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Lena Dunham Started Writing New Memoir One Month After Leaving Rehab

NOW A SOBER GENIUS – Sept. 4, 2025 - "When I first began this book, I’d been out of rehab for 30 days. I was in the cloud of delirium that comes with new sobriety — the world was suddenly so LOUD, and I thought that ... Read More...

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Los Angeles Organizations Are Adapting to Save Lives

VIDEO – ANGELS IN THE FLESH – Sept. 1, 2025 - At the newly opened Skid Row Care Campus, harm reduction is at the forefront of helping those experiencing homelessness and struggling with addiction. Most of the people ... Read More...

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Mum Speaks About ‘Shame’ of Husband’s Addiction

NO ALANON? – Aug. 25, 2025 - (Tanya Hughes is a councillor with Families Out Loud) She said she felt blamed for his addiction and that at one point he needed intensive care, but that the charity gave her counselling ... Read More...

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From Addiction to Recovery Coach

ZERO to HERO – Aug. 26, 2025 - When Curtis Meyer encounters a patient battling addiction, his goal as a community peer recovery coach is to make a connection. Whether he’s in the Meritus Medical Center, at t... Read More...

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Rehab Facility Employee Accused of Drug-related Offenses

VIDEO – WRONG CAREER – August 27, 2025 - A 39-year-old woman has been arrested and accused of child abuse and other drug-related offenses. The suspect is identified as Ashley Lutton. “It was reported that Ms. Lutton ... Read More...

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Drug Rehab Industry Under Scrutiny

VIDEO – IT’S A BUSINESS – Aug. 25, 2025 - Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 44, according to the CDC. The surge in substance use has fueled an explosion of drug treatment center... Read More...

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Landmark Recovery Files Bankruptcy

ONE PROBLEM OVER THE LINE – Aug. 27, 2025 - The once-ascendant, long-troubled addiction treatment provider Landmark Recovery has filed for bankruptcy for at least some of its corporate entities, according to public d... Read More...

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People with ‘lived experience’ (addicts) Help Build Substance Abuse Programs

EACH ONE - TEACH ONE – Aug. 27, 2025 - Philadelphia’s Keli McLoyd of NACo’s Health Steering Committee. Engaging people with lived experience, both those who are in recovery and in active drug use and investing in evi... Read More...

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“Mother of Methadone” Stigma in Addiction Medicine

HEROINE – Aug. 26, 2025 - With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, And A Modern-Day Crisis—Dr. Marie Nyswander is finally getting her flowers. “Narcotic agent... Read More...

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Adam Vibe Gunton Shares Recovery Journey & Teaches “Don’t Lose Hope”

WATCH – A STORY OF HOPE – Aug. 30, 2025 - "I was homeless and a drug addict weighing 148 lbs. pounds 8 years ago. I'm 225 now, working out for five days a week. I just got engaged last Thursday, right over here on L... Read More...

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Can You Rewire Your Brain from Addiction?

YES YOU CAN – Aug, 27, 2025 - If you’ve struggled with addiction, you’ve probably felt how deeply it affects your mind. And if you’re thinking about recovery, you may be worried how, and if, your brain can boun... Read More...

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Eric Zink Went To The Edge And Found A Way Back

LIKES - SHARES - SEND – Aug. 22, 2025 - “I tried getting sober at 23. I didn’t get sober until I was 36,” he told High Times. “My life has been destroying it, rebuilding it, having an amazing life for like a year or ... Read More...

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Advocates for Recovery High School Vow To Push On

AUDIO – REAL AMERICANS – Aug. 18, 2025 - State financial woes have sidetracked the effort to open a recovery high school for students battling addiction. But organizers say they’re not giving up. Mike and Marianne Dy... Read More...

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Confronting Addiction, Stigma, and the Path to Recovery in Ukraine

NO BOUNDARIES – Aug. 19, 2025 - In times of war, the burden of SUDs deepens. War fuels substance use through trauma, displacement, and breakdown of services, while simultaneously weakening the health and social syste... Read More...

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At Caron Treatment Centers – Everyone is on Ozempic

WEIGHT NOT - WANT NOT – Aug. 21, 2025 - “I don’t think of this as doing anything wild west. We’re using something off-label under the umbrella of addiction, whether that be food, sex, alcohol, or opioids.” — Steven K... Read More...

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Corruption, Profiteering and Dismal Rates of Recovery In America’s Drug Treatment System

BAD NEWS – Aug. 11, 2025 - Nearly eight years ago, journalist Shoshana Walter followed a lead on a drug and alcohol rehab program that put patients to work at a chicken plant. What she found was one of many programs ... Read More...

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Morgan Baine – beloved Nashville substance abuse treatment executive dies at 32: ‘She spoke truth with compassion’

HEART BREAKING! – Aug. 15, 2025 - Morgan Baine with her son, James, and her fiance, Logan Terry, at a Nashville Predators game in 2024. Hundreds in Nashville’s substance abuse recovery community are grieving the sudd... Read More...

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Billy Joel ‘hurt’ by Elton John’s Rehab Comments

ATTRACTION NOT COERCION – July 26, 2025 - Billy Joel felt “really hurt” after Sir Elton John encouraged him to go to rehab. The 76-year-old star admits that some “bad blood” developed between himself and Elton, af... Read More...

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Jerry Garcia’s Death Saved My Life

By Leonard Buschel A GODSHOT – Aug. 12, 2025 - Did Jerry’s death keep me alive? Four days before he had died two miles from my home, I had just celebrated one year of clean and sober living after using drugs every... Read More...

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‘I’m just trying to do good’

AND HE’S SUCCEEDING – July 22, 2025 - J.R. Montgomery strives to help those struggling with homelessness and substance use disorder. Studies show that peer support improves outcomes for those being helped, as well as... Read More...

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Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.

MS. SISYPHUS – July 8, 2025 - The reckoning that Robert Califf spent years warning about began, as so many things seem to these days, on social media. It was October 2024. His tenure as commissioner of the Food and D... Read More...

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Rehab Center Facing Uncertainty With Potential Medicaid Cuts

VIDEO – REPORTING BAD NEWS – July 19, 2025 - Danny McGee struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for more than 50 years. McGee said when he entered the Veteran’s Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program (VARP) in early 202... Read More...

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Mobile Clinic Providing Easy Access to Opioid Treatment

VIDEO – TAKING IT TO THE STREETS – July 21, 2025 - Morse has run brick-and-mortar opioid treatment clinics in the Triangle since 2010, with the goal of getting people easy access to medication minus the stigma, and a... Read More...

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How Nanette Zumwalt Changed the Recovery Industry

ONE CLIENT AT A TIME – June 20, 2025 - In the ever-evolving world of addiction treatment and mental health advocacy, few figures have had as profound an impact as Ms. Zumwalt. With nearly 30 years of experience and a... Read More...

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Rock Icon Ozzy Osbourne Remembered

SOBER HERO – July 22, 2025 - Known around the world as the “Prince of Darkness,” Osbourne redefined what it meant to be a rock star. From his pioneering work with Black Sabbath in the 1970s to his outrageous so... Read More...

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Ozzy Osbourne’s Sobriety Struggles RIP

AND HOW HE OVERCAME THEM – July 23, 2025 - Ozzy Osbourne was one of the most iconic figures in rock. His issues with alcoholism and drug addiction began in the 1970s and got him booted from Black Sabbath in 1979. He ... Read More...

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New Book Exposing Corruption in Addiction Treatment Industry

ABUSING THE SYSTEM – July 8, 2025 - Former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg’s next political steps are still undetermined, but his latest creative endeavor is now available for home and digital shelves.... Read More...

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Addiction Recovery Group Celebrates Those Who Sought Help

AUDIO – BE OF GOOD CHEER – July 10, 2025 - After Alyssa Young was arrested for stealing in 2024, Young was given a choice to go to prison or to participate in a Tooele County drug court recovery program, with Valley ... Read More...

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Sober Living Center Facility To Get Rooftop Solar

LESS POLLUTION – July 15, 2025 - The Empowerment Center – a nonprofit offering affordable housing for low income and at-risk women recovering from substance abuse – will receive more than $960,000 in “Solar for All” ... Read More...

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Addiction: Not About Willpower; It’s About Support

AUDIO – SCIENCE OF LOVE – July 4, 2025 - We’ve heard this statement a thousand times and probably have told it as well. But it’s not that simple. Addiction is a serious mental health issue, which affects the brain, b... Read More...

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