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Author Kelsey Darragh On Being ‘Terrified’ She’d Break Her Sobriety During The Pandemic

STAYING SOBER NO MATTER WHAT –  May 30, 2021 -  I started gardening and thrifting and DIY’ing all over my…

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America STILL Has Drinking Problem

WHAT GOES AROUND... –   July/August 2021 -  George Washington first won elected office, in 1758, by getting voters soused.…

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Kelly Osbourne Opens Up About Relapsing

WATCH – CAN A PICKLE EVER BE A CUCUMBER AGAIN? –  April 27, 2021- “I don’t know why my nervous…

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Addicted America

WATCH – VIDEO WORTH WATCHING –  April 27, 2021 - “It’s called the CAGE test - C is for cut-down…

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Mother about son’s fatal fentanyl overdose to reignite opioid conversation

WATCH – SO MANY GONE –  April 20, 2021 - Debbie had walked downstairs in her home that morning to…

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Stimulus money fueling addictions

WATCH – BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD –  April 1, 2021 - She said the correlation became clearer when checks rolled…

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Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During Covid-19

LISTEN – HUNGRY GHOSTS –  April 1, 2021  - The White House plan drew praise from Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.,…

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‘Another Round’ not-so-sobering look at alcoholism

FILM REVIEW –  March 25, 2021 - As opening credits roll, we hear the sound of a drink being mixed…

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What state has the biggest drug problem?

MOUNTAIN HIGH –  March 17, 2021 - Delaware, Tennessee, Louisiana and Maryland followed next, rounding out the top five states…

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Ex-addict who ‘used crack & heroin at 15, overdosed 19 TIMES’ reveals sober transformation

ANYONE CAN DECIDE TO STOP –  Feb. 28, 2021 - She is now eager to tell her story and help…

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John Mulaney is in Outpatient Sober Care

WISHING HIM THE BEST –  Feb. 25, 2021 - When Mulaney was a teenager, his parents sent him to a…

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Demi Lovato’s New Doc Details Singer’s 2018 Overdose, “She Should Be Dead”

WATCH – A STAR IS REBORN –  FEB. 17, 2021 - Viewers will see a glimpse at Lovato “during the…

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Alcohol Abuse Rises During Pandemic, Hospitals See Wave of Deadly Liver Disease

NOT THE BEST MOVE –  Feb. 8, 2021 - Socially, the “stress of the pandemic has, in some ways, particularly…

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‘It’s Pandemic Within a Pandemic’

WATCH – YET, THERE IS SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR –  Feb. 4, 2021 - They say increased isolation and…

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Alcohol deaths hit record high during Covid pandemic

EMPTY BOTTLES, FULL COFFINS –  February 2, 2021 - Between January and September, 5,460 deaths were registered with this cause…

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While US Focused On Other Crises, Drug Epidemic Is Exploding

LISTEN – WHEN WILL IT END? –  Jan. 29, 2021 - “Our country is facing many simultaneous crises and President…

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‘Lockdown broke me: After 15 years of sobriety, I drank. Secretly, alone.’

KEEP COMING BACK –   Jan. 25, 2021 - This January, I would have been 15 years sober. In 2006,…

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699 People Died in SF in 2020: 235 From COVID-19

INSANITY IN AMERICA –  Jan. 15, 2021 - The DOPE Project has also seen an increase in the number of…

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Experts Say Why Pandemic is Causing More Relapse and Overdose

WATCH – Despair and Addiction –   Jan. 8, 2021 - “She was staying with a mutual friend.” It’s still…

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Overdose Concerns Following Latest Round of Stimulus Checks

WATCH – What we worry –  Jan. 13, 2021 - “When you give them $600 they’re going to really take…

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I Thought of Relapsing When Rioters Stormed The Capitol. Then an Amazing Thing Happened.

A New Dawn Coming –  Jan. 13, 2021 - Feeling means knowing deep down that these were the heinous acts…

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Excessive Drinking During Covid Hits Women Harder

LISTEN – Women Suffer More –  January 14, 2021 - From the earliest days of the pandemic, social media has…

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COVID Is Killing the Cocaine Market, So People Are Smoking More Weed

Rolling joints, not hundreds –  Jan. 4, 2021 - Aware of earlier findings that social isolation triggered spikes in drug…

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Covid Poses ‘greatest threat to mental health since WWII’

From across the pond... –   Dec. 27, 2020 - The coronavirus crisis poses the greatest threat to mental health…

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Musicians Battle Another Epidemic: Addiction

LISTEN – RIP Cady Groves –  Dec. 28, 2020 - Groves had a difficult upbringing, losing two older brothers to…

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Community Leader Celebrates 25 Years of Sobriety

WATCH – And just getting started –   Jan. 1, 2021 - “I probably should have gone to detention, but…

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What Year of Staring at Our Own Faces on Zoom Has Done To Us

Zoom Zoom on my desk, who’s the fairest? –   December 30, 2020 - This year, we’ve spent an unholy…

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Behind the Historic Numbers of Drug Deaths Under COVID-19

Stay close to those you love –  Dec. 28, 2020 - Earlier during the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders were put…

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How Mental Healthcare and Rehab Changed During Pandemic by Mike Bayer

It’s complicated... –  Dec. 23, 2020 - Second, there’s been a noticeably larger percentage of individuals that come to us…

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Pandemic Blamed for Oregon’s 40% Increase in Drug Deaths

The most horrible time... –   Dec. 23, 2020 - “Many people who are using substances, they may be hanging…

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