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The Rise and Fall of DARE

THEY TRIED – May 1, 2024 - DARE was not only ineffective by its own standards, but potentially counterproductive. Young people continued saying yes to drugs, despite the weekly DARE class that taught them to s... Read More...

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Whoopi Goldberg On How She Became a Drug Addict

VIDEO – AND THEN A SHOW BUSINESS GIANT – May 2, 2024 - Ms. Goldberg has admitted cocaine was “kicking my a**” as she hit rock bottom in the 1980s when recreational drug use in Hollywood was at a high. The Oscar-nom... Read More...

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Treatment Center Billed Taxpayers for 203 Hrs. of Work by One Employee in Single Day

VIDEO – LIKE SO MANY OTHERS – May 1, 2024 - They accuse the company of improperly billing taxpayers for phone calls with clients, falsely billing group activities as if they were a series of individual interac... Read More...

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Priscilla Presley’s Son Navarone Details Addiction Struggles

VIDEO – FAMILY DESPAIR – May 1, 2024 - “It started with weed in high school and, by the time I was 16, 17, I had kinda tried everything,” Navarone tells ET’s Kevin Frazier about his journey into addiction. “I don’t... Read More...

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Vin Baker Uses Sobriety For Good

GIVING BACK IN STYLE – April 17, 2024 - “It’s still one day at a time for me, and I understand, empathize, and know exactly what the attack an alcoholic goes through daily,” Baker said. “To wake up every morni... Read More...

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Hot Broadway Star Overcame Cocaine, Alcohol and Gambling Addictions

VIDEO – NEW YORK STORIES – April 23, 2024 - Sara Gettelfinger had steadily worked on the Broadway boards since her debut in 2000’s Seussical, appearing alongside stars including John Stamos, John Lithgow and J... Read More...

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The Endless Quest to Replace Alcohol

TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT – April 18, 2024 - The rise in “sober curiosity” is directly correlated to an interest in wellness, an industry that exploded in the early 2010s at the same time smartphones and social m... Read More...

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Two-Drug Combo Curbs Drinking for Alcoholics

DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE – April 18, 2024 - A combo of an allergy drug and a blood pressure med appears to lower daily drinking in folks battling severe alcoholism, French researchers report. The two... Read More...

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Landmark Recovery Applies to Reopen After Settlement with State

VIDEO – SECOND CHANCES – April 21, 2024 - 13News has learned state regulators have reached a settlement agreement with Landmark Recovery that could allow those troubled recovery centers to get recertified. Landmark... Read More...

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Woman Charts Her Journey to Sobriety

FOR THE LOVE OF CHILD – April 23, 2024 - “My story starts on September 21, 2022 - the day I decided I had to get sober. My main thought I had, which was obviously painful but it moved me enough, was, ‘I don’t ... Read More...

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I Overcame My Alcohol Addiction by Learning Two Lessons

FIRST PERSON BRAVERY – April 16, 2024 - When I was 14 years old, I became aware that I wanted to feel the effects of alcohol. I had a few drinks at a friend’s house when his parents weren’t home and quickly fe... Read More...

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Navigating Tangled Healthcare System with Addiction History

AUDIO – LIFE IS NOT FAIR – April 25, 2024 - “I feel like I’ve spent my life wanting, like wanting to be able to tell the story.” Melanie Caturia is a mom of two in her late 40’s who lives in Minocqua. S... Read More...

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Bartender Shares Sobriety Journey and Works to Help Others

AUDIO – SERVICE WITH HIS SMILE – April 7, 2024 - Service workers, including wait staff and bartenders are surrounded by alcohol during their work shifts. The combination of the high-pressure of the profession combi... Read More...

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Drew Barrymore: ‘We have all been such hedonists’

FAMILY AFFAIR – April 13, 2024 - Drew Barrymore takes the most pride in her sobriety. “I think, for me, stopping drinking is one of the most honoring things I can do to the Barrymore name because we have al... Read More...

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Man Goes to Prison for Rehab Kickback Scheme

MISTAKES WERE MADE – April 25, 2024 - Kevin M. Dickau, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 months in federal prison. He and Dr. Akikur Mohammad of West Hills. CA pleaded guilty to the scheme in 2020, and at tha... Read More...

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Treatment Center Owner Gets 4 Years In Prison

IS THAT LONG ENOUGH? – April 12, 2024 - A Florida man is headed to federal prison. He ran a drug-rehab center in our area and after it went out of business, the feds say he was carrying on like business was bo... Read More...

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Mother, Laura McKowen Is An Open Book About Her Sobriety

VIDEO – WRITTEN FROM THE HEART – April 23, 2024 - After her first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, the Marblehead mom spent a year working on her sobriety before she was finally able to stop drinking for good. He... Read More...

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Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health Addresses Hope and Moral Injury

A GATHERING OF ANGELS – April 23, 2024 - For the third year, the prestigious UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center hosted the annual Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health Conference. Overflowing with cl... Read More...

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Professor Overcame Opioid Addiction

AND HELPS OTHERS – April 19, 2024 - “My dad is a doctor, I grew up in the suburbs and kind of had every advantage. That mattered; it mattered in terms of my addiction and my recovery.” Today, Elswick is an ... Read More...

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Doing Good: Door to Serenity

VIDEO – IN ALL OUR ENDEAVORS – April 9, 2024 - Within the structure of the Twelve Steps, Door To Serenity is being created to address the needs of those who seek our help on their road to recovery. Without respect ... Read More...

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Salute Our Heroes

A GOOD MAN IS GOOD TO FIND – April 8, 2024 - “I tried everything from treatment, church, community; I did everything that I could to try to battle the nature of that disease; that monster,” said Guest. But, he... Read More...

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Council-member Is Working to Block Rehab Center

DOES HE HAVE A POINT? – April 8, 2024 - Mr. Jones said a rehab facility would attract drug dealers to the nearby park in hopes of luring inhabitants of the proposed facility. “I’m not an assessor, but I would ... Read More...

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Danny Murphy On His Cocaine Habit

LIFE ON THE LINE – April 10, 2024 - After losing the “adrenaline” of playing the sport at the highest level, he told the Ben Heath Podcast that problems became “huge” and he turned to drugs for “escapism”. “Ho... Read More...

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Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety

WORDS MATTER – April 9, 2024 - On August 10th, 2023 I was given a small metal chip to celebrate a year of sobriety. It was the first full year of sobriety I’d experienced since 1977. I’d gotten high for the fi... Read More...

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How Sober Housing Project Became Amy Winehouse’s Legacy

WISH SHE WAS HER TO SEE IT – April 14, 2024 - There is so much tragedy in the story that Katya, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, finds it too painful. But in her own journey to recovery fro... Read More...

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Anne Lamott Reflects on Life, Death and Enduring the Beams of Love’

VIDEO TED TALK – SHE’S A ROCK STAR – April 5, 2024 - Anne Lamott has always been honest about the messiest parts of her life, from addiction to parenthood. Now she reflects on the beautiful—and complicated—realitie... Read More...

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Gift Cards Can Be a Tool to Stop Meth Addiction

AND THE GIFT OF A BETTER LIFE – April 16, 2024 - Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. Contingency management uses positive reinforcement as a behavioral treatment for... Read More...

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The Drug That Kills Most Americans is at the Grocery Store

AUDIO – AND WILL ALWAYS BE THERE – April 9, 2024 - While overdose deaths from fentanyl and its sinister cousins have seized the spotlight for years — some 112,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2023 — alcoho... Read More...

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“I would drink three bottles of wine before running a 100 mile race”

FOUL FUEL – April 10, 2024 - Rock bottom came in 2021 when I was at my best friend Julius’ house in Somerset, drinking bottles of wine like they were water, crying hysterically, in bits on his sofa. I had lost... Read More...

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Eminem Celebrates 16 Years of Sobriety

LOCAL HERO – April 20, 2024 - On Saturday, April 20, the “Lose Yourself” rapper, 51, marked 16 years sober, sharing the milestone on Instagram with fans. The Grammy winner — who was born Marshall Mathers — pos... Read More...

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