025 - I was drawn to family medicine even before medical school. My background was in public health, and I spent a summer in Santiago, Chile, where I was paired with a family doctor... Read More...

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To Move Beyond Abstinence-Only – How to Measure Recovery

HAPPINESS – Dec. 1, 2025 - Recovery from a substance use disorder has traditionally been conflated with “sobriety,” or total abstinence. In reality, many people recover while continuing to use drugs, but in safer, mo... Read More...

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Memory of Newark Man Who Battled Addiction Lives On

AUDIO – CARRYING ON HIS DREAM – Dec. 2, 2025 - Earle VanBlarcom III’s dream was to open a resource center to help other people like him struggling with addiction. After he got clean in 2018, VanBlarcom founded a n... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Marissa Dickinson

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 9, 2025 - I am a musician, content creator, author and certified reiki and sound healer. My new album is called “Calypso Rising” under @SunsetSea13 on IG & Tik Tok and my YouTube ch... Read More...

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Sarge Pickman RIP–Tributes Pour in as 64-year old Jewish Black Sober Comedian Passes

SAD PASSING – Dec. 1, 2025 - He was a popular stand-up comedian in Boca Raton, Florida. He died on December 1. He was born, Steven Charles Pickman. Boca Raton residents reacted with an outpouring of grief, rememberin... Read More...

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Yucatan Healthcare Professionals and AA Join Forces

TEAMWORK WORKS – NOV. 28, 2025 - The local AA chapter indicated that the week aims to raise awareness among students and healthcare professionals about the importance of referring those struggling with their drinking... Read More...

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Fear of Possible Patient Trafficking in Santa Monica, California

VIDEO – THIS AIN’T RIGHT – Nov. 30, 2025 - City officials have shut down an unpermitted sober transitional living facility that suddenly housed more than 40 people in a luxury Ocean Avenue building last week, prompti... Read More...

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Drugs, Guns & Blackouts – Then 10 Words Changed Everything

DRAMATIC INTERVENTION – Nov. 30, 2025 - Kit, now 41 and five years sober, recalls the terrifying moment in the Caribbean as something she’s fortunate to have survived amid her 12-year battle with booze addiction.&nbs... Read More...

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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...

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Former Addict: From Crisis to Calling

NOT A HYPOCRITE? – Nov. 23, 2025 - Chambers describes how his substance use began early and escalated quickly. He started smoking cannabis at age 12, then selling it, and by his mid-teens was using and selling cocain... Read More...

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Dramatic Decreases in Drug Deaths

HOPE IS IN THE AIR – Nov. 24, 2025 - Drug deaths in New Hampshire fell 33.4% from 2023 to 2024, according to data from the New Hampshire Drug Monitoring Initiative. That’s the largest single-year decrease in over a d... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Sean Hemeon

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 2, 2025 - Sean Hemeon is an actor, artist, and writer based in Los Angeles. He’s appeared on 9-1-1, Criminal Minds, Rake, True Blood, and CW’s Husbands. An international abstract artist... Read More...

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Health Care Barriers For Those With Addiction Disorders

VIDEO – LET’S KEEP LEARNING – Nov. 26, 2025 - Four hundred people struggling with drug addiction will be paid to share their stories as part of a groundbreaking federal study aimed at breaking down barriers to health... Read More...

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Tips For Maintaining Sobriety Over the Holidays

SLIPPERY TIMES – Nov. 26, 2025 - With so many parties this time of year, the temptation to drink can be especially difficult for those in recovery and trying to stay sober. Counselors with the Youngstown Urban Min... Read More...

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Putting Addiction Therapy In Their Headsets

WATCH – VIDEO GAME FOR GOOD – Nov. 20, 2025 - Jarrod Reisweber has created a new world to address a harsh reality of addiction. “It strikes at the most inconvenient times,” said Reisweber, Psy.D., an affiliate ass... Read More...

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‘Full House’ Star Gets Candid About Her Addiction: ‘I Didn’t Think I Would See My 30th Birthday.’

SHE’S 43 NOW! – Nov. 22, 2025 - Jodie Sweetin instantly captured the hearts of Americans as 5-year ‘Stephanie Tanner’ on the hit show Full House in 1987. The show went on for 8 successful seasons, during which Primet... Read More...

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Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Opens Rehab Center

HE DID WHAT? – Nov. 14, 2025 - The Jersey Shore star, 43, opened his first outpost of the Archangel Centers treatment facility in Tinton Falls. “I have made all the mistakes that most would make,” Sorrentino told ... Read More...

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Your Astrological Warning on Addiction and Delusion

AUDIO – WHAT’S YOUR SIGN? – Nov. 15, 2025 - Be aware: the temptation toward escapism will be high, whether through old addictions like drugs, alcohol, and food, or behaviors like doomscrolling, overeating, or toxic r... Read More...

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Yes – a Court Order for Involuntary Commitment to Treatment Can Be Renewed

BETTER GRUFF THAN GRIEIVING – June 16, 2025 - My law practice is dedicated to helping families utilize the court system as a form of intervention in matters of Substance Use Disorder (drug addiction). My firm gets ca... Read More...

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Assisting People on the Road to Recovery Works

VIDEO – SUCCESSES MATTER – Nov. 21, 2025 - According the Office of Substance Use Services, around 450,000 South Carolinians suffer from substance related problems. See Website ... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Jo Weatherford

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 25, 2025 - In her 20s, Jo Weatherford was a drug-and alcohol-addicted model, partying with celebrities in Hollywood. After an arrest and failed suicide attempt, she knew it was time to ... Read More...

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Family Opens Recovery Center After Twins Die From Overdosing

VIDEO – IN THEIR NAMES – Nov. 21, 2025 - When DaVonne Garner walks through her newly-opened crisis recovery center, she feels the presence of her identical twin nephews Taj and Najee. After graduation they hit both f... Read More...

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Woman’s Journey from Addiction to Advocacy

ZERO to HERO – Nov. 10, 2025 - When city leaders gave Dani Sims a proclamation recognizing how her program helped people struggling with addiction, few may have realized what it took for her to get there. Today, Sims... Read More...

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From Homelessness To Clean & Sober Living

NICE STORY – Nov. 12, 2025 - Selina Baylis, 44, said she is now the woman she was always meant to be. Describing herself as having been an alcoholic since her teens, Selina is now living in her own flat and plans to ... Read More...

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There’s More Than One Way To Get Sober

AUDIO – JUST DO IT – Nov. 12, 2025 - The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and visionaries who are making the world a more libertarian—or at leas... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Manny Mendez

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 18, 2025 - Art was my healing process when I finally decided to stop using drugs and alcohol. It would quiet my mind to be able absorb the recovery process with the 12 steps, film... Read More...

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Why Your Rehab Center Needs a Strong SEO Strategy

COMPETITION? – Nov. 11, 2025 - Getting found online can make or break a rehabilitation center’s success. When someone searches for help with addiction or recovery services, you want your facility to show up first. Th... Read More...

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